HOLCOMBE VILLAGE 
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The village today (click on picture for larger image)
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| St George's Church | Lobster Cottage, taken from the corner of Hall Lane and Holcombe Road |
The Castle Inn, the village local, |
The sea wall at Smugglers Lane, taken along the railway line |
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Smuggler's Inn, on the main Dawlish to Teignmouth coast road |
Holcombe from the air |
Long Thatch in Holcombe Road |
Holcombe Road, not looking its best with the modern day telephone poles. |
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| Holcombe in April 2008 | And who says Global warming isn't happening? |
And in yesteryear (click on picture for larger image)
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1920’s
view. Note apple orchards where Brook Close stands and the Training School
huts on the skyline. (see Jottings
Autumn/Winter 2006) |
Probably 1930’s. The original Post Office (used from about 1906/7 until the mid 1930’s) is on the left and the lady standing in the road was the first postmistress. |
View
over the village in mid 1930’s.
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Another 1930’s photograph. Lobster Cottage complete with hanging sign for “Lobsters Tea Rooms”.
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Lobster cottage again, taken in the mid 1930's, but very little changed from the present day. |
Holcombe
Cottage pre WWII – and thatched until the 1960’s. A keen eye will reveal a car
higher up the street. |
A view of Holcombe Road probably taken late 1940's or early 1950's. | Holcombe Cottage in the foreground, probably taken in the 1930s. Another car is parked down the road. |
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| Taken around 1900, the village still heavily wooded. | The village Post Office and shop taken in the late 1920's. | Post WWII looking over Hall Lane towards Fordens Lane - the caravan park is doing good business! | A much more developed village, taken in 2003. |
More information on the history of the village, and additional photographs, can be found in two books by Bryan Weston - "Holcombe Village: A thousand years of history" and "Captured in Time: Memories of a Devon Village". Both these books can be purchased at the Post Office / shop.
The Teignmouth and Shaldon museum also has old photos of the village, as well as historical records such as births, deaths and marriages (see links page)
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