South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a big village on the southerly edge of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish includes the small communities of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, as well as lots of scattered farmhouses. It is 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Ivybridge as well as 14 miles (22 kilometres) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are lots of hut circles, rooms, and also 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 very early 11th century. It was bought at the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a huge receiver of monastic spoils in South Devon. South Brent was initially a woollen and also market centre with 2 annual fairs. Brent Hill is the steep hillside simply outside the village from which it takes its name (Old English brant-- high). On it are the ruins of an ancient building, meant to have actually been a chapel, and of a windmill built regarding 1790.
