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West Buckfastleigh is a civil parish located at the eastern fringes of Dartmoor, and lies inside of the borders of the National Park. The majority of the parish is farmland. The parallel valleys of the Holy Brook and the River Mardle run through the parish. It is crossed by the ancient track known as Abbots' Way. [1]
Buckfastleigh is a market town and civil parish in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. It is part of Teignbridge and, for ecclesiastical purposes, lies within the Totnes Deanery .
The Tradesman's Arms. The village is about three miles northwest of Buckfastleigh and is situated within the boundaries of Dartmoor National Park.. The village consists largely of about a dozen stone-built cottages, but there are also 4 local authority houses, and a farm in the centre of the village, also a popular inn with food and accommodation, called The Tradesman's Arms. [2]
Buckfast Abbey and Methodist Church. Buckfast is a small village near Buckfastleigh in Teignbridge district, Devon, England, on the bank of the River Dart. [1] It is the home of Buckfast Abbey, an active Benedictine monastery, which gave its name to Buckfast Tonic Wine, originally made there, and to the Buckfast bee, a bee breed originally developed at Buckfast Abbey.
Archaeological evidence suggests the monastery may have been located nearby at what is now Holy Trinity church in Buckfastleigh. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1134 [ 5 ] or 1136, [ 8 ] [ 4 ] the abbey was established in its current position, King Stephen having granted Buckfast to the French Abbot of Savigny .
Dean Prior is a village and civil parish near the A38 road, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. It is located near the town of Buckfastleigh and north of South Brent. In the 1870s, Dean Prior was described as "a parish in Totnes district, Devon; on the verge of Dartmoor, near the river Dart, 3 miles N of Brent r ...
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The site they selected for the town hall was on the south side of Bossell Road, the road that led to Bossell House, a mansion that James Hamlyn had built in 1880. [ 5 ] The new building was designed by James Hine of the firm of Hine & Odgers in Plymouth , [ 6 ] in the neoclassical style , built in a mix of red brick and rubble masonry and was ...