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Widecombe Old Photos
This page is devoted to some old photos of Widecombe. If you have any you can send us we would be delighted to publish them. To start us off, we have started to collect old postcards of the area and acouple are worth showing you. They date from the 1930s and 1940s. As usual, click…
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Widecombe Poems
The Tower At the west end of th’ Church it stands On the very place, or near, Where once stood a more ancient one Undoubtedly at the rear. It stands close connected with th’ Church But of more recent date And if for tracery you search Nothing will indicate. A faint style…
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Widecombe Millennium
What did Widecombe do for the 2000 Millennium? Several things: 1. A time capsule filled with sheets of paper etc supplied by parish residents and completed with interesting things about our life today was interred under a boulder on the village green with an inscriptionrequesting that it be opened in 100 years time. View Report…
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Widecombe Anagrams
Our friend Jon Constant has come up with some interesting and amusing anagrams. They provide a minute or two’s diversion from the normal stresses of life. Can you come up with some better ones? Enjoy! Widecombe Valley We love icy bedlam Lively bee, mad cow Love a weedy climb [.and a reminder that the Devil…
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The 2012 Jubilee at Widecombe
Widecombe Jubilee Celebrations Widecombe had a great Jubilee celebration with the Jubilee Lunch on Sunday 3rd June followed by games for the children, some Merrymakers sketches, a performance from the Widecombe Singers, the National Anthem and afterwards the release of a large quantity of red, white and blue balloons and culminating in Songs of Praise…
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Places of Interest in Widecombe
This page provides a map of the village centre and details on some of the places of interest in Widecombe. More will be added in due course. Please see the map below for Widecombe Village Centre landmarks. Some Places of Interest The Church House and Sexton’s Cottage The Church House and the adjoining Sexton’s Cottage…
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The Church House
The information shown here is taken, with permission, from The National Trust leaflet about The Church House. The National Trust Sextons Cottage Widecombe in the Moor Devon TQ13 7TA Telephone: 01364-621321 The Church House is thought to have been built around the same time as the Church Tower, c. 1540. EXTERIOR The Church House is…
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Things New and Old Item 1: Widecombe Parish
This is item one from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) Back to Contents List THE PARISH OF WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR THIS parish occupies a central position in South Devon, lying exactly half-way between Exeter and Plymouth, as the crow is said to fly. For county governmental…