Yelverton
Yelverton is a huge town on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. When Yelverton train station (on the Great Western Railway (GWR) line from Plymouth to Tavistock) opened in the 19th century, the town became a preferred home for Plymouth commuters. The train is currently shut, however the Plym Valley Railway has actually reopened an area of it. Yelverton is well known for Roborough Rock - a famous mass of rock close to the Plymouth road on the edge of neighboring Roborough Down, near the southern end of the landing field. It gave its name to the Rock Hotel, constructed as a farm during the Elizabethan duration, however transformed in the 1850s to cater for expanding tourist in the area. The location to the south and west of the roundabout at the centre of the village was cleared up in late Victorian and Edwardian times, with several grand as well as extravagant suites. An area developed at about the same time on a weird designed piece of land to the south of the Tavistock road is referred to as Leg o' Mutton Corner. At the start of the Second World War, a landing strip (RAF Harrowbeer) was constructed at adjacent Harrowbeer as a boxer station for the air support of Devonport Dockyard as well as the Western Approaches. A 19th century terrace of homes, now mostly converted into stores, needed to have its top storey got rid of to provide a much easier approach. One high structure which was not altered was St. Paul's Church, however the tower was struck by an aircraft, resulting in a warning light being fitted. The format of the runways is still very clear and also although they are significantly grassed over, the many planet and also block safety shelters built to secure the competitors from attack on the ground are all still in place. Some American airmen as well as anti-aircraft battery devices were pointed here during the second half of the battle. An aircraft bring President Roosevelt landed here when its original destination was fogbound.
