Devon is known for its mariners, such as Sir Francis Drake, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Richard Grenville, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Francis Chichester. Henry Every, described as the most notorious pirate of the late 17th century, was probably born in the village of Newton Ferrers. John Oxenham (1536–1580) was a lieutenant of Drake but considered a pirate by the Spanish. Thomas Morton (1576–1647) was an avid Elizabethan outdoorsman probably born in Devon who became an attorney for The Council For New England, and built the New England fur-trading-plantation called Ma-Re Mount or Merrymount around a West Country-style Maypole, much to the displeasure of Pilgrim and Puritan colonists.
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what year did the mayflower land on plymouth bay
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December 16, 1620
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where was this colony located?
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Plymouth, Massachusetts
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which is the ship they traveled to this place in?
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"Mayflower"
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is there a society bearing the same name as the ship?
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Yes, The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, or The Mayflower Society
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what was the language spoken by the people who came on the ship?
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was the place mentioned earlier associated with any war?
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Yes, Revolutionary War
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what sort of public transportation is found here?
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Several transportation facilities available such as buses, railways, airports, ferry, etc
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are there other cities closely similar to this one?
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Yes, it  has shared a twin-city status with Devon in United Kingdom and Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture in Japan
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has the last mentioned prefecture experienced any natural disaster?
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Yes, earthquake and tsunami
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when did these occur?
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On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a subsequent major tsunami, on  April 7, 2011, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake
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what are some tourist attractions in this place?
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Sendai Castle, Matsushima, the pine-clad islands, etc.
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where is the first mentioned twin-city located?
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England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south
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The singer and songwriter Rebecca Newman was born and raised in Exmouth. Roger Deakins, called "the pre-eminent cinematographer of our time", was born and lives in Devon. Trevor Francis, former Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City professional footballer, and the first English footballer to cost £1 million, was born and brought up in Plymouth. Swimmer Sharron Davies and diver Tom Daley were born in Plymouth. The Olympic runner Jo Pavey was born in Honiton. Peter Cook the satirist, writer and comedian was born in Torquay, Devon. Leicester Tigers and British and Irish Lions Rugby player Julian White was born and raised in Devon and now farms a herd of pedigree South Devon beef cattle.
Devon | Notable people
Dacorum Darley Dale Darlington
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The actor Matthew Goode was raised in Devon, and Bradley James, also an actor, was born there. The singer Joss Stone was brought up in Devon and frontman Chris Martin from the British rock group Coldplay was born there. Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme from the English group Muse all grew up in Devon and formed the band there. Dave Hill of rock band Slade was born in Flete House which is in the South Hams district of Devon. Singer-songwriter Ben Howard grew up in Totnes, a small town in Devon. Another famous Devonian is the model and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who was born in Plymouth and raised in Tavistock.
Devon | Notable people
Salford Salisbury Saltash
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Tameside Tamworth Tavistock
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Villers-Bocage, Calvados, France since 1975
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Lambeth Lancaster Launceston
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Hackney Hadleigh Hailsham
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Morton wrote a 1637 book "New English Canaan" about his experiences, partly in verse, and may have thereby become America's first poet to write in English. Another famous mariner and Devonian was Robert Falcon Scott, the leader of the unfortunate Terra Nova Expedition to reach the geographical South Pole. The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the crime writer Agatha Christie, the Irish writer William Trevor, and the poet Ted Hughes lived in Devon. The painter and founder of the Royal Academy, Sir Joshua Reynolds, was born in Devon. Chris Dawson, the billionaire owner of retailer The Range was born in Devon, where his business retains its head office in Plymouth.
Devon | Notable people
Radcliffe-on-Trent Ramsgate Reading
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Falmouth Fareham Faringdon
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In addition, George Passmore of Turner Prize winning duo Gilbert & George was born in the city. Famous politicians Michael Foot and David Owen are from Plymouth and notable athletes include swimmer Sharron Davies, diver Tom Daley, dancer Wayne Sleep, and footballer Trevor Francis. Other past residents include composer Ron Goodwin, and journalist Angela Rippon. Vanessa George AKA "Britain's notorious child molester" , who abused children in Little Ted's nursery was born in this city.
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This is a list of people from Devon, a county in South West England. The demonym of Devon is Devonian. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname. A more complete listing is at .
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Mabe Maldon Malvern
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Torfaen Tredegar Tregaron
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Nantwich Narborough Newark-on-Trent
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Abingdon-on-Thames Adur Alnwick
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Patchway Peacehaven Pendle Penryn
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This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Birmingham in England, who have a Wikipedia page.
