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Devon A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Devon.
When the answer is a person, the letter refers to their surname (except for F).
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Last updated: April 16, 2024
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First submittedJanuary 5, 2024
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A
Custard company based in Lifton
Ambrosia
B
The county's patron saint, born in Crediton; "Apostle to the Germans"
Boniface
C
Writer of detective fiction who grew up in Torquay
Agatha Christie
D
National park
Dartmoor
E
Second-largest city; county town
Exeter
F
Explorer born in Tavistock
Sir Francis Drake
G
A replica of this ship, which F circumnavigated the world with, can be found in Brixham
Golden Hind
H
Highest point
High Willhays
I
North coast resort town
Ilfracombe
J
Dog breed named after a Devon vicar
Jack Russell Terrier
K
Cave system where 40,000 year old human remains have been discovered
Kents Cavern
L
Island in the Bristol Channel; once controlled by North African pirates
Lundy
M
Ship that left P for the New World in 1620
Mayflower
N
Seventh-largest settlement; once a railway boom town
Newton Abbot
O
Town named (indirectly) after an aquatic mammal
Ottery St Mary
P
Largest city
Plymouth
Q
Tiny parish near South Molton with around thirty inhabitants
Queen's Nympton
R
Torquay, Paignton, Brixham
The English Riviera
S
Seaside town on the Jurassic Coast
Sidmouth
T
River that constitutes the border with Cornwall
Tamar
U
Stately home at Chudleigh
Ugbrooke House
V
Meaning of the "combe" suffix found in many Devon place-names
Valley
W
Village named after a novel with an exclamation mark in its name
Westward Ho!
X
 
Y
Village located on the road between Barnstaple and Bideford; home to Bronze Age "stone rows"
Yelland
Z
Village with a Latin name meaning "Cell of the Monks"
Zeal Monachorum
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kuel
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Level 63
Jan 5, 2024
Despite living in Devon, I only got 11 :(
kuel
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Level 63
Jan 5, 2024
Nice quiz!
jdmercia
+1
Level 83
Apr 8, 2024
Thanks!
bigtasty
+2
Level 68
Apr 8, 2024
Nice quiz! Maybe accept Seaton as well?
jdmercia
+1
Level 83
Apr 8, 2024
Thanks :) Yep good point, I'll add it
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