DEVONSHIRE - 1893 (1)

llEYON8HIRE. .NORTH LEW. !l1'3

the Saunder family ilf o( ancient repute berer the Rev. Goodwin Keats esq. <Jf Halsdon, John Clarke esq. Mr. John

Christopher Saunder having been rector xsxs-xs67. Kelland, Hem; Mr. H. T. Woolwey, Mr. John May, the Retf. John

in this parish, was the original seat of the ancient family of Vicars K.A.. rector of Calbourne, Isle of Wigbt, and Sir R.

Keliand, who have possessed land here since 1567 without a G. Keats a:.c.B. Higher Bridge farm belongs to Richard

break in the male line, and several of whom were sheriffs of Kelland esq.

the county and members of Parliament in the 1;7tb century; EASTINGTON is a hamlet, about 1 mile north-east; from
William Henry Kelland esq. is the present representative. p17eIrtIytoof1M86is3siHt biteclhocnogcekd. to the Kellands, bnt is now the pro-
The Stone family had property here for generations until
1778, when jt .came by purchase to the Kellands. Bury
Barton, originally the seat of the Bury family, was· pur- FILLEIGH, 1! miles north-north-east; is the property ol

chased in 1877 by the present owner, Mr. Roger Densham, John ¥ay esq. and Mr. W. Densham,

whose family occupied it as tenants for several generations : IarsHCOMBE, formerly a detached. portion of this parish,

qn the farm is an ancient Catholic chapel, dating from 1434 adjoining those of West Worlington and Meshaw, 9 miles:
and now used as part of the farm buildings. Bowerthy, 234 north-eas~ from Lapford and ~~ south-east from :Meshaw~
acres in extent the property until 1828 of the late Phihp was annexed for civil purposes t() Mesha.w, March 25th,
Kelland esq. now belongs to the Earl of Portsmouth. Lap- 1885, under the Divided Parishes Act, 1882. It wRS for a.

ford Wood, the residence of Major Richards J. Horwood considerable time the property and residence of the Nottil,.

Dunning J.P. is the property of Warenne Theodore Lionel who sold it in 1770, and former,l part pf Court Man()r, in

Harries esq. B.A., J.P. for Pembrokeshire. Pennycotts was Lapford, to which it still pays a fee. T. G. Keats esq. is
purchased in 1613 from Sir Edward Seymour; in 1788 it the owner of lrishcombe, and Major H. T. Vialls of Irisb-
was sold by Rev. Samuel Stone to Richard Kelland esq. of combe Moor.

Lapford, and it is now the property of James George Kelland The soil of Lapford is skillett and clay; the subsoil is the

esq. The land is nearly all freehold, except a small portion same. The west of the parish, containing some dun land, is
in the manor of Loosbeare, now the property of John Kelland remarkably fertile; the east is moorland and of inferior soil..
esq. :r.t.A., J. P. of Totnes. The Mill House was anCiently the The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The acreage is

seat of the Gater family, who were seated here and in Mor- 3,819; rateable value, .£3,585; the population in 1891 was

chard Bishop adjoining from 1434 to 1820: their property in 491.
this parish was all sold to the Crootes. The princip<~.l land- Parish Clerk, Henry Northcott.
owners are the Earl of Portsmouth D.L., J.P. William Sweet PosT OFFICE.-William Stoneman, sub-postmaster. Let-

Croote esq. of Polsloe road, Exeter, William Henry Kelland ters arrive from Morchard Bishop R.S.O. North Devon,.

esq. of Southsea, J. G. Kelland esq. of Barnstaple, Mr. which is the nearest money order office, at 7.15 a.m.;
George ~outhcott, of Broomsmeed, W. T. L. Haines esq. dispatched at 6.50 p.m. Postal orders are issued here,.

William Clarke esq. Miss Hitchcock, W. 'f. L. Harries but not paid. The telegraph office is at the railway station.

esq. J.P. Mr. Roger Densham, Rev. W. Densham, Mr. Reed .A School Hoard of 5 members was formed Oct. 31, 1873,.

Partridge, Edwin Troake Saunder esq. of West Ashford, for the united district of Lapford & Nymet Rowland;

Heanton Punchardon, the trustees of the late Mr. R. Tucker, the Rev. C. W. Wilson M. A. is chairman of & clerk to the

Mr. George Saunders, Mr William Densham, of Wareham, board

Dorset, Mr. R. Gibbings, of Teignmouth, F. Saunder esq. of Board School (mixed), built about 1863, for 120 children ;
Morchard Bishop, Mr. Buckingham, of King's Nympton, average attendance, 72; John Hill Lawson, master
J. P. S. Marshall esq. Andrew Snell esq. Major Henry Police Station, William Haker Webber, constable

Thomas Vialls J.P. of Castle Grove, Hampton, Thorold Railway Station, John Harri!l, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Delve Richard, farmer & seedsman & North Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Cann Stephen, Saxons road contractor Northcote Henry, shoe maker

Cla.rke William, The College Densham Roger, yeoman, Bury Barton Northcote Henry, thatcher

Dunning Major Ricbards J. Horwood Down Albert, farmer, Northlake Northcote Matilda (Mrs.), Railway ina

J.P. Lapford wood Down Michael, farmer, Town farm Pike Henry, bh.cksmith

Fosbery Percy Vincent, Hopbine cottage Drake William, farmer, West Filley Reed Richard, jobbing gardener

Harold Alfred, Highfield house Elston John, farmer, Irishcombe Richards William, carpenter

Kelland Richard, Town place England Adolphus, accountant Sanders Frederick, farmer, Great Hole

.Kelland Waiter George Greenslade John, farmer, Eastington Saunders George, farmer, Filleigh

Letheren Francis Wreford, Lower Field Hern Ellen(Mrs. ), farmer & landowner, Sr.ell John, farmer, Bowertby

house Cobleys Snell William, farmer, Rensey

McKenny Rev. William Hall [Congl HolwellJobn, farmer, Glebe land Speadbnry William Albert, Yeo Va'e

Packer Miss Horwill John Skinner, butcher seed stores; salt, cake & corn mer-.
chanL; agent for Langdale's manurea~
l:louthcott George Hosegood Wm. Jn. Yeo Vale hotel

Wilson Rev.Cornelius Wm.M.A.[rector] Kelland Richard, cattle dealer, farmer & at 24 High street, Crediton
& landowner Stone Alfred, farmer, Bridge
COMMERCIAL.
Kelland Walter George, cattle dealer StonemanWm.miller(water)&postoffice

Harne'l Henry, shopkeeper Knight John, farmer, Eastington 'l'omkins Emrnanuel,thatcher,Burridge

Challice William, blacksmith Langdon James, tailor, Porches moor

..Clarke William A.R.C.P. school (board- Lawson John Hill, schoolmaster Tremlett John, farmer, Kelland Barton

ing & day) Leach William, farmer, Pennycott Tucker Giles,farmer, Saxons & Town pi

Crook James, thatcher, Little Hole Lee James Edward, farmer, Eastington TuckerWm.(exors.of),frmr.Broomsmed

Crudge James, farmer, Court Barton & Lower & Middle Eastington farms W oolway Thomas Howard, Old Malt
IDart William, mason
May Arth. Wm. Ulric, farmer, Filleigh Scoop P.H. & wheelwr1ght

Davey John, tailor & shopkeeper Mills James, farmer, Irishcombe

LEUSDEN, see WIDECOMBE·IN-THE-Moon.

NORTH LEW is a compact village and parish, 2! miles lectern, introduced at the late restoration: the font, an in-

north from Ashbury and North Lew station on the Oke- teresting example of Norman 'Work, is assumed to have:

hampton and Holsworthy branch of the London and South belonged to the original church 1 the church was restored

Western railway, d· south-west from Hatherlei\!h and 7 in 1885 at a cost of £1,400, under the direction of Mr. R.

north-west from Okehampton, in the Western division of the Medley Fulford A.R.I.B.A. of Exeter, when the roofs ami
county, petty s~sional division of Hatherleigh, hundred of benches were carefully repaired by Mr. H. Hems, of ExeLer.
H!ack Torrington, union of Okehampto[l, county court. the flooring relaid, a new communion table, pulpit, lectern

district of Totnes, rural deanery of Okehampton, arch- and choir stalls erected, the ba.ttlementing of the towe-r

deaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. The river Lew, renewed and the fabric generally renovated : a number oi
which flows through the parish, abounds in salmon and ancient embossed tiles have been laid down in the tower :

trout. The church of St. Thomas 8. ,Becket .is a building of the church affords 239 sittings. 'l,'he register dates from

atone, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, with some earlier the year 1700. The living 1s a rectory united with Ashbury.
portions, and consists t>f chancel, nave, aisles, south porch average tithe rent-charge £333• joint gross yearly value-

and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing £545, with 74 acres of glebe here and residence, in the gift
5 bells: the great feature of the interior is tbe very fine of the Crown, and held sinLoe 1885 by .the Rev. John Worth.-
carving of the benches, dating from the 16th century and ingtoo... M.A-of Brasenose College, Oxford. There are Bible
exhibiting great diversity of design and elabol"nte workman- Christian and Wesleyan chapels, also a Hible Christian Sun-
l!hip ~ tb, ends of the benches bear in some cases the day 11chool, erected in x8go. In the village is an ancient
pmlj>le~q11 of the Passion and in others shields with monct- ,none Cl'088. John Hayly esq. of Lipson road, Plymouth,.
grams and the date 1537: the roofs are also of carved oak and the rector, are lords of the manor. 1\lorth Grc~.nge be-
and the lowec pottion of the rood acreen remains~ the longs to Mrs. George Woollcembe. Mr_l<'rederick Georgtt

stained east window was presented by the late Miss Wooll- Smale, the. trustees of the la.te Ven. Archdeacon Herbert.
qombe1 of .4\10r~4 Ur~tnge, &IHl t~re are oak #=hoir stalls and Barnee v •.a.. ~ometim~ rootor of LangtTee, George Alexande"l'l

314 .NOBTBlLEW. DEVONSHIRE.

Williaot Henry Bickle, of Lew Down, and the trustees of the office is at :Beaworthy k telegraph office .Ashbury Taihray
r
late .Ven. Archdeacon Henry Woollcombe, are also land- station (

owners here. The .soil is sand and clay ;. subsoil, stone. Devon Constabulary, William Taylor, constable

The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots, The area Sationa1 School (mi~ed), built in 1866, for 160. ~hildren :

is 7,247 acrt:S; rateable value, £3,828 ; the population in average attendance, 8o; Robert Bertram Webber, master;

1891 was 714., , Miss Shellabear Webber, mistress

Sexton, Richard Down. r CARRIERS:- ,..- .

PosT 0FFICB.-Mrs. Fanny Gay, sub-pQstmistress. Letters Nicholas Brooking, to Hatherleigh, tues. 1 Holsworthy,
received from Heaworthy R.S,O. North Devon, at 7.50
a.m.; dispatched at 4·45 p.m. The nearest money order wed. ; Torquay, fri, & Okehampton, sat

Adams John Friend John & Son, farmers, Crowden Martin John, shoe maker & farmer

Breyley Mrs. Brittons Hay Friend Arthur, farmer, West Worth Martin William Jn. shoe ma. & butcher

Dennis Mrs. West Worth l<'riend Charles William, butcher May John, farmer, Palmer's Norley

Gloyn John Watkins, Holland Friend Henry John, cowkeeper Maynard John, farmer, Worth

Shellabear John Friend John, Honeychurch Arms P.ll. Moyse William, farmer, Furze hill

SmeathRev.WilliamJn.[BibleChristian] & farmer NewcombeJas.farmer,Low.East Worth

Woollcombe Mrs. George,Morth grange Friend Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Northcott Jn. farmer, Higher Eastcott

Worthington Rev. John M.A. Rectory Lower Holland Phare Henry, farmer, Birch lane

Friend Thomas, farmer, Whiddon Quick Stph. Geo. farmer, East Kimber

COMMERCIAL. Friend Waiter William, road contractr J{outley William Lawrence, farmer,

Adams Harriet(Mrs. ),farmer,Kesterfld Gay William, farmer, Lake Lower Eastcott

Adams Lewis, Green Dragon P.H Glass William & Son, farmers & millers Shobbrook William, farmer & mason

Andrews John, farmer, Southcombe (water) Smale Thos. & Richd. farmers, Durdon

Andrews Philip, farmer Glass Edward, millwright Smale Albert, farmer, East Combe

Andrews Thomas,wheelwrfght&carpntr Glass James, mill carpenter Smale Frdk.Geo.yeoman, Sth.Whiddon

Baker John & Sons, blacksmiths Glass John, fal'mer, Kimber Smale James, farmer, Crowden

Bater James, cal'penter, wheelwright & Glass William, farmer, West Southyeo Smale John,farmer,Howards Gorhuish

farmer, Southyeo cottage Glass Wm.Geo.farmer,Millcombe down Smale John, farmer, Higher Gorhuish

Hater Robert, farmer, East Southyeo Gloyn Edward Rich, yeoman, Norley Smale Henry Karslake, carpenter

Blatchford William & Son, blacksmiths Gloyn William Henry, farmer, Norley Smallacombe Geo. farmer, West Kimber

Blatchford John, mason Gratten James, farmel', Water house Speare Emmanuel, grocer & draper

Brayley James, yeoman Harry John, farmer, Milltown Toms Thomas, farmer, Hlackworthy

Brooking John, shopkeeper Harry Joseph, farmer, Higher Whitton Valance Thomas, farmer, Heath

Brooking Nicholas, carrier Harry 'fhos. farmer,Little Blackworthy West John, fal'mer, East Kimber

Brooking Thomas, farmer Heggadon Mary Ann & Sons, farmers, White William, farm bailiff to Mr.

