Teignmouth, Devon multiview poem 1973 Dennis

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• Picture / Image:  Greetings from Teignmouth multiview: The Sea Front, The Ness, from the Ness, Shaldon Bridge
• Publisher:  Dennis (T 0248)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  2½p Machin
• Postmark(s):  Newton Abbot 26 Aug 1973
• Sent to:  Godalming, Surrey
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Teignmouth (pronounced /'t?nm??/, TIN-m?th) is a town and civil parish in Teignbridge in the English county of Devon, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign. It has a population of 14,413.^[1] In 1690, it was the last place in England to be invaded by a foreign power. The town grew from a fishing port associated with the Newfoundland cod industry to a fashionable resort of some note in Georgian times, with further expansion after the opening of the South Devon Railway in 1846. Today, its port still operates and the town remains a popular seaside holiday location.

The first record of Teignmouth (as Tengemuða, meaning mouth of the stream) was in 1044.^[2] There were originally two villages, East and West Teignmouth, separated by a stream called the Tame.^[3] Neither village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but East Teignmouth was granted a market by charter in 1253 and one for West Teignmouth followed just a few years later.^[4]

Documents indicate that Teignmouth as a whole was a significant port by the early 14th century, second in Devon only to Dartmouth.^[5] It was significant enough to have been attacked by the French in 1340 and to have sent seven ships and 120 men to the expedition against Calais in 1347.^[6] However its relative importance waned during the 15th century, and did not figure at all in an official record of 1577. This may have been due to silting up of the harbour caused by the operations of the tin miners on Dartmoor.^[7]

During the 17th century, in common with other Channel ports, Teignmouth ships suffered from raids from Dunkirkers, which operated as privateers from Flemish ports. It is possible that smuggling was the town's most significant trade at this time, though cod fishing in Newfoundland was also of great importance.^[8]

In July 1690, after the French admiral Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet at the Battle of Beachy Head, the French fleet was anchored in Torbay and some of the galley fleet travelled the short distance up the coast and attacked Teignmouth. A petition to the Lord Lieutenant from the inhabitants described the incident: