Historic Market Towns in Devon

Axminster in the county of Devon
Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon.
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Barnstaple in the county of Devon
The surrounding countryside to the pleasant town of Barnstaple was the inspiration for the book - Tarka the Otter. This is unsurprising as the town nestles amidst fine Devonshire countryside in the valley of the River Taw at a point where the river is spanned by a 15th-century multi-arched Long Bridge.
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South Molton in the county of Devon
Early evidence suggests that there was once a Saxon colony here but it is as an ancient sheep and cattle market town that South Molton has been documented since the 12th-century
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Tavistock in the county of Devon
This pleasant market town plays host to what is possibly Devon's most entertaining annual fair, the Goose Fair, normally...
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