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South Devon is the southern part of Devon, England. Because Devon has its major population centres on its two coasts, the county is divided informally into North Devon and South Devon. [ 1 ] In a narrower sense "South Devon" is used to refer to the part of Devon south of Exeter and Dartmoor , including Plymouth , Torbay and the districts of ...
South Devon, formerly known as the Southern Division of Devon, is a parliamentary constituency in the county of Devon in England.From 1832 to 1885 it returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
In Devon, East Devon, and Tiverton and Honiton were abolished, being replaced by Exmouth and Exeter East, Honiton and Sidmouth, and the cross-county boundary constituency of Tiverton and Minehead. Torridge and West Devon and Totnes were renamed Torridge and Tavistock , and South Devon respectively, despite only minor boundary changes to each.
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The South Devon Railway (SDR) is a 6 mi 51 ch (10.7 km) heritage railway in Devon, England. [1] Originally a branchline to Ashburton from Totnes between 1872 and 1962, it was reopened by the Dart Valley Railway from near Totnes to Buckfastleigh in 1969. It was sold to the non-profit South Devon Railway Trust in 1991.
The South Devon National Landscape covers 337 square kilometres, including much of the South Hams area of Devon and the rugged coastline from Jennycliff Bay to Elberry Cove near Brixham. The purpose of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is to conserve and enhance the area's natural beauty. In South Devon this includes: undeveloped coastline ...
The principal geological components of Devon are i) the Devonian strata of north Devon and south west Devon (and extending into Cornwall); ii) the Culm Measures (north western Devon also extending into north Cornwall); and iii) the granite intrusion of Dartmoor in central Devon, part of the Cornubian batholith forming the 'spine' of the ...
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