The South Devon Coast

CHAPTER XXVIII

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THE HAMOAZE—THE VICTUALLING YARD AND DOCKYARD—THE TAMAR 295

INDEX 301

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Mewstone _Frontispiece_

Map of South Devon Coast: Lyme Regis to Torquay _Facing p._ 1

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Headpiece 1

Middle Mill 5

Rousdon 9

The Landslip 12

Seaton: Mouth of the Axe 15

White Cliff, Seaton Hole 21

Beer 29

Branscombe 37

Woolacombe Glen 47

“The Old Chancel” 49

Ladram Bay 51

East Budleigh 55

Hayes Barton: Birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh 57

Topsham 69

Exeter, from the Ship Canal _Facing p._ 70

Dawlish 83

The Parson and Clerk Rocks 87

Teignmouth; The Sea Wall _Facing p._ 90

Approach to Teignmouth 93

In the Harbour 101

Teignmouth Harbour: looking out to Sea, showing the Ness, and Shaldon, and the Main Line of the Great Western Railway _Facing p._ 102

The Ness: Entrance to the Teign 104

Kingsteignton 108

Coombe Cellars 109

At Shaldon 113

Babbacombe 121

Anstey’s Cove 126

Anstey’s Cove 128

Map: The South Devon Coast—Torquay to Plymouth and the Tamar 132

Meadfoot, and the Ore Stone and Thatcher Rock _Facing p._ 134

The Ancient Chapel of St. Michael, Torre 138

Miles Coverdale’s Tower, Paignton 144

Obelisk, marking Spot where William of Orange landed 149

The House where William of Orange slept 153

Brixham Harbour: Statue of William the Third 155

Brixham Harbour 163

Dartmouth Castle and the Church of St. Petrox, from Kingswear _Facing p._ 170

The Pulpit, St. Saviour’s, Dartmouth 174

Dartmouth Harbour and the _Britannia_ _Facing p._ 176

Foss Street and St. Saviour’s 177

The Butter Walk, Dartmouth 179

Salmon Nets at Dittisham Quay 182

Greenaway Ferry _Facing p._ 182

A Salmon Fisher 184

Stoke Gabriel 187

“Parliament House” 191

Stoke Fleming 196

Blackpool Sands 198

Torcross 201

Hall Sands 205

The Start 210

Chivelstone: a Rainy Day 214

The Ferry Slip, Salcombe 219

An Old Cottage, Salcombe 220

Salcombe Castle 221

Salcombe Church 221

Kingsbridge 223

Salcombe Castle 224

The Pinnacles, Bolt Head 227

The Thurlestone 237

The Ruined Church of Revelstoke 252

The Yealm: from Noss 254

Noss Mayo and Newton Ferrers 255

Wembury 262

Old Plymouth, from Mount Batten 267

The Barbican: where the Pilgrim Fathers embarked 270

The Citadel Gate 277

Winstanley’s Eddystone Lighthouse 283

Eddystone Lighthouse 287

Guildhall Square, Plymouth 291

The Prince of Wales in Stained Glass 293

The Hamoaze 298

Tailpiece: Lights along the Shore 300