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| HER Number: | MDV19593 |
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| Name: | Haytor Granite Tramway |
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Summary
Haytor Granite Tramway opened in 1820 and closed in 1850s.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 811 772 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX87NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bovey Tracey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BOVEY TRACEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87NW/87
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TRAMWAY (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Plan - sketch). SDV315149.
Thomas, D. St. J., 1981, A Regional History of Railways of Great Britain, 86-7 (Monograph). SDV168.
Smy, A. F. + Hunt, P. J. + Mercer, I. D. + Dann, N. J., 1985, Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal: A Countryside Study (Monograph). SDV297534.
Harris, H., 1994, The Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal (Monograph). SDV341541.
Haytor Granite Tramway. Opened in 1820. For details see PRN 8068. Built to transport granite from Haytor quarries to Canal Basin at Ventiford. Trade in Haytor granite had ceased by late 1850s. Built by George Templer who was developing the Haytor quarries from 1813. Total of 10 miles of tramway including branches. Individual track blocks were of cut granite averaging 5' long. Largely overlain by 1860's railway to SE of Bovey Potteries.
Exeter Archaeology, 2002, Archaeological Assessment of Tottiford to Newton Abbot Trunk Main, 11 (Report - Assessment). SDV281233.
Earliest railway to be constructed in Devon. The rails were L-shaped granite blocks enabling horse-drawn wagons to be fitted with flangeless wheels. The tramway was abandoned in 1858. In the 1860s the Moretonhamstead Branch Railway followed the course of the tramway for part of its length.
Askew Nelson Ltd, 2014, Stover Park. Parkland Plan, 34 (Un-published). SDV358318.
The railway was built to facilitate the transportation of granite from Haytor to the Ventiford Canal from whence it went by canal to Teignmouth. It opened in 1820 and had closed by 1858.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV168 | Monograph: Thomas, D. St. J.. 1981. A Regional History of Railways of Great Britain. A Regional History of Railways of Great Britain. 1. Unknown. 86-7. |
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| SDV281233 | Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2002. Archaeological Assessment of Tottiford to Newton Abbot Trunk Main. Exeter Archaeology Report. 02.78. A4 Stapled + Digital. 11. |
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| SDV297534 | Monograph: Smy, A. F. + Hunt, P. J. + Mercer, I. D. + Dann, N. J.. 1985. Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal: A Countryside Study. Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal: A Countryside Study. A4 Paperback. |
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| SDV315149 | Plan - sketch: Plan of Haytor Granite Tramway. |
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| SDV341541 | Monograph: Harris, H.. 1994. The Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal. The Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal. A5 Paperback. |
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| SDV358318 | Un-published: Askew Nelson Ltd. 2014. Stover Park. Parkland Plan. Digital. 34. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV56666 | Parent of: The Haytor Granite Tramway (Monument) |
| MDV56666 | Related to: The Haytor Granite Tramway (Monument) |
| MDV8068 | Part of: Haytor Granite Tramway, Haytor to Stover Canal (Monument) |
| MDV56668 | Related to: Chapple Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV71101 | Related to: EMBANKMENT in the Parish of Teigngrace (Monument) |
| MDV30577 | Related to: Granite fence posts, Parke, Bovey Tracey (Find Spot) |
| MDV16745 | Related to: Haytor GraniteTramway, Milestone (Monument) |
| MDV9120 | Related to: Moretonhampstead Branch Line Railway from Newton Abbot to Heathfield (Monument) |
| MDV8967 | Related to: RAILWAY in the Parish of Bovey Tracey (Monument) |
| MDV56667 | Related to: RAILWAY SIDING in the Parish of Bovey Tracey (Monument) |
| MDV46489 | Related to: Section of the Haytor Granite Tramway in the Parish of Teigngrace (Monument) |
| MDV56666 | Parent of: The Haytor Granite Tramway (Monument) |
| MDV56666 | Related to: The Haytor Granite Tramway (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV237 - Archaeological Assessment of Tottiford to Newton Abbot Trunk Main
| Date Last Edited: | May 24 2018 9:58AM |
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