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Peter Tavy, Devon
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The Tavy is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England. The name derives from the Brythonic root tam, once thought to mean 'dark' but now generally understood to mean 'to flow'. It has given its name to the town of Tavistock and the villages of Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy.
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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“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 DartmoorDartmoor Otters & Buckfast Butterflies — Welcome to the Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary and Buckfast Butterfly Farm. A small, friendly, family run place to visit in South Devon, ideal for a family visit whatever the weather.
“Dwellers in the hilly parts of Devon, on Dartmoor and Exmoor, and in the villages bordering upon them, are as deeply imbued with faith in witches, as their forefathers were in the days when Alfred was king.”
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