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| HER Number: | MDV71216 |
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| Name: | Bow Tannery |
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Summary
Site of 18C Bow Tannery with a pond & leat
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 733 015 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS70SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bow |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BOW |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TANNERY (XVI to XXI - 1501 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880s, Ordnance Survey (Cartographic). SDV848.
Site of 'Bow Tannery' shown on OS 25" (1880s) map as a large group of buildings extending south from the road at SS73260161 to the stream at SS73320150. A large pond to the east at SS73400154 is shown with a leat entering from the east & another running west from the pond to the tannery. Another large pond is shown at SS73580149 with associated leats.
Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 36 (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.
Other details: 134.
Carbonell, B. M. H. + Wauton, M., 2002, Untitled Source, 23-24 (Pamphlet). SDV321149.
Until 1887 the tannery at Halse was a thriving industry which had 15 cottages to house the employees. A lease of 1547 mentions a close of land on the east side of the village of 'Nymetburgh' with a suitable place to dry 'corruim' (hides). The position of this close corresponds to Halse & suggests a tannery was in existence then.
Bodman, M., 2003, Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 236 (Report - Interim). SDV325576.
Bow Tanyard is mentioned in a newspaper article of 1787.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV305931 | Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 36. |
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| SDV321149 | Pamphlet: Carbonell, B. M. H. + Wauton, M.. 2002. Thirteen Centuries in Bow alias Nymet Tracey with Broadnymet. Leaflet. 23-24. |
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| SDV325576 | Report - Interim: Bodman, M.. 2003. Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 236. |
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| SDV848 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. Ordnance Survey. 25". |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV71217 | Related to: Bow, East Halse Cottages (Monument) |
| MDV71218 | Related to: Bow, Halse Cottages (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2006 9:19PM |
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