Many thanks to John Williams for this newspaper cutting.
The Mamhead Estate has a documented history dating back to the Domesday Book.
There are even stories that an ancient village of Mamhead once existed in the present grounds at Mamhead Park but concrete evidence has not been established.
Rumours also exist of an underground passage running from Mamhead House to the old estate kitchen gardens at Brinshill. These may indeed have some substance since smugglers are said to have been active in the area a lot landing contraband at Hele's Dock near Dawlish Warren and taking it via Port Road to various hiding places round the Mamhead estate.
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