South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a large village on the southerly edge of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish consists of the little districts of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, and also many scattered farmhouses. It is 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Ivybridge and 14 miles (22 km) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are numerous hut circles, units, and barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The estate of Brent came from Buckfast Abbey from the moment of the structure of the abbey in the early 11th century. It was bought at the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a large receiver of reclusive spoils in South Devon. South Brent was initially a woollen and market centre with two yearly fairs. Brent Hill is the high hill just outside the village from which it takes its name (Old English brant-- steep). On it are the ruins of an old structure, expected to have been a chapel, and of a windmill built concerning 1790.
