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Contents 1 Note on external links 2 Are there any other Paigntons in the world? 3 New photos 4 Hercule Poirot

[edit] Note on external links

When editing this page, please do not add links to tourist attractions, individual hotels etc as these will be removed due to Wikipedia's policy on commercial links. These should be approached via a separate Google search. Paignton Zoo has been left in due to the research and conservation work carried out there.

[edit] Are there any other Paigntons in the world?

It looks like the answer to this question is no, unless any other Wikipedians know differently. However, Torquay in Devon has a namesake in Australia, see [1].--Ianmacm 20:57, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

There's also a Torquay in Canada. Oddly, it's hundreds of miles inland. Totnesmartin 20:43, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I doubt there are any other paigntons, as the spelling comes from a mistake by a GWR signwriter, according to legend. there might be one or two paingtons, though. Totnesmartin 20:44, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Torquay in Canada is in Saskatchewan, and seems to be quite small. It does not currently have a Wikipedia article, but there is a map (not very detailed) at [2].

I have not been able to find anywhere else in the world called Paignton or Paington from a web search, so the mystery continues.--Ianmacm 21:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Torquay is indeed a village in Saskatchewan. As well, there's a village by the name of Paynton (note the spelling), but it's nowhere near Torquay. I don't know whether either place name originated from the towns in Devon, but it's probably something I could look up in a trip to the library. -- wacko2 22:04, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

It's possible, Paignton went through loads of different spellings until settling on the current version. If there's a Brixham there too, you've got the set! Totnesmartin 23:38, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

After a trip to the library, I've confirmed that Torquay is named after the city in Devon. However, Paynton is not named after Paignton, but rather after an early settler (Peter Paynter). As well, there are at least two former CP (Canadian Pacific Railway) sidings in Saskatchewan named after places in Devon: Totnes and Bickleigh. If you need more information or references, feel free to ask me either here or on my talk page. I'm afraid I forgot to look up Brixham though. :) -- wacko2 23:37, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

maybe you could do an article on those towns, you seem to know where to get the information. Totnesmartin 15:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New photos

The photographs have been updated to include some sand as requested.--Ianmacm 13:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hercule Poirot

I removed the claim that Agatha Christie based Hercule Poirot on her experiences in Paignton during World War One, as there is little evidence that this is true. She has been said to have based Poirot on Belgian refugees that she met in Torquay during this period, but there may also have been other influences from crime fiction. See Agatha Christie - A Biography by Janet Morgan (ISBN 0-00-216330-6) for more details.--Ianmacm 17:12, 10 March 2007 (UTC)