Chagford, Market Place 1906
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Chagford is a tiny market town on the eastern slopes of Dartmoor, close to the upper reaches of the river Teign. With its jumble of streets and pleasing buildings of local moorstone, it has long been popular with visitors. Alongside the market place is the renowned Three Crowns Inn, where the poet Sidney Godolphin was shot during the Civil War.

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Memories of Chagford, Market Place 1906

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Chagford, Market Place 1906

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I was a pupil at Holystreet from 1956 till it closed as a school a few years later. I have vivid memories of Miss Watson and Miss Thompson, also Miss Wyatt and Mrs Ruegg. It was a beautiful place for a school, I remember the chilly dips in the river and many nature walks in the grounds, the lovely chapel and the wisteria arch at the back where we had an afternoon rest. I also remember getting my knuckles rapped, ...see more