Some Miscellaneous Topics
These expanding local history pages include numerous topics of local interest, including the Widecombe Thunderstorm of 1638 and the Village Sign.
If you have any comments or further information about any of these topics then please do Send us an email.
The topics covered are given below with links to the text.
- Widecombe Thunderstorm
- A Strange Substance
- Widecombe in the 1600s
- The Church Tower
- Bowling Alley
- Loganstones
- Widecombe Original Village Sign (1)
- North Hall Dig 2017
- Lizwell Pack-horse Bridge
- Great Elizabeth Mine
- New Stile at Northway Bridge
- Charabancs
- The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
- Boundary Stones
- Wind Tor
- Brook Lane
- More on the Original Village Sign
- North Hall Café
Historic Places, Projects and Other Local Items of Interest
Dunstone – an Anglo-Saxon hamlet in Widecombe parish
Hutholes – an abandoned medieval settlement
Early North Hall Research/Investigations
Books
Many books have been written about Widecombe’s History.
Some of these have been written by local people. You can take a look at some of them here.
As a taster, let us start with a mystery. The early surviving medieval documents relating to Widecombe Church, explored in the paper of the same name, also include a reference to a place called ‘Wodehaye’. It is not known for certain where this place is, other than that it must be close to the centre of Widecombe village. Perhaps you can provide the solution. You can read the paper below.
Poor on the Moor: We have added a series of short talks exploring how the poor of Widecombe were looked after during the 18th and 19th centuries.
North Hall booklet: This booklet, published by Moor than meets the eye, tells the story of the lost manor of Widecombe. Click for more information.
Digital Archive: The Widecombe Digital Archive is the home of a substantial quantity of online assets including Apprenticeships, Churchyard Headstones, Tithe Apportionments and other Parish Chest contents including Overseers’ Accounts and Churchwardens’ Accounts. These assets are not currently available for online viewing but you can learn more about the digitising project by visiting the website.
To learn more about Widecombe, click here: About Widecombe-in-the-Moor