| Thomas
Benson takes over as lessee |
1748 |
|
| Thomas
Benson lease ends |
1754 |
|
| The Jenny
cargoship runs aground on the west side |
1797 |
Gives its
name to Jenny's Cove |
Old Light
completed |
1820 |
Designed by
David Asher Alexander who also designed Dartmoor Prison. Constructed by
Joseph Nelson. Cost £36,000. At 96 feet high it was the highest in Britain at the time. 567 feet above sea level. |
| Stoneycroft
built |
1820s |
|
| Millcombe
House completed |
1838 |
 |
| The
Barn constructed |
1839 |
|
| William
Henry Heaven converts castle to cottages |
1850 |
|
| Kistvaen
barrow discovered |
1851 |
|
| "Giants'
Graves" discovered |
1856 |
|
| Battery
Point signal station constructed |
1862 |
Cannon carry
the inscription GR |
| Lundy
Granite Co leases island Belle Vue Cottages built by Lundy Granite Co. Work begun on Old Hospital around this time |
1863 |
Millstone
manufacture begins Belle Vue cottages
are staff accommodation today
|
 |
c.1864 |
The Heaven Family take a picnic at Benjamin's Chair. The photograph can now be seen in the Old School. |
| Lundy
Granite Co lease ends |
1868 |
|
| The Bait Hut
built next to Trinity House stone |
1870 |
|
| Lower East
Side Path cut for shooting parties |
1871 |
|
| Old Hospital
abandoned |
1881 |
|
| The Old
School (Blue Bung) constructed |
1886 |
 |
| Henry
Ackland becomes tenant farmer |
1892 |
Ackland's
Moor is named after him |
| Rocket Pole
erected by the Board of Trade Rocket Shed erected (now the museum) |
1893 |
|
| Castle
Cottage built as Cable Hut |
1894 |
|
| North Light
built by Trinity House |
1896 |
Designed by
Sir Thomas Matthews |
| South Light
built Battery Point signal station abandoned St Helen's Church (now St Helena's) dedicated |
1897 |
|
| HMS Montagu runs aground on Shutter Rock | 1906 | |
| Tibbett's
(Admiralty Lookout) built |
1909 |
 |