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| HER Number: | MDV21812 |
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| Name: | Medieval Borough of Dartmouth |
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Summary
Dartmouth became a borough in the late 12th or early 13th century. It was granted a market and fair in 1227.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 87 51 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX85SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmouth |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TOWNSTAL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85SE/77
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BURGH (Created, XIII - 1201 AD to 1300 AD (Between))
Full description
Beresford, M. W. + Finberg, H. P. R., 1973, English Medieval Boroughs. A Handlist, 90 (Monograph). SDV6626.
Dartmouth. Grant of market and fair in 1227. Amerced at the eyre for sending a jury of its own instead of coming with the Hundred of Coleridge in 1249. Charter granting the right to elect a mayor and other privileges.
Waterhouse, R., Unknown, Dartmouth Conservation Area: Archaeology, 4 (Un-published). SDV355585.
Dartmouth became a borough in the late 12th or early 13th century with a licence being granted for a market and fair in 1231. The tenants of the borough - the burghers, had rights not enjoyed by farming tenants, intended to encourage them to trade as merchants, bringing wealth into the town. Each burgher rented a plot of land from the FitzStephen family, who were lords of the Manor of Norton, and built a house and associated buildings on it. The domestic plots, known as ‘burgage plots’ were short and were probably largely paved over. Beyond, some plots continued as subsistence strips, each divided from its neighbour by a hedge, many of which were replaced with walls in the 18th and 19th centuries. Outside these, large areas of extra strips were owned in common by the burghers and divided out fairly as allotments. The houses in such planned towns hugged the street frontage, with service buildings such as kitchens and workshops were detached to the rear, as they posed a considerable fire risk.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV355585 | Un-published: Waterhouse, R.. Unknown. Dartmouth Conservation Area: Archaeology. Digital. 4. |
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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. 90. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV108517 | Parent of: Burgage Plots along Clarence Street, Dartmouth (Monument) |
| MDV108518 | Parent of: Burgage Plots along South Ford Road, Dartmouth (Monument) |
| MDV108505 | Part of: Dartmouth (Monument) |
| MDV108505 | Related to: Dartmouth (Monument) |
| MDV108505 | Part of: Dartmouth (Monument) |
| MDV108505 | Related to: Dartmouth (Monument) |
| MDV56930 | Related to: Medieval Settlement at Dartmouth (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 27 2020 11:14AM |
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