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Devonshire Cambridge County Geographies

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DEVONSHIRE

by

FRANCIS A. KNIGHT

AND

LOUIE M. (KNIGHT) DUTTON

With Maps, Diagrams and Illustrations

Cambridge:

at the University Press

1910


Cambridge:

PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A.

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS



PREFACE

IN preparing this book much use has been made of the Proceedings of the Devonshire Association and of the first volume of the Victoria History of Devon. The authors also desire to take this opportunity of recording their grateful thanks to Her Gracious Majesty Queen Alexandra for her kindness in providing one of the most interesting illustrations in the volume—the beautiful photograph of the Armada trophy preserved among the Royal plate in Windsor Castle, taken for the purpose of this volume by her command.

F. A. K. and L. M. D.

March, 1910.



CONTENTS

  PAGE
1. County and Shire. The Name Devonshire. 1
2. General Characteristics. 4
3. Size. Shape. Boundaries. 8
4. Surface and General Features. 11
5. Watershed. Rivers and the tracing of their courses. Lakes. 20
6. Geology. 30
7. Natural History. 41
8. A Peregrination of the Coast: 1, The Bristol Channel. 55
9. A Peregrination of the Coast: 2, The English Channel. 65
10. Coastal Gains and Losses. Sandbanks. Lighthouses. 79
11. Climate and Rainfall. 88
12. People—Race. Dialects. Settlements. Population. 97
13. Agriculture—Main Cultivations. Woodlands. Stock. 104
14. Industries and Manufactures. 111
15. Mines and Minerals. 119
16. Fisheries and Fishing Stations. 124
17. Shipping and Trade. 129
18. History of Devonshire. 136
19. Antiquities. 152
20. Architecture—(a) Ecclesiastical. 167
21. Architecture—(b) Military. 185
22. Architecture—(c) Domestic. 192
23. Communications: Past and Present. 202
24. Administration and Divisions—Ancient and Modern. 208
25. The Roll of Honour of the County.

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