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SIDMOUTH , a marketSee also: town and watering-place in the See also: Honiton See also: parliamentary division of Devonshire, See also: England, on the See also: river Sid and the See also: English Channel, 1674 m
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W. by S. of See also: London, by the London & See also: South-Western railway
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Pop. of See also: urban See also: district (1901) 4201
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Lying in a hollow, the town is shut in by hills which terminate in the forelands of Salcombe and High See also: Peak, two sheer cliffs of a deep red colour
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The See also: shore See also: line curves away, beyond these, westward to the Start and eastward to Portland—both visible from Sidmouth See also: beach
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The restored See also: church of St
See also: Nicholas, dating from the 13th century, though much altered in the 15th, contains a window given by See also: Queen See also: Victoria in 1866 in memory of her See also: father, the duke of Kent, who lived at Woolbrook Glen, close by, and died there in 1820
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An esplanade is built along the See also: sea-See also: wall, and the town possesses golf links and other recreation grounds
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The bathing is See also: good, the See also: climate warm
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Formerly of some importance, the harbour can no longer be entered by large vessels, and goods are transhipped into flat-bottomed lighters for See also: conveyance ashore
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Fishing is extensively carried on and cattle fairs are held
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In the 13th century Sidmouth was a See also: borough governed by a See also: port-reeve
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Tradition tells of an older town buried under the sea; and See also: Roman coins and other remains have been washed up on the beach
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Traces of an See also: ancient See also: camp exist on High Peak
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