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Summary

Site of Lower Combe which was possibly the home of John atte Combe recorded in 1333. Marked as Combe on the Newton St Petrock Tithe Map this was formerly the site of both Higher and Lower Combe. Both are shown here on the 1880s-1890s first edition Ordnance Survey map but by the time of the 1904-1906 edition, Higher Combe had moved to a new location some 300 metres to the west.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DESERTED SETTLEMENT (First mentioned, XIV - 1333 AD to 1333 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Settlement marked as Combe. Recorded as Higher Combe and Lower Combe on the Newton St Petrock Tithe Apportionment.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Lower Combe and Higher Combe marked.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Only Lower Combe is marked at this location. All but one of the buildings making up Higher Combe have gone and the farmstead has moved to a new location some 300 metres to the west.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 102 (Monograph). SDV1312.

Lower Combe is suggested to have been the home of John atte Combe, recorded in 1333.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Farmstead no longer extant. All that survives is a trackway that formerly ran to/fro the settlement and across the river.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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