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Some Good Books

Title

Author

Publisher

Date

ISBN

Widecombe-in-the-Moor

A Pictorial History of a Dartmoor Village

Stephen H Woods

Devon Books

1996

0 86114 908 4

Early Dartmoor Farmhouses

Longhouses in Widecombe

Elizabeth Gawne & Jenny Sanders

Orchard Publication

1998

1 898964 31 9

An Exploration of Dartmoor and its Antiquities

JHW Page

Seeley and Co London

1895

 

Dartmoor Legends Retold

TH Gant and WL Copley

Baron Jay, Plymouth

None

 

The Heart of the Moor

Beatrice Chase

John Pegg Publishing (facsimile edition)

1988 (original 1914)

0 9508598 7 7

A Perambulation of Dartmoor

Samuel Rowe

Commin, Exeter

Gibbings, London

Orig 1848

 

Dartmoor Seasons

(Delightful)

Elizabeth Prince

Photos by John Head

Devon Books

1987

0 86114-793-6

Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities Vol 1 The East

Jeremy Butler

Devon Books

1991

0 86114 866 5

Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities Vol 5 The Second Millennium BC

Jeremy Butler

Devon Books

1997

0 86114 910 6

Old Dartmoor Schools Remembered

Mary Stanbrook

Quay Publications (Brixham)

1991

1 870083 35 0

Walking Dartmoor's Ancient Tracks

Eric Hemery

Robert Hale London

1986

0 7090 2582 3

Poems on Widecombe-in-the-Moor and Neighbourhood

John L Webber

Wood & Tozer, Electrical Works, Fore Street, Devonport

1868/70??

 

Dartmoor Region Monumental Inscriptions

Indexes Volume 19

Widecombe (pre-1950 Survey) Leusdon (Pre-1950 Survey)

Mike Brown

Dartmoor Press

 

 
Devon Topographical Prints 1660-1870 JV Somers-Cocks      
Field Names in Widecombe-in-the-Moor Hermon French   1963  

Some Links that are well worth following (now organised by category):

Don't forget the WebRing

Devon Sites

Devon County Council

Devon Local Studies Service Homepage

All of England Search Portal

Devon County Council Monthly Community News Round-up

Tourism Sites

Visit Britain

The Devon Holiday Directory  (over 1000 links to web sites full of information for visitors to Devon - attractions, towns and villages, museums and gardens, pubs, restaurants and accommodation.

British Towns Network

Dartmoor Sites

Dartmoor National Park Authority

Dartmoor Crosses a site with information about the well-known Dartmoor landmarks.

Dartmoor & West Devon - Gerry Sargent's site about Dartmoor and West Devon. There is a vast amount of stuff here, especially about Western Dartmoor. There is also a good Dowsing link from this site, with some good photographs.

The Dartmoor Society - an excellent society promoting and celebrating Dartmoor

Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust - a charity committed to saving the Dartmoor Pony

Dartmoor Legends - a new site focussing on the legends, folklore, history and archaeology of the moor

Local Towns & Villages

Buckfastleigh's Website - worth a look

Chagford - a new link

Family History

The Devon Family History Society (A superb source of information about your Devon Ancestors)

Dartmoor Press (a wealth of genealogical and other information.)

Dartmoor Stories

A version of the Jay's Grave Story

Maps/History

An old map of South East Dartmoor (Greenwood's map of 1827)

Part of Saxton's map of Devon 1570

Devonshire Domesday Book

Widecombe Related Sites

Dartmoor Llama Walks & West Webburn Alpacas

Shilstone Rocks Stud & Riding Stables (Dartmoor Pony Stud)

A Historic Hannaford from Widecombe-in-the-Moor (with thanks to Peter Hannaford-Hill)

Tony Heath's Dowsing Site (updated)

Tony Beard's Dartmoor Diary:

Local Organisations

Halsgrove Publishing

Dartmoor Magazine

Newton Abbot & District Society of Arts

Local Causes

Victim Support Devon Helpline. The number is 0845 676 10 20

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