Teignmouth, Devonshire ; and Exmouth, Devonshire. (c.1820)
Teignmouth ..
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | S SC2844 |
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SC2844
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CD 44 DVD 7
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Scope and Content
Cooke, G. A. A topographical and statistical description of the county of Devon. London: Sherwood & Co., c.1830. pp.139-140.Since the middle of the last century, the town has considerably increased, when it became known as a bathing-place, and it now certainly is the largest and most fashionable watering-place on the Devonshire coast. [
]The bathing-machines at Teignmouth are ready at six o'clock in the morning, and the conductors are in attendance till one or two in the afternoon.The hot-baths, near Spring-gardens, have every accommodation attached to them, and attendance from seven in the morning till ten at night. The public library, reading, billiard-room, and printing-office, is a new and elegant building, and its various departments are fitted up with every possible convenience. Besides books, music and drawings are let on hire, ard [sic] here the various country papers may be read.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
2 copper l. engr on
Note
each 28x70mm
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Dates
1820