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Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .
Its main retail brands are B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. [28] The companies now part of the Kingfisher group are: B&Q; operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland; Brico Dépôt; in France, Spain, Portugal and Romania; Castorama; in France and Poland; Koçtaş; 50% joint venture in Turkey; Screwfix; in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Edward the Elder built similarly at Barnstaple and Totnes. But sporadic Viking incursions continued until the Norman Conquest, including the disastrous defeat of the Devonians at the Battle of Pinhoe. In 876 King Alfred the Great trapped a Danish fleet at Arne and then drove it out; 120 ships were wrecked at Studland. [65]
Actors from Totnes (5 P) P. Politicians from Totnes, Devon (1 C) W. Writers from Totnes (10 P)
The Totnes Times is a local newspaper serving the town and the surrounding South Hams area in Devon. It is owned by Tindle Newspapers. Published weekly, it appears on Thursdays. Its first issue dated 7 April 1860 was under the title of The Totnes Weekly Times. [50] There have been several title changes over the years.
South Hams is a local government district on the south coast of Devon, England.Its council is based in the town of Totnes, although the largest town is Ivybridge.The district also contains the towns of Dartmouth, Kingsbridge and Salcombe and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
In due course on 25 July 1864 [note 2] [page needed] the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Company obtained an authorising act of Parliament, the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. cclviii). [1] [page needed] [2] [page needed] [3] [page needed] The main line was to be not quite ten miles (16 km ...
Three of the engine houses (Starcross, Torquay and Totnes) are still standing and the location of two others (Turf and Dawlish) are clearly visible. A section of the pipe, without the leather covers, is preserved at Didcot Railway Centre mounted on a short section of track which is inclined to show the gradient of the line from Newton to Dainton.