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HER Number:	MDV85
Name:	St. James' Chapel, Milford, Hartland

Summary

An agricultural building which is said to be the remains of a medieval chapel.

Location

Grid Reference:	SS 231 225
Map Sheet:	SS22SW
Admin Area	Devon
Civil Parish	Hartland
District	Torridge
Ecclesiastical Parish	HARTLAND

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SS22SW/7
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS22SW3

Monument Type(s) and Dates

CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'St. James's chapel (Remains of)' marked on 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map.

Hingeston-Randolph, F. C., 1886, Untitled Source (Monograph). SDV344004.

Ordnance Survey, 1906, 26NE & 27NW (Cartographic). SDV335711.

'St. James' chapel (remains of)' marked on 1906 6 inch Ordnance Survey map.

Pearse Chope, R., 1926, Address of the President. Hartland Abbey, 72 (Article in Serial). SDV6740.

Bishop Stafford licensed celebration at St. James, Milford in 1400.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SS22SW3 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV7503.

Site visit 30th January 1953. Now a farm implement shed.
Site visit 6th December 1978. This building is orentated east-west. No visible evidence to confirm that it stands on the site of the chapel. Other details: Photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 1964, SS22SW (Cartographic). SDV343776.

'St. James's Chapel (Remains of)' marked on 1964 6 inch Ordnance Survey map.

Pearce, S. M., 1985, The Early Church in the Landscape: The Evidence from North Devon (part), 268 (Article in Serial). SDV336495.

A Royal Charter of 1189 granted to Hartland Abbey chapels at Harton, Cheristow, Welcombe and all other chapels built in the parish. This probably included St. James' which is recorded in 1400.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 245 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Unclear as to whether a farm implement shed represents the former chapel or may be on the site of the chapel. Chapel remains marked on OS 1906 map.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV335711	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1906. 26NE & 27NW. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper).


SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).


SDV336495	Article in Serial: Pearce, S. M.. 1985. The Early Church in the Landscape: The Evidence from North Devon (part). Archaeological Journal. 142. A4 Stapled + Digital. 268.


SDV339712	Report - 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. No. 245.


SDV341569	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2009. MasterMap. MasterMap. Digital. [Mapped feature: #108609 ]


SDV343776	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1964. SS22SW. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. Map (Paper).


SDV344004	Monograph: Hingeston-Randolph, F. C.. 1886. The Register of Edmund Stafford 1395-1419. Unknown.


SDV6740	Article in Serial: Pearse Chope, R.. 1926. Address of the President. Hartland Abbey. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 58. 72.


SDV7503	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SS22SW3. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Jul 28 2015 2:58PM

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