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Vale of White Horse
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People from Plymouth are known as Plymothians or less formally as Janners. Its meaning is described as a person from Devon, deriving from Cousin Jan (the Devon form of John), but more particularly in naval circles anyone from the Plymouth area. The Elizabethan navigator, Sir Francis Drake was born in the nearby town of Tavistock and was the mayor of Plymouth. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world and was known by the Spanish as "El Draco" meaning "The Dragon" after he raided many of their ships. He died of dysentery in 1596 off the coast of Portobelo, Panama.
Plymouth | Notable people
This is a list of notable people born in or associated with the city of Wolverhampton in England.
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Uckfield Uppingham
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Yarm Yate Yeovil
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This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Warwick in England. In birth order:
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Machen Milford Haven Monmouth
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Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott who was born in Plymouth and Frank Bickerton both lived in the city. Artists include Beryl Cook whose paintings depict the culture of Plymouth and Robert Lenkiewicz, whose paintings investigated themes of vagrancy, sexual behaviour and suicide, lived in the city from the 1960s until his death in 2002. Illustrator and creator of children's series Mr Benn and King Rollo, David McKee, was born and brought up in South Devon and trained at Plymouth College of Art. Jazz musician John Surman, born in nearby Tavistock, has close connections to the area, evidenced by his 2012 album Saltash Bells.
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The avant garde prepared guitarist Keith Rowe was born in the city before establishing the jazz free improvisation band AMM in London in 1965 and MIMEO in 1997. The musician and film director Cosmo Jarvis has lived in several towns in South Devon and has filmed videos in and around Plymouth. In addition, actors Sir Donald Sinden and Judi Trott were born in Plymouth. George Passmore of Turner Prize winning duo Gilbert and George was also born in the city, as was Labour politician Michael Foot whose family reside at nearby Trematon Castle.
Plymouth | Notable people
A list of notable people from Chester, England.
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Gateshead Glastonbury Glossop
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Kegworth Keighley Kensington and Chelsea
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This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Bold text denotes a person who was born in Basingstoke.
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Devon is known for its mariners, such as Sir Francis Drake, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Richard Grenville, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Francis Chichester. Henry Every, described as the most notorious pirate of the late 17th century, was probably born in the village of Newton Ferrers. John Oxenham (1536–1580) was a lieutenant of Drake but considered a pirate by the Spanish. Thomas Morton (1576–1647) was an avid Elizabethan outdoorsman probably born in Devon who became an attorney for The Council For New England, and built the New England fur-trading-plantation called Ma-Re Mount or Merrymount around a West Country-style Maypole, much to the displeasure of Pilgrim and Puritan colonists.
Devon | Notable people
The dog breeder John "Jack" Russell was also from Devon. Jane McGrath, who married Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath was born in Paignton, her long battle with and subsequent death from breast cancer inspired the formation of the McGrath Foundation, which is one of Australia's leading charities.
Devon | Notable people
This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the English city of Sheffield. Those born in Sheffield are listed in boldface.
List of people from Sheffield | Introduction
Darlington is twinned with:
Darlington | Twin towns
Wadebridge Wadhurst Wakefield
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Sir Benjamin Baker from Cheltenham jointly-designed the 1890 Forth Bridge. William Murdoch in 1792 lit his house in Redruth with gas, the first in Britain. Plasticine was invented 1897 in Bath by William Harbutt. Thomas Young of Somerset is known for his double-slit experiment in optics, and in solid mechanics for his famous Young's modulus. Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of a negative-positive process in 1841, from Wiltshire made the first photograph in August 1835; Nicéphore Niépce of France can claim the first photo in 1826; William Friese-Greene of Bristol is thought to be the "father of cinematography" after inventing his "chronophotographic camera" in 1889.
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Calderdale Callington Calne
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Bristol was among the first cities to adopt town twinning after World War II. Twin towns include:
Bristol | International relations
The town also boasts that it is home to the oldest living male twins in the world. Artist Sir James Thornhill lived just south of the town, in Thornhill Park, which he bought in 1725. The house is believed to have been originally owned by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 16th century. In 1727, Sir James Thornhill erected an obelisk in the park to honour the accession of King George II.
Stalbridge | History
Ilkeston Ipswich Irchester
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This is a list of famous or notable people from were either born or resided in the English county of Hampshire:
List of people from Hampshire | Introduction
This list contains some of the notable people who were either born in Brixen im Thale, lived there for a longer time or were in some significant way related to it.
