A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



Devonian rocks occur in the southern part of the district from Bickington and Newton 

 Abbot to Ogwell, Ashburton, Broadhempstone, Woodland, and Staverton, on Warberry Hill, 

 and at Barton near Torquay. 



Granite occupies a considerable tract on the Dartmoor or western side of the district. 



Patches of Greenstone are numerous and occur mostly in the central and southern parts 

 of the district within the limits of the Carboniferous and Devonian systems. 



Greensand occurs on Great Haldon along the border of the Exeter district and on 

 Little Haldon ; patches of it also occur north of Kingsteignton, near Newton Abbot, and on 

 Milber Down. 



Limestone occurs at Berry Head and on the south side of Torbay, reaching inland as 

 far as Churston Ferrers village ; also about Torquay between the Devonian rocks and the 

 New Red Sandstones ; there are also inland patches irregular in size and outline on the eastern 

 side of the district. 



The miocene formation is represented by the Bovey beds, where a tract of lacustrine 

 origin, about 8| miles long by 3f miles broad in the widest part, extending from Kingskerswell 

 to a little beyond Bovey Tracey, contains a deposit of lignite, which has been used as fuel for 

 two centuries at least, and which is of chief interest in the county geology. 



There is a tin mine in the north part of the parish of Ashburton, and mineral veins and 

 stream tin occur in the Dartmoor portion of the district. 



The climate of the district is illustrated by the following tables, which have been obtained 

 in the way explained under the Barnstaple district : — 



Table i. — Decade 1890-9 



Station 



Altitude, 

 feet 



Mean annual rainfall, 

 inches 



Mean annual number of days on 

 which -01 inch or more of rain fell 



Bonnicliff, Teignmouth . . . 

 Watcombe Park, Torquay . . . 



Kingsteignton 



Abbotskerswell 



Bovey Tracey 



Holne Vicarage 



Druid House, Ashburton . . . 



Ideford, Chudleigh 



Tottiford, Chudleigh .... 

 Trusham 



2 60 



483 



27 



150 



415 

 650 

 572 

 300 

 718 

 322 



31-27 

 34-76 

 34-63 

 36-86 

 45-84 

 53-43 

 49-99 

 34-58 

 41-63 



37-27 



167 

 176 



157 

 139 

 179 

 198 

 179 



i8i 



193 

 182 











Table 



2 















Altitude, 



Mean 



Mean 

 annual 



Mean 

 percentage 



Mean 

 annual 



Mean 



Mean 

 percent- 



Temperature in Fah. degrees, 





feet 

 above 



annual 

 rainfall, 



number 

 of 



of 



humidity 



number 

 of hours 



age of 

 possible 



age of 

 cloud 















sea-level 



inches 



sunless 



at 



of sun- 



at 



Mean at 



Mini- 



Maxi- 









days 



9 a.m. 



shine 





9 a.m. 



9 a.m. 



mum 



mum 



Dawlish .... 







36-13 



_ 



_ 



_ 



_ 



_ 



_ 



_ 



,_ 



Teignmouth . 



70 



34-99 







82 



— 



36 



64 



50-6 



22-05 



80-08 



Torquay, Cary 























Green . . 



12 







56 



79 



1897 



39 



61 



52-04 



24-93 



77-96 



Torquay, Chapel 























Hill .... 



286 



34-H 



59 



82 



I712 



39 



6i 



51-0 



25-17 



80-5 



Brixham . . . 







43-04 

























Teignbridge . . 



27 



36-13 



— 



— 







— 



— 



— 



. — 



— 



Highweek . . . 







40-00 



— 



— 







— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



Bovey Tracey . . 



415 



4S-I8 



— 



— 







— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



Chagford . . . 





53-20 



— 



— 















— 



— 



— 



Tottiford, Chud- 























leigh .... 



718 



41-10 



— 



— 







— 



— 



— 







— 



Ilsington . . . 







51-05 



— 



— 







— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



Holne Vicarage . 



650 



64-48 



— 















— 











— 



Ashburton, Druid 























House . . . 



584 



52-22 



— 



83 







36 



64 



50-3 



23-27 



79-77 



82 



