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Summary

The name Cheeseway is first mentioned in the 14th century. There is some confusion as to its location but the name probably refers to a gravel track or road from which the settlement probably took its name at a later date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10SE/93

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROAD (Roman to Late Medieval - 43 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Simpson, S. J. + Turton, S. D. + Weddell, P. J., 1989, A Preliminary Archaeological Assessment of the Preferred Route of the A30/A303 (Honiton-Marsh) and A35 Honiton Eastern Bypass, 2, 3, 8, 9, Fig. 15 (Report - Assessment). SDV136349.

The name Cheeseway is first mentioned in 1316 and relates to a lost medieval settlement. There is some uncertainty over its location; it is placed at various locations on 18th and 19th century maps. Northcote Farm was apparently known as Cheeseway at one time. Donn’s map of 1765, however, places it alongside the road from Honiton towards Monkton.
The name Cheeseway may indicate a gravel trackway of ancient origin, from which the settlement later took its name, and may refer to the Roman road which is suggested to have run along Northgate Hill and Northgate Lane, or alternatively along Tunnel Road and Northgate lane, the two routes converging at Northcote Hill Farm.
The present site of Cheeseway Ash, by the crossroads is modern but it formerly lay on Old Chard Road, which may suggest that the Roman road lay on the higher ground.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

Map object also based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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