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Wormhill. Entrance of Dartmoor Forest.

Newhouse.

Acr. East Dart. cr. Cherrybrook.

Two Bridges.

cr. the West Dart. Merrivalle Bridge.

TAVISTOCK

is a neat town, pleasantly situated on the Tavy. It had formerly a rich and beautiful abbey, the remains of which are in many places still visible. It was founded in the tenth century by an Earl of Devoushire. The church contains several handsome monuments. The Duke of Bedford takes his title of Marquis from this place. Tavistock sends two members to Parliament. Pop. 1851, 8086.

Gulworthy.

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Perridge.

Moreton Hampstead is situated on an eminence; has a handsome church, and the remains of two castles, and in the vicinity are a rocking. stone, a cromlech, and the ruins of a Druidical 18 temple.

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Tor Royal House, and in the distance, Prince Town, and near it Dartmoor Prison. Here, during the war French prisoners were confined. In 1850, a large convict establishment was placed here, under a military guard. The convicts are employed in

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CALLINGTON OR
KELLINGTON,

was constituted a borough in the 27th of Elizabeth,| when it obtained the privilege of sending two members to Parliament, but is now disfranchised. Pop. 1685. Between Callington and Saltash, on the banks of the Tamar, is the church of Landulph, in which was interred in 1636, Theodore Paleologus, a descendant of the last Christian emperors of Greece.

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To Plymouth by Harrow Bridge. 124 miles, which will save about 3 mi es.

To Beer Alston, 6 m.

Calstock.

Harewood House, Sir J. S Trelawny, Bart, Near this lis Cotele House, Earl of Mount Edgeumbe. The fur-f niture is of the time of Mary and Elizabeth, and was chiefly collected by the lat and present Earls. The hall contains an extensive collection of ancient armour, and the chapel is well fitted up. There is some noble timber on the estate. It is said that Charles II. spent several nights here. Beyond these is Buckland Abbey (Sir T. F. E. Drake, Bart.), and below Cotele is Pentillie Castle (A. Coryton, Esq.), overhang mg a sudden curve of the ever-winding Tamar.

Saltash is 9 miles from CalHngton. Saltash_returned M.P. prior to the Reform Act when it was disfranchised. Near it are the curious and very perfect remains of Tre maton Castle, held by the Farl of Cornwall, temp of Win. Kulua.

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St Ive.

2 miles north of Liskeard 36 is St. Cleer, the church of which has a round Saxon

doorway. In the vicinity is St. Cleer's well and a stone cross. At some distance beyond is the Cheese Wring, one of the principal sights of Cornwall, a natural pile of rude rocks, 32 feet in height, the general outline resembling a child's top, the smallest end being] at the base. How such enormous masses of granite assumed their present apparently insecure, b it really immovable position, it is difficult to say. On an eminence at some distance is the Cromlech or Trevethy

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cr. river Tidi. Pengover.

LISKEARD, an ancient and irregularly built town, partly situated on rocky hills, and partly in a vale. The church is a handsome building, erected] in 1627. The town formerly returned 2 M. P. but now only 1. It carries on a considerable trade in tauning. Pop. 1851, 6:04. 4 m. N.W. of Liskeard is St Neot, hav ing one of the finest parish churches in the kingdom. It is of date 1480, and occupies the site of a monastery that stood there in the time of Edward the Con[fessor.

Dobwalls. Tap-house.

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LOSTWITHIEL, an ancient town, on the beautiful river Fowey, has a considerable woollen-trade. The parish church, erected in the fourteenth century, is adorned with a fine spire. It was used as a barrack by the parliament army, and was injured by an explosion of gunpowder. It contains a curious font. To the south of the church are the ruins of a building called the palace, said to have been the residence of the Dukes of Cornwall, but now a Stannary prison. The borough formerly returned 2 M. P., but is now disfranchised. Pop. 1136.

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To Devonport by Torpoint, 164 m.

To Saltash, 14 m.

To St Germans, 9 m.

The church of St Germans was once the cathedral of the bishoprick of Cornwall. It contains the original prebendal stalls, and several monuments to members of the Eliot family. ln the immediate vicinity, and almost attached to the church, is Port Eliot, the seat of the Earl of St Germans, on the site of an ancient priory. On the coast, 10 miles from Liskeard, are the small towns of East and West

Looe, chiefly remarkable for their picturesque appearance. Near the former 51is Trenant Park, H. J. Hope, Esq.

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Buconmoc, seat of the late Lord Grenville, containing some very curious furniture. In the grounds is an obelisk to the memory of Sir Richard Lyttleton. Boconnoc was formerly the property of the grandfather of the great Earl of Chatham. The church dates its crec tion from the time of Henry VI.

Pelyn. 5 m. dist. is the fishing town of Fowey, in a highly romantic situa tion. The surrounding scenery is very beautiful. It was once a place of importance. The contingent to the fleet of Edward 11. on the expedition to Calais, from Fowey was greater in ships than that of any other port in the king. dom. Near it is Menabilly (W. Rashleigh, Esq.), containing a most valuable collection of minerals. Prideaux, Sir J. C. Rash leigh, Bart., 1 m dist.

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LVL EXETER TO LAUNCESTON, BODMIN, TRURO, PENZANCE, AND

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LAND'S END, 123 Miles.

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