Chowens Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper West Kimber Thomas Palmer

Crocker Henry, farmer, New moor Heggadon Evan, farmer, Bolland Wood Samuel & Son, farmers, Lake

Cnrtis 'fhomas, cowkeeper Hill James, farmer, Stone quarry Wood Samuel & Son, tailors

Curtis William, farmer, Crowden Horrell John, farmer, Gonrsyn Wood Thomas, farmer, Orrathorne

DennisCharlotte(Miss),frmr.We.Worth Hutchings Thomas, rate collector & Wood William & Son, drapers, grocers

Down John, farmer, Lower Gorhuish · school attendance officer & tailors

Evely Henry, miller (watel') & farmer, Jones Thomas, farmer, Landsend WooldridgeHy.carpentr.& wheelwright

& registrar of births & deaths for Lashbrook Wm.carpntr.Fordatown hlls Wooldridge Thomas, farmer, Whiddon

Hratton Clovelly district, Okehamp- Martin William H. E. deputy registrar Worthington John Malcolm & Frederick

ton union of births & deaths for .Hratton Clo- Hngh, farmers, Rutleigh Barton

Evely William,farmer&thatcher,Shorts velly district,Okehampton union

LEW TRENCHARD is a parish, 2! miles north from Tuesday before the last Wednesday in November and the
Coryton station on the Lannceston branch of the Great third Wednesday in April. The Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould

Western railway, 9 north from Tavistock and 8 east from M.A., J.P. is lord of the manor and principal landowner.

Launceston, in the Western division of the county, Lifton Lew House, the manor house and seat of the Gould family,

hundred and petty sessional division, Tavi~tock union and is an interesting mansion dating from before the year 1625,

county court district, rural deanery of Tavistock, arch- when the property came into the possession of tb.at family ;

deaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter: it includes the it contains some finely carved oak chimney-pieces, antique

greater part of LEw DowN, a small village on the high road furniture and good piCtures. At Lew Mill, is a curious pre-

between Launceston and Okehampton, and is boundc:d on historic monolith about 16 feet high, long prostrate, but

the east by the Lew Water. The church of St. Peter is a recently re-erected. At Slayers hill is a circular British

building in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, camp, where bron7Al celts have been found. The soil is

nave of three bays, north aisle, south porch and an embat- loamy ; subsoil, clay and slate and limestone. The chief

tied western tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells, of crops are wheat, oats, barley and pasture. The parish con-

which the first and fourth date from 1812; the rest are tams 2,818 acres; rateable value, £1,661 ; the population

dated respectively 1769, 1758 and 1804: all the windows in 1891 was 266.

are stained ; and there are ancient oak benches with finely Parish Clerk, Henry Davey.

carved ends: the church contains numerous monuments to Sexton, John Pengelly.

the Gould family : there are 100 sittings. The register of PosT & M. 0. 0. & S. B. Lew Down (Rai1way Sub-Office.

baptisms dates from the year 17o6; burials, 1714; mar- Letters should have R.S.O.North Devonadded).-Thomas

riage9, 1713; but part of this is lost, from 1756 to 1813. The James Higgins, sub-postmaster. Letter delivery corn·

living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge [2or, gross mences 6 a.m.; dispatched at 6.55 p.m. daily ; sundays,

yearly value £246, with so acres of glebe, and residence, in letters delivered to callers from 8 to 10 a.m. The nearest

the gift of and held since 188x by the Rev. Sabine Baring- telegraph office is at Coryton railway station 1

Gould :M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge, and 1. P, A fair is National School (mixed), erected in 1842 & enlarged in 1882,

held at LEw DowN, x mile north of the church, usually the for 130 children ; average attend. 8o; Wm.Hy.Dawe,mast
IHorne Richd. miller (water), Lew mill Henson Christopher Richmond, sur-
Lew Trenchard.
Baring~Gould Rev. Sabine :M.A., J.P. Jeffrey George, farmer, Waddlestone
geon, medical officer & public

[rector], Lew house Palmar John, farmer, Lew Mill farm vaccinator for the Lew Trenchard

Baring-Gould Mrs. Edwd. Ardock lodg Palmar William, farmer, Foxcombe district of Tavistock union

Chitty Rev. James Charles Martyn Lew Down. Davy Henry, carpenter

[curate of Marystowe & Thrushel- Dustan William, tailor

ton], Brent Tor Hlick [These names should be Lew Down Hutchins Waiter, Lew Down inn

Grant Alaistair, Rampenstein R.S.O. North Devon only.) Piper William Lnxmore, horse trainer

Sperling Henry, Parsonage Benson Christopher Richmond Rattenbury William, shoe maker

Clatworthy Thomas, farm61', Wooda Alien Francis, slate merchant Rice Kate (Miss), shopkeeper

FurzeMaryJane(Mrs.), farmr.Galford Clifton Cla.ra {Miss), shopkeeper Roberts Thomas, blacksmith

LIDFORD, see LYDFORD.

LIFTON is a parish and village and head of a petty ses· stock, in theWestern division of the county, Lifto:d hundred,

sional dh·ision, pleasantly situated near the Cornish border, Ta'Vistock onion and Launceston county court district, rural
in the valley of the river Lyd, about a mile from it~~ conflu• deanery of 'favistock, archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese

ence with the Tamar, with a station on the Launceston and of Exeter. The ehurch of St. Mary is an ancient structure

'favistock branch of the Great Western railway, 275 miles, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of

from London, 4 from Laonceston, u miles.lrom 'Iavi- chancel, nave, south aiale, separated from the nave and

JDtRECTORY. D.EVOXSHIRE. LIFTON. 315

chancel by an arcade of six arches, north porch with parvise land; rateable ¥alue, £6,859: the population in 'Ie9i "'Was
and an embattled western tower, with crocketed pinnacles, x,r~. By a Local Government Order which came into

containing a clock and 8 bells, all recast by Taylor, of Oxford, operation March 25, x884, a detached part of this parish

in 1827; the clock w.u presented by the Rev. A. H. Simms (the hamlet of West Week) was amalgamated with Broad-

and his mother in 1883: in the church are several monu- wood Widger in Launceston union.

ments to the Harris and Dynham families, one of which, on Deputy Sexton, Richard Miller.
the north side of 'he chancel, has three Jife-sizP.d kneeling PosT, M. 0. k T. 0., S. B. & Annuity k Insurance Office

effigies, in the costume of the period, representing members (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. North

of the Harris family, with the dates 1590, x6x8 and 1631: Devon added).-William Henry Teague, postmaster. Let-

this monument was restored in 1742 and 1795, and again in ters received from London &; Exeter at 5-51 a.m. & 6.35

1871 : in the south chapel is a richly illuminated mural p. m. ; dispatched at 12.30 p.m. &; 6.35 p.m. Sundays,

monument to John Dynham, dated 1649; and there is an letters received 5.51 a.m. &dispatched 6.35 p.m. WALL

interesting Norman font : the north window in the chancel Box, opposite the Railway station, cleared at 5·45 p.m.

is a memorial to the Tucker family ; two of the windows week days only

in the nave are also stained : tl}e chancel retains a piscina, COUNTl MAGISTRATES FOR LIFTO~ PETTY SESSIONAL
and there is another in the south chapel,which also contains

a brass to John Harris, ob. 1657: in 1871 the church was DIVISION.

thoroughly restored and re-seated, and has 350 sittings. Kelly Reginald esq. D.L. Kelly, Lifton R.S.O, chairman

The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year Baring-Gould Rev. Sabine M.A.. Rectory, Lew Trenchard,

1653;. marriages, r654. The living is a rectory, commuted Lew Down R.S.O

tithes .£534 ros.gross yearly value £54I xos. exclusive of 20 Bradshaw Frank esq. Lifton park, Lifton R.S.O

acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Frank Bradshaw Bradshaw James Huller esq. Lifton park, Lifton R.S.O

esq. and held since 1863 by the Rev. William Waddon Calmady Hamlyn Vincent Waldo esq. Leawood, Bridcstowe

Martyn B.A. of Trinity College, Oxford. The Rectory Jl,.S.O

House, formerly the manor house, is a. substantial mansion, Coode Edward esq. Polapit Tamar, Launceston

with walls of extraordinary thickness. King Charles I. Coode Capt. Richard Carlyon, Polapit Tamar, Launceston

slept here on the 31st of July,r644· The Rectory House was Newman Thomas Holdsworth esq. F.R.G.s. Manor cottage,

anciently situated at Cross Town, about I! miles distant Coryton, Lew Down R.S. 0

from the church,but on thepurchase of the manor of Lifton Spear John Ward esq. East:lcott, Dunterton, Tavistock

by William Harris esq. of Hayne in 1555, it is probable that Tremayne John esq. B.A., D.L. Heligan, St. Ewe, Cornwall

the present house was assigned as a residence for the rector ; & Sydenham holltle, Lew Down R. S. 0

it was certainly so described in a terrier of the livin2" in i6r3. Clerk to Magistrates, Christopher L. Cowlard,Launceston

There is a Baptist chapel in the village, a Bible Christian Pet.ty Sessions are held at Lifton the first thnrsday in every

chapel at Tinhay (built in 1876), and a Wesleyan chapel at month at II a. m

Lifton down. In the village is a literary institute and read- The following places are included in the petty sessional

ing room. A fair is held here on the 13th of February. In di,;sion :-Bradstone, Bratton Clovelly, Bridestowe,

the parish are two lime quarries and a manganese mine, Broadwood Widger, Coryton, Dunterton, Germansweek,

but none of these are at present being worked. Lifton Park, Kelly, Lew Trenchard, Lifton, Marystowe, North Pether-

the seat of Frank Bradshaw esq. J.P. is a large, modem win, St. Giles-in-the-Heath, Sourton, Stowford,Thrushel-

mansion in the Tudor style, situated in the valley of the ton, Virginstowe & Werrington

river Tamar and commanding delightful views: the estate County Police Station, Lifton sub-division, John Vanstone,

covers 7,oooacres, about 5,ooo of which are in Lifton parish, sergeant,&; 6 constables

and 2,ooo in the neighbouring parishes. Frank Bradshaw National School (boys, girls&; infants), erected in 1871 by

esq. who is lord of the manor, J. Tremayne esq. J.P., D.L. of Henry Bradshaw esq. for 330 children: average attend-

Heligan,St.Ewe,Cornwall and Sydenharo House, Marystowe, ancl\ 75 boys, 70 girls & 6o infants : Hemy Buckingham,

• and Reginald Kelly asq. D.L., J.P. of Keliy, are the chief master; Miss Ellen Caddy, mistress: Miss Mary Ann

landowners. The soil is light loam; subsoil, limestone and Richards King, infants' mistress

day. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, and som2 Railway Station, John Bowden, station inspector

land is in pasture. The parish comprises 6,480 acres of CARRIFJR.-Hy. Yole, to Tavistock, fri. ; to Launceston, sat

Bradshaw Frank J.P. Lifton park; &; Doidge Elizh.(Mrs.),shopkeeper, Tinhay Oke Tom, tailor

Abshot, Titchfielcl, Rants Dyer William, farmer Oliver John, builder, Tinhay

Bradshaw Jas. Buller J.P. Lifton park Eastcott Thomas, agricultural seed & Palmer James, farmer, Hele ·

Hall Rev. Rd. [Bible Christian], Tinhay corn merchant Palmer John, registrar of births &

Harris-Arundell William Reinfred Eggins Waiter, farmer, Titchington deaths & relieving & school attend-

Arundell, Lifton cottage Fox John, blacksmith & farmer ance officer, Lifton district, Tavis-

Laidlay Rev. Henry Wentworth B.A. Gribble William Henry, farmer, Harts tock union, Tinhay

[curate] Ham William,Fox &; Grapes P.H.Tinhay PethickEdwd.frmr.Higher Cookworthy

Maddever Miss, Tyne Owen, Tinhay Hanns George Lillington & Sons, far- Reed John, farmer, Coombe

Martyn Rev. Wm. Waddon B. A. Rectory mers, Markstone . Rich John, 'builder, Tinhay

Northey Mrs. Little Beare Harris Geo. farmer, Lower Cookworthy Serpell William, farmer, Poison

Olver :.vlisses, Little Beare Hearle Joseph, land agent to Frank Soby Thomas, saddler

Taylor William Kennedy Bradshaw esq Stacey John, farmer, Tinhay down

COMMERCIAL. Heyward(William Thos. )&MounceBros. Stacey Wm. blacksmith & frmr.Tinhay

Arundell Arms Family & Com- threshing machine owners, Tinhay Stanbury Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper

mercial Hotel & Posting Hayward Wm.miller (water), Leat mill StenlakeRobt.& Son, farmers,Wortham

House (William Labbett, proprietr) Kellaway .Amos & Charlotte (Miss), I Stick J oseph, Temperance house

Benoy John, farmer, Riscombe shopkeepers, Tinhay 1 Taylor William Kennedy L. &; M.R.c.s.I.

