The Beginning Of Highweek
Posted: May 26, 2012 Filed under: Bradley, Bradley Manor, Castle, Cattle, Devon, Early, England, Highweek, Markets, Mills, Norman Castle, River Lemon, Sherbourne, Sherbourne Road, Sherbourne Road, Teignwick | Tags: Bradley, Bradley Manor, Highweek, Lord's Manor The, Manor, Manor of Teignwick, Newton Abbot, River Lemon, Schirebourne Newton, Sherbourne Mill, Teignwick Leave a commentAs the child heir to the Manor of Teignwick was brought up with his guardians at Bradley Manor, the defensive castle at Teignwick was no longer needed and fell into disrepair and the Bushels developed the older settlement in the valley, on the north banks of the River Lemon.
Teignwick name was then changed to Highweek and the new Lord of the Manor’s territory was thought to be known as Schirebourne Newton, “new village beside a clear stream”, and a mill developed called Sherbourne Mill, which was functioning until the 1930s, when it was demolished to make way for the new cattle market on Sherbourne Road.
Sherbourne Road
Highweek Norman Castle
Posted: May 21, 2012 Filed under: Castle, Communities, Devon, Domesday Survey, Early, England, Highweek, Highweek, History, Newton Abbot, Norman Castle | Tags: Castle, Domesday Book, Highweek, Newton Abbot, Norman, Norman Castle Leave a commentAt Highweek are the remains of a Norman Castle, now in the form of a pile of stones and in the Domesday Book the Norman Castle was known to have a thriving community. It is thought that it was built on a pre-Norman civilisation site.
Highweek, Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot, Devon 
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