Historical Maps of our area
Our beaches are steeped in history. Below we have some enlightening old maps produced in 1765, 1886 and 1610 showing the coastline and with some beach names a bit different from today.
Our coastline in 1886
Extract from National Library of Scotland Historical Maps
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Map references below comes from The National Library of Scotland which is the world's leading centre for the study of Scotland and the Scots. They are a major European research library, with collections of world-class importance.
Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland
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Our coastline in 1765
Extract from Benjamin Donn Historical Wall map of Devonshire & Exeter
Our coastline in 1610
This is a historical extract of our area, the South Hams, taken from a complete Devonshire map created by John Speed. (This was reprinted in 1991 by The Olde Map Company, Sennen Cove, Cornwall.)
