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Landmark Attractions In Devon

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Devon , also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north east, and Dorset to the east. The city of Exeter is the county town. The county includes the districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, and West Devon. Plymouth and Torbay are each geographically part of Devon, but are administered as unitary authorities. Combined as a ceremonial county, Devon's area is 6,707 km2 and its population is ab...
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Landmark Attractions In Devon

  • 1. Bolberry Down Bolberry
    Bolberry is a hamlet on the south coast of Devon, England. The village is mentioned in Domesday Book in 1066 and 1086, which shows the land was of little value at the time.Along with Bolberry Down it falls within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.Bolberry Farmhouse dates from the 16th century, while Bolberry House Farm was built in the mid 19th century.
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  • 4. Poltimore House Poltimore
    Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore , styled The Honourable Augustus Bampfylde until 1858, of Poltimore House and North Molton in Devon, was a British Liberal politician. Between 1872 and 1874 he served as Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria, under William Ewart Gladstone.
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  • 5. Plymouth Hoe Plymouth
    Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately 37 miles south-west of Exeter and 190 miles west-south-west of London. Enclosing the city are the mouths of the river Plym and river Tamar, which are naturally incorporated into Plymouth Sound to form a boundary with Cornwall. Plymouth's early history extends to the Bronze Age, when a first settlement emerged at Mount Batten. This settlement continued as a trading post for the Roman Empire, until it was surpassed by the more prosperous village of Sutton founded in the ninth century, now called Plymouth. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers departed Plymouth for the New World and established Plymouth Colony, the second English settlement in what is now the United States of America. During the English Civil War, the town...
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  • 10. Orcombe Point Exmouth
    Sidmouth is a town situated on the English Channel coast in Devon, South West England, 14 miles east-southeast of Exeter. In 2004, it had a population of about 15,000, of whom 40% were aged 65 or over. By the time of the 2011 census the population was 12,569. It is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town has been designated a conservation area.
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  • 11. St. Nicholas Priory Exeter
    The Benedictine Priory of St Nicholas or just St Nicholas Priory was a Benedictine monastery founded in Exeter, England, in 1087. At the dissolution of the monasteries the church and chapter house range were pulled down but the domestic buildings were left intact. Parts of the south and west ranges of the monastery survive with the south range now being a museum owned by Exeter City Council.
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  • 12. Exeter Quay Exeter
    Exeter is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 . The city is on the River Exe about 36 miles northeast of Plymouth and 65 miles southwest of Bristol. It is the county town of Devon, and the home of Devon County Council. It is also home to two of the constituent campuses of the University of Exeter, Streatham Campus and St Lukes Campus. Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Britain. Exeter became a religious centre during the Middle Ages and into the Tudor times: Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglican during the 16th-century English Reformation. During the late 19th century, Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War...
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