fishing boats Beer village Devon UK
The popular fishing village of Beer has a long history starting with the original Viking settlement The Romans knew Beer and used its fine stone quarries which have existed for almost 2000 years and have been worked continuously throughout Saxon and Norman times Another industry which flourished was the making of gunflints for the Army and Navy The monks of Newenham and Sherborne Abbeys used the south sloping fields for growing grapes Later Beer formed part of the dowry of Catherine Parr the last wife of King Henry VIII and it was then sold to the Starre and Walrond families A number of Flemish Huguenot refugees settled in the village in the 1300 s and introduced the famous Beer lace which is still made today Queen Victoria s wedding dress was made here in 1839 A Spanish ship was wrecked in the bay in the early 17th century and the crew settled in the village marrying the local girls Beer was also the home of several artists in the 1800 s The Walronds owned the manor and lived at Bovey House a fine old Tudor mansion situated a mile outside the village The last of the family married Lord Rolle and she had the Almshouses and School built in 1820 The old Beer luggers with their red sails were crewed by firstclass seamen who had sailed the seven seas The fishing village has produced more sea captains than any other place for its size in the whole of Britain In the past the villagers were much involved in smuggling the most famous being Jack Rattenbury born in Beer in 1778 and known as the Rob Roy of the West
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