Yelverton
Yelverton is a big village on the south-western side 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 ended up being a prominent residence for Plymouth travelers. The train is now closed, yet the Plym Valley Railway has actually resumed an area of it. Yelverton is popular for Roborough Rock - a famous mass of stone near the Plymouth road on the edge of nearby Roborough Down, near the southerly end of the landing strip. It gave its name to the Rock Hotel, constructed as a farm throughout the Elizabethan duration, however converted in the 1850s to cater for expanding tourist in the location. The area to the south as well as west of the roundabout at the centre of the village was settled in late Victorian and also Edwardian times, with lots of grand and extravagant vacation homes. An area developed at concerning the very same time on a strange designed tract to the south of the Tavistock road is known as Leg o' Mutton Corner. At the start of the 2nd World War, a landing strip (RAF Harrowbeer) was built at nearby Harrowbeer as a fighter station for the air defence of Devonport Dockyard and also the Western Approaches. A 19th century balcony of residences, now mostly exchanged stores, had to have its upper storey eliminated to supply an easier approach. One high building which was not altered was St. Paul's Church, but the tower was struck by an aircraft, resulting in a caution light being fitted. The design of the runways is still really clear as well as although they are significantly grassed over, the many earth and brick protective bunkers constructed to shield the boxers from attack on the ground are all still in position. Some American airmen as well as anti-aircraft battery systems were based below during the second half of the war. An airplane bring President Roosevelt landed right here when its original destination was fogbound.
