Weir Quay

Place in Devon, England

Human settlement in England
  • Bere Ferrers
District
  • West Devon
Shire county
  • Devon
Region
  • South West
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  • Torridge and West Devon
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50°27′50″N 4°12′32″W / 50.464°N 4.209°W / 50.464; -4.209

Weir Quay is a place on the banks of the River Tamar in Devon, England. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of the village of Bere Alston.

Weir Quay is where the Tamar estuary narrows into the tidal river. The Tamar was navigable by seagoing ships of up to 400 register tons as far inland as here.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Booker, Frank (1971). Industrial Archaeology of The Tamar Valley (2 ed.). Newton Abbot, England: David and Charles. p. 62. ISBN 0-7153-5172-9.
  2. ^ Barton, Denys (1964). A Historical Survey of Mines and Mineral Railways of East Cornwall and West Devon. Truro: Bradford Barton. pp. 99, 101. OCLC 12216380.


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