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Summary

Wotton, denbury, torbryan. A medieval farmstead mentioned in 'testa de nevil' in 1244 as weston. Some details of ownership and tenancies in 1244 are given and of subsequent early descents (reichel).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86NW/25

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.

Wotton, denbury, torbryan. A medieval farmstead mentioned in 'testa de nevil' in 1244 as weston. Some details of ownership and tenancies in 1244 are given and of subsequent early descents (reichel).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV292456.

Reichel, o. J. /tda/40(1908)117/the hundred of haytor in the time of 'testa de nevil' ad 1244.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV292457.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)523.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.

Wotton is first mentioned in the assizes of 1249 as 'wudeton' and 'wutton'. In the lay subsidy rolls of 1333 it is called 'wottone'. It probably means 'farm by the wood' (gover et al).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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