South Devon and south Cornwall, with a full description of Dartmoor and the Isles of Scilly . trespassers. Chagford Church stands in a square, pleasantly-shaded church-yard in the higher part of the town. It is a handsome buildingon which much pains and money have been judiciously spent. Inthe chancel is a brass to Thomas Hayter, Bishop of London(1762), also the fine tomb (1575) to Sir John Whyddon. All theother monuments are memorials to Hayters. In the new church-yard is the old market cross, of which the top was until recentlyin a wall just outside the town, and the base used as a water-tro
South Devon and south Cornwall, with a full description of Dartmoor and the Isles of Scilly . trespassers. Chagford Church stands in a square, pleasantly-shaded church-yard in the higher part of the town. It is a handsome buildingon which much pains and money have been judiciously spent. Inthe chancel is a brass to Thomas Hayter, Bishop of London(1762), also the fine tomb (1575) to Sir John Whyddon. All theother monuments are memorials to Hayters. In the new church-yard is the old market cross, of which the top was until recentlyin a wall just outside the town, and the base used as a water-trough in the town. Sidney Godolphin was killed, according to tradition, in theporch of the Three Crowns, during an attack made upon Chagfordby the forces of the Parliament. Godolphin was helping to holdthe place for the king, and Clarendon, who describes him as ayoung gentleman of incomparable parts, says that but for hisdeath here, Chagford is a place which could never otherwisehave had a mention to the world. Charles Kingsley, whostayed at the Three Crowns, described it as a beautiful old. EXCURSIONS FROM CHAGFORD 153 mullioned and gabled Perpendicular inn. It was once theresidence of the Whyddons. %* Distances given for the following moorland excursionsare only approximate, and, as a criterion of the exertion entailed,are less instructive than the times, which are estimated for a goodwalker, a fair allowance being made for a leisurely observationof the various objects of interest met with on the way. Thefollowing is a list of these excursions and objects, all of which areafterwards described in the order given :—1. Rushford Mill and Castle, I hpln_ 2. Gidleigh Castle, j UC1UW* 3. Fingle Bridge, Drewsteignton, and Spinsters Rock, p. 154. 4. Castor Rock, the Gidleigh group of antiquities, and Cranmere Pool, p. 156. 5. Cawsand Beacon, p. 161. Grimspound and Widdecombe-in-the-Moor, p. 162. Lustleigh Cleave, Manaton, Bowermans Nose, Hound Tor,Becka Fall, all of which may be made
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