About Tavistock

Tavistock the award winning Market Town in South West England An ancient stannary (tin-assaying and in-marketing) town, Tavistock derives its name from the Saxon Tau-Vechan- Stoke (the River Tavy being called TauVechan by the Britons
Tavistock is a market town providing shopping and some entertainment for its residents as well as many outlying villages and the local farming community, as well as forming a centre for the West Devon and Dartmoor tourist trade. It is also a fast growing dormitory area for commuters working in Plymouth.There is a sizeable and rapidly growing retired community, perhaps drawn by the rural tranquility and scenery, giving Tavistock an average resident age of 44 (one of the highest average ages in Devon
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* Gateway to Cornwall and West Devon mining World Heritage sites
* Tavistock stands in the heart of an area of tremendous natural beauty
* A classic West Country Market Town, with a population of 11,000 and a shoppers delight

Tavistock lies on the south west edge of Dartmoor National Park in Devon UK, approximately 24 miles north of the city of Plymouth.
The population is approximately 11,000 with 600 new dwellings due to be completed in 2007.

Tavistock holds many awards including, Westcountry Winners Best Local Food Awards 2006, No1 Market Town in the UK, Tavistock Famers Market voted best in the west.

More information on Tavistock available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavistock,_Devon

TAVISTOCK, a market town in the Tavistock parliamentary division of Devonshire, England, in the valley of the Tavy, on the western border of Dartmoor; 162 m. N. of Plymouth, on the Great Western and the London and South Western railways. Pop. of urban district (Igor), 4728. There are some remains (including a portion in the square, now used as a public library established in 1799) of the magnificent abbey of St Mary and St Rumon, founded in 961 by Orgar, earl of Devon. After destruction by the Danes in 997 it was restored, and among its famous abbots, were Lyfing, friend of Canute, and Aldred, who crowned Harold II.....

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