kingsbridge town
a snapshot of Kingsbridge town, a pretty market town in the heart of South Devon in the UK. with a nice new website called 4kingsbridge.co.uk
Hope Cove Seaside Village South Hams Devon.
Hope Cove is a small seaside village within the civil parish of South Huish in South Hams District, Devon, England. It is located some 5 miles (8.0km) west of Salcombe and 5 miles (8.0km) south-west of Kingsbridge. It has two beaches, and is sheltered by the headland of Bolt Tail.
Historically, the village falls into two parts — Outer Hope and Inner Hope. Inner Hope fell within the parish of Malborough until the 1970s, when it was united with its neighbor on the other side of a small headland. Both parts of the village originally developed as centres for the local fishing industry. Hope also developed a reputation for smuggling and for plundering wrecked ships.
In 1588, the ships of the Spanish Armada passed the village as they moved up the English Channel. After the Armada was defeated and headed back through storms, the San Pedro el Mayor, a transport ship fitted out as a hospital, was blown onto the rocks between Inner and Outer Hope. The 140 survivors were initially sentenced to death, but were eventually ransomed and sent back to Spain.
The village was the setting for a number of studies by the Victorian painter Sir Luke Fildes; inspiring the cottage in his famous work in oil 'The Doctor'.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution established a lifeboat station at Hope Cove in 1878 on land donated by the Earl of Devon. Four boats, all named Alexandra, were supplied in 1887, 1900 and 1903. The station was closed in April 1930 by which time the neighbouring station at Salcombe had been equipped with a motor lifeboat which could cover Bigbury Bay.
In 1992 the service was re-established under the management of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) as part of the Cliff Rescue Team (CRT), the MCA withdrew support and funding for the boat in 2010. The Hope Cove Life Boat was then established as an Independent Life Boat with the support of the village and a registered charity was established to run and maintain the service. A new boat Alexandra was launched at Easter in 2013 paid for with funds raised from the village and visitors. The charity is run by volunteers and the boat is also crewed by volunteers who train and respond in their own time. More details can be found here hopecovelifeboat.org
The village is now mainly devoted to tourism and was the setting for the 1985 cult British movie The Supergrass. The area lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[5]
The Cove Cafe Bar was named the UK's Best Independent Craft Beer Bar (rural) in 2018.
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Kingsbridge South Hams Devon.
Kingsbridge is a market town and tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of 6,116 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards bear the name of Kingsbridge (East & North). Their combined population at the above census was 4,381. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, a river that extends to the sea six miles south of the town. It is the third largest settlement in the South Hams, following Ivybridge, the largest, and Totnes.
The town formed around a bridge which was built in or before the 10th century between the royal estates of Alvington, to the west, and Chillington, to the east, hence giving it the name of Kyngysbrygge (King's bridge). In 1219 the Abbot of Buckfast was granted the right to hold a market there, and by 1238 the settlement had become a borough. The manor remained in possession of the abbot until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when it was granted to Sir William Petre. Kingsbridge was never represented in Parliament or incorporated by charter, the local government being by a portreeve. It lay within the hundred of Stanborough.
Kingsbridge is in fact a combination of two towns, Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke. Dodbrooke was granted its own market in 1257 and had become a borough by 1319. While Dodbrooke was originally considered to be the dominant of the two, Kingsbridge later expanded to include it. The town consists of two ecclesiastical parishes: St. Edmund's in the west and St. Thomas Becket at Dodbrooke in the east. St. Edmund's Church, in mainly Perpendicular style, retains some 13th-century features including a font, but was enlarged and reconsecrated around 1414 and was mostly rebuilt in the 19th century. The parish church of St. Thomas Becket displays a particularly well-preserved rood screen, restored in 1897.
In 1798 the town mills were converted into a woollen manufactory, which produced large quantities of cloth, and serge manufacture was introduced early in the 19th century. During the 19th century the town had an active coastal shipping trade, shipbuilding, a tannery, other industries and a large monthly cattle market. The chief exports were cider, corn, malt, and slate.
The town centre retains many 18th and 19th-century buildings. The Shambles, or market arcade, was rebuilt in 1796 but retains its 16th-century granite piers. The former grammar school, now a museum, was founded and built by Thomas Crispin in 1670.
Kingsbridge has been the main market town in the area for centuries. Being situated within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and its proximity to the spectacular south Devon coast and sailing venues, such as Salcombe, Kingsbridge has developed into a popular tourist destination. Its attractions include several restaurants, pubs, a cinema housed in the town hall building, and a museum devoted to the chemist William Cookworthy, born in Kingsbridge in 1705.
There are two supermarkets in Kingsbridge: a Morrisons and a Tesco Store, which opened on Valentines Day 2011. It also has a large secondary school, Kingsbridge Community College, which has over 1000 pupils and serves the surrounding area. Kingsbridge is home to the only nightclub in the South Hams, Coast, with the next nearest club being in Torquay.
The town is linked to Plymouth and Dartmouth by the A379 road, and to Salcombe and Totnes by the A381. For seventy years Kingsbridge boasted a railway station until the branch line, via South Brent, was closed in 1963 as part of the reshaping of British railways.
