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1 6 JUBILEE HALL, CHAGFORD. TQ13 8DP 8DP TQ13 CHAGFORD. HALL, JUBILEE 3 2 the road where you turn left to return to the Square. the to return to left turn you where road the THE CHAGFORD HERITAGE CENTRE CENTRE HERITAGE CHAGFORD THE Follow the path through two kissing gates and continue over Padley Common until you reach reach you until Common Padley over continue and gates kissing two through path the Follow and annual pony sales market. sales pony annual and Published October 2018 by 2018 October Published 1 which was a garage until 1994. Behind it was once a livestock livestock a once was it Behind 1994. until garage a was which bars on the side window of Whiddons, which was once a post office. post a once was which Whiddons, of window side the on bars the entrance to the Memorial Playing Fields on your left. your on Fields Playing Memorial the to entrance the from this point, you will see the entrance to Stannary Place Place Stannary to entrance the see will you point, this from You will see the street ahead of you and as you pass towards the end of the Drang, note the the note Drang, the of end the towards pass you as and you of ahead street the see will You Follow the road to the left signposted Fernworthy Reservoir and continue past the houses to to houses the past continue and Reservoir Fernworthy signposted left the to road the Follow and walkers. Its population now is around 1,500. around is now population Its walkers. and see as you continue on your walk. Looking across the road road the across Looking walk. your on continue you as see and a number of hotels and boarding houses provided accommodation for tourists tourists for accommodation provided houses boarding and hotels of number a and at this point for a leat travelling over O’er Hill which you will will you which Hill O’er over travelling leat a for point this at the entrances to pigsties and stables. and pigsties to entrances the 2. Padley Common Padley 2. 4 more recent years, Chagford became a popular centre for visitors to Dartmoor, Dartmoor, to visitors for centre popular a became Chagford years, recent more Town water supply. It may also refer to the diversion of water water of diversion the to refer also may It supply. water Town doors on the right as you proceed down the Drang which were were which Drang the down proceed you as right the on doors The ruins of this factory can be seen in the field adjoining Chagford Bridge. In In Bridge. Chagford adjoining field the in seen be can factory this of ruins The as Turnlake which may be a corruption of Town Lake, the first first the Lake, Town of corruption a be may which Turnlake as right into Store St. known as the Drang Drang the as known St. Store into right . You will see small small see will . You at the junction. the at (4) Chagford had had Chagford “one of the most extensive serge manufactories in the West of England.” of West the in manufactories serge extensive most the of “one . This is known known is . This narrow very is pavement the as here care Take Cinema, until it closed in the1960s. Continue forward, then turn turn then forward, Continue the1960s. in closed it until Cinema, Chagford, retrace your steps back to Rushford Bridge and carry on up the road, turning right right turning road, the up on carry and Bridge Rushford to back steps your retrace Chagford, . walls granite low between running left your on stream lined 1920s it became Chagford’s main entertainment building, the Rex Rex the building, entertainment main Chagford’s became it 1920s Chagford Open Air Swimming Pool, situated beside Rushford Mill Farm. To return to to return To Farm. Mill Rushford beside situated Pool, Swimming Air Open Chagford up Mill Hill to be dried on wooden racks at Rack Park. Rack at racks wooden on dried be to Hill Mill up and Grade 2 listed. Continue a short distance to the granite granite the to distance short a Continue listed. 2 Grade and were called to arms at the beginning of the Great War. In the the In War. Great the of beginning the at arms to called were the path to the next bridge – Rushford Bridge. About 200 metres along to your left is is left your to along metres 200 About Bridge. Rushford – bridge next the to path the , then taken taken then , river the in rewashed and sulphur with purified washed, was it where Many of the cottages in New Street are 16 are Street New in cottages the of Many century century 17 & Sheared wool was brought to the factory factory the to brought was wool Sheared farmed. were sheep that meat their for concerts and money raising events, and where Chagford men men Chagford where and events, raising money and concerts from the early 19 early the from century. Cross the bridge, go through the gate on your right and follow follow and right your on gate the through go bridge, the Cross century. th th th centuries, it was for their wool as much as as much as wool their for was it centuries, 19 and 18 the In sheep. rearing for Assembly Rooms and it was here that people gathered for for gathered people that here was it and Rooms Assembly from which Chagford gets its name. Look back at the ruins of the woollen factory dating dating factory woollen the of ruins the at back Look name. its gets Chagford which from th th left then left again into New Street. New into again left then left y hills and farmland, Chagford was and still is, ideally placed placed ideally is, still and was Chagford farmland, b and is it hills as y Surrounded left of this driveway is a tall rendered building which was once the the once was which building rendered tall a is driveway this of left Follow the road signposted to Gidleigh. Turn right at the cross roads to the stone bridge bridge stone the to roads cross the at right Turn Gidleigh. to signposted road the Follow (built to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1936).Turn 1936).Turn in V George King of Jubilee Silver the commemorate to (built and the converted sheds where horses would be stabled. To the the To stabled. be would horses where sheds converted the and the town’s development and prosperity was wool. wool. was prosperity and development town’s the From the Heritage Centre, go left down the drive past the Jubilee Hall Hall Jubilee the past drive the down left go Centre, Heritage the From 1. Riverside Walk Riverside to the back of the Globe Inn. This leads into the coaching yard yard coaching the into leads This Inn. Globe the of back the to part from tin, the second most important industry leading to to leading industry important most second the tin, from A part Towns. Stannary hand side, behind Rock Cottage, you will see a cobbled entrance entrance cobbled a see will you Cottage, Rock behind side, hand o h tnayCuthl eryo rcenTr h ipitbtenthe between midpoint the Tor, Crockern on yearly held Court Stannary the for quite wet underfoot at certain times of the year. the of times certain at underfoot wet quite Retrace your steps and turn left at Stannary Place. On the right- the On Place. Stannary at left turn and steps your Retrace legislate on the miners’ laws, holding Stannary Court sessions and providing jurors jurors providing and sessions Court Stannary holding laws, miners’ the on legislate short circular routes, taking up to one hour each. Please be aware that these walks can be be can walks these that aware be Please each. hour one to up taking routes, circular short Chagford was a centre for tin mining and had the right to regulate tin mining and and mining tin regulate to right the had and mining tin for centre a was Chagford Alternatively, if time permits, you could return to the town from this point by one of two two of one by point this from town the to return could you permits, time if Alternatively, former slaughterhouse dated 1893. dated slaughterhouse former Your tour of Chagford ends here and you may wish to retrace your steps and explore further. explore and steps your retrace to wish may you and here ends Chagford of tour Your later, Plympton. Plympton. later, stray animals were kept until their owners paid for their return. Next to the Pound is the the is Pound the to Next return. their for paid owners their until kept were animals stray of the four Devon Stannary courts, the others being Tavistock, Ashburton and and Ashburton Tavistock, being others the courts, Stannary Devon four the of metres along on your right is a walled open area which was once the Town Pound where where Pound Town the once was which area open walled a is right your on along metres was converted to flats. to converted was it 2000s 15 granted Chagford its town charter in 1305. With this authority, the town held one one held town the authority, this With 1305. in charter town its Chagford granted Continue past the point where the houses end and New St. becomes Meldon Rd. About 200 200 About Rd. Meldon becomes St. New and end houses the where point the past Continue the late 19 late the century the building became a hotel and in the early early the in and hotel a became building the century Chagford Bridge now replaces the medieval ford crossing the River Teign.