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A guide to Ilfracombe, and the neighbouring towns,
comprehending a general sketch of the history & objects
most worthy of remark in that part of the north of Devon
by
J. Banfield
Ilfracombe, Printed by J. Banfield, vi, 54 pp.
Prepared by Michael Steer
The town's name is a derivative of the Anglo-Saxon Alfreinscoma - by which name it was noted in the Liber Exoniensis of 1086. The translation of this name (from Walter William Skeat of the department of Anglo Saxon at Cambridge University) means the "Valley of the sons of Alfred". The manor house at Chambercombe in east Ilfracombe, was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as being built by a Norman knight Champernon (from Chambernon in France) who landed with William of Normandy. It is also said to be haunted. This small book is essentially a guide to the region and part of the growing tourism industry in the late Georgian-early Victorian period. The Library's collection stamp is indistinct on this copy. However, the book was produced from a digital copy that can be downloaded from https://books.google.co.uk/books, with a search by either author of title. 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.
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Ackland, Sir Thomas | 32 |
Alfred, King | 40 |
Anne, Queen | 7 |
Arundel family | 44 |
Athelstan, King | 34 |
Barclay & Co, Messrs | 46 |
Barnstaple, Barons of | 35 |
Bassett, Joseph Davie esq | 12 |
Bath, Earl of | 2, 24 |
Bath, William Henry, third Earl | 39 |
Becket, St Thomas a | 11, 17 |
Bell, Dr | 8 |
Bonvill, William Lord | 2 |
Bonville arms | 23 |
Bourchier family | 2 |
Bourchier, William | 24 |
Bowen, Captain Richard | 6 |
Brannock, Saint | 20-1 |
Britanny, Alured. Earl of | 34 |
Bulmer, Sir Beaver | 24 |
Camden | 1, 6, 24, 36 |
Camden arms | 6 |
Carew family | 20, 44 |
Cario, Odo de | 20 |
Cary, George esq | 42 |
Champernon family | 13 |
Champernowne, Lady Roise | 2 |
Champernowne, Sir Henry | 2, 7 |
Champernowne, Sir Richard | 2 |
Chichester, Sir Arthur | 32 |
Chichester family | 35 |
Cleveland, J. esq | 39 |
Coname, Malgo | 20 |
De Biry family | 22-3 |
Dinham, Barons (Dinant) | 44 |
Drake, Gribble, Marshall & Co, Messrs | 45 |
Edward the Confessor | 1, 20 |
Edward I | 23, 36 |
Edward III | 24, 33 |
Edwards, Susan | 39 |
Elizabeth I | 24, 39 |
Esdaile & Co, Messrs | 46 |
Fitz-Warren family | 44 |
Fitz-Warine, Baron | 2 |
Giffard family | 42 |
Gilbert, Adrian esq | 24 |
Githa | 43 |
Glyn & Co, Messrs | 45 |
Godwin, Earl | 43 |
Gorges, Lord | 7 |
Gornard, Richard | 38 |
Granville, Sir Richard de | 39 |
Granville, Sir Theobald | 38 |
Gray, Henry, Duke of Suffolk | 2 |
Grose | 30 |
Harding, T. Wrey esq | 33 |
Henry I | 23, 36 |
Henry II | 1 |
Henry III | 7, 44 |
Henry VI | 2 |
Henry VII | 44 |
Herle, Sir John | 2 |
Herries, Mr | 28-9 |
Holland, Duke of Exeter | 35 |
Holland, Earl of Huntingdon | 35 |
Hubba | 40 |
Incledon, R.N. esq | 32 |
Jewel, John | 23 |
John, King | 19 |
King, Lord | 32 |
Knight, Mr | 31 |
Lay, James & Co. Messrs | 46 |
Leland | 35 |
Lloyd, Temperance | 39 |
Lock, Mr | 28 |
Luttrell, Mr | 32 |
Marisco, William de | 44 |
Marrow, Thomas esq | 35 |
Martin, Lords | 35 |
Martin, Sir R. | 24 |
Mary, Queen | 35-6 |
Nectan, Saint | 43 |
Nelson, Sir Horatio | 6 |
Orchard, Mrs | 44 |
Orchard Paul esq | 44 |
Plantagenet arms | 23 |
Ptolomy | 43 |
Puttay | 37 |
Pyke, Law, Bencroft & Co, Messrs | 46 |
Raleigh, Sir Walter | 34, 39 |
Richard I | 20 |
Richard II | 35, 42 |
Sandford, Mr | 27 |
Stamford | 36 |
Stowford, Sir J, Lord Chief Justice | 33-4, 36 |
Totenais, Judeal de | 34-5 |
Tours, Martin de | 23 |
Tracé, Sir William de (Tracye) | 11, 17 |
Tracey family | 35 |
Trembles, Mary | 39 |
Vye, W.B. & Harris, G. Messrs | 46 |
Warlewast, William | 20 |
Werstan | 37 |
Whyte, James esq | 34 |
Willett, A.S. esq | 40 |
William I | 35, 39 |
Williams, Sir J, Bt | 43 |
Williams, Sir S.J. | 41 |
Wollacombe family | 19 |
Wrey, Sir Bourchier, Bt | 2-3 |
Wrey, Sir Bourchier Palk, Bt | 3, 37 |
Zouche family | 44 |