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  • Clackmannanshire
    ...also lies to the south. Clackmannanshire itself has a detached part to the south-west in a crook of the [[River Forth]] adjacent to [[Stirling]] on the oppo The county's main river, the [[River Devon, Clackmannanshire|River Devon]] rises on these hills.
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  • Devon
    |name=Devon |map image=Devon Brit Isles Sect 5.svg
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  • Dorset
    ...ltshire]] to the north-east, and [[Hampshire]] to the east. Outside the “South East Dorset conurbation”, most of the county is largely rural and agricul ...[[Jurassic Coast]]” as far as [[Lyme Regis]], close to the border with Devon.
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  • Somerset
    ...istol Channel]] from the [[River Avon, Somerset|Avon]] to the borders of [[Devon]] on Exmoor and deep inland blessed with rich farmland. ...iltshire]] to the east, [[Dorset]] to the south-east, and [[Devon]] to the south-west. Its north and west are washed by the waters of the [[Bristol Channel]
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  • County Kildare
    |picture=Ireland - Plains of South Kildare.jpg ...outh Kildare.jpg|thumb|right|277px|Looking east across the broad plains of South Kildare to the distant Wicklow Hills.]]
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  • Dollar
    |constituency=Ochil and South Perthshire ...to the north and the [[River Devon, Clackmannanshire|River Devon]] to the south.
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  • Tillicoultry
    | constituency=Ochil and South Perthshire ...age of [[Coalsnaughton]] lies just south, whilst [[Alloa]] lies four miles south-west.
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  • Bracknell
    ...It lies 11 miles south-east of [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and 10 miles south-west of [[Windsor]]. The town is surrounded, on the east and south, by the vast expanse of [[Swinley Woods]] and [[Crowthorne]] Woods. The tow
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  • Tavistock
    | county= Devon | LG district= West Devon
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  • Exeter
    |county=Devon The City of '''Exeter''' is the county town of [[Devon]] and the site of [[Exeter Cathedral]], founded in the 12th century and the
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  • Plymouth
    |county=Devon ...n]]. It is Devon's largest town and the major regional centre both of West Devon and for much of [[Cornwall]]. Plymouth stands between the mouths of the ri
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  • Barnstaple
    |county = Devon |LG district= North Devon
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  • Newton Abbot
    | county = Devon '''Newton Abbot''' is a market town in East [[Devon]], on the banks of the [[River Teign]], with a population of 23,580.<ref>{{
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  • Paignton
    | county =Devon '''Paignton''' is a town on the south coast of [[Devon]], on Tor Bay. It is a seaside resort, part of the holiday destination kno
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  • Princetown
    |county=Devon |LG district= West Devon
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  • Yelverton, Devon
    |county = Devon |LG district= West Devon
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  • Tiverton
    |picture=Tiverton-Devon-RiverExe.jpg |county=Devon
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  • Torquay
    | county = Devon | picture=torquay.devon.750pix.jpg
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  • Rainford
    ...Rainford Junction, a smaller settlement which has grown up around Rainford railway station. The two parts of the village are separated by a band of farmland, ...ford; King's Moss to the east, Crawford to the north-east and Crank to the south-east.
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  • Dartmoor
    ..., the East Dart and West Dart, though the moor is the source of several of Devon's great rivers. .... The moor rises to its highest point at 2,037 feet on [[High Willhays]], Devon's [[county top]], and the whole moor is a great range of hills, many capped
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  • Penzance
    The town lies in the shelter of Mount's Bay facing south-east onto the [[English Channel]]. To the west lies the fishing port of [[N ...ast path. Nearer to hand, the pretty fishing port of [[Newlyn]] is to the south, now contiguous with Penzance, and around the cliff is [[Mousehole]] from w
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  • Isle of Wight
    ...land of [[Hampshire]] in the [[English Channel]], 3–5&nbsp;miles off the south coast of Great Britain. It is separated from the main body of Hampshire by The south coast of the island borders the [[English Channel]]. Without man's interven
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  • Poole
    ...town at the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]] lies [[Wimborne Minster]]. South of Poole along the coast lies Poole Bay, with 3 miles of sandy beaches from ...d by lowland heathland to the north and wooded chines and coastline to the south. The heathland habitat supports the six native British reptile species and
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  • Grimsby
    ...stinguish it from [[Little Grimsby]], a village about 14&nbsp;miles to the south, near [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]]. ...of the usual trends, large numbers of fishermen from the South-East and [[Devon]] travelled North to join the Grimsby fleet. Over 40% of these newcomers ca
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  • Bridgwater
    ...o junctions of the M5 motorway. Bridgwater railway station is on the main railway line between [[Bristol]] and Taunton. ...s built with a pair of adjacent gates and drawbridges. The keep was at the south-east corner of what is now King Square, and documents show that the complex
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  • Land's End to John o' Groats
    ...he following morning buses via Wick to John o' Groats, an ordinary one-way railway fare for the rail section of the journey cost £216.<ref>[http://www.transp ...West Coast Path''; or by a shorter inland route through [[Cornwall]] and [[Devon]] by minor roads and paths, the ''Two Castles Trail'' and the towpath of th
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  • Newark-on-Trent
    ...n the route of the old Great North Road), and the [[East Coast Main Line]] railway. It has town walls, a large though ruined castle, and a large Georgian mar ...e flood meadow by the town the little [[River Devon, Nottinghamshire|River Devon]] flows, joining the Trent here.
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  • Taunton
    ...nr.naturalengland.org.uk/special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?themeid=1082977|title=South Taunton Streams|work=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=English Nature|accessd The parish church of St. Mary Magdalene, built of sandstone more in the South Somerset style, preserves an attractive painted interior, but its most nota
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  • Cheddar Yeo
    ...ddar Yeo is one of several rivers called the [[River Yeo]] in Somerset and Devon. The name ''Yeo'' is from the Old English word ''ea'', meaning simply "riv It then flows south under a disused railway bridge which used to carry the Cheddar Valley line and west through [[Rackl
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  • Land Yeo
    ...Mark Yeo is one of several rivers called the [[River Yeo]] in Somerset and Devon, and is known as the Mark Yeo to avoid confusion with the others. The name ...d Estate, north of [[Nailsea]] where it is crossed by Jacklands Bridge and south of [[Wraxall, Somerset|Wraxall]], continuing through a man made watercourse
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  • River Forth
    ...[Cambus]] (where it is joined by the river [[River Devon, Clackmannanshire|Devon]]), [[Alloa]], [[Fallin]] and [[Airth]]. ...railway bridge between [[Alloa]] on the north shore and [[Throsk]] on the south opened in 1885 and was closed (and largely demolished) in 1970. Only the m
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  • Beaulieu River
    The '''Beaulieu River''' ({{IPA|bjuːli}}) is a small river flowing south through the [[New Forest]] in [[Hampshire]]. The river is some 12 miles lon ...River rises near [[Lyndhurst]] in the centre of the New Forest, and flows south-easterly across the forest heaths to the village of [[Beaulieu]]. At Beauli
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  • River Tavy
    The '''Tavy''' is a river on [[Dartmoor]] in [[Devon]]. It gives its name to [[Tavistock]], the main town on the river, and to t *[[River Burn, Devon|River Burn]]
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  • River Exe
    ...lows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in [[Devon]]. ...t [[Exeter]], but there is now a viaduct for the M5 motorway about 2 miles south of the city centre.
