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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 874 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAWLISH , a watering-See also:

place in the See also:Ashburton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, on the See also:English Channel, near the outflow of the Exe, 12 M. S. of See also:Exeter by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 4003. It lies on a See also:cove sheltered by two projecting headlands. A small stream which flows through the See also:town is lined on both sides by See also:pleasure-grounds. Dawlish owes its prosperity to the visitors attracted, in See also:spring and See also:early summer, by the warm See also:climate and excellent bathing. An See also:annual pleasure See also:fair is held on See also:Easter See also:Monday, and a regatta in See also:August or See also:September. Until its See also:sale in the 19th See also:century, the site of Dawlish belonged to Exeter See also:cathedral, having been given to the See also:chapter by See also:Leofric, See also:bishop of Exeter, in 1050.

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