Torquay - from the Sea ([1856])

George Townsend
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RepositoryLibraryShelf
Devon West Country Studies M SC3316
Devon PLY I/S
Devon TOR I/S
Illustration Reference
SC3316
Location
CD 49 DVD 8
Publication Details
Date
[1856]
Publisher
Scope and Content
Illustrations of Devon. Exeter: Henry Besley, 1848. THIS watering place, the Montpellier of England, as frequently called, owes but little to ancient days, either in historical recollections, or antiquity of buildings, for its present fame,-Torwood manor house, the ancient seat of the Earls of Londonderry, is now pulled down;-the chapel of Ilsam, Tor Abbey, and Chapel-hill, are the only remnants of by-gone days. The living generation has seen the site where now stand stately buildings, handsome shops, and a noble pier, with a busy population of upwards of 8,000 souls, occupied by a few miserable looking fishing huts, and some loose stones, jetting out from the shore, as a sort of anchorage or protection for the wretched craft of its inhabitants.[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
115x180mm
Aspects
From sea
Counties
Subjects
Dates
1856