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| HER Number: | MDV8282 |
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| Name: | 27 Cross Street, Moretonhampstead |
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Summary
Site of The Bishop Blaize Inn at Moretonhampstead (named after the patron of the Woolcombers, an important occupation in the 17th century) and later after a fire in 1845, the site was developed as a blacksmith's forge which it still in use as today.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 754 860 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Moretonhampstead |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MORETONHAMPSTEAD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NE/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- INN (XVI to XVII - 1600 AD to 1699 AD (Between))
- BLACKSMITHS WORKSHOP (XIX - 1845 AD to 1899 AD (Between))
Full description
L'Estrange, A. G., 1873, From the Thames to the Tamar; a Summer on the South Coast, 280 (Monograph). SDV305632.
Bishop Blasé Inn at Moretonhampstead.
Pengelly, W., 1877, Notes on Slips Connected With Devonshire. Part 1, 352 (Article in Serial). SDV305631.
Reference to L'estrange?
Mortimer, I., 2012, Gazetteer of Moretonhampstead Parish (Website). SDV357796.
27 CROSS STREET. There was once an inn on this site, The Bishop Blaize (named after the patron of the Woolcombers, an important occupation in Moreton in the 17th century). After a fire in 1845 the site was developed as a blacksmith’s forge by the Hill family, who only gave up the business in 2000. It is still a forge today.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
Building is depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV305631 | Article in Serial: Pengelly, W.. 1877. Notes on Slips Connected With Devonshire. Part 1. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 9. Unknown. 352. |
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| SDV305632 | Monograph: L'Estrange, A. G.. 1873. From the Thames to the Tamar; a Summer on the South Coast. From the Thames to the Tamar; a Summer on the South Coast. Unknown. 280. |
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| SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #108319 ] |
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| SDV357796 | Website: Mortimer, I.. 2012. Gazetteer of Moretonhampstead Parish. http://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/uploads/moreton_gazetteer.pdf. Website. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV40268 | Related to: Former Coach House, Cross Street, Moretonhampstead (Building) |
| MDV40270 | Related to: Mearsdon Manor, Cross Street, Moretonhampstead (Building) |
| MDV17592 | Related to: Rectory and then Inn, Cross Street, Moretonhampstead (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 19 2018 9:32AM |
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