Kingswear Historians

History of Kingswear and the Neighbouring Area

We welcome members, guests and visitors to our monthly meetings and we periodically make excursions to places of historical interest. If you have any questions about the history of Kingswear, or the immediate area, please ask through this site and one of our members will contact you. We also welcome suggestions to improve this site and the topics we cover.

This website is intended to perform the following functions:

  1. To act as a means of disseminating information concerning our meetings and visits and of other organisations offering relevant meetings, visits and events.
  2. To act as a repository of information concerning the history of Kingswear and its neighbourhood for the benefit of our members and for others, world-wide, who may be interested in our history.
  3. To encourage others, among our members and world-wide, to contribute to the story of Kingswear and its neighbourhood.

This site is under development. Comments and contributions would be most welcome.

5 thoughts on “Kingswear Historians”

  1. Chris Mackey

    I was rather instrumental in 1984 in getting Kingswear Station listed and thus saved from demolition and replaced by luxury apartments. I have kept much of the documentation.

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    1. Dear Chris, We would be most interested in any material or information you have about the railway. We could use this to improve our history of the railway by improving the information or illustrations. Any anecdotes could also be used to add flavour of our history as has been done by Reg Little and Ian Giles. How can we best contact you? My details are on the home page and I live in Kingswear.
      Thanks for contacting us.

      Brian

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      1. Chris Mackey

        I am normally at the station 3 days’ a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, arriving befofre the 1st train arrives and leaving just after the last-but-one has departed.
        mmmmmmmmy mobile number is 07970950267

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  2. Michael and Viv Short

    We were members of the Historians until it disbanded. Obviously started again, Although we live in North Devon we made most meetings.

    My husband was born in May 1933 at Jubilee Terrace. The home of his grandmother Ruth Short. Left finally when he joined the RAF in 1951.

    We havnt family in Kingswaer now. Totnes and Brixham the closest.

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    Mike remembers D Day well and the Americans. The damaged Boats coming into Dartmouth after the incident in Lyme Bay. We visit often. Meet up with cousin from Totnes. Her father always said he spent his 21st birthday on the beach. It was called Dunkirk.

    Michael John Short . Have uou an email address for Tessa Gibson?   Written by Viv Short

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