Portal:Devon/Did you know


 * ... that Plymouth's lighthouse, Smeaton's Tower (pictured), was dismantled and then rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe as a memorial?
 * ... that Devon is the third largest of the English counties and has a population of 1,109,900?
 * ... that The name Devon derives from the name of the Celtic people who inhabited the southwestern peninsula of Britain at the time of the Roman invasion?
 * ... that Devon was one of the first areas of England settled following the end of the last ice age?
 * ... that the St Nicholas Priory in Exeter is being restored with the same methods that were used 500 years ago?
 * ... that Devon is the only county in England to have two separate coastlines.?
 * ... that there was no established coat of arms for Devon until 1926?
 * ... that the English Riviera Geopark, in Torbay, is the world's only urban Geopark?