Devon Marker Stones

           
                                       
District: West Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Princetown

       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 Page Contents:  
  4 Boundary Stones
  3 Crosses
  3 Marker Stones
  1 Memorial Stone
  1 Milestone
   
                       
                       
      Stone Type: Boundary Marker
      Grid Reference: SX/5896/7353
      Location: On the edge of the grass, to the south of the War Memorial Cross
      Inscription: Great Western Railway Cos. Boundary 1895
         
                             
                   
                             
Stone Type: Boundary Marker            
Grid Reference: SX/5894/7353            
Location: On the edge of the grass, to the south west of the War Memorial Cross            
Inscription: Great Western Railway Cos. Boundary 1895            
               
                     
                     
                   
              Stone Type: Marker Stone
              Grid Reference: SX/5921/7361
              Location: On the edge of the grass, beside the B3252 in Princetown. 
              Inscription: T. R. 1908 D. C. / The Gift of / R. H. Hooker Esq.
              Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Hooker Fountain
                               
                               
                     
                     
Stone Type: Village Cross
Grid Reference: SX/5895/7354
Location: On the Princetown village green.
Inscription: Further details of the cross may be found at Princetown Memorial Cross
       
Stone Type: Churchyard Cross
Grid Reference: SX/5865/7372
Location: In the chuchyard near the main entrance to the church.
Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Princetown Churchyard Cross
     
 Stone Type: Moorland Cross
 Grid Reference: SX/5899/7346
 Location: In the corner of the Jack Wigmore Memorial Garden.
 Notes: Further details of the cross may be found at Jack Wigmore Garden Cross
     
Stone Type: Marker Stone
Grid Reference: SX/5894/7352
Location: On the grass verge leading up to the car park at Princetown.
Inscription: Welcome
Notes: A Dartmoor National Park sponsored stone. 
     
 Stone Type: Memorial Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/587/743
 Location: In the French Prisoners' Cemetery, behind the Princetown Prison.
 Notes: A memorial to the French Prisoners who died during the Napoleonic Wars.
     
Stone Type: Boundary Stone
Grid Reference: SX/5878/7330
Location: Beside the B3212, on the outskirts of Princetown.
Inscription: PCWW 1917 (Plymouth Corporation Water Works).
Notes: This marks the boundary of the water catchment area for the Burrator Reservoir.
     
 Stone Type: Boundary Stone
 Grid Reference: SX/5973/7430
 Location: Beside the B3212, to the north east of Princetown.
 Inscription: DCP (Director of Convict Prisons).
Stone Type: Marker Stone
Grid Reference: SX/5873/7328
Location: On the southern verge of B3212, on the outskirts of Princetown
Inscription: Welcome to / Burrator Parish / twinned with / Mathieu.
     
 Stone Type: Milestone
 Grid Reference: SX59271/73826
 Location: At the end of the wall on the western verge of B3212, opposite the junction to New London.
 Inscription: Plymouth 15 Miles / Moretonhampstead 13