Places to see in ( Ivybridge - UK )
Places to see in ( Ivybridge - UK )
Ivybridge is a small town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about 9 miles east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales and lies along the A38 Devon Expressway road. There are two electoral wards in Ivybridge East and Ivybridge West .
Mentioned in documents as early as the 13th century, Ivybridge's early history is marked by its status as an important crossing-point over the River Erme on the Exeter-to-Plymouth route. In the 16th century mills were built using the River Erme's power. The parish of Saint John was formed in 1836. Ivybridge became a civil parish in 1894 and a town in 1977.
The early urbanisation and development of Ivybridge largely coincided with the Industrial Revolution. Stowford Paper Mill was built in 1787 and rebuilt again in the 1860s with extensive investment. In 1848 the railway arrived on the northern edge of the village [South Devon Railway Company]. The paper mill closed in 2013 after 226 years in Ivybridge and the buildings are being converted to homes and shops. Although occasionally referred to as a dormitory town, many people work in the town itself, and agriculture continues to play an economic role for Ivybridge's hinterland. The area surrounding Ivybridge is almost completely farmland.
The name Ivybridge is derived from a small 13th century hump-backed bridge of the same name. Apart from swimming, it was the only means of crossing the river until the 1830s although plans were put forward in 1819. Ivy was used to describe the bridge, because there was ivy growing on the bridge. As the bridge was the centre of the village and important to its very existence, it was named the parish of Ivybridge in 1894.
Ivybridge is situated deep in the south western peninsula of England, Ivybridge is 182 miles (293 km) from London, 10 miles (16 km) from Totnes and 28 miles (45 km) from Exeter. The main road in and out of the town (the A38) allows fast access to its nearby city Plymouth for many of Ivybridge's commuters.
Ivybridge's earliest known economy relied on the River Erme with a corn mill, tin mill and an edge mill in existence in the town. Later development of the town relied on both the River Erme and the railway, which was built in the latter part of the Industrial Revolution of the United Kingdom.
The town's natural landmark is Western Beacon; a hill that overlooks the town. People walk up there for the views of Ivybridge and the South Hams. The town's first manmade landmark is the Ivy Bridge; a 13th-century hump-backed bridge covered in Ivy. It is still in use today and gives the name of the town – Ivybridge. The two remaining industrial landmarks of the town are the viaduct over the River Erme and the paper mill. The original viaduct was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1848, only the granite piers remain. The operational line alongside was built by Sir James Charles Inglis opened in 1894 for the Great Western Railway. It still carries the mainline trains. They were key to the town's initial growth in the Industrial Revolution and are still importance to the town today. In the centre of the town a war memorial, equidistant from three of the churches, was unveiled in 1922 and each year on Remembrance Day the town holds a ceremony to those who lost their lives. In recent years another memorial has also been built nearby commemorating the lives of American servicemen stationed in and near the town in 1943-1944, many of whom died on Omaha Beach on D-Day. The Watermark is one of the town's modern landmarks, which began construction in 2007 and was completed in March 2008 at a cost of £1.4 million.
Ivybridge has long been a staging post on the Exeter to Plymouth road dating back to the 13th century and the Ivy Bridge was the only way over the River Erme at the time. The bridge itself is still in use to this day taking cars (one-way) and pedestrians across the river. The first railway station at Ivybridge was not complete when the South Devon Railway was opened, but was brought into use six weeks later on 15 June 1848. The building was situated on the north side of the track, immediately to the west of Ivybridge Viaduct.
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come back to you, Jeff & Vida @ ivybridge watermark
bluegrass with jeff & vida live at the ivybridge watermark
Ivybridge's Got Talent - Here's What You Missed!
Beaconville Nursing Home and Skipton Building Society organised 'Ivybridge's Got Talent' Evening at The Watermark on 24th November 2011.
We put together this video to give you an insight into what happened on the night!
rockabilly baby, jeff & vida live @ the ivybridge watermark
bluegrass night at the ivybridge watermark with jeff & vida and the carrivick sisters
Luke Pollard: Dave Trigger for Ivybridge
March 2009: Labour's candidate for Ivybridge in June's local elections, Dave Trigger, talks about his red Battle Tractor in this video. Find out more about Ivybridge Labour online at lukepollard.net
Inter continental ballistic missile hits Ivybridge.....calasparran english peasants blamed !!
I.C.B.M. from Calasparra sent to Ivybridge, Devon, December 2012.......no injuries!!
