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| HER Number: | MDV73638 |
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| Name: | Prescombe Farm, Lydford |
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Summary
Prescombe, marked on the 1840s Tithe Map and later historic maps, is first referred to as 'Prustcombe' in a deed of 1445. The name means 'Priest's valley'.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 515 840 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Lydford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FARMSTEAD (XIV to XV - 1400 AD to 1445 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
'Prescombe' marked on 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map, comprising a group of buildings off east side of lane with two additional structures to the south east and further buildings on the west side of the road.
Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 214 (Monograph). SDV1312.
Prescombe is first referred to as 'Prustecombe' in a deed on 1445, meaning priest's valley.
Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1993 - 1997, Dartmoor National Park Authority Farmstead Survey 1993-1997 (Report - Survey). SDV344544.
Farm included in survey. Visited 10/03/1997.
Wessex Archaeology, 2007, Historic Environment Audit of Devon County Farms. Pilot Project. Results of Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Report - Assessment). SDV338412.
Historic environment audit of Prescombe Farm undertaken by Conservation Management, a division of Wessex Archaeology, for Devon County Council. Prescombe Farm is one of the 93 farm holdings that make up Devon County Farms Estate. The farm currently covers an area of c46.3 hectares with the main farmstead lying roughly at the centre of the holding. Historic landscape characterisation suggests that the fields were probably first enclosed during the Middle Ages. A number of field boundaries, however, have disappeared since the time of the Tithe Map. The farm has a number of features considered to be of local, regional and national significance including the surviving elements of a mill complex, pig sty and associated smoking room, and granite gate posts.
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. 214. |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV338412 | Report - Assessment: Wessex Archaeology. 2007. Historic Environment Audit of Devon County Farms. Pilot Project. Results of Prescombe Farm, Lydford. Wessex Archaeology Report. 64350.14. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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| SDV344544 | Report - Survey: Dartmoor National Park Authority. 1993 - 1997. Dartmoor National Park Authority Farmstead Survey 1993-1997. dartmoor National Park Authority. Mixed Archive Material. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV73640 | Parent of: Barn, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Building) |
| MDV73670 | Parent of: Cobbled yard, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Monument) |
| MDV118147 | Parent of: Field shelter at Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Building) |
| MDV73668 | Parent of: Millpond, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Monument) |
| MDV118145 | Parent of: Multi-purpose farm building, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Building) |
| MDV73642 | Parent of: Pigsty, smoking room and barn, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Building) |
| MDV73641 | Parent of: Possible calf house at Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Building) |
| MDV73639 | Parent of: Prescombe Farmhouse, Lydford (Building) |
| MDV73671 | Parent of: Shed, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Building) |
| MDV118146 | Parent of: Shippon, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Building) |
| MDV73669 | Parent of: Site of sluicegate, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Monument) |
| MDV118149 | Parent of: The old privy at Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Building) |
| MDV73643 | Parent of: Wheelpit, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Monument) |
| MDV34230 | Related to: Butterwell, Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Monument) |
| MDV118184 | Related to: Farm buildings west of Prescombe Farm, Lydford (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4199 - Devon County Farms Historic Environment Audit (Pilot Project)
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 26 2019 9:59AM |
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