Dartmouth is a town as well as civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a visitor location set on the western financial institution of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as for Totnes. It exists within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and also South Hams area, and had a population of 5,512 in 2001, [1] lowering to 5,064 at the 2011 census There are 2 electoral wards in the Dartmouth area (Townstal & Kingswear). Their consolidated populace at the above demographics was 6,822. In 1086, the Domesday Book provides Dunestal as the only negotiation in the location which currently composes the church of Dartmouth. It was held by Walter of Douai. It paid tax obligation on half a conceal, and had two plough groups, two slaves, five citizens as well as four smallholders. There were 6 livestock, 40 lamb and also 15 goats. Right now Townstal (as the name came to be) was obviously a purely agricultural settlement, centred around the church. Walter of Douai rebelled against William II, and his lands were confiscated and also added to the honour of Marshwood (Dorset), which sublet Townstal as well as Dartmouth to the FitzStephens. It was probably throughout the early part of their proprietorship that Dartmouth began to grow as a port, as it was of calculated importance as a deep-water port for cruising vessels. The port was utilized as the cruising factor for the Crusades of 1147 and also 1190, and Warfleet Creek, near to Dartmouth Castle is expected by some to be named for the huge fleets which assembled there. Dartmouth was a residence of the Royal Navy from the regime of Edward III and was two times stunned and also sacked throughout the Hundred Years War, after which the mouth of the tidewater was closed every evening with a terrific chain. The narrow mouth of the Dart is protected by two prepared castles, Dartmouth Castle as well as Kingswear Castle. Originally Dartmouth's only jetty was Bayard's Cove, a relatively little location protected by a fort at the southerly end of the town.