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Date |
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| 1 | | - —2010: The Town Twinning association with Cabourg was wound up.
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| 2 | 1843 | - 1843: Holy Trinity Church.
1841. Building started on the Parish Church which cost £2600 to build.
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| 3 | 1844 | - 1844: The beacons were erected on the rocks at the bottom of the harbour.
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| 4 | 1847 | - 1847: Boys School
Salcombe Boys School built
- 1847: Customs House
Foundation stone laid in October of this year
The new Custom House was built in Valentine Place now Union Street.
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| 5 | 1850 | - 1850: North Sands sea wall built c1850.
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| 6 | 1854 | - 1854: The Infant School was built at Courtenay Street which may have been known as Channel Street in 1854.
- 1854—1976: The Infants School was closed.
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| 7 | 1859 | - 1859: Rookery
A rookery opposite the church was cut down.
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| 8 | 1869 | - 1869: Lifeboat
Salcombe's first lifeboat arrived
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| 9 | 1871 | - 1871: Baptist Church was opened.
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| 10 | 1875 | - 1875: Salcombe Girls School built
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| 11 | 1877 | - 1877: Shadycombe Cemetery was opened.
When it eventually closed a site at Bonfires Hill was purchased for Burials.
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| 12 | 1893 | - 1893: South Devon Land Company began to auction building plots.
The plots varied in price from £20 to £60,
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| 13 | 1895 | - 4 Jul 1895: The Waterworks were opened.
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1869 - 1901 (32 years)