Torquay, Devon - Cockington Church & Court - postcard c.1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Cockington Church and Court, Torquay
• Publisher:  Bendles (Torquay) Ltd.
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Cockington is a village in Torquay in the English county of Devon. It is a picturesque village, with old cottages within its boundaries. It is about a half a mile away from Torquay.

The village was probably founded 2,500 years ago during the Iron Age with evidence of two hill forts on either side of Cockington valley.^{[citation needed]} Little is known about Cockington from that point up until the remains of a small Saxon village were found near the Drum Inn. The evidence from this village shows that it was primarily a fishing and farming village. The first official documentation of the village was in the 10th century.^{[citation needed]} The manor was owned by Alric the Saxon, before William Hostiarus, William de Falesia and Robert FitzMartin, who passed it down to his son Roger, who renounced his name to become Roger de Cockington. The Cockington family owned Cockington Estate from 1048–1348.^{[citation needed]} The Cary family owned the court from 1375 to 1654. It was then sold to the Mallock family,^{[citation needed]} a family of rich silversmiths from Exeter, who owned it from 1654 to 1932 when they sold the estate to the Torquay Corporation.

Cockington Court was built over the remains of a medieval court. A far cry from the days of the Cary family when it was an actual court, it is now filled with various arts and crafts workshops.^[1][2]

In her youth, Agatha Christie regularly visited Cockington. Her novel Why Didn't They Ask Evans? is dedicated to Christopher Mallock. The Mallock family were friends of Christie's from the years before her first marriage. The Mallocks staged amateur theatricals at Cockington Court, in which Christie, managing to overcome her usual crippling shyness, took part.^[3][4]

type=printed

city/ region=torquay

period=post-war (1945-present)

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=standard (140x89 mm)