Torquay: Chronicles Revealed

by R. W. Calloway

The story of Torquay, told chapter by chapter from its earliest days to the present, in this short, readable work of popular history from the Chronicles Revealed series. Legends are marked as legends, and places where historians disagree are flagged in the text.

12 chapters:

• Coral Reefs and Desert Floods
• Candlelight in Kents Cavern
• The White Canons of Torre
• The Spanish Barn
• From Torre Quay to Torquay
• Invalids, Villas and the Bath House
• Health and Happiness: A Borough Is Born
• Red Clay at Watcombe
• The Man They Could Not Hang
• A Girl from Barton Road
• A Cliff Railway, a Thatched Inn and a Sunday Afternoon in
• Olympic Sails and a Hotel in Wellswood

Also includes a timeline, places to visit, and further reading and sources.

What you get: an instant digital download (PDF, 47 pages) to read on any computer, tablet or phone.