MSO7459 - Everards Ball Farmstead, Luxborough (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
SS 98113989. Deserted farmstead of Everards Ball or Woodhead, indicated in the 1327 Lay Subsidy by the entry of Robert Everard. [1,2] It is shown on a map of circa 1600 and the six inch 1962 map [3] still shows two walls shown on the 1600 map, but the area is now overgrown with trees. [4] Small holding of 12 acres, now forested. House long gone. Called Everate's Ball in Land Tax Return, and Woodhead on tithe map. [5] The site of Everards Ball lies on a narrow north-north-east facing spur now covered in commercial forestry plantations. The two boundaries refered to above are well preserved. The southernmost may mark the southern edge of the holding (the other boundaries being formed by the steep combes themselves, and survives as a stone faced boundary 1.2 metres high with a ditch on the southern side. The northern boundary is less well preserved being 0.7 metres high, and appears to mark a sub division within the holding. No traces of a farmstead could be identified. [6] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [7]
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SSO1039 Monograph: Dickenson, F.H.. 1889. Kirby's Quest for Somerset. Somerset Record Society. Series 3. 247.
- <2> SSO742 Article in serial: Aston, M. 1983. Deserted Farms on Exmoor and the Lay subsidy of 1327 in West Somerset. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Society. 127. 95.
- <3> SEM7220 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1962. 6 Inch Map: 1962. 1:10560.
- <4> SSO2101 Article in serial: Williams, E.F.. 1978. Parish surveys in Somerset two: Luxborough. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Society. 2. 13.
- <5> SSO294 Map: 1843. Luxborough Tithe Map and Apportionment.
- <6> SMO7329 Unpublished document: Wilson-North, R.. Various. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 19 May 1998.
- <7> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 36646, Extant 19 April 2022.
External Links (1)
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=36646 (Original Monarch entry: 36646)
Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO11384
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 93 NE25
- National Park
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 36646
- Somerset SMR PRN (Somerset): 33740
Location
Grid reference | SS 9811 3988 (point) |
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Map sheet | SS93NE |
Civil Parish | LUXBOROUGH, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Record last edited
Apr 19 2022 1:16PM
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