Walking is one of Britain's favourite leisure activities, & this guide features a variety of mapped walks to suit various abilities. It describes various walks with a summary of distance, time, dog friendliness, parking & public toilets. It is accompanied by reading on the history & wildlife of Devon. ...

Step back in time with this stunningly nostalgic black & white wall calendar.

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Devon has much to offer from the rolling hills & moors, cobbled villages & quaint towns.

This A4 calendar for 2019 explores

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Keep track of all the events going on in your busy life, & never miss a birthday, anniversary,

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Covers the south west & Devon & Cornwall in particular. This guide

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The devastating effects of the First World War were to change forever the face of rural Engl&. Devon in the Great World War is the first substantial work to explore both the military & social aspects of the greatest & bloodiest of World Wars, charting the changes that this conflict brought upon Devon & it's people. ...

Devon Sketchbook will guide you to some 40 favourite places along the north & south coasts of the county, plus a few in Exmoor & Dartmoor National Parks. With more than 180 of the author's line & watercolour illustrations & 66 hand drawn maps, Devon Sketchbook is a unique guidebook & souvenir. It also makes the perfect gift. ...

Devon's first railway was opened as long ago as 16 September 1820. This was the Haytor Tramway constructed by George Templar. Sections of the tramway are still extant & scheduled as an Ancient Monument. The later railway map of Devon appears complicated, but is easier to comprehend when the history of the lines is understood. Basically two competing main lines thrust westwards to Plymouth
- the Great Western Railway (GWR) & the London & South Western Railway (LSWR). As far as Exeter the GWR ran to the north of the LSWR, but west of that city the positions were reversed. South-east Devon, generally known as ` East Devon', was LSWR territory, South-west Devon, known as ` South Devon' was mostly GWR territory, while most of North Devon came under the LSWR's sphere. After reorganisation, the LSWR lines fell to the Southern Railway. Partly due to its topography, Devon had an unusually large number of branch lines. Although many were closed either immediately following, or before the 1963 Beeching Report on Railways, some have reopened as preserved lines: Totnes to Buckfast; Paignton to Kingswear & the Plym Valley Railway. Much of the Seaton branch was relaid as a 2ft 9in gauge electric tramway. Some stations too have been reopened: Sidmouth Junction has opened as Feniton; Ivybridge, closed to passengers 2 March 1959, reopened 15 July 1994 as a park & ride station to reduce traffic to & from Plymouth, while Tiverton Junction moved to Tiverton Parkway to give enhanced road access. Colin Maggs, the renowned expert on railway history, tells the fascinating tale of the railways & the impact they had on the lives of everyone in the county. The nostalgic branch lines with their small local trains & the main lines with their thundering expresses, are all part of a rich heritage which is explored in an expert text & in more than two hundred evocative images to present an absorbing view of Devon's recent past.
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William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Spencer Compton, the last of the great Devonshires, was three times offered the preimership, & three times refused it. This book reveals how the dynasty made & lost fortunes, built great houses, &, in the end, came to terms with changing times. ...

In the new & suspicious world of forensics & autopsy examinations, Hatton & Roumande are the best. But the crime scene is not confined to one room. In their efforts to help the infamous Scotland Yard detective Inspector Adams track down the Lady's killer, Hatton & Roumande uncover a trail of murders connected to a packet of seditious letters that, if published, would change the face of society & religion irrevocably. D.E. Meredith's measured prose & eye for exquisite detail moves seamlessly from the filthy docks on the Isle of Dogs to the jungles of Borneo & the drawing rooms of London's upper class. ...