Okehampton, Devon - Lover's Meet, bridge - postcard c.1910

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• Picture / Image:  Lover's Meet, Okehampton, Devon - shows a bridge
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Okehampton is a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor, and has an estimated population of 5,700

Okehampton was formed by the Saxons. The earliest written record of the settlement is from 980 AD as ""Ocmundtune"", meaning settlement by the Ockment, a river which runs through the town. It was recorded as a place for slaves to be freed at cross roads.^[2]

Like many towns in the West Country, Okehampton grew on the medieval wool trade.^[3] Notable buildings in the town include the 15th century chapel of St. James and Okehampton Castle, which was established by the Norman Sheriff of Devon, Baldwin FitzGilbert(d.1090), also known as Baldwin de Brionne.^[4]

Okehampton was the caput of a large feudal barony which was held at the time of Domesday Book by Baldwin FitzGilbert. After his death in 1090 the tenure of the barony is obscure for the next twenty years after which it was held by the heiress Maud d'Avranches until her death in 1173, which passed to her daughter, Hawise de Curci (died 1219), who married Reginald de Courtenay.^[5]

His French possessions were confiscated by the French King Louis VII, but were given, together with the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth de Courtenay, to his youngest brother Peter I of Courtenay, whose family rebuilt Okehampton Castle, until King Henry VIII seized the lands and had Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter executed for treason in 1539.^[6]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=devon

number of items=single

period=pre - 1914

postage condition=unposted