up to Buckfastleigh. Since the River Dart is navigable to seagoing boats as far as Totnes, the estuary was used for the import and export of goods from the town until 1995. Education King Edward VI Community College more popularly known as KEVICC, is the local secondary school which shares its name with the former grammar school set up by King Edward VI over 450 years ago. At the western edge of the town is the Dartington Hall Estate, which includes the Schumacher College and, until July 2010, included Dartington College of Arts. There are also a number of alternative private schools in the Totnes area, providing primary and secondary education. Notable people Notable people from Totnes include: Pegaret Anthony, World War II artist, was born in the town in 1915 Charles Babbage had a strong family connection with the town and returned to attend the King Edward VI Grammar School for a period before going up to Cambridge. The novelist Desmond Bagley lived in Totnes from 1966 to 1976. William Brockedon, Artist and inventor, 1787–1854. Son of Philip Brockedon, Clockmaker. James Brooke, the first Rajah of Sarawak, spent his final years in nearby Burrator, and Brooke's biographer claims "there is little doubt ... he was carnally involved with the rough trade of Totnes." Richard Burthogge, physician, magistrate and philosopher (1637/38–1705) Actor and dancer Emrhys Cooper grew up in Totnes. Sophie Dix, actress, born in Totnes. Sir William Elford, 1st Baronet, Recorder of the borough and artist Historian James Anthony Froude, author of History of England From the fall of cardinal Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, was born in Totnes. His brother Richard Hurrell Froude was a theologian; he belonged to a group of Anglicans who initiated the Oxford Movement in 1833. Television screenwriter and author David Gilman lives in Totnes. Humorous poet Matt Harvey is a resident. Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement. Folk singer-songwriter Ben Howard was brought up and lives in Totnes. Singer-songwriter and filmmaker Cosmo Jarvis was raised in Totnes. Comic-book artists Jock, Dom Reardon and Lee O'Connor live and work in Totnes. Hebrew scholar, Benjamin Kennicott was also born in Totnes. Keith Law, Songwriter for Velvett Fogg lives in Totnes Linguist Edward Lye, who wrote the first dictionary of Anglo-Saxon, was born in Totnes. Rik Mayall previously lived in Totnes and is buried on his family estate, Hutcherleigh. Admiral Sir Frederick