History of Starcross on Vision of Britain

Starcross is featured on the Vision of Britain website

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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Starcross like this:

STARCROSS, a village in Kenton parish, and a chapelry partly also in Dawlish parish, Devon. The village stands on the estuary of the Exe, and on the South Devon railway, 8 miles SSE of Exeter; was, till about 1820, a petty hamlet, known only for its cockles and its oysters; is now a large and well built watering-place; and has a head post-office,‡ a r. station with telegraph, several respectable inns and lodging-houses, and a fair on Whit-Wednesday. The chapelry was constituted in 1828. Pop., 1,192. Houses, 282. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £210.* Patrons, alternately the Dean and Chapter of Exeter and the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church is good; and there is a national school.

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The online references to historical maps of Starcross, include:

 this one from the 20th century

this one from the 19th century
 (use the dropdown menu on HERE)

land utilisation
 (use the dropdown menu on HERE)

and the street map view
 (use the dropdown menu on HERE)