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Notes on the older times of Ilfracombe

Trans. Devon Assoc. vol. 11 (1879), pp. 161-167.

by

Mrs Slade-King

Prepared by Michael Steer

Ilfracombe has been settled since the Iron Age, when the Dumnonii established a fort on the dominant hill, Hillsborough (formerly Hele's Barrow). The town's name has two possible sources; (1) that it derives from the Anglo-Saxon Alfreinscoma - by which name it was noted in the Liber Exoniensis of 1086. The name means "Valley of the sons of Alfred". (2) that Ilfracombe was derived from Norse illf (bad), Anglo-Saxon yfel (evil ford) and Anglo-Saxon cumb (valley or bottom), thus 'The valley with the bad ford'. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the University of Michigan Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.


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Baldwin the Sheriff 162
Bath, Earl of 164
Bishop, Robert 164
Bouchier Wrey family 165
Brisman 162
Buckingham, Duke of 164
Butler, Lord John 164
Campo Arnulphi, Henry de 166
Cawdor, Lord 165
Cecil, Secretary 163
Champernowne, Henry 162, 166
Chanter, J R Esq 163
Charles I 165
Cowper, Arthur 164
Cutcliffe, John 166
Doddington, Sir F 165
Edward the Confessor 162
Edward I 162
Edward III 163
Elizabeth I 163
Fairfax, Sir Thomas 165
Fitzwarren family 164
Henry III 162
Henry VIII 162
Herle, Sir W 166
Incledon, Robert Newton 163
John, King 162
Knight 165
Lombardo, Evangelista 163
Marish 162
Molecot, Paganus de 162
Monmouth, Duke of 164
Monte Forte, Henry de 166
Morcomb, W 163
Nicholas IV, Pope 162
Oliver, Dr 166
Ormond, Duke of 164
Penruddock 164
Robert 162
Rupecissa, Johannes de 166
Sachefield 163
Stapledon, Bishop 165
Tyrone, Earl of 167
Walker 165