Author's note: For my wife and I, England will always hold a special place in our hearts. Our ancestors were from England, the Isle of Sheppey and Norwich, Norfolk. The country is a part of us. We love to visit there and see the wondrous and beautiful countrysides and cities. These pictures are taken and provided by my good and close friend, Bob, whose photographs catch the splendid beauty and atmosphere of England's landscape. My personal thanks to him for these wonderful photo-views of our land.

"BRENT-TOR, or Brentor, is a parish of scattered houses, from 4 to 5 miles N. of Tavistock, containing 169 souls, and 2180 acres of land, rising in bold hills on the western confines of Dartmoor. The Duke of Bedford is lord of the manor, which formerly belonged to Tavistock Abbey, but part of the soil belongs to the Carpenter, Hoblin, Brandreth, Weeks, and other families. . . . The Church (St. Michael,) is a very small and ancient structure, standing on the summit of the conical tor, or rocky hill, which rises abruptly on an elevated down. It has a tower and three bells, and has recently been re-pewed. . . . Tradition says it was built by a merchant, who, being overtaken by a storm at sea, vowed, if he landed safely in Plymouth Sound, he would erect a church on the first point of land he saw. In ancient records it is called St. Michael de Rupe.. . . The Duke of Bedford is patron, and the Rev. E.A. Bray, of Tavistock, is the incumbent. . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]