A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF TORRE ABBEY, TORQUAY, DEVONSHIRE

With Illustrations and Revised Ground PlanIn 1580, Sir Hugh Pollard s grandson conveyed the property by deed to Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy.In 1599, Thomas Ridgeway, ancestor of the Earls of Londonderry, bought the Whole estate.In 1653, Sir John Stowell, of Bovey Tracey, bought part of the estate, including Torre Abbey.In 1662, the Abbey ruins were purchased by Sir George Cary of New I arke, Hants, in the hands of whose descendants it has remained.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.