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Rh 732 I'AKTON. Tho . l is lirlcl hen- 6VI r Saturday, and a cattle- market tin- first Tuesday in. acli iuintli. A fair is li.-ld ..n tie- 2nd An I>AKTI.N(TO, :<. par. in the hund. ot'Sianborough, In the oo. of Devon, 2 miles H. of Totnes, It font on the Bristol a> i.iilway, and tin iivi-r Dart, and contains V> ntmi, Week, Staple, and Brooking. Tho - originally L'ivi-n liy William tli (|in-rii -tli's time it dcscendoi t<i the family of ( 'hampernowne, formerly of Modbury Tin- village, which is small, is situated m-ar tlir inter section of the roads fru: to Plymouth and t< Ashburton. The living i.s a not.' in the dioc. o i, val. D2J, in tin- patron, of II. ( 'hampeniow ne, who is lord of tin- manor. The church, dedicatee to St. Mary, is an ancient building, and contains a beauti- ful carved pulpit. ' Hi nry I., a screen, and several monuments to tin- I'hampernownc and other famils. Al Brooking is a chapel-of-ease, and a school-house ai Shinner's Bridge-. The hall is an extensive and fine ok building, and has some fine paintings. Longcause. Allerton, Cobberton, Follcy, Billamy, Stavcrton I Lownard, Puddowin, Drondge, Hood, Belleigh, Cott , an. 1 '.art- m are places hero. 1 >A KT.MOOU FOREST, a quarter in the par. of Lid- ford, hund. of Lifton, in the co. of Devon, 5J milr of Tavistock. It comprises 63,900 acres, and is part ol the Great Moor between Oakhnmpton, Tnvistock. and Moroton Ilampstcad, belonging to the duchy of Corn- wall. It consists of high rugged peaks, in height from i to 2,050 feet, on some of which are Drnidi. -al circles, and on others beacons. Copper, iron, tin, and other minerals are found and worked here. A I. -w dwarf trees, the only remains of King John's Forest, may be seen. Tho stannary parliament is held at Crock- erne. At the top of Brent Tor is an old church. The rail- way goes to Plymouth. Tho living is a cur. in the dioc. eter. Mr. Morgan's hounds meet here ; also Mr. Newton's, and the Forest harriers. A fair is hold at Two Bridges on the first Ydm -day after the 16th August. DARTMOUTH, or CLIFTON DAKTMOUTII 1 1 A [; 1 1 N I -:ss, a par., seaport, petty sessions, and market town, municipal and parliamentary borough, in the hund. of Coleridge, in the co. of Devon, 25 miles 8. of r. It is pleasantly situated on an acclivity at the mouth of the river Dart, and contains Townstal, Nor- ton, and Oldmill. Tho manor of Dartmouth was gi by William the Conqueror to Judhael do Totnais, but subsequently became vested in the corporation. It was at tliis port that the Crusaders embarked for the Holy Land in 1190. Dartmouth was destroyed by fire by (lie French in the reigns of Richard I. and Henry IV.. l>nt on their landing u third time, in 1 101. they were inter- ! Main liy the peasants. Both the contending parties warmly contested this place during the parlia- mentary war; it was garrisoned by Prince Mauri a by Fairfax in 1016. It is governed by a n. 4 aldermen, and 12 councilmen, with r ; and from the ivign of Edward III. to the passing of the Reform Bill returned two members to parliament ; ! returns but one member. The Newfoundland ti-hene,- first gave importance to the trade ot Dartmouth, and t!u y are still earned on to a great extent. The harbour is famed tor its security, and is capable of containing 500 vessels. The large.it ship in the royal navy could anchor I miles up the Hart. The entrance to the harbour is guarded by a fortilii-d castle, opp< wear old castle. - 1; a government (-nil- mission gave tin- pri -tei-ciii e to Dartmouth as a foreign mail-packet station, though Southampton still retain* 111" privilege. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in tb' lUheriiw, in ship-building, rope-making, and the coasting trade. -St. 1'etrox light, 1:1 feet high, and visible 7 miles, wai erected in 1837. There are two quays : the New Quay, or Now Ground, a commodious landing-place, with a fine ] n- undo, lim -d with trees and laced with I : on which theciistom-hoine i.s built. Steamboats ply to and from Totnes every day. On tin western shore of the river nre several large yards for ship-building. The limits of the municipal and parliamentary boroughs are co-extensive, comprising 799 houses, inhabited by apopulation of 4,508 in LBOl, which in ixfil had de- creased to 4,411, though the houses had increased to 825. The sir, els rise gradually from the water, and have the appearance of terraces, interspersed with ne of the houses an- very old, and adorned with carvings. The scenery in the neighbourhood is M ry beautiful. The Keep is a new castellated stone building, and there are other rooai|MH erected and hand -. Tin- castle is by rocky dills, and the s]. ring-tide all but the walls of the foil There is a fort, 01 block-house, towards the channel, which, in 1S.M, was fitted up as a summer i U'artlect, about tl^^l quarters of a mile out of the town, is a pictunf^H valley, where a large brewery and corn-mill have besfl built. Paradise Fort, mentioned b) urfax, o*|H Hid to the N. of Warlleet, but ii -1 to make i marine viii Townstal with St. Saviour's anneM-1, is a dioc. of Exeter, val. with the cur. of St. Sav ion the patron, of Sir II. 1'. Seal,-, I'.nl. Tin- chill is dedicated to St. Clement, is an ancient stone in the early English style-, with s |uare towei bells. I chin, h of St. Saviour, 01 Church, as sometimes called, was erected in the n century, as a chapel of case to Townstal. It is a stoa structure, with square tower and eight bells; the workmanship is very beautiful. There is a stone pulpil and a wooden screen supposed to be the finest in ' A western window and doorway were added al The altar-piece, " Christ raising the Widow's > painted by Brockodon, a native of Totnes. 1 brasses of Sir J. Hawley (the founder of ' family, in 1389. There is also the church of > the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 120, in patron, of the Hector of Stoko Fleming. It is an stone edifice, and stands on an eminence behind castle, a mile S. of the town. A ehapel-of-i Higher-street, was erect, d in ls:tl at a cos! 2,000, raised by subscription. The W (lists. Baptists, independents, and Plymouth IV have each a chapel. A Moating bridge was open 1831 across the river at Sand Quav . broad; and convenient for persons going Brixham, i-e. Adjoining the New Quay arc t houses with rich exterior carvings of the 17' one is used as an assembly-room, and for ! concerts. A railway, connecting Dartmouth quay and Kxeter, is now in rapid pro- . also a bank and a prison. A market-house w in lS'J!i, and then- an- National schools for I-' The i : uoiiiit to ill l per annum. Sir Ii id iif the manor. Dartmout 1 till.- of earl to the Lcgges, of Dartmouth House. A regatta is held in August. A market is held weekly < of provisions, and one on the Mo lav before tin- third Wednesday in each month attic. DAKTdN, n par. in the wap. of Stoi i Yoik. 7 miles S.W. i.-ld, and .'i.', N.W. of Bamsley. It i-- situal and P-ive canal, ami contains the tnshps. lough and llarugh, and the v ils. of Map .nid Staineross, the last giving name t< "n tin- villaire of .Mapplew-ell the inhabitants ai -mployed to and in the manutaot' lad vitriol, and near I'arton are large collieries al. il.'ill, in the patron, of T. W. l!"aiiinont. s lord of the manor. The church, dedicated to
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