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  • Gunnislake
    |constituency=South East Cornwall Gunnislake is the first village reached by a traveller from Devon crossing the Tamar by way of the New Bridge, built in 1520.
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  • River Tamar
    ...tch where the county border darts west along the [[River Ottery]], leaving Devon on both banks of the Tamar for a short reach. The Tamar's source is some three miles from the north Devon coast, but it flows southward. At its mouth, the Tamar flows into the [[Ham
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  • River Erme
    The '''Erme''' is a river in south [[Devon]]. From its source on [[Dartmoor]] it flows in a generally southerly direct ...in Bigbury Bay, between the rivers [[River Yealm|Yealm]] and [[River Avon, Devon|Avon]].
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  • Lundy
    |county=Devon |map=Lundy location in Devon.svg
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  • Bristol Channel
    ...lamorgan]] and [[Monmouthshire]] on the northern shore and [[Somerset]], [[Devon|Devonshire]] and [[Cornwall]] on the southern. ...Bay, the [[Hartland Point]] peninsula, [[Lundy]], the [[Gower]] Peninsula, South Pembrokeshire and [[Caldey Island]].
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  • River Trent
    ...n 1839 to £3,111 in 1855. Many of the connecting waterways were bought by railway companies, and gradually fell into disrepair. In an attempt to improve the ...ioned to survey the river, while negotiations with the North Staffordshire Railway, who owned the Trent and Mersey Canal and had maintained its viability, ens
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  • Breamore
    ...anted in 1512 to Catherine of York widow of William Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon and her heirs.<ref name="victhist"/> Her son Henry was created Marquess of ...ton.<ref name="victhist"/> From this date Breamore followed the descent of South Charford until 1741, when Francis Lord Brooke sold it to Samuel Dixon, prel
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  • River Darent
    The headwaters of the Darent are fed by springs in the greensand hills south of [[Westerham]] in [[Kent]] and below [[Limpsfield Chart]] in [[Surrey]]. ...[[River Dart]] in Devon may have the same derivation, as [[Dartmouth]] in Devon appears in the record as ''Dærentamuða'' in 1049.
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  • Isle of Portland
    Portland is 5 miles south of the town of [[Weymouth]] at {{map|SY690721}} and forms the southernmost ...part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east [[Devon]] coast, important for its geology and landforms. Its name is used for one
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  • Sidmouth
    |county=Devon |LG district=East Devon
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  • Saltash
    |constituency=South East Cornwall ...he Hamoaze; the estuary of the [[River Tamar]]. It faces [[Plymouth]] in [[Devon]] on the opposite shore. It is one of the larger towns of Cornwall, swolle
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  • Bovey Tracey
    |county=Devon '''Bovey Tracey''' is a small town in [[Devon]] on the edge of [[Dartmoor]], its proximity to which gives rise to the "sl
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  • Exmouth
    |county=Devon |LG district=East Devon
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  • Teignmouth
    |county=Devon ...he [[River Teign]], at its mouth on the [[English Channel]] about 14 miles south of [[Exeter]]. It had a population of 14,413 in 2001.
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  • Bury
    ...of the industrialised towns close in with the contiguous townscape of the south of the county. ...ands on the [[River Irwell]], 5½ miles east of [[Bolton]], six miles west-south-west of [[Rochdale]], and eight miles north-north-west of the city of [[Man
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  • Ickenham
    ...ps separate Ickenham from [[Ruislip]] to the north and [[Uxbridge]] to the south, the latter gap being Uxbridge Common. ...2011}}</ref> When Ickenham obtained a railway station on the Metropolitan Railway's line between [[Harrow on the Hill|Harrow]] and [[Uxbridge]], it brought w
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  • Nelson, Glamorgan
    ...c views of the [[Brecon Beacons]], [[Bristol Channel]] and the coasts of [[Devon]] and [[Somerset]]. ...piece of land at the southern extremity of the Taff Bargoed Valley to the south of the hamlet of [[Llancaiach]]. It existed on a drovers' trail from the co
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  • Alston, Cumberland
    '''Alston''' is a small town in [[Cumberland]] on the [[River Tyne|River South Tyne]]. It is one of the highest-elevation towns in the country, at about 1 The town lies on the confluence of the [[River South Tyne]] and the River Nent. The landscape of the area is built up from limes
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  • Ashburton
    |county=Devon ...e of [[Dartmoor]] in [[Devon]]. It stands beside the A38, the major route south around the moor.
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  • Axminster
    |county=Devon |LG district=East Devon
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  • Bideford
    |county=Devon |picture=Bideford-Devon.jpg
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  • Bradninch
    |county=Devon |LG district=Mid Devon
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  • Brixham
    |county=Devon '''Brixham''' is a small fishing town on the southeast coast of [[Devon]]. It is at the southern end of [[Tor Bay]] and of the little [[Torbay]] c
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  • Buckfastleigh
    |county=Devon '''Buckfastleigh''' is a small [[market town]] in [[Devon]], standing on the southern edge of [[Dartmoor]] (and more prosaically bes
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  • Chulmleigh
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Cullompton
    |county=Devon |LG district=Mid Devon
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  • Dartmouth
    |county=Devon |LG district=South Hams
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  • Dawlish
    |county=Devon '''Dawlish''' is a town on the south coast of [[Devon]], 12 miles downstream of the county town, [[Exeter]]. It had a population
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  • Dawlish Warren
    |county=Devon |picture=Dawlish Warren Devon England.jpg
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  • Great Torrington
    |county=Devon |constituency=Torridge and West Devon
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  • Honiton
    |county=Devon |LG district=East Devon
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  • Ilfracombe
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Ivybridge
    |county=Devon |constituency=South West Devon
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  • Lynton
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • North Tawton
    |county=Devon |LG district=West Devon
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  • Northam
    |county=Devon |constituency=Torridge and West Devon
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  • Seaton, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=East Devon
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  • Topsham
    |county=Devon |constituency=East Devon
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  • Totnes
    |county=Devon |LG district=South Hams
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  • Bude
    Bude lies southwest of [[Stratton, Cornwall|Stratton]], south of [[Flexbury]] and Poughill, and north of [[Widemouth Bay]] and more prosa ...rocks called the Bude Formation. Many formations can be viewed from the [[South West Coast Path]] which passes through the town.
