Doccombe Parishscapes Project

Doccombe Manor in Devon has an unusually rich collection of remains and records that can tell it's story of over 4000 years.

Moretonhampstead History Society has been awarded a grant to uncover their details as part of the HLF funded Moor than meets the Eye project for the north-east area of Dartmoor National Park.

​Over the next two years we will use the manor’s unusually extensive written records to discover its story. We have already uncovered such diverse characters as bronze age settlers, a murderous medieval knight, a repentant king, monks who were strict but protective landlords, American servicemen and a piece of legal detective work by Devon’s senior judge. Throughout this project we will follow the lives of the Doccombe inhabitants and the wily ways they survived their often harsh lives on the edge of the moor.

We also hope to engage the present-day community of the hamlet with oral histories, a photographic record and a survey of village buildings.

View my website https://www.doccombeparishscapes.co.uk/