Sidmouth, a pretty little watering-place on the S. Devonshire coast, 14 m. ESE. of Exeter; lies snugly between high cliffs at the mouth of a small stream, the Sid; is an ancient place, and has revived in popularity since the opening of the railway; has a fine promenade 1½ m. long.
Population (circa 1900) given as 4,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Sidlaw Hills * Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount