South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a large village on the southern edge of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish consists of the little communities of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, as well as numerous scattered farmhouses. It is 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Ivybridge and also 14 miles (22 km) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are several hut circles, units, as well as barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The estate of Brent came from Buckfast Abbey from the moment of the foundation of the abbey in the early 11th century. It was purchased the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a huge receiver of monastic spoils in South Devon. South Brent was initially a woollen as well as market centre with two yearly fairs. Brent Hill is the steep hillside just outside the town where it takes its name (Old English brant-- high). On it are the ruins of an ancient structure, intended to have actually been a chapel, and also of a windmill built concerning 1790.