Brixen im Thale | Notable people
Lerici is also twinned with Horsham, in Great Britain, although the latter no longer records this as an "active" twinning on its official website. Horsham is where Shelley was born, and Lerici where he died.
Lerici | Twin towns
This is a list of notable people who were born or lived in the city of Rostock:
Rostock | Notable people
This is a list of famous or notable people born in, or associated with, Sunderland or the wider City of Sunderland in North East England.
List of people from Sunderland | Introduction
This article provides a non-exhaustive list of famous people born, educated or prominent in Bath, Somerset, England, or otherwise associated with it. The list is alphabetical within each sub-section. Bathonian describes a person who comes from Bath.
List of people from Bath | Introduction
This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, the city of Swansea, in Britain.
List of people from Swansea | Introduction
Bristol was the second-wealthiest city in England in the 16th century; and by the 18th century, Bristol was often described as the second city of England. During the 19th century, claims were made for Manchester, Liverpool and York. York had also been named as the second city in earlier centuries.
Second city of the United Kingdom | History
Some period plaster reliefs also survive, one showing a nun caring for some children and another of a long-haired maiden, both standing on the head of an obese friar. A surviving fireplace with heraldic arms is inscribed with the date "1657".
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Baldock Banbury Barking and Dagenham
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Oadby and Wigston Oldham Olveston Oswestry
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The following people are connected with Great and Little Barrington:
Barrington, Gloucestershire | Famous people
This is a list of notable people born in Leicester, England, or in the county of Leicestershire, educated there, or otherwise associated with the city or county.
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People from the English city of Plymouth are known as Plymothians, or less formally as Janner"'s. The definition of Janner is described as a person from Devon, deriving from Cousin Jan (the Devon form of John), but more particularly in naval circles anyone from the Plymouth area. The Elizabethan navigator and Slave Trader, Sir Francis Drake was born in nearby town of Tavistock and was the mayor of Plymouth. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world and was known by the Spanish as "El Draco" meaning "The Dragon" after he raided many of their ships. He died of dysentery in 1596 off the coast of Panama.
List of people from Plymouth | Introduction
Darwin Devonport Dubbo
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Kelly-Evans is the twin brother of fellow former Coventry City player Dion Kelly-Evans.
Devon Kelly-Evans | Personal life
George Wood, an early member of a prominent local gentry family, was born in Monk Bretton in 1534 and died there in 1589. He was the ancestor of the 19th century Liberal politician Charles Wood, who took the title 1st Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton for his 1866 peerage. Famous people from Monk Bretton include Yorkshire, Essex and England cricketer Darren Gough. Keith Laybourn, long serving Professor of History at Huddersfield University, was born in Monk Bretton. Julian Booker, Professor of Mechanical Design Engineering at the University of Bristol was born in Monk Bretton. As a youth, the renowned cricket umpire Dickie Bird is said to have worked at the colliery.
Monk Bretton | Famous and notable people
Lydia Becker was a pioneer in the late 19th century of the campaign for Women's Suffrage and founder of the "Women's Suffrage Journal", born in Chadderton's Foxdenton Hall. Chadderton born scientist Geoff Tootill helped create the Manchester Baby in 1948, the world's first electronic stored-program computer. Terry Hall was a pioneering ventriloquist and early children's television entertainer born in Chadderton in 1926. He was one of the first ventriloquists to perform with an animal (the "cowardly and bashful" Lenny the Lion) as his puppet, rather than a traditional child doll. Other notable people from Chadderton include Woolly Wolstenholme, the Chadderton-born vocalist and keyboard player with the British progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest, David Platt, former captain of the England national football team, and supermodel Karen Elson, who grew up in the town and attended North Chadderton School.
Chadderton | Notable people
On 12 December 1980, the station opened new studios above a former ballroom and nightclub at Harbour Point in Torquay. DevonAir became the first twin radio station in the UK, hence the on air branding of "Double DevonAir". In 1987, the station was acquired by London-based Capital Radio. In 1989, the Home Office granted permission for broadcasting on a new relay transmitter at Stockland Hill, allowing DevonAir's signal to be heard in East Devon, West Dorset and South Somerset. The relay broadcast on 103 FM from 4 July 1989, under the name of "South West 103".
