Walking tour 4K, Totnes dating back to 907 AD, Medieval Market town, Devon UK. Autumn Sunday.

A walk around Totnes in Devon UK, on a calm autumn Sunday, Totnes has a long recorded history, dating back to 907 AD, when its first castle was built. By the twelfth century it was already an important market town, and its former wealth and importance may be seen from the number of merchants' houses built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Today, the town has a sizeable alternative and "New Age" community, and is known as a place where one can live a bohemian lifestyle.

According to legend, Brutus of Troy first stepped foot in Britain on the bank of the River Dart, strode up what is now Totnes High Street, put his foot on a convenient large stone he found there and declared "Here I stand and here I rest and this town shall be called Totnes". The stone is still there.

In 907AD, Alfred the Great’s eldest son, Edward, built a small settlement here to provide a place of safety in the event of a Viking invasion. At low tide an ancient trackway, the most important route through Devon, could be crossed by means of a ford across the River Dart and so the settlement also became a trading point. As the Viking threat receded, Totnes became a town for merchants rather than soldiers and several large houses were built.

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