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| HER Number: | MDV15993 |
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| Name: | Market Place, Fore Street, Okehampton |
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Summary
Okehampton is one of only three Devon manors recorded as having a market in Domesday Book, the other two being Exeter and Otterton. The main market area was along the middle of Fore Street which was divided into two separate streets by a row of market buildings some of which survived until the 19th century. Market stalls stood against the walls of St. James' Chapel from the 12th to 19th century when Fore Street was cleared and Market Street opened up.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 587 951 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59NE/39
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MARKET PLACE (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. N., 1895, Okehampton Beginnings, 107 (Article in Serial). SDV349570.
The wide road now called Fore Street must be the direct successor of the open space in which the markets were held.
Timms, S. C., 1976, The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft, 151, 155 (Report - Survey). SDV341346.
Okehampton is one of only three Devon manors recorded as having a market in Domesday Book, the other two being Exeter and Otterton. The main market area was along the middle of Fore Street which was divided into two separate streets by a row of market buildings some of which survived until the 19th century. Market stalls stood against the walls of St. James' Chapel from the 12th to 19th century when Fore Street was cleared and Market Street opened up.
Kenyon, D. R., 1997, Market Street, Okehampton: Archaeological Assessment, 14 (Report - Assessment). SDV346209.
A market existed in Okehampton at the time of Domesday and continued until the present century. It is likely these markets, principally of livestock, took place in Fore Street itself. This was the practice as recently as 1906.
Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV341346 | Report - Survey: Timms, S. C.. 1976. The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. A4 Unbound + Digital. 151, 155. |
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| SDV346209 | Report - Assessment: Kenyon, D. R.. 1997. Market Street, Okehampton: Archaeological Assessment. Cotswold Archaeology Report. 97498. A4 Stapled + Digital. 14. |
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| SDV348725 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV349570 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. N.. 1895. Okehampton Beginnings. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 28. Unknown. 107. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 30 2015 10:55AM |
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