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Tavistock
Elizabethan naval commander and the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe (1577-1580), born around 1540 at Crowndale Farm near Tavistock and later the owner of Buckland Abbey, on Dartmoor's southern edge.
Plymouth
A history of Devon from the Roman occupation through the Anglo-Saxon period, the Norman Conquest and the Tudor and Stuart eras, with sketches of the county's leading figures including Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh and Samuel Taylor...
Sticklepath, Okehampton
This unspoilt thatched local, with low ceilings and an open fire, was originally at the end of a terrace of Elizabethan cottages in this Dartmoor village. Entering it today is to experience an atmospheric step back in time. There is a leat running past the rear wall of the pub which helps cool the cake ales on stillage, as well as powering the waterwheel of the Finch Foundry Museum (NT) next door.
Milton Combe, Tavistock
A Tudor monastery turned private home, Buckland Abbey sits in wooded valleys south of Dartmoor with genuine historical weight.
Murchington, Chagford
A Michelin-starred country house hotel in over 100 acres on the edge of Dartmoor, and a member of Relais & Châteaux since 1984.
