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Buckfastleigh is a market town and civil parish in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. It is part of Teignbridge and, for ecclesiastical purposes, lies within the Totnes Deanery .
Buckfastleigh Racecourse (21 June 1883 - 27 August 1960) was a British horse racing venue. Grandstand in 2010 Jumps at Buckfastleigh in 2010. History.
In the first decades of the nineteenth century, Buckfastleigh and Ashburton were important towns in the region. Ashburton was an important stannary and woollen town, while Buckfastleigh had established woollen mills as well as other manufacturing industries. Both towns were on the coaching road from Plymouth to Exeter, and this transport link ...
Buckfastleigh railway station is situated on the South Devon Railway, a heritage railway in Devon, England. It serves the town of Buckfastleigh. History.
Buckfastleigh Urban District Council, which had been based at Harewood House further to the west along Bossell Road, [10] relocated to the town hall in the 1960s. [11] However, this was short-lived as the town hall ceased to be the local seat of government when Teignbridge District Council was formed in 1974. [ 12 ]
The South Devon Railway (SDR) is a 6.64-mile (10.69 km) heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon.Mostly running alongside the River Dart, it was initially known as the Dart Valley Railway.
West Buckfastleigh is a small civil parish in the South Hams district, on the eastern border of Dartmoor in Devon, England. Situated within the parish are the village of Scorriton and the hamlets of Michelcombe and Combe . [ 1 ]
Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England.Buckfast first became home to an abbey in 1018. The first Benedictine abbey was followed by a Savignac, later Cistercian, abbey constructed on the site of the current abbey in 1134.