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Hi everyone - does anyone have any history of a small village in east devon called MEETH?
My daughter is looking into a property which has been converted to a house from an old granary, but I can’t find any info on this old granary which I think was 1800s

Hi - you could ask 'Google' - (re Meeth) I just noticed a few possible/helpful leads.

Maybe the local Council can help ...it may even have an 'Ask a Librarian' service.
Worth a try.

Valerie
WAus

Deleted my post as it was the wrong property.

Kath. x

That’s great thank you!

When was the conversion carried out?

Is the house inhabited?

[ Deleted irrelevant info re a house called "The Granary". Wrong house - see later posts. ]

Deleted my post as it was the wrong property.

Kath. x

[ Deleted info re "The Granary" , which is the wrong house.]

Thank you everyone!!
The property is called Eastern town Barn
Meeth, oakhampton

Ah well - not "The Granary" after all.

Ignore all my posts above re Park Farm! (EDIT: Which I've now deleted as irrelevant.]

https://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/56071536

If the particulars have been worded correctly (apart from the fact that it says "formally" instead of "formerly"), it's only the livingroom which used to be a granary.

However, the same applies as for The Granary - it won't appear on censuses because it wasn't a house and nobody was living there.


In 1939 Ralph Hurford and family were at Eastern Town Farm.
1911 - Elizabeth Hurford, 62, and family.
1901 - Elizabeth Hurford, 52, and family.
1891 - Elizabeth Hurford, 41, and family.
1881 - Thomas Brook, 51, and family.
1871 - Thomas Brook, 32, and family
1861 - John Sleeman, 38, and family
1851 - John Sleeman, 28, and family.
1841 - Thomas Webber, 30, and household.


The house for sale is only visible on Google Maps in the aerial view. It's further along the track to the east of the village than the Google camera went.
Only part of the building is the house in question - the particulars say "This property is attached".

You are a superstar!!
Thank you for all your trouble in doing this for me!

Try the local history society:

https://www.devonhistorysociety.org.uk/local-groups/okehampton-district-local-history-society/

Even though the granary conversion will have been relatively recent and not exactly "history", they may have local knowledge about when that was.


Or somebody at the local pub will know!

https://thebullanddragon-meeth.business.site/

That’s a great idea - thank you so much x