This page is devoted to some old photos of Widecombe.

If you have any you can send us we would be delighted to publish them.

To start us off, we have started to collect old postcards of the area and a couple are worth showing you. They date from the 1930s and 1940s.

As usual, click on the images for a larger view.

Beatrice Chase: A postcard from Ms Chase with a photo and message (thanks to Patrick Wildgust)
The Old Widecombe Village Sign in its old location.
A general village view.
St Pancras Church showing the tablet depicting the story of The Great Storm. The four sections of the tablet are enlarged alongside. Try to work out what they say!
Widecombe village and Poundsgate village showing (clockwise) Old Smithy, Old Inn, Poundsgate Post Office, & Tavistock Inn all as thatched buildings

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