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Summary

It has been suggested that the location of the Late Saxon settlement was in the vicinity of St. Michael's Church. The main arguments are firstly that the church was the parish church for Honiton until the 19th century and secondly that the medieval town in the valley is an example of a planted 'new' town. However, the church itself is not documented until 1406.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19NE/51

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Saxon - 701 AD to 1065 AD (Between))

Full description

STANBURY, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122557.

The outlines of 3 "hut circles" and an oblong building visible in frosty conditions in winters of 1998 + 1999, behind st. Michael's church (stanbury).

BAYER + TURTON, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122558.

No evidence of a deserted medieval settlement was found during the construction of a new drain + retaining wall against the e wall of st michael's church (bayer + turton).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122559.

Osa=sy19ne16.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122562.

Nmr=sy19ne26.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122563.

Des=stanbury, m. /(8/6/2000)/pers comm to amd.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV122564.

Des=bayer, o. J. + turton, s. D. /archaeological recording at st michael's church, honiton/(2000)1-6/(ea report 00.44).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=11/11/1975 (os) no surface features indicative of a dmv located in the pasture fields around the church (os).

Troup, F. B., 1898, Honiton in 1530, 121 (Article in Serial). SDV136350.

Troup states that the old manor house stood near St. Michael's.

Beresford, M. W., 1967, New Towns of the Middle Ages, 421-2 (Monograph). SDV51862.

Beresford suggests that the original site of the vill of Honiton may not have been on the site of the borough but around St. Michael's Church.

Timms, S. C., 1976, The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft, 117-8, 120, 123, 132 (Report - Survey). SDV341346.

It has been suggested that the location of the Late Saxon settlement was in the vicinity of St. Michael's Church. The main arguments are firstly that the church was the parish church for Honiton until the 19th century and secondly that the medieval town in the valley is an example of a planted 'new' town. However, the church itself is not documented until 1406.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Vis=25/8/1992 (simpson + noble) as described by os in 1975 above. The graveyard has been extended to the se of the church. Recently excavated soil was observed; this didn't appear to contain anything of archaeological note.

Dixon, T. + Weddell, P. J., 1995, Archaeological and Historical Appraisal of the Town of Honiton, East Devon, 4 (Report - Assessment). SDV338066.

Beresford suspected that an earlier settlement lay around St. Michael's Church.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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