Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: North Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Bishop's Tawton        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:
1 Cross
2 Marker Stones
3 Milestones
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Churchyard Cross
          Grid Reference: SS/5660/3013
          Location: Just inside the wall of the Bishop's Tawton Churchyard
          Notes: The cross serves as the village war memorial.
             
                                 
 
 
 
 
  Stone Type: Milestone
  Grid Reference: SS/5640/3059
 Location: Against the garage wall of the end property in Highfield Terrace
 Inscription: 2 Barum (2 Miles from Barnstaple)
Stone Type: Bridge Marker Stone
Grid Reference: SS/5656/3022
Location: Built into the western parapet of the bridge over the River Venn
Inscription: Bishop's Tawton Bridge - Rebuilt 1927
  Stone Type: Milestone
  Grid Reference: SS/5723/2939
 Location: On the grass verge, 10 yards to the west of the entrance drive to Overton House
 Inscription: 3 Barum (3 Miles from Barnstaple)
 Notes: The stone also has an Ordnance Survey benchmark on its face
Stone Type: Memorial Monument
Grid Reference: SS/5824/2957
Location: On the summit of Codden Hill, to the south east of Bishop's Tawton village.
Inscription: To Caroline who lived close by at Cobbaton and loved this hill.
Notes: The memorial was erected as a memorial to Caroline Thorpe, wife of the former Liberal Party Leader Jeremy Thorpe, who sadly died as a result of a car accident in 1970.
 Stone Type: Milestone
 Grid Reference: SS/5884/2936
 Location: On the grass verge, 60 yards west of the junction to Hayne.
 Inscription: 4 Barum (4 Miles from Barnstaple)