A book of the west. Volume 1, Devon

Plymouth Sound--The river Plym--Its real name--Sutton--Plympton--A cradle of naval adventure--The Hawkins family--Sir John Hawkins--Sir Francis Drake--"Singeing the King of Spai...

Forest rights exercised by the Duchy--Rights of the parishes of Devon to Dartmoor--Encroachments--Venville--Newtakes--Importance of the moor as common land--The four quarters--D...

Ethnology of the Western Folk--The earliest men--The Ivernian race--The arrival of the Britons--Mixture of races in Ireland--The Attacottic revolt--The Dumnonii--The Scottic inv...

Moreton Church--The almshouse--The dancing tree--Other dancing trees--The vintner's bush--The calculating boy--Life of Mr. Bidder--The ravens of Brennan--Grimspound--The Great C...

Origin of Tavistock--Foundation of the Abbey--S. Rumon--Edgar and Elfrida--Abbot Aylmer--Aldred--The Parish Church--Glanville--The Story of Mrs. Page--John Fitz--The Story of Si...

Ugly modern buildings--"Westward Ho!"--Roman roads--The Torridge--The story of King Edmund--The ravages of the sons of Lodbrog--Hingvar and Hubba defeated at Appledore--Brictric...

Red stone and red cob--Cob walls--The river Creedy--Birthplace of S. Boniface--See of Crediton--The Church--Kirton serge--Apple orchards and cider-making--Francémass--Apple the...

Tiverton, or, as it was originally called, Twyford, takes its name from being planted between the Exe and the Loman (Gael. _liomh_, smooth or sluggish[11]), which are here forda...

Geological structure of Dartmoor--Granite--"Clitters"--Building with granite--The bogs--The rivers--Rock basins--Logan stones--Kaoline deposits--Hut circles--Cooking-stones--Pot...

As a health resort--The Palk family--Myths concerning the family--Its real history--The Cary family--Landing at Brixham of William of Orange--Kent's Cavern--Order of deposits th...

Ashburton manors--The Ashburn--The cloth-workers--The tucking-mills--County families sprung from the woollen trade--Introduction of machinery--John Dunning--Created Baron Ashbur...

"This town," said Sir William Pole in 1630, "is near three-quarters of a mile in length, lying East and West, and in the midst there is one other street towards the South." The...

Origin of Okehampton obscure--The Ockments--Moor seekers--Okehampton Castle--French prisoners--Church--Belstone and Taw Marsh--Cranmere Pool--Tavy Cleave--South Zeal--Prehistori...

Kingsbridge a misnomer--The estuary--The church--"Farewell to Kingsbridge"--Numerous screens in the neighbourhood--Portlemouth--S. Onolaus--Master John Schorn--Old houses--The F...

A first visit to Dartmouth--Descent of the Dart--The Church of S. Saviour--John Hawley--The Butter Row--Slate-covered houses--The Ship Inn--Walk to the sea--Warfleet--S. Petrock...

What a pity it is that the dear old legends that lie at the root of history have been dissipated! That we can no longer believe in Romulus and Remus and the she-wolf--no, not ev...

Devonshire villages not so picturesque as those of Sussex and Kent--Cob and stone--Slate--Thatch and whitewash--Churches mostly in the Perpendicular style--Characteristics of th...

The _stapol_ of Branock's district--The Irish settlers--Branock badly received in South Wales--Situation of Barnstaple--Huguenot refugees--Samuel Pepys's wife--Jacques Fontaine-...

The river Exe--Roman roads--The Saxons in Devon and Exeter--Saxon and British Exeter--The Battle of Gavulford--S. Boniface at Exeter--His persecution of Celtic missionaries--S....

There are a good many more curious things to be seen in England than is generally supposed, if we will but go out of the highways to look for them. Certainly one of the most ext...

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