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Sentence Examples Trouble started, in both Cornwall and Devon, when priests tried to introduce the new Prayer Book on Whitsunday. Sally has been organically farming the fine wool from Wensleydales in Stoodleigh, Devon, for 11 years and now has the largest flock in the world. Devon stared after him for a few seconds before dropping his gaze back down to me. It may look benign on a calm day, but the North Devon coast is a wrecker's paradise. It wasn't long before Devon and I were curled up in our sleeping bags and dad and mom on their air mattress. He lived on the sub-continent until the age of five, when his boyish larks led his parents to send him to live with his grandparents in Devon. His mind had been in a whirl since his brief meeting at the Devon house with Marie Devon and the enigmatic Lisa. He spent a term at RADA in 1940 before acting with repertory companies in Liverpool and Bideford, Devon. Fairly recently I have been fishing fisheries in Devon that contain koi and ghost carp. For the past 30 years the 58-year-old has worked for a company in Devon that produces blinds and awnings. Grant gave Devon the sofa and Dori the air mattress, and within minutes, both were sound asleep. Instead, an RAF rescue helicopter was scrambled from Chivenor in Devon and she was winched up from the beach and flown to Withybush hospital. In the skies above Devon and Cornwall, 800 Naval Air Squadron's Commanding Officer Cdr Paul Stone took up his jump jet for almost the last time. I've met an awful lot of drug dealers but I've never met one who's retired to Devon. The man, of Bideford, Devon, had his bail extended by Judge John Neligan, who adjourned sentence for a pre-sentence report. She also translated a French novel for the publisher andre Deutsch while in Devon. Devon looked around for Kieran, expecting her to make another wisecrack, but Kieran had disappeared like she always seemed to when someone else was in sight. Jape Devon stepped out of his Warbird as the rasping engines shut down. As the deadline for the list approached, I talked to my friend and fellow writer Devon Maloney. Devon couldn't resist rattling on about how good Jessica had been. Show More Sentences I ordered French fries and a wrap, and Devon just got some fries. I'm off to Devon for a few days and there will be radio silence. Capt. Devon Blake is a fellow graduate of West Point and a military intelligence officer. From Devon to the Isle of Arran, the naturists have their pick. Today, the references tell us that in many English country dialects, from Yorkshire south to Kent and west to Devon, the green woodpecker was called a yaffle. Sally has been organically farming the fine wool from Wensleydale sheep in Stoodleigh, Devon, for 11 years and now has the largest flock in the world. Dairy Crest makes brandy butter south of the town in Tatworth and Forton, near the meeting point of Dorset, Somerset and Devon. In terms of local government, it was divided after 1974 into Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League. During the 18th century, the Devon, Somerset and Exmoor coastline was full of smugglers. West Country Carnival events take place in Somerset, Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset. Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England. The name of the geological period and system, 'Devonian', comes from Devon, as rocks of that age were first studied and described here. The Hangman Sandstone represents the Middle Devonian sequence of North Devon and Somerset. The River Barle runs from northern Exmoor to join the River Exe at Exebridge, Devon. The Two Moors Way runs from Ivybridge in South Devon to Lynmouth on the coast of North Devon, crossing parts of both Dartmoor and Exmoor. During this period, snow settled, on average, fewer than three days per year across the Isles of Scilly and on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall. The Old Red Sandstone and the contemporary volcanics and marine sediments found in Devon originated from these processes. Towards the end of this period granite was formed beneath the overlying rocks of Devon and Cornwall, now exposed at Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor. For a short time he attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Totnes, South Devon, but his health forced him back to private tutors for a time. Show More Sentences Heaviside died, 3 February 1925, at Torquay in Devon, and is buried near the eastern corner of Paignton cemetery. He recuperated at Teignmouth, and enjoyed the area so much that he purchased an estate at Watcombe in Torquay, Devon. These include the South Devon Railway sea wall, the Cornwall Railway's Royal Albert Bridge, and Barmouth Bridge on the Cambrian Railways. It is likely that Newcomen was already acquainted with Savery, whose forebears were merchants in south Devon. It runs from Junction 8 of the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. The A38 continues south into Devon from the motorway's terminus at Junction 31, near Exminster. There is little evidence that Roman rule was effective west of Exeter in Devon and few Roman remains have been found. They are grouped with Cornwall for other administrative purposes, such as the National Health Service and Devon and Cornwall Police. This was long in the custody of the community of Augustinian canonesses who until 1983 lived at the convent at Abbotskerswell Priory, Devon. In Devon, near Challacombe, a group of rocks are named for the pixies said to dwell there. Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16 July 1723 the third son of the Rev. Coleridge was born on 21 October 1772 in the town of Ottery St Mary in Devon, England. He had previously been Master of Hugh Squier's School in South Molton, Devon, and Lecturer of nearby Molland. By September 1896, the Kiplings were in Torquay, Devon, on the southwestern coast of England, in a hillside home overlooking the English Channel. The Greenway Estate in Devon, acquired by the couple as a summer residence in 1938, is now in the care of the National Trust. The maritime heritage of Devon made sea shanties, hornpipes and naval or sea ballads important parts of regional folk music. In the Armada year of 1588, Raleigh had some involvement with defence against the Spanish at Devon. In October 2008, Devon was awarded Fairtrade County status by the Fairtrade Foundation. The River Dart is a river in Devon, England which rises high on Dartmoor, and releases to the sea at Dartmouth. The line continues south across the estuary, crossing South West England such that Cornwall and Devon are excluded from Lloegyr. Show More Sentences The reasons for a lack of industrialisation in Devon and Cornwall are unclear but probably reflect local preference, at least in part. In the south west, evidence of Romanisation ends east of Devon and Cornwall. It was probably gathered in streams in Cornwall and Devon as cassiterite pebbles and traded in this raw, unrefined state. Planned risings in Wales, Devon and Cornwall were forestalled by the government arresting the local Jacobites. By 700, Brittonic was mainly restricted to North West England and Southern Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Devon, and Brittany. The Danes broke their word and, after killing all the hostages, slipped away under cover of night to Exeter in Devon. Alfred blockaded the Viking ships in Devon, and with a relief fleet having been scattered by a storm, the Danes were forced to submit. Meanwhile, Harold's sons, who had taken refuge in Ireland, raided Somerset, Devon and Cornwall from the sea. Britannia Royal Naval College is the initial officer training establishment for the navy, located at Dartmouth, Devon. Raleigh was born to a Protestant family in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He grew up in the house of Hayes Barton, a farmhouse near the village of East Budleigh, not far from Budleigh Salterton in Devon. In 1580 Drake purchased Buckland Abbey, a large manor house near Yelverton in Devon, via intermediaries from Sir Richard Greynvile. At that moment however the wind changed and the fog lifted, enabling the fleet to sail into Torbay, near Brixham, Devon. It is headquartered in Newton Abbot, Devon, and currently led by Paul Nuttall. The Party returned representation for the first time on the councils of Cornwall, Devon, and Essex. In North Devon the slates of the west and limestones of the east meet at Exmoor National Park. During the Wars of the Roses, there were frequent skirmishes between the Lancastrian Earl of Devon and Yorkist Lord Bonville. Great disturbances throughout both Cornwall and Devon followed the introduction of Edward VI's Book of Common Prayer. The Cornish quickly joined the men of Devon in the Prayer Book Rebellion and Exeter was besieged until relieved by Lord Russell. Since 1650, the City of Plymouth has grown to become the largest city in Devon, mainly due to the naval base at Devonport. Show More Sentences The British Government evacuated approximately 3,000 local residents in the area of Slapton, now South Hams District of Devon. Appledore Shipbuilders are based at Appledore, Torridge, Devon, three miles north of Bideford. Over the next few years, he elevated Exeter to one of the four burhs in Devon, rebuilding its walls on the Roman lines. The South Devon Railway Company extended the line westwards to Plymouth, opening their own smaller station at St Thomas, above Cowick Street. Exeter's city council is a district authority, and shares responsibility for local government with the Devon County Council. Policing in Exeter is provided by the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary who have their headquarters at Middlemoor in the east of the city. The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has a large hospital located to the south east of the city centre. The West Trust Divisional HQ and 999 control is in Exeter which provides cover for Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly. There are also plans to build on land in the Teignbridge and East Devon areas, which border Exeter's boundaries. Country bus services, mostly operated by Stagecoach, run from