Legendary Dartmoor The many aspects past and present of Dartmoor
WHO IS POSSIBLY THE MOST HATED LANDOWNER IN BRITAIN TODAY? – In 2011 Alexander Darwall, …
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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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WidecombeWander
In the late 1890s the editor of the Torquay Times wrote several articles under the …
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Plymouth to Princetown
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The Okehampton Circular 1887
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Don’t Forget the Hamper
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Holne Pilrimage
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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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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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Oak Apple Day
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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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Quicksilver Mail
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Sticklepath Stone
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Upline to Tavy
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Home Office Scheme
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Bachelor’s Hall
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Widecombe Sweet Seventeen
Catherine Parr, alias the noted Dartmoor authoress Beatrice Chase lived just outside Widecombe-in-the-Moor at Venton. …
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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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Cranbrook Castle
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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