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  • Callington
    |constituency=South East Cornwall ...eastern [[Cornwall]], found about 7 miles north of [[Saltash]] and 9 miles south of [[Launceston]]. The parish had a population of 4,783 at the 2001 census
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  • Calstock
    |constituency=South East Cornwall ...Viaduct which soars high across the Tamar here bearing the railway between Devon and Cornwall. It is also a village wedded to the tidal river and boats tak
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  • Liskeard
    |constituency=South East Cornwall ...f [[Plymouth]], 14 miles west of the [[River Tamar]] and the border with [[Devon]], and 12 miles east of [[Bodmin]]. The town is at the head of the [[River
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  • St Just
    ...Sancreed]] and [[Madron]] to the east, [[St Buryan]] and [[Sennen]] to the south and by the sea in the west. ...of the historic mining areas of Cornwall had become the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.
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  • Bere Ferrers
    |county=Devon |LG district=West Devon
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  • Bere Alston
    |county=Devon |LG district=West Devon
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  • Lyme Regis
    ...ands 25 miles west of [[Dorchester]] and 25 miles east of [[Exeter]]. The Devon border is at the edge of the town, just a third of a mile west of the harbo ..."UNESCO">[http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=1029 Dorset and East Devon Coast] – UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2001</ref> The coastal exposures a
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  • Bere Peninsula
    ...e tidal reaches of the [[River Tamar]] and [[River Tavy]], which meet just south of [[Bere Ferrers]]. ...ff by the unbridged rivers, the peninsula is a place apart, on the edge of Devon with Cornwall across the Tamar, the two rivers broad with water or at low w
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  • Devonport
    |county=Devon ...or most of its existence, one of the Three Towns; Devonport, [[Stonehouse, Devon|Stonehouse]] and [[Plymouth]], which were eventually joined together as Ply
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  • Tamerton Foliot
    |county=Devon ...was a village that is now a dense suburb in the north of [[Plymouth]] in [[Devon]].
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  • South West Coast Path
    ...mbe.arp.750pix.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The path on the cliffs at Ilfracombe, Devon]] ...all]] to [[Land's End]] and then on round the south coasts of Cornwall and Devon then [[Dorset]] to finish at [[Poole Harbour]]. It picks its way amongst s
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  • Crackington Haven
    ...cove on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast. The village is seven miles south-southwest of [[Bude]] and four miles north-northeast of [[Boscastle]], whos ...lassified as southern Britain's highest sheer-drop cliff (Great Hangman in Devon has a cliff face of 820 feet.<ref>Richards, Mark (1974) Walking the North C
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  • Harwich
    ...uary of the [[River Stour, Essex|River Stour]], which divides Essex to the south from [[Suffolk]] to the north, it opens on to the [[North Sea]]. ...rthwest. [[Colchester]] is to the southwest and [[Clacton-on-Sea]] to the south. Harwich is considered the northernmost coastal town within Essex.
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  • Coleford, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=Mid Devon
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  • Sampford Courtenay
    |county=Devon |LG district=West Devon
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  • Torbay
    '''Torbay''' or '''Tor Bay''' is a wide bay in the east coast of [[Devon]], on the [[English Channel]], and also the name given collectively to the ...rbour, bounded by headlands; Hopes Nose at the north and Berry Head in the south, where Brixham stands.
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  • Barnoldswick
    ...theroe]] to the west, [[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]] and [[Burnley]] to the south, and its fellow West Riding town [[Keighley]] to the east. ...e [[United Kingdom]] without repeating any letters. [[Buckfastleigh]] in [[Devon]], [[Buslingthorpe, Yorkshire|Buslingthorpe]] in the West Riding and [[Busl
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  • Newmilns
    ...ts - Newmilns lies to the north of the river, whilst Greenholm lies to the south. The river also divides the parishes of [[Loudoun]] and [[Galston]], which ...last in operation was Pate's Mill, which sat on Brown Street opposite the railway station (present-day Vesuvius building).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scot
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  • Castle Cary
    |LG district=South Somerset ...thern [[Somerset]], five miles north-west of [[Wincanton]] and eight miles south of [[Shepton Mallet]], in the [[Catsash Hundred]].
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  • Dulverton
    '''Dulverton''' is a small town in [[Somerset]], near the border with [[Devon]]. The town had a recorded population of 1,486 in 2001. Dulverton is a po ...ch provides an example of unimproved mire of a type which is restricted to south-west England and Wales and which has been significantly reduced in extent i
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  • Minehead
    ...west of the county town of [[Taunton]] and 12 miles from the border with [[Devon]]. [[Exmoor]] lies at its back, filling this western part of Somerset, its ...1874 and closed in 1971 but has since been reopened as the [[West Somerset Railway]].
