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Simon Dell's collection of the verses of Constable John L. Webber, the Victorian policeman-poet of Widecombe-in-the-Moor.
Victorian author (1790-1883) who lived in Tavistock and wrote one of the earliest full accounts of Dartmoor's folklore and antiquities, in a series of letters to the poet Robert Southey.
Victorian topographer and antiquary (1847-1928), the single most prolific chronicler of Dartmoor, author of the classic Guide to Dartmoor and a dozen other books on the moor.
Plymouth
A touring guide to North Devon and Exmoor published by Edward Stanford, part of Worth's series of regional guides.
Plymouth
A practical touring guide to Devon in two parts, covering the south and north of the county separately - routes, coastline, towns and countryside for the Victorian rail-and-road tourist.
A three-volume novel that opens on the Barbican of old Plymouth, where the pawnbroker Lazarus holds the debts of a proud, declining aristocratic family.
A popular Victorian collection tracing the origins of famous medieval legends, from the Wandering Jew and Prester John to William Tell and the Man in the Moon.
Tavistock
Sheltered housing for older people at Drake Lodge in Tavistock, with meals, support and on-site staff.
Grade II* listed hotel, likely Georgian or Victorian, standing in a community setting on the edge of Dartmoor.
