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Devon

England


View Larger MapDescription of institution: A county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is a part of South West England, and bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the northeast, and Dorset to the east. The City of Exeter is the county town; seven other districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, and West Devon are under the jurisdiction of Devon County Council; Plymouth and Torbay are each a part of Devon but administered as unitary authorities. URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon Location contains: Ashburton (Settlement)
Bere Alston (Settlement)
Bere Alston Mines (Site)
Caddown [unidentified] (Settlement)
Caple Tar [unidentified] (Settlement)
Cattedown (Settlement)
Chulmleigh (Settlement)
Combe Martin (Settlement)
Copple-Tar [unidentified] (Settlement)
Dartmoor (Region)
Exeter (Settlement)
Molland (Settlement)
Newton St Cyres (Settlement)
Otterton (Settlement)
Plymouth (Settlement)
River Mole (Body of Water)
Royal Citadel (Building (non-institution))
Saxon Palace in Chulmleigh (Site)
Silverton (Settlement)
South Molton (Settlement)
Tavistock (Settlement)
Torbay (Settlement)
 People associated with this location: Bampfylde, Copleston (1633-9 Feb 1692) - Lived at or near
Butler, Samuel (-fl. 1688) - Birth place in
Cavendish, William (25 Jan 1640/1-18 Aug 1707) - Title (royalty or holy order)
Manton, Thomas (bap. 1620-1677) - Lived at or near
Stone, Nicholas (1586/7-24 Aug 1647) - Birth place in