HARTLAND, (Devon) 171 cm. 197 mm. from London, stands on the promontory called Hart-land-Point, which is the extreme part
of the Co. N. W. and runs out a good way intp the sea. In William the Conqueror's time this manor bel. to the Dinants, or
Dinhams, from whom it descended by marriage to the Zouches, and from them successively to the Fitzwarrens, Carews, and
Arundels; and it had formerly a mon. In the R. of Q. Eliz. a bill was preferred in Pt. for making a port here. The Mt. is
on S. and much frequented by people from Cornwall; and as the fisher-boats of Barnstaple, Biddiford, and the other Ts. on
the coast, lie often under these rocks for shelter from the S. W. or S. E. winds, the seamen come on shore here, and
supply themselves with provisions; nor is the T. unconcerned in the herring-fishery on this coast. The Fairs here are on
Easter-W, Whitsun-Tu. and Sept. 14.