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There’s moor To sea around 2010 modbury informaTion guide YOUR GUIDE for visiting modbury and the surrounding areas PA ge rker m A A rker PAge m PAge welcome tomodbury On behalf of the Towns Information Centre, Modbury has a range of quality shops, All our traders and shopkeepers are now 11 Information office 7 encouraging their customers to use traders and residents, welcome to our restaurants and pubs, successfully taking 2 St georges anglican Church beautiful historic town, which sits in an Area re-usable cotton and jute bags as well as D part in the Best Local Food Awards scheme a C r h 3 St monica Church ro k ut Of Outstanding Natural Beauty. demonstrating excellence in the promotion of biodegradable cornstarch bags, the way m L o k w a m InforMatIon Centre roman Catholic & methodist r e n rt forward to sustaining the environment. a West Country Food & Drink and outstanding Cham ll e a There are many signed walks, rights of way p p D P P e e s d r 4 Health Centre r a ar g Tow What ever your reason for visiting Modbury, n We are proud to be a member n r and bridle paths just waiting to be explored. support for local producers. n k o o . o of the association of South Hams 5 Public Toilets L w t have a wonderful stay and do come back and e e Proudly on the 1st May 2007 Modbury became n n r We are also blessed with several outstandingly e e t (tourist) Information Centres d S see us again. 6 Modbury school a n rwell o o e beautiful beaches within a few miles of the first ‘plastic bag free’ town in Britain, with t v (aSH(t)IC), working together R s l i 7 Sports & Tennis field ss n S the town. many many towns now following our example. Modbury Information Centre to promote tourism in an k w A cc o y P Public Car Parks a r l rr B e area of outstanding natural Beauty. rr s aa t o B n Tuc ke 6 Our servICes INCLuDe: e r s P ck a B B k Booking accommodation, r . C o h t reet u t e r S o • locally and further afield ch 9 e 7 S k 3 t r 5 A 1 Transport information and timetables B r o ad S C tree t • Discount vouchers h 3 u P l P r oun l • for some local attractions c d e w aLnanee h Galpi 2 n L y a ay L S Ordnance survey maps waw tr nna a e u ne P et R 4 A • A Local Guide & History Books Scalders L 3 3 ane 7 • Postcards and Information Books 7 9 9 • Brochures for all local attractions C • ott l 5 Modbury Court, Modbury, Devon PL21 oQr ass La www.modburytic.org.uk ne [email protected] 2 telephone / fax 01548 830159 3 T here’s moor A o se T T moor than enough o seA There’s moor There’s for one season exquisite landscapes all year round Modbury is a thriving community twixt Dartmoor is used for a wide range of of Dartmoor with a qualified guide. The Moor & sea, some ten miles east of Plymouth. exhilarating, exciting and challenging programme also contains information on local Dartmoor National Park lies a short distance recreational pursuits and the upland landscape shows, markets, craft fairs, and many other away from the town and covering 368 square offers a superb backdrop for these activities. events organised by Dartmoor communities. miles it is the largest open space in Walking is perhaps the most popular way of Dartmoor’s towns and villages form an intrinsic southern england. enjoying Dartmoor National Park and the public part of the landscape.There are numerous It has wild open moorland, granite tors and can access large areas of open country as well attractions and places to stay where good food wooded river valleys. At its edge is a landscape as hundreds of miles of public rights of way. and drink, local produce and small shops offer a of small fields enclosed by stone walls and The National Park Authority’s Guided Walks warm welcome to visitors. hedge banks. The open spaces and sheltered and events Programme contains one and a for more information from valleys give pleasure to millions of people all half hour strolls, six hour rambles, events for Dartmoor national Park authority year round and for the Dartmoor farmers it is children, and many opportunities to learn telephone (01822) 890414 4 their place of work. about the ecology, history and archaeology or visit www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk.. 5 T The modbury song here’s moor A Chorus: Very near to the moor o se And close by the sea T Stands the little town of Modbury, Modbury, Modbury Stands the little town of Modbury 1. Surrounded by green hills High and low Some for pasture and some to sow T o seA Chorus 2. The roads that wind The lanes that charm There’s moor There’s With fleeting glimpse of cot and farm Chorus 3. Primroses grow, sweet violets peep Ours to cherish, ours to keep Chorus 4. The towering spire looks o’er the town Where quaint old streets go up and down Chorus 5. Of Modbury’s history we are proud And this we shall proclaim aloud! Chorus: Very near to the moor times And close by the sea Stands the little town of Modbury Modbury, Modbury Stands the little town of Modbury by... The Modbury song, by Geoffrey Timmis, was performed for the first time at the gone a brief history of modbury Primary school and on television for Modbury Fair when it was revived in 1971. The earliest documented history of Modbury is which symbolised the start of Modbury fair. battle fields fortified by a contingent from Plymouth, they There was constant quarrelling between the found in the Domesday book, where five manors This proclamation allowed for the temporary During the Civil Wars in 1642 and 1643 there allowed the greater part of the royalist force to vicar and the Prior, with the vicar burying in the Parish are listed: Motberia (Modbury), relaxation of various laws. were two battles fought in Modbury. The first escape down a lane which runs south westward parishioners in shallow graves under the Prior’s silfestan (shilston), Comba (spridlescombe), In 1971 the Fair was revived but without the battle was fought on the 18th November 1642. from the church, called to this day runaway windows, polluting the air, until ordered by the Lega (Leigh) and Orcartona (Orcheton). The cattle and the sheep and some of the old under the command of sir ralph Hopton, Lane, which today is part of Modbury`s network Bishop to desist. of beautiful walks. Name Modbury stems from the saxon Moot customs remembered. This is held during sir edmund Fortesque and a party of royalist In 1442 Henry vI dissolved the Priory. He Burgh, meaning a meeting place and from time the first week in May of each year where gentlemen, a local south Devon force was There is a tradition that the Parliament troops claimed the 485 acres of Priory lands, using their immemorial Modbury was a market town. events include a street market, the Modbury raised, making Modbury their headquarters. were quartered in the church after the battle revenues to help found his College at eton. Mile which is a race around the town for and wantonly destroyed every object of devotion The market bell (the site of which still exist The second battle of Modbury commenced at Extracts taken from A History of Modbury and both young and old, a parade, and many and antiquity. in the town today) announced at noon the the beginning of the following year. After the Modbury our Inheritance commencement of the weekly market, which other entertainments that can be enjoyed by royalists besieged Plymouth a decision was modbury Church residents and visitors alike. sold produce from the local farms that included made in Parliament to send forces to its relief. The first documented evidence of a church in eggs, butter and corn. The market became a On Monday 20th February 1643 the whole force Modbury occurs in the Geld roll of 1084, known focal point for the area in 1774 when a cattle numbering about 8,000 was concentrated at then as the Church of st Mary. A charter of 1140 and livestock market was established. These Kingsbridge and a party sent forward to seize confirms gifts to a Priory in Modbury. This was a events took place on the second Monday of and form an advanced post at the bridge at small cell comprising a Prior and two monks. The each month around the streets of Modbury. Aveton Gifford. The post was being held by Priory was entitled to the greater tithes of the sheep pens were set up outside the White approximately 2,000 royalist men and it was Parish. A vicar who was granted a smaller tithe Hart and pig pens sited outside the exeter Inn. many hours before they could drive the royalists was installed in the twelfth century, and held his In addition to its markets, Modbury became from their position. They retreated fighting field services in the nave, while the Prior officiated at well known for its two fairs, one held on st by field and eventually made their way through more frequent services in the Chancel.

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