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River Taw

Index River Taw

The River Taw rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of Dartmoor, crosses north Devon and close to the sea at the town of Barnstaple, formerly a significant port, empties into Bideford Bay in the Bristol Channel having formed a large estuary of wide meanders which at its western extreme is joined by the estuary of the Torridge. [1]

47 relations: A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, Annery, Monkleigh, Barnstaple, Barnstaple Long Bridge, Barnstaple Western Bypass, Belstone, Bideford Bay, Bishop of Exeter, Bishop's Tawton, Braunton, Braunton Burrows, Braunton Canal, Bristol Channel, Chapelton railway station, Charles, Prince of Wales, Dartmoor, Devon, Distributary, Dune, Eggesford, Exmoor, Fremington, Devon, King's Nympton, Little Dart River, North Tawton, Pasture, Poet laureate, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, River Bray, River Caen, River Mole, Devon, River Torridge, River Yeo, Barnstaple, River Yeo, Lapford, Severn Valley Railway, South Tawton, Southern Railway (UK), SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, Sticklepath, Tarka Line, Tarka the Otter, Tarka Trail, Ted Hughes, Umberleigh, W. G. Hoskins, Walter de Stapledon, Yelland.

A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 3 in Great Britain starting west of the A3 and south of the A4 (roads beginning with 3).

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Annery, Monkleigh

Annery was an historic estate in the parish of Monkleigh, North Devon.

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Barnstaple

Barnstaple is the main town of North Devon, England and possibly the oldest borough in the United Kingdom.

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Barnstaple Long Bridge

Barnstaple Long Bridge is a medieval bridge linking Tawstock with Barnstaple in North Devon, England, spanning the River Taw.

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Barnstaple Western Bypass

The Barnstaple Western Bypass is a congestion-relief scheme designed to take road traffic away from the town centre of Barnstaple, a market town in Devon, South West England.

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Belstone

Belstone is a small village and civil parish in the West Devon District of Devon, England.

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Bideford Bay

Bideford Bay, also known as Barnstaple Bay and often shown on maps as Barnstaple or Bideford Bay, is a large area of water on the northwest coast of Devon in South West England, at the southwestern end of the Bristol Channel where it joins the Celtic Sea.

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Bishop of Exeter

The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop's Tawton

Bishop's Tawton is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England.

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Braunton

Braunton is an English village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in North Devon.

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Braunton Burrows

Braunton Burrows is a sand dune system on the North Devon coast.

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Braunton Canal

The Braunton Canal is a cut made to straighten the course of the upper section of the River Caen, known as Braunton Pill, and to provide a new quay for the village of Braunton in North Devon, England.

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Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren) is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England.

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Chapelton railway station

Chapelton railway station serves the hamlet of Chapelton, part of the civil parish of Tawstock in the English county of Devon.

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Charles, Prince of Wales

Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Dartmoor

Dartmoor is a moor in southern Devon, England.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Distributary

A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.

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Dune

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water.

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Eggesford

Eggesford is a parish in mid-Devon, without its own substantial village.

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Exmoor

Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England.

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Fremington, Devon

Fremington is a very large village, civil parish and former manor in North Devon, the historic centre of which is situated three miles (5 km) west of Barnstaple.

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King's Nympton

King's Nympton (Latinised to Nymet Regis) is a village, parish and former manor in North Devon, England in the heart of the rolling countryside between Exmoor and Dartmoor, some 4½ miles S.S.W. of South Molton and N. of Chulmleigh.

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Little Dart River

The Little Dart River is a tributary of the River Taw in Devon, England.

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North Tawton

North Tawton is a small town in Devon, England, situated on the river Taw.

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Pasture

Pasture (from the Latin pastus, past participle of pascere, "to feed") is land used for grazing.

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Poet laureate

A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions.

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is a member of the British royal family.

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River Bray

The River Bray is a small river in North Devon, England.

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River Caen

The River Caen is a short river running through Braunton in north Devon.

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River Mole, Devon

The River Mole a tributary of the River Taw in Devon which rises on the southwestern border of Exmoor.

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River Torridge

The River Torridge is a river in Devon in England.

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River Yeo, Barnstaple

The River Yeo is a tributary of the River Taw in Devon, England, sometimes known as the Barnstaple Yeo, which enters the Taw at Barnstaple.

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River Yeo, Lapford

The River Yeo is a tributary of the River Taw in Devon, England, sometimes known as the Lapford Yeo from the village of Lapford.

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Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England.

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South Tawton

South Tawton is a village, parish and former manor on the north edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England.

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Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping.

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SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes

The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as Light Pacifics or informally as Spam Cans, are air-smoothed 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid.

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Sticklepath

Sticklepath is a village on Dartmoor, in the county of Devon, England.

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Tarka Line

The Tarka Line (named after the animal hero in Henry Williamson's book Tarka the Otter) is a railway line from Exeter to Barnstaple in Devon, England.

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Tarka the Otter

Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers is a highly influential novel by Henry Williamson, first published in 1927 by G.P. Putnam's Sons with an introduction by the Hon.

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Tarka Trail

The Tarka Trail is a series of footpaths and cyclepaths (rail trails) around north Devon, England that follow the route taken by the fictional Tarka the Otter in the book of that name.

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Ted Hughes

Edward James Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer.

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Umberleigh

Umberleigh is a former large manor within the historic hundred of (North) Tawton, but today a small village in North Devon in England.

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W. G. Hoskins

William George Hoskins CBE FBA (22 May 1908 – 11 January 1992) was an English local historian who founded the first university department of English Local History.

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Walter de Stapledon

Walter de Stapledon (or Stapeldon) (1 February 1261 – 14 October 1326) was Bishop of Exeter 1308–1326 and twice Lord High Treasurer of England, in 1320 and 1322.

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Yelland

Yelland is a small village in North Devon between Instow and Fremington in the English county of Devon.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Taw

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