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An important map covering <strong>Devonshire</strong> in its entirety. A £100 award was offered for a large scale, one inch to the mile map of any English county. Benjamin Donn stepped up to the mark. He reckoned it cost him nearly £2,000 Benjamin Donn's map of 1765 64 This map was reproduced from copies at Devon Rural Archive, Shilstone
Tor Bay Interesting Facts: 1. Roman soldiers are known to have visited Torquay at some point in 43AD, leaving offerings at Kents Cavern. 2. When the construction began on the Belgrave Hotel in 1840, workmen discovered evidence of a large road between 15 and 20 feet wide which required gunpowder to break it up. It was mentioned in medieval sources and was possibly Roman. 3. Torre ('tor') means hill or craggy peak. It was a Saxon hamlet. Torre Abbey was founded in 1196 as a Premonstratensian Monastery by William Briwere, a powerful baron. The monastery owned much of the land and was the richest monastery of its order in England. The monks are credited with building the first quay, hence Torquay. 4. Torre Abbey was bought by Sir George Cary in <strong>16</strong>62 and it remained in the family until 1929. They also owned Cockington village. 5. When George Waymouth had explored the coastline of Maine, he caused a sensation after returning to Plymouth with a group of Native Americans. 6. Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey gained its name after the failed Spanish Armada of 1588, it was used to house 397 Spanish prisoners of war. 7. Torquay owes much to Napoleon, who appeared in the bay after his capture. The Napoleonic Wars meant the rich weren't able to visit continental Europe, so much investment was ploughed into the area. See our www.devonshiremagazine. co.uk/napoleons-farewell-to-devon/ Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey, where 397 Spanish prisoners of war were housed in 1588 from the failed Armada Questions for the Reader: 1. At Berry Head it says 'Ruins of Danish Castle' - possibly poetic license as they generally didn't build castles as we know them - was it actually Norman? 2. Does anyone know the derivation of the name Brixham? 3. Who was St Petrock and how did he gain his sainthood (see St Petrock by Dartmouth on map)? Market and Borough Towns in Capitals as Tiverton Annexed to a Town denotes it a Borough which retains its Privilege of sending Representativesl to Parliament. Villages. Churches; but in the Plan of a Town where the Elevation cannot be conveniently shewn, thus Seats or Noted Houses. Farms or Cottages. Copper or Tin mines. Roman or Danish Forts or Encampments. Parks. Turnpike Roads or intended to be made such. Inclosed Roads. EXPLANATION Open Roads over Commons or Downs. Distance (example Exeter to Topsham, 3 Miles, 3 Furlongs & 20 Poles) The Butterwalk at Dartmouth Drake's Golden Hind (replica) moored at Brixham 65
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