Berriball Stephen,farmer,Higher Cook- Literary Institute & Reading Room surgeon, & medical officer &; public

worthy (Joseph Hearle, hon. sec) vaccinator for Lifton district, Tavi~

Bevan Jane (Mrs.)&; By. builders,Leat Mason Elizabeth (Mrs.) & Fitze Richd. tock union & for Broadwood district,

Bickle Mary Pearce (Mrs.), farmer, farmers, Gatherley Launceston union

Stone & Beara Miller Richard, dairyman k farmer Teague William Henry, shopkeeper,

BlatchfordFk. Wm.&Alfd.frmrs.Ashley Miller Richard & Suns, monumental assistant overseer & carpentr.Post offi

Bradsbaw John, shoe maker masons, marble & stone carvers; all Tippett Josiah, grocer & draper

Broom Eli, coal dealer, Railway station kinds of monuments, tombs, head- Uglow Wymond Cory, farmer, Carley

Came Jn.Masons' Arms P.H.Lifton dwn stones, crosses, tablets, curbs &; iron Voaden Stephen, farmer, Hernamans

Chapman George,farmer, Smallacombe rails of the best style & finish at mod- Westlake Hannah (Mrs.), tailor

Cole Samuel, miller (water),Spry mill; erate prices; estimates on application Westlake Thomas, farmer, Whitley

res. Stowford Mitchell Richd. blacksmith, Lifton down Williams William, farmer, Leat

Colwill Fras. (Mrs.), farmer, Willtown Mounsden George, nurseryman, Lif- W1lton Frederick, baker •

Colwill Jn. Casey,frmr.Lower Wollaton ton down Wise John, farmer, Ashley

Cory William, butcher Northey John, farmer, Lake Wooldridge Henry, farmer, Colemans

Crout John Bullen, farmer, Yeat Northey Wm. jun. farmer, Little Beare Yole Henry, farmer&; carrier, Tinhay

LITTLEHAM (near Bideford) is a parish, 2! miles chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch and an emb8ttled

south-west from Bideford station on the London and South western tower, containing 4 bells (two dated 1692 and 173t

Western railway, in the North Western division of the bavebeenre-hung):thechurchwaspartiallyrestoredinx847:

county, Shebbear hundred, Bideford petty sessional division, in 1:892 a faculty was granted by the Bishop of Exeter for

union and county court district, rurlll deanery of Hartland, the restoration of the church : an interesting painting of St.

archdeaconry of Bamstaple and diocese of Exeter. 'fhe Swithin, probably dating from the 12tb century, was dis-

church of St. Switbin is an ancient building of stone in the covered on the north wall, and portions of the old rood

Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of screen were also met witb ; the has been restored from

DEVONSHIRE:. (!ELLY'S

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designa by ;M:r, Temple Moore, of London, who also designed .J.P. o[ Moreton, the presenl7 lord of the manor; Sir G.

a large monumen1; which ,has been erected f,o tha late S. Stucley and Major Kirkwood, of 'Yeo Vale, J're the
Geueral Crealoca c :f\.,. c.u.G. ; ~he old benches havt\ been principallandownen. The parish is finely wooded and the
incorpora~ in the new seats, and the chancel floor has land is very fertile. The subsoil is cla.y,., The chief crops aFe

been laid with marble: the ~hurch was re-opened 31 May, wheat, barley and oats, 'fhe acreage is r,2so; rateable

1893, and affords r8o sittinj;!'S'. The register di~ote8 from value, £x,634; the populat.ion in 1891 was 348.

tbe real; 1538. The living i& a rectory, tit)le l'eqt-charge Sexton~ William Harris.

£r44, net yearly valuer £85, including 84 acres Df glebe,
with residence, in the gift of Alfred H. Morse esq~ if.P. Letters through Bideford, which is the nearest money order

of Copdock House, Snffllk, and beld since .187& by the office & telegra-ph office, arrive at 8.30 a. m.; PILLAR Box

Rev. Herbert George Morse M. A. of 'frinity College, Cam- cleared, week days only, at 5. 30 p.m

bridge. There is a Wesleyan chapel in the village. The ~.
charities are of 248. yMrly value. The manor belonged at A School Board of 5 members for t.ne Littleham & Land-
an early period to the Stapledons, and subsequently to the
cross united district was formed Dec. r8, 1874; J. B.

Botelers or Butlers, Earls of Ormond, from whom it de- llraund, Bideford, clerk to the board

saended to the families of St. Leger and Leigh; it was pur- Board School (mixed), built in 1877, for 90 children; avew-

chased in 1872 by Sir George Stucley Stucley hart. D.L., age attendance, 62; Miss J. Dobson, mistress

Cooke Otho, High park I Bale John, farmer, Middle Langdon Jenkins John, wheelwright

Hugo The Misses Bowdidge James, carpenter Lee Jamas, !Mm~r. Higher Dunn

Lockley H. James, Heale house Cock John, farmer, North Heale MoiTish Edwd. farmer, Low.llowndson

MorseRev. HerbertGeorgeli.A.[rector] Crealock James, Hoops inn Nichols John, farmer, Lower La.ngdon

Philbrick Edwa.rd Cracker Arscott, blacksmith Pennington William, farmer, Yeo

COMMERCIAL. Dennis John, blacksmith Pennington William, butcher

Dennis Thomes, farmer, Lower Dunn Philbrick Edward, brewer, maltster &.

Andrews Job, farmer, Nethercliffe Gay Jabez, shopkeeper 11erated water manuf. Apps brewery

Austin Geurge, boot & shoe maker Heywood Albert, farmer, Littlehamcrt Slater William, carpenter

Bale George, farmer, Shutta farm Hockin Dorcas (Mrs.), shopkeeper 'l'allamy Thomas, butcher & farmer

LITTLER AM (near Exmouth) is a parish and small by her mother, having been made from a beam of oak re-

straggling village on the sea coast, 2 miles east from Ex- mo\·ed from Salisbury cathedral and probably dating from

mouth station on the London and South Western railway 1250: there are several memorial windows: the church was

and 12 south-east from Exeter, in the Eastern division of restored in 1884, the chancel under the direction of Mr.

.the county, hundred of East Budleigh, petty sessional divi- Ewan Christian, architect to the Ecclesiastical Commis-

sion of Woodbury, union of St. 'fhomas, county court dis- sioners, and the rest of the fabric by Mr. Fulford: the roofs

trict of Exeter, rural deanery of Aylesbeare and archdeaconry have been renewed and the interior seated with open benches~

and diocese of Exeter. A large port.ion of the town of Ex- a western screen erected and the aisles repaved : the total

mouth is within thi'> parish. 'Ihe church of St. Margaret cost was about £3,000 : there are 286 sittings. The register

and St. Andrew is an ancient building of stone in the Early of baptisms dates from the year 1612; marriages and burials~

.English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel with 1603. The living is a VIcarage, with the chapelry of Ex-

aisles, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western mouth annexed, average tithe rent-charge £140, joint net

tower containing 5 bells, two of which were recast in 1838 : yearly value £275, wiLh residence and 2~ acres of glebe, in

the south aisle was probably erected by the Drake family, the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and held sincl~

of Spratsbayes, in this parish, and the roof is enriched with 1877 by the Rev. William Henry D'Olier Purcell M.A. of

figures of angels holding shields and with richly carved Trinity College, Dublin, who resides at. the Vicarage, Ex-

lJosses : on the pavement is a slab inscribed to Robert Drake, mouth ; the Rev. Jaq1es Boucher M. A.. of Worcester College~

gent. ob. Sept. 30, 1628, whose father and mother are also Oxford, and ad eundem. of Durham University,has been curette

buried here, and there are other memorials to John Drake, since 1865 The charities for this parish amount to £12

ob. x6~]4, Katherine, his wife, ob. 1692, and John Drake, their yearly. 'fhe Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle D. L., J. P. of

son, -ob. 1712: there are monuments ro the family of Peel, llicton, is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil

relativesofthegreatstatesman, SirRobertPeel; another by is clay and stone; subsoil, clay. Thecbief crops are wheat~

Tlll"nerelli, the celebrated sculptor, to Frances, Viscountess oats and barley. The area IS 3,011 acres of land and 64o or

Nelson and Duchess of Bronte, widow of the great admiral, water; rateable value, £29,6o8; the population of the

who resided for many years at No, 6, The Beacon,Exmouth, parish in 1891 was 5,465, of which 5,138 are in the town oi

and dying in London, May 6, I 83 r, was buried in this church- Exmouth.

yard :there is a finely carved oak screen 37 feet in length, of the Parish Clerk, Henry Blackmore, Rolle street, Exmouth.

Decorated period, c.146o, enriched with shields bearing mono- Sexton, Isaac Tillman. ·

grams, various knots and groined tracery, and alsoparclose Letters through Exmouth, which is also the nearest money

screens, all restored in 1884 by Mr. Harry Hems, of Exeter: order & telegraph office, arrive at 8.30 a.m. LETTER

the roofs are enriched with figures of angels and carved Box cleared at 8.40 a.m. & 4.30 p.ml

bosses: the reredos, designed by Mr. R. M. Fulford F.R.I.B.A.. This place is included in the united school board district oi

of Exeter, is of oak, on a re-table of Devonshire marble, aud, Exmouth, formed March 5, 1875

soas well as the oak lectern, was executed by Mr. Hems, the National School (mixed), built in 1872, for children;
latter,~ memorial to Frances Jane, wife of Capt. Carr R.N. average attendance, 40; Miss Alice Bowden, mistress

Litten Richard, Brook villa Ellett Emanuel, farmer, Liverton farm j Ponsford Elizabeth (:Mrs.), Plough..inn

Morris Mrs. Littlefield Hillman William, smith Pratt Jn. Drewe, yeoman, Sprntshayes

Sims Rev. Edward, Bushy park Kemp Lewis, farmer, Mear farm 1 Searle Elizh. (Mrs.), farmer & beer ret

COMMERCIAL. Maunder Henry, farmer, Green farm Skinm:r Jacoh, faJ,"mer, Broadway farm

Barrett William, farmer, .Mountain MaunderWm.(Mrs.),farrner,Westdown Smith Chal"les, farmer & beer retailer

..Bolt William, farmer, Quaintance Paul Zacharias, farmer, Woodlands

LODDISWELL is a large scattered parish about 3 window in the transept was given by Miss Wise, of lde, nea.r

miles north-west of Kingsbridge, with a station about a Exeter: the east window is a memorial erected bv :Mr.
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mile distant from the village. on the Kingsbridge branch of William Peek to his mother, who was a native of this

the South Devon (Great Western) railway, It is in the pari!ih: in the centre of the chancel is a large and interest-

Southern division of the county, hundred of Stanborough, ing stone inscribed to Mr. Phillips, a benefactor to the
petty sessional division of Stanborough and Coleridge, parish~ the font of old red sandstone is older than the
Kingsbridge union and county court district, rural deanery church and is supposed to date from the 12th century : two

ofWoodleigh, archdeaconryof Totnesand diocese of Exeter. hagioscopes and the entrance and steps to the rood loft are
The village is built upon the slope of the hills on the northern we1l preserved : a handsome new pulpit of alabaster was
side of the Avon, a rivf)r celebrated for its trout. The erected in 1893 as a memorial to the late Mr. Richard Peek :
church of St. Michael is a large building of stone, some the church was restored in 1866-7 at a cost of [,r,soo, and

portioiJ of which was erected in the 15th century, but the has 450 sittings. The parish register dates from the yeac
tower, naye and chancel date about the 12th century : it 1559· The living is a vicar-age, with the cbapelry of Buck-
consist of chancel, nave, north transept, south aisle, north land Tout Saints attached, average tithe rent-charge [,244,

and south chapels, south porch and a low embattled western joint yea\IY value about £275, ne$ £saso. including.. h4

tower containing a clock and 6 bells : the windows contain acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mesdame8

the arms of the families' of .Arundel, Courtenay, l<'ortescue, Cameron, Cooper and Richards, and held since 1887 by the

Furlong, Giffard, Wise and others, and there are monu- Rev. Thomas Francis Bo11ltbee M .A, of Corpus Christi college,

ment!! to the families of Osmond, Furlong and Wise, Cambridge. Tbe tithes were commuted in 1838, the

-Gwnen of the AUeron 1lnd Woolston estates, as well as to rectorial for [28:r, yearly, now in the bands of Dr. Charles
1.be Langworthys, of Hatch .Arundelo. the north chapel Budd, as trustee for t.be family of the la.te Mrs. Betty Freke,

contains a monwuen~ to Rogen FurlOAg; oil. 16161 a s~ained and the .vicari~l (or £~6J. The V~ata~e House, 11ituntea

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JDIRE'CTORY. DEV'ONSHIR]! LOXHORE. 3l'7

about. a mile from the village, was enlarged and neariy HA!tPJLWot>Dl 2} mile!! not'th-east, n.hd SoiAnoN', ~ mil~

built in x865. The Congregational chapel was erected in north--west; are hamlets of this parish. At Hazelwood is a

