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| HER Number: | MDV7701 |
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| Name: | Parish Boundary Stone east of Woodscombe Moor |
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Summary
Site of a Witheridge parish boundary stone to the east of Woodscombe Moor
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 831 127 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS81SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Puddington |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WITHERIDGE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS81SW/17
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BOUNDARY STONE (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Boundary stone shown as ‘B.S.’ on 19th century map on the east side of the road to the south of Woodscombe Moor.
Bidgood, G., 1978, Witheridge Parish Boundary (Un-published). SDV37713.
Boundary stone is marked at this spot on historic maps, but it could not be found. It has probably been removed. Parish boundary stone. The Witheridge parish boundary makes use of watercourses and continuous, almost straight, hedgebanks that betray their antiquity by the way they run across country with other hedges butting up against them on either side. The ecclesiastical parish boundaries date from the Norman Conquest. The parish is well endowed with boundary stones, though the reason why, and their date, remain unknown. The stones themselves are roughly triangular with two smooth faces with parish
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV37713 | Un-published: Bidgood, G.. 1978. Witheridge Parish Boundary. A4 Stapled. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV7699 | Related to: Parish Boundary Stone at Five Crosses Junction (Monument) |
| MDV7691 | Related to: Parish Boundary Stone northeast of Charnaford Farm (Building) |
| MDV7693 | Related to: Parish Boundary Stone northeast of Millbarn Cross (Monument) |
| MDV7685 | Related to: Parish Boundary Stone northwest of Buddleswick Farm (Monument) |
| MDV7689 | Related to: Parish Boundary Stone south of Foxton Farm (Building) |
| MDV7703 | Related to: Parish Boundary Stone south of Henceford Farmstead (Monument) |
| MDV7695 | Related to: Parish Boundary Stone south of West Middlewick Farm (Monument) |
| MDV7687 | Related to: Parish Boundary Stone southeast of Foxton Farm (Building) |
| MDV7697 | Related to: Parish Boundary Stone southeast of Henceford Cross (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 10 2009 11:34AM |
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