Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: East Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Sidmouth        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  3 Boundary Stones
  4 Crosses
  4 Marker Stones
  6 Milestones
   
   
                           
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Park Marker Stone
          Grid Reference: SY/128/873
          Location: In the park at the eastern end of the town centre.
          Inscription: Presented to the town of Sidmouth as a place of Recreation by John George Galloway Radford Esq. on 26th March 1896.
                   
                                 
                                 
                                 
                           
                                 
                                 
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone                
 Grid Reference: ST/1122/9157                
 Location: Beacon Hill, at the junction of the footpaths in the woods.                
 Inscription: S D / U C (Sidmouth Urban / District Council).                
                   
                                 
                                 
                         
                         
              Stone Type: Bridge Marker Stone
              Grid Reference: SY/1373/8996
              Location: Built into the parapet of the bridge over the River Sid at Sidford.
              Inscription: County of Devon / Sidford Bridge / Reconstructed 1930.
                 
                         
                         
                                 
 Stone Type: Milestone                
 Grid Reference: SY/1232/8748                
 Location: Set against the wall of the old Toll House in Station Road, Sidmouth.                
 Inscription: Ottery 6.                
 Notes: There is an Ordnance Survey Benchmark cut into the base of the stone.                
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
Stone Type: Milestone
Grid Reference: SY/1091/8995
Location: On the southern grass verge of the B3176 near the Bowd Inn.
Inscription: Ottery 4 / Sidmouth 2;
     
 Stone Type: Milestone
 Grid Reference: ST/1200/8969
 Location: Set back in the hedge of the A3052, 60 metres to the west of the junction with Core Hill Road.
 Inscription: Exeter 13;
 Notes: The milestone once had a metal plate fixed to it but this has now disappeared. There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark near the top of the stone. 
       
Stone Type: Milestone
Grid Reference: SY/1357/9001
Location: On the north pavement of the A3052, outside Milestone Cottage, Sidford.
Inscription: There is no inscription on the stone.
      Notes: The milestone once had a metal plate fixed to it but this has now disappeared.
 Stone Type: Milestone
 Grid Reference: ST/1345/9046
 Location: Set low into the hedge on the western verge of the A375, near the junction with Ottery Lane.
 Inscription: VII Miles From Honiton / II To Sidmouth.
 Notes: There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark low down on the stone. 
     
Stone Type: Cemetery Cross
Grid Reference: SY/1405/9108
Location: At the southern end of the Sidbury Cemetery.
     
 Stone Type: Village Cross
 Grid Reference: ST/1378/9162
 Location: At a road junction on the west side of the A375 in Sidbury.
 Notes: The cross serves as the Village War Memorial.
     
Stone Type: Milestone
Grid Reference: SY/1401/9189
Location: Set into the roadside wall of the A375, 50 metres to the north of the school entrance.
Inscription: VI Miles From Honiton / III Sidmouth.
 Stone Type: Sidmouth Churchyard Cross
 Grid Reference: SY/1255/8734
 Location: In the south east corner of the Churchyard
 Inscription: To the Glory of God and in Memory of the Men of Sidmouth who Fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918
 Notes: The cross serves as the Town War Memorial
Stone Type: Marker Stone
Grid Reference: SY/1382/8764
Location: On the South West Coast Path at Salcombe Hill
Inscription: South Combe Farm including the summit of Salcombe Hill is dedicated by the Owner as a Permanent Open Space / Vaughan Cornish A.D. 1937.
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone
 Grid Reference: SY/1381/8764
 Location: On the South West Coast Path at Salcombe Hill
 Inscription: ↑ 1826
 Notes: The arrow on the stone denotes that it marked the boundary of Government land - possibly an Admiralty Telegraph Station.
Stone Type: Salcombe Regis Village Cross
Grid Reference: SY/1452/8871
Location: At the road junction, ¼ Mile south west of the Village.
Inscription: Remember the Men of Salcombe Regis who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914 - 1918.
Notes: The cross serves as the Village War Memorial
 Stone Type: Marker Stone
 Grid Reference: SY/117/907
 Location: At the junction of tracks on the edge of the woods on Core Hill.
 Inscription: This area of Core Hill Wood is dedicated to the memory of Derek Marks (1934 - 1997) who served as a trustee of the Woodland Trust from 1988 - 1997. 
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Stone Type: Boundary Stone
Grid Reference: SY/10987/87214
Location: Opposite the Mutters Moor Car Park entrance - Peak Hill
Inscription: S P (Sidmouth Parish)
Notes: The stone also has an O.S. Benchmark