A great ‘Raleigh’ day out in East Budleigh
If you have a passion for English history, it doesn't get much more interesting than East Budleigh, because it's the place where Sir Walter Raleigh…
Towns
Bringing you towns from across Devon
The Torquay feature
Over the summer months Torquay's a busy place, of course it's bound to be, as one of the UK's top holiday spots. But if you're…
Totnes Rare Breeds Farm
Mums and Dads, Grandparents, there's lots for children to see at this lovely farm Easter's coming up and for many this means just one thing,…
A Visit to Sidmouth
Don't miss our Sidmouth feature in the April/May 17 issue of Devonshire magazine. Alternatively, if you can't get your hands on the magazine, you can…
Glimpses of Lynton and Lynmouth
Lynton and Lymouth are beautiful and historical areas of the North Devon coastline. Below are a selection of images from a recent visit.
The Tar Barrels at Ottery St Mary
The tang of burning wood in the air, sparks flying, the roar of the crowd, it's all there to enjoy at Ottery St Mary's epic…
Hayes Barton, the childhood home of Sir Walter Raleigh
One of England's greatest seafarers and pirates was raised at Hayes Barton in East Budleigh. We're talking of none other than that larger than life Elizabethan…
Emma Hamilton’s family
WITH TRAFALGAR DAY AND NELSON very much in evidence in this issue it seems entirely appropriate to introduce the readers of this column to Lily…
Rule Britannia!
AT FIRST GLANCE IT MAY NOT LOOK MUCH LIKE A SHIP, perched high and dry on a hill overlooking Devon’s beautiful Dart estuary but this…
What’s in a name?
WESTWARD HO! in North Devon (population 2,112) is the only place in Great Britain with an exclamation mark in its name. It derives from the…
Maidencombe and Watcombe, South Devon
See our photo visual feature for the coastline of Maidencombe and Watcombe in South Devon, lying 2 miles to the north east from Torquay. Photography…
Benjamin Donn’s 1765 map of TOR BAY, Devon
An important map covering Devonshire in its entirety. A £100 award was offered for a large scale, one inch to the mile map of any…