DevonAir | History
Born at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in Exeter, Devon, Treadaway was brought up in Sandford, Devon. His father is an architect and his mother is a primary school teacher; he has two brothers, older brother Sam (an artist) and twin Luke. Treadaway and his twin brother Luke attended Queen Elizabeth's Community College in Crediton, Devon, where they played in the twice Devon Cup winning Rugby Union team. Inspired by a love of Eddie Vedder and with support from their secondary school drama teacher, the twins formed a band called Lizardsun. They also both joined the National Youth Theatre.
Harry Treadaway | Early life
He was once thought to have been created the first Earl of Devon, but this theory is now discounted in favour of his son Baldwin.
Richard de Redvers | Introduction
Ealing East Bergholt East Grinstead
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Vale of Glamorgan
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Twinam is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Devon was one of the first areas of Great Britain settled following the end of the last ice age. Kents Cavern in Torbay is one of the earliest places in England known to have been occupied by modern man. Dartmoor is thought to have been settled by Mesolithic hunter-gatherer peoples from about 6000 BC, and they later cleared much of the oak forest, which regenerated as moor. In the Neolithic era, from about 3500 BC, there is evidence of farming on the moor, and also building and the erection of monuments, using the large granite boulders that are ready to hand there; Dartmoor contains the remains of the oldest known buildings in England.
History of Devon | Prehistory
This exceeded the Pantheon (43m) and St Peter's Basilica (42m) in Rome, and St Paul's Cathedral (34m). The Devonshire Dome and its surrounding Victorian villas are now the Devonshire Campus - a faculty of the University of Derby.
Robert Rippon Duke | Works
England is divided by ceremonial county). Lists for some countries have in turn been moved to separate lists, which are linked individually below.
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Coleshill has been twinned with Chassieu near Lyon in France since 1983.
Coleshill, Warwickshire | Twin Town
The twins were born at Exeter and grew up near Christow in Devon. They attended Wolborough Hill School in Newton Abbot before attending King's Hall and later King's College, Taunton. They both graduated with degrees in Industrial Design and Technology from Loughborough University in 2011. They hold two world records; for being part of the youngest four-man crew to row the Atlantic and the first twins to row any of the world's oceans, after successfully rowing the Atlantic Ocean in 2011–12 as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. Hugo broke his neck aged 17, resulting in a neck reconstruction.
The Turner Twins | Biography
This is a list of settlements and places of interest in Devon, England.
List of places in Devon | Introduction
The town is twinned with: On 22 April 1990, Crowborough and Horwich became the first towns in England to be twinned with other English towns.
Crowborough | Twin towns
Exeter is twinned with Rennes in France, Bad Homburg in Germany, Yaroslavl in Russia, and Terracina in Italy.
Exeter | Twin towns
William Webb Follett, the noted lawyer and parliamentarian, was born here in 1796. General George Warren (cir 1801–1884) was born here . Thomas Hardy's cousin, Tryphena Sparks, who was the inspiration for Hardy's poem "Thoughts of Phena at News of Her Death" lived here and is buried here. She was known locally for the charitable work she did for the local fishermen. Dick Pym, the footballer, was born here in 1893; he was a goalkeeper in the first Wembley FA Cup Final in 1923, and died in Exeter in 1988, aged 95. The newsreader, Trevor McDonald, is a past resident of the town, and both members of the folk group Show of Hands live in Topsham.
Topsham, Devon | Notable residents
Three men born in or near the village of Farnworth achieved prominent positions in the English church. They were William Smyth (c.1460–1514) who became Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, then Bishop of Lincoln and who built the grammar school in the village, Richard Barnes (1532–1587) who became Bishop of Carlisle, then Bishop of Durham and Richard Bancroft (1544–1610) who became Bishop of London and then Archbishop of Canterbury. Also born in the village was Roy Chadwick (1893–1947), the designer of the Avro Lancaster bomber.
Farnworth, Cheshire | Notable people
Dej Deva Diosig
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John Logie Baird lived in Hastings in the 1920s where he carried out experiments that led to the transmission of the first television image. Robert Tressell wrote "The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists" in Hastings between 1906 and 1910. Many notable figures were born, raised, or lived in Hastings, including computer scientist Alan Turing, poet Fiona Pitt-Kethley, actress Gwen Watford, comedian Jo Brand and singer Suggs. Gareth Barry, who holds the record number of appearances in the Premier League, was born in Hastings. The author who worked as Grey Owl was born In Hastings and lived here for several years. Biddy the Tubman was a noted entertainer between 1939-1964 and gave visitors much entertainment as he paddled a half-barrel tub in the sea.
Hastings | Notable people
This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, Newcastle upon Tyne in England.
