Bovey Tracey Devon CAM

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Colourful Streets at Bovey Tracey Place: Bovey Tracey Category: Towns and Villages Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: Earlier in the year the flower boxes and tubs of flowers added dramatic splashes of colour to the already colourful houses at Bovey Tracey Photograph Added: 30th October 2007

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Imposing Granite at Bocey Tracey Place: Bovey Tracey Category: Towns and Villages Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: Bovey Tracey is a small market town, that is built of cob and granite and like other Devon towns it is often referred to as the gateways to Dartmoor. It is in fact the ideal place for exploring the southern edge of the moor and it is close to the fam...... Photograph Added: 30th October 2007

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Fierce Creature at Bovey Tracey Place: Bovey Tracey Category: Historic Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: It is often a good idea to look upwards when visiting Devon's towns and cities. The architecture is often embellished with weird and wonderful mythical creatures that have watched over the town for a long time. Photograph Added: 24th October 2007

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Old Cross at Bovey Tracey Place: Bovey Tracey Category: Heritage Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: The old market cross that stands close to the Town Hall was carefully restored as a War Memorial. Bovey Tracey has a long history which dates from the Saxon settlement times when it was known as Boffa Photograph Added: 24th October 2007

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Waterwheel Place: Bovey Tracey Category: Architecture Please select a size: 640x480 - 800x600 - 1024x768 About: Waterwheel at Bovey Tracey. Bovey Tracey is known at the Gateway to the moor because of its position at the edge of Dartmoor. Photograph Added: 12th October 2005

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About Bovey Tracey Devon.

Bovey Traceu is situated just over 6 miles north east of Ashburton.
Bovey Tracey is a small market town, very often referred to as the 'Gateway to Dartmoor' because of its proximity to the moor. Bovey Tracey is the ideal location for exploring Dartmoor, with its, fabulous walking terrain, rugged scenery and high tors, the most famous local outcrop on the moor is called Haytor.
The name Bovey is derived from the river Bovey which passes through the town. Tracey comes from the de Tracey family who were a Norman family from Traci near Bayeaux, who settled in the this area of Devon after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The most infamous member of the family was William de Tracey he is remembered as one of the knights who murdered Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. William is said to have rebuilt the town's church of St Peter, Paul and Thomas as penance for his part in the bloody murder.
The farmers Market at Bovey Traceu is held fortnightly in Union Square, in 'The Triangle'. It provides a delicious variety of local produce, including all varieties of meat, and fish as well as bread, dairy products, eggs, homemade cakes and refreshments. There is usually a variety of garden plants from the local area on sale.
Bovey Tracey is the location of the Headquarters of the Dartmoor National Park Authority which is based at Parke. In 1974 Major Hole left the house and estate to the National Trust and the Trust leases the house to the Park Authority.