#Ilfracombe# (8557), a small sea-port and very popular
watering-place on the north coast, having a land-locked harbour
sheltered by the Capstone Hill, and with the Chapel of St Nicholas, now
a lighthouse, at the entrance of it, is celebrated for the exceptional
mildness of its climate. (pp. 58, 94, 130, 131, 150, 151, 170, 206.)
#Instow# (634), a small but very ancient port, at the point where
the Taw and the Torridge meet, has weekly communication with Lundy. (pp.
27, 61.)
#Kenton# (1612), a very picturesque village, inland from Starcross,
with a fine church of red sandstone, whose rood-screen, partly Flemish,
is one of the best in England, and its oaken pulpit perhaps the finest
in Devon. (pp. 172, 174, 175.)
#Kingsbridge# (3025 with #Dodbrooke#) is a small but important
market-town at the head of the Kingsbridge estuary, which is really a
tidal creek without a river, in the extreme south of the county. It is
one of the chief places in the fertile district called the South Hams.
(pp. 16, 50, 54, 118, 122, 193.)
#Kingswear# (841) is a picturesque village opposite Dartmouth,
which is reached from it by a steam-ferry. Near the old castle, now
modernised, but said to date from John's reign, are the remains of
a guard-house from which a chain was stretched across the river to
Dartmouth Castle, to guard the estuary. (pp. 74, 191.)
#Lydford# (2812), a small village in the largest parish in England,
including a great part of Dartmoor, was once second in importance to
Exeter, a Stannary Town, and the seat of the Stannary prison. There is a
ruined Norman castle. Lydford Gorge, spanned by a single-arched stone
bridge, is one of the most beautiful spots in Devon. (pp. 14, 120, 138,
139, 190, 204, 207, 209.)
[Illustration: Cherry Bridge, near Lynmouth]
#Lynton# (1641) and #Lynmouth# (402) are two villages in the
parish of Lynton, on the north coast, the latter on the shore, and the
former 450 feet above it, famous for their very beautiful scenery,
especially along the river Lyn--where one of the finest spots is at the
Watersmeet--and in the wild ravine called the Valley of Rocks. (pp. 16,
57, 82, 127, 150, 221.)
[Illustration: Lynmouth Harbour]
#Modbury# (1242) is a small market-town 12 miles south-east of
Plymouth, once the principal residence of the Champernownes, who made it
famous as a musical centre in Tudor times.
#Moreton Hampstead# (1541), a picturesque little town on the
eastern border of Dartmoor, with an important cattle-market. (pp. 151,
222.)
#Mortehoe# (788), a small but growing watering-place near
Ilfracombe, with an interesting church, and not far from Woollacombe
Sands and the dangerous headland of Morte Point. (pp. 60, 173.)
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