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Hawkchurch is situated in wild and wooded country, close to where Devon slips imperceptibly into Dorset.
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.
Before being overtaken by Plymouth a couple of decades earlier, Brixham was the leading fishing port in Devon.
Its 'Gothick' design is conspicuous in a particularly beautiful corner of Devon, alongside the river Taw.
The Devon historian Hoskins, who seems not to have been a fan of Victorian church building, said 'It has nothing to recommend it'.
Once the town manufactured and exported cloth and built ships; it imported tobacco and salted cod, and wool from the Continent for the Devon weaving industry.
Woodbury is one of Devon's largest parishes, and it occupies the great vale between Woodbury Common and the flood plains of the Exe.
Budleigh Golf Club was created on what had been common land on the cliffs to the west of the town, and is now known as East Devon Golf Club.
Lace was made in east Devon.
Devonport stands to the west of the city of Plymouth, and is the newest of the three towns that make up Devon's largest urban area.
Before being overtaken by Plymouth a couple of decades ear- lier, Brixham was the leading fishing port in Devon.
This follows the course of a much older road, the Roman 'Fosse Way', which runs from the 'colonia' of Lincoln to Axminster in Devon, built as a military road around 47 AD.
Yarcombe is situated in a beautiful fold of the Blackdown Hills, one of the least spoiled parts of East Devon.
Rudyard Kipling attended the school between 1878 and 1882, and later based 'Stalky and Co' on his experiences on the Devon coast.
Branscombe is strung out down a deep valley running from the Devon downlands to the sea at Branscombe Mouth.
Branscombe is strung out down a deep valley running from the Devon downlands to the sea at Branscombe Mouth.
The ancestral home of the earls of Devon is open to visitors; it has a large herd of deer roaming the finre grounds overlooking the River Exe.
This area of the North Devon coast has acres of sandhills.
Lace-making has always been an important tradition in East Devon, though it would be a rare sight today to see it carried out in the street by a local cottager.