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Kingsbridge Insideout Documentary
Kingsbridge Inside Out, Jaime Kearney, Documentary.
This Documentary is a BBC production which in this episode is based on the small town of Kingsbridge. In this episode we will be looking around the town at some of the rich history and many things which you can do in Kingsbridge. We will be taking a vist to the tourist information centre in which you will get to see an exclusive interview with Sammy.
The Kingsbridge Massacre (1778)
On August 31st,1778 a British force led by John Graves Simcoe and Banastre Tarleton ambushed a small company of Stockbridge Indians and wiped out their entire company at Kingsbridge.
Learn more about this massacre and why the British wanted the entire Stockbridge force destroyed.
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East Portlemouth to Kingsbridge in Devon
Walk & Talk Group Kingsbridge South Devon February 2012
South Devon Walk & Talk Group early Spring Time 2012
We meet every Wednesday at the Town Hall on Kingsbridge Quay @ 13.50 - 1.50pm walk starts at 14.00 - 2.00pm GMT
Each Wednesday there are 3 levels of walk, short, medium & long distance to suit every one's need and ability.
Information leaflets available from The Tourist Information Center on the Quay and from the Town Hall.
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Lucy & Richards Wedding at Buckland -Tout - Saints Nr Kingsbridge South Devon UK.
Lucy & Richards Wedding at Buckland -Tout- Saints Nr Kingsbridge South Devon UK.
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Music Festival, Kingsbridge, Devon UK
The Kingsbridge Food and Music Festival has been reborn in 2012 and is bigger and better then ever. Great food, spirits and entertainment all week end long
Hope Cove, South Devon.
Hope Cove is a small seaside village within the civil parish of South Huish in South Hams District, Devon, England. It is located some 5 miles west of Salcombe and 5 miles south-west of Kingsbridge. It has two beaches, and is sheltered by the headland of Bolt Tail.
Historically, the village falls into two parts — Outer Hope and Inner Hope. Inner Hope fell within the parish of Malborough until the 1970s, when it was united with its neighbor on the other side of a small headland. Both parts of the village originally developed as centres for the local fishing industry. Hope also developed a reputation for smuggling and for plundering wrecked ships.
In 1588, the ships of the Spanish Armada passed the village as they moved up the English Channel. After the Armada was defeated and headed back through storms, the San Pedro el Mayor, a transport ship fitted out as a hospital, was blown onto the rocks between Inner and Outer Hope. The 140 survivors were initially sentenced to death, but were eventually ransomed and sent back to Spain.
Kingsbridge English School Moscow
Kingsbridge Gymnastics group
Kingsbridge gymnastics club
Almost Springtime Kingsbridge South Devon
Sunday 17 February 2013
Almost springtime this is the where I place I live and call home :-)
As it was such a beautiful day i thought I would share a few healing moments with you. Gentle Thoughts to you all, namaste
Kingsbridge Extravaganza
The 2007 Kingsbridge (Devon) Extravaganza - winter illuminated carnival.
The Kingsbridge Project
The Kingsbridge Project is a community based consortium, aiming to develop a vibrant and exciting new venue in South Birmingham.
Our aim is to enhance the provision of sport and leisure activities for the benefit of a wide variety of local user groups, in an area where facilities are currently sorely lacking.
Visit the website for more info: /kingsbridge-project.org/
17/1/16 Kingsbridge fur and feather show
First show of the year didn't do very well . There was some really nice birds there
Salcombe, Devon
Salcombe is a town on the Kingsbridge Estuary in Devon. It is located in the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is in the South Hams District.
Like the majority of towns beside water, the town centre is on the waterfront and is based almost entirely on Fore Street. The town is a popular place for yachting and the town's natural harbour contains many pleasure boats rather than fishing boats.
The town is very much like the Cornish town of Fowey in its layout and is even on a peninsula like Fowey.
This peninsula, in which Salcombe is on, starts at Kingsbridge and ends at the cliffs at Soar. Across the estuary from Salcombe is another peninsula, this peninsula starts at Slapton and ends at Prawle Point, near the village of East Prawle.
Cities Skylines : Kingsbridge - PART 1 (Small Town)
Fall in love with Kingsbridge, a nice little British town on a quiet riverside ! With all its pubs and little plazas, there won't be any reasons to get bored !
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Self Catering Kingsbridge
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Self Catering Kingsbridge ~ Centry Farm
Located in a peaceful secluded valley just a mile from Kingsbridge - the centre of the South Hams of South Devon. Kingsbridge is in the centre of South Devon at the head of a tidal estuary. Within a few miles of Kingsbridge you can be deep in the countryside or on a sandy beach. The rugged beauty of Dartmoor is within a thirty minute drive and is there to be explored.
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Charity Shop Gold or Garbage Kingsbridge Walk About
Charity Shop Gold or Garbage? Kingsbridge Walk About. Too wet to stay on the beach so an excuse to check out the charity shops in Kingsbridge.
Location: Kingsbridge, South Hams UK
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