Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: Teignbridge                      

 
                                   
Parish: Dawlish        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  9 Boundary Stones
  2 Bridge Plaques
  2 Crosses
  3 Milestones
 
   
                           
                           
         
          Stone Type: Boundary Stone
          Grid Reference: SX/9549/7685
          Location: Set into the base of a garden wall on the south side of Old Town Street, Dawlish.
          Inscription: C - (County Bridge Stone - see note on Home Page)
                Notes: The stone marks the limit for the maintenance of the road leading to the bridge over the Dawlish Water in Church Street.
                                 
                                 
                       
 Stone Type: Bridge Plaque        
 Grid Reference: SX/9543/7680              
 Location: Set into the east parapet of the bridge over the Dawlish Water in Church Street, Dawlish.            
 Inscription: The Widening of this Bridge at the Joint Expense of the County and Town was Designed and carried out by John Carpenter of Gatehouse. Surveyor to the Local Board AD 1864;            
           
           
               
                     
                     
              Stone Type: Bridge Plaque
              Grid Reference: SX/9542/7679
              Location: Set into the west parapet of the bridge over the Dawlish Water in Church Street, Dawlish.
              Inscription: Previous Bridge Destroyed by Flood October 19th 1873. This Arch Built 1876. ?? Earley County Surveyor. James Hawkins Builder;
              Notes: The name of the County Surveyor is not clear on the plaque and has been read the best I can!
                         
                         
                                 
               
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone              
 Grid Reference: SX/9505/7684              
 Location: Set into the retaining wall on the north west side of Aller Hill, opposite the entrance to Stonelands Mews.              
 Inscription: C - (County Bridge Stone - see note on Home Page)              
               
                                 
                           
                           
                           
               
                Stone Type: Boundary Stone
                Grid Reference: SX/9504/7667
                Location: Set into the garden wall of Brownsbrook Cottage on the west side of Aller Hill and to the north of the bridge over the road.
                Inscription: C - (County Bridge Stone - see note on Home Page)
         
                           
                           
         
 Stone Type: Milestone              
 Grid Reference: SX/9237/7540              
 Location: Set into the verge on the south side of the B3192 Higher Exeter Road, just to the east of the junction that leads off to the Teignmouth Golf Club.              
 Inscription: Miles to Teignmouth / Miles to Exeter 11M (Miles) 5F (Furlongs) 4P (Poles).               
 Notes: The number of miles to Teignmouth seems to have been obscured by the addition of an Ordnance Survey Bench Mark arrow.                
                                 
                           
                           
         
                Stone Type: Boundary Stone
                Grid Reference: SX/9226/7535
                Location: Set back under the trees in the junction between two minor roads.
                Inscription: No apparent inscription on this stone.
                Notes: This stone is quite fragile and has been protected with a metal band around it, which is itself now rusting away quite badly.
                                 
                           
                           
           
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone              
 Grid Reference: SX/9201/7657              
 Location: Set into the roadside bank on the north west side and half way along the lane that runs between the B3192 Higher Exeter Road and Luscombe Hill.              
 Inscription: B - M (Ordnance Survey Bench Mark).              
               
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
Stone Type: Milestone
Grid Reference: SX/9679/7810
Location: Set back from the road on the eastern verge of A379.
Inscription: 4 Miles To Teignmouth / 11 Miles To Exeter
 Stone Type: Milestone
 Grid Reference: SX/9641/7963
 Location: On the eastern verge of A379, beside a low wall. 
 Inscription: 5 Miles To Teignmouth / 10 Miles To Exeter
Stone Type: Metal Boundary Marker
Grid Reference: SX/9712/7747
Location: On the cliff path, near the Rockstone. 
Inscription: Great Western Railway Cos. Boundary 1918
     
 Stone Type: Churchyard Cross
 Grid Reference: SX/9535/7662
 Location: Set back to the left of the approach to St Gregory's Churchyard. 
 Inscription: Erected to the Memory of the Men of Dawlish who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918.
 Notes: The cross serves as a memorial for World War I & II.
     
Stone Type: Town Cross
Grid Reference: SX/9535/7664
Location: Set close to the church wall on the approach to St Gregory's Churchyard.
Notes: This is probably an ancient preaching cross relocated to the church for safekeeping.
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/964/767
 Location: Inscribed into the top of a kerb stone, on the opposite side of the road to the railway station.
 Inscription: G.W.R. (Great Western Railway)
Stone Type: Metal Boundary Marker
Grid Reference: SX/9776/7794
Location: Flush with the cliff path, up the hill from the Langstone Cliff Hotel  
Inscription: Great Western Railway Cos. Boundary 1911
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/9642/7674
 Location: Built into the back wall of the Dawlish Station car park.
 Inscription: G W R  (Great Western Railway)