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On the Early History of Dawlish

Trans. Devon Assoc.  1881, Vol XIII, illus., pp. 106-130.

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James Bridge Davidson, M.A.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The land that includes present-day Dawlish was granted by Edward the Confessor to Leofric, later the first Bishop of Exeter, in 1044. After the Norman Conquest, Leofric gave the land to the Diocese of Exeter, which held it until it was sold  in 1802. This scholarly article is a treasury of detailed information about very early Dawlish.  Little of note happened at Dawlish until the end of the 18th century, when seaside locations on the south coast started to become popular with the wealthy, mainly caused by George III making Weymouth his summer holiday residence from 1789. The article, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.