Brixham Marker Stones

Devon Marker Stones

District:

Torbay

Parish:

Brixham

Page Contents:
	4 Boundary Stones
	1 Cross
	6 Marker Stones
	2 Milestones

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/9255/5630

Location:

Beside a support post for the Boat Builders shelter on Brixham Harbour.

Inscription:

End of the Dartmouth & Torquay Turnpike

Notes:

See note on Turnpike Trusts on the Home Page.

Stone Type:

William of Orange Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/9256/5632

Location:

A few metres to the left of the Boat Builders shelter on Brixham Harbour.

Inscription:

On this Stone and near this Spot William Prince of Orange First set Foot on his Landing in England 5th November 1688.

Stone Type:

Operation Overlord Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/931/566

Location:

At the slipway on the southern end of the Brixham Breakwater.

Notes:

The plaque records the building of the slipway for the D-Day Landings (Operation Overlord), which took place in June 1944.

Stone Type:

Brixham Breakwater Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/9314/5665

Location:

At the southern end of the Brixham Breakwater.

Notes:

The plaque records the building of the breakwater in 1843 and its subsequent history.

Stone Type:

War Memorial Cross

Grid Reference:

SX/9301/5651

Location:

On an area of grass overlooking Brixham Harbour

Inscription:

In Grateful Remembrance of our Heroic Fellow Citizens who Sacrificed their Lives in the World Wars 1914-1919 / 1939-1945 Their Name Liveth for Evermore

Stone Type:

Berry Head Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/9417/5637

Location:

Beside the track that runs between the two forts at Berry Head.

Notes:

The plaque, which is now badly worn and difficult to decipher, records the importance of Berry Head as a nature reserve.

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/9401/5615

Location:

On the bend in the road, at the turn off point to the Berry Head Car Park.

Inscription:

B O 3 (Board of Ordnance No.3)

Notes:

Boundary Stone to mark the limit of the military area at Berry Head. The stone also shows an Ordnance Survey benchmark.

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/9389/5607

Location:

On the south side of the road leading to Berry Head, to the south west of the car park.

Inscription:

O - (Ordnance)

Notes:

Boundary Stone to mark the limit of the military area at Berry Head. Although not now showing there would originally have been a 'B' and a sequence number (Board of Ordnance No. ?).

Stone Type:

Milestone

Grid Reference:

SX/9118/5446

Location:

Set into the stone wall on the north west side of Milton Street, Brixham.

Inscription:

3 Miles From

Notes:

Although the destination is now buried beneath the road surface, the stone probably reads: '3 Miles From Dartmouth'.

Stone Type:

Milestone

Grid Reference:

SX/9131/5544

Location:

Built into the stone wall on the north side of the A3022, about 150 metres to the west of the Monksbridge Toll House.

Inscription:

Exeter 29; Newton 13; Torquay 7¼; Paignton 4½; Brixham ¾; Dartmo (Dartmouth) 5¼; Totnes 8; Teignmo (Teignmouth) 14¾;

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/9106/5545

Location:

On the grass verge, on the north side of the A3022 and behind the Brixham sign.

Inscription:

Brixham

Notes:

The stone shares it's boundary with Churston Ferrers.

Stone Type:

Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/9185/5579

Location:

On the grass verge at the Junction of New Road with Cudhill Road

Inscription:

Soroptimist International Brixham 50th Year 1998.

Stone Type:

Memorial Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/9197/5678

Location:

On the verge outside the Brixham Battery Museum

Inscription:

In Memory of all those who Survived at Brixham Battery 1588 - 1945