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| HER Number: | MDV105996 |
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| Name: | Drill Hall, Dowell Street |
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Summary
Former drill hall, now a scout hall.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 160 006 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Honiton |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HONITON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DRILL HALL (Unknown date)
- SCOUT HUT (Unknown date)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Shown but not marked.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
'Drill Hall' marked.
Yallop, H. J., 1989, Honiton War Work Depot, 10 (Article in Serial). SDV357641.
The Honiton War Work Depot was founded in June 1916 to supply hospitals with slippers, bandages, dressings and other medical necessities. Women from Honiton and the surrounding district worked in a flat over the old territorial Drill Hall (now the scout HQ) in Dowell Street. The Depot closed on 30th January 1919.
Google, 2014, Google Streetview (Website). SDV355684.
Now a Scout Hall.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
'Hall' marked.
2014, The Drill Hall Project - Charting a Neglected Legacy (Website). SDV356480.
Dowell Street is mentioned by Kelly's Directory in 1889 and 1893. In 1902, it records, 'Drill hall, Dowell Street; Capt. Herbert H. Lilley; Sergeant Charles King, drill instructor; Cycle Co. Capt. W. C. Vallance'.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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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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| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #65424 ] |
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| SDV355684 | Website: Google. 2014. Google Streetview. http://maps.google.co.uk. Website. |
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| SDV356480 | Website: 2014. The Drill Hall Project - Charting a Neglected Legacy. www.drillhalls.org. Website. |
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| SDV357641 | Article in Serial: Yallop, H. J.. 1989. Honiton War Work Depot. The Devon Historian. 38. A5 Paperback. 10. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 13 2015 9:52AM |
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