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  • Wellington, Somerset
    ...the border with [[Devon]] (which runs along the [[Blackdown Hills]] to the south of the town) and more prosaically by the [[M5 motorway]]. ...deard]] to Bishop Asser in exchange for the monastery of [[Plympton]] in [[Devon]].<ref name="townhist">{{cite web|url=http://www.wellingtontowncouncil.co.u
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  • River Parrett
    ...lude the Rivers [[River Tone|Tone]], [[River Isle|Isle]], and [[River Yeo (South Somerset)|Yeo]], and the [[River Cary]] by way of the [[King's Sedgemoor Dr ...vans suggests that "it was the name which the Welsh people of Somerset and Devon gave to that river because it was at one time the dividing line between the
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  • Wanstead
    ...rth, [[Redbridge, Essex|Redbridge]] to the east and [[Forest Gate]] to the south. Wanstead is one of the greener towns in the area, containing the Wanstead ...of 18th-century Essex rural festivals; the Galmpton Gooseberry Pie Fair in Devon is still in existence, and other inns around the edge of Epping Forest were
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  • Galway
    ...ilway Hotel and then the Great Southern Hotel, built by the Great Southern Railway Company in 1845.<ref name="Hotel Meyrick Website">{{cite web|url=http://www The Spanish Arch, in the south-west of the city, was built in the 1580s as an extension to the city walls,
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  • Lowther Hills
    ...rhomboidal or lozenge shape on the map with the acute angles to north and south. ...has river valleys along its boundaries to north east ([[Clydesdale]]) and south-west ([[Nithsdale]]) which carry the two largest arterial routes northwards
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  • Exminster
    |county=Devon ...[[Exeter Canal|Exeter ship canal]] and [[River Exe]]. It is around 4 miles south of the centre of Exeter, and had a recorded population of 3,084 at the 2001
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  • Broadclyst
    {{county|Devon}} '''Broadclyst''' is a village in eastern [[Devon]], found approximately five miles north-east of the city of [[Exeter]]. In
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  • River Clyst
    {{county|Devon}} The '''River Clyst''' is a river of eastern [[Devon]]. For most of its course it is a small, village river, but at its lower r
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  • Exmoor
    ...ne of the three great moors of the southwest, along with [[Dartmoor]] in [[Devon]] and [[Bodmin Moor]] in [[Cornwall]]. ...k is {{convert|692.8|km2|mi2|0|x}}, of which 71% is in Somerset and 29% in Devon.<ref name="exmoor-nationalpark1">{{cite web|url=http://www.exmoor-nationalp
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  • National Cycle Network
    [[File:Bristol-Bath Cyclepath 08.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Bristol & Bath Railway Path]] ...ath (now part of National Route 4) in 1984, a 15-mile cycleway following a railway no longer in use, was the first part of the NCN.<ref name="network">{{cite
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  • Exeter Ship Canal
    ...lso known as the '''Exeter Canal''', runs from the city of [[Exeter]] in [[Devon]], its course parallel to the [[River Exe]] downstream to the open water of ...o be blocked by a new weir built in 1317 by Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon (Isabella's cousin), who also built a quay at [[Topsham]];<ref name="emcw"/
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  • Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
    ...the canal. The canal was rescued from bankruptcy by the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1866. ...[[Seaton, Devon|Seaton]], following the River Parrett and the [[River Axe, Devon|River Axe]]. He was asked to reassess the route in the 1790s. William Jesso
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  • Bridgewater Canal
    ...l]] in Manchester; to the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] at [[Preston Brook]], south-east of Runcorn; and to the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] at Leigh. It once ...ia". It later faced intense competition from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the [[Macclesfield Canal]]. Navigable throughout its history, it is on
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  • Woolacombe
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Westward Ho!
    |county=Devon |constituency=Torridge and West Devon
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  • Whimple
    |county=Devon |LG district=East Devon
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  • River Boyne
    ...motorway and by the Boyne Viaduct that carries the [[Dublin]]-[[Belfast]] railway line to the east. ...unded by the Boyne Valley. Its basin is {{convert|2,695|km2|mi2|0|x}}.<ref>South Eastern River Basin District Management System. Page 38 [http://www.serbd.c
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  • Menstrie
    |constituency=Ochil and South Perthshire ...s on the carse or flood plain of the [[River Devon, Clackmannanshire|River Devon]]. It is roughly astride the Ochil Fault whose movement gave rise to the dr
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  • Fosse Way
    ...all across the Midlands. It linked [[Exeter]] (''Isca Dumnoniorum'') in [[Devon]] to [[Lincoln]] (''Lindum Colonia'') in [[Lincolnshire]], via [[Ilchester] ...atling Street]] at ''Venonis'' ([[High Cross, Leicestershire|High Cross]]) south of Leicester. At Lincoln the road finished, and met [[Ermine Street]] runn
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  • Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
    ...d Lake Steam Railway.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Excalibur at Rudyard Lake Steam Railway]] ...mile and a half long running on a 10 feet 3" gauge track. It is the third railway to run along the side of [[Rudyard Lake]] in [[Staffordshire]].
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  • Blenheim Palace
    John Churchill was born in [[Devon]]. Although his family had aristocratic relations, it belonged to the minor ...nd's Fragile Genius'', 126</ref> When William, Prince of Orange, landed in Devon in November 1688 to overthrow the King, Churchill, accompanied by some 400
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  • Mam Tor
    ...[Derbyshire]]. It stands close to [[Castleton, Derbyshire|Castleton]], and south of [[Edale]]. ...end of the Great Ridge, which together separate the [[Hope Valley]] to the south from [[Edale]] to the north, and is a popular ridgewalk.
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  • Kit Hill
    ...ll is clearly visible for many miles around, and as far as [[Dartmoor]] in Devon. * South Kit Hill Mine was worked from 1856 to 1884.
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  • Battlefield Line Railway
    |name=Battlefield Line Railway |owned=Shackerstone Railway Society
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  • St Budeaux
    |county=Devon '''St Budeaux''' is an ancient parish to the north-west of [[Plymouth]] in [[Devon]]. The name St Budeaux comes from Saint Budoc, the Bishop of Dol (Brittany)
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  • Royal Albert Bridge
    ...his gives it a total length of 2187½ ft. It carries the Cornish Main Line railway in and out of Cornwall. ==Cornwall Railway==
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  • Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
    |name=Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway |owned=Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
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  • Quantock Hills
    The hills run from the Vale of Taunton Deane in the south, for about fifteen miles to the north-west, meeting the sea at [[East Quant ...don Hills]] and [[Exmoor]] to the west, and the [[Blackdown Hills]] to the south. The highest point on the Quantocks is [[Wills Neck]], at 1,261 feet.<ref n
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  • West Somerset Railway
    |name=West Somerset Railway |owner=West Somerset Railway plc
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  • Foxfield Railway
    |name=Foxfield Railway |picture=Wimblebury on the Foxfield Railway - 2009-04-26.jpg
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  • River Dart
    {{county|Devon}} ...which rises high on [[Dartmoor]], and releases to the sea at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]]. Its valley and surrounding area is a place of great natural be
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  • M90 motorway
    ...he M90. The road continues as the A90 until it reaches the junction to the south of the Queensferry Crossing - the A90 becomes the M90 again at that point. ...the northern section of the motorway follows the route of the former main railway line between Perth and Edinburgh via [[Glenfarg]], [[Kinross]] and the [[Fo
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  • Laleham
    '''Laleham''' is a village in south-western [[Middlesex]] beside the [[River Thames]]. It is situated adjacent ...m Burway]] is directly across the river on the Surrey side. Centred a mile south along the towpath or the humped river road is [[Chertsey Bridge]], just wit
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  • Sully
    |picture caption= Part of South Road, the main village road,<br>facing East towards [[Penarth]] and [[Cardi ...l]], midway between the towns of [[Penarth]] and [[Barry]] and seven miles south-west of [[Cardiff]]. The origins of the name ''Sully'' are unclear, but the
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  • Plym Valley Railway
    |name=Plym Valley Railway |county=Devon
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  • British Museum
    ...the [[Natural History Museum, London|British Museum (Natural History)]] in South Kensington in 1881. From 1778, a display of objects from the South Seas brought back from the round-the-world voyages of Captain James Cook an
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  • Carharrack
    ...rough the nearby villages of [[St Day]] to the north and [[Lanner]] to the south. The final option, again based on a corruption of the Cornish, this time o Carharrack is within the [[Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape]], a World Heritage Site, and specifically in the Redruth
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  • Gwennap
    '''Gwennap''' is a village in Cornwall, about five miles south-east of [[Redruth]]. ...art of 'Area A6i (the Gwennap Mining District)' of the [[Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape]] World Heritage Site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corni
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  • Holmbush, Cornwall
    ...ining in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a few houses to the south of the A390 road. It was developed in the 1970s, with the construction of h ...tin and copper mine was already disused, and further east was the disused South Cuddra copper mine.
