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| HER Number: | MDV42797 |
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| Name: | Morgan Giles Shipyard, Teignmouth |
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Summary
Shipyard taken over by Morgan Giles in 1921, closed in 1968. Built lifeboats, naval craft, and later became internationally renowned for luxury yachts and motor cruisers.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 939 725 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX97SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Teignmouth |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | EAST TEIGNMOUTH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97SW/188
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHIPYARD (XX - 1921 AD to 1968 AD (Between))
Full description
Hole, W., 1759, DRO/19192/1 (Record Office Collection). SDV311558.
Ship building area marked in roughly same area on an estate survey of 1759.
Ordnance Survey, 1855-1895, First Edition 1:500 Town Map (Cartographic). SDV338879.
'Boat Building Yard' and 'Slip' marked. Map object based on this source.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Royal Air Force, 1946, CPE/UK/1824, 4140; HER ref 50/26 (Aerial Photograph). SDV288056.
Ordnance Survey, 1963, Plan SX9272 & SX9372 (Cartographic). SDV350644.
Map object based on this source.
Pearson, A., 1985, Visitor's Guide to Teignmouth, South Devon, 80 (Monograph). SDV300876.
Morgan Giles shipyard was on the site of the present temporary car park. Yachts built here until just before the First World War, and the yard was then derelict until taken over by Morgan Giles in 1921. Several lifeboats were built there between 1939-1949, and during the Second World War the yard contributed to torpedo boats, harbour defence boats and pinnaces, then after the war supplied inshore minesweepers. Several training craft were built for Royal Naval college in the early 1960s. Before it closed in 1968 the firm became internationally renowned for luxury yachts and motor cruisers.
Wilson, V., 1994, Teignmouth Historic Walkabout (Pamphlet). SDV354751.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV288056 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4140; HER ref 50/26. |
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| SDV300876 | Monograph: Pearson, A.. 1985. Visitor's Guide to Teignmouth, South Devon. Visitor's Guide to Teignmouth, South Devon. A5 Paperback. 80. |
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| SDV311558 | Record Office Collection: Hole, W.. 1759. DRO/19192/1. Devon Record Office Collection. |
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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV338879 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1855-1895. First Edition 1:500 Town Map. First Edition 1:500 Town Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV350644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1963. Plan SX9272 & SX9372. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Plan. Map (Paper). |
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| SDV354751 | Pamphlet: Wilson, V.. 1994. Teignmouth Historic Walkabout. Leaflet. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV55023 | Related to: Boat Building Yard, Strand, Teignmouth (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 17 2014 10:53AM |
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