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| HER Number: | MDV12544 |
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| Name: | arket Place, Combe Martin |
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Summary
Site of 13th century market. Vis=estimated -/-/1821 (lysons). The market was granted about the year 1264 but has been discontinued within living memory. A small space in front of the poor house is still called the market. Vis=17/9/1953 (os). The old building originally the poor house now used as a primary school bears no precise dateable feature but an inventory exists for it dated pre 1800. No market now exists in combe martin.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 587 463 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS54NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Combe Martin |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | COMBE MARTIN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54NE/11
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MARKET PLACE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Lysons, D. + Lysons, S., 1822, Magna Britannica, 136 (Monograph). SDV323771.
Site of 13th century market. Visited in circa 1821. The market was granted about the year 1264 but has been discontinued within living memory. A small space in front of the poor house is still called the market.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SS54NE1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV337057.
The old building originally the poor house now used as a primary school bears no precise dateable feature but an inventory exists for it dated pre 1800. No market now exists in Combe Martin.
Dunkerley, T., 2005, Errors to English Heritage NMR. Combe Martin (Correspondence). SDV347584.
Documentary references to a market at Combe Martin dated 1222 and 1265.
Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 1341 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.
Site of 13th century market. A small space in front of the poor house is still called the market.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV323771 | Monograph: Lysons, D. + Lysons, S.. 1822. Magna Britannica. Magna Britannica: A Concise Topographical Account of The Several Counties o. 6: Devonshire. Unknown. 136. |
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| SDV337057 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SS54NE1. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV339712 | Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 1341. |
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| SDV347584 | Correspondence: Dunkerley, T.. 2005. Errors to English Heritage NMR. Combe Martin. Email to B. Horner. A4 Single Sheet + Digital. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 17 2016 8:40AM |
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