#thecharleslloyd on a tour of Stowford Mill Ivybridge Devon
via YouTube Capture
Ivybridge Town 12.09.2010
8enwalker's shared video file.
The Days - Jane live at The Watermark
24-04-09: Ivybridge home gig for the release of Never Give Up (11th May) AWESOME NIGHT!
Ivybridge Taxis - South Hams Taxis
Welcome to Ivy Cabs Taxi's, Private & Wedding Hire
(01752) 895555 / 696969
Please telephone for details of our full range of services or to get a fast, competitive quotation
Ivycabs is a family run business which has been established since 2002
Based in the South Hams, Devon, we offer a Professional, Punctual, Reliable and Efficient transport service to the local community and beyond
From short to long distance runs, we offer competitive rates that appeal to both domestic and business clients.
Available 24/7 (When booked in advance)
Courteous & Uniformed Drivers
A girls or Lads night out - well take you where you want to go and pick you up afterwards
4, 6 and 8 Seated Vehicles Available
We are happy to undertake Contract work - (please contact us for details)
Corporate, Business, Executive and Sporting Events
Regular School Runs
Wheelchairs Accessible Vehicle & Escorts provided on runs if required
All our drivers are CRB checked
Experienced Male or Female drivers
Discount available on booked return journeys
Our vehicles can be booked in advance
We can also provide Airport Transfers Modern Silver Jaguar for Weddings
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Ivy Cabs also now offer:
Fare Car F7 for your travel in South Hams
From Bigbury, Bigbury-on-Sea, Challaborough, Ermington, Kingston, Ludbrook, Modbury, Ringmore, St Anns Chapel and Ugborough
Regular journey choices to Ivybridge and Modbury town centres,
Ivybridge Station and Lee Mill Tesco
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(01752) 89-55-55 / 69-69-69
I am the stig
Me driving my courtesy car through back lanes from ivybridge doing 90+mph in an 2010 vauxhaul corsa Sri haha
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
The New Machine, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, taken from Interstellar Rockstar photos by Steve Clark, Exmouth Pavilion 27/6/98
Ivybridge Cricket Club's Annual Draw For Tour
Ivybridge Cricket Club are touring Bristol and room names are being drawn out the hat......kev jacobs and wakeham together.......wots the chances???
Alex & Dan - Use Somebody cover - Ivybridge 24/04/09
Support act for The Days at The Watermark, Ivybridge.
Jeff & Vida Band @ All Soul's Coffee House 10/17/2009
This weekend, I decided to check out this remarkable music group performing at Tulsa's
All Soul's Coffee house.
They are one of the tightest music groups I've seen in a long time. I wanted to share this
brief experience of this group with you and hope that you'll take the time to go and see them
in person if you get the chance to do so. For more info about this group go to:
Give it some Heart!
Heart is the new radio station for the South Hams. Take a look at some of the famous local places and well know local faces, giving it some Heart.
FSX - UK to Australia Stage 2 Approach to Dubai
I originally made these videos a month ago (August 2013) and was using the Bandicam trial version, hence the watermark on the FSX videos. In the meantime, I lost the files as they were on another PC, and as I wanted to transfer these videos to my new YouTube account, the only way I could do it was to recapture them (using Bandicam, the FULL version) and then re-upload these new files onto my new YouTube channel! WOW! Hope you like them anyhow
Ivybridge Incinerator Demonstration December 2009
Demonstration against the proposed incinerator at Lee Mill near Ivybridge on 12th Dec 2009. For more information see SaveOurSouthHams and also EcoIvy
Music on the day was provided by Crooked Tempo from Ermington
Powers Of Ten
A Video-Ex Production
Powers Of Ten
19th March 1999
Filmed at Dawlish Leisure Centre, Dawlish, United Kingdom.
This project is a 101-minute choral work that explores the scales of the universe from sub-atomic to cosmic. It comprises 21 musical selections which are subtle and sophisticated while lyrical and engaging.
Commissioned in 1999 by Dawlish Academic Council, the Powers of Ten lead to three performances involving 9 schools and around 400 children to audiences of 1500 people.
Individual songs have been performed many times since, and in April 2008 the whole work was performed by North Cambridge Family Opera Group as part of the 2008 Cambridge (USA) Science Festival.
In December 2008 it was performed in Ivybridge in Devon, UK with two community choirs and around one hundred children and teenagers from three local schools.