SIDMOUTH
, a See also:market See also:town and watering-See also:place in the See also:Honiton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also: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 See also:colour
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The See also:shore See also:line curves away, beyond these, westward to the Start and eastward to See also:Portland—both visible from Sidmouth See also:beach
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The restored See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Nicholas, dating from the 13th See also: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 See also:duke of See also:Kent, who lived at Woolbrook Glen, See also: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 See also: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 See also:harbour can no longer be entered by large vessels, and goods are transhipped into See also:flat-bottomed lighters for See also:conveyance ashore
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Fishing is extensively carried on and See also:cattle fairs are held
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In the 13th century Sidmouth was a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough governed by a See also:port-See also: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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