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  • Luxulyan
    |constituency=South East Cornwall ...in mid-[[Cornwall]], four miles northeast of [[St Austell]] and six miles south of [[Bodmin]].
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  • Scraesdon Fort
    ...f [[Cornwall]]. It formed part of the ring of forts built in Cornwall and Devon surrounding Plymouth, to protect [[Plymouth Sound]], and, in particular Ply ...erston's premiership to deter the French from attacking naval bases in the south.
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  • Luxulyan Valley
    ...l remains., and as such was designated as part of the [[Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape]] World Heritage Site in 2006.<ref>[http://www.cornish-min The valley stretches south-east from the village of [[Luxulyan]] ({{wmap|50.390|-4.744}}). It reaches
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  • Portreath
    ...ing in the valley was recorded from 1602. Samuel Nott, a contractor from [[Devon]], was engaged to build the first mole (or quay) in 1713 on the western sid ...0s, during the American Revolutionary War, lieutenant-colonel of the North Devon militia, Francis Basset, commanded local miners to fortify the port, which
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  • Prospidnick
    ...1865">{{cite book|last=Spargo|first=Thomas|title=The mines of Cornwall and Devon; statistics and observations|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eOgGAAAAQ ...sanooth]] and [[Budock]] to the east, and from near [[Polwheveral]] in the south to Wheal Butter to the north.<ref name="Henwood1873">{{cite book|last=Henwo
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  • Plympton
    |county=Devon |constituency=South West Devon
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  • Plymstock
    |county=Devon |constituency=South West Devon
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  • Scorrier
    ...at the junction of the A3047 that leads west to [[Camborne]] and the B3298 south to [[Carharrack]]. The Plymouth to Penzance railway line passes through the village and between 1852 and 1964 it had its own st
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  • Doom Bar
    ...nted for between a fifth and a quarter of the sand used for agriculture in Devon and Cornwall.<ref name=beche /> He also stated that around 80 men were perm ...by dunes to where it was needed for agricultural purposes elsewhere in the south west.<ref name=Clarke />
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  • Whitstone
    ...u can see as far as [[Dartmoor]] (to the east) and [[Bodmin Moor]] (to the south). ...The parish of Whitstone is bounded to the east by the river Tamar and the Devon county border, to the north by Bridgerule, northwest Marhamchurch, southwes
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  • Rolle Canal
    {{county|Devon}} ...evon]], extends from its mouth into the [[River Torridge]] at [[Landcross, Devon|Landcross]] six miles southwards to the industrial mills and corn-mills at
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  • Rumbling Bridge
    ...en [[Muckhart]] and [[Crook of Devon]] with [[Powmill]] half a mile to its south. It is named after an unusual double (arguably treble) bridge, which gives ...e that made by the machinery of a mill in motion. It is best seen from the south bank."''<ref name="tourist"/>
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  • Templecombe
    |LG district=South Somerset ...ombe''' is a village in [[Somerset]], situated on the A357 road five miles south of [[Wincanton]], twelve miles east of [[Yeovil]], and 30 miles west of [[S
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  • Kingswear
    |county=Devon |LG district=South Hams
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  • Stockbridge, Hampshire
    ...carried most of the traffic from London to [[Dorset]], south [[Somerset]], Devon and [[Cornwall]]. However, engineering of the A303 dual carriageway today p Stockbridge had a railway station on the Andover & Redbridge Railway (colloquially the ''Sprat and Winkle Line''), later a branch line of the LS
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  • Beer, Devon
    |county=Devon |picture=Beach at Beer, Devon.JPG|240px]]
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  • Kilsby
    ...he border with [[Warwickshire]]. The village lies approximately five miles south-east of [[Rugby]]. ...tunnel measures 1 mile 666 yards. Between 1881 and 1960, the village had a railway station, called Kilsby and Crick, but this was on the Northampton Loop furt
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  • Modbury
    |county=Devon |picture=View down Church Street, Modbury, South Hams, Devon.jpg
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  • Lustleigh
    |county=Devon |constituency=Central Devon
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  • Yealmpton
    |county=Devon |LG district=South Hams
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  • Hengistbury Head
    ...orms Mudeford spit, the sand bar closing [[Christchurch Harbour]] from the south. ...has been identified as ''Trevisker ware'', a type widely found throughout Devon and Cornwall which was transported east in lesser amounts, this find being
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  • Bampton, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=Mid Devon
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  • Copplestone
    |county=Devon |picture=CopplestoneCross Devon ViewFromSE.JPG
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  • Two Moors Way
    {{county|Devon}} ...vybridge]] in the south of [[Devon]] to [[Lynmouth]] on the north coast of Devon, crossing parts of both [[Dartmoor]] and [[Exmoor]] along the way and passi
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  • Grand Western Canal
    {{county|Devon}} ..., ran originally between [[Taunton]] in [[Somerset]] and [[Tiverton]] in [[Devon]]. The canal had its origins in various plans, going back to 1796, to link
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  • River Culm
    {{county|Devon}} ...on| url=http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/jca148_tcm6-5475.pdf|title=Devon Redlands| publisher=Natural England| accessdate=8 Sep 2013}}</ref> and give
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  • Lake, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=West Devon
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  • Meldon Viaduct
    |county=Devon |picture=Meldon Viaduct Devon.jpg
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  • Staines Railway Bridge
    |picture=Staines Railway Bridge Over The Thames.jpg '''Staines Railway Bridge''' carries the Waterloo to Reading Line across the [[River Thames]]
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  • Newdigate
    ...Hundred]]. Neighbouring parishes are [[Charlwood]], [[North Holmwood]], [[South Holmwood]], [[Leigh, Surrey|Leigh]] and [[Capel, Surrey|Capel]]. ...trait of a Wealden Village'' (2002), John Callcut, published by Halsgrove, Devon, U.K, pp 1-160, illustrated</ref><ref>''Newdigate (a Surrey wealden parish)
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  • Newcastle West
