Our Dartmoor Directory

Devon and Cornwall Record Society

Exeter

Promoting the study of history in the South West of England through publishing and transcribing original records.

Historic Dart

by Eric Hemery

Eric Hemery's history of the River Dart, from its Dartmoor source to the sea.

Eric Hemery

The Dartmoor topographer and historian whose 1983 High Dartmoor: Land and People remains the standard reference work on the moor, its history and its people.

Okehampton Through Time

by Paul Rendell

Paul Rendell's 2011 photographic history of Okehampton, the Dartmoor gateway town, comparing archive images with the present day.

Two pillow mounds near Trowlesworthy Warren House

Two pillow mounds forming part of a medieval warren system on Dartmoor, likely used for rabbit farming.

Hut circle settlement, Higher Tor

Bronze Age settlement of stone-built roundhouses on the moorland slopes above Higher Tor.

St Mary’s Church

Belstone, Okehampton

Nestled at the west end of the village, St Mary’s Church is well worth a visit.

Drewsteignton Parish Council

Drewsteignton, Exeter

The parish council for Drewsteignton, Crockernwell, Sandy Park, Venton and Whiddon Down.

May Day Rock

Lustleigh, Bovey Tracey

A weathered stone monument marking a significant point on the open Dartmoor landscape, rich with local history and mystery.