South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a huge village on the southern edge of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish includes the little districts of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, as well as lots of scattered farmhouses. It is 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Ivybridge as well as 14 miles (22 kilometres) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are lots of hut circles, units, and barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The manor of Brent belonged to Buckfast Abbey from the moment of the structure of the abbey in the very early 11th century. It was purchased the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a big receiver of reclusive spoils in South Devon. South Brent was originally a woollen and also market centre with 2 annual fairs. Brent Hill is the high hillside simply outside the town from which it takes its name (Old English brant-- high). On it are the damages of an old structure, intended to have actually been a church, as well as of a windmill built regarding 1790.