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Summary

Farmstead recorded on 19th century mapping. The name, Tuffland, however, is much older, being first documented in 1286.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (First mentioned, XIII - 1286 AD to 1286 AD)

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Recorded as house and garden on the Bigbury Tithe Apportionment (plot 149).

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

Group of buildings shown, comprising ranges of buildings including the dwelling house around a square yard with two additional buildings aligned north-south to the west of the main range.

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

Tuffland marked. Comparison with the Tithe Map shows the layout of the farmstead to have changed little. Orchards are shown to the south with a well in the field beyond.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 268 (Monograph). SDV1312.

Tuffland is first documented as Tuffelonde in 1286 and as Toffalonde in 1330. The name possibly derives from the Middle English word, tuff(e)/tuft(e) meaning a tuft, clump, small group of trees or bushes or a grassy hillock.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Tuffland marked. The farmstead as shown on 19th century mapping appears to survive largely intact.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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