Exeter and Its Region
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... Plymouth and Start Point , where a high proportion of western plankton animals may be found - cold water north - western types such as the arrow worm Sagitta elegans , the larvae of the starfish Luidia sarsi , and the medusa Aglantha ...
... Plymouth as a naval base . To provide a depot from which warships could operate in the western English Channel the Admiralty developed Dock ( later known as Devonport ) from 1690. As a result of the growth induced by the many wars of ...
... Plymouth has a higher than average propensity to contest elections . In Plymouth in only two years since the end of the Second World War have there been any councillors returned unopposed . In this respect Plymouth is typical of the ...