PEPPERCOMBE BAY
PEPPERCOMBE BAY

Thomas Giffard (1506-1550), son of John Giffard and Joane Sydenham, is remembered for an accidental fall on his wedding day from a cliff at Peppercombe Bay, near Parkham in Devon, the spot being subsequently known as Giffard's Jump or Giffard's Leap.
This National Trust map is placed just before the steep descent to the cliffs and beach.

See Appendix 19 for the poem entitled Giffard’s Leap (1791) by Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard.

[image copyright: Jane Sercombe Lewis]

PEPPERCOMBE BAY

Thomas Giffard (1506-1550), son of John Giffard and Joane Sydenham, is remembered for an accidental fall on his wedding day from a cliff at Peppercombe Bay, near Parkham in Devon, the spot being subsequently known as Giffard's Jump or Giffard's Leap.
This National Trust map is placed just before the steep descent to the cliffs and beach.

See Appendix 19 for the poem entitled Giffard’s Leap (1791) by Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard.

[image copyright: Jane Sercombe Lewis]