Dartmouth, England

A town in Devon in the south-west of England. Dartmouth is a major tourist attraction set on the banks of the picturesque [River Dart]?.

The [Pilgrim fathers]? put into Dartmouth's Bayard's Cove, en-route from Southampton to America. They rested awhile before setting off on their journey in the Mayflower? and the Speedwell? on the 20th August 1620. About 300 miles west of [Land's End]?, they realised that the Speedwell was unseaworthy and returned to Plymouth. The Mayflower departed alone to complete the crossing to Cape Cod.

The mouth of the Dart is protected by two fortified castles, [Dartmouth Castle]? and [Kingswear Castle]?.

Thomas Newcomen, the inventor of the [Steam pumping engine]? was born in Dartmouth in 1663?.