Legendary Dartmoor The many aspects past and present of Dartmoor
Due to their very nature the rivers of Dartmoor have been the ideal habitats for …
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Firth of Cator
“Squire Forth he purchased Cator Court, And hath remodelled all the place, With building of …
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Symington’s Fete
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Holford’s Hopes
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Whativer shall I do
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Quaker Palk
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Back in a Day
For centuries the only means a passenger had of traveling between Tavistock and Okehampton and …
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Dartmoor en route 1887
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WidecombeWander
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Plymouth to Princetown
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The Okehampton Circular 1887
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Spring of the Aspen
Today Auswell Woods consist of just over 138 hectares of woodland and heathland which …
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Leather Tor
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Murderous Mire
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Oxenham Arms
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Island of Rocks
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Otter Hounds
Today the very thought of Otter hunting is abhorrent and barbaric and thankfully came under …
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Dartmoor Hay and Corn Ricks
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Dartmoor Rippers & Oak Bark
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Sloe Gin
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Yule Log
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Royal Fern
The Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis), also known as the ‘Bog Onion’ is Dartmoor’s largest …
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Pixie Wool
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Dartmoor Stitchwort
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Black Grouse
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Dartmoor’s Highlanders
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More from the Moor
In 1811 the first edition of “Risdon’s Survey of Devon” was updated, possibly by one …
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Ringhill Flint Factory
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Quicksilver Mail
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Sticklepath Stone
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Upline to Tavy
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Afraid of ghosts?
In 1906 Sabine Baring Gould, the noted Dartmoor antiquarian and folklore author, wrote an article …
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Widecombe Sweet Seventeen
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Tales of the Artichoke
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Crock of Gold 2
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Moor Manslaughter
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Widecombe’s Landscape
It is said that “one should never judge a book by its cover,” and in …
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East Dartmoor’s Lesser-known Tors and rocks
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F. J. Widgery
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Bernard A. Gotch
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Welfare in Widecombe