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APPENDIX.
EXETER TO BARNSTAPLE—Continued.
STATIONS, ETC.
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Eggesford.
jt# Chulmleigh, 1J
m. distant, is a polling
place on the River Dart.
In 1645 Colonel Okey
defeated a number of
Republican soldiers
here. The chursh is
Perpendicular, with a
At Brcshford the
Eggesford hounds are
kennelled.
Howard House (E. of
Portsmouth), is be¬
tween Eggesford and
Wemworthy.
jgy South Molton, 8
m. distant. Lace, felt,
and serges made. The
church is large, with a
carved stone pulpit.
Castle Hill, is the
seat of the Earl For-
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South Molton
Eoad.
Umberleigh.
Bishops Tawton, was
at one time the seat of
the Bishops of Devon¬
shire, and an indepen¬
dent see of itself. In
the church are some
monuments of the
Chichesters.
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Observe the pleasant
sceneiy of the valley of
the Taw.
Barnstaple.
Ilfracombe <s 11 m.,
and Lynton, 19 m.
distant.
The River Taw, which
for about a third of our
journey has been our
companion, now ap¬
pearing on the right,
and anon on the left,
here spreads into a
wide estuary, and flows
into the sea, at Barn¬
staple Bay. The line
follows its course with
tolerable closeness.
Fremington Pill.
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Instow, at the junction
of the Taw and the
Torridge. A fine view
of the sea is here ob-
9 Bideford, anciently
By-the-ford; a town of
old repute; and of
some commercial con¬
sequence. The bridge
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Nymet Rowland.
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324
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Tawstock Court, Sir
B. Wrey, Bart., was
rebuilt in 1787, on the
site of one occupied in
1646 by Fairfax.
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Barnstaple had a
castle in the time of
Athelstan. The trade
consists of paper,
woollen stuff, net, pot¬
tery, etc. It has a good
foreign and coasting
trade, and returns two
members to Parlia-
ment. Pop. in 1851,
424
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Appledore, and Nor-
tham, on the opposite
bank of the estuary.
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Clovelly, a most ro¬
mantic seaside village,