Widecombe-in-the-Moor
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Things New and Old Item 16: Review of Rowe’s Perambulation of Dartmoor
This is the sixteenth item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) REVIEW. A Perambulation of the Ancient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor, and the Venville Precincts. By SAMUEL ROWE, A.M., Vicar of Crediton. Plymouth: J. B. Rowe. London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co. Onevol. ,…
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Things New and Old Item 2: The Coffin Stone
This is the second item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) THE COFFIN STONE THE neighbourhood of the road from Dartmeet towards Poundsgate, onthe way to Ashburton, is plentifully bestrewn with ancient British remains. The cairns on Corndon Tor (erroneously called Quarnion Tor on…
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Things New and Old Item 12: Lines on a Gravestone – a Poem
This is the twelfth item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) LINES ON A GRAVESTONE, WITHOUT INSCRIPTION, IN THE CHAPEL YARD AT DARTMOOR PRISON. Beneath this plain and silent stone, Which hath no name engraved thereon- No words of Holy Writ, to tell To…
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Things New and Old Item 17: Jonas Coaker – Dartmoor Poet
This is the seventeenth item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) JONAS COAKER, THE DARTMOOR POET. NO description of Dartmoor would be complete without a mention of Jonas Coaker, the Dartmoor poet, – for there is a real living Dartmoor poet ; not one…
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Things New and Old Item 21: The Music of Moorland Waters
This is the twenty-first item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) THE MUSIC OF MOORLAND WATERS. YOUR true moor-man, from traditional habit, always personifies the river near his home, and this is especially the case with the Dart, displaying as it does so many…
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Things New and Old Item 6: The Manors of Widecombe
This is the sixth item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876). A list of the manors, using their modern spellings, and linking to their description, is given below. THE MANORS OF WIDECOMBE AND THEIR LORDS. THE wide area of the Parish of Widecombe comprises…
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Things New and Old Item 14: Reminiscences of Widecombe Between Thirty and Forty Years Ago
This is the eleventh item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) REMINISCENCES OF WIDECOMBE BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY YEARS AGO. “ Eheu ! fugaces Postume, Postume, Labuntur anni.” – “ The flying years ! the flying years !” ABOUT thirty-four years ago, the writer…
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Things New and Old Item 24: Dartmoor Ferns
This is the twenty-fourth item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) DARTMOOR FERNS. THE many fern-hunters amongst our readers will thank us for reproducing the following from Cassell’s Magazine :—The common kinds of ferns—common only in the sense of being plentiful—are tobe found almost…
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Things New and Old Item 13: Dartmoor and the Singers of Brent
This is the thirteenth item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876). DARTMOOR, AND THE SINGERS OF BRENT. THERE is much to reward the tourist who makes his way into the wildest parts of South Devon. Some of the scenery is of great beauty, even…
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Things New and Old Item 22: Dartmoor Rainfall
This is the twenty-second item from Robert Dymond’s book: “Things New and Old Concerning the Parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor and its Neighbourhood” (1876) DARTMOOR RAINFALL. “The West wind always brings wet weather, The East wind wet and cold together, The South wind surely brings us rain, The North wind blows it back again.” THE subjoined table…