He lived successively at South Brent, Brentor and at Mary Tavy but died at Plymouth, Devon. ==Early life== Crossing was born in Plymouth on 14 November 1847.
It was placed at Cranmere Pool on northern Dartmoor by a local guide in 1854.
His first essay in poetry was at the age of fourteen, when a poem of his appeared in the pages of Young England, December 1861. In 1863 he went for a short coastal voyage to Wales, and gained a liking for the sea; in 1864 he joined a vessel bound for Canada, and had a narrow escape, nearly being crushed by an iceberg during the night.
His first essay in poetry was at the age of fourteen, when a poem of his appeared in the pages of Young England, December 1861. In 1863 he went for a short coastal voyage to Wales, and gained a liking for the sea; in 1864 he joined a vessel bound for Canada, and had a narrow escape, nearly being crushed by an iceberg during the night.
His first essay in poetry was at the age of fourteen, when a poem of his appeared in the pages of Young England, December 1861. In 1863 he went for a short coastal voyage to Wales, and gained a liking for the sea; in 1864 he joined a vessel bound for Canada, and had a narrow escape, nearly being crushed by an iceberg during the night.
Plymouth, 1868 The Ancient Crosses of Dartmoor; with a Description of their Surroundings; Exeter, 1884.
In 1871 he had begun making notes about his rambles, but without any systematic arrangement; after his marriage he seems to have become more methodical, and to have decided to write a book descriptive of the moorland district.
Returning from this voyage, he took to business pursuits in Plymouth, and then recommenced his Dartmoor explorations. ==Later life and writings== In 1872 he married and settled down at South Brent.
Plymouth, 1868 The Ancient Crosses of Dartmoor; with a Description of their Surroundings; Exeter, 1884.
Plymouth, 1888 Tales of the Dartmoor Pixies: Glimpses of Elfin Haunts and Antics.
He published numerous other works in the 1890s, and his Guide to Dartmoor, illustrated by Philip Guy Stevens, in 1909.
Exeter, 1892 Old Stone Crosses of the Dartmoor Borders.
Exeter and London, 1892 The Chronicles of Crazy Well.
Plymouth, 1893 The Ocean Trail.
Plymouth, 1894 Widey Court.
Plymouth, 1895 A Hundred Years on Dartmoor.
Plymouth 1901 The Western Gate of Dartmoor: Tavistock and its Surroundings.
London, 1903 Gems in a Granite Setting.
A collection of twenty newspaper articles originally published in The Western Morning News in 1903 under the title "Presentday Life on Dartmoor".
Plymouth, 1905 From a Dartmoor Cot.
(A collection of articles originally published in West Country newspapers during 1905) 1847 births 1928 deaths Dartmoor People from Plymouth People educated at Plymouth College Historians of Devon
London, 1906 Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor.
He published numerous other works in the 1890s, and his Guide to Dartmoor, illustrated by Philip Guy Stevens, in 1909.
London, 1911 Cranmere: The Legendary Story of Binjie Gear and other Poems.
(Republished 1990, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot, ) Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, the 1912 edition reprinted with new introd.
Dawlish: David & Charles, 1965 (The third edition was published at Exeter in 1914 and was still in print until about 1940) Folk Rhymes of Devon.
He was much afflicted by rheumatism in the last 25 years of his life, and in 1921 his wife died.
From July 1925 to his death Crossing was an invalid.
London, 1926 Posthumous works Crossing's Dartmoor Worker.
He died at Plymouth, 3 September 1928. He is now considered one of the best authorities on Dartmoor and its antiquities, having made it the subject of his life's work.
In Crossing's memory in 1938 a plaque and letterbox were placed at Duck's Pool on the southern moor by some individuals and members of a walking club known as Dobson's Moormen.
Dawlish: David & Charles, 1965 (The third edition was published at Exeter in 1914 and was still in print until about 1940) Folk Rhymes of Devon.
He was buried with his wife at Mary Tavy: his house at Mary Tavy bears a commemorative tablet unveiled in 1952. The style of Crossing's work in Guide to Dartmoor has similarities to the much more recent work of Alfred Wainwright.
Dawlish: David & Charles, 1965 (The third edition was published at Exeter in 1914 and was still in print until about 1940) Folk Rhymes of Devon.
Brixham: Quay, 1987.
(Republished 1990, Peninsula Press, Newton Abbot, ) Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, the 1912 edition reprinted with new introd.
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