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 | |
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  Hele Bay Location within Devon | |
| OS grid reference | SS535476 |
| Civil parish | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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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
edit- ^ Professor J.J.N.Palmer. "Open Domesday: Hele". www.opendomesday.org. Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Hele - 16th Century Water Mill". Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1203046)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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