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Page last updated at 17:15 GMT, Thursday, 17 December 2009

Archive film of Little Poland
Grab from Ilford Park documentary
Ilford Park in Devon has housed exiled Poles since the end of the war, watch archive film from a BBC South West documentary.

John Calcott Horsley's Christmas card Taking the credit for cards
Find out how the tradition of sending Christmas cards has its roots in Devon more than 150 years ago.

Buckland Abbey Buckland Abbey's wintry history
How did Sir Francis Drake survive winter at Buckland Abbey - BBC Spotlight's Emily Wood has been to investigate.


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When Nancy Astor made history
US troops' Devon story
Teign Valley Railway film
Building bridges
In pictures: historic railways
Uncovering bridge's colour code
The man they could hang

Salvaging 'Little Poland'
Shedding light on beacons
A-Z of Devon history
Putting Devon on the map
Compare the market
History of Smeaton's Tower
Plymouth's proud naval history

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