Buckfastleigh (England)
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- Gazetter of Gr. Britain, 1989:(Buckfastleigh, Devon; town; 50°29ʹN; 30°47ʹW)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 50°29ʹ00ʺN 003°47ʹ00ʺW)
- Bill, L. For the love of bees, c1989:p. 17 (Buckfastleigh, Devonshire)
- Gazetter of Gr. Britain, 1989:(Buckfastleigh, Devon; town; 50p0s 29ʹ N; 30p0s 47ʹ W)
Wikipedia description:
Buckfastleigh is a market town and civil parish in the Teignbridge district, in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway (A38) at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. For ecclesiastical purposes, lies within the Totnes Deanery. It is 18 miles (29 km) east-northeast of Plymouth, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Exeter and has a population of 3,661. It is a centre of tourism and is home to Buckfast Abbey, the South Devon Railway, the Buckfastleigh Butterfly Farm and Otter Sanctuary, the Tomb of Squire Richard Cabell and The Valiant Soldier Museum Heritage & Visitor Centre. With 13 letters, Buckfastleigh is one of the longest place names in England with no repeated letters, tied with Buslingthorpe, Leeds and Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, but exceeded by Bricklehampton in Worcestershire with 14 letters.
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