Tag: teignmouth
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New Year’s Day
The Coombe Cellars pub, Combeinteignhead, Devon Teignmouth from Shaldon The Shaldon – Teignmouth ferry, with Christmas trimmings Teignmouth from Shaldon John Masefield and Spike Milligan on the wall of the Ness Bar, Shaldon Lime kiln, The Ness, Shaldon
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Teignmouth Pier
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Teignmouth Harbour
More pictures from Teignmouth, 23 March 2010. Looking from New Quay across to the Fish Quay, with Shaldon Bridge and the sheds of Teignmouth Docks visible in the background. New Quay from Back Beach. The quay was constructed in 1820 by George Templer to facilitate the shipping of Dartmoor granite from Haytor. The building under…
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The salting sun
Anybody searching Teignmouth for the ghost of John Keats is following a well-trodden path. Charles Causley wrote a poem inspired by his visit in the 1950s: Keats at Teignmouth Spring, 1818 By the wild sea-wall I wandered Blinded by the salting sun, While the sulky Channel thundered Like an old Trafalgar gun. And I watched…
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Back Beach
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Back Beach
Teignmouth has a long tradition of shipbuilding, from at least the 17th century. By the turn of the 19th century there were three shipyards in Teignmouth itself, and three in Shaldon and Ringmore on the other side of the estuary. The industry declined in the early 20th century, but in 1921 Francis Charles Morgan-Giles bought…
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Rainy day river
A view of Shaldon from Back Beach (River Beach), Teignmouth. A ferry between Teignmouth and Shaldon was established nearly 1000 years ago – it probably crossed further upriver than it does today, close to where the road bridge now stands.