FOX-TOR, a hill in Dartmoor, Devon; amid a desolate tract, 3 miles SE of Princes-Town. An opulent gentleman, John Childe of Plymstock, died here of cold when hunting, in the time of Edward III.; and a cross to his memory was erected on the spot where he died, and continued standing till about the year 1838. A strange legend is told respecting the disposal of his property.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))