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Haytor, also
known as
Haytor Rocks, Hay Tor, or
occasionally Hey Tor, is a
granite tor on the
eastern edge of
Dartmoor in the
English county of Devon....
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largest parishes in the county, and
includes the
villages of Ilsington,
Haytor Vale,
Liverton and
South Knighton. The
parish is surrounded,
clockwise from...
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Bronze Age
settlement Haytor Granite Tramway –
early tramway with
stone rails; ran from
quarries at
Haytor to
Stover Canal Haytor Rock –
prominent tor...
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Haytor Granite Tramway (also
called Heytor) was a
tramway built to
convey granite from
Haytor Down, Dartmoor,
Devon to the
Stover Canal. It was very...
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hundred of
Haytor was the name of one of
thirty two
ancient administrative units of Devon, England. The
hundred covered the
coastal area
between the...
- Budleigh, Ermington, Exminster, Fremington, Halberton, Hartland, Hayridge,
Haytor, Hemyock, Lifton,
North Tawton and Winkleigh, Ottery, Plympton, Roborough...
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constructed between 1864 and 1875
using Haytor granite from
Dartmoor in
Devon transported via the
prototype Haytor Granite Tramway. In
Charles ****ens' Dictionary...
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Widdicombe was born on 8
April 1983 in Hammersmith, London, but grew up in
Haytor Vale, near
Widecombe in the Moor on
Dartmoor in Devon. He
attended Ilsington...
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three major granite quarries on the moor:
Haytor,
Foggintor and Merrivale. The
granite quarries around Haytor were the
source of the
stone used in several...
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bridge was 928 feet (283 m) long and 49 feet (15 m) wide,
constructed from
Haytor granite. The
official opening took
place on 1
August 1831; King William...
