15 Sep
Conservatory cleaning
Brixham - TQ5
Enquiry from: C
Start Date: Immediate
It leaks at the joint's not sure where its comulng from but this heavy rain is finding it
Issue: leaking roof
Dartmouth
Dartmouth is a community and also civil parish in the English area of Devon. It is a traveler location set on the western financial institution of the tidewater of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland regarding Totnes. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and South Hams district, and had a population of 5,512 in 2001, [1] reducing to 5,064 at the 2011 census There are two selecting wards in the Dartmouth area (Townstal & Kingswear). Their mixed populace at the above census was 6,822. In 1086, the Domesday Book details Dunestal as the only negotiation in the location which now comprises the church of Dartmouth. It was held by Walter of Douai. It paid tax on half a conceal, and had 2 plough groups, two servants, 5 villagers and 4 smallholders. There were six livestock, 40 sheep and also 15 goats. Currently Townstal (as the name became) was evidently a purely agricultural settlement, centred around the church. Walter of Douai rebelled versus William II, and also his lands were seized and also added to the honour of Marshwood (Dorset), which sublet Townstal as well as Dartmouth to the FitzStephens. It was most likely during the very early part of their proprietorship that Dartmouth began to grow as a port, as it was of calculated significance as a deep-water port for cruising vessels. The port was made use of as the cruising point for the Crusades of 1147 and 1190, and Warfleet Creek, near Dartmouth Castle is supposed by some to be named for the substantial fleets which assembled there. Dartmouth was a residence of the Royal Navy from the reign of Edward III and also was twice surprised and sacked during the Hundred Years War, after which the mouth of the tidewater was closed every evening with a terrific chain. The narrow mouth of the Dart is safeguarded by two prepared castles, Dartmouth Castle as well as Kingswear Castle. Initially Dartmouth's only dock was Bayard's Cove, a reasonably small location secured by a fort at the southern end of the town.
