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Yelverton or Elford-town -- Longstone -- The Elfords -- "The Silly / Doe" -- Mr. Collier on otter-hunting -- Sheeps Tor church -- The / reservoir -- The old vicarage -- The Bull-ring -- Rajah Brooke -- Roman's / Cross -- The Deancombe valley -- Coaches -- Down Tor stone row -- Nun's / Cross -- Roundy Farm -- Clakeywell Pool -- Strange voices -- Leather / Tor -- Drizzlecombe and its remains -- Old customs at Sheeps / Tor -- Meavy -- Church -- Marchant's Cross -- China-clay and William / Cookworthy -- The Dewerstone -- The Wild Huntsman -- Tavistock.
Yelverton is a corruption of Elford-town. The mansion near the station was formerly a seat of the Elfords of Sheeps Tor. The family is now extinct, at least in the neighbourhood where at one time it was of dignity and well estated. Yelverton is itself a mere collection of villa residences of Plymouth men of business, but it forms a convenient point of departure for many interesting expeditions.