I have collected information from many sources, the main ones are listed below.
Sidmouth Museum
British Newspaper Archive
Devon Record Office
National Archives at Kew
Books by
Anna Sutton
Reginald Lane
Peter Orlando Hutchinson
John Wallis (various contributors)
Rev. Edmund Butcher
Rising Bray
John Ankins
Assistance from
Richard Parker Historic Buildings Consultant
Sue Dymond of the Branscombe Project
John Ankins
Information on the history of postcards, to aid dating of images, from
Postcards of the Past
Sussex Postcards
And finally my thanks for support go to
Mary and Kay Bagwell, Matt Booth and Louise Cole of Sidmouth Drill Hall Hub.
Jeremy Woodward of the SidVale Association and Vision Group for Sidmouth