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Lyme Regis straddles the border between Dorset and Devon, between two stretches of very unstable coastline.

This was once a major sport: Polkinghorne, as Cornish Champion, fought in front of a crowd of 17,000 when he faced Devon Champion Abraham Cann in 1826.

Tavistock's wealth was generated in early Victorian times by the nearby Devon Great Consols mine, which was dug on land owned by the 7th Duke of Bedford.

The red sandstone cliffs of East Devon break into the green and pastoral valley of the River Sid; Sidmouth lines the slopes of the gap.

But farmers from all over South Devon still bring their animals to the town for the Wednesday livestock sales.

Exmouth has a good claim to be the first resort in Devon.

Chagford was declared one of the first Devon Stannary towns in 1305, but by the late 16th century the tin was worked out and the town turned to spinning wool.

In 1971, Devon council took over the canal from British Waterways and have retained it as a leisure amenity ever since.

Though never one of Devon's more fashionable resorts, it has a charm of its own and an attractive setting.

In the distance we see the great cliff of High Peak - one of the highest points along the Devon coast.

The Exe was one of Devon's richest salmon rivers, although as early as the 19th century concern was being expressed about the level of the stocks - vast numbers were taken when they were on their way upstream

Pilton is an ancient settlement, one of King Alfred's four original Devon burhs (burh means 'defended place'), and was built to guard the estuary.

Hope is one of the more remote corners of Devon, located on the west side of the South Hams, six miles from Kingsbridge.

In the distance we see the great cliff of High Peak - one of the highest points along the Devon coast.

Cruciform in plan, it is early 14th-century (one of only seven remaining in Devon) and contains the finest collection of monuments in the county.

The land behind the long-disappeared beach huts is part of the Royal North Devon Golf Club.

Over the old south doorway is one of the finest tympanums in Devon, the only one to show the adoration of the Magi.

The seat of the Courtenays, the Earls of Devon, Powderham Castle was first built on this site in the late 14th century.

These two forms of transport still battle for space in the lanes of South Devon.

The great tragedian Edmund Kean performed on stage there during his tour of South Devon.