Devon Marker Stones
           
                                       
District: Teignbridge                      

 
                                   
Parish: Moretonhampstead        
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  2 Boundary Stones
  4 Crosses
  1 Marker Stone
  1 Memorial
  3 Milestones
   
                                 
                         
                         
        Stone Type: Village Cross
        Grid Reference: SX/7550/8605
        Location: At the side of the B3212, at the east end of Moretonhampstead.
        Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Moretonhampsted Village Cross
                 
                         
                         
                                 
 Stone Type: Churchyard Cross                
 Grid Reference: SX/7551/8609                
 Location: Close to the path leading to the main entrance of the Church.                
 Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Moretonhampstead Memorial                
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
                Stone Type: Milestone
                Grid Reference: SX/7562/8575
                Location: Built into the garden wall of a property on the south side of the A382, opposite Bowring Mead.
                Notes: The Milestone shows the distances to Newton (Abbot), Bovey (Tracey) and Moreton (hampstead) in Miles, Furlongs & Poles, but the actual distances are now difficult to read with any accuracy.
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
 Stone Type: Linscott (Wayside) Cross                
 Grid Reference: SX/7410/8719                
 Location: High up on the bank beside the lane between Howton Farm and Linscott.                
 Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Linscott Cross                
                   
                                 
                         
                         
        Stone Type: Cross Head
              Grid Reference: SX/7626/8545
              Location: Built into the eastern parapet of Budleigh Bridge on the A382, about ¾ mile south of Moretonhampstead.
              Inscription: 1 9 1 1
              Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Budleigh Bridge
                         
                         
                                 
 Stone Type: Milestone                
 Grid Reference: SX/7776/8639                
 Location: On the south west side of the B3212, on the hill leading down into the hamlet of Doccombe.                
 Inscription: 2 Miles From Moreton (Moretonhampstead).                
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
                                 
                Stone Type: Boundary Stone
                Grid Reference: SX/752/845
                Location: Against the roadside hedge, about 1½ kilometres south of Moretonhampstead.
                Inscription: M (Moretonhampstead)
                   
                                 
                                 
                           
                           
 Stone Type: Memorial Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/7536/8608
 Location: In the centre of Moretonhampstead Village.
 Notes: Memorial to the fallen in World War I & II.
     
Stone Type: Boundary Stone
Grid Reference: SX/6873/8276
Location: On the western verge of the B3212.
Inscription: Moretonhampstead / Chagford
     
 Stone Type: Marker Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/7537/8609
 Location: At the junction of Lime Street and Fore Street, Moretonhampstead.
 Inscription: George Parker Bidder (The Calculating Boy) 1806 - 1878 - Born in Lime Street, Moretonhampstead - A civil engineer of great eminence in Britain, Europe & India.
     
Stone Type: Milestone
Grid Reference: SX/7660/8621
Location: Embedded into the hedge, just below and opposite a metal gate.
Inscription: 1 Mile from Moreton (Moretonhampstead).