Talk:Salcombe

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Urr, what was wrong with that link? HornetMike 18:42, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I've taken out the bit about Salcombe being a fishing port, for which I can find no evidence.

I've tagged the bit about the estuary being carved out by glaciers as Fact since there's no reference for it and I haven't come across it elsewhere.

I've tried to rewrite the article to sound less like a tourist brochure :-) It needs more work but I think (and hope!) this is a step in the right direction.

As this article develops I think it might be useful to split it into two:
 * Salcombe the town, its history, economy and culture
 * Salcombe estuary, is geography, history (lime kilns...), climate; the towns, villages and hamlets bordering it etc (Batson, Frogmore...)


 * PS: D'oh! There already is an article about the estuary (and it's the Kingsbridge, not Salcombe Estuary). My bad :-(

Anybody know the correct name for the types of boats used as ferries on the South Sands and Kingsbridge routes?

To Do
Add info about:
 * transatlantic cables
 * Salcombe Lifeboat
 * regattas
 * crab-wars (what's the name of the day?) - its called the Trawler Race day
 * Overbeck's
 * (micro-)climate
 * historical development (landowners, developers, builders)
 * religion? methodist decline - church demolished for luxury flats
 * more on boat-building yards etc
 * wrecks (and wreckers!) Starehole bay etc
 * Batson? - what about more on the harbour activities and also Kingsbridge??
 * pictures