Princetown, Dartmoor ponies old car 1964 Commem stamp

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Dartmoor Ponies in Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon with old car.
• Publisher:  Cotman Color KDM116
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  2½d 20th International Geographical Congress SG651
• Postmark(s):  Dawlish 25 August 1964
• Sent to:  New Road, Eastbourne, Sussex
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Princetown is a town situated on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon.

In 1785, Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Secretary to the Prince of Wales, leased a large area of moorland from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, hoping to convert it into good farmland. He encouraged people to live in the area and suggested that a prison be built there. He called the settlement Princetown after the Prince of Wales.

Princetown is best known as the site of the notorious Dartmoor Prison. It is the highest town on the moor, and one of the highest in the United Kingdom. The branch railway to the town, closed in 1956, was also the highest railway line in England, its Princetown terminus being 435 metres (1,427 ft) above sea level.