Daniel Warren of Minehead, originator of the submarine telegraph, is buried in Littleham Churchyard. In July 1858 a petition to Parliament ran as follows: (Journals of the House of Lords, Volume 90). The electric telegraph was invented and refined by Morse, Wheatstone, Cooke and others in the 1830’s and 1840’s, with one of the first… Continue reading Daniel Warren
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Bystock Pools
Bystock Pools are a well kept local secret, a staggeringly beautiful area a few miles North East of Exmouth, packed full of interesting wildlife. The large lake, which looks quite natural, was built as a reservoir to serve Bystock Court and Marley House between 1879 and 1889. A pumping house pumped water from the reservoir… Continue reading Bystock Pools
Exmouth Zoo
Exmouth Zoo was originally opened as a branch of Paignton Zoological and Botonical Gardens in 1957, being subsequently purchased by Kenneth Smith in 1962. The Zoo was run privately by Ken Smith and his wife Trudy with the help of staff which included the Curator, Mrs Judith Bond. Before coming to Exmouth Ken Smith was… Continue reading Exmouth Zoo
New Battery
The New Battery, located close to the old Lifeboat Station, was completed in 1862. It contained a keeper’s cottage, an ammunition magazine, three thirty-two pounder guns and one eight inch mortar, and was used by the Exmouth Volunteer Artillery. It is said to have been demolished in the 1920s, or possibly in 1908 leaving only… Continue reading New Battery
Brickworks
Exmouth’s first brickworks dating from the early 1700’s were probably based around lime kilns in the area of Stoney Lane, which is adjacent to Lime Kiln Lane. George Hooper was certainly making bricks here in the 1860’s. In 1873 Thomas Redway opened his brickworks using local clay on 20 to 30 acres of land known… Continue reading Brickworks