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Summary

Honeywell is first recorded as Huniwell in 1249. The name is thought to denote a spring of sweet water.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Traditional 19th century farm buildings at Honeywell Farm

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (First mentioned, XIII - 1249 AD to 1249 AD)

Full description

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

Honeywell farm marked as Honeywill, comprising an L-shaped house with attached farm building and another small building within the yard/garden while to the east are three other ranges of buildings rather dispersed around an elongated yard.

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

Comparison between the Tithe Map and first edition Ordnance Survey map shows the house to have gone, perhaps replaced by the building(s) shown on the north side of the yard/garden. Other changes to buildings can also be seen to have taken place. Map object based on this source.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 52 (Monograph). SDV1312.

Honeywell is first recorded as Huniwell in 1249. The name is thought to denote a spring of sweet water.

GetMapping, 2010, GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV351585.

The site of the farmhouse(s) shown on 19th century mapping appear to have been replaced by a large agricultural building and there is a modern farmhouse to the north-east.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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