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Summary

Site of Little Woodhay, depicted on 19th and earlier 20th century mapping as two groups of buildings on either side of a trackway. Much of the farmstead had gone by the 1960s-70s with only a cider house and a few walls still standing. These too now look to have gone.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX89NW/11

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (Late Medieval - 1401 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Farmstead marked as Little Woody, comprising a trackway leading through a large yard with ranges of buildings around the west, north and east sides, with the farmhouse and an adjoining L-shaped range and garden extending westwards from the west side.

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

Little Woodhay is shown as two groups of buildings on either side of the track. The western group consists of several adjoining buildings with a round structure to the west. The eastern group consists of several buildings around an irregular shaped yard with an orchard to the east.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Farmstead depicted as two buildings at right angles on the west side of the track with a well marked to the north. The outline of several buildings are shown to the east of the track.

Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial (Cartographic). SDV352727.

Lower Woodhay marked.

Braddick, L. E., 1962, Whitestone and Oldridge, 351 (Article in Serial). SDV294377.

Lower Woodhay, Oldridge. Mentioned in the tithe return of 1838. Now there are only the remains of a cider house and a little cob walling left.

Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric (Cartographic). SDV350058.

Farmstead no longer extant. Only what appear to be some walls are shown.

Pamment, J., 1986, Parish Survey of Whitestone and Oldridge, 192 (Report - Survey). SDV295504.

Just to the east of Frankford Cottage stood the complex of cob buildings known as Lower Woodhay Farm, these are all in ruins. A detached cider pound house associated with this farm was the only building on this farm standing in the 1970s; the original thatch has been replaced by a corrugated iron roof. Now the corrugated roof has failed to protect the end walls leading to a collapse. Other details: Visited in 1985.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

The site of the farmstead is still discernible.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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