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Summary

Winstone, brixton, is the probable approximate site of a medieval estate recorded as winestane in the domesday survey. The history of its possession down to 1428 is given (reichel).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55SE/32

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV140856.

Reichel, o. J. /the hundreds of devon/(1928-1938)262,268,287,301/the hundred of plympton in early times.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV140857.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)251.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.

Winstone, brixton, is the probable approximate site of a medieval estate recorded as winestane in the domesday survey. The history of its possession down to 1428 is given (reichel).

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

Winston was first mentioned in the domesday book of 1086 as 'winestona'. Appears throughout the middle ages in various documents and spelt in different ways. Probably means 'wine's farm' (gover et al).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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