holy street mill Chagford is a small town and civil parish on the northeast edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the Ri
Chagford is a small town and civil parish on the northeast edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the River Teign. The name Chagford is derived from the word chag, meaning gorse or broom, and the ford suffix indicates its importance as a crossing place on the River Teign. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,470. Archaeological remains confirm that a community has existed here for at least 4,000 years. In historical times, Chagford grew due to the wool trade and from tin mining in the area, and in 1305 was made a stannary town where tin was traded. A cattle market in the town survived until the 1980s. Today Chagford is a thriving community with an unusually wide range of shops for a town of this size. The two large hardware stores in the town square have been run by the same two families for many years. There are four pubs and hotels within the town - the Globe, the Bullers Arms, the Ring O'Bells and the Three Crowns Hotel - and the Sandy Park Inn lies a mile or two outside the town, within the parish. The town has two restaurants - Whiddons and 22 Mill Street. There are numerous guest houses and hotels in the surrounding countryside, including Mill End Hotel within Chagford parish and Gidleigh Park Hotel in the adjacent Gidleigh parish. These provide accommodation for the large influx of visitors during the year. The 20th century Castle Drogo lies nearby in Drewsteignton parish, and overlooks Chagford.
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