South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a big town on the southerly edge of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish consists of the little communities of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, and also many 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 several hut circles, rooms, and also barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The estate of Brent came from Buckfast Abbey from the time 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 2 annual fairs. Brent Hill is the high hill just outside the village from which it takes its name (Old English brant-- high). On it are the damages of an ancient building, expected to have actually been a chapel, and also of a windmill developed about 1790.
