{"id":1261,"date":"2010-09-02T08:18:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T08:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2010-09-02T08:18:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T08:18:35","slug":"paignton-devon-a-brief-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/09\/02\/paignton-devon-a-brief-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Paignton Devon a Brief History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lovely seaside town located in the town of Devon in south-west England, <a title=\"Paignton Map and Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-towns.co.uk\/paignton-map.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paignton<\/a> has a population of around 48,000 and lies on Torbay between the equally popular resorts of Torquay and <a title=\"Brixham Devon Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-brixham.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brixham<\/a>. For many centuries just a small fishing village Paignton traces its history back to the times of the ancient Celts, though it is first recorded as a settlement in the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was called <em>Peynton<\/em>, a name derived from the Celtic language meaning \u201ctown of Paega\u201d. Paignton mostly grew as a town during the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century when a new harbour was constructed (1847) to improve the towns seabound communications, and the railway arrived, linking the town with London via Torquay. The town grew considerably after this taking in several surrounding villages such as Preston and Goodrington. Becoming popular as a seaside resort during the Victorian period due to its fine <a title=\"Paignton Weather and 10 Day Forecast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-towns.co.uk\/paignton-weather.html\" target=\"_blank\">weather<\/a> and healthy atmosphere, Paignton has its pier erected in 1879, in the height of the British seaside resort era in the 1960\u2019s the Festival Theatre opened to provide entertainment for its many visitors. Paignton has plenty of guest houses and <a title=\"Paignton Hotels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-towns.co.uk\/paignton-hotels.html\" target=\"_blank\">hotels<\/a>, should you wish to stay overnight or for a holiday and such establishments as the <a title=\"Preston Sands Hotel Paignton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-towns.co.uk\/preston-sands-hotel-paignton.html\" target=\"_blank\">Preston Sands Hotel<\/a> should prove adequate for your needs, larger hotels are of course available as are holiday cottages in the surrounding villages, which may be your preferred accommodation. When staying in Paignton you should take a day out to visit the nearby <a title=\"Dartmoor National Park Map and Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-towns.co.uk\/dartmoor-national-park.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dartmoor National Park<\/a>, a large area of great natural beauty with many charming little villages and some interesting archaeological sites. Paignton can be reached by road by way of the A380, can be reached by rail, and is also within easy driving distance of Exeter airport, it is about 20 miles from Exeter, only 8 miles from <a title=\"Newton Abbot Weather Forecast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-towns.co.uk\/newton-abbot-weather.html\" target=\"_blank\">Newton Abbot<\/a> and its racecourse, and just 2 miles from Torquay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lovely seaside town located in the town of Devon in south-west England, Paignton has a population of around 48,000 and lies on Torbay between the equally popular resorts of Torquay and Brixham. For many centuries just a small fishing village Paignton traces its history back to the times of the ancient Celts, though it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6,38,595,3],"tags":[663,148,149,152,201,202,662],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1263,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions\/1263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}