Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of BritaineHolinshed, Raphael
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Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
As for the hauen which in times past as I haue heard, hath béene at
[Sidenote: Sidde.]
Sidmouth (so called of Sidde a rillet that runneth thereto) and likewise
[Sidenote: Seton.]
at Seton, I passe it ouer, sith now there is none at all. Yet hath there
béene sometime a notable one, albeit, that at this present betweene the
two points of the old hauen, there lieth a mightie bar of pibble stones,
in the verie mouth of it, and the riuer Axe is driuen to the verie east
point of the hauen called White cliffe. Thereat also a verie little gull
goeth into the sea, whither small fisherbotes doo oft resort for succour.
The men of Seton began of late to stake and make a maine wall within the
hauen to haue changed the course of the Axe, and (almost in the middle of
the old hauen) to haue trenched through the Chesill, thereby to haue let
out the Axe, & to haue taken in the maine sea, but I heare of none effect
that this attempt did come vnto. From Seton westward lieth Coliton, about
[Sidenote: Colie.]
two miles by west northwest, whereof riseth the riuer Colie, which going
by the aforesaid towne, passeth by Colecombe parke, and afterward falleth
betweene Axe bridge and Axe mouth towne into the Axe riuer.
By west of Bereworth point lieth a créeke, serued (so farre as I
remember) with a fresh water that commeth from the hilles south of
[Sidenote: Sid.]
Soutleie or Branscombe. Sidmouth hauen is the next, and thither commeth a
fresh water by S. Maries from the said hils, that goeth from S. Maries
aforesaid to Sidburie, & betweene Saltcombe & Sidmouth into the maine
[Sidenote: Autrie aliàs Ottereie.]
sea. By west of Auterton point also lieth another hauen, and thither
commeth a pretie riueret, whose head is in the Hackpendon hilles, and
commeth downe first by Vpauter, then by a parke side to Mohuns Auter,
Munketon, Honniton, Buckewell, and north of Autrie receiueth a rill
[Sidenote: Tale.]
called Tale, that riseth northwest of Brodemburie in a wood, and from
whence it commeth by Pehemburie, Vinniton, and making a confluence with
the other, they go as one betwéene Cadde and Autrie, to Herford, Luton,
Collaton, Auterton, Budeleie, and so into the sea. On the west side of
this hauen is Budeleie almost directly against Otterton. It is easie to
be seene also, that within lesse space than one hundred yeers, ships did
vse this hauen, but now it is barred vp. Some call it Budeleie hauen of
Budeleie towne, others Salterne port, of a little créeke comming out of
the maine hauen vnto Salterne village, that hath in time past béene a
towne of great estimation.
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