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| HER Number: | MDV15455 |
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| Name: | Sainthill, Kentisbeare |
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Summary
Domesday settlement of Blancheberia became known as Sainthill, Sanketyl, Freschic or France.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 091 081 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST00NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kentisbeare |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KENTISBEARE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST00NE/23
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SETTLEMENT (VIII to XXI - 701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Unknown, Untitled Source (Ground Photograph). SDV338414.
Other details: Film BH26, Frame 20.
Reichel, O. J., 1910, The Hundred of Sulfretona or Hairidge in Early Times, 222,235,236,237 (Article in Serial). SDV39757.
Sainthill, alias France, was Blancheberia in Domesday. It was held by Baldwin the Sheriff. The tenant was William the Swarthy, before the conquest it was Godric. It was given to Forde Abbey and later transferred to Dunkeswell. It appears in early documents as Freshic, or France, probably from the name of the tenant. At the dissolution it was called Sainthill. The nearby France Farm is associated with the estate.
Chalk, E. S., 1910, The Town, Village, Manors and Church of Kentisbeare, 342-343 (Article in Serial). SDV338404.
Sainthill, Kentisbeare. Medieval estate which belonged to Cistercian monastery of Dunkeswell. Appears as Sanketyl in Papal document of about 1290.
Unknown, 1992, Untitled Source (Ground Photograph). SDV338413.
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.
Visited 21/8/1992. The farmhouse burnt down in 1977, a cob wall is visible running alongside the lane e of the farm. Substantial new buildings have been constructed.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV324187 | Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound. |
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| SDV338404 | Article in Serial: Chalk, E. S.. 1910. The Town, Village, Manors and Church of Kentisbeare. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 42. Unknown. 342-343. |
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| SDV338413 | Ground Photograph: Unknown. 1992. Slide. |
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| SDV338414 | Ground Photograph: Unknown. Photograph (Paper). |
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| SDV39757 | Article in Serial: Reichel, O. J.. 1910. The Hundred of Sulfretona or Hairidge in Early Times. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 42. A5 Hardback. 222,235,236,237. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 11 2007 12:15PM |
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