#Torquay# (33,625), one of the best-known towns in Devon, is a
large and fashionable watering-place, very celebrated for its mild and
equable climate, standing on the south slopes of the northern headland
of Torbay. From the well-sheltered little harbour the town rises in a
semicircle, so protected from rough winds that palms, myrtles, aloes,
agaves and other sub-tropical trees flourish here freely in the open
air. Near the town is Kent's Cavern, in which have been discovered many
most interesting remains of extinct animals and of pre-historic man.
(pp. 11, 73, 94, 95, 123, 127, 128, 132, 151, 153, 188, 210, 212.)
#Torrington# (3241), a market-town on the Torridge, south of
Bideford, with important fairs and cattle-shows, and with factories of
gloves. The storming of Torrington by Fairfax in February, 1646, was the
death-blow to the cause of King Charles, and practically ended the Civil
War in Devonshire. (pp. 118, 148, 149, 191, 210, 218.)
#Totnes# (4035), one of the oldest municipal boroughs in England,
at the head of the navigable portion of the river Dart, is one of the
chief market-towns of the South Hams, with a ruined castle and other
remains of fortification, some picturesque old houses, a fine church
with a specially good stone rood-screen, and a granite obelisk in memory
of the Australian explorer Wills, who was born here. (pp. 23, 112, 139,
175, 188, 191, 194, 210, 212.)
#Westward Ho!# a watering-place on Northam Burrows on the shore of
Barnstaple Bay, with a good climate, and with many attractions for the
marine zoologist, was named in honour of Kingsley's great romance. (pp.
62.)
#Widecombe-in-the-Moor# (657), a village in the centre of Dartmoor,
with an annual fair for the sale of sheep and ponies, with many very
interesting prehistoric remains in the neighbourhood, and a very fine
church tower. (pp. 167, 173.)
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