Life and events in Kingswear in the 18th century from history research.

18th Century

Title and Author	Time Perion	Link
Kingston Farmhouse Built	1750	Link
Smuggling in the Dart from	18th to 20th C	Link
Painting of the “Pot Maker” in Kingswear	1799	See below

This picture, ‘The Pot Mender’, was painted by Thomas Girton about 1799. He died aged 22 years. The beach is that between the car ferry slip and Collins slip by the Yacht Club (from where the first passenger ferries ran). The chap with the barrow is the itinerant pot- mender – an important tradesman at that time. The building behind him in the distance is the Plume of Feathers, now the Royal Dart Hotel, before its third storey was added. The building with hanging sign this side of the Ferry slip is where our Post Office is now – with a good deal of artistic licence!