Devon: Misc

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some of the disused railway stations between Plymouth in Devon and Penzance in Cornwall, England, were closed during the "Beeching Axe" in the 1960s?
there are eleven disused railway stations between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth Millbay, Devon, England, at eight of which there are visible remains?
it is reputed that Salem Chapel, East Budleigh, Devon, was involved with smuggling during the 18th and 19th centuries?
in 2006 Devon County Council first raised the flag of Devon, which was designed by a member of the public in 2002 via an online poll on BBC Devon?
according to the legend of the Parson and Clerk (site pictured), the devil turned a local priest and his clerk into stacks at Teignmouth, Devon?
in 2002, Devon and Cornwall set up a scheme where travellers on rural railways were rewarded for visiting pubs along the route?
Hemerdon Mine in Devon, England is one of the world's largest sources of tungsten and tin, but has not been mined since World War II?

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Dr Who

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Devon was a county of England and the location of the famous Dartmoor moorland.

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Actor Bruno Langley was born in Devon.

DW: The Sontaran Experiment was filmed entirely on location on Dartmoor, mainly around Hound Tor.

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Devon was a town in central New Brunswick, Canada.

It is now a part of Fredericton.

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