Tavistock Marker Stones

Devon Marker Stones

District:

West Devon

Parish:

Tavistock

Page Contents:
	22 Boundary Stones
	4 Crosses
	3 Guidestones
	9 Marker Stones
	7 Milestones

Stone Type:

Tavistock Town Cross

Grid Reference:

SX/4821/7438

Location:

On the grass at Bedford Square, Tavistock.

Notes:

The cross serves as the town's war memorial.

Stone Type:

Road Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4860/7457

Location:

Built into the corner of the wall leading to Stannary Bridge.

Inscription:

Tavistock Relief Road - Stannary Bridge

Notes:

The Relief Road was opened on 29th April 1995.

Stone Type:

Bridge Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4842/7460

Location:

Keystone on the outside of the north east parapet of Vigo Bridge.

Inscription:

1 7 7 3

Stone Type:

Section of Cross Shaft

Grid Reference:

SX/4823/7429

Location:

Just inside the entrance to St. John's Avenue, which runs beside the river.

Notes:

It is not known where this cross would have stood, before it was mutilated. It now has a gate hasp fixed to the top of it.

Stone Type:

Milestone

Grid Reference:

SX/4817/7457

Location:

At the end of a wall, at the western end of Old Exeter Road.

Inscription:

From London 215 Miles / Okehampton 15 / Callington 9 / Truro 50

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4829/7441

Location:

Built into the graveyard wall, 7 metres from the gate.

Inscription:

C - (County Bridge Stone - see note on Home Page)

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4858/7456

Location:

Against the wall at the junction of the A386 with the B3357

Inscription:

S D L R (South Devon & Launceston Railway)

(Thanks to Mark Fenlon for interpreting the Initials)

Stone Type:

Guidestone

Grid Reference:

SX/4943/7474

Location:

Set back in the hedge of the junction of the B3357 with a minor road.

Inscription:

To Peter Tavy / To Moretonhampstead

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4968/7468

Location:

On the south side of the B3357, beside the entrance to a private property.

Inscription:

Dartmoor National Park

Notes:

Marks the boundary of the National Park.

Stone Type:

Milestone

Grid Reference:

SX/4996/7462

Location:

Beside the B3357, 10 metres below the Tavistock Town sign.

Inscription:

Truro 51 Miles / Moretonhampstead 19

Stone Type:

Millennium Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4984/7290

Location:

Set in an area of grass in the centre of Middlemoor, on the outskirts of Whitchurch.

Inscription:

T / MM / W (Tavistock / Millennium / Whitchurch).

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4954/7371

Location:

On the north verge of the road that runs across Whitchurch Down

Inscription:

T (Tavistock).

Notes:

See below the entry down the page for the metal spike.

Stone Type:

Road Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4924/7524

Location:

Built into the eastern roadside wall of the A386

Inscription:

This Road was made by Public Subscription in a Period of Great Distress 1817

Stone Type:

Milestone

Grid Reference:

SX/4928/7548

Location:

On the eastern verge of the A386, close to a junction with a minor road.

Inscription:

From Tavistock 1 Mile / Oakhampton 14 / Truro 51

Stone Type:

Hurdwick (Wayside) Cross

Grid Reference:

SX/4718/7584

Location:

Set on the corner of the garden wall in the drive to Hurdwick Farm, Tavistock.

Notes:

The cross was probably once a marker on the route to Tavistock Abbey.

Stone Type:

Hurdwick Farm Take-off Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/471/758

Location:

Set up against the garden wall of Hurdwick Farm, Tavistock

Inscription:

Take Off

Notes:

This Turnpike stone would have marked the point on the hill out of Tavistock where any additional horses would have to be unhitched.

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4711/7583

Location:

This stone is on private property in a field next to Hurdwick Farm, close to the hedge.

Inscription:

T (Tavistock)

Stone Type:

Guidestone

Grid Reference:

SX/4682/7341

Location:

Set well back on the south east verge of the A390.

Inscription:

Beer Alstone and Gawton Quay / Callington / Morwelham & New Quay

Notes:

All these Quays are to be found on the banks of the River Tamar.

Stone Type:

Bridge Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/5023/7667

Location:

Built into the south east parapet of Half Bridge

Inscription:

Half Bridge Reconstructed 1980.

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/5022/7669

Location:

Standing against the north west parapet of Half Bridge.

Inscription:

Tavistock / Mary Tavy

Stone Type:

Bridge Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4758/7388

Location:

Set in the north-east parapet of the bridge over the River Tavy.

Inscription:

Rebuilt 1903

Stone Type:

Milestone

Grid Reference:

SX/4918/7401

Location:

High on the Bank on the north-east verge of the road.

Inscription:

14 Miles To Plymo (Plymouth)

Notes:

The northern edge is inscribed '1 T' (1 Mile to Tavistock).

Stone Type:

Boundary Iron

Grid Reference:

SX/4954/7371

Location:

On the north verge of the road that runs across Whitchurch Down

Inscription:

T U D / T R D (Tavistock Urban/Rural District)

Notes

See entry higher up the page for the adjacent Boundary Stone.