Exeter to most places in East and North Devon, but some are very infrequent. Exeter Cricket Club play in the Premier Division of the Devon Cricket League at both First and Second XI level. Tavistock Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Rumon, is a ruined Benedictine abbey in Tavistock, Devon. It was endowed with lands in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall, and became one of the richest abbeys in the west of England. In 1857, the Devon Constabulary tried to take over the Bradninch Borough Police but was met with fierce resistance from the borough authorities. In November 1856, the Honiton authorities opted to have the services of the new Devon Constabulary at a cheaper rate than the municipals. When the chief constable of Devon announced his intention to send the county police into Okehampton in 1857, the police committee rejected them. It was not until 1942, when the pressures of the Second World War took their toll on Devon, that the force finally amalgamated with the county. He was distraught, having faithfully served Torquay for two decades, and was refused a position in the Devon Constabulary on age grounds. It was a large and proud force which was reluctant to merge with Devon and Cornwall in 1967 by order of the Home Secretary. Since 5 May 2016 the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner is Alison Hernandez. Show More Sentences Before November 2012 the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority was the police governance. Devon and Cornwall Police have officers that patrol the streets and attend incidents with police dogs. Devon and Cornwall Police are the first police force to train dogs to search for missing persons. Devon and Cornwall are only 1 in 4 forces to use the ball style for custodian helmets. Devon and Cornwall Police do not have Brunswick stars on their epaulettes, just the rank and collar number. Devon and Cornwall mainly use both the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra as patrol vehicles. Devon and Cornwall Police stopped using the 'jam sandwich' police car markings between 2000 and 2005 when battenberg markings came into favour. Between 1856 and 1947 police in Devon and Cornwall came under 26 different forces, all using different names. Devon and Cornwall are amongst the safest counties in the UK, with the 4th lowest crime rate per 1000 people in England. The main concentration is within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, however clubs exist in Sussex, Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Wales and London. Training for new recruits in Devon and Cornwall is held at the Headquarters in Middlemoor. The band is made up of officers and employees of Devon and Cornwall Police, as well as some members who are not related to the police. The Devon and Cornwall RFC was formed in 1967 following the amalgamation of the Devon, Cornwall and Plymouth Constabularies clubs. Initially, Radio Cornwall shared an afternoon programme with BBC Radio Devon, but now sustains a full daytime service. About 85,000 children have taken part in the scheme since it was set up, and the charity now has three farms in Devon, Gloucestershire and Wales. In Devon, Sherbrooke Chine is west of Budleigh Salterton, and Seaton Chine is at the western end of the West Walk esplanade, Seaton. To their west was the native British kingdom of Dumnonia, in what is now Devon and Cornwall. Exeter, to the west, in Devon, was under West Saxon control by 680, since Boniface was educated there at about that time. The county of Devon is also known as Devonshire, and although this is not currently the official name it was historically the County's name. Harold's sons, Godwin and Edmund, fled to Ireland and then invaded Devon, but were defeated by Brian of Brittany. Show More Sentences He was once thought to have been created the first Earl of Devon, but this theory is now discounted in favour of his son Baldwin. Despite this, for many years the discrepancies caused disagreement over the numbering of the Devon earls. The other legend concerns the disputed boundary of four parishes in East Devon which she, as Countess, was called upon to settle. Isabella is also said to have gifted in perpetuity a water supply to the inhabitants of Tiverton, Devon. The Hooken Undercliff is on the cliff route between Beer, Devon and Branscombe. In the west this results in a hilly landscape of diverse character that resembles that of neighbouring county Devon. The third most southerly county in the UK, Dorset is less affected by the more intense Atlantic winds than Cornwall and Devon. Running west from London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids in Devon, it provides a service for those who live in the western districts of Dorset. Soon thereafter, the Speedwell crew reported that their ship was taking in water, so both were diverted to Dartmouth, Devon. There it was inspected for leaks and sealed, but a second attempt to depart also failed, bringing them only as far as Plymouth, Devon. Hooker's uncle was able to obtain for Richard the help of another Devon native, John