THE NORTH DEVON
COAST
BY
CHARLES G. HARPER
“Let us, in God’s name, adventure one voyage more, always with this caution, that you be pleased to tolerate my vulgar phrase, and to pardon me if, in keeping the plain highway, I use a plain low phrase; and in rough, rugged and barren places, rude, rustic, and homely terms.”—Thomas Westcote, 1620.
London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Ltd.
1908
PRINTED AND BOUND BY
HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
CONTENTS
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTORY | [1] |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| LYNMOUTH | [9] |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| LYNTON—THE WICHEHALSE FAMILY, IN FICTION AND IN FACT | [21] |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| THE COAST, TO COUNTISBURY AND GLENTHORNE | [35] |
| [CHAPTER V] | |
| THE NORTH WALK—THE VALLEY OF ROCKS—LEE “ABBEY”—WOODA BAY—HEDDON’S MOUTH—TRENTISHOE—THE HANGMAN HILLS | [44] |
| [CHAPTER VI] | |
| COMBEMARTIN, AND ITS OLD SILVER MINES—THE CHURCH—WATERMOUTH CASTLE—HELE | [71] |
| [CHAPTER VII] | |
| “’COMBE” IN HISTORY—MODERN ’COMBE—THE OLD CHURCH | [84] |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | |
| LUNDY—HISTORY OF THE ISLAND—WRECK OF THE “MONTAGU”—LUNDY OFFERED AT AUCTION—DESCRIPTION | [106] |
| [CHAPTER IX] | |
| CHAMBERCOMBE AND ITS “HAUNTED HOUSE”—BERRYNARBOR | [123] |
| [CHAPTER X] | |
| LEE—MORTE POINT—MORTHOE AND THE TRACY LEGEND—WOOLACOMBE—GEORGEHAM—CROYDE—SAUNTON SANDS—BRAUNTON, BRAUNTON BURROWS, AND LIGHTHOUSE | [131] |
| [CHAPTER XI] | |
| PILTON—BARNSTAPLE BRIDGE—OLD COUNTRY WAYS—BARUM—HISTORY AND COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE—OLD HOUSES—“SEVEN BRETHREN BANK”—FREMINGTON—INSTOW AND THE LOVELY TORRIDGE | [155] |
| [CHAPTER XII] | |
| KINGSLEY AND “WESTWARD HO!”—BIDEFORD BRIDGE—THE GRENVILLES—SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE AND THE “REVENGE”—THE ARMADA GUNS—BIDEFORD CHURCH—THE POSTMAN POET | [177] |
| [CHAPTER XIII] | |
| THE KINGSLEY STATUE—NORTHAM—“BLOODY CORNER”—APPLEDORE—WESTWARD HO! AND THE PEBBLE RIDGE | [197] |
| [CHAPTER XIV] | |
| ABBOTSHAM—“WOOLSERY”—BUCK’S MILL | [205] |
| [CHAPTER XV] | |
| CLOVELLY—“UP ALONG” AND “DOWN ALONG”—THE “NEW INN”—APPRECIATIVE AMERICANS—THE QUAY POOL—THE HERRING FISHERY | [208] |
| [CHAPTER XVI] | |
| MOUTH MILL AND BLACK CHURCH ROCK—THE COAST TO HARTLAND—HARTLAND POINT—HARTLAND ABBEY—HARTLAND QUAY | [224] |
| INDEX | [245] |