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The Newton Abbot site is the largest of the four and covers over 100 acres (0.4 km 2) of land. It has several independent businesses. A garden centre, the largest in the south west, [2] was opened on the site in 2009, [3] followed in 2010 by a new restaurant. [4] In October 2004, a large fire broke out in the main building of the branch. [5]
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.
[1] [a] The Newton Abbot Town and Great Western Railway Museum was established in the building in the early 1990s. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] At a ceremony in the building, the commanding officer of the nuclear submarine , HMS Triumph , Commander Steve Waller, accepted the freedom of the town in September 2019.
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The twin markets of Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel continued until they were merged in 1633 as a Wednesday weekly market under the control of Bradley Manor. By 1751 it had been joined by a smaller Saturday market and three annual fairs: a cattle fair on 24 June, a cheese and onion fair in September, and a cloth fair on 6 November.
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