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| HER Number: | MDV74657 |
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| Name: | Weare Gifford Fishery |
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Summary
A fishery is recorded at Weare Gifford in Domesday Book and documentary references testify to the continuity of fishing into the modern period.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 474 212 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Frithelstock |
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| Civil Parish | Great Torrington |
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| Civil Parish | Weare Giffard |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | FRITHELSTOCK |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GREAT TORRINGTON |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEARE GIFFARD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Weare Giffard mill leat, marked on nineteenth century mapping, east of Weare Giffard Barton
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FISHERY (XI to XIX - 1001 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 23 (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.
In 1771 a salmon fishery occupied the mill leat. Other details: No 43.
Preece, C., 2005, A Conflict of Interests: the Fish Traps of the Taw and Torridge Estuaries, 163 (Article in Serial). SDV342251.
A fishery is recorded here in the Domesday Book and later documents testify to the continuity of fishing in the locality. Deeds between 1578 and 1738, for example, refer to Weare Mill and Fishery. In 1819 there is a contract for Weare Gifford fishery and in 1870 it was reported in the Bideford Weekly Gazette that a fishing hutch at Weare Gifford was considered to be a 'priveleged fixed engine'.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV305931 | Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 23. |
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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). [Mapped feature: #101884 ] |
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| SDV342251 | Article in Serial: Preece, C.. 2005. A Conflict of Interests: the Fish Traps of the Taw and Torridge Estuaries. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 63. Paperback Volume. 163. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV34953 | Related to: The Old Corn Mill, Weare Giffard (Monument) |
| MDV65506 | Related to: Weare Giffard Mill Leat (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4719 - Research and Survey of Fish Weirs on the Rivers Taw and Torridge
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 6 2018 4:19PM |
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