    ...and [[Listowel]]. In 1999, the station house was restored. Newcastle West railway station opened on 1 January 1857, closed for passenger traffic on 4 Februar * Great Southern Trail - A walking trail developed along the disused railway line. It offers an interesting scenic walk between Newcastle West and Ardag
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  • Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir
    |LG district=South Kesteven ...July 2012}}</ref> Roman coins and a Middle Bronze Age cinerary urn to the south-west,<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=323837|mname= |accessdate= 19 July 2012}}</re
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  • Willington, Derbyshire
    ...artColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790358 |title=Area selected: South Derbyshire (Non-Metropolitan District) |author= |date= |work=Neighbourhood |LG district=South Derbyshire
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  • Castlepollard
    The nearest rail service is at Mullingar railway station, approximately 13 miles distant. Nicholas Pollard, an English Army captain from [[Devon]]shire, arrived in Ireland in 1597 during the Nine Years' War. He fought un
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  • Grayshott
    ...slemere]] in the latter county by road. The nearest rail link is Haslemere railway station. ...ey, East Hampshire|Headley]] and [[Bordon]], and Crossways Road which runs south east from the centre of the village. East of the village centre, joining th
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  • Great Totham
    ...] and is separated into two parts, north and south. The north side and the south side which are about a mile and a half apart distributed along the B1022.<r South of the village of Great Totham has St Peter's church which dates back to No
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  • Abbotskerswell
    |county=Devon ...Abbot and [[Totnes]] runs down the western side of the parish and the main railway line between these two towns forms part of its eastern boundary.
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  • Aller Grove
    |county=Devon '''Aller Grove''' is a hamlet in south-eastern [[Devon]], half a mile south-east of [[Whimple]], which is to the west of [[Exeter]].
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  • Alphington
    |county=Devon ...ous suburb of the City of [[Exeter]], the county town of [[Devon]], on the south-western side of the city.
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  • Alverdiscott
    |county=Devon ...illage and former manor in northern [[Devon]], found five and a half miles south of [[Barnstaple]].
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  • Blagdon
    ...and silver workings in Charterhouse, about a mile and a half uphill to the south, so it is likely that the wealthier supervisors had their houses away from In 1901 the Wrington Vale Light Railway reached Blagdon. It closed to passengers just 31 years later in 1932. Part
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  • Bleadon
    ...ish in the [[Winterstoke]] hundred of [[Somerset]]. It is about four miles south of [[Weston-super-Mare]] and, according to the 2011 census, has a populatio ...sometimes known as Lympsham Wharf, for many years, with the arrival of the railway in 1841 making this the furthest navigable point. It was last used, by the
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  • Blackdown Hills
    ...n Hills at Dalwood.JPG|right|thumb|350px|The Blackdown Hills near Dalwood, Devon]] {{county|Devon}}
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  • Appledore, Devon
    |county=Devon |constituency=Torridge and West Devon
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  • Atherington, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Haldon Hills
    {{county|Devon}} ...way north-west of [[Exeter]] at the [[River Yeo (Creedy)|River Yeo]], just south of [[Crediton]].
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  • River Burn, Devon
    {{county|Devon}} The '''River Burn''' is a little river on [[Dartmoor]], in western [[Devon]]. It is a tributary of the [[River Tavy]], which river it joins at Pitts C
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  • River Heddon
    {{county|Devon}} ...rest road access to the beach is at ''Hunter's Inn'', approximately a mile south of sea-fall.
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  • River Torridge
    {{county|Devon}} The '''River Torridge''' is a river in the north of [[Devon]] which enters the [[Bristol Channel]] in the long estuary of the [[River T
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  • Tarka Trail
    {{county|Devon}} ...n]] largely in the form of 'rail trails', along the tracks of a dismantled railway. The path is inspired by Henry Williamson's 1927 novel ''Tarka The Otter''
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  • Dawlish Water
    {{county|Devon}} The '''Dawlish Water''' is a minor river in southern [[Devon]] which enters the [[English Channel]] in [[Dawlish]], a seaside resort clo
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  • River Yeo, Molland
    ...n - geograph-3877659.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The River Yeo beneath a disused railway bridge at Veraby]] {{county|Devon}}
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  • River Yeo (Torridge)
    {{county|Devon}} ...h of [[Devon]]. It is one of numerous rivers named '[[River Yeo|Yeo]]' in Devon and [[Somerset]]; here as for most of these rivers, the name is from the Ol
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  • Blackmoor Gate
    |county=Devon '''Blackmoor Gate''' is a hamlet in northern [[Devon]], three miles south of the county's northern coast. It is in the [[Exmoor]] hills, with the pr
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  • Bow, Devon
    |county=Devon |picture caption=Bow, Devon
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  • Bicton, Devon
    |county=Devon ...es of [[Colaton Raleigh]], [[Otterton]], [[East Budleigh]] and [[Woodbury, Devon|Woodbury]].<ref>{{cite web
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  • Corfe Castle, Dorset
    |constituency=South Dorset ...urrent main A351 road from [[Lytchett Minster]] to Swanage and the Swanage Railway thread their way through the gap and the village.
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  • Brampford Speke
    |county=Devon '''Brampford Speke''' is a small village in eastern [[Devon]], four miles to the north of [[Exeter]]. The population was recoeded at ju
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  • Bratton Fleming
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Exmoor Steam Railway
    |name=Exmoor Steam Railway |county=Devon
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  • Braunton
    |county=Devon |picture=Braunton (Devon, UK), St Brannock's Church -- 2013 -- 1557.jpg
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  • Bridestowe
    |county=Devon |LG district=West Devon
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  • King's Nympton
    |county=Devon ...between [[Exmoor]] and [[Dartmoor]], some four and a half miles south of [[South Molton]] and four miles north of [[Chulmleigh]].
