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HER Number:MDV71401
Name:Hartland, Town Hall

Summary

Market House and Town Hall demolished to make way for St. John's Chapel.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 258 244
Map Sheet:SS22SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishHartland
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishHARTLAND

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • TOWN HALL (Unknown date)

Full description

Pearse Chope, R., 1902, The Early History of the Manor of Hartland, 435 (Article in Serial). SDV321815.

Market house and town hall, Hartland, demolished to make room for the chapel of ease.


Rogers, I., 1922 - 1923, Some Ancient Clocks in North Devon, 360 (Article in Serial). SDV6732.

Rogers refers to building's conversion into a chapel of ease in 1839.


Unknown, 1982, Untitled Source, 3 (Article in Serial). SDV321817.

Chapel was originally the Borough Hall and was handed over to the church for use as a place of worship in the mid 1800's.


Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, Survey No. 1699 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Market house and town hall demolished to make room for the Chapel of ease (St John). (However) other references to building's conversion into a chapel of ease (one source gives date of 1839).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV321815Article in Serial: Pearse Chope, R.. 1902. The Early History of the Manor of Hartland. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 34. 435.
SDV321817Article in Serial: Unknown. 1982. North Devon Journal-Herald. 3.
SDV339712Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. Survey No. 1699.
SDV6732Article in Serial: Rogers, I.. 1922 - 1923. Some Ancient Clocks in North Devon. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 12. Unknown. 360.

Associated Monuments

MDV92Related to: Chapel of St. John, Hartland (Building)
MDV5504Related to: Town Clock, Hartland (Find Spot)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Feb 3 2014 11:38AM