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| HER Number: | MDV77139 |
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| Name: | Great Weeke farmstead, Chagford |
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Summary
Farmstead dates to at least the early medieval period, based on documentary sources. Depicted on the Tithe Map; some changes in layout into the later 19th century, including the expansion of the cow house and removal/replacement of the L-shaped building north-west of the farmhouse.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 714 875 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UNKNOWN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FARMSTEAD (First mentioned, XI to XIII - 1066 AD? to 1250 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Great Week is shown on the Tithe Map; 2134 on the apportionment. A number of additional buildings are shown on the map that don't survive into the later 19th century, including an L-shaped farm building north-west of the farmhouse.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Cow house extended by this later 19th century historic map depiction, and additional buildings added round the north-north-western border of the farm. The L-shaped central building has been much reduced in size, or replaced by a much smaller building by this time.
Lega-Weekes, E., 1904, The Neighbours of North Wyke. Part IV, 435 (Article in Serial). SDV251535.
Great Week, (or Great Wyke). This property has associations with the Wyke family of North Wyke, South Tawton.
Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1932, The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two, 426 (Monograph). SDV337894.
Documented in 1244, 1301, 1342, 1432 and 1635. (See sub-sheets and related record for farm/houses at Great Week).
Osborne, F., 1963, 31st Report on Parochial History (Article in Serial). SDV21194.
Great Weeke, originally Weeke St. Mary, was said to have had manorial rights in South Teign before 1600.
Greeves, T. A. P., 1981, List of Known Devon Tin Mills c1450 - c1750, No. 86 (Report - non-specific). SDV319826.
A tin mortarstone is built in to an outbuilding of the farm at sx71458760. See SX78NW/68 for presumed site of mill.
Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1993 - 1997, Dartmoor National Park Authority Farmstead Survey 1993-1997 (Report - Survey). SDV344544.
Farmstead included in survey. Visited on 18/01/1997.
Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.
Great Weeke Farm on the modern mapping is largely unchanged in layout from the later 19th century.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV21194 | Article in Serial: Osborne, F.. 1963. 31st Report on Parochial History. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 95. Unknown. |
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| SDV251535 | Article in Serial: Lega-Weekes, E.. 1904. The Neighbours of North Wyke. Part IV. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 36. Unknown. 435. |
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| SDV319826 | Report - non-specific: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1981. List of Known Devon Tin Mills c1450 - c1750. List of Known Devon Tin Mills c1450 - c1750. 35. Unknown. No. 86. |
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| 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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| SDV337894 | Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1932. The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two. The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two. IX. A5 Hardback. 426. |
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| SDV344544 | Report - Survey: Dartmoor National Park Authority. 1993 - 1997. Dartmoor National Park Authority Farmstead Survey 1993-1997. dartmoor National Park Authority. Mixed Archive Material. |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV360652 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2018. MasterMap 2018. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #104124 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV33202 | Parent of: Bakehouse at Great Weeke farm, Chagford (Building) |
| MDV93214 | Parent of: Cow house 12 metres north of Great Weeke Farmhouse, Chagford (Building) |
| MDV123452 | Parent of: Farm buildings at Great Weeke (Building) |
| MDV33203 | Parent of: Great Weeke farmhouse, Chagford (Building) |
| MDV22103 | Parent of: Outbuilding belonging to Great Weeke farm, Chagford (Building) |
| MDV15399 | Part of: Great Week, Chagford (Monument) |
| MDV123451 | Related to: Building at Great Weeke, Chagford (Building) |
| MDV123450 | Related to: Cottage at Great Weeke, Chagford (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 19 2018 11:53AM |
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