Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: Mid Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Halberton        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  1 Boundary Stone
  1 Marker Stone
  5 Milestones
   
   
   
                           
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Grand Western Canal Milestone
          Grid Reference: SS/9985/1315
          Location: On the east bank of the canal, back against the field hedge.
          Inscription: III (3 Miles from the Tiverton end of the canal).
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
 Stone Type: Grand Western Canal Milestone                
 Grid Reference: ST/0006/1315                
 Location: On the south bank of the canal, back against the field hedge.                
 Inscription: IV (4 Miles from the Tiverton end of the canal).                
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
                Stone Type: Grand Western Canal Milestone
                Grid Reference: ST/0150/1313
                Location: On the south bank of the canal, back against the field hedge.
                Inscription: V (5 Miles from the Tiverton end of the canal).
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone                
 Grid Reference: ST/0060/1288                
 Location: At the end of a parking space and beside the wall of a house next to the path leading to Halberton Church.                
 Inscription: D.C.C. Bdy.                
 Notes: The origin of this stone is not known to me, but it is assumed that the Inscription represents 'Devon County Council Boundary', perhaps to show the boundary between the grounds of the house and the public highway.                
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
                Stone Type: Milestone
                Grid Reference: ST/0040/1295
                Location: At the junction of the road running north into Halberton, with the road leading into Lower Town. The stone is set back against the hedge on the west side of the road.
                Notes: The inscription has now become illegible, but the stone clearly shows an Ordnance Survey Benchmark low down on its roadside face.
                   
                                 
                                 
                         
                         
 Stone Type: Memorial Marker Stone              
 Grid Reference: ST/0044/1293              
 Location: At the junction of the road running north into Halberton, with the road leading into Lower Town. The stone is beside the bench on the east side of the road.              
 Notes: Although the inscription has now become illegible, the stone was placed here to record the planting of a tree to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.  The tree has since been felled and not replaced.              
         
                       
      Stone Type: Milestone
              Grid Reference: ST/0167/1317
              Location: On the west side of the road, about 100 metres north of the Rock Canal Bridge and to the right of the entrance gate to a private house.
              Inscription: Tiverton 4 / Wellington 10.