Research on our Maidencombe map has yielded quite a few results already - particularly with regard to defining the boundaries of Maidencombe, which have long been clouded in mystery. The southern borders of Maidencombe have always been a topic for discussion with the Torbay Coast & Countryside Trust placing wooden signage posts a full quarter of a mile inside of the summit to the Goats Path bearing the legend: 'Area of Watcombe' and supported by an SX grid reference. These look authoritative but I have always been dubious of their validity and had posed the query to the Trust's Director who had not been dogmatic in replying 'Have we got them in the wrong position?'
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Well, they are in the wrong place and should be changed at some point. I confirmed this after making a visit to the Town Hall Friday afternoon to inspect the ward boundaries. It may even come as a surprise to some that the Valley of the Rocks (listed on the English Riviera Global Geopark website as Watcombe) and indeed Watcombe Beach both lie outside of the Watcombe Ward boundary courtesy of the radical changes of December 2001 when Maidencombe changed wards, moving from Combe Ward (renamed Watcombe Ward) to the St Marychurch Ward. There is even a possibility that Maidencombe could even lay claim to the Valley of the Rocks and the Giant Rock ... more on this later.
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
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