River Devon, Devon Bridge Vicinity, Newark, Notts.
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River Devon, Devon Bridge Vicinity, Newark, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 1 Feb 2015
The source of the River Devon (pronounced "Deevon" and not as it is spelt) is several springs near Eastwell in Leicestershire. However, at this point it is within 300-400 yards of its mouth, the River Trent. Not visible here - but to the right - is the Devon Bridge and once under this, boat-users find themselves at some moorings opposite Newark Marina. Administratively this area is in the parish of Hawton, a small village of 700 inhabitants that played an important part in the English Civil War as the site of a Roundhead encampment that raged against the Royalist stronghold in Newark. The tower of All Saints, its Grade I-listed C14th and C15th Church, overlooks the Trent floodplain.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.070217
Longitude
-0.823579