MSO8195 - Horse Parks Farm (Monument)

Summary

The farmstead, now deserted, is shown on historic mapping.

Please read the Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record .

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

The Monksilver Tithe Map shows a farm. [1,2] Small characteristic enclosures are shown, at Horse Park Wood, on the 1962 Ordnance Survey map. [2] The farm is marked as 'Horse Parks' on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map. [5] Horse Parks is also shown on the 1802 Ordnance Survey drawing of Dunster. [7]

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Map: 1841. Monksilver Tithe Map and Apportionment.
  • <2> Article in serial: Aston, M.. 1983. Deserted Farmsteads on Exmoor and the Lay Subsidy of 1327 in West Somerset. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 127. P.99.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1962. 6 Inch Map: 1962. 1:10560. ST03NE.
  • <4> Survey: Western Archaeological Trust. 1980s. Exmoor Aerial Photograph Survey. 0635.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1868-1901. County Series; 1st Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
  • <6> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1904. 25" sheet. 48(13).
  • <7> Map: Ordnance Survey. Various. Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) . 1" 1802.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO11611
  • Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO8194
  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Monuments Record reference: ST 03 NE57
  • National Monuments Record reference: ST 03 NE58
  • Pastscape HOBID (was Monarch UID): 975323
  • Pastscape HOBID (was Monarch UID): 975325
  • Somerset SMR PRN (Somerset): 34045
  • Somerset SMR PRN: 34044

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred ST 0614 3557 (71m by 61m) (Estimated from sources)
Map sheet ST03NE
Civil Parish STOGUMBER, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Nov 21 2014 10:09AM

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