Books about Devon

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Exeter has much to show for its 2000 years of history. This brief history will help readers understand the wealth of historic evidence that survives today, from Roman walls to 21st century developments.

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Cob and thatch are archetypal West Country building materials. This book examines their history, and contains interviews with today's practitioners of these ancient crafts. Colour throughout.

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What to see and what to do in and around England's finest medieval port, featuring walks, drives, steam train and river trips, and giving a brief history of the town.

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Quirky watercolour cartoons for all dog lovers.

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An introduction to the development of the railway system and its subsequent history, with many evocative old photographs, by a prize-winning local historian.

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Between 1700 and 1850, smuggling was a huge industry in Devon, actively supported by members of all social classes, but it was not romantic. This book gives a balanced view of 'free trade'.

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This book suggests places to visit, including saw-toothed reefs, chalk landslip, tors and an extinct volcano, to see the very best geological features in Devon. The author gives simple explanations, as well as directions for getting there.

Devon place names      Robert Hesketh

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Every Devon place name has a story to tell, usually a very old story, going back to Saxon times or even earlier.

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13 drives tracing the pre-turnpike roads of Devon, as mapped in 1675

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Restaurant owner Margaret Wilson provides a mouth-watering selection of her own Devon recipes.

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10 really beautiful walks, varying from 8-15km (5-9 miles), which can be walked in a day or sometimes a morning or an afternoon – and all with opportunity for refreshment.

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Short biographies by one of Devon's most popular writers of five extraordinary seamen from the brutal world of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. An unforgettable read.

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In Devon, the author states, 'it seems there is a subtle link between this world and the next; where centuries do not matter and time, occasionally, stands still'.

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Accounts from local people and holiday-makers of ghostly apparitions in towns, villages and the countryside of North Devon (defined here as everywhere north of the A30 excluding Exeter).

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Exmoor is unique among the moors of the South-west in having a coastline, and a glorious one at that. It also has wild and desolate places, red deer and Exmoor ponies, as well as relics of Bronze Age settlers.

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The popular press delights in 'The Beast of Exmoor' and The Beast of Bodmin' but what is the truth behind these apparent sightings of big cats in the South West? Chris Moiser has been investigating for many years.

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Photographs with extended captions of the most dramatic shipwrecks along the whole of Devon's south coast, including every type of craft from a battleship to an Amazon paddle steamer.