EPW059621 ENGLAND (1938). The mouth of the River Taw, Braunton Burrows and the village, Appledore, from the south, 1938

The lookout appledore

The lookout appledore

Chanters Folly Thomas Burnard Chanter (1797-1874) was a wealthy merchant who ran a fleet of ships out of Richmond Dock at Appledore. In 1841, in an attempt to have men ready to unload his ships as soon as they docked, he built an observation tower on the cliffs above Appledore so he could see his ships cross the Bideford Bar The Folly Fellowship is a Registered Charity No. 1002646 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No. 2600672

Braunton Lighthouse A lighthouse was built here in the early 1800s to safeguard mariners on a coastline plagued by shipwrecks but was sadly demolished in 1945. The lighthouse was accompanied by a lower light, which ran on rails according to the state of the tide © AONB North Devon Coast 2014 * 'Low Light', on OS 1891 map is ' box mounted on a tram road, on which it is moved to and fro - as the bar shifts position. - The 2 lighthouses must be brought into 1 by vessels making for the estuary'. Moveable 74ft high square white wooden structure. * SOURCE: 1891 OS 1:10,560; Page 1895, 133; Denham 1839, 9-11 © AONB North Devon Coast 2014 http://www.explorebraunton.org/memories-of-braunton-lighthouse.aspx

Saunton Sands Hotel.