Tavistock (Devon)
| Tavistock | |||
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 Tavistock town center |
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| Basic data | |||
| status | Town | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Administration County | Devon | ||
| Administrative headquarters | Exeter | ||
| population | 11,018 (2001 census) | ||
| ONS code | PL19 | ||
| Website | www.tavistock.gov.uk | ||
Tavistock is a small town on Tavy in west Devon . The river was the reason for the name. The city has a population of approximately 11,000. The history of the city starts at 961 when the Abbey Tavistock Abbey, whose ruins lie in the modern city center, was founded.
The megalithic complex of Merrivale (also Merivale) is located in Dartmoor National Park near the B3357 at Tavistock.
Personalities
- Francis Drake (around 1540–1596), privateer and explorer
- William Browne (around 1590 – around 1645), shepherd poet
- William Weekes Fowler (1849–1923), clergyman and entomologist
- John Surman (* 1944), jazz musician and composer
- Angela Mudge (* 1970), mountain and cross-country runner
- Andy Hicks (* 1973), professional snooker player since 1991
Twin cities
Web links
Commons : Tavistock, Devon - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Tavistock Town Council , official website (English)
- Devon County Information ( Memento of March 2, 2008 on the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Twin Towns in the UK ( Memento February 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). In: twinning.org.uk. Dorset Twinning Association, December 2, 2008, accessed December 2, 2017.
- ^ Tavistock (England). In: celle.de. City of Celle, accessed December 2, 2017 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ N , 4 ° 8 ′ 41 ″ W.