#Salcombe# (1710), a small port at the mouth of the Kingsbridge
estuary, with an exceptionally mild climate, and with other attractions
as a watering-place. (pp. 82, 132, 149, 191, 222.)
#Seaton# (1325), a pleasant watering-place near the mouth of the
Axe, in the chalk cliffs, close to Dorset. (pp. 66, 80, 114.)
#Shute# (461), a scattered parish, containing the former seat of
the De la Poles, has many monuments to them in its church.
[Illustration: Shute Manor House]
#Sidmouth# (4201), a fashionable watering-place, very pleasantly
situated at the mouth of the Sid, between Exmouth and the border of
Dorset. Its equable climate is perhaps its chief attraction, but it was
an important harbour before its sheltering cliffs were destroyed by
landslips. Queen Victoria spent some years of her childhood here. (pp.
68, 80, 130, 163.)
#South Molton# (2848), a very ancient market-town in the south of
Exmoor, has corn-mills and a very fine church-tower. (pp. 172, 212.)
#Tavistock# (4728), close to the border of Cornwall, with the ruins
of a great abbey, round which the town grew up, was formerly very famous
as a mining-centre, and was one of the Stannary Towns. Sir Francis Drake
was born here, and the statue of him by Boehm, of which there is a copy
on Plymouth Hoe, is one of that sculptor's finest works. (pp. 112, 118,
120, 122, 138, 151, 171, 183, 197, 204, 205, 212, 213.)
#Teignmouth# (7366), an ancient sea-port, a modern and very popular
watering-place and a market-town at the mouth of the Teign, has a good
harbour, sheltered by the Den, once a mere sandbank, but now a promenade
and pleasure-garden. The wooden bridge over the river is one of the
longest in England. (pp. 26, 69, 71, 129, 132, 140, 150, 207, 221.)
#Tiverton# (10,382), an old market-town where the Loman joins
the Exe--hence the name, Two-ford-town--was formerly noted for its
woollen trade, but now for its lace-factory. The church contains many
interesting monuments. (pp. 111, 114, 146, 163, 166, 172, 176, 190, 200,
202, 205, 210, 212, 222.)
[Illustration: Tiverton Bridge]
#Topsham# (2790), once a famous port, is now a market-town and
fishing station on the estuary of the Exe. (pp. 22, 130, 132.)
#Torcross#, a small fishing-village and watering-place at the south
end of the Slapton Sands. The bay being very exposed, the fishermen
train Newfoundland dogs to swim out to boats in rough weather, and take
the "painter" ashore. (p. 129.)
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