Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: Teignbridge                      

 
                                   
Parish: Holcombe Burnell        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  2 Boundary Stones
  2 Crosses
  1 Milestone
   
   
   
                           
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Churchyard Cross Shaft
          Grid Reference: SX/8586/9159
          Location: Close to the path leading into the main entrance to Holcombe Burnell Church
          Notes: This cross shaft is thought to be late medieval and sits on a contemporary churchyard boundary wall.
                   
                                 
                                 
                                 
                           
                                 
                                 
 Stone Type: Village Cross                
 Grid Reference: SX/8651/9111                
 Location: In the centre of Longdown, in the fork formed by the B3212 and the minor road to Holcombe Burnell.                
 Notes: The cross serves as the village war memorial.                
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
                Stone Type: Milestone
                Grid Reference: SX/8903/9195
                Location: On the south west side of the road from Pocombe Bridge to Tedburn St Mary, against the A30 road fence.
                Inscription: 2 Miles from Exon (Exeter)
                Notes: The bottom of the stone shows an Ordnance Survey Benchmark.
                                 
                                 
                         
                         
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone              
 Grid Reference: SX/8841/9263              
 Location: On the south side of the road from Pocombe Bridge to Tedburn St Mary, 15 metres to the east of its junction with Cutteridge Lane.              
 Inscription: Alphington P / Kenton P (Parish)              
 Notes: Although the stone now lies on the border of the Parishes of Holcombe Burnell and Whitestone, it originally marked the boundary of Alphington and Kenton whose parishes were then much larger than they are today.              
                       
                       
              Stone Type: Boundary Stone
              Grid Reference: SX/8819/9269
              Location: Set against the southern parapet of the bridge over the Alphin Brook on the road from Pocombe Bridge to Tedburn St Mary.
              Inscription: Kenton P / Alphington P (Parish)
              Notes: Although the stone now lies on the border of the Parishes of Holcombe Burnell and Whitestone, it originally marked the boundary of Alphington and Kenton whose parishes were then much larger than they are today.