A Description of the Part of Devonshire Bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy: Its Natural History, Manners, Customs, Superstitions, Scenery, Antiquities, Biography of Eminent Persons, &C. &C. in a

A Description Of The Part Of Devonshire Bordering On The Tamar And The Tavy: Its Natural History, Manners, Customs, Superstitions, Scenery, Antiquities, Biography Of Eminent Persons, &C. &C. In A Series Of Letters To Robert Southey, Esq by Anna Eliza Bray. This three-volume travelogue documents the western Devonshire town of Tavistock and its environs through a sequence of letters to the poet Robert Southey. The author, resident at the Vicarage in Tavistock, blends natural history with reminiscences, antiquarian research, local legends, and moral reflections. It explores Tavistock’s ancient abbey and abbey ruins, Saxon and Norman history, and the town’s notable figures—from Orgar and Ordulph to Elfrida, the abbey’s founders, to Drake, the Elizabethan navigator. The work interleaves topographical description of the Tavy, Dartmoor, and surrounding scenery with discussions of monastic life, religious reform, and the civil wars, while recording local customs, folklore, and biographical sketches of eminent residents.