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The Station Hotel stands to the left, and the road up to Liverton Mines rises in the distance.

In the event, the main line from Taunton was built as a tub boat canal with a very short life, and an 11-mile stretch from Loudwells to Tiverton was built as a barge canal.

In the event, the main line from Taunton was built as a tub boat canal with a very short life, and an 11-mile stretch from Loudwells to Tiverton was built as a barge canal.

Barges had continued to carry limestone from a quarry at Westleigh to lime kilns in Tiverton Basin. This trade lasted until 1924, when the whole canal was closed but never infilled.

Upstream of Tiverton, there are several weirs on the river Exe as it plunges down from Exmoor. The river rises high in these hills, but only a few miles from the Bristol Channel.

Tiverton's wealth grew from the cloth trade, and merchants like John Waldron, Peter Blundell (founder of Blundell's School) and John Greenway made fortunes.

The headquarters of Somerset County Cricket Club, founded in 1875, lie on the south bank of the River Tone; although the grandstands are much changed, the arched one still in essence survives.

Westbury House, behind, built for the Laverton family in the early 19th century, is now the library.

Starkey, Knight & Ford's brewery was in Tiverton, and their trademark black horses could at one time be seen all over Devon.

Upriver, on the left, the Tiverton railway line crosses the water on a bridge.

Tiverton is well blessed with open green spaces. With an old castle, and the River Exe running through the town, it presents plenty of opportunities for recreation.

A canal to Tiverton once started from near French Weir.

Like nearby Tiverton, Crediton did well out of the cloth trade, but when that declined the town stagnated.

Incorporation as a municipal borough - which Tiverton achieved in 1615 - gave the town a measure of self-government, and allowed, amongst other things, 'a town-hall, a mace, fine gowns and other gayeties

Designed by William Jervis Stent, a non- conformist Warminster architect (he also designed the Laverton Institute in Westbury and Calne Free Church), it became the Picture Palace in 1912

Designed by William Jervis Stent, a non- conformist Warminster architect (he also designed the Laverton Institute in Westbury and Calne Free Church), it became the Picture Palace in 1912

This photograph gives a splendid impression of the delightful location of Tiverton. Looking west, the slopes of Exmoor are plain to see.

Although the Exe is a natural watercourse, it is also used as a conduit to bring water to both Tiverton and Exeter.

Close to Tiverton, this could be said to be archetypal Devon: rolling hills, cultivated fields and a small farm tucked away from the world.

A canal to Tiverton once started from near French Weir.

Tiverton is well blessed with open green spaces. With an old castle, and the River Exe running through the town, it presents plenty of opportunities for recreation.

There were to be three branches, one of which was Tiverton. This view, at Tidcombe Bridge, shows the canal in a near-derelict state.

Climbing westwards, the Taunton to Barnstaple road crosses the well-treed and young River Tone Valley at Waterrow.

The Cloth Mills 1907 A mile west of Wellington, Westford was a mill village with large cloth mills along the River Tone.