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Summary

Withleigh. This settlement may represent the domesday manor of bradleia, held by drogo, and by algar before the conquest (reichel).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS91SW/16

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MANOR (VIII to Late Medieval - 701 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.

Withleigh. This settlement may represent the domesday manor of bradleia, held by drogo, and by algar before the conquest (reichel).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV41080.

Reichel, o. J. /hundreds of devon/(1928-1938)5,22,31/the hundred of tiverton in early times.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV41081.

Des=ntas/buzzards,withleigh/(august 1984)/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV41082.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)546.

National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV5615.

Withleigh is a combination of withthe - (old frisian) meaning willow and leach (old english) meaning stream (national trust).

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

Withleigh is first mentioned in the assizes of 1219 as witheleg(h) by 1330 it is spelt wythelegh in the lay subsidy rolls. It means withy clearing.(gover et al).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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