Hele Bay

Hele Bay is a small village and beach just to the east of the town of Ilfracombe in North Devon, England. It is on the South West Coast Path.

Hele Bay
Hele Bay
Location within Devon
OS grid referenceSS535476
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

The small village of Hele is inland from the beach. Hele was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 when the tenant-in-chief was Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances. [1]

There is a Grade II Listed corn mill at Hele Bay that dates back to around 1525.[2][3]

References
  1. Professor J.J.N.Palmer. "Open Domesday: Hele". www.opendomesday.org. Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. "Hele - 16th Century Water Mill". Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1203046)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 October 2016.


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