Yelverton
Yelverton is a large town on the south-western side of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. When Yelverton railway station (on the Great Western Railway (GWR) line from Plymouth to Tavistock) opened in the 19th century, the village ended up being a prominent home for Plymouth travelers. The train is now closed, yet the Plym Valley Railway has resumed a section of it. Yelverton is well known for Roborough Rock - a popular mass of stone close to the Plymouth road on the fringe of close-by Roborough Down, near the southern end of the landing strip. It gave its name to the Rock Hotel, developed as a ranch during the Elizabethan duration, however converted in the 1850s to cater for expanding tourist in the location. The area to the south and west of the roundabout at the centre of the town was settled in late Victorian and Edwardian times, with several grand and luxurious rental properties. A location developed at about the same time on a strange shaped piece of land to the south of the Tavistock road is called Leg o' Mutton Corner. At the start of the Second World War, an airfield (RAF Harrowbeer) was built at surrounding Harrowbeer as a competitor terminal for the air support of Devonport Dockyard as well as the Western Approaches. A 19th century terrace of homes, currently mostly converted into shops, needed to have its upper floor got rid of to give a less complicated strategy. One high building which was not changed was St. Paul's Church, however the tower was hit by a plane, causing a warning light being fitted. The layout of the paths is still really clear and although they are considerably grassed over, the many planet and block safety bunkers developed to secure the fighters from strike on the ground are all still in place. Some American airmen and also anti-aircraft battery units were pointed here throughout the second fifty percent of the war. A plane bring President Roosevelt landed here when its initial destination was fogbound.