Peter Tavy

Peter Tavy (/ˈteɪvi/) is a village 3 miles (4.8 km) along the A386, northeast of Tavistock, Devon, England. It is named after the River Tavy. St Peter's Parish Church is largely built of granite and has a buttressed west tower.

Peter Tavy
Village
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Coordinates: 50.579°N 4.100°W / 50.579; -4.100

Near Peter Tavy Moor, marked by a granite post, is the grave of George Stephens (d. 1763), who is said to have committed suicide after losing the prospect of marriage to Mary Bray, a farmer's daughter.^[1] He was buried outside the parish boundary, as was the custom for suicides, and it is said that his ghost still haunts the nearby moor to this day.^[2]

At Willsworthy is a former manor house with a chapel (converted into a house).^[3]

The village has a 15th-century inn, the Peter Tavy Inn.^[4]