Paignton (/ˈpeɪntən/ PAYN-tən) is a seaside town on the coast of Tor Bay in Devon, England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the borough of Torbay...
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Paignton Zoo is a zoo in Paignton, Devon, England. The zoo was started as a private collection by avid animal collector and breeder, Herbert Whitley,...
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Dartmouth Steam Railway (redirect from Paignton and dartmouth steam railway)
the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, is a 6.7-mile (10.8 km) heritage railway on the former Great Western Railway branch line between Paignton and...
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Paignton Cemetery is a burial ground situated within the town of Paignton, Devon, England. The cemetery contains 40 burials of Commonwealth service personnel...
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Blagdon historically in the parish of Paignton in Devon, England (today in the parish of Collaton St Mary), is a historic Manor, the seat of the Kirkham...
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Council, based in the town of Torquay, and also includes the towns of Paignton and Brixham. The borough consists of 24.27 sq mi (62.9 km2) of land around...
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Paignton Pier is a pleasure pier in the large English seaside resort of Paignton, Devon. It was financed by Arthur Hyde Dendy, a local Paignton barrister...
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Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham. The...
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Paignton Windmill, also known as Fernicombe Windmill, is a late 18th-century windmill situated on the outskirts of the town of Paignton, Devon, England...
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George Soudon Bridgman (section Paignton Pier)
resort of Paignton, designing Oldway Mansion and Paignton Pier within that town, as well as designing the sea wall and promenade at Paignton Beach. He...
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Riviera Line (section Newton Abbot to Paignton)
this was extended as the independent Dartmouth and Torbay Railway to Paignton on 2 August 1859. These lines were built as single-track, 7 ft (2,134 mm)...
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Paignton railway station serves the town and seaside resort of Paignton in Devon, England. It is 222 miles 12 chains (358 km) from London Paddington,...
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Paignton Academy (formerly Paignton Community College) is a secondary school with academy status, located in South Devon, England. The majority of pupils...
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are the city of Exeter (130,709) and the seaside resorts of Torquay and Paignton, which have a combined population of 115,410. They all are located along...
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municipal building in New Street in Paignton, a town in Devon, in England. It served as the offices of Paignton Urban District Council until 1946, but...
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South Devon College (section Paignton Campus)
Electrical. The campus is at Long Road, Paignton TQ4 7BJ. South Devon High School is based at South Devon College, Paignton Campus. Pupils at Key Stage 4 (pupils...
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The Palace Theatre is a theatre in Paignton, Devon, England. It was built in 1890 and is the oldest working theatre in Torbay. It has been owned and run...
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Christ Church is a Church of England, Evangelical parish church in Paignton, Devon, England. Designed by Walter G. Couldrey and Edward Gabriel, the church...
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Paignton Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club, originally formed in 1873 and based in Paignton, Devon. They moved to Queens Park in 1902 and have...
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Herbert Whitley (section Paignton Zoo)
of which he kept in a collection at his house on the Primley Estate in Paignton, Devon. His breeding expertise won him many prizes, including for cattle...
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Oldway Mansion (category Buildings and structures in Paignton)
Oldway Mansion is a large house and gardens in Paignton, Devon, England. It was built as a private residence for Isaac Singer (1811–1875), and rebuilt...
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The Paignton Picture House is a currently disused cinema in Paignton, England, situated on Torbay Road. The Picture House was designed by the Paignton-based...
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Primary School, Torquay Collaton St Mary CE Primary School, Paignton Curledge Street Academy, Paignton Eden Park Primary School, Brixham Ellacombe CE Academy...
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1887. In 1871, Singer purchased an estate and settled with Isabella in Paignton, Devon, England. He commissioned the 110-roomed Oldway Mansion as his private...
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Penzance from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central, Exeter St Davids, Paignton, Plymouth and Penzance from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee and Aberdeen from...
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John S. Barrington (redirect from John Paignton)
British and American physique magazines, sometimes under the pseudonym John Paignton. Barrington published many of his own physique magazines, including Male...
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The Bishop's Palace of Paignton, the remnants of which stand beside the parish church of St John the Baptist, comprise the remains of the residence of...
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afternoon before the New York premiere, at the Royal Bijou Theatre in Paignton, Devon, organised by Helen Lenoir, who would later marry Richard D'Oyly...
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Adrian Sanders (category People from Paignton)
insurance official and nurse respectively. He went to primary schools in Paignton and Torquay then Torquay Boys' Grammar School. He worked briefly in a timber...
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