Museums · South West England
Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe — a museum in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
Noah Drury — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Ilfracombe is a museum in england-south-west, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Place summary
Ilfracombe is a museum located in South-West England. It features exhibits that showcase the town's maritime history and local culture. The museum serves as a resource for understanding the area's heritage.
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Background
History
Ilfracombe has been settled since the Iron Age, when the Dumnonii (the Roman name for the inhabitants of the South-West) established a hill fort on the dominant hill, Hillsborough (formerly Hele's Barrow). The origin of the town's name has two possible sources. The first is that it is a derivative of the Anglo-Saxon Alfreinscoma - by which name it was noted in the Liber Exoniensis of 1086. The translation of this name (from Walter William Skeat of the department of Anglo Saxon at Cambridge University) means the "Valley of the sons of Alfred". The second origin is that the name Ilfracombe was derived from Norse illf (bad), Anglo-Saxon yfel (evil ford) and Anglo-Saxon cumb (valley) perhaps…
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- Coordinates
- 51.2080, -4.1200
- County
- Devon
- District
- North Devon
- Parish
- Ilfracombe
- Postcode
- EX34 9HN
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Devon
- Official site
- visitilfracombe.co.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Ilfracombe (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ilfracombe?
- Ilfracombe is in South West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.2080°, -4.1200°.
- Is Ilfracombe wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Ilfracombe. Check ahead for specific facilities.