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| HER Number: | MDV15994 |
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| Name: | Burgage Plots North of Fore Street |
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Summary
Narrow strips of land to north of Fore Street, probably represent the original burgage holdings.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 587 953 |
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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/40
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BURGAGE PLOT (Early Medieval - 1066 AD to 1399 AD (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. N., 1895, Okehampton Beginnings, 97, 107-8 (Article in Serial). SDV349570.
The long tenemental strips, into which the apex of the triangle north of Fore Street is divided, with their respective dwellings, must more or less closely represent a number of the original burgage holdings. The Domesday record states that Baldwin had four burgesses at Okehampton.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Timms, S. C., 1976, The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft, 156, 157 (Report - Survey). SDV341346.
Traces of burgage plots have survived along both sides of Fore Street. On the north side the plots originally ran back to the river bank and boundaries of the same length are also visible on the north side of East Street. Medieval burgages are also documented along the north side of High Street.
Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV341346 | Report - Survey: Timms, S. C.. 1976. The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. A4 Unbound + Digital. 156, 157. |
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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. 97, 107-8. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV21798 | Related to: Borough of Okehampton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 30 2015 12:33PM |
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