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  • Bradley, Kingsteighton
    |county=Devon |picture=Bradley Manor, Newton Abbot, Devon.jpg
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  • Avonwick
    |county=Devon |LG district=South Hams
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  • Escot House
    |county=Devon ...Estate in the parish of [[Talaton]], near [[Ottery St Mary]] in eastern [[Devon]]. The house built in 1837 for Sir John Kennaway (3rd Baronet) to the desig
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  • Brushford, Somerset
    ...ross the border in [[Devon]]. Brushford stands close by the border with [[Devon]] which here is formed here by the [[River Exe]], in its upper reaches havi ...le runs along the eastern edge of the village and joins the River Exe just south of the village at [[Exebridge]]. The Barle is bridged twice at Brushford;
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  • Walworth, Surrey
    ...urrey]], deep within the metropolitan conurbation. It is located two miles south-east of [[Charing Cross]], near [[Camberwell]] and [[Elephant and Castle]]. ...ww.southwark.gov.uk/info/533/waste_management_facility new facility] at 43 Devon Street, off Old Kent Road.<ref>[http://london.samye.org/london/kagyu/centre
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  • Burlescombe
    |county=Devon |LG district=Mid Devon
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  • North Brentor
    |county=Devon |LG district=West Devon
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  • Laira
    {{county|Devon}} ...802) is the broad, tidal estuary of the [[River Plym]], in south-western [[Devon]], from the [[Cattewater]] up to Marsh Mills, now a suburb of [[Plymouth]].
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  • Laira Bridge
    |county=Devon |type=Railway bridge
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  • Albury, Oxfordshire
    |picture caption=St Helen's parish church from the south-east |LG district=South Oxfordshire
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  • Ide
    |county=Devon ...ounded ''eed'') is a village in [[Devon]], sitting less than a mile to the south-west of the county town, [[Exeter]]. The village church (rebuilt in 1834) i
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  • Christow
    |county=Devon '''Christow''' is a village in southern [[Devon]], some twelve miles south-west of [[Exeter]]. The village is in the [[River Teign|Teign Valley]], jus
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  • Churston Ferrers
    |county=Devon ...ween the south coast towns [[Paignton]] and [[Brixham]] in south-eastern [[Devon]].
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  • Loddiswell
    |county=Devon |LG district=South Hams
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  • Dartmouth Steam Railway
    |name=Dartmouth Steam Railway |county=Devon
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  • Colebrooke
    |county=Devon |LG district=Mid Devon
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  • Midland Main Line
    The '''Midland Main Line''' is a major railway line from [[London]] to [[Sheffield]]. ({{kml}}) The line comprises the lin ...0px|Overview of the Midland Main Line in green. In relation to other north-south main lines]]
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  • Coryton, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=West Devon
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  • Combpyne
    |county=Devon |LG district=East Devon
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  • Latimer
    At the time of the Civil War, Latimer belonged to the Earl of Devon. When King Charles I was captured by the Parliamentarian forces he was bro ...y between isolated villages: Latimer to the north and the Chalfonts to the south, though since then a new town, [[Little Chalfont]], has grown up around the
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  • East Budleigh
    |county=Devon |constituency=East Devon
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  • Eggbuckland
    |county=Devon ...s now referred to by the name Eggbuckland. The development of the A38 just south of Eggbuckland in the 1980s led to the area becoming very popular with comm
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  • Eggesford
    |county=Devon |LG district=Mid Devon
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  • Exton, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=East Devon
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  • Filleigh
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Fremington, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Instow
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Woody Bay, Devon
    {{county|Devon}} ...e]] at the edge of the [[Exmoor]] National Park and is a waypoint on the [[South West Coast Path]].
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  • Heanton Punchardon
    |county=Devon |picture=StAugustine'sChurch HeantonPunchardon Devon.JPG
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  • Kingskerswell
    |county=Devon ...ell''' (formerly '''Kings Carswell''') is a village in the south-east of [[Devon]].
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  • Landcross
    |county=Devon |constituency=Torridge and West Devon
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  • Littleham, Exmouth
    {{about|the village in East Devon|the village in North Devon|Littleham}} |county=Devon
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  • Cliff Field, Lympstone
    |county=Devon |picture=Cliff Field, Lympstone, Devon - geograph-5894314.jpg
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  • Martinhoe
    |county=Devon '''Martinhoe''' is a small village in northern [[Devon]], on [[Exmoor]] (and within the national park). The 2011 census recorded a
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  • Merton, Devon
    |county=Devon '''Merton''' is a village in the north of [[Devon]], about five miles south-east of the town of [[Great Torrington]], on the A386 road between [[Meeth]
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  • Annery Kiln
    [[File:Annery Kiln, Devon- geograph-1908365.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Annery Kiln]] {{county|Devon}}
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  • Mortehoe
    |county=Devon '''Mortehoe''' is a village on the rocky north coast of [[Devon]], sitting ten miles north-west of [[Barnstaple]], near [[Woolacombe]] and
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  • Newton St Cyres
    |county=Devon |LG district=Mid Devon
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  • North Molton
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Parracombe
    |county=Devon '''Parracombe''' is a rural village near [[Lynton]], in western [[Devon]]. It sits in the [[River Heddon|Heddon]] Valley, on [[Exmoor]].
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  • Bude Canal
    ...'''Bude Canal''' was a canal built to serve the hilly hinterland in the [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]] border territory, chiefly to bring lime-bearing sand for ...ced the design of the [[Rolle Canal]], nearby at [[Great Torrington]] in [[Devon]].
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  • Peters Marland
    |county=Devon ...marland''' is a small village in the middle of [[Devon]], about four miles south of the town of [[Great Torrington]]. In 2001 the parish population was 234
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  • Petrockstowe
    |county=Devon |constituency=Torridge and West Devon
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  • Pilton, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=North Devon
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  • Hartley, Kent
    ...ent]]. It is located around 4½ miles south-west of [[Gravesend]] and just south of [[Longfield]]. ...rst=James D.|title=The Shadow of the White Rose: Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, 1526-1556|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MOLhB7C9SwkC&pg=PA89|year=
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  • Rewe
    |county=Devon |picture=St Mary the Virgin's Church in Rewe, Devon.jpg
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  • Exeter Airport
    |county=Devon ...t'', lies to the east of the City of [[Exeter]], at [[Clyst Honiton]] in [[Devon]].
