Category: Mortehoe


Lady Chichester’s Clothing Club – Mortehoe

Thursday 8th October 1868 The annual distribution of clothing by the benevolent lady founder of this Club, took place on Wednesday week in the beautiful room built for the purpose by her ladyship. As usual, it was tastefully decorated. At the…

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The Ministers Home at Morthoe – The Grange

Thursday 19th September 1884 It ought to be easy for a man who has stayed for a few weeks in this beautiful home, to give some account of it and its surroundings. No place could be better situated. Standing on…

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Mortehoe as visited by a rambler in 1886

Monday 9th August 1886 Bristol Mercury The claims made at this season by and on behalf of the numerous watering-places on our lovely coasts are sufficiently bewildering to the heads of families, who have to make a choice of their holiday…

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The Woolacombe & Mortehoe Voice Logo

HI I wanted to tell you a little bit more about the Woolacombe & Mortehoe Voice logo. When I set out to write a magazine, the whole process was very new to me, and as it developed and the website…

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Wedding at Morte-Hoe – Baker & Trute

The marriage was solemnised St. Mary’s Church, Morte-Hoe, on Thursday, the Rev. W. F. Coppard officiating, of Mr. William George Baker, third son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Baker, of West View Bungalow, Seymour, Woolacombe, and Mary Ellen Trute, eldest daughter of Mrs. J. Trute, of…

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Mortehoe Scarecrow Festival 2022 – All at Sea

The first scarecrow festival for a few years made a very welcome return to Mortehoe on Saturday 6th-Sunday 67th August. The theme this year was All at Sea …. we had some amazing scarecrows around the village, and plenty of…

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A look back at Woolacombe Weddings

With the wedding season in full swing, we take a look at some of the weddings that Woolacombe & Mortehoe have over the years. All were reported in the local newspapers, and make for an interesitng read. A 1912 Wedding at Woolacombe…

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