Dartmouth is a community as well as civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a vacationer location set on the western financial institution of the tidewater of the River Dart, which is a lengthy narrow tidal ria that runs inland as for Totnes. It exists within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well as South Hams area, as well as had a population of 5,512 in 2001, [1] reducing to 5,064 at the 2011 census There are two electoral wards in the Dartmouth area (Townstal & Kingswear). Their consolidated populace at the above census was 6,822. In 1086, the Domesday Book details Dunestal as the only negotiation in the area which currently makes up the parish of Dartmouth. It was held by Walter of Douai. It paid tax on half a conceal, and also had 2 plough groups, two servants, 5 villagers and four smallholders. There were 6 cattle, 40 lamb and 15 goats. Currently Townstal (as the name came to be) was obviously a simply agricultural negotiation, centred around the church. Walter of Douai rebelled versus William II, and also his lands were seized and also included in the honour of Marshwood (Dorset), which sublet Townstal and Dartmouth to the FitzStephens. It was possibly during the very early part of their proprietorship that Dartmouth began to grow as a port, as it was of critical importance as a deep-water port for sailing vessels. The port was utilized as the cruising point for the Crusades of 1147 and 1190, and Warfleet Creek, near to Dartmouth Castle is expected by some to be named for the huge fleets which assembled there. Dartmouth was a house of the Royal Navy from the reign of Edward III and also was two times surprised and also sacked during the Hundred Years War, after which the mouth of the estuary was closed every evening with a terrific chain. The slim mouth of the Dart is shielded by 2 prepared castles, Dartmouth Castle and Kingswear Castle. Initially Dartmouth's only wharf was Bayard's Cove, a reasonably small location safeguarded by a ft at the southerly end of the town.