Yelverton is a huge town on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. When Yelverton train station (on the Great Western Railway (GWR) line from Plymouth to Tavistock) opened in the 19th century, the village came to be a preferred residence for Plymouth commuters. The railway is currently closed, yet the Plym Valley Railway has reopened a section of it. Yelverton is well known for Roborough Rock - a prominent mass of stone close to the Plymouth road on the fringe of nearby Roborough Down, near the southern end of the landing strip. It gave its name to the Rock Hotel, constructed as a ranch throughout the Elizabethan period, however converted in the 1850s to cater for expanding tourist in the location. The location to the south as well as west of the roundabout at the centre of the town was cleared up in late Victorian and also Edwardian times, with several grand and opulent rental properties. A location created at concerning the exact same time on a strange shaped parcel to the south of the Tavistock road is referred to as Leg o' Mutton Corner. At the beginning of the Second World War, a landing field (RAF Harrowbeer) was built at nearby Harrowbeer as a fighter station for the air defence of Devonport Dockyard as well as the Western Approaches. A 19th century terrace of houses, currently mainly converted into stores, had to have its upper storey eliminated to give a less complicated technique. One high structure which was not altered was St. Paul's Church, yet the tower was struck by a plane, leading to a warning light being fitted. The format of the paths is still extremely clear and although they are significantly grassed over, the many planet and brick safety bunkers developed to safeguard the boxers from strike on the ground are all still in place. Some American airmen and anti-aircraft battery units were stationed here throughout the second half of the battle. A plane carrying President Roosevelt landed right here when its original location was fogbound.