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Devon
Devon is an historic county of England. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)
From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):
A maritime county; bounded, on the N, by the Bristol channel; on the NE, by Somerset; on the E, by Dorset; on the SE and S, by the English channel; on the W, by Cornwall.
Ashburton, Axminster, Bampton, Brixham, Chagford, Chudleigh, Chumleigh, Collumpton, Colyton, Crediton, Hatherleigh, Holsworthy, Ilfracombe, Kingsbridge, Modbury, Moreton-Hampstead, Ottery, Plympton, Sidmouth, Stonehouse, Tavistock, Newton-Abbot, Okehampton, Teignmouth, and Topsham are market towns.
Also known as Devonshire.
Quotes:
"A couple of distant ice cream scoops of chalk mark the point where Devonshire begins to peter out into Dorset. Then it's limestone country."
-- Coasting
Jonathan Raban
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| | Cemeteries | Cemeteries in Devon include Exwick Cemetery, Sidmouth Cemetery, St David's Cemetery, Topsham Cemetery ... View cemeteries
| | Communities | Communities in Devon include Alphington, Ashburton, Avonwick, Axminster, Bampton, Barnstaple, Berry Pomeroy, Berrynarbor, Bideford, Bovey Tracey ... View communities
| | Family history & family records | Birth, marriage and death records - nationwide
BritishIslesGenWeb
Census records
Family Records Centre
Genuki - Devon
Genuki - England
GenWeb page for Devon
Devon Family History Society
General Register Office - UK
Immigration records
Military records
Probate records - Guide to obtaining
Wills - Search National Archives
| | Obituaries | Search obituaries
| | Parishes | Parishes in Devon include Abbots Bickington, Abbotsham, Abbotskerswell, Alfington, Alverdiscott, Alwington, Arlington, Ashburton, Ashbury, Ashcombe ... View parishes
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