Broadgates

Broadgates is a hamlet in Cornworthy, South Hams District, England. Broadgates is situated nearby to the locality Longland Cross, as well as near Butts Cross.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cornworthy Priory and Greenway Estate.

Cornworthy Priory

Ruins

Photo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cornworthy Priory was a priory in Devon, England. It was founded in the early thirteenth century, for Augustinian nuns, and existed until 1536. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries the lands passed to the Harris family, and remained in the family until the 1640s.

Greenway Estate

Photo: Brian, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Greenway, also known as Greenway House, is an estate on the River Dart near Galmpton in Devon, England. Once the home of the author Agatha Christie, it is now owned by the National Trust. Greenway Estate is situated 2½ miles east of Broadgates.

Church of St Gabriel and St Mary

Church

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuckenhay and Capton.

Tuckenhay

Hamlet

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tuckenhay is a hamlet in the South Hams in Devon, England, 2.5 miles south of Totnes. It lies on the south bank of Bow Creek, the estuary of the Harbourne River, which flows into the River Dart.

Capton

Hamlet

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Capton is a village near Dartmouth in Devon, England. On a hilltop to the east of the village is an Iron Age enclosure or hill fort approximately 185 m above sea level.