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Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86SE/33

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ALMSHOUSE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

NMR, CITING ELLIS, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV317212.

In 1609 sir george carey had 7 almshouses built near the north of the court. In 1810 they were taken down and rebuilt outside the park. Vis=25/11/1952 (os) several years ago, while laying a drain at a depth of 1m, a pebble paving and several slates were found. The site is now a lawn. Vis=in 1609 sir george carey of cockington had 7 almshouses built and endowed with 30 pounds sterling pa. They were built near the n of the court. Prince described the almshouses as "so many apartments all under one roof, for 7 poor people of the parish, everyone having a ground room and chamber over, with a. Garden enclosed by a stone wall; to each of which he allowed 1 shilling per week with a new frieze grown and a new shirt of shift yearly at christmas" (nmr, citing ellis).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317213.

Prince, j. /worthies of devon/(1810)133.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317214.

Dymond, r. /tda/6(1873)291/sir george carey of cockington.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317215.

Lysons, d. + s. /devonshire/(1882)50.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317216.

Pengelley, w. /tda/19(1887)304-5/prince's 'worthies of devon' and the 'dictionary of national biography'.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317217.

Osa=sx86se4.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317218.

Ellis, a. C. /historical survey of torquay/(1930)135-6.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7926 - Cockington: Historic Landscape Survey

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