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Kingsteignton Road, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ13 0AJ

The place is recorded in 1242 as Beldemerse; "a large mill was formerly associated with the house and was the scene of bread riots during the Napoleonic wars. Thomas Campion, a blacksmith from Ilsington was deemed to have been the leader of the riot and his execution, said to have taken place at Bellamarsh in 1795 was the last public hanging in the country" http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=85358 , which gives an extensive description of the architecture of this C15 or even older building.

At this point Kingsteignton Footpath 6 leaves the track which it has followed from Gappah, and skirts the farm which can be glimpsed below. Across the floodplain is the A38 crossing the River Teign, with Haytor on the skyline.

The B3193 now curves to the left to cross the A38. Formerly the road curved to the right, along a track just beyond the red car.

Kingsteignton Footpath 6 leaves the B3193 at Bellamarsh Barton to cross the floodplain of the River Teign. The path turns left to run between the oak and the A38, using the river bridge to cross the dual carriageway, which follows the line of an old railway. Housing at Chudleigh Knighton can be seen beyond.

The B road is heading along the Teign valley towards Rixeypark Corner, having just crossed the A38 and the river. Seen from the point at which Kingsteignton Footpath 6 crosses it.

From Kingsteignton Footpath 6 at the top of a short but steep flight of steps up a wooded bank from a track to Bellamarsh Copse, part of which can be seen across two fields.

Part of this view can be seen on the left of Image The field drops towards the Bovey basin. The clay shed on the right is in Image Beyond is the industrial estate at Heathfield.

The bridge also crosses the broad valley of the River Teign

Heading north.