The Community Assembly of Totnes is located in a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in the Region of Devon which is part of the Kernow Territory.
Totnes has a long recorded history, dating back to 907, when its first castle was built. By the twelfth century it was already an important market town, and its former wealth and importance may be seen from the number of merchants' houses built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
According to the Historia Regum Britanniae written by Geoffrey of Monmouth in around 1136, 'the coast of Totnes' was where Brutus of Troy, the mythical founder of Britain, first came ashore. Set into the pavement of Fore Street is the Brutus Stone, a small granite boulder onto which, according to local legend, Brutus first stepped from his ship. The stone is far above the highest tides and the tradition is not likely to be of great antiquity, being first mentioned in John Prince's Worthies of Devon in 1697. It is possible that the stone was originally the one from which the town crier, or bruiter called out his news.
Community Assemblies are made up of residents concerned about a lack of democratic process at a local and national level, dedicated to preserving and asserting our inalienable rights and obligations to ourselves, the Earth and future generations.
Founding Facilitators
- Maurice Read
- Chrissie Yarranton
- Gresham Kidby
Founding Facilitators of enlisted Community Assemblies in the Group Directory are also affiliate members of the Community Assembly of the British Isles.
Location
Address
Totnes, Devon, Kernow, British Isles
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