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Below are stories by us, Landkey for Explore North Devon. Select a story's name or logo to view it. You can also view our picture gallery collections by selecting Collections here or on the menu bar above.
| An Introduction to Landkey | |
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Visit this small collection of pictures and maps to obtain a foretaste of the main features to be found in and around the village of Landkey. |
| Images from Then and Now | |
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Come and look at familiar Landkey landmarks and see how they appeared up to a century ago |
| Mazzards and the Millennium Green | |
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Once almost extinct, the mazzard variety of cherry tree has been revived in a small orchard on Landkeyâ??s Millennium Green |
| Old Landkey and the Water Mill | |
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This collection shows a little of what life would have been like in Landkey as far back as the turn of the 20th century and how water was important as a source of power for milling at that time. |
| St Paul's Church | |
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Follow this link to learn about Landkeyâ??s parish church which can trace can trace its origins back as far as the fifth century. |
| The Arrival of the North Devon Link Road and Mains Gas | |
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Landkey was relieved of a huge daily burden of traffic when the North Devon Link Road opened in 1989. Further modernisation occurred three years later when mains gas was connected to the village for the first time |
| Venn Quarry and the Limekilns | |
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Venn Quarry is located just outside the village of Landkey and has been a source of stone for road building since 1936. Limestone quarries on the site, however, date as far back as 1708. |