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Bellever

Hamlet in Devon, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image	[[File:BelleverYHA.jpg	240px	Bellever Youth Hostel]]
static_image_caption	Bellever Youth Hostel
coordinates
official_name	Bellever
shire_district	West Devon
shire_county	Devon
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Torridge and West Devon
post_town	YELVERTON
postcode_district	PL20
postcode_area	PL
dial_code	01822
os_grid_reference	SX6577

Bellever is a hamlet in Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is located on the river East Dart about 2 km south of Postbridge.

The first mention of a settlement at this location is in a Duchy of Cornwall record from 1355 which gives the name of a farm here as Welford, a contraction of wielle (spring) and ford.{{cite book

The River East Dart at Bellever looking upstream. Forestry Commission land on the left, open moorland on the right — The River East Dart at Bellever

Until the period after World War II the hamlet consisted of Bellever Farm (owned by the Duchy of Cornwall) and its outbuildings, with a small number of cottages for the farm workers. The farm gained a reputation for the introduction of Galloway and Aberdeen Angus cattle onto Dartmoor.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017003335/http://legendarydartmoor.co.uk/bell_bull.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-17

In 1934 some of the barns of Bellever Farm were let to Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) and now form the oldest, still functioning youth hostel in Devon.{{cite book

As of 2019 the hamlet is served by a daily bus service that runs between Yelverton, Princetown, Postbridge and Tavistock. During the summer Forestry England run a small visitor centre by the East Dart river.

Bellever Tor lies 1.5 km to the southwest.

References

"98 - Tavistock - Yelverton". Bus Times.
"Bellever and Postbridge Trails". Moor than meets the eye.

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