Yelverton is a large village on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. When Yelverton railway station (on the Great Western Railway (GWR) line from Plymouth to Tavistock) opened in the 19th century, the town came to be a prominent house for Plymouth commuters. The railway is currently closed, but the Plym Valley Railway has actually resumed a section of it. Yelverton is well known for Roborough Rock - a prominent mass of stone near the Plymouth road on the fringe of neighboring Roborough Down, near the southern end of the airfield. It gave its name to the Rock Hotel, constructed as a ranch throughout the Elizabethan duration, but transformed in the 1850s to provide for expanding tourist in the location. The location to the south and also west of the roundabout at the centre of the village was settled in late Victorian as well as Edwardian times, with numerous grand and also opulent villas. A location created at about the very same time on a strange designed parcel to the south of the Tavistock road is known as Leg o' Mutton Corner. At the start of the Second World War, an airfield (RAF Harrowbeer) was constructed at nearby Harrowbeer as a fighter terminal for the air protection of Devonport Dockyard as well as the Western Approaches. A 19th century terrace of homes, currently primarily exchanged stores, had to have its upper storey removed to give a much easier technique. One tall structure which was not changed was St. Paul's Church, however the tower was hit by an airplane, causing a warning light being fitted. The design of the paths is still very clear and also although they are considerably grassed over, the many planet and brick safety bunkers built to safeguard the boxers from attack on the ground are all still in position. Some American airmen as well as anti-aircraft battery units were posted below during the second half of the battle. An airplane lugging President Roosevelt landed right here when its original location was fogbound.