Yelverton
Yelverton is a big town on the south-western side of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. When Yelverton railway station (on the Great Western Railway (GWR) line from Plymouth to Tavistock) opened up in the 19th century, the town became a preferred residence for Plymouth commuters. The railway is now shut, however the Plym Valley Railway has resumed an area of it. Yelverton is popular for Roborough Rock - a prominent mass of stone near to the Plymouth road on the edge of neighboring Roborough Down, near the southern end of the landing strip. It provided its name to the Rock Hotel, built as a ranch during the Elizabethan duration, but converted in the 1850s to cater for growing tourist in the location. The location to the south as well as west of the roundabout at the centre of the town was resolved in late Victorian as well as Edwardian times, with numerous grand and also extravagant vacation homes. A location developed at about the very same time on an odd shaped tract to the south of the Tavistock road is known as Leg o' Mutton Corner. At the start of the 2nd World War, an airfield (RAF Harrowbeer) was created at surrounding Harrowbeer as a competitor terminal for the air support of Devonport Dockyard and also the Western Approaches. A 19th century balcony of homes, now mainly converted into stores, needed to have its top storey eliminated to supply an easier method. One tall building which was not changed was St. Paul's Church, but the tower was hit by a plane, leading to a caution light being fitted. The design of the runways is still extremely clear and although they are considerably grassed over, the many planet and brick safety bunkers constructed to safeguard the fighters from strike on the ground are all still in position. Some American airmen and anti-aircraft battery units were stationed here during the second fifty percent of the war. An aircraft carrying President Roosevelt landed below when its original location was fogbound.
