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Havill Plate
The Havill Plate was an annual rugby union knock-out competition organised by the Devon Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 1971–72 season for clubs that were knocked out of the first round of the Devon Senior Cup with Ilfracombe being the first winners. When the Devon Junior Cup was reintroduced for the 1986–87 season the plate would expand to include teams knocked out of the early rounds of the Junior Cup, until the plate was discontinued after the 1999 final. The Devon RFU have reintroduced similar competitions in recent years although most have been discontinued due to a lack of interest. Devon Havill Plate winners Number of wins *Exmouth (3) *Ilfracombe (3) *Paignton (2) *Wessex (2) *Bideford (1) * Crediton (1) * Dartmouth (1) *Honiton (1) *Ivybridge (1) *Kingsbridge (1) *Newton Abbot (1) *Okehampton (1) * Old Technicians (1) * Plymouth Civil Service (1) *Salcombe (1) *Sidmouth (1) *Tavistock (1) *Teignmouth (1) * Tiverton (1) * Topsham (1) * To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrington RFC
Torrington may refer to: People * Arthur Torrington, Guyanese-born co-founder of the Windrush Foundation and the Equiano Society * Jeff Torrington, Scottish writer * John Torrington, English explorer and Royal Navy stoker * George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, British naval officer and statesman Places Australia * Torrington, New South Wales * Torrington, Queensland Canada * Torrington, Alberta United Kingdom * Black Torrington, a village in Devon * East Torrington, a small village in Lincolnshire * Great Torrington, a market town in north Devon * Little Torrington, a village in Devon * West Torrington, a small village in Lincolnshire * Torrington (UK Parliament constituency), in Devon United States * Torrington, Connecticut * Torrington, Wyoming * Westford- Nabnasset (Torrington Lane), Massachusetts Other uses *Battle of Torrington, fought in 1646 during the English Civil War *Earl of Torrington, a title in the British peerage *Viscount Torrington, a title in the British peera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teignmouth R
Teignmouth ( ) is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign, about 12 miles south of Exeter. The town had a population of 14,749 at the last census in 2011. From the 1800s onwards, the town rapidly grew in size from a fishing port associated with the Newfoundland cod industry to a fashionable resort of some note in Georgian times, with further expansion after the opening of the South Devon Railway in 1846. Today, its port still operates and the town remains a popular seaside and day trip holiday location. History To 1700 The first record of Teignmouth, ''Tengemuða'', meaning ''mouth of the stream'', was in 1044. Nonetheless, settlements very close by are attested earlier, with the banks of the Teign estuary having been in Saxon hands since at least 682, a battle between the Ancient Britons and Saxons being recorded on Haldon in 927, and Danish raids having occurre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wessex RFC
la, Regnum Occidentalium Saxonum , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of the West Saxons , common_name = Wessex , image_map = Southern British Isles 9th century.svg , map_caption = Southern Britain in the ninth century , event_start = Established , year_start = 519 , event_end = English unification , year_end = 12 July 927 , event1 = , date_event1 = , event_pre = Settlement , date_pre = 5th–6th century , event_post = Norman conquest , date_post = 14 October 1066 , border_s2 = no , common_languages = Old English *West Saxon dialect British Latin , religion = PaganismChristianity , leader1 = Cerdic (first) , leader2 = Ine , leader3 = Ecgberht , leader4 = Alfred the Great , leader5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Technicians RFC
Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Maine, United States People *Old (surname) Music *OLD (band), a grindcore/industrial metal group * ''Old'' (Danny Brown album), a 2013 album by Danny Brown * ''Old'' (Starflyer 59 album), a 2003 album by Starflyer 59 * "Old" (song), a 1995 song by Machine Head *''Old LP'', a 2019 album by That Dog Other uses * ''Old'' (film), a 2021 American thriller film *''Oxford Latin Dictionary'' *Online dating *Over-Locknut Distance (or Dimension), a measurement of a bicycle wheel and frame *Old age See also *List of people known as the Old * * *Olde, a list of people with the surname *Olds (other) Olds may refer to: People * The olds, a jocular and irreverent online nickname for older adults * Bert Olds (1891–1953), Australian rules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsbridge RFC
