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Maiden Newton stands on the high road between Dorchester and Crewkerne, probably on a very old route between Dorset and Somerset.

Dorchester Road 1906 Maiden Newton makes a good centre for exploring the Dorset downs. Many visitors walk up to the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon.

Not far from Maiden Newton, Frome Vau Church (as it should properly be called) is pastoral and peaceful, with wildfowl in its river and cattle grazing around pasture and orchard.

In walking country, the village, although undistinguished, is associated by local people with Newton Linford, Bradgate Park and Beacon Hill, or just as being on the back route from Leicester to Shepshed

Much of Victorian Newton Abbot was constructed under the watchful eyes of the influential local Courtenay family who owned much of the land.

Much of Victorian Newton Abbot was constructed under the watchful eyes of the influential local Courtenay family who owned much of the land.

Another open area of Newton Abbot is Decoy, to the south of town. With playing fields, a recreation area, a lake and woodlands, it is very popular with the local townspeople.

The bar staff are in attendance, possibly waiting for customers after the Newton, Clifton and Salwick Field Day, very popular in the 1960s. The children from the Blue Coat School loved it.

Of Hardhorn, Newton, and Staining, only the last name is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

It was on the railway from Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead, but the line closed to passengers on 28th February 1959.

Standing at the head of the Teign estuary, Newton Abbot underwent a remarkable growth, tripling its size after the arrival of the railway in 1846.

Newton Poppleford clusters for a mile along the highway from Exeter to Lyme Regis.

Taken on a bright day, this shows Newton Pool pictured from across the water. We can see the boathouse clearly, and we have some activity in the pool.

Maiden Newton has been a much-appreciated centre for walking holidays in recent years, for many of the best villages and beauty spots on the Dorset downlands are within reach.

The Chapel on the right has the polygonal war memorial shrine attached, designed by Ernest Newton (1920).

Maiden Newton's mill spent a number of years in the 20th century as a carpet factory, in the same way that many of Dorset's old mill buildings had to find new uses in the modern age.

After the railway reached Newton Abbot in 1846, it soon acquired a reputation as a Victorian railway town.

At the foot of Roseberry Topping is the hamlet of Newton under Roseberry, and in this view we see the Kings Head Inn (extreme right).

This view from The King's Head at Newton-under-Roseberry shows the quarried face of Roseberry Topping, known affectionately as 'the Matterhorn of Cleveland', which stands at just over 1,000 feet above

Newton Abbot market has changed a great deal in both character and appearance since this photograph was taken in the 1920s.

In the part-Norman parish church of this large and attractive village the great Isaac Newton was baptised.

Newton Poppleford takes its name from the round stones, or popples (like the pobbles of Budleigh Salterton), that abound in the area; it was a fording place over the Otter for centuries

Maiden Newton makes a good centre for exploring the Dorset downs. Many visitors walk up to the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon.

Here we see the impressive masonry-arched Newton Viaduct.