Ilfracombe harbour ([1840?])
James BanfieldRepository | Library | Shelf |
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Devon | West Country Studies | S SC1298 |
SC1298
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Publication Details
A guide to Ilfracombe and the neighbouring towns. Ilfracombe: J. Banfield, c.1845. pp. 1, 6.Ilfracombe, Ilfridcombe, Alfrincombe, is in the hundred of Braunton, situated on the North Coast of Devon, and derives its name from the British Kum, signifying a Combe or Valley. [
]The harbour is protected and kept in repair, by certain dues, payable on vessels taking refuge there; but they are quite insufficient to promote the general interests of the place; the anchorage is well secured, in almost every direction, by a natural boundary of rocks, ranged in a semicircular form; and the whole teems with romantic scenery.THE TOWNThe Town formerly consisted of one long and irregular street about a mile in length, but of late years great additions and improvements have been made in commodious and beautifully situated houses, and Terraces, to the eastward, which has provided the principal accommodation for visitors in that direction. The views from Coronation, Hillsborough, and Montpellier Terraces, are commanding and bold, and in the centre of the former Terrace, is a public ball, reading, and billiard room.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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1840