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Summary

Village of milton abbot. Domesday manor of mideltona, held by the abbot of tavistock in demesne. With this manor the abbot held the lands of lega (leigh barton) and liteltone (chillaton), for which see cross-references.(reichel, 1896).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47NW/15

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• VILLAGE (XI to XXI - 1001 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

REICHEL, 1896, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219468.

Village of milton abbot. Domesday manor of mideltona, held by the abbot of tavistock in demesne. With this manor the abbot held the lands of lega (leigh barton) and liteltone (chillaton), for which see cross-references.(reichel, 1896).

ALEXANDER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219470.

Appears in 13th century list of hundred jurors (alexander).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219473.

Reichel, o. J. /tda/28(1896)466/the domesday hundreds: listone.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219474.

Reichel, o. J. /tda/46(1914)235,237/the hundred of tavistock in early times.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219475.

Alexander, j. J. /tda/71(1939)226-227/tavistock in the 13th century.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219476.

Cherry, b. And pevsner, n. /devon/(1989)568.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219477.

Hoskins, w. G. /devon/(1946).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219478.

Gray, t.(ed)/travels in georgian devon: the illustrated journals of the rev j. Swete (1789-1800)vol 1/(1997).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219479.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219480.

Dyer, m. J. + manning, p. T. /objective 5b: lower tamar valley recreation and land management initiative: cultural heritage appraisal/(1998)16/(ea report 98.60).

REICHEL, 1914, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV2639.

This estate was held by the abbey from the time of its foundation to the dissolution (reichel, 1914).

Dyer, M. + Manning, P., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV27135.

Manor formed part of original endowment of tavistock abbey c.974. At dissolution it passed to lord john russell and still belongs to his descendant, the duke of bedford. Visited and described by swete in 1793 as consisting of 'a few mean houses' (dyer + manning).

Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N., 1989, The Buildings of England: Devon (Monograph). SDV325629.

Substantial number of buildings added by dukes of bedford in 19th and early 20th centuries. Architects; cannon and lutyens (cherry + pevsner).

Houghton, P., 2011, The Deserted and Shrunken Settlements of Milton Abbot Parish in West Devon, 1 (Undergraduate Dissertation). SDV352225.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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