Photo Gallery

From this page, by clicking any of the subject links (or tabbing to the link and pressing ‘Enter’) you can view photographs of the people and places of Yarnscombe in years gone by. If you are viewing these photographs at a screen resolution less than 1024 x 768 we recommend that you set the browser to full screen mode (press ‘F11’ in Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox; press ‘F11’ again to return to normal mode). We are grateful to Sharon Dixon, Martin Harris, Christine Johns (née Jewell), Kaye Kelly, the late Bill Moore, Kathy Yeo and Knight’s Photographers (Barnstaple) for the loan of, and permission to use, photographs in order to produce this gallery.

Approaching the village from Oaken Hill Approaching the village from Oaken Hill Post Office Post Office
Village Square (1) Village Square (1) Village Square (2) Village Square (2)
Methodist Chapel Methodist Chapel Miss Oakey Miss Oakey
Kent Brothers Kent Brothers Albert Kent Albert Kent
Triplet Calves Triplet Calves Ivy Holland Ivy Holland
Hillside Hillside Village School in 1922 Village School in 1922
Village School Village School Village School in 1948 Village School in 1948
Mr. and Mrs. Thorne (East Greylake Farm) Mr. and Mrs. Thorne (East Greylake Farm) Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thorne (East Greylake Farm) Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thorne (East Greylake Farm)
Heards Lane (east end) Heards Lane (east end) Heards Lane (east end, aerial view) Heards Lane (east end, aerial view)
Northchurch Farm (house) Northchurch Farm (house) Northchurch Farm (yard) Northchurch Farm (yard)
Northchurch Farm (harvest) Northchurch Farm (harvest) Northchurch Farm (transport) Northchurch Farm (transport)
Village Hall Beginning Village Hall Beginning Village Hall Opening Village Hall Opening