Yelverton
Yelverton is a huge village on the south-western edge 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 popular home for Plymouth travelers. The train is now shut, but the Plym Valley Railway has resumed a section of it. Yelverton is popular for Roborough Rock - a popular mass of rock near to the Plymouth road on the edge of nearby Roborough Down, near the southerly end of the landing field. It gave its name to the Rock Hotel, developed as a ranch during the Elizabethan duration, but converted in the 1850s to cater for expanding tourist in the location. The area 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 several grand and luxurious villas. A location developed at concerning the very same time on an odd designed parcel to the south of the Tavistock road is referred to as Leg o' Mutton Corner. At the beginning of the Second World War, an airfield (RAF Harrowbeer) was built at nearby Harrowbeer as a boxer station for the air defence of Devonport Dockyard and the Western Approaches. A 19th century balcony of houses, now mainly exchanged shops, had to have its upper storey removed to supply a simpler approach. One high structure which was not modified was St. Paul's Church, but the tower was hit by an airplane, causing a warning light being fitted. The format of the paths is still extremely clear and also although they are significantly grassed over, the many planet and brick protective bunkers constructed to shield the fighters from strike on the ground are all still in position. Some American airmen and also anti-aircraft battery systems were based right here during the 2nd half of the war. An airplane carrying President Roosevelt landed below when its initial destination was fogbound.