Jewel, bishop of Salisbury. The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School. Deny me still and I shall have you straight from this room to Newgate, then in chains to Devon, for the next assize. The second great influence on Bracton's thinking was William Raleigh, also known as William de Raley, a native of Devon. Perhaps the greatest driver behind the modern use of concrete was Smeaton's Tower, the third Eddystone Lighthouse in Devon, England. The most famous mine on the fell was the Carrock Mine, the only source of tungsten in Britain outside of Devon and Cornwall. Devon County Council is the county council administering the English county of Devon. In Devon there are eight such districts, each with its own district, borough, or city council. Before 1888, the small towns and rural areas in Devon were governed by magistrates through the Devon Court of Quarter Sessions. Devon County Council appoints eleven members to the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority. Show More Sentences In 2002, the BBC Devon website held a poll in response to a discussion for a flag of Devon. Had the bid succeeded, Devon County Council, headquartered in Exeter, would have had no local governmental control of the City of Exeter. The line was worked by the larger South Devon Railway Company until 1 February 1876 when this was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway. The South Devon Railway has an interesting collection of both steam and diesel locomotives. There are many former Great Western engines and industrial locomotives, the South Devon Railway Trust work with National Railway Museum. Buckfastleigh Rangers is a Football and Social Club based in Buckfastleigh, Devon. The teams have won the Lidstone, Greenaway, Harry Treeby and the Devon Senior Cups. In 2009, Totnes Rural was the only county division in Devon to elect a Green councillor. At the upper tier of local government Dartmouth and Kingswear Electoral Division elects one member to Devon County Council. In addition Stagecoach Devon provides links to the Torbay resorts of Brixham, Paignton and Torquay from Kingswear via the ferry. Fox Tor is a relatively minor tor on Dartmoor in the county of Devon, England. Watson can find no proof that Barrymore was in Devon on the day of the chase in London. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. The River Avon, also known as the River Aune, is a river in the county of Devon in the south of England. The estuary lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is part of the South Devon Heritage Coast. Princetown is a village in the Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon. Princetown, like the rest of Dartmoor, experiences colder and wetter weather than most of Devon, especially because of its high altitude. Documents indicate that Teignmouth was a significant port by the early 14th century, second in Devon only to Dartmouth. Teignmouth is situated on the coast of Devon, a peninsula of South West England. Pubs today include the Blue Anchor Inn on Teign Street and the Devon Arms on Northumberland Place. Show More Sentences Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, situated on Dartmoor in Devon, England. The yeth hound, also called the yell hound is a Black dog found in Devon folklore. The yeth hound, also called the yell hound, is a black dog found in Devon folklore. Devon folk singer Seth Lakeman sang about Childe the Hunter on his 2006 album Freedom Fields. Bowerman's Nose is a stack of weathered granite on Dartmoor, Devon, England. The Dartmoor crosses are a series of stone crosses found in Dartmoor National Park in the centre of Devon, England. Two Bridges is an isolated location on the river West Dart in the heart of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. A Canadian lynx shot in Devon in 1903 is now in the collection of the Bristol Museum. The Forest of Dartmoor is an ancient royal forest covering part of Dartmoor, Devon, England. In other words, all of Devon except for Dartmoor and Exmoor was freed from forest law. The Duchy includes over 570 square kilometres of land, more than half of which lies in Devon. The challenge takes the form of a daytime navigation exercise held in the Dartmoor National Park in the county of Devon, England. Rippon Tor Rifle Range is a disused rifle range within Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England. Okehampton lies on the A30 main road, the shortest route from London to west Devon and Cornwall. Ashburton Carnival is one of the oldest, possibly the oldest, surviving in Devon. It was bought at the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a large receiver of monastic spoils in South Devon. The 15-year-old whiz-kid wants to join the Toon after talks with top recruiter Dennis Wise, but the Devon club are holding out for more money. The ashes of the champion racehorse, who died at the Devon course last November, are buried by the winning post at the racetrack in Cheltenham. The video for Lost Worker Bee, a song from an EP released by Elbow last week, was shot in and around Exeter and Exmouth in