posted by Charles H. Russo on Sep 24
Want to spend an hour or two in Totnes, Devon? It’s a lovely town, full of unexpected delights. Between May and September, each Tuesday morning local residents and traders wear Elizabethan style clothes to the “Elizabethan market.” Pictured above is a church tower in the town centre.
The name Totnes derives from the Saxon word for fort or a lookout on a ridge. Originally a fortified Saxon settlement, the town was built to protect upper reaches of the river from Viking raiding parties. It was one of the five Devon towns originally mentioned in the Domesday Book. The town
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