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HER Number:MDV38689
Name:Denbury Fair

Summary

Denbury Fair rejoiced under the name of the Cheese and Onion Fair and was held in the field behind Denbury Manor. Several 'fair' field names are recorded on the 19th century Tithe Apportionment.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 825 687
Map Sheet:SX86NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishDenbury and Torbryan
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishDENBURY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86NW/244

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FAIR (Unknown date)

Full description

TDA, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV24945.

Denbury fair was fully attended by all classes among the inhabitants of a wide district (tda).


WESTERN ANTIQUARY, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285488.

A good deal of business was done at the fair, cheese in particular being sold in large quantities in the past (western antiquary).


WESTERN TIMES, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285490.

September 1879. Forty years ago one fairing stall took 50 pounds sterling whereas now a few shillings represents the profits of all. Very few people visited the fair this year (western times).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285491.

Des=worksheet/(bath,c 1985).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285492.

Lysons/devonshire.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285493.

Tithe apportionment and map/(1839)90,91,112.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285494.

Anon/tda/8(18 ).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285495.

Des=western antiquary/(1881).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285496.

Des=western antiquary/(1885).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV285497.

Des=western times/(1879).


BATH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV306327.

Fairfield, old fairfield, fairfield park are placenames mentioned on the tithe apportionment and map of 1839 (bath).


Lysons, D. + Lysons, S., 1822, Magna Britannica (Monograph). SDV323771.

An annual fair for three days on the festival of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary was granted to the abbot of tavistock 1285 (lysons).


South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Field to the west of Denbury Manor named as Fair Park (112) on the Denbury Tithe Apportionment. There are, however, other 'fair' names to the southeast of the house. Plot 91 is named as Old Fare Park and Plot 90 is also called Fair Park.


Delderfield, E., 1964, A Tudor Manor of Mystery and Charm (Article in Serial). SDV361942.

The fair rejoiced under the name of the Cheese and Onion Fair and was held in the field behind Denbury Manor.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV24945Migrated Record: TDA.
SDV285488Migrated Record: WESTERN ANTIQUARY.
SDV285490Migrated Record: WESTERN TIMES.
SDV285491Migrated Record:
SDV285492Migrated Record:
SDV285493Migrated Record:
SDV285494Migrated Record:
SDV285495Migrated Record:
SDV285496Migrated Record:
SDV285497Migrated Record:
SDV306327Migrated Record: BATH.
SDV323771Monograph: Lysons, D. + Lysons, S.. 1822. Magna Britannica. Magna Britannica: A Concise Topographical Account of The Several Counties o. 6: Devonshire. Unknown.
SDV359954Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.
SDV361942Article in Serial: Delderfield, E.. 1964. A Tudor Manor of Mystery and Charm. Western Morning News. Photocopy.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Dec 6 2018 12:04PM

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