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unusual facts about South West England



1976 United Kingdom heat wave

Parts of the south west went 45 days without any rain in July and August.

Englishcombe

The south eastern boundary of the parish follows the route of the Fosse Way a Roman road that linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) in the East Midlands, via Ilchester (Lindinis), Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Corieltauvorum).

Formica exsecta

In Great Britain, F. exsecta can be found only in a few scattered heathland locations in South West England — principally Chudleigh Knighton Heath and nearby Bovey Heath which are both managed by the Devon Wildlife Trust, and in the central Scottish Highlands (including Rannoch Moor).

Lifton, Devon

Lifton is a village and civil parish in Devon, South West England near the confluence of the rivers Wolf and Lyd, 1¼ miles south of the A30 trunk road and very near the border between Devon and Cornwall.

Nicholas Bye

Bye was the Conservative Party's third directly elected mayor, after Chris Morgan and Linda Arkley in North Tyneside and the first directly elected mayor in the South West.

Shebbear College

Shebbear College is a co-educational Methodist independent day and boarding school located in Shebbear, Devon, 39 miles from the county seat of Exeter, in South West England and is one of a group of independent boarding schools that form part of the Methodist Church's involvement in education.

SWEB Energy

SWEB Energy, formerly South Western Electricity Board (SWEB) was a British state-owned Regional Electricity Company operating in South West England which was privatised by the Thatcher government.

The Big Issue

The venture continued to expand with national editions being established in Scotland and Wales, as well as regional editions for Northern England and England's South West Region.

Trevor Colman

Bernard Trevor Colman (born 27 August 1941 in St Breward, Cornwall) is a Member of the European Parliament for South West England.

Winchcombeshire

Winchcombeshire, an ancient county in the South West of England, in the 10th and 11th centuries, developed around its county town, Winchcombe.


see also

Bristol Constabulary

Bristol Constabulary, also called Bristol City Police, was a police force responsible for policing the city of Bristol in south-west England until 1974, when it was amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 with Somerset and Bath Constabulary and parts of the Gloucestershire Constabulary to form the Avon and Somerset Constabulary.

Desmond Banks, Baron Banks

Garry Tregidga, The Liberal Party in South West England since 1918, University of Exeter Press, 2000

Dragon of Mordiford

The Dragon of Mordiford was said to reside just outside the Herefordshire village of Mordiford, in south-west England.

Eulima glabra

This marine species ranges from the Mediterranean to the British Isles where it has been found from south-west England, the south and west of Ireland, as far north as Shetland; not in the southern North Sea.

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Extensive long-term studies have been carried out on its foraging behaviour, in northern Germany, in the Netherlands and particularly on the River Exe estuary in south-west England.

Giant goby

In the UK, the giant goby is known only from the coasts of south-west England between Wembury and the Isles of Scilly.

Glyn Ford

Glyn Ford has said he will campaign for Gibraltar to have its own seat in the European Parliament, rather than only having representation through the South West England constituency.

Scrumpy

Scrumpy was often featured in the songs of The Wurzels, a folk/comedy/country group from South West England, especially in the song "I Am A Cider Drinker", and the song "Drink up ye Zider".

SWERN

SWERN (The South West England Regional Network) is one of the regional networks that make up Janet, the UK's research and education network.

TSW

Television South West, the ITV franchise former holder for the South West England region from 1 January 1982 until 31 December 1992

Wiltshire North

North Wiltshire, a former local government district in the county of Wiltshire, South-West England