Tavistock, Devon, England

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civil parish market town

Tavistock, Devon, England is a historic market town on the River Tavy in southwest England, best known as the birthplace of the Elizabethan seafarer and explorer Sir Francis Drake.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil parish → market town →
birthplaceOf	Sir Francis Drake →
ceremonialCounty	Devon →
country	England →
distanceToPlymouth	about 15 miles north →
economy	market and service centre for surrounding rural area → retail and small businesses → tourism →
governedBy	West Devon Borough Council →
hasEducationalInstitution	Tavistock College →
hasEvent	Tavistock Farmers’ Market → Tavistock Goose Fair →
hasFeature	Victorian architecture → historic pannier market → medieval street pattern →
hasHeritageStatus	World Heritage Site component →
hasLandmark	Bedford Square → Guildhall and Police Station → Sir Francis Drake statue → Tavistock Abbey ruins → Tavistock Town Hall →
hasMarketCharterSince	10th century →
hasOSGridReference	SX 480 740 →
hasPostcodeArea	PL →
hasPostTown	TAVISTOCK →
hasReligiousBuilding	St Eustachius Church →
hasRiver	River Tavy →
hasTransport	A386 road →
hasTwinTown	Gernika-Lumo, Spain → Pontivy, France →
historicallyAssociatedWith	Tavistock Abbey → copper mining → tin mining →
historicCounty	Devon →
locatedIn	Devon → South West England →
locatedNear	Dartmoor National Park →
locatedOnRiver	River Tavy →
nearbyCity	Plymouth →
notableFor	birthplace of Sir Francis Drake → historic market tradition → role in Cornish and Devon mining history →
partOf	Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site →
region	South West England →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Francis Drake →	placeOfBirth