Category: Woolacombe History
Woolacombe as written in Wardlock’s Guide
Woolacombe is a seaside resort of rapidly-growing importance, reached by way of Mortehoe station 1 ½ miles distant, with which, as with Ilfracombe, it is connected by motor-bus. An excellent water supply is obtained by arrangement with the Ilfracombe Urban…
Read MoreI call it magic. I have myself been under the spell. I thought it was merely idiotic at first
Thursday 14th September 1882 Morte-Hoe On the whole I consider Devonshire (not to say Cornwall) undeveloped, from the watering-place point of view. Ilfracombe and Torquay are always to the fore, but take a “stick and a bundle,” and go down the…
Read MoreWoolacombe & Mortehoe 1899 – A visitors review
Morte Point, with its stern beauty, and the slanting spur of rocks which is covered when the tide is full, then the suggestiveness of the name is seen, and dwellers here about will tell you of doomed ships in former days. At the best…
Read MoreHall 70 Woolacombe
Woolacombe’s village hall can be found on Beach Road, and is available to hire by calling 01271 870247. The hall is the hub of the village used for many social and community events. Prior to the hall being built, people would…
Read MoreElizabeth Berry – Notorious Wrecker
The North Devon coast was often named “The Sailors Grave” it was said that sailors would rather drown at sea than come intothe shore’s of Mortehoe. There are many unknown drowned sailors being buried in St Mary’s churchyard, however many…
Read MoreHotel Pandora
Pandora House Hotel was built in the 1930’s and is believed to have been the first purpose built boarding house in Woolacombe. It was built in the newly cut out Springfield Road, known as Well Field at the time.The hotel…
Read MoreWoolacombe, Mortehoe and The Chichester Family
The Chichester family had a strong and important connection with Woolacombe and Mortehoe. The family owned much of the North Devon Coastline including their home at Arlington Estate. Woolacombe beach and the surrounding land was owned by the Chichester family…
Read MoreThe Woolacombe Bay Hotel
The Woolacombe Bay Hotel was constructed in 1887, and was initially called the “Shakespeare Hotel”, before it was renamed the Woolacombe Bay. Photographs of the Hotel under construction show, at the time, it was surrounded by empty fields for some…
Read MoreWoolacombe Weavers (1938)
The girl weavers of Woolacombe find their craft slimming. “Weaving exercises so many muscles,” explained grey-eyed brunette Miss R. Woollan. “You are always moving legs and arms. Glade here almost fades away when we are working at full winter pressure.” She…
Read MoreThe Watersmeet Hotel
The Watersmeet Hotel by Sue Hill, Barricane Books Find this lovely, gracious hotel at the far end of Woolacombe’s Esplanade, facing due south, with its grounds running down to Combesgate Beach. It occupies an unrivalled location, open to the south…
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