1864. There is a news and reading room and also another Congregational chapel erected in x864, and at Sta.nton a

room, rented by Colonel Wise, of Aileron, at which a surgeon chapel for Bible Christians, l>ut very irregular])'! Q.sed,

gives free attendance upon the poor one day in the week ; Parish Church Sexton, William Hingston.
it is also used for mothers' meeting!~, ni~ht schools &c.
Chapel !lexton, .tohn Pedrick.
Woolston House, the residence of Thomas Wyse Weymouth

esq. is surrounded by exttlnsive grounds. At Blackdown, Pos't OlrFICE,--James Harvey, sub-postmaster. Letters
iia this parish, copper mining was attempted, but the mines received through Kingsbridge at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched

never made any return. Mr. R. Phillips in 1724 devised a at 4·45 p.m. week days ; sundays at 10.3o a.m. The
house and lands for the benefit of the poor of this parish ; ·nearest money order & telegraph office is at Kingsbridge.
the rents, amounting to about £58, are annually distributed Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
to the poor by the feoffees : other lands are held by them in
trust to keep the church in repair. Yellow ochre was at ScHooLs:-
()ne time manufactured from the clayey soil found on this National (mixed), is a building <:~f stone, erected in 187r
down. The remains of a Hritish camp, commonly called
"The Rings," are on land belonging to T. W. Weymouth with residence for the master adjoining, & enlarged in
esq. Aileron is the residence of Lieut.-Col. Dacres William
Wise J.P. 'fbe lordship of the manor is in three portions, 1892, at a co~t of £wo, for xoo children; average attend-
belonging respectivel:Y to Miss Carew, Mrs. Charles Osmond
and Nicholas William Prettyjohn Pitts esq. .l.P. of Whymp• ance, 65; John Tapp, master; Mrs. Elizabeth Tapp, mist
stone, Modbury. The principal landowners are Thomas British (mixed), built of stone in 1854. with residence for

Wyse Weymouth esq. N. W. P. Pitts esq. Lieut.-Col. Dacres master adjoining, by Richard Peek esq. of Hazel wood, for
200 children; average attendance, 7o; Frederick Alex.
Parker, master; Mrs. Mary Louisa Wood & Miss Sarah

Jane Hyne, mistresses

William Wyse J.P. James Peek esq. and Miss Carew. The CARRIERS TO : -
soil is various ; subsoil, clayey with shale. The chief crops PLYMOUTH-Alexander Luscombe & William Hy. Yalland,
.are whe:>.t, barley, oats and pastur&ge. The area is 3·494 junr. every fri. at 1 p.m. returning from Plymouth every
acres; rateable value,£4,175 xos. ; the population in x8g1 sat, at 3 pm
KINGSBRIDG Richard West, daily
was 8os.

Boultbee Rev. Thos.Fras. l\1.4. Vicarage Bine John, farmer Popplestone James~ farmer

Foale Philip, The Terrace Hingston Alfred & John, farmers Popplestone Philip, carpenter

:Marks Rev. Roland [Congregational] Hodder George, farmer, Greatgate Preston J obn, shoe maker

Pitman Augustus James Kennard Frederick, blacksmith :Prettejohn AI bert, farmer,Low<. Yanstorl

Weymouth Thomas '\Yyse, 'Woolston ho Kingwell Thomas, farmer, Week Rogers Richard, farmer, Cvldharbour

Willing Joel, Avon house Lakeman & Hall, farmers, Ham farm Rogers Richard, tailor

Wise Lieut.-Col.Dacres Wm..J.P.Alleron Lakeman George, draper Rundle Wilham Henry,'l'urk'sHead inn

COMMERCIAL. Lakeman Tryphena(Mrs.), New Bridge Sandover John, wheelwright

.Adams Henry, lodging ho. Bazelwood inn Saunders Mary (Mrs.), laundress

Andrews John, farmer, Heathfield Lapthorne James, tailor Shepherd George, farmer, Yanston

Haker Fras. farmer, Higher Hazelwood Lidstone A.melia (Mrs, ), draper Sparrow Benjamin, farmer1 Reveton
Baker Joseph, farmer & miller (water), Luscombe Alexander, farmer Wakeham Thomas, farmer, Stanton

Old mill Luscombe John, butcher Wakeham Thomas, jun. butcher

Ball John Thomas, farmer, see Laker- Luscombe Servington, miller (water), West Richard, carrier

man & Ball Knapp mill & farmer, Knapp farm Widger William Henry, fa1'mer, Combe

lllackler Philip, farmer, Hatch Arundell Luscombe William, farmer Walke John, farmer, Lower Hazelwood

Cole John, farmer, Hound Luscombe William, farmer, Woolston \Villing Charles Thomas, farmer. Reds

Elliott William, bread & biscuit baker, Mattacott James, farmer, Cburchlands Willing Thomas, farmer, Tunley farm

confectioner &c MaunderJames, farmer, Week Winzer William, jun. farmer, Hatch

Ellis Willia,m, millr. (water), New mill News & Reading Room (Frederick Woods Edwin, wheelwright

Fishwick George, keeper of river Avon Alexander Parker, sec) . Yalland James, jun. tailor

Hannaford Richd. By. farmer, Wigford Oates Charles, boot maker Yalland William Henry, boot maker

Hine Albert, farmer, Crannacombe Popplestone Chas. farmer, Hlackwell pk Yalland William ,Henry, jun. carrier

Hine John, carpenter Popplestone Elizabeth (Miss), laundress

LOXBEARE is a parish and small scattered village, with residence and 84 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Right

about 4 miles north-west from Tiverton, where the nearest Hon. Sir T. D. Acland hart P.C. and held since 1892 by the

railway staLion is, and 14 from South Molton, in the North Rev. William Murray Fairbairn B. A. of Trinity College,

Eastern division of the county, Cullompton petty sessional Cambridge. The interest on the Cudmore charity amo,unts

division, Tiverton hundred, union and county court district, to i,'x 2s. 8d. yearly. The manor was purchased in 16oo by

rural deanery of West Tiverton and archdeaconry and D. Cudmore, whose last descendant in the tnale line (Damel

diocese of Exeter. The church (dedication unknown), Cudmore esq.) died in 1703. The Rig-ht Hon. Sir Thomas

which stands 635 feet above the sea level, is a plain but Dyke Acland bart. P.c., D.L., if.P. of Killerton, is now lord

ancient edifice of stone, chiefly in the Decor&ted style, and of the manor and sole landowl?er. The soil is light ; and

consisting of chancel, nave and a massive western tower the subsoil in part clayey. The chief crops are wheat and

of Norman date, containing 3 ancient bells, dating from the barley and some land is in pasture, The area is 761 acres ;

time of Henry VI. ; the treble bears the legend "Ave rateable value, £x,585; the population in r8gx was 182.

Maria," and the tenor is a "Jesus" bell ; the others are also Parish Clerk, Harry Gee.

inscribed, but undated: the church has a Norman doOT- Letters tbTough Tiverton arrive at 8 a.m.; collected from

way and a few mural monuments: there are xoo sittings. WALL LETTER Box at 5 p.m. The nearest money order
The register of baptisms dates from the year 1564; & telegraph office is at Tive~ton

marriages, 1563; burials, 1560. The living is a rectory, Church of England School (mixed), for 25 children; average

average tithe ren~-charge £87, gross yearly value £161, attendance, 16; Mrs. A~nes Steward, mistress

Ashford Miss, Leigh Ferris Thomas, farmer, Leigh town Manley William, Royal Oak P.H. &

Fairbairn Rev. Wm.Murrayu.A.Rect.ory Knapman Arthur & Andrew, farmers, machinist, Gibbet moor

• AshfordJohn Henry,farmer,Chapelland Loxbeare Barton Palfreyman Lewis, farmer, Ingrams

& Leigh Harton Norrish Thomas, farmer, Church bill White Henry, blacksmith & farmer

Blake Abel, farmer, Sidbo'!'ough .

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LOXHORE is a parish and scattered village and bounded was restored by the 'l."ector in x88o at a cost of £375: the

QD the west by t.Q.e river Yeo, 5~ miles north-east from nave was reseated a11d partially Yestored in :~881, chiefly at
Barustaple station on the North Devon branch of the London
and South Western railway and terminal station of the the expense of thff rector and late patron: there are ;~3ct

Devon and Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, in sittings. The register dates from the year 1165:~. 'fhe living
theNorth Western division of the county, Shirwell hundred,
Braunton petty sessional division, Bamstaple union and asis a l'ectory, tithe rent.-eliarge £x83, net yearly value /'.177,
county court district, rural deanery of Sherwell, arcbdea-
including acres of glebe, with residence, in the giU of the
conry of Barnstapla and dioeese oi Exeter. The church of trustees of the late Sir A. Y. Bruce Chichester bart. and held

St.. Michael is an ancient building of stone in the Early Eng- since 1884 by the Rev. George Owen Ramsay. There is a
Hsh style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south
porch and an embattled western tower containing 4 bells, small Wesleyan chapeL The trus~ pf the late !:fir 4 l\
cast in :1:742 ~ the arcade between the n!lve and north aisle Bruce Chichester bart. are lords of the manor and chief
landowners. The ~~~ is light : the subsoil is clayey~{ Thd:
is carried on wooden piers of the :iSth Cfiltury; the chancel
chief crops are oats and turnips. The acreage is ~.530;

rateable valuef £t,ssr ;-the population in 1891: was r92•

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318 LOXHOllE. DEVONSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Letters through Barnstaple (the nearest money order offiee) National School (mixed), built. in 184o,. for Bo children;

arrive at 9.30 a. m.; dispatched 10 a. m. Telegraph office average attendance, 43; Wilham Harns, master

at Bratton Fleming

RamsayRe¥. Geo. Owen[rector], Rectory Gonld George, farmer, Hammonds PugsleyAnthony,yeoman,Coombe farm

COMMERCIAL, Gould John,shoe maker,Lower Loxhore Pugsley Anthony, miller (water), Lox-

Clarke Corner, farmer & landowner, Gould John, jun. farmer, North farm hore mills

Smytha park Holland William (Mrs.), farmer, Bales Thorne Joseph, shoe maker

Clarke Richard, farmer, Riddle farm Mogridge Abraha.m, farmer, Cott Tucker William, farmer, South farm ·

Femey John, market gardener Mogridge Joseph, farmer, Kidwells Yendall Thomas, farmer, Lower Barton

Garnish Alfred, Fox Hunter's inn Priscott John, wheelwright

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L UFOE'INCOTT is a parish in the valley of the Tamar when a new altar-table of carved oak was introduced ; there

and on the western border of the county, 4 miles west from are 70 sittings. The register or baptisms dates from the

Ashwater station on the Launceston and Tresmeer branch year 1659 l marriages, x6s3; burials 1664. The living is a
of the London and South Western railway and 7 south from rectory, tithe rent-charge .£'68, average £sx, net yearly in-

Holsworthy, in the Western division of the county, Black come £so, with glebe, let at £3o, and residence, in the gift
Torrington hundred, Holswortby petty sessional division, of Frank Bradshaw esq. and held since 1892 by the Rev.

union and county court district, rural deanery of Hols- Samuel Charles Haines M.A. of the University of R.Ostock.

worthy, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of J:<.:xeter. Frank Bradshaw esq. .T.P. of Lifton Park, Messrs. Joseph

The church of St. James is a small and plain edifice of stone, and Edmund Spettigue .and Mrs. Ford, who is lady of the

consisting of chancel, nal'e, soQth porch and an embattled manor, are the !»rincipal landowners. The soil is chiefly

western tower, with pinnacles at the angles, containing 3 clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barle?, oats

bells, of which the first is an alphabet bell from A to I ; the and roots. Acreage, x,o71 ; rateable value, £633 ; the popu-

second bears an invocatory legend to the Virgin in Lom- lation in x88x was 6~ ; t8gt, 101.

bardic characters ; the third is dated 162s: on the 11outh Parish Clerk, William Morrish.
side of the tower is a slate slab bearing an inscription
recording the rebuilding of the tower in 179 r: in the floor Letters through Launceston arrive at xo a. m. Holsworthy
of the aisle is a stone to the memory of James, son of the is the nearest money order & telegraph office .

