Yelverton
Yelverton is a big 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 village became a preferred residence for Plymouth travelers. The railway is now shut, but the Plym Valley Railway has reopened a section of it. Yelverton is well known for Roborough Rock - a famous mass of stone near the Plymouth road on the fringe of nearby Roborough Down, near the southerly end of the landing field. It provided its name to the Rock Hotel, constructed as a ranch throughout the Elizabethan period, yet converted in the 1850s to cater for growing tourism in the location. The area to the south and also west of the roundabout at the centre of the village was resolved in late Victorian and Edwardian times, with several grand and luxurious rental properties. A location developed at about the exact same time on a weird designed piece of land to the south of the Tavistock road is called Leg o' Mutton Corner. At the start of the 2nd World War, a landing field (RAF Harrowbeer) was constructed at adjacent Harrowbeer as a boxer terminal for the air support of Devonport Dockyard as well as the Western Approaches. A 19th century balcony of houses, now primarily converted into shops, needed to have its top storey removed to give a simpler strategy. One high building which was not changed was St. Paul's Church, yet the tower was struck by an aircraft, causing a caution light being fitted. The design of the paths is still very clear as well as although they are significantly grassed over, the many earth and also block protective bunkers built to secure the competitors from strike on the ground are all still in place. Some American airmen as well as anti-aircraft battery systems were based below throughout the 2nd half of the war. A plane bring President Roosevelt landed right here when its original destination was fogbound.
