The Dartmoor Arts

Eleanor Ludgate has been drawing and painting since the age of three and has always had a particular interest in nature. She was born in Surrey where she grew up in an artistic family. Her grandfather, father, uncles, aunts, cousins and brother all were talented artists and therefore it was …

Every part of Britain had a champion author, Wessex had Hardy, Yorkshire had Bronte and Dartmoor had Eden Phillpotts. He was/is a very elusive and multi-talented person who, in my opinion had the gift of portraying the landscape, people and spirit of Dartmoor better than any other writer. Apart from …

Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: The History Press Ltd Language: English ISBN-10: 0752461117 ISBN-13: 978-0752461113 Price: £9.99 For centuries people have been telling the story of (see here – Lady Howard) and her infamous hauntings in and around Dartmoor and as with any legend there is always a modicum of truth …

STANZAS – WRITTEN AT DARTMEET, ON DARTMOOR. By Darts’ blue wave the Harp is still, No echo, save the billow’s roar, Is heard from Sherber’s rugged hill To wind along its forest-shore; And where twofold streams roll down, While flashing round yon roughened fell; Through whistling oaks, and sedges brown, …

September 22nd 2012 – the Autumn Equinox, nights are now drawing in which reminded me of this poem by Eden Phillpotts. Many has been the time when I have outstayed my welcome out on Dartmoor and found myself walking back in the dark. I love watching the moor change its …

The Dartmoor Fox. Come jump in your saddles, boys, and never doubt the morn; The hounds are off to Skerraton, and Crocker winds his horn; No cover under heaven’s arch a better fox can show; So forwards to the forest boys, together let us go. Now, cease your idle gossip. …

Samuel Wills was a one-time teacher at Leusdon School near Widecombe and was the author of a book of poetical works called, ‘Musings in Marsh and Stream‘ in which several Dartmoor related poems appeared. Wills has been noted for his descriptive poems especially ones relating to his native Devonia. DARTMOOR …

Those who read the Dartmoor tomes will be well aware of John Lloyd Warden Page who was the author of two early topographical books about the moor; ‘An Exploration of Dartmoor and its Antiquities‘ and ‘The Rivers of Devon from Source to Sea‘. In addition to writing about his excursions …

It is interesting to see the varied impressions Dartmoor has made on the folk of verse down through the centuries. Many are rapt in its beauty, wildness and landscape. However, here are some lines which clearly show that the poet Samuel Browning was none too enamoured with the moor. One …

Here is a poem that speaks of a man’s desire to be up on the open moor where his soul is at home, it’s a sentiment dear to many a moor-lovers heart. If you can detect a hint of history running through the lines that is because Alexander Henry Abercromby …