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  • Sampford Peverell
    |county=Devon |LG district=Mid Devon
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  • South Brent
    |name=South Brent |county=Devon
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  • St Marychurch
    |county=Devon '''St Marychurch''' in is a little town in south-eastern [[Devon]] which has become swallowed into the urban area of [[Torquay]] and the wid
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  • Staverton, Devon
    |county=Devon |LG district=South Hams
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  • Babbacombe
    |county=Devon ...of [[Torquay]] and of the wider [[Torbay]] conurbation, in south-eastern [[Devon]].
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  • Stoke Canon
    |county=Devon |picture=Stoke Canon Post Office - on Exeter to Tiverton Road, Devon (2083830145).jpg
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  • Swimbridge
    |county=Devon |picture=St.James' church, Swimbridge, Devon - geograph.org.uk - 45735.jpg
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  • Teigngrace
    |county=Devon '''Teigngrace''' is a small village in [[Devon]], found about two miles north of the town of [[Newton Abbot]], its meadows
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  • Thorverton
    |county=Devon |picture=Thorverton, Devon.jpg
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  • Ugborough
    |county=Devon |LG district=South Hams
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  • Woodbury
    |county=Devon |picture=Houses in Woodbury, Devon - geograph.org.uk - 80188.jpg
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  • Dousland
    |county=Devon |LG district=West Devon
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  • Abinger Hammer
    ...convert it. (A similar, contemporary forge, [[Finch Foundry]], survives in Devon.) The village is a mile east of [[Gomshall]] railway station on the North Downs Line between [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]] and [[G
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  • Stoke Damerel
    |county=Devon ...simply '''Stoke''' is an ancient parish in the [[Roborough Hundred]] of [[Devon]], that forms a suburb of [[Devonport]] and latterly [[Plymouth]].
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  • Crowell
    |LG district=South Oxfordshire ...artColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790498 |title=Area selected: South Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District) |work=Neighbourhood Statistics: Ful
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  • Aston Rowant
    |LG district=South Oxfordshire ...ormer manor in the [[Lewknor Hundred]] of [[Oxfordshire]], about 4½ miles south of [[Thame]]. The parish includes the villages of Aston Rowant and [[Kingst
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  • Stanwick St John
    ...ing occurred here. The Romans established stations at [[Catterick]] to the south and at [[Piercebridge]] on the river crossing to the north but at about the ...the village of which, with its Roman remains, lies some five miles to the south. They built the manor house known as the "Old Hall", which is still in use,
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  • Draycott, Somerset
    ...e village was called the Strawberry Line. The pub located opposite the old railway station is called ''The Strawberry Special''. The A371 road runs north to south through the village's longest axis. Despite being classified as an A-road,
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  • Charborough House
    ...etween the villages of [[Sturminster Marshall]] and [[Bere Regis]], in the south-west of [[Dorset]]. ...y a possession of [[Syon Abbey]].<ref>Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, pp.25-6</ref>
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  • Southsea Castle
    '''Southsea Castle''', historically also known as '''Chaderton Castle''', '''South Castle''' and '''Portsea Castle''', is an artillery fort originally constru ...g|left|thumb|220px|The castle from a 1577 plan; A - east gun platform; B - south bastion; C - keep; D - north bastion and bridge; E - west gun platform]]
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  • Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire
    |picture=Upper Heyford St Mary south side.jpg ...ly until the late 12th century, when it passed by marriage to the Earls of Devon. In 1380 though the manor was sold to William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winches
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  • Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
    |name=Ecclesbourne Valley Railway ...ine-mile long heritage railway in [[Derbyshire]]. The headquarters of the railway centre on [[Wirksworth]] station, and services operate in both directions b
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  • Cotham, Nottinghamshire
    ...east bank of the River [[River Devon, Nottinghamshire|Devon]], four miles south of [[Newark-on-Trent|Newark]]. It contains 98 inhabitants, and 1,210 acres The village had a railway station on the Great Northern Railway line between Newark North Gate and Nottingham Victoria via Bingham from 187
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  • Ashley, New Forest
    '''Ashley''' is a village located in the south-west of [[Hampshire]], on the eastern outskirts of [[New Milton]] in the [[ ...hands of the lord of Christchurch, because Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon, died in possession of it in that year.<ref name=v/> At the beginning of th
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  • Froxfield, Wiltshire
    ...h, from Oakhill Down Lock to Froxfield Bottom Lock. The Reading to Taunton railway line also follows the river through the parish below the village. There used to be three bowl barrows in the south-west part of the parish, close to the boundary with [[Chisbury]] parish.<re
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  • Scalby, North Riding
    ...re of that time and the first recorded priest, inducted in 1238, was Henry Devon. It is designated a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1148211|desc= Scalby has two A roads running through it (the A165 and the A171); both go south to Scarborough and both meet up just north of Scalby at Burniston and conti
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  • Weald Basin
    ...ic map SE England & Channel EN.svg|right|thumb|250px|Geological map of the south-eastern counties]] ...] and [[Cornwall]] in what is known as the [[Cornubian Massif]]. Unlike in Devon and Cornwall the deformation caused little or no metamorphism.<ref name=But
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  • Cuckoo Trail
    ...ne closed in 1968 under the Beeching Axe, a drastic, national programme of railway closures put forward by the British Transport Commission Chairman Richard B ...horses also allowed on some sections. An extension was constructed to the south into Eastbourne and the trail became part of [[National Cycle Network]] Rou
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  • Ampleforth
    ...date=1980|publisher=David & Charles|isbn=0389201545|location=Newton Abbot, Devon|oclc=6964610|page=24}}</ref> ...a railway station on the Thirsk and Malton Line that was a mile and a half south of Ampleforth. Services ran between {{stnlnk|York}} and {{stnlnk|Pickering}
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  • Crow Point Lighthouse
    |county=Devon ...the sands at the south end of [[Braunton Burrows]] on the north coast of [[Devon]], and guides vessels navigating the [[River Taw|Taw]] and [[River Torridge
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  • Lundy North Lighthouse
    |county=Devon ...North Lighthouse''' was built in 1897, as was the [[Lundy South Lighthouse|South Lighthouse]], the two standing at the extremities of the island to replace
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  • Ascott d'Oyley
    ...-Wychwood]], nestled along the south bank of the [[River Evenlode]] in the south-west of [[Oxfordshire]]. ...date=1980|publisher=David & Charles|isbn=0389201545|location=Newton Abbot, Devon|oclc=6964610|page=26}}</ref> Ascott d’Oyley with its sister village [[As
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