Devon Marker Stones

           
                                       
District: Teignbridge                      

 
                                   
Parish: Lustleigh        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  3 Boundary Stones
  5 Crosses
  1 Guide Stone
  3 Marker Stones
  1 Milestone 
 
                           
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Village Cross
          Grid Reference: SX/7852/8125
          Location: On the green in the centre of Lustleigh opposite the entrance to the church.
          Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Lustleigh Village
                   
                                 
                                 
                                 
                           
                                 
                                 
 Stone Type: War Memorial with Incised Cross                
 Grid Reference: SX/7852/8125                
 Location: In the road junction, at the north end of Lustleigh Village.                
 Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Lustleigh Memorial                
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
                Stone Type: Graveyard Cross
                Grid Reference: SX/7857/8087
                Location: In the centre of the Cemetry, about 500 metres south of Lustleigh village centre.
                Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Lustleigh Cemetery
                 
                                 
                                 
                         
                         
 Stone Type: Bridge Marker Stone              
 Grid Reference: SX/7895/8013              
 Location: Built into the eastern parapet of Drakeford Bridge.              
 Inscription: This 1684 Bridg was Repard by the County              
                 
                         
                         
                                 
                Stone Type: Boundary Stone
                Grid Reference: SX/7990/8122
                Location: On the grass verge on the western side of the A382 at Slade Cross.
                Inscription: L / B (Lustleigh / Bovey)
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
 Stone Type: Guide Stone                
 Grid Reference: SX/7992/8126                
 Location: On the grass verge on the eastern side of the A382 at Slade Cross.                
 Inscription: To Lustleigh / To Moreton / To Bridford and Christow.                
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
                Stone Type: Sanduck Cross
                Grid Reference: SX/7682/8361
                Location: The cross is set well back in the bushes and at the base of a tree on the north western side of the road, just to the western end of Sanduck Farm.
                Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Sanduck Cross
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone                
 Grid Reference: SX/747/846                
 Location: At the side of the road between Bovey Cross and Sanduck Cross, just to the east of the lane that leads to East Combe Farm.                
 Inscription: L 1975 (Lustleigh 1975)                
                   
                                 
                                 
                         
                         
              Stone Type: Bishop's Stone (Marker Stone)
              Grid Reference: SX/7860/8154
              Location: On the north side of Brookfield Road, Lustleigh, 30 metres to the east of it's junction with Caseley.
              Notes: The face of this stone has faint traces of an engraved coat of arms which is thought to be that of Bishop Grandisson, 14th Century Bishop of Exeter.
           
                         
                         
 Stone Type: Wayside Cross
 Grid Reference: SX/7725/8227
 Location: At the entrance of the drive to South Harton Farm.
 Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at South Harton Cross
       
Stone Type: Boundary Stone
Grid Reference: SX/7873/8148
Location: Just inside the Wray Valley Trail at the north end of Lustleigh.
Inscription: M&SDR (Moretonhampstead & South Devon Railway)
     
 Stone Type: Marker Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/7840/8128
 Location: In the Lustleigh Village Orchard
 Inscription (1): To Commemorate the Millennium 2000 - Lustleigh Parish Council
 Inscription (2): This Plaque, which commemorates the Generous Gift of the Orchard to Lustleigh Parish Council by Mr & Mrs W. G. Bennett on 1st March 1966 was donated by Councillor Alec Coulter in August 1977.
     
Stone Type: Milestone
Grid Reference: SX/7865/8231
Location: On the north-east verge of the A382, near the telegraph pole.
Inscription: Newton (Abbot) 9. / Bovey (Tracey) 3. 2. 0. / Moreton (Moretonhampstead) 3. 2. 0.
Notes: The distances are shown in Miles, Furlongs and Poles.