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APPENDIX.
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II EXETER TO BARNSTAPLE BT NORTH DEVON RAILWAY.
Pynes House (Sir S.
Northcote).
Upton Pyne.
Bkamford-Speke,
famous for the contro¬
versy between the Rev.
0. Gorham and Bp. of
Crediton is situated in
a low spot in the vale
of the Greedy. Coarse
linen, sacking and ser¬
ges, are manufactured.
By the Saxons it was
styled Cridiantun. It
was the seat of an epis¬
copal see until the mid¬
dle of the eleventh cen¬
tury. St. Boniface of
Mentz was a native.
(See p. 197.)
Jgg Greedy Park, 1
m. distant. Sir H. R.
F. Davie, Bart. M.P.
Coombs.
Exeter.
The line pursues a
nearly uniform north¬
west course to Barn¬
staple. At Crediton,
however, there is a con¬
siderable bend to the
little way before its
junction with the
Greedy.
Crediton.
The line from Crediton
proceeds nearly due
' for about three
3, parallel with the
Yeo, and then turns off
in a northerly course
which its i
Copplestone.
Morchard Eoad.
The line proceeds down
the valley of the Taw,
which it frequently
0 Cowley House.
Newton St. Gyres is
in the Crediton Hun¬
dred, on the River
Greedy. Iron, lead,
and manganese occur
in the district.
Newton House, J.
Quicke, Esq.
Dunscombe.
Fordton House.