Bagtor

Bagtor Down, Dartmoor, environs of Bagtor House
"Bag Tor", the natural rock formation after which the estate is named

Bagtor is a historic estate in the parish of Ilsington in Devon, England. It was the birthplace of John Ford (1586-c. 1639) the playwright and poet. The Elizabethan mansion of the Ford family survives today at Bagtor as the service wing of a later house appended in about 1700.[1]

  1. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.507; Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, London, 1959 (first published 1954), p.415