The Book of Chagford - A Town Apart

Boasting a mere 1500 inhabitants and remotely located on the north-eastern slopes of Dartmoor, many woul docnsider Chagford somewhat presumpsuous in calling itself a town. But that it most certainly is - and has been since 1305 when it received its charter as a stannary town. It is the close proximity of Dartmoor that has determined Chagford's rich history from its original settlemernt as a fording-place of the River Teign on the route into the high moor, through the centuries as a farming community and a centre of first the Dartmoor tin and subsequently the woollen trades. This book celebrates Chagford's community back over the years, through photographs, reminiscences and anecdotes...