Regional Information
Lying on the Atlantic coast, on the border with Cornwall, Welcombe is part of the North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Welcombe probably began as a series of neighbouring, self-sufficient farmsteads in the Anglo-Saxon period. Eventually, those farms would merge to create the village, but thereafter the way of life in Welcombe probably changed little from its first mention in the Domesday Book to its next appearance in a census in Victorian times.
The arrival of the industrial age and better transport would break the village's comparative isolation from the rest of the country. Today Welcombe is still a thriving farming community but is also now a popular holiday destination.
