South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a big village on the southern side of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish includes the small districts of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, and numerous scattered farmhouses. It is 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Ivybridge as well as 14 miles (22 km) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are many hut circles, rooms, 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 purchased the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a big receiver of monastic spoils in South Devon. South Brent was originally a woollen and also market centre with 2 yearly fairs. Brent Hill is the high hillside just outside the town where it takes its name (Old English brant-- steep). On it are the damages of an ancient structure, expected to have been a chapel, and also of a windmill developed regarding 1790.
