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Wringworthy Farmhouse
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Wringworthy Farmhouse

A Grade II* listed farmhouse on Dartmoor, likely medieval in origin with later modifications, standing in the open moorland landscape.

Dartmoor quiz

Old books sometimes spell "Fice's Well" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?

Fitz's Well. It appears in 9 of the old books and papers in our research library, so the name has not always been written the way we write it now.

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Yellam
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Yellam

A listed building on Dartmoor, likely a medieval or early modern structure with roots in the moorland landscape.

Yeo Old Farmhouse
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Yeo Old Farmhouse

Grade II* listed farmhouse on Dartmoor, likely medieval in origin with later additions.

26-29, Chapel Street
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26-29, Chapel Street

A Grade II* listed building on Chapel Street, likely dating from the 17th or 18th century.

31, East Street
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31, East Street

A Grade II* listed building on East Street, a modest Georgian or early Victorian townhouse typical of Dartmoor's market towns.

36, Stapledon Lane
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36, Stapledon Lane

Listed building on Dartmoor. Historic England list entry 1201025.

A Book of Dartmoor, page 222Plate from A Book of Dartmoor, page 222, 1900

“the soil swampy, ever shrouded in vapour, dreary, wet and aguish, and, indeed, what other can be expected from a spot said to be placed in the midst of 40,000 acres of marshy ground .... the soil has been partially drained, and a town (Princetown) has been built .... but we believe it to be pretty ...”

Also on Our DartmoorShuttamoor Mine and Shafts — Abandoned tin mine shafts dotting the open moorland, remnants of Dartmoor's industrial heyday.