Peter Tavy
Village in Devon, England
Village
50°34′44″N 4°06′00″W / 50.579°N 4.100°W / 50.579; -4.100 Peter Tavy (/ˈteɪvi/) is a village 3 miles (4.8 km) along the A386, North-East of Tavistock, Devon, England; it is named after the River Tavy. St Peter's Parish Church is largely built of granite and has a buttressed west tower.
Near Peter Tavy Moor, marked by a granite post, is the grave of George Stephens (d. 1763), who is said to have committed suicide after losing the prospect of marriage to Mary Bray, a farmer's daughter.[1] He was buried outside the parish boundary, as was the custom for suicides, and it is said that his ghost still haunts the nearby moor to this day.[2]
At Willsworthy is a former manor house with a chapel (converted into a house).[3]
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Settlements of Dartmoor, Devon
- Ashburton
- Belstone
- Bovey Tracey
- Brentor
- Bridestowe
- Buckfastleigh
- Buckland-in-the-Moor
- Chagford
- Drewsteignton
- Gidleigh
- Haytor
- Hexworthy
- Holne
- Ilsington
- Ivybridge
- Lustleigh
- Lydford
- Manaton
- Mary Tavy
- Moretonhampstead
- North Bovey
- Okehampton
- Peter Tavy
- Ponsworthy
- Postbridge
- Poundsgate
- Princetown
- Shaugh Prior
- Sheepstor
- Sourton
- South Brent
- South Tawton
- South Zeal
- Sticklepath
- Tavistock
- Walkhampton
- Widecombe in the Moor
- Yelverton
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