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| HER Number: | MDV11268 |
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| Name: | Chantry Mead, Colyton |
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Summary
Field named as Chantry Mead on the Colyton Tithe Apportionment. It is possible that this was the site of the chantry chapel recorded as being by Colyford Bridge. The adjacent bridge is called Chantry Bridge.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 243 942 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Colyton |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | COLYTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY29SW/16
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SY29SE17
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CHANTRY CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Plot No. 876 is named as Chantry Mead on the Colyton Tithe Apportionment.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1975, SY29SE17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV125122.
There was formerly a chantry capel near Colyford Bridge described as 'Cantaria Capelle Sci Edmundi juxta pontem de Colyford'. It was valued at £5-1.1/2d at the time of the Dissolution. The last incumbant was Peter Honeywood who was living in 1553 on a Crown pension of £6 per year. No trace of the building remains but a field near the bridge is still called the Chantry (citing Oliver 1840, 3; Pulman 1875, 791-2.
The grid reference given is SY253926 but there is a note of there being a Chantry Bridge at SY244942.
Turton, S. D. + Weddell, P. J., 1993, Archaeological Assesment of Chantry and Brinkley Bridges, Colyton, 3 (Report - Assessment). SDV355114.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV125122 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1975. SY29SE17. OSAD Card. Card Index + Digital. |
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| SDV355114 | Report - Assessment: Turton, S. D. + Weddell, P. J.. 1993. Archaeological Assesment of Chantry and Brinkley Bridges, Colyton. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report. 93.21. A4 Stapled + Digital. 3. |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV11361 | Related to: St Edmunds Chapel by Colyford Bridge, Colyton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 21 2024 4:33PM |
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