Buildings Photo Archive

The history group collect and collate photographs of local buildings, people and events and store the original pictures in the photo archive in East Worlington Parish Hall. 
An ongoing task is to scan in all of these archive pictures for display online, and to collect additional physical or digital photographs from residents who wish to share them with the community – historic images are particularly welcome.

If you can supply additional information about any of these images of have photographs of your own that you wish to share with the community then please conact the history group using the Contact Form in the menu or email history@ewph.uk.

Below are archive images that, in some way, refer to buildings. Click or tap any image to see a larger version.
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All Buildings Affeton Drayford East Worlington West Worlington

Archive pictures for: Buildings

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Description	Image
Drayford Bridge 1910 Date: 1910 Archive reference: DR13
The Old Smithy Date unknown relatively modern Archive reference: EW20c
The Old Smithy Date unknown, modern Archive reference: EW20d
Oak Ash and Thorn Being re thatched. C 1970s Date: 1970 (uncertain) Archive reference: EW7
Cuddenhay Farmhouse Archive reference: FA17a
Cuddenhay Farmhouse In this picture the thatched roof has been replaced by corrugated iron. Archive reference: FA17b
View of West Village View from Hensley. Circa 1960 Date: 1960 Archive reference: WEW1
West Worlington Hill showing the Stucley Arms For information re the closure of the pub see WEW7a ( March 1940) Date: 1940 Archive reference: WEW7
Pedley Barton Archive reference: FA19
Demolished Cottages in Drayford Circa 1910 Date: 1910 (uncertain) Archive reference: DR14
Mains Water Installation 1957 West Worlington Hill being dug up. 1957 People in picture are Jack Yendell and Sheila Stenner. Date: 1957 Archive reference: WEW6
Mr Lake at The Gables West Worlington Archive reference: P11
Rull Farm late 1950s Date: 1950 Archive reference: FA14b
East Worlington School House 1970s Archive reference: ED20
Drayford Bridge prior to new bridge c1912 House on left foreground possible clockmaker. The packhorse bridge at Drayford is marked on Donne's Map of 1765 but dated from long before that.  It carried the "Great Road to Exeter" from South Molton in those days. In 1811 a special rate was levied on properties for the repair of Drayford and Worlington Bridges.  It was so narrow that, as the photo shows, carts had to use the ford. Date: 1912 (uncertain) Archive reference: DR1
Oak Ash and Thorn when it was a Post Office Post/Telegraph Office c1910 Date: 1910 Archive reference: EW6
Town Barton Farmhouse Date: 1996 (uncertain) Archive reference: FA12
Tweenmoors House Tom Pike owner Tom Pike's now Tweenmoors. Archive reference: EW9
Rusden Farmhouse c1990s Date: 1990 (uncertain) Archive reference: FA13
High Cross, Three Hammers Cross Roads Pre WW2 Archive reference: EW11
Drayford Toll House Purchased by Andrew Cobley Hosegood in 1882 Originally situated at the crossroads on the North side of the Little Dart River. Date: 1882 Archive reference: DR17
The Old Smithy Date unknown next oldest photo Archive reference: EW20a
The Old Smithy Date unknown oldest photo when working smithy Archive reference: EW20
Cobley Farmhouse Archive reference: FA15
Thornham Chapel prior to 1908 Date: 1900 (uncertain) Archive reference: R2
Beech Cottage with postman Part of 1910 kalendar. Postman believed to be William Boundy who lived at Oak Ash and Thorn (formerly Stone Cottage and Post Office House) Date: 1910 Archive reference: EW4
West Burrow Farmhouse 1918 Chapple family farmed there in 1900s. Herbert and Eli were born there. Burnt down in 1979 Date: 1900 Archive reference: FA16
Postman outside Oak Ash and Thorn c1930s Date: 1930 (uncertain) Archive reference: EW8
Beech Cottage formerly Oxlease with occupants Early 20th Century Date: 1910 (uncertain) Archive reference: EW2
Little Dart Bungalow With Mrs Roy Troake in front of the building Little Dart Bungalow was built in1959 by Vanstones of Witheridge for Mr and Mrs Roy Troake of Rull Farm for their retirement. Archive reference: EW10
Trixies Cottages, Now demolished, Drayford Archive reference: DR12
Oddislake Cottage renamed Edgelake Home to Jack Yendell's grandparents Archive reference: EW12
Beech Cottage with people "Gran and Ned Way at Oxlease" Mid 20th Century Date: 1950 (uncertain) Archive reference: EW5
Beech Cottage Archive reference: EW3
West Worlington Hill c1960 Down Cottage. Also known as May's Cottage. Rebuilt in 1980s following a fire. Stucley Arms private dwelling Date: 1960 Archive reference: WEW12
Cottages West Worlington Hill 1965 Middle and lower cottages. Lower cottage sometimes known as Yendell Cottage. Date: 1965 Archive reference: WEW11
West Worlington showing orchard as existing pre 1910 Date: 1910 Archive reference: WEW10
West Worlington prior to buildings erected in the orchard Archive reference: WEW8
West Worlington from Hensley Farm From Hensley Farm Drive c1920 Archive reference: WEW9
West Worlington Church Cottage c1970s Date: 1970 (uncertain) Archive reference: WEW24
West Worlington Village Pre 1960s We think this is 1950s or even earlier. Date: 1950 Archive reference: WW101
West Worlington Church Cottage c1950-60 Entrance to the church showing the lytchgate Date: 1955 (uncertain) Archive reference: WEW2
Worlington War Memorial Archive reference: WW15
East Worlington taken from Rull Hill Early 20th century Archive reference: EW17
The Old Smithy Date unknown now with extension Archive reference: EW20b

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