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Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX46SE/33

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MANOR (XI to Late Medieval - 1001 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

ALEXANDER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219470.

Domesday manor of birlanda. Possible celtic derivation meaning "pike, spit or point" with allusion to its position on a spit of land between the tavy and the tamar. Ferrers element appears in fees of 1242, family of that name (alexander).

1870, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243177.

Recorded as ber in 1242, byr in 1281, byr fer(r)ers in 1306 + bere ferers in 1389. Bere ferrers shown as beer town on os (1870) map (dyer + manning).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243178.

Alexander, j. J. /dcnq/22(1942-1946)88/bere ferrers and bere alston.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243179.

Hoskins, w. G. /devon/(1946).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243180.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243181.

Cherry, b. + pevsner, n. /the buildings of england:devon/(1989).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243182.

Des=dyer, m. J. + manning, p. T. /objective 5b: lower tamar valley recreation + land management initiative: cultural heritage appraisal/(1998)54/ea report 98.60.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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