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| HER Number: | MDV21774 |
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| Name: | Borough of Chawleigh |
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Summary
Chawleigh is named as borough in approximately 1340 and again in 1442. A possible market area may have been located at the north end of the tenement plots, near the manor house and church.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 711 123 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS71SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Chawleigh |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAWLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SS71SW13
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS71SW/29
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BURGH (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Field boundaries are depicted forming fairly regular rectalinear blocks perpendicular to the road running through Chawleigh.
Beresford, M. W. + Finberg, H. P. R., 1973, English Medieval Boroughs. A Handlist, 88 (Monograph). SDV6626.
Chawleigh is named as a borough in approximately 1340, and again in 1442 in an inquisition post-mortem on Hugh, Earl of Devon.
Fox, H., 1999, Medieval Urban Development, 403 (Article in Monograph). SDV364877.
One important overland route between Exeter and north Devon was through Chulmleigh and Chawleigh… both boroughs in the Middle Ages.
Horner, B., 2022, Archaeological observation, 25-MAY-2022 (Personal Comment). SDV364743.
Chawleigh is a possible medieval planned settlement, with manor house, church and possible open market area at the north end of the tenement plots. The plots to the west of the church and manor house may just be strip fields or could have been part of the borough.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #137678 Formerly recorded as a point at SS 7120 1259, ] |
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| SDV364743 | Personal Comment: Horner, B.. 2022. Archaeological observation. Email. 25-MAY-2022. |
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| SDV364877 | Article in Monograph: Fox, H.. 1999. Medieval Urban Development. Historical Atlas of South-West England. Hardback Volume. 403. |
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| SDV6626 | Monograph: Beresford, M. W. + Finberg, H. P. R.. 1973. English Medieval Boroughs. A Handlist. English Medieval Boroughs. A Handlist. A5 Hardback. 88. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 27 2022 5:48PM |
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