Newton Abbot

Newton Abbot is a market town in Teignbridge, Devon, with 26,746 people at the 2021 census. It grew from two medieval settlements. Newton Abbot, the New Town of the Abbots of Torre, was given market rights, dated 1220 by Wikipedia and between 1247 and 1251 by Wikishire. Across the River Lemon, Newton Bushel on the Highweek side got its own market. Two markets ran until 1633, and the two towns shared one council from 1901.

St Leonard's Tower is what is left of a 13th-century chapel built by the Abbots of Torre. The chapel was demolished in 1836 for road widening, and townspeople saved the tower. The declaration for William of Orange was announced from it in 1688. Forde House was built in 1610. The Cheese and Onion Fayre, once held in early November, is now in early September.

The South Devon Railway arrived in 1846, and by 1930 over 1,000 men worked at the Great Western Railway works. The population rose from 1,623 in 1801 to 12,518 in 1901. Courtenay Park dates from 1854 and the racecourse from 1866. The Stover Canal opened in 1792 to carry ball clay, and granite from Haytor was used to build Stover House.