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the entrance of Salcombe Harbour, was deposited in large 

 quantities, and taken away by farmers in the neighbourhood 

 for manure. 



Dodbrooke Quay then only extended so far as Quay Lane, 

 where the muddy beach commenced. 



Mr. Strong, corn merchant, owned the garden on the 

 south side of Quay Lane, and made a great improvement 

 by inclosing a portion of the creek, on the west side of his 

 garden, which now forms South Place. He also built that 

 portion of Dodbrooke Quay which lies on the west of South 

 Place, which was afterwards extended to the point at the 

 steps, where it now terminates. An attempt was then made 

 by Mr. Winsor, the agent of Mr. Hodges, Lord of the Manor 

 of Dodbrooke, to erect a sea wall, to form a road from Dod- 

 brooke Quay to Barrack Lane and Salt Mill, then an ancient 

 Quay ; but this was resisted by Mr. John Lidstone, who 

 claimed the right outside his field,* which then sloped down 

 to the beach, and on which field Quay Cottage, Victoria 

 Place, and Glena, have since been built. It was then bounded 

 on the west by the ebbing and flowing tide. After much 

 litigation a compromise was effected, by which a sea-wall 

 was built by subscription, with Mr. Lidstone's consent, and 

 continued on the beach outside of Boxhill to Barrack Lane 

 and Salt Mill Quay. 



Ebrington Street was then called Barrack Street, it 

 being the only road from the town to the Barracks, then 



* On the crest of the hill of this field, which was culled Lower Field, it is 

 supposed there was a row of cottages at an ancient date, as traces of their 

 foundations were found in excavating for the new buildings. An ancient 

 copper coin, or token, was picked up by Mr. G. B. Lidstone, among the 

 excavations, having William Markell, 1666, on one side of it, and an ancient 

 galley on the other. It is supposed that William Markell was a merchant 

 who resided in the town, as there is a tombstone in Dodbrooke Church to 

 the memory of a person of that name, of the same date. 