Devon. Devon minnows in Black and Gold or Brown and Gold can also be effective with the Yellowbelly good in more coloured water. Show More Sentences A yellow belly is my favourite Devon minnow at this time of the year but those with black and gold, and red and gold, are also worth trying. The Jackass penguin has been pining since Cherry died at the age of 28 at Combe Martin wildlife and dinosaur park in Devon. The car left the A35 at Axminster in Devon, crashed into a wooden fence at the bottom of an embankment and ploughed into a wooded area. Manning was fined pounds 250 by North Devon magistrates after admitting the offence in Barnstaple. Father-of-two Martin worked at the mortuary at the North Devon Hospital in Barnstaple for 20 years. Laura Litt and fiance Dominic Williams came across the artefact at an auctioneers in Devon. Devon Island in Canada is claimed to be the largest uninhabited island in the world. The Bray Fault is part of the Lizard front which is represented also in The Lizard and Start Point, Devon. Although it did disenfranchise most rotten boroughs, a few remained, such as Totnes in Devon and Midhurst in Sussex. Into Devon and Cornwall, the coastline becomes more rocky and steep, with numerous cliffs and tiny fishing villages along the coastline. This stretch of coastline stretches from Devon to Land's End in Cornwall, the westernmost part of mainland England. The coastline of Devon and Cornwall has similarities to that of Brittany in France directly opposite. Rivers discharging into the Atlantic Ocean between Morte Point in North Devon and Land's End. They established a Royal Commission, chaired by the Earl of Devon, to enquire into the laws regarding the occupation of land. His request was granted and, on 31 January 1944, he departed for Chagford, Devon, where he could work in seclusion. The East Dart River is one of the two main tributaries of the River Dart in Devon, England. This accomplished, he resigned his directorship of the Devon Great Consols, selling his remaining shares in the company. A group of three beavers was spotted on the River Otter in Devon in 2013, apparently successfully bearing three kits the next year. By 1404, they were raiding the coast of England, with Welsh troops on board, setting fire to Dartmouth and devastating the coast of Devon. For many years Teignmouth Grammar School in Teignmouth, Devon held an eisteddfod of art, music and drama competions in the Easter term. Show More Sentences Welsh wool had much improved in quality, but Radnorshire or South Devon wool was still best for flannel manufacture. It can be heard across the Bristol area, in much of Devon and northern Cornwall, as well as eastern and south eastern counties of Ireland. The microscopic shells of radiolarians are found in cherts of this age in the Culm of Devon and Cornwall, and in Russia, Germany and elsewhere. As well as agriculture, much of the economy of Devon is linked with tourism. Agriculture has been an important industry in Devon since the 19th century. Plymouth hosts the head office and first ever store of The Range, the only major national retail chain headquartered in Devon. West Devon has the fewest residents, having 63,839 at the time of the census. Inland, the Dartmoor National Park lies wholly in Devon, and the Exmoor National Park lies in both Devon and Somerset. In South Devon the landscape consists of rolling hills dotted with small towns, such as Dartmouth, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, Salcombe, and Totnes. North Devon is very rural with few major towns except Barnstaple, Great Torrington, Bideford and Ilfracombe. Sandstones and shales were deposited in North and South Devon beneath tropical seas. Devon generally has a mild climate, heavily influenced by the North Atlantic Drift. Rising temperatures have led to Devon becoming the first place in modern Britain to cultivate olives commercially. Many Cornish saints are commemorated also in Devon in legends, churches and placenames. The Devonian villages of Petrockstowe and Newton St Petroc are also named after Saint Petroc and the flag of Devon is dedicated to him. In 1549, the Prayer Book Rebellion caused the deaths of thousands of people from Devon and Cornwall. During the English Reformation, churches in Devon officially became affiliated with the Church of England. The Methodism of John Wesley proved to be very popular with the working classes in Devon in the 19th century. The Diocese of Exeter remains the Anglican diocese including the whole of Devon. Devon also has its own flag which has been dedicated to Saint Petroc, a local saint with dedications throughout Devon and neighbouring counties. Show More Sentences Devon has been home to a number of customs, such as its own form of Devon wrestling, similar in some ways to Cornish wrestling. As recently as the 19th century, a crowd of 17,000 at Devonport, near Plymouth, attended a match between the champions of Devon and Cornwall. Devon has three professional football teams, based in each of its most populous towns and cities. Plymouth Titans, Exeter Centurions, Devon Sharks from