Brentor is a village in
West Devon
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,
England
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. Its population in 2001 was 423. The village is dominated by the hill of
Brent Tor, topped by the village's church.
The origins of the name Brentor are
Southwestern Brittonic, an extinct Brythonic Celtic language related to Cornish, Welsh and Breton and spoken in isolated parts of Devon until the early Middle Ages. 'Bryn' and 'tor' translate to 'hill of the rock tower'. There is a farm near Brentor, which is named Brinsabach, from 'Bryn' and 'bach', meaning 'small hill' (named after the Tor).
The village used to be part of
Tavistock Hundred
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In mathematics
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Brentor railway station served the village. The topographer
William Crossing
William Crossing (1847–1928) was a writer and chronicler of Dartmoor and the lives of its inhabitants. He lived successively in South Brent, Brentor and Mary Tavy but died in Plymouth, Devon.
Early life
Crossing was born in Plymouth on 14 No ...
was for part of his life resident at Brentor.
Burnville House (or Farm) was built in about 1800 and is listed on the English Heritage Register
The parish church is St Michael of the Rock and was originally commissioned around 1130 by Robert Giffard; the lord of Lamerton and Whitchurch.
It was rebuilt in 1319 by
Tavistock Abbey
Tavistock Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Saint Mary and Saint Rumon, is a ruined Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine abbey in Tavistock, Devon. The Abbey was surrendered in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monaste ...
.
Restoration work was carried out in 1889.
References
External links
Brentor VillageBrentor at GENUKI
Villages in the Borough of West Devon
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