Totnes
Totnes is a town in South Devon, South West England. 7,800 people live there. It has many old buildings dating back to Tudor times, and it has the remains of a Norman castle. The town stands on the River Dart, at the highest point reached by the tide.
Totnes is well known in Britain for its large New Age community, although some of these people are moving away from the town. The town has many interesting shops selling health food and books, and there are also many art and craft shops.
A local legend says that Totnes was begun by Brutus of Troy after the Trojan war. There is a stone in the high street called the Brutus Stone. This is where people say he first stepped on British soil.
Totnes Media
The Brutus Stone in Fore Street
Totnes Guildhall This is the most important historic building Totnes still in public use today.*Originally a Benedictine Priory founded by Juhel of Totnes in 1088, the remains of the monastic buildings were given to the town through charter by Edward VI in 1553 for re-use as a Guildhall, a grammar school and a choristers' school. In 1624 the Guildhall was converted into a Magistrate's Court.
Eastgate in 2008, rebuilt after the 1990 fire that destroyed the original.
Shows the River Dart at Totnes in Devon looking upstream to the bridges
- Butterwalk
A plaque commemorating Seán O'Casey's residence in Totnes.
Other websites
- Tourist information Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Totnes Museum
- Totnes Community Magazine Archived 2021-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
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