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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Woolacombe like this:
Woolacombe, hamlet, Devon, on Morte Bay, 2 miles W. of Morthoe sta. Woolacombe Sands commence here and stretch southwards along the coast for 3½ miles to Baggy Point.
Woolacombe is now part of NORTH DEVON District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH DEVON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woolacombe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woolacombe, in North Devon and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24363
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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