MEM23292 - West Luccombe (Place)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The first documentary evidence for West Luccombe is recorded in the Domesday Book under 'Locube'. []Odo son of Gamelin held the manor of the king [] Vitalis held it from Odo. The 1809-1812 Holnicote Estate Map of records an area of settlement now lost, there are also two platfoms in the fields: [NT Site number 115274, SS 8987 4637] under 'Hardings and Ridlers' is 'b 5 House in ruins, Court and Orchard'. The building marked along the road still exists. [NT Site number 115275, SS 8987 4618] the house, linhay and yard east of Rose Tree Cottage were damaged by fire in the 1950's [] They are recorded as 'Late Rawles and etc e1 Farm House Outhouses Orchard and Plot' which sounds like one house yet [records show] that both buildings are 17c or earlier. On the 1842 Tithe Map and following maps two or three houses are recorded. [NT Site number 115276 SS 8988 4620] 'Late David Ridler's Cottage & etc' the tenent was Jacob Court, by the [] Tithe map the site is recorded as a garden. It is west of the large modern farm building. [NT Site number 115277 SS 8985 4620] north of Inglenook [] '9/12th of Reed's Tenement, g 1 Cottage part of the Court and Garden & etc [] held by William Snow. Inglenook is given as '3/12th of Reeds and sharing the court or yard' By the time of the Tithe Map Inglenook [alone] is shown as 'Cottage and Garden' tenanted by Ann Tame. [NT Site number 115278 SS 8985 4623] to the west of the [location of the current] farmhouse and set along a track are several buildings. Unusually for this survey under 'Hardings and Ridlers b 1' is given ' Farm Houses Phelps Cott Orchard & etc which implies at least three dwellings. [NT Site number 115279 SS 8989 4625] a cottage, outhouses and court known as Sparkes's [] held by William Snow. [1] Earthworks are visible in the orchard to the west and north of West Luccombe Farm [2] The settlement has been mapped using georeferenced Tithe Map data and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition Ordnance Survey maps. [3-6]
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SEM6865 Report: Richardson, I.. 2008. West Luccombe Farm Archaeological Survey.
- <2> SMO5308 Verbal communication: Various. Various. Oral Information or Staff Comments. Shirley Blaylock, 3 August 2015.
- <3> SSO292 Map: Collard Cox, W.. 1841. Luccombe Tithe Map and Apportionment.
- <4> SEM6703 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1868-1901. County Series; 1st Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
- <5> SEM7190 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. County Series, 2nd Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
- <6> SEM8093 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1933-1938. County Series, Third Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
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Other Statuses/References
- Coastal Risk 2014: Flood Zone 3 fluvial
- Coastal Risk 2016: Flood Zone 2 fluvial
- Coastal Risk 2016: Flood Zone 3 fluvial
- Local List Status (Candidate)
- National Trust HER Record: 115275
- National Trust HER Record: 115277
- National Trust HER Record: 115278
- National Trust HER Record: 115279
- National Trust HER Record: MNA141434
- National Trust HER Record: MNA141437
- National Trust HER Record: MNA141441
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 89879 46164 (222m by 381m) (Historic mapping) |
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Map sheet | SS84NE |
Civil Parish | LUCCOMBE, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Record last edited
Jan 22 2018 12:07PM
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