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 consists of the little districts of Aish, Harbourneford, Lutton, Brent Mill, as well as lots of scattered farmhouses. It is 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Ivybridge as well as 14 miles (22 km) east-northeast of Plymouth. On the high moorlands are lots of hut circles, rooms, as well as barrows, all dating from the Bronze Age. The estate of Brent came from Buckfast Abbey from the time of the structure of the abbey in the very early 11th century. It was purchased the Dissolution by Sir William Petre, a huge receiver of monastic spoils in South Devon. South Brent was originally a woollen and also market centre with 2 yearly fairs. Brent Hill is the steep hill simply outside the town from which it takes its name (Old English brant-- high). On it are the ruins of an old structure, meant to have been a church, and also of a windmill built concerning 1790.
