English Heritage sites near Mary Tavy Parish
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
3 miles from Mary Tavy Parish
Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th-century tower on a mound, built as a prison.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
4 miles from Mary Tavy Parish
The group of monuments at Merrivale is one of the finest on Dartmoor: side by side here are the remains of a Bronze Age settlement and a complex of ritual sites.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
8 miles from Mary Tavy Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
DUPATH WELL
10 miles from Mary Tavy Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
10 miles from Mary Tavy Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
LAUNCESTON CASTLE
11 miles from Mary Tavy Parish
Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest, unusual in that during rebuilding one tower was constructed with the remains of the older.
Churches in Mary Tavy Parish
St Mary
Mary Tavy
Tavistock
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A thousand years ago, there was a record of just one settlement called "Taui" & it was only after the 2 churches of St Peter & St Mary were founded that our village started to be known as Mary Tavy. The church is a typical Dartmoor perpendicular style; although Roger de Okeston was named as rector in 1270, earliest parts of the current building date from the 15th century. Further changes were made to the interior in the 1890s with some typical work by the Pinwill sisters.
In the reign of Queen Victoria, the Buller family held sway in the village & it was the so-called Oxford movement which informed their style of worship. That, which we now often refer to as Anglo-Catholicism, places high store on the sacraments & nearly all services are eucharistic, some with incense. Many midweek church feast days are also commemorated, please see our website for details.
Probably the most well-known occupant of the churchyard is William Crossing, whose "Guide to Dartmoor" and extensive writings about the Moor remain valuable reference works for walkers & visitors.
Pubs in Mary Tavy Parish
Elephant's Nest Inn
Horndon, Horndon, Mary Tavy, PL19 9NQ
(01822) 810273
elephantsnest.co.uk
Mary Tavy Inn
Lane Head, Mary Tavy, PL19 9PN
(01822) 810326
marytavyinn.co.uk/
Scrumptious
The spacious interior contains a central bar with sofas and chairs, and two other versatile areas. One is a dedicated Family Room, the other for the restaurant, seating, darts and TV. There are slate floors in the bar, with a fire and woode...