The Market Town of Newton Abbot, Devon
The market town of Newton Abbot, Devon, England is located in the southwestern region of the country.
It currently boasts a population of nearly 24, 000 people, sitting attractively on the banks of the River Teign.
It grew quickly during the nation's Victorian era and was once home to a large locomotive manufacturing business.
There is evidence of human activity in the area around Newton Abbot going back to the Neolithic Age.
Recognizable history is also shown by the fact of the remains of a Norman castle type known as a "motte-and-bailey.
" This sort of structure sat on a manmade small rise and was surrounded by a fortified fence.
The town derives its name from "The New Towns of the Abbots, " and can trace its real growth back to the years 1247 and 1251, when it was granted the right to hold a weekly market every Wednesday.
Around 1300, the low section of the "new towns" came to be known as Newton Abbot.
In 1633, the weekly markets that were held in the two sections (the low and the high side) were merged into one.
An interesting point in market history in the town is that markets in one form or another have been held in Newton Abbot for over 750 years.
Over those years, there have also been important facets of the sheep trade and also of leather tanning and shaping.
In more recent decades, during World War II, the town was twice bombed in German air raids.
The county of Devon, in which Newton Abbot sits, is in the southwest of the country and is both ceremonial and non-metropolitan in classification.
It is a large county, both in population and in land area, ranking 3rd in the country with over 1.
1 million residents.
It is unique as a county in England in that it has two separate coastlines, the English Channel coast on one side and the Bristol Channel coast on the other.
It currently boasts a population of nearly 24, 000 people, sitting attractively on the banks of the River Teign.
It grew quickly during the nation's Victorian era and was once home to a large locomotive manufacturing business.
There is evidence of human activity in the area around Newton Abbot going back to the Neolithic Age.
Recognizable history is also shown by the fact of the remains of a Norman castle type known as a "motte-and-bailey.
" This sort of structure sat on a manmade small rise and was surrounded by a fortified fence.
The town derives its name from "The New Towns of the Abbots, " and can trace its real growth back to the years 1247 and 1251, when it was granted the right to hold a weekly market every Wednesday.
Around 1300, the low section of the "new towns" came to be known as Newton Abbot.
In 1633, the weekly markets that were held in the two sections (the low and the high side) were merged into one.
An interesting point in market history in the town is that markets in one form or another have been held in Newton Abbot for over 750 years.
Over those years, there have also been important facets of the sheep trade and also of leather tanning and shaping.
In more recent decades, during World War II, the town was twice bombed in German air raids.
The county of Devon, in which Newton Abbot sits, is in the southwest of the country and is both ceremonial and non-metropolitan in classification.
It is a large county, both in population and in land area, ranking 3rd in the country with over 1.
1 million residents.
It is unique as a county in England in that it has two separate coastlines, the English Channel coast on one side and the Bristol Channel coast on the other.
