Brentor
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Brent Tor, a prominent hill.
Proper noun[edit]
Brentor
- A civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England.
Usage notes[edit]
There is no village actually named Brentor, there is one named North Brentor, with a hamlet known as South Brentor near Brent Tor, the hill. Brentor did appear as a location in the South Brentor area on an Ordnance Survey map published in 1946,[1] but not on later maps. South Brentor is shown on OS Explorer map 112 (Launceston & Holsworthy) September 2015 edition.
References[edit]
- ^ One-inch Map of England & Wales, Sheet 175 Okehampton: Ordnance Survey Office, Chessington 1946