Sabine Baring-Gould

Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) was the squire-parson of Lew Trenchard on the western edge of Dartmoor: rector of his own parish, lord of his own manor, and one of the most prolific English writers of his age, with over a thousand publications to his name.

He is remembered for the hymn “Onward, Christian Soldiers” and for a vast output of novels, folklore, saints’ lives and travel, but Dartmoor and Devon were his home ground. His A Book of Dartmoor (1900) is still a classic survey of the moor; his novels Urith, Eve and Guavas the Tinner are set among its tors and tin-workings; and his Songs of the West rescued the folk songs of Devon and Cornwall from the memories of old country singers.

Dartmoor

• A Book of Dartmoor (1900)
• Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor (1891)
• Eve: A Novel (1888)
• Guavas the Tinner (1897)
• Dartmoor Idylls (1896)

Devon & the West Country

• A Book of the West, Vol. 1: Devon (1899)
• Devonshire Characters and Strange Events (1908)
• Songs of the West (1891)
• John Herring: A West of England Romance (1883)
• Red Spider (1887)

Sources: Wikipedia · Legendary Dartmoor. Portrait: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.