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| Name: | Planned town, Charmouth |
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| Type of Record: | Place |
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| HER Number: | MDO811 |
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| Last edited: | Aug 22 2024 4:49PM |
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Monument Type(s):
- TOWN (Medieval to Tudor - 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
- Conservation Area
- Conservation Area: Charmouth Conservation Area
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SDO20723 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3182. |
| <1> | SWX1202 - Monograph: Penn, K J. 1980. Historic Towns in Dorset. 34-37. |
| <2> | SWX1175 - Bibliographic reference: Beresford, J, and Finberg, H P R. 1973. English medieval boroughs: a hand-list. p103. |
| <3> | SDO11604 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 2000. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1999. 121. 17-21. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 449782. |
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