Category: Exmouth History
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Daniel Warren
Daniel Warren of Minehead, originator of the submarine telegraph, is buried in Littleham Churchyard. In July 1858 a petition to…
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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…
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Exmouth Zoo
Exmouth Zoo was originally opened as a branch of Paignton Zoological and Botonical Gardens in 1957, being subsequently purchased by…
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New Battery
The New Battery, located close to the old Lifeboat Station, was completed in 1862. It contained a keeper’s cottage, an…
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Brickworks
Exmouth’s first brickworks dating from the early 1700’s were probably based around lime kilns in the area of Stoney Lane,…