South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a big town on the southern side of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish consists of the tiny districts of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, and also lots of scattered farmhouses. It is five miles (8 km) north-east of Ivybridge as well as 14 miles (22 km) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are numerous hut circles, enclosures, as well as barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The manor of Brent belonged to Buckfast Abbey from the time of the foundation of the abbey in the very early 11th century. It was purchased the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a large receiver of monastic spoils in South Devon. South Brent was originally a woollen and market centre with 2 annual fairs. Brent Hill is the steep hill simply outside the village from which it takes its name (Old English brant-- steep). On it are the ruins of an old structure, meant to have been a church, and also of a windmill constructed regarding 1790.
