From Dave Brewer (2002) Dartmoor Boundary Markers, Halsgrove .....

"1 April 1987 saw ... the creation of four new parishes in the Borough of West Devon .............. Dartmoor Forest, Lydford, Sticklepath .............. Gulworthy." p.187.

"Brentor's bounds, too, were changed in 1987, but parts are still those of Saxon origin. .............. The 1987 changes involved the loss of a portion of land to Lydford north of the River Lyd, and the acquisition of a thin strip of land on its eastern boundary" p. 190.

Another stone at SX 49621 82107, the "B" signifies Brentor Parish .....

SX 49954 82437 ................. and Brent Tor is over there .....

13th Century Church of St. Michael de Rupe, on Brent Tor.

Another boundary stone at SX 49954 82437 .....

Stream at SX 50086 82502.

Was Tor, SX 50000 82958, elevation 253 m (830 feet) .....

..... and beyond the fence, under the trees, is a disused railway, part of the South Devon & Tavistock Railway: "The northern section of the Branch, between Tavistock and Launceston, in Cornwall, was officially opened on Thursday June 1st 1865, although public services did not begin until Saturday July 1st.  It, too, was worked by the South Devon Railway.  Intermediate stations were opened that day at Mary Tavy & Blackdown, Lydford, Coryton, and Lifton."

History of Mary Tavy - The Railway Station: "The first line to reach Mary Tavy was Brunel's broad gauge railway in 1865. It was the furthest west that the railway had got at the time and was South Devon's northen extension from Tavistock to Lydford. It then headed west down the Lyd valley to Launceston and beyond. (These early trains ran on track that was just over 7 feet wide. Although designed by Brunel, the railway was run by the South Devon Railway until financial difficulties in 1876 lead to a takeover by the Great Western Railway. Brunel's broad gauge network was converted in 1892 to run on the narrower 'standard' 4ft 8.5 ins gauge introduced by Robert Stevenson.). When a rival railway company, the London and South Western Railway, extended their Okehampton line south to Tavistock in 1874, Mary Tavy got a second line but there was no station. Those that wanted to go to Okehampton by train would have had to change lines at Lydford where both railway companies had stations."

Sign at the end of the 'leg' across the Down.

Snowdrops Galanthus nivalis = snowy milk blossom (because each flower is thought to resemble a droplet of milk), also called �Fair-maids-in-February� or "Candlemas Bells" (named after Candlemas, 2^nd February).

Looking right, over the first railway bridge ..... out there was Lydford Station, at SX 5026 8293 .....

Looking back to the first (T&DR, which became the L&SDR) bridge, with the open Down behuind .....

Over the bridge, turn left for this sign .....

Entrance to the stables: was this where Lydford Station was?

The second (GWR) bridge .....

View to the right, from the bridge.

View to the left, to the west.

Signs along the way, with part of the GWR bridge in view.

Was Tor Chapel, now a private house ....

The house name plaque.

Approaching .....

Wastor Farm.

Ceylon and Batavia holiday cottages. 

Public footpath at the back of Wastor Farm (my photograph of the farm did not work) .....

Zoomed view.

Odd land form at the edge of the field, the footpath is at the left.

Scene along the way.