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- In the sixteenth century a notorious gang of outlaws lived near Lydford, some say their lair was in the gorge. They were led by one Roger Rowle and were the scourge of the area, notorious for stealing sheep on the moor. Rowle was said to have been the ‘Robin Hood of Dartmoor’ and at the village end of Lydford Gorge is a pool called ‘Rowles Pool’.
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Mar 28, 2016 · In the sixteenth century a notorious gang of outlaws lived near Lydford, some say their lair was in the gorge. They were led by one Roger Rowle and were the scourge of the area, notorious for stealing sheep on the moor.
It is said that a gang of outlaws, known as the Gubbins, lived near Lydford Gorge, possibly in caves or ‘cotts’ – rough shed-like structures. They terrorised and robbed any travellers who passed that way.
Aug 18, 2002 · The Gubbins were the wild and savage inhabitants of an area near Brentor in Devon in the 17th century. They, in turn, were so called after the name for the near worthless shavings after fish had been scaled. Why the shavings were called gubbins is another matter.
Major-General Sir Colin McVean Gubbins, KCMG, DSO, MC (2 July 1896 – 11 February 1976) was the prime mover of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Second World War. [2]
Despite deep reluctance from SOE chief Colin Gubbins, the mission was eventually given the go-ahead, and Maid Honor Force, alongside 17 Nigerian volunteers and four local SOE operatives, set out ...
The earliest known use of the noun gubbins is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for gubbins is from around 1553, in Respublica . gubbins is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.
