Start Point, Devon

Historical Description

Start Point, a headland in the S of Devonshire, 9½ miles S by W of Dartmouth. A lighthouse was erected on it in 1836, and shows both a revolving light for the open channel, and a fixed light for inshore. Start Bay extends about 7 miles from the headland northward, but makes only a slight incurvature on the coast.

Maps

Online maps of Start Point 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)