Kingsbridge is a market town and tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of 6,116 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards bear the name of ''Kingsbridge'' (East & North). Their combined population at the above census was 4,381. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, a ria that extends to the sea six miles south of the town. It is the third largest settlement in the South Hams and is 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Torquay and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Plymouth. History The town formed around a bridge which was built in or before the 10th century between the royal estates of Alvington, to the west, and Chillington, to the east, hence giving it the name of Kyngysbrygge ("King's bridge"). In 1219W. G. Hoskins, ''Devon'', 1954 the Abbot of Buckfast was granted the right to hold a market there, and by 1238 the settlement had become a borough. The manor remained in possession of the abbot until the Dissol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topsham RFC
Topsham may refer to: United Kingdom * Topsham, Devon ** Topsham railway station United States * Topsham, Maine ** Topsham (CDP), Maine * Topsham, Vermont Topsham is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,199 at the 2020 census. It contains four villages: East Topsham, Topsham Four Corners, Waits River, and West Topsham. Geography According to the United States Censu ... See also * * Topham (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dartmouth, Devon
Dartmouth () is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the western bank of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and South Hams district, and had a population of 5,512 in 2001, reducing to 5,064 at the 2011 census. There are two electoral wards in the ''Dartmouth'' area (Townstal & Kingswear). Their combined population at the above census was 6,822. History In 1086, the Domesday Book listed ''Dunestal'' as the only settlement in the area which now makes up the parish of Dartmouth. It was held by Walter of Douai. It paid tax on half a hide, and had two plough teams, two slaves, five villagers and four smallholders. There were six cattle, 40 sheep and 15 goats. At this time Townstal (as the name became) was apparently a purely agricultural settlement, centred around the church. Walter of Douai rebelled a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Molton RFC
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dartmouth RFC
Dartmouth may refer to: Places * Dartmouth, Devon, England ** Dartmouth Harbour * Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States * Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada * Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia Institutions * Dartmouth College, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States **Dartmouth Big Green, athletic teams representing the college ** ''The Dartmouth'', a newspaper of Dartmouth College ** Dartmouth University, a defunct institution in New Hampshire * University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, a university in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States * Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, a research hospital in Lebanon, New Hampshire * Britannia Royal Naval College or Dartmouth, a college in Dartmouth, Devon, England Ships * HMS ''Dartmouth'' (1655), a 22-gun ship * HMS ''Dartmouth'' (1693), a 48-gun fourth rate * HMS ''Dartmouth'' (1698), a 50-gun fourth rate * HMS ''Dartmouth'' (1910), a Town-class cruiser of the Weymouth subgroup *''Dartmouth'', a ship that had its t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton Abbot RFC
Newton Abbot Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based the town of Kingsteignton, just outside of Newton Abbot in Devon. The club runs two senior teams and a ladies side as well as the full range of junior teams. The first XV play in South West 1 West, a level six league in the English rugby union system, following their relegation from South West Premier at the end of the 2018-19 season. Background/History Early history The Rugby club of the Newton Rifle Volunteers, commonly known as Newton Rifles, changed its name to Newton Abbot RFC in 1886. That year's annual supper recalled how the club had been formed after Rev George Townsend Warner had invited the volunteers to play football after the annual shooting matches. This earlier event took place on 18 November 1878. The club was the third in Newton after Newton College (who changed from Association to Rugby in 1875) and the recently formed GWR club. The Volunteers' first reported match against another c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salcombe RFC
Salcombe is a popular resort town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England. The town is close to the mouth of the Kingsbridge Estuary, mostly built on the steep west side of the estuary. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The town's extensive waterfront and the naturally sheltered harbour formed by the estuary gave rise to its success as a boat and shipbuilding and sailing port and, in modern times, tourism especially in the form of pleasure boats and yachting. The town is also home to a traditional shellfish fishing industry. The town is part of the electoral ward of Salcombe and Malborough, for which the 2011 census recorded a total population of 3,353. Kingsbridge Estuary (actually a ria or drowned valley) lies between Bolt Head and Sharpitor on the west and Portlemouth Down on the east, and runs inland for some . The estuary was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest in February 1987 and is also a Local N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
