Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum 2025

Inside the Old Grammar School is the story of Kingsbridge and the South Hams: how the people of the area lived, worked and played, along with the importance of farming life and the Victorian kitchen.

Contacts

Address: 108 Fore Street Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 1AW

  • Telephone: 01548 853 235
  • Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
  • Website: View website

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Open Days & Times

31 Mar-Oct Mon-Fri 1030-1530. Visit website or facebook for more details.

Travel

  • By Rail: Ivybridge / 13 miles

Facilities

  • Souvenir Shop
  • Part disabled access

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The museum was opened in 1972 in the old Kingsbridge Grammar School buildings. Mrs Evelyn Northcott persuaded English China Clays Ltd to rescue the derelict building and found a museum to collect and record the social history of the area.

The museum was named after William Cookworthy (1705 – 1780), who was born in Kingsbridge and who developed the first true hard-paste porcelain (“china”).

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