Tor Names of Yesteryear

When an oral tradition is committed to print, it takes a miracle to get things right. It is well documented that the necessary care wasn't always taken for Dartmoor. As a result, the old names and stories fade with the passing of time-lost in translation from a local dialect to a visiting ear with a notebook and bad hand-writing.

Using our vintage presses to explore historic language, we hope to highlight what was nearly lost.

In large print, the traditional Devonian tor name. Then its location, written as its OS map grid reference. And finally, the name assigned on the map in 2024.

Details

• Size: A6 (105mm x 149mm) 
  
• Paper: British, recycled paper 280gsm.
• Ink: Jobbing Black. Made by British Ink manufacturer, Hawthorn Printmakers.
• Press: Stephenson Blake galley proofing press (1960s), iron treadle press (1910)
  
• Type: metal and wood
  
• Front details: tor name, and OS map grid coordinates set in metal and wood type
• Back details: hand set metal type, with extended description of the project