Rev. Joseph Whitborne, a former rector, ob. 1701: the This place is included in the United School Board district of

chnrch was thoroughly restored and reseated in 1893• under · Clawton, Luffincott & Tetcott. The children attend the

the direction of Mr. 0. B. Peter, architect, of Launceston, school at the latter place

HainesRev.SamuelCharles H.A..Rectory Skinner WiUiam, farmer, Yennon Spettigue Joseph & Edmund, yeomen,
West Pea.ke
Chubb Francis. farmer, Wordon Stidwell James, blacksmith

Congdon Thomas, farmer, Barton

L UNDY ISLAND, situated in the Bristol channel, rs Lloyd's have a signal station on the island; the. telegraph,

miles north-west from Clovelly, constitutes a parish in the owing to the breakdown and removal of the cable, had

North Western division of the county, petty sessional divi- not been worked for nearly fonT years, but the Govern-
sion, union and county court district of Bideford, hundred ment in July, 1893 restored this means of communication.
of Braunton, rural deanery of Hartland, archdeaconry of The Rev. H. G. Heaven M.A. is lord of the manor (which
Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter; it is 3 miles nautical, or retains very full manorial rights) and sole landowner. A
nearly 3l statute miles in length, by 1 nautical, or rather handsome mansion was built here by the late William Hud-
more than I statute mile in greatest breadth, but being very son Heaven esq. The whole island, with the exception of
irregular in outline, does not average more than ~ of a mile about 90 acres, is held on lease for a term of 14 years by
in breadth, giving an area of about 1,200 acres; the whole, Mr. H. Ackland. The island is mainly formed of and is
together with the sea surrounding it for 3 miles, from low famous for a. very hard and durable granitP., which furnished
water mark, is included in the port of Barnstaple ; the supplies for the construction, in 1864-70, of the Thames

sonearest railway station is 11.t Instow, on the main land; the Embankment. Of the land, only about acres are under

island is surrounded by lofty and inaccessible rocks, except cultivation, about 300 acres are maintained as permanent
on the eastern side, where it can be approached only by a pasture, and the remainder is moorland. 'fhe soil is
Tery small entrance : on this side is the roadstead, which is generally light, varying from light reddish loam to very
much frequented as a refuge by outward bound vessels and light black sandy peat, overlying a varying subsoil of white

pilot and tug boats, and affords to craft entering or leaving and yellow clay or gravel. 'fhe chief crops are hay, oats,

the Bristol channel the only shelter from westerly gales : barley and roots, and an attempt is being made to cultivate

communication with the mainland is seeured by means of a flowers for cutting and exportation to markets on the main-

sailing vessel every Thursday from Instow, and ftom Apple- land. The island supports about Boo sheep and 100 beasts

dare on the xst and ISth of every month throughout the and horses, and is the nesting-place of millions of sea-birds

year; by this vessel the weekly mails are conveyed, and, of many different varieties. The area is about 1 1 200 acres,
during the summer months only, a steamer runs from according to recent Ordnance survey, but has never been

Ilfracombe three or four times a week, as well as occasionally valued, and no rates are either levied or paid; the popula-

from Barnstaple and Bideford. The ancient chapel of St. tion is now (1893) 67.
Helen, with the annexed oratory of St. Anne, traditionally
said to hal'e been in use, at Ieastr for funeral services, in the PosT OFFICE, established in 1887 by H. M. Government,

reign of William Ill. has now been for many years a ruin,! who also pay half the expense for the weekly mail from
but in x889 the proprietor and his family erected an iron Instow, the other moiety being borne equally by the pro-
church, also dedicated to St. Helen, which has been opened prietor & the lessee, The Trinity House also have a private

and licensed by the Bishop of Exeter, and affords 82 sittings. mail from Appledore twice a month. Letters through
No parish registers are known to exist; certainly none have Inst.ow R.S.O. Postal orders are issued here, but not
been kept since the Reformation; births and deaths have paid. The Post Office authorities intend, during the
been registered of late years by the registrar of the Hart. present summer (r8g3), to establish telephonic communi-
land district. The living is a rectory, the patronage cation, by means or cable, with the mainland. in counec-
belonged in pre-Reformation times to Cleeve Abbey, in tion with the general scheme of electric communication

Somersetsbire, but on the suppression of that house the for lightbouses round t.he coast. Connected with the post •
patronage appeal'S to have lapsed, and no appointment has office are general stores, from which wind-bound ve~sels
ever since been made; the glebe, if any, passed to the may obtain supplies. H. Ackland, postmaster

owner of the island : the incumbency is in the gift of and Schools.-A day & night school, superintended & supported
has been held since 1864 by the Rev. Hudson Grosett
Heaven li.A.. of Trin1ty College, Oxford. There is an ancient by the rector & his family, who also do the teaching, is
bnrial ground attached to the remains of St. Helen's chapel,
dating from the 13th century, the freehold of which appears held four times a week, & there is also a sunday school.
to have passed into the possession of the landowner fOI' the
time being, on the suppression of monastic houses. There An iron school room was erected in 1888 at the cost- <lf &
are no diBSenting chapels of any kind. The ancient keep
relative of the proprietor, but owing to the prevalence of

illness the school has been in abeyance (May, 1893) for

some month!! ·

and otber remains of Marisco Castle, dating from the time Uoyds' Signa] Station, G. Thomas, caretaker

of Henry Ill. still exist, and there is a lighthouse and fog- Lighthouse Keeper, John M'Carthy

signal statioiL ·

Heaven Rev. Hndson Grosett li.A. rector 1Ackland Henry, farmer, storekeeper & postmaster

•

LUPPIT (or LUPPITT) is a village and parish, Exeter, in the Eastern division of the County, Axminster

by • small tributary of the river Otter, 5 miles north fJ,'om hundred, Honiton petty sessional division, union and county
Honiton, where the nearest railway station is, u south·east court di$trict, rural deanery of Dunkeswell and Honiton ami

from Wellington, 14 south from Ta"ijllton and 20 north.from archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. Th~ church of ,St.

DIIU:Cl'ORY.] DEVONSHIRE. LUSTLEIGH. 319

)lary is an ancient cruciform building of stone, consisting of called~· Hartridge." There are ~ome remains here of an

chancel, nave, transepts, south po~h and a western tower ancient mansion of the Mohun family, barons Mohun, in-

containing 4 bells:!- it has a very ancient cradle roof ()f oak, eluding the gateway, adorned with some tine carving.

supported at the intersection of the transepts by massive ribs Arthur Francis Bernard esq. J.P. of Combe Raleigh, who

of oak, which, crossing the nave diagonally, meet in a. fine is lord of the manor, George Potter Blake esq. Mrs. Charles

boss in the centre and form two horse~shoe arches, resting on John Helyar, of Poundisford Lodge, Pitminster, Somerset :

stone pillars at the four angles: in rebuilding the chancel, Mrs. E.. Helyar; Horace Augustus Helyar esq. M. A., J.P. of

earthen jars, said to be for acoustic purposes, and commonly Coker Court, Somerset; William Story esq. and Mrs. Simcoe,

placed in buildings be!ween the 13th and 15th centuries, of Wolford Lodge, are the chief landowners. The soil is

were found in the walls: some remains of an Early Norman various; subsoil, marl. The crops are chiefly grass, with

piscina, which had been cot in order to form a buttress cor• some wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is 5,999

bel, were also met with : in the north wall of the chancel is acres : rateable value, £4,994 ; the population in r891 wa.s

a tomb with niches and rich tabernacle work under an open 557·

foliaged arch, said to be that of Sir John Carew, ob. 1320: it SHAPECOMBR, 2f miles south-west, is a tithing, and was

once bore some fine brasses, now missing: in the south formerly a manor.

transept is a. stone inscribed to Joan (Bevyle), wife of William BEACON, 1 mile east from the church; SHAUGH, 3 miles

Wenard, supposed to be identical with William WynarJ, south-east, near the River Otter; and WEEK, !Z miles south,

recorder of Exeter, in qo4, and founder of "God's House" are hamlets. ··

in that city: there is also an interesting font of Early Nor- Parish Clerk, George James Berry.·

man or Saxon date: the church affords stttings .for 300 PosT 0FFICE.-Miss Mary Jane Llewellyn Stamp, sub-post-

persons. The register dates from the year 17to and is much mistress. Letters arrive from Honiton at 8.30 a.tn.;

mutilated. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent· dispatched at 3.50 p.m. Up-Ottery is the neares~ money

charge £w6, net yearly value £97, including 8 acres of order & telegraph offi.ce at Honiton. Postal orders are

glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. Charles John Helyar, issued here, but not paid

and held since r88o by the Rev. William Thomas Perrott, of ' National School (mixed), erected, with teachers' residence, in

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The view from Dump- 1873, at a cost of about £goo, for 120 children; average

don Hill, a well-formed Britisli encampment in this parish, attendance, 75; George James Berry, master; Mrs.

is extensive and beautiful. There is also a fine range of hills Charlotte Berry, mistress

Helyar Mrs. Halsdon Hayman Adolphus Gustavus, farmer, Redwood, Samuel, shoe maker, Beacon

PerrottRev. William Thomas, Vicarage Moorlands ReedJohnBurrough,farmer,Nor~hWeek

COMMERCIAL. Hooper Henry, mason, J'yles cottag-e Rice Henry, farmer, Palmerhayes

Batten William, farmer, Woodhayes Isaacs R1chard, farmer, Dolish Sage John, farmer, Lower Shelving

BerryWilliam(Mrs.),farmer,Odlefarm James Richard,farmer, Greenwayfarm Scott Alfred, farmer, Week

Blackmore Prudence (Mrs.), farmer, Johnson James, farmer, Gully Hayes Searle Francis,tbatcher, Sea.rlescottage

Moore's Week Loveridge Isaac, blacksmith & farmer Searle Fras. jun. thatcher, Antelope cot

Blackmore Wm.farmer,Mohun's Ottery Loveridge Pamela (Miss), shopkeeper Searle John, thatcher, Turf cottage

Bright James, farmer, Budgels Manfield Rt.builder&wheelwt.Beacon et Summers Samuel, farmer, Blackentield

Broom John, farmer, Scotshayes Manley Robert, farmer, Shelf Totterdell John, road contractor, Cotes

Broom William, farmer, Pitt farm ManvillA William,butcher&shopkeeper, 'fozel' John, farmer, Overday

Clapp William, farmer, Mathayes Birds cottage Trenchard John,dairyman,Shapecombe

Davey Robert, cattle dealer, Mill cot Palfreman John, farmer,Higb.Shelving Tucker William, farmer, Stockers Week

Davey Robert, jun. corn miller (water) Palmer John, carpenter, Pyles cottage Venn John, farmer, Mount Stephen·

Daymond Joseph,farmer,HugginsWeek Pearcy John, farmer, Barber~ Warren George, farmer, Barnlield

Dimond James, farmer, Windsor Pearn Joseph, farmer, Calhayes Warren James, farmer, Gully lane

Ewins Francis, farmer, Pound Phillips Henry, farmer, Red Doors Warren Josiah, farmer, Coombes head

Griffin James, farmer, Whitehall Phillips Wm. baker & shopkpr. Beacon Warren Thomas, farmer, Spurtham

Griffin John, dairyman, Stoneacre Pile John, farmer, Hill end White Samuel, dairyman, Barn

Griffin John, fanner, Ford farm Pring Joseph, farmer, Newhouse Wood Amos, farmer, Sharcombe

Ha.rding James, farmer, Shelf farm Pring Joseph, jun. farmer, Lawman's Wright Charles, Red Lion P.H

Hartnell Geo.dairyman,Higher Sh11ugh Pulman James, mason, Beacon Wright Waiter, shoe ma.Spa.rrowg ctoft

HartnellRt.(Mrs.),frmr.HigherShaugh Pulman John, mason, Week

LUSTLEIGH is a parish and village,. about one mile shafts, only the capitals being now left: the porch has an

west of the high road from Newton Abbot to Moreton aspersorium, or holy-water stoup, with a square basin: a.t

Hampstead, with a station on the Moreton Hampstead the entrance of the porch is a stone with a remarkable in-

branch of the Great Western railway, 10 miles north-by- scription on it, as yet unexplained: the communion plate

west from Newton Abbot, 4 south-south-east from Moreton includes a chalice, given by Edward Basill, rector, who died

Hampstead, and 222! from London, in the Mid division of 6th Jan. 1697, and a flagon and two patens, given by the

the county, 'feignbridge hundred, Crockernwell petty ses- Rev. William Davy, rector, who died in 1826: tpere are 200

sional division, Newton Abbot union and county court sittings. The register dates from the year 1631, The living

district, rural deanery of Moreton, archdeaconry of Totnes, is a rectory, tithe rent-charge commutation £201, average

and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. John the Baptist £148, net yearly value £rso, including 36 acres of glebe,
is an ancient edifice of granite in the Early English and with residence, in the gift of and held since 1888 by the Rev.

Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, south transept, Harry Tudor M.A. of Magdalene College, Cambridge, pre-
nave, north aisle, with an arcade of four arches, separating it bendary of Exeter, proctor in convocation and surrogate.

from the nave, south porch and an embattled western The rectory hou.se contains a fine hall, with an Early English

tower of ashlar work, with pinnacles and containing 6 roof. Here is a small Baptist chapel and a meeting house

bells: the chancel retains a beautiful double piscina of for the Brethren. The parish room was rebuilt iu 1888 in

Early English date, and three sedilia with triangular heads memory of the late rector. Davy's charity of about [,6 1os.

of the same period: the priest's doorway also remains, and a year is now expended in giving awards to the chUdren of
on the north side is an Early English Easter sepulchre : the Board and Sunday schools ; a. smaller charity ~( £, x
the east window in stained, and there are seven other stained yearly value is for the benefit of deserving parishioners.

windows, some of which contain ancient glass representing Lustleigh Cleave is a picturesque ravine of granite rocks of
the Virgin and Child, St. Margaret, and an Archbishop ; considerable extent, running almost parallel with the valley

in the chancel are also two small brackets, each pierced with in which the village stands, and surmounted by a hold
three holes and from which, during Lent, a cloth or hanging sweeping brow: in a hedge between the ~burch and the

was suspended concealing the altar: the rood stairs, with railway station 1s a square block .of granite1 probably once
both doorways, still remain: in the north aisle, within low the base of a cross, and called "the Bishop's. Stone," from

arched recesses, are recumbent effigies of a knight in coif the arms of Bishop Stapledon, which are. said w appear

and hauberk, covered by a cyclas, and bearing a shield ; upon it. The celebrated Logan rock is about ri miles from

and of a lady attired in a wimple and flowing gown; these the station. The chief landowners are .Mr. Willi~ WilJs,
figures appear to belong to the first part of the 14th century; Mr. William Amery and Mrs. Wise; but U\Oit of the
at the east end is a similar effigy of a knight of somewhat farmers farm their own land. The soil js granitiGI the
later date; the whole are assumed to represent members of subsoil, granite. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
the Prous or Prouz family, and according to Risdon (survey potatoes and turnips. The area is 2,286 acres; rateable

of Devon 1714-23) one of the shie-lds then bore the arms of value, £2,827; the population in xSgt was 405. On March
this family: a carved oak screen of Ferpendicular date ex- 25, x885, a. detached part of this parish, known as Pepper-
tends across the nave and aisle ; the lower portion is panelled down, was amalgamated with Moreton Hampstead.

in twenty-four panes, ,::ontaining figures of SaintM carved tPKTHYBRIDGE, mile west, and HAXKRSr.AKK1 I mile

in relief; the cornice is carved with vine foliage and grapes: south, are hamlets.

the font is Norman, •nd consists of a circular basin orna.- Parillh Clerk, Stephen Nickolls.

mented with cable moulding, and once surrounded by six PosT, M. 0. 0.., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance OJice,-k

3.20 LPSTLElG-HI DEVOXSHIRE. {KELL1'~S

William Henry Bartlett, sub-postmaster. Letters ara Bovey Tracey is a ~nuibutdry parish with !I tnembe'J'9 i
Teceived from Newtpn Abbot at 6.~o a. m. & 6.35 p1m.; William Wills, East Wray. clerk to the board
dispatched at 1.50-& 6.45 p.m. The telegraph office is at Board School, built in 1878, for So children .t enlarged
the railway statton for collection, and Bovey Tracey for 189:a for 125; average attendance~ 95; Charles Sampson•

delivery of telegrams master

A School Board of 5 members was formed October 19, 1875; Railway Station, John Powlesland

[Marked thus • receive letter~ through Wills William, East Wrey Hellier Ethel (Mrs.), furnished apart.