Torquay, North Devon Raiders from Barnstaple and East Devon Eagles from Exmouth. Devon also boasts a field hockey club who play in the National Premier League, the University of Exeter Hockey Club. There are also many successful professional racehorse trainers based in Devon. The county is represented in cricket by Devon County Cricket Club, who play at a Minor counties level. The painter and founder of the Royal Academy, Sir Joshua Reynolds, was born in Devon. Chris Dawson, the billionaire owner of retailer The Range was born in Devon, where his business retains its head office in Plymouth. The actor Matthew Goode was raised in Devon, and Bradley James, also an actor, was born there. The singer Joss Stone was brought up in Devon and frontman Chris Martin from the British rock group Coldplay was born there. Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Christopher Wolstenholme from the English group Muse all grew up in Devon and formed the band there. Dave Hill of rock band Slade was born in Flete House which is in the South Hams district of Devon. It belongs in fact to the county of Devon, and has always been part of the hundred of Braunton. In 1957 a message in a bottle from one of the seamen of the HMS Caledonia was washed ashore between Babbacombe and Peppercombe in Devon. The bottle and letter are on display at the Portledge Hotel at Fairy Cross, in Devon, England. The island is an unparished area of Torridge district of the English county of Devon. Rivers that flow into Lyme Bay include the Exe, Otter, Sid and Axe in Devon, and the Lim, Char, Brit and Bride in Dorset. On the old county boundary between the two villages there is still a house called Devon Corn, which has the marker on the front of the house. Brian Greenslade, leader of Devon County Council, confirmed that the council would be holding a public inquiry into the beaching. Show More Sentences A similar reintroduction trial is being undertaken on the River Otter in Devon, England. It was voted the county flower of Devon in 2002 following a poll by the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife. Nearly half of the holdings are in Devon, with other large holdings in Cornwall, Herefordshire, Somerset and almost all of the Isles of Scilly. During this period, he also developed a golf course in Devon. Chichester was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England, the son of a Church of England clergyman, Charles Chichester, himself the seventh son of Sir Arthur Chichester, 8th Baronet. Francis Chichester died of cancer in Plymouth, Devon, on 26 August 1972, and was buried in the church of his ancestors, St Peter's Church, Shirwell, near Barnstaple. While the Exeter Metropolitan Area had a population of 467,257 in the same year and includes Exeter along with Teignbridge, Mid Devon and East Devon. After this loss John Blackmore moved to Bushey, Herts, then to his native Devon, first to Kings Nympton, then Culmstock, Tor Mohun and later to Ashford, in the same county. Neighbouring natural regions include The Culm to the southwest, the Devon Redlands to the south and the Vale of Taunton and Quantock Fringes to the east. The clothing district around Tiverton and Exeter in Devon and west Somerset tended to make different kinds of cloth and is best regarded as distinct. In the evenings, BBC Radio Devon joins the South West Regional service. The next year, in a writ dated 13 June 1240, the king directed the Sheriff of Devon and twelve knights of the county to perambulate the Forest to record its exact bounds. The line links the mouth of the River Tees between Redcar and Hartlepool in the north east of England with the mouth of the River Exe in Devon in the south west. All English rivers discharging into the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel from the M48 Severn Bridge south and west to Morte Point, North Devon. In 1971, Devon County Council signed a Twinning Charter with the Conseil General of Calvados to develop links with the French department of Calvados. These were Bristol, Cornwall and West Plymouth, Devon and East Plymouth, Dorset and East Devon, Somerset and North Devon, Wiltshire North and Bath, and parts of Cotswolds. In Devon, most county councillors who are elected have been nominated by one of England's major political parties, although there are also a small number of independents. He began cultivating a small farm near Winkleigh, Devon called Moortown, a name which became embedded in the title of one of his poetry collections. Devon County Council's responsibilities include schools, social care for the elderly and vulnerable, road maintenance, libraries and trading standards. From this point, the family relied upon continued income from the copper mines at Devon Great Consols, and sold Woodford Hall to move into the smaller Water House. Show More Sentences There is some evidence of human occupation of southern England before the last ice age, such as at Kents Cavern in Devon, but largely in the south east. Outliers in Somerset and north Devon complete the extent of this basin. In 1997, Devon County Council revived a passenger