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| Name: | Charmouth: planned town |
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| Type of Record: | Place |
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| HER Number: | 1 029 014 |
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| Last edited: | Apr |
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Monument Type(s)
- TOWN (Medieval - 1320 AD to 1539 AD)
Summary
Medieval planned town. Charmouth was founded in AD 1320 when the Abbot of Forde created a free borough. The general lay out of the town can be traced in some of the burgage plots, especially on the north side of the town. A boundary bank also survives.
Protected Status
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SWX773 - Article in serial: Keen, L. 2000. 'Monastic urban speculation: the Cistercians and medieval Charmouth' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 121. 17-21. 17-22. |
| <1> | SWX1202 - Monograph: Penn, K J. 1980. Historic Towns in Dorset. pgs 34-37. |
| <2> | SWX1175 - Bibliographic reference: Beresford, J and Findhead,. 1973. English medieval boroughs: a hand-list. p103. |
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