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Sidmouth Lifeboat
Sidmouth Lifeboat is a fully self-funded independent lifeboat charity in East Devon that provides Lifeboat (rescue), lifeboat and lifeguard services, and is located at The Esplanade in Sidmouth, a town approximately east of Exeter, on the Jurassic Coast of Devon, England. A lifeboat station was established at Sidmouth in 1869 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), operating until its closure in 1912. A new Independent Lifeboat station was established in 1968, and since 2019, its principal lifeboat is currently an Arctic 24 Rigid inflatable boat, RIB named ''Peter & Barbara Truesdale''. Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat is not part of, or funded by the RNLI, although it does have close links to the RNLI through the nature of its work. Sidmouth Lifeboat is funded entirely by the community in and around the Sid Valley and friends of Sidmouth Lifeboat from further away. History The RNLI had established stations at in 1853 and at in 1858. In 1869, Sidmouth RNLI Lifebo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidmouth
Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 13,258 in 2021, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town has been designated a conservation area. History The origins of Sidmouth pre-date recorded history. The River Sid, Sid valley has been in human occupation since at least the Iron Age as attested by the presence of Sidbury Castle, and possibly earlier given the presence of Bronze Age burial mounds on Gittisham Hill and Broad Down. The village of Sidbury itself is known to be Saxon in origin with the Church crypt dating to the seventh century. However, the Sid Valley was divided into two ecclesiastical land holdings, with Sidbury and Salcombe Regis being gifted by King Athelstan to Exeter Cathedral, and Sidmouth, which was part of the Manorialism, manor of Otterton, was gifted by Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (the mother of King Harold Godwinson) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
