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Devon is a county in south west England, bordering Cornwall to the west with Dorset and Somerset to the east. There is evidence of occupation in the county from Stone Age times onward. Its recorded history starts in the Roman period when it was a civitas. It was then a separate kingdom for a number of centuries until it was incorporated into early England. It has remained a largely agriculture based region ever since though tourism is now very important.

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History of Devon

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Devon is a county in south west England, bordering Cornwall to the west with Dorset and Somerset to the east. There is evidence of occupation in the county...

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Devon

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Devon (/ˈdɛvən/ DEV-ən; historically also known as Devonshire /-ʃɪər, -ʃər/ -⁠sheer, -⁠shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered...

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Devon Island

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in 1819–20, and named it North Devon, after Devon in England, a name which was changed to Devon Island by the end of the 1800s. In 1850, Edwin De Haven...

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Devon Larratt

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Devon Larratt (born 24 April 1975) is a Canadian professional armwrestler, content creator, and a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces. Considered...

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Devon colic

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Devon colic was a condition that affected people in the English county of Devon during parts of the 17th and 18th centuries, before it was discovered...

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Exercise Tiger

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was one of a series of large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which took place in April 1944 on Slapton Sands in Devon. Coordination...

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Earl of Devon

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Earl of Devon is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. It was possessed first (after the Norman Conquest of 1066) by...

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Devon House

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January 2017. "Devon House Heritage Site". Devon House Development Company. Retrieved 15 September 2021. "History of Devon House | Jamaica". Devon House Jamaica...

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Duke of Devonshire

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their subsidiary title of earldom of Devonshire (neither peerage is related to the ancient title of Earl of Devon). The first Earl may have chosen "Devonshire"...

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Dumnonia

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westerly parts of present-day South West England. It was centred in the area of modern Devon, but also included modern Cornwall and part of Somerset, with...

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Mining in Cornwall and Devon

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in Cornwall and Devon, in the southwest of Britain, is thought to have begun in the early-middle Bronze Age with the exploitation of cassiterite. Tin...

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Ealdorman of Devon

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Ealdorman of Devon in England before the Norman Conquest of 1066, was the Ealdorman, that is the king's deputy as local ruler, of the shire of Devon. Following...

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Devon Witherspoon

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Devon Marquis Witherspoon (born December 11, 2000) is an American football cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL)....

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Devon Rex

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The Devon Rex is a tall-eared, short-haired breed of cat that emerged in England during the late 1950s. The breed is known for its atypical appearance...

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History of Ilfracombe

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W.G (1954). Devon. Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-86077-270-6. Bowen's Hobart Archived 2009-10-13 at the Wayback Machine: The Beginnings of European Settlement...

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House of Courtenay

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Earl of Devon (d.1217), seated at Tiverton Castle and Plympton Castle in Devon. On the death of Isabel de Forz, suo jure 8th Countess of Devon in 1293...

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Devon heraldry

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biography of Wyke, Roger (d.c.1467), of Bindon in Axmouth, Devon, published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L...

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Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

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and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site which includes select mining landscapes in Cornwall and West Devon in the south west of England...

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Honiton pottery

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Honiton pottery is a type of earthenware pottery from Honiton, Devon, England. The popular design was Jacobean, and the most famous designer was Charles...

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Stannary Convocation of Devon

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Convocation of Devon, also known as the Great Parliament of the Tinners or as the Devon Stannary Parliament, was an assembly in the English county of Devon, with...

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History of Plymouth

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The History of Plymouth in Devon, England, extends back to the Bronze Age, when the first settlement began at Mount Batten a peninsula in Plymouth Sound...

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Devon Allen

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He played wide receiver for the University of Oregon football team from 2014 to 2016. At an early age, Devon Allen began running track with the Arizona...

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Prayer Book Rebellion

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popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon in 1549. In that year, the first Book of Common Prayer, presenting the theology of the English Reformation, was introduced...

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Brixham trawler

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A Brixham trawler is a type of wooden, deep-sea fishing trawler first built in Brixham in Devon, England, in the 19th century and known for its high speed...

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Ordgar

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Ealdorman of Devon in England. He was a great West Country landowner and apparently a close advisor of his son-in-law Edgar the Peaceful, king of England...

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Devon County Constabulary

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Devon County Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Devon, England, until 1966. The force was formed in 1856. It absorbed Tavistock...

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RM Chivenor

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situated on the northern shore of the River Taw estuary, adjacent to the South West Coast Path, on the north coast of Devon, England. The nearest towns are...

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