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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 Thomas32
Alfred, King40
Anne, Queen7
Arundel family44
Athelstan, King34
Barclay & Co, Messrs46
Barnstaple, Barons of35
Bassett, Joseph Davie esq12
Bath, Earl of2, 24
Bath, William Henry, third Earl39
Becket, St Thomas a11, 17
Bell, Dr8
Bonvill, William Lord2
Bonville arms23
Bourchier family2
Bourchier, William24
Bowen, Captain Richard6
Brannock, Saint20-1
Britanny, Alured. Earl of34
Bulmer, Sir Beaver24
Camden1, 6, 24, 36
Camden arms6
Carew family20, 44
Cario, Odo de20
Cary, George esq42
Champernon family13
Champernowne, Lady Roise2
Champernowne, Sir Henry2, 7
Champernowne, Sir Richard2
Chichester, Sir Arthur32
Chichester family35
Cleveland, J. esq39
Coname, Malgo20
De Biry family22-3
Dinham, Barons (Dinant)44
Drake, Gribble, Marshall & Co, Messrs45
Edward the Confessor1, 20
Edward I23, 36
Edward III24, 33
Edwards, Susan39
Elizabeth I24, 39
Esdaile & Co, Messrs46
Fitz-Warren family44
Fitz-Warine, Baron2
Giffard family42
Gilbert, Adrian esq24
Githa43
Glyn & Co, Messrs45
Godwin, Earl43
Gorges, Lord7
Gornard, Richard38
Granville, Sir Richard de39
Granville, Sir Theobald38
Gray, Henry, Duke of Suffolk2
Grose30
Harding, T. Wrey esq33
Henry I23, 36
Henry II1
Henry III7, 44
Henry VI2
Henry VII44
Herle, Sir John2
Herries, Mr28-9
Holland, Duke of Exeter35
Holland, Earl of Huntingdon35
Hubba40
Incledon, R.N. esq32
Jewel, John23
John, King19
King, Lord32
Knight, Mr31
Lay, James & Co. Messrs46
Leland35
Lloyd, Temperance39
Lock, Mr28
Luttrell, Mr32
Marisco, William de44
Marrow, Thomas esq35
Martin, Lords35
Martin, Sir R.24
Mary, Queen35-6
Nectan, Saint43
Nelson, Sir Horatio6
Orchard, Mrs44
Orchard Paul esq44
Plantagenet arms23
Ptolomy43
Puttay37
Pyke, Law, Bencroft & Co, Messrs46
Raleigh, Sir Walter34, 39
Richard I20
Richard II35, 42
Sandford, Mr27
Stamford36
Stowford, Sir J, Lord Chief Justice33-4, 36
Totenais, Judeal de34-5
Tours, Martin de23
Tracé, Sir William de (Tracye)11, 17
Tracey family35
Trembles, Mary39
Vye, W.B. & Harris, G. Messrs46
Warlewast, William20
Werstan37
Whyte, James esq34
Willett, A.S. esq40
William I35, 39
Williams, Sir J, Bt43
Williams, Sir S.J.41
Wollacombe family19
Wrey, Sir Bourchier, Bt2-3
Wrey, Sir Bourchier Palk, Bt3, 37
Zouche family44