Torquay - Abbey Crescent etc. ([1871])
S. R. Ridgway
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | S SC3071 |
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SC3071
Location
CD 47 DVD 7
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Cockrem's tourists' guide to Torquay and its neighbourhood. Torquay: Westley & Co.'s Library (late Cockrem), 1878. pp. 2-3.Torquay [
] took its rise from incidents which occurred during the last war with France. When the Channel fleet was commanded by Lord St. Vincent, he made Torbay its principal rendezvous, and passed much of his time at Tor Abbey. The wives and families of several of the officers of the fleet came to this neighbourhood in order to be near them; and, for their accommodation, a few lodging houses were erected. The singular mildness and equability of the climate, and the sheltered situation of the place, together with the extreme beauty of the district became generally known through the agency of those accidental founders of the prosperity of Torquay; and other families, especially those amongst whose members any were found suffering from delicacy of the chest or lungs, came here in order to avail themselves of these advantages.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Steel l.engr vign
Dimensions
80x98mm
Note
No. 199
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General views
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Dates
1871