The New Road (now Victoria Road) was constructed across the bed of the (silted up) Mill Pool and up the Ford valley after 1823.
An engraving of the interior of the church and showing the screen provided the inspiration for Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poetical illustration Dartmouth Church in Fisher's Drawing Room scrap Book, 1833. In medieval times, land access from the Totnes direction passed the manor at Norton and the parish church at Townstal before falling steeply along what are now Church Road, Mount Boone and Ridge Hill to the river at Hardness.
It was reformed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.
The town returned two members of parliament from the 13th century until 1835, after which one Member of Parliament (MP) was elected until the town was disenfranchised in 1868.
Spithead was extended in 1864 when the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway arrived in Kingswear and a pontoon was constructed, linked to Spithead by a bridge.
In 1864-7 Higher Street was widened into Southtown and linked to Lower Street, which was also widened, with the northern part renamed Fairfax Place.
The railway line to Kingswear was opened in 1864.
The town returned two members of parliament from the 13th century until 1835, after which one Member of Parliament (MP) was elected until the town was disenfranchised in 1868.
This led to the men living as close as possible to the river, and their tenements became grossly overcrowded, with the families living in slum conditions, with up to 15 families in one house, one family to a room. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution opened the Dart Lifeboat Station at the Sand Quay in 1878, but it was closed in 1896.
Some of the buildings were rebuilt further back with decorative frontages. In 1881 the Harbour Commissioners produced a scheme for an embankment or esplanade from near the Lower Ferry to Hardness, across the remains of The Pool, to provide an attraction for tourists and further mooring space.
It was completed in 1885 after much disagreement between the Borough, the Commissioners and the Railway (now the Great Western Railway).
In addition it provides links to the Torbay resorts of Brixham, Paignton and Torquay from Kingswear via the ferry. No railway has ever run to Dartmouth, but the town does have a railway station, opened on 31 March 1890 to replace the original facility on the pontoon, although it is now a restaurant.
This led to the men living as close as possible to the river, and their tenements became grossly overcrowded, with the families living in slum conditions, with up to 15 families in one house, one family to a room. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution opened the Dart Lifeboat Station at the Sand Quay in 1878, but it was closed in 1896.
A tidal lock gate was provided at the Boatfloat bridge, which could be closed at such times. ===21st century=== Dart Lifeboat Station was reopened in 2007, the first time that a lifeboat had been stationed in the town since 1896.
In 1900, a Light Railway scheme was proposed for a crossing of the Dart near Maypool to join another line from Totnes and then proceed to Kingsbridge and Yealmpton, with a branch to Salcombe.
who play at Long Cross. Dartmouth also hosts the annual "World Indoor Rally Championship", based on slot car racing in the late summer. At the end of August and early September there is the annual Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta. Since 1905 Dartmouth has had a greenhouse as part of the Royal Avenue Gardens.
In the 1920s, aided by government grants, the council made a start on clearing the slums.
An 18th-century working Newcomen steam engine is on display in the town. Mary Nightingale, ITV newscaster lived in Dartmouth for much of her childhood. Flora Thompson lived in Above Town between 1928 and 1940, writing Lark Rise and Over to Candleford during this time.
The reclamation was completed in 1937 by the extension of the Embankment and the reclamation of the mud behind it, which became Coronation Park.
An 18th-century working Newcomen steam engine is on display in the town. Mary Nightingale, ITV newscaster lived in Dartmouth for much of her childhood. Flora Thompson lived in Above Town between 1928 and 1940, writing Lark Rise and Over to Candleford during this time.
Community facilities were minimal at first, but a central area was reserved for a church, which was used by the Baptists and opened in 1954, together with a speedway track.
It remained a municipal borough until 1974, when it was merged into the South Hams district, and became a successor parish of Dartmouth with a town council. Dartmouth Town Council is the lowest of three tiers of local government.
As with the rest of the British Isles and South West England, the area experiences a maritime climate with warm summers and mild winters – this is particularly pronounced due to its position near the coast – extremes range from a record low of just in January 1987 up to a record high of during June 1976. ==Transport== Dartmouth is linked to Kingswear, on the other side of the River Dart, by three ferries.
Much of the surrounding countryside and notably Slapton Sands was closed to the public while it was used by US troops for practise landings and manoeuvres. Between 1985 and 1990 the Embankment was widened by 6 metres and raised to prevent flooding at spring tides.
As with the rest of the British Isles and South West England, the area experiences a maritime climate with warm summers and mild winters – this is particularly pronounced due to its position near the coast – extremes range from a record low of just in January 1987 up to a record high of during June 1976. ==Transport== Dartmouth is linked to Kingswear, on the other side of the River Dart, by three ferries.
She was the wife of Sir Michael Redgrave and mother of Vanessa, Lynn and Corin, and published her autobiography, Life Among the Redgraves, in 1988. Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.
Much of the surrounding countryside and notably Slapton Sands was closed to the public while it was used by US troops for practise landings and manoeuvres. Between 1985 and 1990 the Embankment was widened by 6 metres and raised to prevent flooding at spring tides.
It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and South Hams district, and had a population of 5,512 in 2001, reducing to 5,064 at the 2011 census.
A tidal lock gate was provided at the Boatfloat bridge, which could be closed at such times. ===21st century=== Dart Lifeboat Station was reopened in 2007, the first time that a lifeboat had been stationed in the town since 1896.
Dartmouth Community College and Dartmouth Primary School are part of the Dartmouth Learning Campus; as from September 2007, Dartmouth Community College is part of a federation with Dartmouth Primary School and Nursery, meaning that the two schools share one governing body for pupils aged 1 to 16.
It has initially been kept in a temporary building in Coronation Park. In 2010, a fire seriously damaged numerous historical properties in Fairfax Place and Higher Street.
It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and South Hams district, and had a population of 5,512 in 2001, reducing to 5,064 at the 2011 census.
The bookshop was reported as facing closure in September 2011 and the report was fulfilled. Thomas Newcomen, the inventor of the atmospheric engine – the first successful steam-powered pumping engine – was born in Dartmouth in 1663.
The paddlesteamer PS Kingswear Castle returned to the town in 2013.
In May 2013 this building, used for the previous 10 years by Dartmouth in Bloom, a not-for-profit organisation affiliated with Britain in Bloom, was closed as structurally unsound.
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