Two farms, Artiscombe and Higher Artiscombe remain in existence today. Higher Artiscombe is the closest to Rubbytown and the former Cole Farm (Coletown?). And, indeed, Hele Farm is also very close, just to the west of Rubbytown. David Fletcher, Plymouth, UK.. Message: 9 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:13:24 -0500 From: "David L. Langenberg" <gallienus@mac.com> Subject: [DEV] SLEEMAN at Coletown, Tavistock - Thomas ROCKEY, Jr. at Heale, Tavistock To: devon@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <648010DB-BECC-41CB-A1F4-9463654D2950@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I have been going through the Tavistock Land Tax Assessments, 1780-1832, at my local LDS Family History Library. It appears that J. SLEEMAN became a tenant of Coletown in the West Division of Tavistock parish in 1807 while Hy. SLEEMAN became a tenant of Great Artiscombe and Artiscombe (presumably properties adjoining Coletown) in the same year. For some years previously, Wm. Crabb had been the tenant of all three properties. Because they are listed consecutively, I conclude that they are all contiguous properties. All were owned by the Duke of Bedford. You might remember that later censuses (1841 and 1851) indicated that John SLEEMAN was born at Coletown. This establishes for certain that there was such a place in Tavistock parish. Interestingly, Thomas ROCKEY, Junior, first shows up at Heale and Heale late Kemps in the following year, 1808. I believe that Heale must be the same as Hele, mentioned in The Place-Names of Devon, v. 1, p. 122. I have no idea yet where it might be situated in the parish, but I have not examined old Ordnance Survey maps. You might recall that Salome ROCKEY married John SLEEMAN in Tavistock in 1805. David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA