DARTMOOR  , a high See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Its length is about 23 M. from N. to S. and its extreme breadth 20 m., the mean See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude being about 15oo ft . The See also:

• AREA

area exceeding l000 ft. in See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation is about 200 sq. m . It is the highest and easternmost in a broken See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of granitic elevations which extends through See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall to the Scilly Isles . The higher parts are open, See also:

• BLEAK, or BLICK (Alburnus lucidus)

bleak and See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild, strongly contrasting with the more See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle scenery of the well-wooded lowlands surrounding it . Sloping heights rise from the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main tableland in all directions, crested with broken masses of See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite, locally named tors, and often singularly fantastic in outline . The highest of these are Yes Tor and High Willhays in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-west, reaching altitudes of 2028 and 2039 ft . Large parts of the See also:

• MOOR

moor, especially in the centre, are covered with morasses ; and See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of all the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal streams of Devonshire (q.v.) are found here . Two main roads See also:

• CROSS

cross the moor, one between See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter and See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, and the other between See also:

• ASHBURTON
• ASHBURTON, ALEXANDER BARING
• ASHBURTON, JOHN DUNNING, 1ST

Ashburton and See also:

• TAVISTOCK

Tavistock, intersecting at Two See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

Bridges . Both avoid the higher See also:

• PART

part of the moor, which, for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, is traversed only in part by a few rough tracks . The central part of Dartmoor was a royal See also:

• FOREST

forest from a date unknown, but apparently anterior to the See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest . Its See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods were formerly more extensive than now, but a few small tracts in which See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf oaks are characteristic remain in the See also:

• LOWER

lower parts .

Previous to 1337, the forest had been granted to See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard, See also:

• EARL

earl of Cornwall, by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III., and from that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time onward it has belonged to the duchy of Cornwall . The districts immediately surrounding the moor are called the Venville or Fenfield districts . The origin of this name is not clear . The holders of See also:

• LAND

land by Venville See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure under the duchy have rights of pasture, fishing, &c. in the forest, and their main See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty is to " drive " the moor at certain times in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to ascertain what head of See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle are pastured thereon, and to prevent trespassing . The antiquarian remains of Dart-moor are considered among those of Devonshire . Dartmoor convict See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, near Princetown, was adapted to its See also:

• PRESENT

present purpose in 185o ; but the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original buildings were erected in 18o9 for the See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French prisoners . A See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of moorland adjacent to the prison has been brought under cultivation by the inmates . See S . Rowe, Perambulation of the . . . forest of Dartmoor (Plymouth, 1848) ; J . L . W .

See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

Page, Exploration of Dartmoor (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1889) ; S . See also:

• BARING

Baring-See also:

• GOULD, AUGUSTUS ADDISON (,8o5-1866)
• GOULD, BENJAMIN APTHORP (1824-1896)
• GOULD, JAY (1836-1892)
• GOULD, SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS (1844- )

Gould, See also:

• BOOK

Book of Dartmoor (London, 1900) .