#Buckland Abbey#, seven miles north of Plymouth, was in part
converted into a dwelling-house by Sir Richard Grenville, and this was
afterwards altered by Sir Francis Drake, of whom interesting relics are
here preserved. (pp. 54, 145, 166, 184.)
#Budleigh Salterton# (1883). A small port and favourite
watering-place, beautifully situated five miles east of the mouth of the
Exe. (pp. 69, 129, 199.)
#Chagford# (1397). A small market-town, high above the Teign
valley, on the borders of Dartmoor, forming a good centre for tourists,
naturalists, and archaeologists. There are many Bronze Age antiquities
in the neighbourhood. (pp. 25, 120, 191, 204.)
#Chudleigh# (1820), seven miles inland from Dawlish, contains the
ruins of the palace of the Bishop of Exeter, built in 1080. Ugbrooke,
often visited by Dryden, is a mile away. (pp. 123, 199, 200, 221.)
#Chumleigh# (1158), is a village on high ground above the valley of
the Taw, chiefly interesting for the history of the Seven Prebends of
its church. (pp. 172, 196, 197.)
#Clovelly# (621). A small but extraordinarily picturesque
fishing-village, consisting of one cobble-paved street, running steeply
up a narrow ravine through a densely-wooded hill-side. Near it is the
Hobby Drive. There is a fine camp on the hill above. (pp. 62, 63, 85,
161, 176.)
[Illustration: Clovelly]
#Colyton# (1943) is a small market-town, beautifully situated in
the Coly valley, near the border of Dorset, with a fine church. (pp.
114, 122, 150, 168, 191.)
#Combe Martin# (1521), a village on the coast six miles east of
Ilfracombe, in a fertile valley, was formerly noted for its very rich
silver mine; now for market-gardening. (pp. 15, 121, 171, 172.)
#Countisbury# (279) is a little village on the west side of the
Foreland, close to the Somerset border.
#Crediton# (3974), a market-town with boot and shoe, and cider
factories, stands above the valley of the Creedy, eight miles north-west
of Exeter, whither the see of the Bishopric was, for greater safety,
moved from here by Leofric, in 1050. The very fine church, of unusual
length, contains many monuments. (pp. 112, 118, 168, 172, 200, 219.)
#Cullompton# (2919) is a market-town 12 miles north-east of Exeter,
on the road from Bristol. The manor belonged to Buckland Abbey. The
Walronds is a fine Elizabethan mansion. (pp. 112, 118, 172, 173.)
#Dartington# (478), so-named when the tidal estuary of the Dart ran
close to it, is now a suburb of Totnes. Dartington Hall is a very fine
Elizabethan house. (pp. 129, 194.)
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