South Brent
South Brent (population 2,822) is a huge village on the southern edge of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. The parish includes the small districts of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, and numerous scattered farmhouses. It is 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Ivybridge as well as 14 miles (22 kilometres) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are lots of hut circles, enclosures, and also barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The estate of Brent belonged to Buckfast Abbey from the moment of the foundation of the abbey in the very early 11th century. It was bought at the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a big receiver of reclusive spoils in South Devon. South Brent was originally a woollen as well as market centre with 2 yearly fairs. Brent Hill is the high hillside simply outside the village from which it takes its name (Old English brant-- high). On it are the ruins of an old building, intended to have been a chapel, and also of a windmill constructed regarding 1790.