Moreton Hampstead]. Wise Mrs. C(lmbe ments or board & residence; tennis;

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Wright Major Chas. Edwd.Cleav13 view pony carriage; lovely moorland

.Amery Mrs. Mapstone fJOMMERCIAL. scenery, Cleaveland

Colvile Misses, St. Andrews Aggett Emma (Mrs. ),apartmts.Fair vw *Hooper Edwin, farmer, & good fur..

Ellis Mrs. Hillshay Aggett James, thatcher nished apartments; high, healthy

Ensor Mrs. The Rectory Amery Chas. Sumpter, assistant oversr situation, Narramore

Fisher Rev. Wilfred lii.A. Parklands *Amery Ft•ederick, farmer, Barne *Hunt ArthurRoope,farmer,Foxworthy

Gibbons Mrs. Hillside *AmeryJobnWestaway,farmer,Sanduck Lamb James, blacksmith, Hillshay

Gorle Miss, Hillside Bartlett Wm. Hy. sbopkpr. Post office May Edwin, farmer, Rudge

*Hunt Arthur Roope, Foxworthy Chudley John, furnished apartments; Mortimore William, carpenter

Hunt Thomas Hy. Carew, Undercleave pshing & shooting, Caseley house Osborne William, blacksmith

Morris Miss, South hill Crook Arthur John Hussey, farmer, Payne George, blacksmith

Richmond Mrs. Woodlands Higher Combe • *Powlesland William, farmer, Peck

!Umington Miss, Middlecombe Easton George, builder, & comfortable Reading Rooms (T.H.C.Hunt,hon. sec)

~aunders Mrs. Rock mead furnished apartments, Grove villa Sherman Richard, Cleave hotel

'l'roughton Adolphus Charles,Hillhayes Easton William, carpenter Squires Jane (Mrs.), apartmts.Rock v:l

'Tudor Rev. Harry M.A. [rector, preben• French Richard & Son, farmers, Nonth Squires Samuel, cab proprietor

dary of Exeter & surrogate], Rectory Harton Westcott Richard,farmer,Soutll Ha.rton

Vigor Rev. Wm. Edwd. B.A.. Woodfield Glanv1lle RanlupbEdwd.frmr.Ellamore Wills William & Charles Germon, far-

Wills Charles Germon, East Wrey Guest Jas. market gardener, South hill mers, East Wrey

Wills Mrs. Waye *Harvey Daniel., farmer, Fursdon WillsJohn,yeoman,HigherHisley&Waye

Wills Mrs. George, Lower Hisley Harvey William, carpenter

L UTON, see BisHOPS TEIGNTON.

LYDFORD is a parish, with a station ~~ miles south of ·I K.G. and held since 1891 by the Rev. Richard Turner ~.A.

the village on the Launceston and 'favistock branch railway, of New College, Oxford, who resides at Princetown. There

:207! miles from London, in the Western division of the is a Bible Christian chapel here, built of stone, with sittings

county, Lifton hundred, Tavistock petty sessional division, for 100 persons. The vtllage is supplied with water by

union and county court district, r.ural deanery of Tavistock, means of aqueducts, constructed in r88t, at the sole

.archdeaconry of Totnes, and diocese of Exeter, 7i miles expense of D. Radford esq. .J.P. of Mount Tavy, Tavistock.

north from Tavistocli and l4 from Launceston. This place, A granite <.Toss has been erected on Bray's Tor. Lydford

.d.uring the Saxon period and subsequently, was a borough, Castle, now in ruins, was erected at some period sub-

.and returned two members to Parliament from rgor until sequent to the Conquest, as a protection to this part of

1307, after which the burgesses, "propter paupertatem," the county; the remains consist chiefly of the keep, situ-

were excused : at the beginning of the reign of Edward I. ated on an artificial mound on one side of a wide sloping

the assizes were held here and at Exeter alternately. Lyd- area, inclosed by double parallel earthworks; the fortress

.ford station is tbe junction of the London and South Western can be approached only from the north-east, and was

• railway with the LaWJceston, Tavistock and Plymouth line once, no doubt, a place of considerable importance; the

of the Great Western railway. The Plymouth, Devonport castle was in a decayed state in r6so, but continued to

.and South Western junction railway, constructed in t88g be in some degree habitable until about 1820: here the

from Lydford to flymouth, furnishes the South Western Stannary Courts were formerly held. The river Lyd,

Company with an independent line to Plymouth. The which flows through the parish, rises about 3 miles above

church of St. Petrock is a building of granite, incorporating Lydford, and is spanned by a picturesque bridge of one arch,

remains of an older structure of freestone, in the Early thrown across a ravine 70 feet in depth ; immediately below-

Perpendicular style, with some traces of Early English is the famous Lydford Gorge. The stream flows over its

work, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle, rocky bed for about a mile and a half from the bridge,

south poreh and an embattled western tower, with crocketed where it is joined by the stream which forms the well-known

pinnacles, containing 5 bells, recast with additional metal Lydford cascade, which has a fall of about Ioo feet. About

in 1789, from a previous peal of three, by J. Pennington and one mile above the viltage, on the course of the Lyd, is a
Co. under a licence from the Bishop: in th~ west wall of waterfall, commonly called "Kitt's Steps." H.R.H. the

the aisle are remains 'Of the stairease to 'the rood loft; the Prince of Wales K.G. is lord of the manor and chief land-

.east end of the aisle, formerly a chapel, retains a hagioscope owner. 'fhis parish, which includes the greater part of the

pierced through these stairs, and a niche with a mutilated forest of Dartmoor, is the largest in area in England. The

female figure in alabaste'r: the priest's door on the south township contains g,662 acres of land, exclusive of the

side of the chancel is now blocked and filled in part Dartmoor Forest quarter, which extends over 56,333 acres;

\Tith a square-headed window= the circular granite font rateable value, £6,784: the population in 1891 was 2,707,

is a curious work of Early English date, and the porch. including about 48 officers, and 900 prisoners in Dartmoor

which belongs to the same period, retains a stoup on the Convict Prison. '

.east side; the stained east window was erected in r879 by PRINCE TowN, on the moor, is given under a sepl\rate

Daniel Radford esq. of Lidford Bridge, in memory of his heading, and particulars of Dartmoor are there given.

brother, George W. Radford esq. and there is a memorial Parish Clerk, Peter Hill.

window to a child of Mr. and Mr!f. George Radford; there PosT 0FFICE.-William Symons, receiver. Letters arrive

are also two other stained windows, placed by Arthur · from Bridestowe R.S.O. North Devon at 7 a.m.; pis-

Radford esq. as memorials to his late wife: there are roo patched 5.40 p.m. The nearest money order office is a~

.sittings. 'l'he Rev. W. K. Chafy Chafy, cnrate in charge of Okehampton. The telegraph office is at the railway station.

the parish, 1875-6, spent about £g,boo in completely re- Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
furnishing the churoh, repairing and adding to the rectory WALL LETTER Ho:t, S. W. R. ~tation, cleared 5 p.m

house and building new stables: in t8go a north aisle and WALL LETTER Box, Downton, cleared 6 p.m

.a \"estry were added -andP:the church restored at a cost of A School Board of 5 members was formed December 18,

.£8oo: in the churchyard is a tomb with a long and very 1874; J. D. Johnstone, Tavistock, clerk to the board
Routleigh1 a.
.sing ular inscri ption to Georg e r watchmaker . Board School (mixed), built in 1878, for go children;,
The register of bapti s dates fr om I1ItJ: ma riages, 1719 average attendance, 69; William Henry Kenner, master
sm ~
burials, 1726. TM living is a rectory, average tithe. rent- RAILWAY STATIONS:-

charge£t4g,netyearlyvalue.!n7,including28acresofglebe L. & S. W. R. Wallace Screttino, station master

with residence, in the gift of H.R'.H. the Prince of Wales G. W. R. John Whiteway, station mastllf

Fuller Miss •

Dartmoor Peat & Iron Smelting Co. Kennard Richard, farmer, Downtob

.J.eeves Anthony, Rouge cottage Limited (Sellsby Willsont manager Kennard William, frmr.HigherDownton

Macklin Rev. HerbertWalt. H. A.. (curate] Down William, farmer~ Townsencl May John, blacksmith ·

'Willaon Sellsby Fry Edmund, thatcher May William, carpenter

COllfMEROIAlt, Gill Henry1 boot & shoe maker PalmeP William, farmer, Doetor
Bickle George, wheelwright Heathmao Ha.rry,!lartmoor inn Pengelly Williatn, boot & shoe makel'

Hi~kle John, blacksmith Horn John, (.,'lla.Je mR< Penhallorick Harry, shopkeeper
C~mk Charles, tailorr . Petbnick Herbert, bmldet
Huggins R&g \l', masJD. .

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. LY.MPSTONE. 321

Phillips Henry (:.\1r$.), farmer Rice Thomas Henry, miller (water), Ware Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Phillips John, farmer grocer & assistant. overseer [For remainder of names in this parish

Phillips Thomas, farmer Webb Wilham Martin, lodging house, see PRINCE TowN, placed there for

Symons Wm.Hy.shopkeeper&post office Lydford house postal purposes]

LYMPSTONE (or LYMPSTON) is a parish and village memory of his wife Mary Jane, and to commemorate her

pleasantly seated on the eastern banY: of the broad estuary kindness to and sympathy for the poor of Lympstone; from

of the Exe, with a station on the Exmouth branch of the the top magnificent views of the surrounding country can

London and South Western railway, 18o miles from London, be obtained. This is the head quarters of No. I Company of

7~ miles south-south-east from Exeter, 3"~ south-south-east the ISt Devonshire Volunteer Artillery, Western Division,

from Topsham and 2t north from Exmouth, in the Eastern Royal Artillery; the drill shed and general equipments are

division of the county, hundred of East Budleigh, petty sea- very complete. Here is a Working Men's Club, established

'Sional division of Woodbury, union of St. Thomas, county in 1884, and a lending library1 open during the winter
eourt district of Exeter, rural deanery of Aylesbeare and months ; also a Cl)nservative Club, established in :rB85.

archdeaconry and dwcese of Exeter. The church of St.Mary There are several good residences in the parish, including

is a building of red sandstone in the Perpendicular style, con- Harefield, Lympstone House, Lympstone Grange, the .Manor

sisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled House, Sowdon Lodge, High Cliffe, and the Rectory" Sir

western tower, dating from 1409, and containing a clock Fraucis George Augustus Fuller-Elliot-Drake bart. of Nut-

and 5 bells, all cast in 1746, and the third recast in 1887: well Court, is lord of the manor, William Henry Peters esq.

in 1864 the old structure, being much dilapidated, was, with D.L., J. P. is the principal landowner; the rest of the land is

the exception of the tower, rebuilt and a north aisle added; divided among a great number of persons. The soil is of a

the interior of the tower was restored and a clock chiming rich loam, and the subsoil is gravel. The chief trades am

the quarters erected in 1884 at a cost of £266: there are sea-fishing and Honiton lace making, the latter industry

memorral windows in the south aisle to William Henry having greatly declined in recent years. The area of tha

Wright, d. May 16, 1867, and to Mary Jane, wife of W. H. parish is 1,I2o acres of land and 280 of water; rateable

Peters esq. J.P. d. Nov. 3• 1884 ; three others in the north value, £4,879; the population in 1891 was I,097·

aisle are to Frances Lucy Peters, daughter of the above, d. Sexton, Harry Pannell.

