South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a big town on the southerly side of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish consists of the tiny districts of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, and many scattered farmhouses. It is 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Ivybridge as well as 14 miles (22 kilometres) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are many hut circles, enclosures, and also barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The manor of Brent came from Buckfast Abbey from the moment of the structure of the abbey in the early 11th century. It was purchased the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a large receiver of monastic spoils in South Devon. South Brent was originally a woollen as well as market centre with 2 annual fairs. Brent Hill is the steep hill just outside the town from which it takes its name (Old English brant-- high). On it are the damages of an ancient building, expected to have been a church, and of a windmill built regarding 1790.
