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Summary

Site of chapel. The ruins of the chapel could be seen in the late 18th century. Probably dedicated to st. Mary as the manor was called hightly st. Mary. Probably extra parochial possibly paid no tithes to the parish church. The burial ground was in use to about 1730 (polwhele).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS92SW/9

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHAPEL (XI to Late Medieval - 1001 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.

Here was hightleigh church (on map of 1765) (donn). Vis=19/10/1967 (os). No surface indications of the chapel (os)vis=the domesday manor of "henlei" was held by ralph de pomerai, reichel calls it an extra parochial liberty. In testa de nevil, 1243, as "seyntemarilegh" it was held by pilton priory (reichel).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35366.

Osa=ss92sw3.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35367.

Polwhele, r. /history of devon/(1797)394.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35368.

Donn, b. /map of devon/(1765) sheet 3b.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35369.

Reichel, o. J. /tda/30(1898)408,422/the domesday hundreds of devon, part 6: the hundred of witheridge.

Polwhele, R., 1793-1806, The History of Devonshire (Monograph). SDV21030.

Site of chapel. The ruins of the chapel could be seen in the late 18th century. Probably dedicated to st. Mary as the manor was called hightly st. Mary. Probably extra parochial possibly paid no tithes to the parish church. The burial ground was in use to about 1730 (polwhele).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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