Colin J. Anderson

Tag: Devon

The Hall’s of Penzance – a family mystery and tragedy: a birth in Cornwall, a marriage in Devon and a death in Hong Kong – how are they linked?
Imagine a river with gentle sloping banks, boats, gardens and cafés running through the centre of Newton Abbot. It nearly happened.
Treat your home like a Listed Building – Laser-clean!
Post-war OS maps released showing Newton Abbot in detail in 1956
Merrivale: A 5,000 year-old Dartmoor settlement with stone rows, cists, cairns and a solitary menhir
In 2005 I took my new camera out for a walk around Newton Abbot – and took pictures of pubs!
Transport 2000: a successful Newton Abbot millennium event that, sadly, was never repeated
Ashburton
Meldon, Dartmoor
Newton Abbot timeline: neolithic to 2009
Newton Abbot: in 1967 work started on building Chichester Estate with street names dedicated to famous Devon seafarers – but nobody calls it ‘Chichester’ anymore