• devon places »
  • affetonancestral home of the Stucleys deep in the heart of rural Mid Devon
  • belstoneattractive village on Dartmoor's northern edge
  • bickleighold-world charm in the Exe valley near Tiverton
  • brixhamhaunt of fishermen and seafarers of yore
  • budleigh saltertonfamed for red cliffs and bun-sized pebbles
  • chagfordpicturesque Dartmoor town with an industrial past
  • chittlehamptonthe village with the finest church tower in Devon
  • great torringtonscene of Devon's bloodiest Civil War battle
  • lundy islandDevon's northern outpost
  • okehamptonhistoric town on Dartmoor's northern flank
  • sheepwashattractive village in the rural heartland of North Devon
  • tetcottenchanting hamlet in Devon's far west
  • totnesEngland's second oldest borough
• devon characters »
  • on charles babbageReflections on the computer pioneer with strong links to Devon
  • on william crossingA look at the life and writings of the renowned authority on Dartmoor and its anquities
  • on john hawleyThe life and times of Dartmouth's heroic privateer
  • on james northcoteHighlights of the long life of Plymouth's noted artist and raconteur
  • on james perrottAn appreciation of the renowned 19th century Dartmoor guide
• devon villains »
  • sir john fitzThe story of the decline and fall of a tormented soul
  • thomas bensonThe deceitful North Devon merchant trader who exploited Lundy Island
  • bampfylde moore carewRevealing some of the many exploits of Devon's most notorious trickster
  • sir lewis stukeleyChronicling the shameful betrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh by 'Judas' Stukeley
• devon antiquities »
  • belstone nine maidensThe 'dancing stones' legend mentions a circle of nine round this Bronze age burial chamber; in reality there are more
  • heywood castleAbout the earthwork remains of two nearby Norman fortifications
  • hound torDartmoor's mighty granite pile, and why it didn't inspire Arthur Conan Doyle after all
  • okehampton castleThe remains of a motte-and-bailey castle, formerly used as a grand hunting lodge by earls of Devon
  • scorhill stone circleThe only standing stone circle on Dartmoor that has not been restored
  • spinster's rockThe finest example in Devon of a neolithic dolmen
• devon history »
  • early devon topographers some reflections on the Devon topographers of the Stuart period and their work
  • exeter and the cornish rebellions of 1497 how Exeter withstood the two Cornish rebellions of 1497
  • the prayer book rebellion - part 1 the uprising in the far west of England against the excesses of the Protestant Reformation
  • the prayer book rebellion - part 2 the events leading up to the siege of Exeter
  • the prayer book rebellion - part 3 the siege of Exeter
  • the prayer book rebellion - part 4 the relief of Exeter after victory for the royalist forces under Lord Russell in a series of fierce battles
  • the prayer book rebellion - part 5 the rebels' last stand at Sampford Courtenay and the aftermath of the rebellion
• devon oddities »
  • john "Babbacombe" lee the man they could not hang
  • north devon savages the tale of a wayward family from a small Devon village who were portrayed as a national disgrace
  • the oxenham omen how a catchpenny pamphlet and an unsent letter combined to propagate a myth concerning the death of members of an ancient Devon family
• dartmoor gallerya visual tour of the River Dart on Dartmoor
• reed combing galleryimages of reed combing in Mid Devon
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