Daddy's Hole, Torquay. (1844)
J. Harwood
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | S SC3154 |
| Devon | TOR | I/S |
Illustration Reference
SC3154
Location
CD 47 DVD 7
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Page, John Lloyd Warden. The coasts of Devon and Lundy Island. London: Horace Cox, 1895. p. 367.It is time to start eastward again. Let us take the pleasant foliage-shaded road that leads up to the common above Meadfoot, to my mind one of the pleasantest spots about Torquay. But it has an extraordinary name - Daddy Hole Common. Daddy is said to be a soubriquet for the Ancient Enemy, and his "hole" is a fissure near the edge of the cliff, caused by a subsidence in the limestone. An ash tree or two sprout from the sides, and there is a plentiful supply of brushwood, some of which clings also to the face of the cliff, which is very broken and picturesque. On the landward said the common is fringed with thorn trees and shrubs, from which depend masses of "old man's beard" and convolvulus.[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
98x150mm
Note
No. 559 ; Oct. 15 1844
Aspects
From cliffs
Counties
Subjects
Dates
1844