Welcome to Widecombe-in-the-Moor
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Widecombe Landmarks
The following registered ancient monuments are within or close to the Widecombe Parish. A task for 2000 (one of many!!) will be to provide photographs of each of these monuments. ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS ACT 1979 LIST OF SCHEDULED MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1987 Parish County No Monument
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Widecombe Nature Notes
Recent notes about nature and wildlife around Widecombe are to be found in the posts, listed below, with earlier items listed in the section lower down the page. Posts: Earlier Nature Notes: Date Title Description July 2017 Pennywort Amazed at this pennywort in one of our walls. It is at least 25 centimetres tall. May
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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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Is Widecombe A Ghost Town?
Please enjoy reading the page below but also please understand that since this ghost town story was televised in the US (complete with regular repeats) the bandwidth of our site has gone through the roof. We are a small group who give our time voluntarily and we are totally reliant on fund-raising to survive, and
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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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Widecombe Fair
Origins Some Pictures Widecombe Fair always takes place on the second Tuesday in September. There are car parks and a park and ride bus service operating from 9.00 am when the traffic one way system comes into operation. No traffic is allowed to pass through the village between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm in order
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Widecombe Fair 2000
The Year 2000 Widecombe Fair was held at Widecombe-in-the-Moor on Tuesday 12th September 2000. As usual there was a full programme of events in the Fair Showground as well as a great many stalls and other attractions. The Village Green was full of stalls of all different types and various charities were supported through activities