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The building was commissioned as a corn exchange by the Newton Abbot local board.It formed part of a broader programme of improvements, which also included a new market hall, and, after being authorised by act of parliament in 1868, [2] was facilitated by diverting the River Lemon into a culvert.
Flowing past the house is the Bradley Leat which used to provide water for the manorial mills which were located where the cattle market in Newton Abbot now stands. [3] Bradley was given to the National Trust in 1938 by Mrs A. H. Woolner, daughter of the Egyptologist Cecil Mallaby Firth. Her family still live in the house and manage it on the ...
The Old Town Hall, also known as No. 9 Devon Square, is a former municipal building in Devon Square in Newton Abbot, a town in Devon, in England. The structure, which started life as a private house and was later converted for municipal use, is a Grade II listed building. [1]
Market Day may refer to Market Day, an Ignatz Award-winning graphic novel by James Sturm; Business day; Trading day; A day, often set days in the week, sometimes more ...
It is a major employer in Newton Abbot, having 65 full-time and 100 part-time staff. [2] Some 30% of the staff have more than 20 years of continuous service with the firm. [1] In recent years the firm has taken steps to improve its environmental performance, installing LED lighting and 1,000 solar panels. [1]
Links to Buckfastleigh and Totnes are maintained by Country Bus route 88 which also serves Newton Abbot. Ashburton used to be famous for a beverage known as Ashburton Pop, possibly a type of champagne, the recipe of which was lost with the brewer in 1765. [3] [4] Ashburton Carnival is one of the oldest, possibly the oldest, surviving in Devon.
The civil parish of Wolborough was eventually abolished on 1 April 1974 when the three parishes within Newton Abbot Urban District (Wolborough, Highweek and Milber) were united as a single parish called Newton Abbot within the new Teignbridge district. [4] [5] [6] In 1951 the parish had a population of 8517. [7]
English: Sturminster Newton: cattle-market memorial This fine memorial stands by the site of the former cattle market, which was established in 1219 and closed on 9 June 1997. Below the illustration, starting at the corner facing us, the following wording goes right round the memorial: "1997 STURMINSTER NEWTON CATTLE MARKET 1219", returning to ...