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Beer was the birthplace in 1788 of the smuggler Jack Rattenbury, who lived a life of adventure landing untaxed cargoes along much of the Devon coast.

Ashburton was the terminus of the nine-mile branch of the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon line, which was completed in 1872.

Exmouth is Devon's oldest seaside resort, and this was reflected in the construction of several early and very prominent hotels.

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

The only other one in Devon is at Ashwater.

It was installed on a nearby hilltop in the year this picture was taken, before being transferred to Hartland in North Devon in 1955.

Before railways and metalled roads, there were only two main routes into Devon.

An expansive village, it sits on the River Devon, about a mile north of the Grantham Canal of 1797. This view looks south, away from the church.

Nearing the coast, in a steep wooded combe 400 feet above the sea, Culbone's church is well-known to walkers along the Somerset and North Devon Coast Path , but is inaccessible by public road

As much as any other, this view illustrates the timelessness of North Devon.

Barclay's Bank, originally built for the East Cornwall Bank in 1885 with the town clock on its corner, placed there in 1922 and still running today; Lloyd's Bank (centre left), which took over the earlier Devon

These Cretaceous rocks mark the eastern end of the Devon and Dorset World Heritage Site that is popularly known as the Jurassic Coast.

With its steep, winding streets and pretty cottages, there is a definite hint of Devon or Cornwall about it.

This old woman is 'scratting' (scratching) the sands for the dark-coloured Devon cockles.

Golf was hardly played outside Scotland until the 1860s, when the first English club, the North Devon at Westward Ho!, was formed.

By far the most important trade at Runcorn was china clay from Devon and Cornwall, bound for the Potteries.

It was 1,900 feet long and constructed from Devon limestone. The designer was John Smeaton, a veteran engineer and the designer of London Bridge.

The abbey was founded in 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers, afterwards Lord of the Island and Earl of Devon.

Here eleven generations of Kirkhams resided, and became involved with important offices in Devon. Their name lives on in medieval Kirkham House (see the drawing above) and Kirkham Street.

An expansive village, it sits on the River Devon, about a mile north of the Grantham Canal of 1797. This view looks south, away from the church.

This old woman is 'scratting' (scratching) the sands for the dark-coloured Devon cockles.

Golf was hardly played outside Scotland until the 1860s, when the first English club, the North Devon at Westward Ho!, was formed.

Burials were forbidden within the town, and a plague pit was opened at the southern end of Millgate near the bridge over the Devon.

This mansion on Lyme's western cliffs, a mile beyond Ware, was the far point on Jane Austen's walk from Dorset into Devon in 1804.