| A town of just over eleven thousand people, | | | | of shopping and entertainment venues for visitors |
| Tavistock is a lively little market town located on the | | | | and residents. The town also supports a great |
| River Tavy in the English County of Devon. Deriving | | | | number of outlying villages and a thriving local farm |
| its name from the name of the river, the town can | | | | community. It is still an important town in trade and is |
| trace its history as far back as the year 961. The | | | | rapidly becoming a dormitory area for commuters to |
| town was founded with the construction of | | | | Plymouth. Due to its pleasant rural location, it is also |
| Tavistock Abbey, the ruins of which are now found | | | | becoming a popular place for retired people. |
| in the middle of the town. The town is also notable | | | | The most notable site of interest is Tavistock Abbey |
| as being the birthplace and hometown of Sir Francis | | | | which are the ruins of a Benedictine Abbey and the |
| Drake. | | | | centre of the town. Although not much remains of it, |
| During medieval times and beyond, the town was | | | | it is amongst the most significant abbeys in the area |
| important in the trade of corn and cattle and also the | | | | and it is absolutely integral to the history of the |
| nearby mining industries. At the end of medieval | | | | town. |
| times, the town became important in the trade of | | | | Tavistock is home to a number of entertainment |
| cloth. It also miraculously survived the Black Death of | | | | options and is a popular place to stop and state for |
| 1625, with only fifty-two people dying. Tavistock | | | | exploring the local area. There are a number of places |
| continued to boom in the following centuries and | | | | for walking and camping near to the town which |
| even more so with the coming of the railway in 1859. | | | | have proven particularly popular amongst tourists. |
| Today Tavistock is a lively town with an abundance | | | | |