May 17, rB54, and tSoIu·Mrraerffy• Ad ·nn18a8n6d• Cadtherine Shiurre.ff, sp OST, M• 0 . & T • 0 ., • B., Annur"ty & I nsurance Office.-
t l• 1884• and Dr. an one to maJor
and Mrs. Octavius Marshall, d. 1889 ~ a new organ cham- John Mortirner, sub-postmaster. Letters received from

ber and vestry wera erected in r889 at a cost of £4oo, s&HttaLhhttor1'5eegen7rehpNde_et.2ot,omro0ncrL.lta&peh;yta.mmtarr8heutp_.ed5r1sa5tS0aolT_ton3aaou58.etwm.t;75ahn.c.a1maa.&e.dtmam.e5r7&.le..i_&2vd22d9e0.5ia4rasy5ptp.p.m.a8&cmmto.ca7.m.&h..m5em4dLwp..e3e.Ana2mt5ct·Lt4eep.3Ls°r.wmspBa&e.rtO.eme7k7;xc.Epedd&;isi.av,smsyIepCudsI.anhotwfadcunr.hearolmeycyemkhds.;

and a new organ is now (1893) being erected at a cost days only

of £450: there are 510 sittings. The register dates from Ist Devonshire Volunteer Artillery, Western Division, Royal

:\fay, 1654. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent..

charge 1,·199, net yearly income £245, with 12 acres of glebe

and house, in the gift of the Rev. C. D: E. Malet, vicar of
Beech Hill, Berks, and held since 1892 b,r the Hev. Charles

Oordon Browne M. A. of Balliol College, OJxford: attached to
the living is a rectorial manor, the lands of which are leased

ctut for hves, and held under the rector as lord ; on the ex- Artillery (No. I Company), Capt. & Hon. Major l<'rederick

piration of the leases the value of the living will be consider- Ralph Carr, commanding; Surgeon-Lieut.-Col. George

a:lJly augmented, as, by an Act of Parliament passed in I86I, Pigott Barton, medical ofticer ; Serg.-Major Hurkett R.A.

the rack rents w1ll then revert to the living. The Primitive drill instructor

:Methodist chapel, erected in rw88it3h at a cost of about £8so, National School (mixed & infants) built in 1825 & enlarged
is a n~>at building of limestone Bath stone dressings in in 1872 & r886, for 250 children; average attendance,

the Gothic style, and will seat 2g0 persons. The parish I66; 81. G. Sheppard, master; :Vlrs. Eliza Sheppard, mist
charities amount to about £6o yearly, and are expended Railway Station, William Iremongcr, station master; agent,

upon the National and Sunday schools and the deserving John Widdicombe

poor. N~ar the beach is a square tower with weather vane,· CARRIERS TO EXETER.-Charles Reynolds to' White Hart,'

containing a clock with two dials, erected in r885 at !l cost & Joseph Horsford & Son, to the 'Dolphin,' every mon.

6f about £r,ooo, by W. H. Peters esq. of H;uefield, in wed. & fri. at xo a.m.; returning at B p.m

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Whitehead Mrs. Brook cottage Hallett John, farmer, Lyndhayes farm

l!arton George Pigott, Varnes Wreford Miss Hannett Henry, boot & shoe maker

Birch Col. Charles B.A., J.P. Lymp- Wright 11isses, Sonthtown rtaymanSamuelJn.farmer,yoombe.frm

stone grange COMMERCIAL. Hill George, farmer

BlandMrs Alford William (Mrs.), blacksmith Hill Henry, dairyman

Browne Rev. Chas. Gordon M.A. Rectry Arscott James, farmer, Thorn farm Hockings Louis, boot & shoe maker

Bryant Miss, Lympstone house Bailey John, farmer, Pitt farm Horsford Joseph & Son, carriers
Iremonger William; station mastel" Y
Carr Frederick Ralph Baker Joseph, market gardener

Chesnutt Frederick, Bronte house Blampin Jcmah, shopkeeper Jackson Sophia (Miss), boot dealer

Chetwynd M-uy Viscountess, Highcliffe Barton George Pigott, surgeon,& medi-j Jackson William Sivell, plumber, gas-

Dallas Franci$ Henry, Wistoria cottage calofficer &publicvaccinator~Lymp- fitter, bellhanger & general smith &c

Dallas James F.L.S. Cantralees stone district, St. Thomas union, & Jones George, baker

Dick Mrs. The Cottage inspector army recruits, Varnes Kennard A~ust.Emma(Mrs. ),dressmkr

Fley Miss Bodley John Noel, carpenter LawnTennisClub (Miss Dick,hon.tec-.),

Freeman Richard, Newlands Bodley Leah (Miss), milliner The Cottage

}'ulford Rev. Robert Medley (curate], Bolt William Brice, butcher Linscott Wu1.miller (water) & maltster

The Metheralls Bowerman William, dairyman Lympstone Lending Library (Miss A.

Gardner Mrs. Exe view Bricknell Jane (Mrs.), farmer Dick, hon. sec)

Grant Frederick William, Avenue ho Bridle Ernest, farmer LympstoneWorking Men's Club (Harry

Hannaford Mrs Challis John, fish dealer W. L. Landon, hon. sec)

HargreavesGeorgeHarrison,Sowdon ldg Chick George, Railway hotel Moore John & Son,farmers & dairymen

Hussey Col. Thomas, Highcliffe Chown Wm. Hy. plumber & glazier MortimerJohn,draper & grocer, Post off

lames Misses, Sontberleigh Conservative Club (H. W. L. Landon; Newbery Susannah (:Mlls. ),honiton lace

.Jameson Mrs. Lympstone house hon. sec) manufacturer

L1ndon Harry Whittington Liddiard, Coventon George, builder Pannell Henry, market gardener

'l'edstone Davey James, farmer, Sowdon . Parsons Charlotte (Mrs.), china dealer

Louch Charles .Tohn, Sowdon house Delve Frederick, wine & spirit merchnt Perry John, tly proprietor

Luxmoore Rear-Admiral Percy Putt Denning Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Perry Mary (Mrs.), laundress

c.B. Bridge house Devonshire (1st) Voluntee1.1 Artillery, Pidsley William, shopkeeper

:\loore-:Miller Mrs. Sunnyside Western Division Royal Artillery (No. Pidsley William, jun_ market gardener

l'earce Frank, Underhill . I Company)(Capt.&Hon.Major Fred. Pyle William Henry, coach builder,

Penny Miss . Ralph Carr, commanding; Surgoon- wheelwright & smith

Peters WilliamHenryrl.L., J.P.Harefield Lieut.-Col. George Pigott Barton, Quick. Edward Hare, builder
medical officer; Sergt.-Maj. Hurkett Quick Eli Thomas, boot & shoe maker
'Pitt Mrs. Greenbiil

S:mctuary CommanderWilliamMelanc- R..A. dnll instructor) QuickWm.Sanders,chemist & druggis
thon R.N. The ~Ianor house
Fley James Godfre.v,shopkpr.& fish dlr Ratclitie Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Sintzenich :\lrs. Ellinthorpe Furze Robert, fish dealer Reed Sarah (Mrs. ),laundress

Till Ed ward . Gardener William, builder Rew Henrietta- (¥iss), apartments,

'fupper Miss, Sunnyside GardneP Francis, London :P.ll Rew Rich.ard, farmer

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Reynolds Chllrles, can·ier Skinner James, fish merchant Tozer James (Mrs.), laundress

Reynolds W. S. (Mrs.), apartments Skinner John Quick, painter Tuck Francis Drake, farmer, Wotton

Reynolds William, shoe maker Skinner William, baker Venman Edwin George, carpenter

Searle Francis Yard, carpenter Skinner William, fish dealer Venman Richard Gwyn,builder & assis- ·

Searle James Hole, fish dealer Stacker Thomas, saddler tant overseer

Sellers Fanny (Miss), baker Taylor & Son, tailors & riding breeches Widdicombe John, coal mer. & agent

Shears Christopher, ironmonger makers &c for London & South WesternRailway

Shears Thomas, carpenter Taylor George, Globe P.H Williams Edmund Harris, Saddlers'

Sheppard Samuel G. schoolmaster & Tozer James, thatcher & basket maker Arms P.R

organist at St. Mary's church

LYNMOUTH, so called from its situation at the con- perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Countisbury,

fluence and mouth of the East and West Lyn, on the out- and held since 1886 by the Rev. Albert Richards Hockley.
skirts of Exmoor, is well known as a popular and beautiful Tbe Lyndale, Tors Park and Bath family hotels are replete

watering-place, occupying a level site, near the seashore, at with every convenience for visitors. Here is also a public read-
the entrance of an immense gorge, into which the magnifi- ing room ; and a life-boat and life-saving rocket apparatus
cent ravine of the East Lyn and the densely-wooded but are maintained. The chief places of interest in the neighbour-

sequestered valley of the West Lyn abruptly descend, the hood are Brendon Valley, Bossington hill, Culbone, Dunkery

twin streams, after heavy or long continued rains, assum- beacon, 1,668 feet above the sea level, Exmoor, about 14
ing formidable proportions, and rush down to the sea miles square and largely uncultivated ; Glenthorne, with a

with extraordinary speed and great uproar 1 within the delightful coast path winding reund the cliffs ; Heddon's
circuit of a few miles inland there is every variety of hill moutb, the entrance to a romantic valley, Lyndale, Lee

and dale, with woody tracts and moorland of vast extent, bay, the Valley of Rocks, and that of the West Lyn and

and valleys of extreme beauty traversed by mountain Waters' meet. The population in 1891 was 312.

streams dashing impetuously over their rock-strewn beds; PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

the coast scenery here is also very fine and extensive: the Edward James Pedder, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive

Welsh coast is generally visible, and sometimes the hills of from Barnstaple at 9.25 a. m. & 7.30 p.m.; dispatched at

South Wales maybe very distinctly made out. By an Order 7.3oa.m. & 3.46 p.m
in Council, dated July 6, 1886, l..ynmouth was ecclesiasti- PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS :-
cally annexed to Countisbury. The church of St. John the National Life Boat Institution, Lynmouth, Rev. A. R.
Baptist, a chapel of ease to Countisbury, erected by voluntary Hockley, hon. sec

contributions at a cost of about J;2,ooo, is a building of stone Public Reading Room, Lynmouth, John Elworthy, sec

in the Early English style, consisting of vaulted apsidal chan- Coast Guard Station, William J ones, chief officer
eel, nave, south aisle, north porch, and a western turret National School (mixed), for 100 children; average attend-
containing 2 bells: there are 220 sittings. The living is a ance, so; William Northcote, master

Beck John, Prospect house Blackford Sidney, watch maker Oxenham Ann (Mrs.), dress maker

.Bevan William, Glen Lyn CrickMary(Mrs.),apartmnts.Clifton ho Oxenham Thomas, tailor

Burgess William, Prior's cot Elworthy Jobn, grocer Parker Aaron, shoe maker

Edmouds Mrs. Frederick Ezekiel, Fewings Thomas, apartments, I Lyn Peake Wm. apartments,2 Lyn Cliff ter

Clooneavin Cliff terrace Pedder Edward James, shipowner, coal

Hermann Mrs. Bonniecott villa Ford Mary (Mrs.), apartments & corn merchant, grocer & draper,

Hockley Rev. Albert Richards [vicar of Goodacre Bros. stationers & booksellers butcher, boarding house & horse &

Countisbury & perpetual curate of Hartnett John, Rising Sun P. H carriage proprietor, & general stores,

Lynmouth], The Vicarage Heywood John, Bath family hotel &; London house

Ridden Mrs. Glenwhalt posting house & wine & spirit mer Pennicot Margaret (Mrs.), china dealer

COMMERCIAL. Hooper Henry, carpenter · & apartment.'!, Lyn cottage & Or-

Bale Henry, boot & shoe maker Hurcombe Harry,watchma. & aprtmts chard house

Bale Mary Jane (Miss), dress maker Jones Brothers, fancy dealers Pennicott Bertram,aprtmnts.Bridge ho

Berry David Richard, tailor Jones Amelia L. (Miss), private hotel, Pitts William, baker, London bakery

Berryman Maria (Mrs.), apartments, Beech house PublicReading Room (Jn.Elworthy,sec)

Ferndale Jones William, chief officer of coast- Pugsley Waiter, mason

Bevan Cecil N. Tors Park family hotel guard, Tors Rice Wllliam John, barber

& posting house. See advert Knight Fanny (Miss), apartments, Sea Richards Andrew, apartments, Wood-

Bevan Tom Sydney, Lyndale family Breeze cottage bine villa

hotel & posting house. See advert Moore Richard, apartments, Sea view Richards Fanny (Miss), dress maker

Burgess Louisa (Miss), apartments, Nercombe John, baker & apartments, Richards William, tailor

Victoria house West Lyn house Taylor J ohn,apartments, Bridge bldngs

:-IL YNTON is a parish containing several hamlets; the College, Cambridge, and surrogate. In 1879 (Feb. 7) the

village is 20 miles from each of the following towns, viz living was endowed with 3 acres of land for a parsonage.
Minehead, Barnstaple, South Molton and Ilfracombe, and 'l'he mission church of St. Bartholomew, at Barbrook Mill,

stands on a high hill, immediately overhanging Lynmouth, is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle,

where the waters of the East and West Lyn unite and fall south porch and a western turret containing one bell. There

into the Bristol Channel, the scenery here, especially in the are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels at Lynton and a

Valley of Rocks, being wild and romantic. Lynton is in Wesleyan chapel at Barbrook Mill.

