Hope Cove, Devon

Historical Description

Hope Cove, a fishing hamlet in South Huish parish, Devonshire, on Bigbury Bay, 4½ miles SW of Kingsbridge. It is a sequestered place amid wild scenery, has an inn, and was formerly noted for smuggling.

Maps

Online maps of Hope Cove are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)