rail service from Exeter, on summer weekends only, in an attempt to reduce motor traffic to the national park. On 24 June 2015, video footage from local filmmaker Tom Buckley was featured on the BBC news website showing one of the wild Devon females with two live young. Chief Constable Morris of Devon visited the force on 28 November and provided them with new warrant cards, and welcomed them into the county police family. It was strongly influenced by Somerset and Devon, and developed dishes such as whitepot while ingredients such as pumpkin were used, which are unusual in the rest of Wales. Ryan Sealey's winning design of green, white, and black was raised outside County Hall in 2006 to celebrate Local Democracy Week and is endorsed by Devon County Council. Devon and Cornwall were major sources of tin for much of western Europe and copper was extracted from sites such as the Great Orme mine in northern Wales. When the borough authorities decided to adopt the services of the Devon Constabulary in 1884, a riot erupted and windows and property were damaged. He is currently the president of the golf club in Churston, Devon. All of the principal rock types can be seen on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset and East Devon, where they document the entire Mesozoic era from west to east. In addition to Wales, laverbread is eaten across the Bristol Channel in North Devon, especially the Exmoor coast around Lynmouth, Combe Martin and Ilfracombe. To escape from the heavily polluted air of Caerphilly, his father accepted the offer of a new job and the family moved to Exeter, Devon, when Cooper was three. Tin is smelted from cassiterite, a mineral found in hydrothermal veins in granite, and the uplands of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, were a particularly productive area. Devon derives its name from Dumnonia, which, during the British Iron Age, Roman Britain, and Early Medieval was the homeland of the Dumnonii Brittonic Celts. Devon was constituted as a shire of the Kingdom of England thereafter. The north and south coasts of Devon each have both cliffs and sandy shores, and the county's bays contain seaside resorts, fishing towns, and ports. In the valleys and lowlands of south and east Devon the soil is more fertile, drained by rivers including the Exe, the Culm, the Teign, the Dart, and the Otter. The South Devon Railway Trust is a charitable organisation that operates a heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon, alongside the River Dart. Devon has produced tin, copper and other metals from ancient times. Show More Sentences Devon and Cornwall Police has officers that patrol on police motorcycles. Dartmoor is managed by the Dartmoor National Park Authority, whose 22 members are drawn from Devon County Council, local district councils and Government. The South West of England is known for Cheddar cheese, which originated in the Somerset village of Cheddar, Devon cream teas, crabs, Cornish pasties, and cider. Devon straddles a peninsula and so has two separate coastlines, on the Bristol Channel and Celtic Sea in the north, and on the English Channel in the south. The island of Lundy and the reef of Eddystone are also in Devon. Jean Dudley, South Hams, Devon BABY oil poured on a piece of paper towel is a great way of removing fingerprints and marks from any stainless steel appliances in the kitchen. Its position makes it a base to explore both Dartmoor and Devon. They were established in 1903, playing in the South Devon League. A geological dividing line cuts across Devon roughly along the line of the Bristol to Exeter Line and the M5 motorway east of Tiverton and Exeter. For instance, the unitary authority of Plymouth is traditionally considered part of County Devon, though politically it is not part of the county. Devon's second major rock system is the Culm Measures, a geological formation of the Carboniferous period that occurs principally in Devon and Cornwall. The measures are so called either from the occasional presence of a soft, sooty coal, which is known in Devon as culm, or from the contortions commonly found in the beds. By 1523, according to a tax assessment, Totnes was the second richest town in Devon, and the sixteenth richest in England, ahead of Worcester, Gloucester and Lincoln. The Devon Bat Group was founded in 1984 to help conserve bats. Mansell spent 11 years of his life as a Special Constable on the Isle of Man during his driving career, and in Devon after he retired from racing. The administrative centre and capital of Devon is the city of Exeter. The main settlements in Devon are the cities of Plymouth, a historic port now administratively independent, Exeter, the county town, and Torbay, the county's tourist centre. The Romans left the region around AD 410, this is when one of the leading Dumnonii families attempted to create a dynasty and rules over Devon as the Kings of Dumnonii. Devon and Cornwall Police employs 6,067 people and 505 volunteers. Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. Find more words! 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