Teign Valley Railway: Great Defeat of the Scheme: Yesterday afternoon at five o’clock, in pursuance of the requisition addressed to the Portreeves of Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel, signed by 75 of the inhabitants of those towns, a public meeting was held at the Town Hall in Newton Abbot, for the purpose of taking into consideration the existing railway communication between that town, Torquay and Exeter. There was a very large attendance of the inhabitants. … (list of gentlemen present) … (includes)… T. Pinsent … … (discussion and vote against a proposal for a new line to Newton) … …
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GRO0831 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1842 – 1889