 The town seen from the River Dart Dartmouth is a town in Devon in the south-west of England. It is a major tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
Dartmouth, seen from the River Dart. ...
Dartmouth, seen from the River Dart. ...
The inner harbour, Brixham, south Devon, at low tide Devon is a large county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked...
A Tourist destination is a city, town or other area the economy of which is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from Tourism. ...
The River Dart The River Dart is a river in Devon, UK. The river rises on Dartmoor, as two separate branches (the East Dart and West Dart), which join at Dartmeet. ...
RIA can stand for: Royal Irish Academy Rich Internet Application Research into Ageing Radioimmunoassay Regional Intelligence Analyst Research Institute of America RIA, the National Rail code for Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station, Wales. ...
Map sources for Totnes at grid reference SX805605 Arms of Totnes Town Council Totnes (TOTness - emphasis on the first syllable) is a market town in South Devon, England. ...
Historically, Dartmouth was of great strategic importance as a deep-water port for sailing vessels. The port was used as the sailing point for the crusades of 1147 and 1190, and a creek close to Dartmouth Castle is still named for the vast fleets which assembled there (Warfleet Creek). It was a home of the English navy since the reign of Edward III and was twice surprised and sacked during the Hundred Years' War, after which the mouth of the estuary was closed every night with a great chain. The narrow mouth of the Dart is protected by two fortified castles, Dartmouth Castle and Kingswear Castle. Warfleet Creek is a small triangular tidal inlet in the west side of the River Dart estuary in England. ...
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. ...
A map of Europe in the 1430s, near the end of the Hundred Years War The Hundred Years War is the name modern historians have given to what was actually a series of related conflicts, fought over a 116-year period, between England and France, and later Burgundy; beginning in...
Dartmouth Castle is one of a pair of forts, the other being Kingswear Castle, that guard the mouth of the Dart estuary in Devon, England. ...
Kingswear Castle was built between 1491 - 1502, as an artillery tower for use with heavy cannon. ...
 Part of the town's river front In 1373 Geoffrey Chaucer visited and among the pilgrims in his Canterbury Tales The River Dart, seen from Dartmouth. ...
The River Dart, seen from Dartmouth. ...
Chaucer: Illustration from Cassells History of England, circa 1902. ...
A schipman was ther, wonyng fer by weste; For ought I wost, he was of Dertemouthe. Notwithstanding Dartmouth's connections with the crown and respectable society, it was a major base for privateering (what would today be termed piracy) in medieval times.
The town is dominated by the Royal Navy Officer Training college (Britannia Royal Naval College) and all officers of the Royal Navy, as well as many foreign navies, are trained there. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ...
Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), Dartmouth, is the location of initial officer training in the Royal Navy, and is located on a hill overlooking the town of Dartmouth in the county of Devon, England. ...
The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta takes place annually over three days at the end of August.
Originally Dartmouth's only wharf was Bayard's Cove, a relatively small but picturesque area protected by a fort at the southern end of the town. Bayards Cove has been used in several television productions, because of its 18th century buildings; photographs are on show in the Dartmouth Arms public house. The made up embankment which today extends the whole length of the town's river front is the result of nineteenth century land reclamation, started in earnest when the town played host to a large number of prisoners of war from the Napoleonic wars which formed a captive workforce. Prior to this, what is now the town centre was almost entirely tidal mud flats.
Henry Hudson put into Dartmouth on his return from America, and was promptly arrested for sailing under foreign flag. The Pilgrim Fathers put into Dartmouth's Bayard's Cove, en-route from Southampton to America. They rested a while before setting off on their journey in the Mayflower and the Speedwell on the 20th August 1620. About 300 miles west of Land's End, they realised that the Speedwell was unseaworthy and returned to Plymouth. The Mayflower departed alone to complete the crossing to Cape Cod. Bold text . No portrait of Hudson is known to be in existence. ...
This article is about the colonists of North America. ...
Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ...
Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882) The Mayflower was the ship which transported the Pilgrims from Plymouth, England to North Virginia (which later became part of the United States of America) in 1620, leaving Plymouth on September 6 and dropping anchor near Cape Cod on November 11 (both...
The Speedwell was a 60 ton ship, the smaller of the two ships (along with Mayflower) intended to carry the Pilgrim Fathers to America. ...
Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. ...
Lands End (Cornish name: Pedn a Wollaz) is a headland on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance, Cornwall, at the extreme south-western tip of the British mainland. ...
Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ...
Thomas Newcomen, the inventor of the steam pumping engine was born in Dartmouth in 1663. The location of his house in Lower Street is marked with a plaque, although the building itself was demolished (and reconstructed on Ridge Hill) in the nineteenth century to make way for a new road which was named after Newcomen. An eighteenth century working Newcomen engine is on display in the town. Thomas Newcomen (baptised February 24, 1664; died August 5, 1729) was a blacksmith, plumber, and tinsmith by trade, and a baptist lay preacher by calling. ...
Diagram of the Newcomen steam engine Thomas Newcomens atmospheric engine, today referred to as a Newcomen steam engine, was the first practical device to harness the power of steam to produce mechanical work. ...
// Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ...
The town contains a number of historic buildings, the most obvious of which is the Butterwalk, built 1635 - 1640. Its intricately carved wooden fascia is supported on impressive granite columns. Charles II held court in the Butterwalk whilst sheltering from storms in 1671 in a room which now forms part of Dartmouth Museum. Much of the interior survives from that time, as does at least one ghost.
The town was an ancient borough, granted by Edward III, known formally as Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness, and consisting of the three parishes of St Petrox, St Saviour and Townstall. [1] It was reformed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. The town returned its own member of parliament from the thirteenth century until being disenfranchised in 1868. It remained a municipal borough until 1974, when it was merged into the South Hams district, and became a civil parish with a town council. Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. ...
The Municipal Reform Act 1835 required members of town councils (municipal corporations) to be elected by ratepayers and councils to publish their financial accounts. ...
A borough is a political division originally used in England. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...
South Hams is a local government district on the south coast of Devon, England. ...
In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...
The remains of a fort at Gallants Bower just outside the town are some of the best preserved remains of a civil war defensive structure. The fort was built by Royalist occupation forces in c1643 to the south east of the town, with a similar fort at Mount Ridley on the opposite slopes of what is now Kingswear. The parliamentarian General Fairfax attacked from the North in 1646, taking the town and forcing the Royalists to surrender, after which Gallants Bower was demolished. Kingswear is a village in the South Hams area of South Devon, residing on the east bank of the River Dart. ...
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In the latter part of World War II the town was a base for American forces, and one of the major departure points for Utah beach in the D Day landings. Much of the surrounding countryside was closed to the public while it was used by US troops for practise landings and manoeuvres. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...
No railway has ever run to Dartmouth, but the town does have a railway station, although it is now a restaurant. The original plans for the Great Western Railway line took the line across a bridge and into the town. Opposition from local seamen and merchants saw the route diverted to Kingswear on the opposite side of the river, but this occurred after the station had been built at Dartmouth. The railway terminated at a station called "Kingswear for Dartmouth" (now on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway) and a ferry took passengers accross the river to the station at Dartmouth, which had a dedicated pontoon. It is believed to be the only place in the world with a purpose built railway station which has never seen a train. The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...
Kingswear is a village in the South Hams area of South Devon, residing on the east bank of the River Dart. ...
Situated in Devon and arguably one of the most picturesque lines in England, the standard gauge Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway operates from Paignton to Kingswear along the former Great Western Railway branch line. ...
The town was home to the civil engineer and mathematical genius George Parker Bidder (1806 - 1878), who is famous for his work on railways over much of the world, as well as the docks of the East End of London. Bidder served on the town council, and his expertise was instrumental in draining the area which is now the centre of the town, but was then part of the river Dart. He also undertook pioneering work on steam trawling whilst living in the town. Bidder died at his home at Paradise Point near Warfleet Creek and is buried at nearby Stoke Fleming. The River Dart The River Dart is a river in Devon, UK. The river rises on Dartmoor, as two separate branches (the East Dart and West Dart), which join at Dartmeet. ...
Warfleet Creek is a small triangular tidal inlet in the west side of the River Dart estuary in England. ...
 Kingswear seen from Dartmouth Kingswear, looking across the River Dart from Dartmouth. ...
Kingswear, looking across the River Dart from Dartmouth. ...
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