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4984/7378

Location:

To the north of the road that runs across Whitchurch Down.

Inscription:

T (Tavistock)

Notes:

Shares its boundary with Whitchurch

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/5010/7383

Location:

Near the 7th Tee of the Golf Course on Whitchurch Down.

Inscription:

T (Tavistock)

Notes

Shares its boundary with Whitchurch

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/5035/7388

Location:

On a small mound, 8 yards west of the unclassified road.

Inscription:

T (Tavistock)

Notes:

Shares its boundary with Whitchurch

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/5115/7459

Location:

On the southern verge of the B3357, 40 yards west of the road junction.

Inscription:

Dartmoor National Park

Notes:

Marks the boundary of the National Park.

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/5115/7460

Location:

On the northern verge of the B3357, 40 yards west of the road junction.

Inscription:

Dartmoor National Park

Notes:

Marks the boundary of the National Park.

Stone Type:

Milestone

Grid Reference:

SX/5125/7517

Location:

Beside the gate, opposite the entrance lane to Collaton.

Inscription:

14 Miles To Plymo (Plymouth)

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/5125/7518

Location:

On the grass verge at the entrance to Collaton.

Inscription:

T (Tavistock)

Notes:

Shares its boundary with Peter Tavy and Whitchurch.

Stone Type:

Boundary Marker

Grid Reference:

SX/4722/7387

Location:

Against the house wall on the south side of the unclassified road.

Inscription:

L. & S. W. Ry Co. (London & South Western Railway Company)

Notes:

The "L" is buried beneath the road surface.

Stone Type:

Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4716/7388

Location:

At the south western end of the Tavistock Viaduct Walk

Notes:

This plain granite pillar marks the end of the Viaduct Walk.

Stone Type:

Guide Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4710/7479

Location:

At the B3362 junction with the unclassified road to Millhill.

Inscription:

Millhill and Chipshop / Milton Abbot and Launceston.

Stone Type:

Boundary Marker

Grid Reference:

SX/4785/7455

Location:

Against the northern end of the western parapet of the bridge.

Inscription:

L. & S. W. Ry Co. (London & South Western Railway Company)

Stone Type:

Milestone

Grid Reference:

SX4734/7582

Location:

Against the left-hand wall of the entrance to Hurdwick Farm.

Inscription:

1 T (1 Mile toTavistock) / 16 O (16 Miles to Okehampton).

Notes:

There is also a date inscribed on the main face, but this is now illegible due to it being mostly sunken into the ground.

Stone Type:

Boundary Iron

Grid Reference:

SX/4734/7582

Location:

Against the left-hand wall of the entrance to Hurdwick Farm.

Inscription:

T U D / T R D (Tavistock Urban/Rural District)

Notes:

This Boundary marker sits adjacent to the above Milestone.

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4726/7727

Location:

On the western side of the unclassified road, adjacent to a field gate.

Notes:

This stone doesn't appear to have been inscribed with any reference to the parishes it represents.

Stone Type:

Milestone

Grid Reference:

SX/4899/7779

Location:

On the grass verge at the junction of two unclassified roads.

Inscription:

Lamerton 3 Miles / Tavistock 2 Miles / Mary Tavy 2 Miles.

Stone Type:

Millennium Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4905/7757

Location:

On the grass verge, just to the south of the farm entrance.

Inscription:

T (Tavistock)

Notes:

This stone also marks the border of the Parishes of Lamerton and Mary Tavy.

Stone Type:

Boundary Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4960/7602

Location:

On the north western verge of the A386, next to the unclassified road junction.

Inscription:

Dartmoor National Park

Notes:

Marks the boundary of the National Park.

Stone Type:

Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4802/7429

Location:

Built into the base of the wall on the north west side of Plymouth Road, Tavistock.

Inscription:

S C 14 Ft (Stop Cock 14 Feet?)

Stone Type:

Wooden Millennium Boundary Post

Grid Reference:

SX/4689/7215

Location:

Beside the tow path on the Tavistock Canal

Inscription:

T / MM / G (Tavistock / Millennium / Gulworthy)

Stone Type:

Wooden Millennium Boundary Post

Grid Reference:

SX/4661/7215

Location:

Beside the tow path on the Tavistock Canal

Inscription:

T / MM / G (Tavistock / Millennium / Gulworthy)

Stone Type:

Marker Stone

Grid Reference:

SX/4786/7415

Location:

On the southern verge of Plymouth Road, Tavistock.

Inscription:

M H / 1 2 F (Man Hole 12 feet)

Notes:

I'm not sure whether the 'MH' represents 'Man Hole' or 'Mains Hydrant' but the latest thinking is that it applies to the former.

Stone Type:

War Memorial Cross

Grid Reference:

SX/4891/7511

Location:

At the foot of the steps, in front of the main building of Mount Kelly School.

Inscription:

In / Proud and Loving Memory / of / Our Glorious Dead / 1914 - 1918 / 1939 - 1945

Notes:

Please note that the cross stands on private land. For more information on this cross, see dartmoor-crosses.org.uk