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Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke: An historical sketch

Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 9, (1877) pp. 143-155.

by

Robert Dymond

Prepared by Michael Steer

Kingsbridge formed around a bridge built in the 10th century between the royal estates of Alvington, to the west, and Chillington, to the east, giving it the name of Kyngysbrygge. In 1219 the Abbot of Buckfast was granted the right to hold a market there. By 1238 the settlement had become a borough. The manor remained in possession of the abbot until the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when it was granted to Sir William Petre. Kingsbridge is a combination of two towns, Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke. Dodbrooke was granted its own market in 1257 and had become a borough by 1319. While Dodbrooke was originally considered to be the dominant of the two, Kingsbridge later expanded to include it.Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the University of Michigan Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.