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| HER Number: | MDV30048 |
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| Name: | Scobitor Manor, Widecombe in the Moor |
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Summary
Scobitor is first mentioned in the domesday book in 1086 as scabatora. It appears in different documents throughout the middle ages. It probably means 'sceobba's torr' (gover + mawer + stenton).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 724 749 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland in the Moor |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/235/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MANOR (XI - 1086 AD to 1099 AD)
Full description
DCRA, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV293031.
Vis=6/7/1979 (dcra). Scobitor. The farmer said that the farm was mentioned in domesday. It belonged to the monks of torre abbey until the dissolution. It was given to them by the de bokeland family of buckland. It is one of the six domesday manors in widecombe in the moor. Up to 1860 it was in the hands of chancery (see sx77sw/235 for details of present farmhouse) (dcra).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV294164.
Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)529.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV294165.
Dcra widecombe survey/(1979)vol iv 672.
Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.
Scobitor is first mentioned in the domesday book in 1086 as scabatora. It appears in different documents throughout the middle ages. It probably means 'sceobba's torr' (gover + mawer + stenton).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV1312 | Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1931. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. VIII. A5 Hardback. |
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| SDV293031 | Migrated Record: DCRA. |
| SDV294164 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV294165 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV25161 | Related to: Field system south-east of Scobitor Farm, Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8953 - Buckland in the Moor parish checklist site visits
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 12 2023 2:06PM |
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