CHAPTER VII.
TIVERTON
TIVERTON, or, as it was originally called, Twyford, takes its name from being planted between the Exe and the Loman (Gael. limoh, smooth or sluggish[1]), which are here fordable. It rises picturesquely above the Exe, and the height when crowned with castle as well as church must have presented a remarkably fine group of towers. The main castle tower was, however, pulled down and left as a stump about thirty-five years ago.
The castle was a great Courtenay stronghold, and occupied a site that had doubtless been previously fortified. There is, however, a large and strong earthwork, Cranmore, that occupies the height above Collipriest and looks down upon the town.
At Hensleigh, a hamlet to the west of the town, is a spot called "The Seven Crosses." The origin
- ↑ The same in Loch Lomond and in Lake Leman, in the Lyme in Dorsetshire, and the Learn by Leamington.
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