ISBN: 1130846040

[EAN: 9781130846041], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,WORLD, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 60 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic boo… Meer...

[EAN: 9781130846041], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,WORLD, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 60 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: . . . country of Charles Kingsley and Robert Herrick, will be spoken of in the next chapter. X. --Dartmoor, and the Upper Dart, Holne Chase, and Ashburton. In the footsteps of John Dunning and William Giffard (Ashburton), John Ford (Ilsington), Charles Kingsley (Holne), Robert Herrick (Dean Prior), the Benedictines (Buckfastleigh), and James Anthony Froude (Dartington). IF Lynmouth, Lynton and the Lyn Valley can, with every show of reason, claim to be a British Switzerland, surely the greater part of the delightful stretch of river and woodland lying between Dartmeet and Ashburton is entitled to rank as the Devonian Highlands Ashburton, as a travel-centre, possesses advantages of the highest order. It is not only in direct railway commnuication with both the East and West, but to a natural position of almost incomparable loveliness it adds all the advantages which belong to a singular wealth of historical and antiquarian interest. It has often been called THE Gate of Dartmoor. and its very latest describer, who deals so felicitously with its literary associations, speaks of it as The magnificent gateway of Dartmoor Forest. If Ashburton finds no place in the index to A Book of Dartmoor, the omission is amply atoned for in A Book of the West, where ample justice is done to the pleasant centre, whence excursions may be made, and possessing an old-world flavour about it as though preserved in potpourri. The origin of Ashburton is lost in the dark ages which preceded the Roman invasion. Some have connected the first syllable of its name with the ash tree (so abundant in Holne Chase) and the ashen log reminiscent of Christmas, but Mr. Baring-Gould cuts all discussion short by telling us that Ashburton simply m. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2012, ISBN: 1130846040

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