Peter Tavy

Peter Tavy
Village
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Coordinates: 50.579°N 4.100°W / 50.579; -4.100

Peter Tavy (/ˈteɪvi/) is a village 3 miles (4.8 km) along the A386, northeast of Tavistock, Devon, England. It is named after the River Tavy. St Peter's Parish Church is largely built of granite and has a buttressed west tower.

Near Peter Tavy Moor, marked by a granite post, is the grave of George Stephens (d. 1763), who is said to have committed suicide after losing the prospect of marriage to Mary Bray, a farmer's daughter.^[1] He was buried outside the parish boundary, as was the custom for suicides, and it is said that his ghost still haunts the nearby moor to this day.^[2]

At Willsworthy is a former manor house with a chapel (converted into a house).^[3]

The village has a 15th-century inn, the Peter Tavy Inn.^[4]

References

1. Williams, Michael (1984) Unknown Devon. St Teath: Bossiney Books
2. Adams, Gillian (14 December 2019). "Cox Tor and Stephen's Grave - Gillian Adams enjoys some tours of some tors". Western Morning News.
3. Pevsner, N. (1952) South Devon. Penguin Books
4. Hancock, David (2006). Pubs and Inns of England and Wales. Alastair Sawday's Special Places Pubs & Inns of England & Wales. Alastair Sawday. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-901970-71-5. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

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