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| HER Number: | MDV7524 |
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| Name: | Archery Ground at Widecombe-in-the-Moor |
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Summary
Site of a Medieval archery ground known as Butte Park at Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 718 768 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77NW15
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445073
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/85
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX77NW15
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARCHERY BUTTS (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX77NW15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV349203.
Medieval archery ground at Widecombe. No trace of the mound in 1953.
Copeland, G. W., 1961, Devonshire Church Houses, part 2, 265 (Article in Serial). SDV7456.
In 1608, John Baker was granted the use of the Church House (SX 77 NW 21) and Butte Park. Butte Park was probably the village green (SX 71857682), set apart for archery in 1466. A deed of 1651 appointed new trustees of 'the Church House and all that close of land called Henhay, alias Butte Park'. Other details: SX77NW15.
French, H., 1963, Field Names in Widecombe in the Moor, 158 (Article in Serial). SDV340274.
Placename - Buttes Park is now the village green.
Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, 1073 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.
Site of archery ground.1608 granting use of Church House and Butte Park to John Baker. The Butte Park is doubtless what is now known as the village green on the north side of church and was the place where young men practised archery, and at the time of the Great Storm 1638 was used as a bowling green, this is the green on which the famous Widecombe Fair was held each September until it was necessary to use a larger space. It is now an ordinary village green transversed by roads, with a mound in the north east corner. Other details: Volume V.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV337078 | Report - Survey: Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H.. 1979. An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. Vols I - V. A4 Comb Bound. 1073. |
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| SDV340274 | Article in Serial: French, H.. 1963. Field Names in Widecombe in the Moor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 95. A5 Hardback. 158. |
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| SDV349203 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SX77NW15. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV7456 | Article in Serial: Copeland, G. W.. 1961. Devonshire Church Houses, part 2. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 93. A5 Hardback. 265. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 27 2022 10:29AM |
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