MEM23474 - Chibbet Post signpost, Exford (Building)

A guide post is marked on modern MasterMap data. [1] The signpost was visited in October 2015 and its condition assessed. It has SCC (Somerset County Council) repeated on the four sides of a pyramid finial. The attached fingers read: WITHYPOOL 1 1/2 DULVERTON 9 LANDACRE 2 SIMONSBATH 5 LYNTON 15 The collar reads CHIBBET POST. The post was made by Sheldon Wells. [2] SS 8431 3775. Chibbet Post is on an early road over Winsford Hill. Chibbet was a nearby settlement, recorded as Cubyate in 1208; in 1327, Willelmo de Chybeyete is mentioned in the Lay Subsidy Rolls. By 1610 a well used road passed Chibbet and cross Landacre Bridge towards Barnstaple. Chibbet is a Westcountry word for a plover, although the name may otherwise mean a gate near wild animals. The idea of a gibbet or gallos here originates in RD Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone. Chibbet Post is named on the 1889 and 1902-7 Ordnance Survey maps. [3,4]. Unusually there are two posts here, both of mid 20th Century Sheldon Wells type. [5] The heritage asset was assessed for inclusion on the Exmoor Local Heritage List in February 2024. It was decided to add the asset to the Local Heritage List. [6]