List of people from Newcastle upon Tyne | Introduction
The Welsh Triads name Celliwig in Cornwall as a possible site of a royal court, another is High Peak close to Sidmouth. The former Roman city of Exeter may have become an ecclesiastical centre, as evidenced by a sub-Roman cemetery discovered near the cathedral. The Brythonic cemetery in Exeter may have been attached to the monastery attended by the young Wilfred St. Boniface (said to be a native of Crediton) in the late 7th century. However its Abbot had a purely Saxon name, suggesting it was an Anglo-Saxon foundation.
History of Devon | Post Roman Independence
This is a list of people from Exeter, a city in south-west England. People from Exeter are known as Exonians. This list is arranged chronologically by date of birth.
List of people from Exeter | Introduction
Develi Didim Dilovası
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In alphabetical order: Over the years the town has been the birthplace of several famous people. Sir John Barrow, born at Dragley Beck, Ulverston, was the Admiralty's Second Secretary: a much more important position than First Secretary. A monument to him — a replica of the third Eddystone Lighthouse — stands on Hoad Hill overlooking the town. Famous Ulverstonians include Norman Birkett, who represented Britain at the Nuremberg Trials; Maude Green, the mother of Rock and Roll music legend, Bill Haley; saxophonist Jess Gillam; Norman Gifford, an England test cricketer; Francis Arthur Jefferson, a soldier awarded the Victoria Cross; and a comedian Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame..
Ulverston | Notable people
Torcy, Seine-et-Marne, France - in honour of a Scottish knight named Sir Thomas Huston originally from Girvan, who fought the English as part of the Auld Alliance during the Hundred Years War. Rewarding him for his bravery during the capture of Meaux in 1439, the King of France granted him the fiefdom of Torcy.
Girvan | Twin town
The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Exeter, New Hampshire.
List of people from Exeter, New Hampshire | Introduction
Radio personality Scott Mills was also born in Southampton. Novelist Jane Austen lived in Southampton for a number of years and the city has also been home to a number of artists, including Edward John Gregory, Hubert von Herkomer and John Everett Millais. The feminist and suffragist Emily Davies was born there in 1830. Sir Leon Simon, President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was born in Southampton.
Southampton | Notable people
Despite its small Jewish population, Devon is also noted for containing two of Britain's oldest synagogues, located in Plymouth and Exeter, built in 1762 and 1763 respectively.
Devon | Judaism
Nefyn Newcastle Emlyn Newport
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Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Abergavenny Abergele Abertillery
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Robin Cousins, Former Olympic Champion figure skater
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During the 16th century, Plymouth was the home port for a number of successful maritime traders, among them William Hawkins, who made the first English expeditions to West Africa in the 1530s; and his son Sir John Hawkins, who led England's first foray into the slave trade. The diary of his own son Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins inspired the Victorian novel Westward Ho! which romantically mythologises the historical exploits of the 'Men of Devon' of this era. However Sir Francis Drake, navigator, privateer and vice admiral of the British Royal Navy remains the city's most famous resident; though born in Tavistock, he was mayor of Plymouth from 1581 and is credited with bringing fresh water from Dartmoor to the flourishing town by means of an aqueduct now known as Drake's Leat and developing the Tudor fortifications around Sutton Harbour.
History of Plymouth | Renaissance age
Caernarfon Caerphilly Caldicot
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Doncaster is twinned with:
Doncaster | Twin towns
Cowick was the birthplace of the painter John White Abbott (1763–1851), grandson of its purchaser James White, who restored the building.
Cowick, Devon | Prideaux, Speke, White
The actresses Kristin Scott Thomas and Serena Scott Thomas spent their childhoods in Trent.
Trent, Dorset | People
Professor Brian Cox was born in Chadderton in 1968. William Ash, is a Chadderton-born actor who has appeared in productions such as "Waterloo Road" and "Hush".
Chadderton | Notable people
Legends of rock Slash and Lemmy spent portions of their childhood in the city, whilst Robbie Williams split from "Take That" to establish himself as a pop megastar in his own right. Local businessmen John Caudwell, Peter Coates, and John Madejski made large fortunes from founding Phones 4u, Bet365, and Auto Trader respectively. A new branch of Christianity in Primitive Methodism was formed from the endeavours of Hugh Bourne and William Clowes. In literature, Arnold Bennett was a prodigious novelist, and often drew on the local area for inspiration, particularly in his 1902 work "Anna of the Five Towns". Another famous face is Captain Edward Smith, who went down with his ship, the Titanic, in 1912.
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