History

Anstey’s Cove is quiet, peaceful and beautiful, backed by limestone cliffs and a thickly wooded hillside. It seems to have...

The true mothers and fathers of Torbay were never the Georgian gentlefolk we are told about.Our real forebears were organised...

Between the communities of Torbay and the city of Exeter are the Haldon Hills. This ridge of high ground, the...

Many towns have an origin myth- a story that tells of how their community began.The origin myth of Torquay was...

Does your Torbay home have a name or a number, or perhaps both? These days all urban houses have a...

"Upward he shoots By the springs on his boots, Like an inverted angel. When things go black Appears Old Spring...

It's the oldest profession in the world and Torquay has always had its ‘Ladies of the Night’, prostitution often being...

It has just been announced that the TV mystic Derek Acorah has died aged 69. Derek found fame as a...

Beginning on Sunday 29th December at 9pm on BBC One is 'The Trial of Christine Keeler'.Starring Sophie Cookson, James Norton,...

Was 'Domnu' the first god of Torbay? On the Churston limestone plateau, in the field system on the cliff top...

It's probably best not to read this if you're just about to have lunch...Anyway, it's a bit of an awkward...

As Torquay developed during the nineteenth century, the town's traditional burial grounds of St Saviour's in Torre and at Upton...

Pub tokens give us a glimpse into working class life in Torbay in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.First...

This Sunday sees the first broadcast by the BBC of their new 3 part mini-series of 'The War of the...

There's an idea in archaeology and history called a palimpsest. It comes from a parchment manuscript page. These were originally...

The Anglo Saxon Chronicle records that in the year 850AD:“Here Ealdorman Ceorl with Devonshire fought against the heathen men at...

Above the natural arch of London Bridge is the limestone plateau of Daddyhole Plain. Unlike London Bridge, which was named...

Torquay grew rapidly during the nineteenth century: in 1801 there were 838 persons; by 1851, 11,474; and by 1901 it...

In 1858 a terrorist attack in Paris caused a reaction in Torquay. On January 14th, 1858 the French Emperor Napoleon...

By Margaret Forbes-Hamilton & Kevin Dixon Just off Torquay’s Lucius Street stands the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Andrew. The...