Dartmouth
Dartmouth is a town as well as civil parish in the English area of Devon. It is a traveler location set on the western bank of the tidewater of the River Dart, which is a long slim tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes. It exists within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well as South Hams district, and also had a population of 5,512 in 2001, [1] minimizing to 5,064 at the 2011 census There are 2 electoral wards in the Dartmouth area (Townstal & Kingswear). Their combined population at the above demographics was 6,822. In 1086, the Domesday Book notes Dunestal as the only negotiation in the location which currently composes the church of Dartmouth. It was held by Walter of Douai. It paid tax on half a conceal, and had 2 plough groups, 2 servants, five villagers and also four smallholders. There were six cattle, 40 sheep and also 15 goats. Currently Townstal (as the name came to be) was obviously a purely farming settlement, centred around the church. Walter of Douai rebelled against William II, as well as his lands were taken and added to the honour of Marshwood (Dorset), which sublet Townstal and Dartmouth to the FitzStephens. It was most likely during the early part of their proprietorship that Dartmouth started to grow as a port, as it was of strategic relevance as a deep-water port for cruising vessels. The port was used as the sailing factor for the Crusades of 1147 and 1190, as well as Warfleet Creek, near to Dartmouth Castle is intended by some to be named for the vast fleets which set up there. Dartmouth was a house of the Royal Navy from the regime of Edward III and was twice stunned and also sacked throughout the Hundred Years War, after which the mouth of the tidewater was closed every evening with an excellent chain. The narrow mouth of the Dart is shielded by 2 prepared castles, Dartmouth Castle as well as Kingswear Castle. Originally Dartmouth's only wharf was Bayard's Cove, a reasonably small area secured by a ft at the southern end of the town.
