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Beatrice Chase (5 July 1874 – 3 July 1955) was the pen name for a British writer known during the first half of the 20th century for her Dartmoor-based novels.Her real name was Olive Katharine Parr, and she claimed to be directly descended from William Parr, the brother of Katharine, the sixth wife of Henry VIII.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Novels set on Dartmoor" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The complex and picturesque life which goes on in the parish of Christowell is the theme of the novel. [2] The story begins with the garden where resides “Captain Larks,” alias Mr. Arthur, who is neither Mr. Arthur nor "Captain Larks," [3] but a mysterious soldier who renounced his own good name to save one who was his brother and fellow officer from disgrace. [4]
Arms of Cabell: Vert fretty argent, over all a fess gules [1] Richard Cabell (died 5 July 1677), of Brook Hall, in the parish of Buckfastleigh on the south-eastern edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, [1] is believed to be the inspiration for the wicked Hugo Baskerville, "the first of his family to be hounded to death when he hunted an innocent maiden over the moor by night", [2] one of the central ...
Run Wild, Run Free (also known as The White Colt and Philip) is a 1969 British drama film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring John Mills.The film was written by David Rook, based on his novel The White Colt, and shot on location in Dartmoor, Devon, England.
St Raphael's Church at Huccaby which contains a memorial to Sayer's mother, Olive Munday. Sayer's grandfather was Robert Burnard (1848–1920), who with Sabine Baring-Gould performed the first scientific excavations of ancient monuments on Dartmoor, including Grimspound; and who was one of the founding members in 1883 of the Dartmoor Preservation Association.
From a Dartmoor Cot. London, 1906; Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor. Plymouth, 1909. (Republished 1990, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot, ISBN 1-872640-16-8) Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, the 1912 edition reprinted with new introd. by Brian Le Messurier. Dawlish: David & Charles, 1965 (The third edition was published at Exeter in 1914 and was still in ...
Samuel Rowe (11 November 1793 – 15 September 1853) was a farmer's son who became a bookseller, vicar and antiquarian of Devon, England.He is known for his Perambulation of Dartmoor, which for many years was the standard work on the prehistoric and later sites to be found on the moor.