the North Western division of the county, hundred of Shir- LYNTON has communication by coach to Barnstaple daily~
well, petty sessional division of Braunton, union and county and to Ilfracombe and Minehead in the summer months.
court district of Barnstaple, ruml deanery of Shirwell, arch- There are 7 hotels, viz.: " The Royal Castle," Lynton Cottage
Private hotel (both in the same extensive and romantic
deaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The parish is grounds), the" Valley of Rocks," "the Crown," "the Ken-
sington," "Globe" and" the Queen." 'fhe District Hospital,
governed by a Local Board of 15 members, formed Dec. 7, established in 1873, is a plain cottage building, supported by
voluntary contributions, but is now (1893) being greatly en-
1866, under the" Local Government Act of r858." 'fhe larged. The Foresters' Hall will seat about 300 persons. A
village is supplied with water by the Lynton and Lynmouth lift, one of the longest and steepest of its kind in the world,
Water Co. Limited. The church of St. Mary, an ancient now connects Lynton with Lynmouth : it was designed and
building of stone, in the Early English style, enlarged dur- built by Mr. Jones of this town and opened on Easter Mon-
day, 189o. Lee Abbey is the residence of Charles Frederick
ing the period 1817-33, was entirely rebuilt, wiGh the excep- Bailey esq. .J.P. Evan Browell Jeune esq. .J.P. of the Manor
tion of the tower and south wall, about 1892, at a cost of House, is lord of the manor, and the principal landowners
are Mrs. Roe and James Lean esq. 'fhe soil is light.
£3,200, and now consists of chancel, nave, aisles, north a.nd gravelly; subsoil, turf, in some parts, rock ; crops, oats and
south-west porches and an embattled western tower con- barley. The area is 7,163 acres; rateable value, £8,671 ;
taining a clock and 3 bells, 2 of which are of pre-Reforma- the population in 1891 was 1,547: this without doubt
tion date ; the third was cast in 1707 by Richard Penneyton : must include several hundred visitors as the resident popu-
lation cannot be near this number.
a clock with two dials was erected in 1887: there are 500
LYNMOUTH, a hamlet in this parish, has been ecclesiasti~
sittings : the church was wholly closed against interments,
and regulations made concerning the churchyard, Feb.

9, 1855. The register of baptisms dates from the year
1569; marriages, 1591; burials, 1568. The early registers
are written on the back of indentures of apprenticeship and
bound together. The living is a vicarage, and was severed

from that of Countisbury by an Order in Council, :May, 7,
1858, but not gazetted, gross yearly value from tithe rent- cally annexed to Countisbury,
charge £300, average £tS~, with 27 acres of glebe and Verger, J ames Scott.
residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Exeter, and held PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,

since r887 by the Rev. Waiter Enstace Cox :M.A. of Jesus Lynton.-William Crook, eub-postmaster. Letters arrive

DIBECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. LYNTON. 323

from Ba.rnstaple at 9.15 a.m. & 7 p.m.; dispatched at 4 Town Crier, R. Bale

p.m.; sundays, receivedatg.3oa.m.: dispatchedat4p.m PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services:-
LocAL BoARD. St. Mary's Church, Rev. Waiter Eustace Cox M.A. vicar;

Board room, Cavendish street. 8 & II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. & daily
St. Bartholomew's Mission Church, Barbrook Mill
Board day, last wednesday of every month.
Clerk, William A. Roberts, Barnstaple Congregational, Rev. J. W. Ingram; II a.m. &6.3op.m.;
Treasurer, Frank B. Erridge, Fox, Fowler & Co.'s Bank
wed. 7.30 p.m
Medical Officer of Health, Daniel Lovett Hubbard M.B., B.s. Wesleyan, Rev. A. J. Pickworth; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ;
Lyn cottage
thurs. 7.30 p.m
Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, Wm. Squire, Gordon villa Wesleyan, Barbrook Mill, A. J. Pickworth; rr a.m. &6.30
Collector, Charles J. Collins, South Cliff villa
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS : - p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m

Coast Guard, R. Jones, chief officer SCHOOLS:-
National (mixed), built in 1846, for 120 children & enlarged
District Hospital, Daniel Lovett Hubbard M.B., B.S. medi- in 1866, for 160; average attendance, II7; Thomas Driver,
cal officer ; Henry Robert Henley, assistant medical
officer ; Mrs. Bailey, hon. sec master; Mrs. Driver, assistant mistress; Mrs. Ridge,
Public Reading Room, William Taylor; manager infants' mistress
PuBLIC OFFICERS : - Wesleyan, Barbrook Mill (mixed), for 100 children; aver-
Admiralty Surgeon & Agent, Medical Officer & Puqlic Vac- age attendance, 48 ; Arthnr Yates, master
cinator, No. 11 district, Barnstaple union, Daniel Lovett Lynton & Lynmouth Recorder (William Palmer, proprietor
Hubbard M.B., o.s. Lyn cottage & publisher), publi'!hed tues

Overseers, T. S. Bevan esq. & J. Gregory esq CoNVEYANCE.-Coaches to Barnstaple every week day & to

Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Parracombe sub- llrracombe, Minehead, Dunster daily through the summer

district, Barnstaple union, Philip Taylor, Lyn bridge months, from the Castle hotel

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. J Devon & Cornwall Ba~king Co. Limited Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway &

Bailey Charles Frederick J.P.Lee abbey (branch)(Edward Rwhard Humphrey Pier & Harbour Co. (Tom Jones, sec)
Masters, ma~ager); draw on Ba!- Lynton & Lynmouth Electric Light Co.
Bateman John, Lynhurst clay,Bevan,Trtttpn,Ransom,Bouverte (Henn Hanns, manager)

Bratchell Miss Clarence villa
hill ·BuddJohn Wr'eford Coombe park Lynton & Lynmouth Recorder (William
& Co. London E c
Burnell Mrs. Bonn District Hospital(DanielLovettHubbard Palmer, proprietor &publisher ; pub-
Carew Sir HenryPalk bart.Woolhanger M.B., B.s. medical ?fficer; He~ry lished tuesday)
R~bert Henley~ asststant mediCa Lynton & Lynmouth WaterCo. Limited
Cornish Frederick W. Chough's nest
Cox Rev. Waiter Eustace M.A. [vicar & officer; Mrs. B~tley, hon. sec) (C. J. Collins, sec.), South Cliffe villa

surrogate], Vicarage Dou_bt George, tailor Medway Charles, butcher, farmer &

Crocombe Miss 4 Lee villas Errtdge Frank B. manager of Fox, post horse proprietor
Fowler & Co.'s Bank & treasurer to Medway Charles, farmer, Six Acre &
Crook John, Lynwood house New mills

Edmunds Mrs. Clooneavin the local board
Fear Claude, hair dresser & tobacconist Medway Herbert, butcher, Orchard ho
Erridge Frank Bevern Bank house Medway Mrs. apartments, Sinai villa
Moon George, apartments, Waterloo ho
GHreenelneywoHoednJroyhRn~beCrrto,ftIpAlafcfeord terrace ~Foirsehsetr~rNs'icHhoallals(,Wfairllmiaemr, West Lyn
Taylor, keeper) Moore John, nurseryman, The Nursery
Moule John, blacksmith
Hewitt pTlhacoemaLs~n'rdhoen Hoe· & 10 Ash- Fox, Fowler & Co. bankers (branch) Moule Hobt. apartments, 2 Alford ter
burn sw '
o(FnrBaanrk~lBay. ,EBrreivdagne,, manager) ; draw
Heywood John, Valley of Rocks hotel Tritton, Ransom, Murley 'l'homas, nurseryman, Victoria

HubbardDaniel Lovett M.B.Lyn cottage .Bouvene & Co. London E c
Gill Sarah Ann (Mrs.), apartments, fernery
Hume Capt. William Rock lodge . Palmer W. (Mrs.), china & glass dealtr

lngram Rev. John [Cong.], Westwood Victoria fernery.
Jones Bob Oakland villa Great Western Railway (Thos. Sqmre), Palmer William, proprietor & publisher

J owitt 'fh~mas Woodlands carriers to Minehead "Lynton & Lynmouth Recorder "
Henley Hy. Robt. ~urgeon, I .Afford ter Parker John, tailor
Kerby George, 'sinai Pile David, farmer, East Lyn

Ley Mrs. St. Vincent's walk Hobbs J ames, carrmge propnetor Prideaux Chas. apartments, 4 Alford ter

Masters Edwin Richard Humphrey, Hodges Edward, confectioner
Hole Edward, saddler & harness maker Prideaux Thomas, blacksmith
Devon & Cornwall Bank Holman John Ward, Kensington Public Reading Room (William Taylor,

Parker John 1 Lee villas . manager)

Pickworth Rev. A. J. [Wesleyan] family hotel
Holman John Ward, grcr. & wme mer Rawle Philip, apartments, Osborne villa
Smallridge Miss I Gordon villas Hooper George, b~ot dealer Reed William, Queen's family & com-
Squire William,'2 Gordon vjllas
Hooper Anne (M1ss), dress maker, 3 mercial hotel -
Sturt Miss, Barbrook
Ridd Frederick, apartments, Alford ter
Taylor Robert Henr y~eZawepohodyr cottage HuObrbcahradrdDatenrir~alceLovett M.B., B.s. sur- Ridd Joseph, carpenter, Barbrook mill
Walker Col. Smart,
geon, & Admualty surgeon & agent, Ridge Mary(Mrs.),shpkpr.20rchard ter
White Mrs. Ingleside medical officer & public vaccinator, R.ose Albert, fishmonger & poulterer

COMMERCIAL. nth district, Barnstaple union & Rumsam John, Globe hotel •
medical officer of health to the Lyn- Sandford Waiter, tailor

Alien John, boot & shoe maker ton urban sanitary district, Lyn cot Sheppard Henry Charles, boot maker

Baker Thomas, Royal Castle family Hurcombe Harry, watch maker SheppardH.C,(Mrs. ),fancy ~oods dealer

hotel & posting house Jonea Brothers, coach & carriage Squire John, farmer, East Ilkerton

Baker Thomas, farmer & breeder of proprietors, carriers to the London & Squire Thomas, farmer, West Ilkerton

Exmoor ponies SouthWestern Rail way, viaBarnstaple Squire 'l'homas, grocer, & agent for W.

Baker Thomas, Cottage private hotel & Jones Brothers, builders & contractors & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants

coach proprietor Jones Hrothers, furnishing ironmongers Squire William, farmer, & surveyor &

Bale Thomas, boot maker Jones Thomas, apartwents, Heath villa inspector of nuisances to the local

Barwick Josiah, mason, Barbrook mill Jones Thos. miller (water), Lyn bridge board, Gordon villa

Benn Hans, mangr. of Electric Light Co Jones Tom, sec. to the Lynton & Lyn- Taylor Mary (Miss), boarding hous!',

Burch Thomas, Crown hotel mouth Cliff Railway & Pier & Har- Bnrlington house

Clark John, farmer, Shallowford bour Company Taylor Pnillip, apartments, registrar Qf

Collins Charles, grocer & baker Jones William, farmer, Caffins birthw, deaths & marriages, Parra-

Collins Charles J ames,assistant overseer Jose Giles, draper & fancy dealer, combe sub-district, Barnstaple union,

& collector of rates & taxes, & apart- Church Hill house & school attendance off. Lyn bridge

ments, South Cli:ffe villa Kingdon Jas. blacksmith, Barbrook mill Taylor Willialll, painter

Crick John, corn & seed merchant Latham John,frmr.Thorneworthy farm Thorne Richd. apartments, 2 Lee vi1las

Crick Richard, Cottage inn, Lyn bridge Latham Richd. shoe ma. Harbrook mill Tueker J<>hn, farmer, West Lyn

Crocombe James, apartments, North Lock William, boot & shoe manufactr Vellacott John, farmer, Sparanger

Cliff cottage London & South Western Railway Watts Charles, farmer, Stock ·

Crook Wm.statnr.& news agt.Post office (Jones Bros.), carriers to Barnstaple Watts John, farmer, South Furze hill

CutJand Jas. apartmnts. Summit castle Lynton & Lynmouth Hotel Co. (Valley Westcott John, farmer, East Ilkerton

Davis Jspb. Burnard,chemist & druggist ofRocks family hotel &posting house) Woolacot Robert, farmer, J,yncombe

Delbridge J sph. wheel wrt.Barbrook mill (John Heywood, manager)

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MALBOROUGH is a parish pleasantly situated on one Bayning, part of which is app-ropriated to the repairs of the

of the highest points of the county, commanding an exten- church and the residue to the poor ; the former donor
sive prospect and bounded on the south by the open sea directed £3 :yearly out of the above sum to be applied to
between Bolt Head and Bolt Tail, 3~ miles south-west from paying a schoolmaster for the instruction of a certain number

Kingsbridge station on a branch of the Great Western rail- of poor boys. llton Castle, now a fa-rm-house, was built as

way, in the Southern division of the county, Stanborough a fortified mansion by Sir John Chiverston in 1335: the

hundred, Stanborough and Coleridge petty sessional division, Courtenays, in right of their estates here, formerly held

Kingsbridge union and county court district, rural deanery Admiralty Courts :1t the maritime villages within the

of Woodleigh, archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. different manors, and the Earl of Devon st1ll enjoys import-

A small portion of the village of Malborough is in the parish ant rights affecting wreckage. Capt. James Stevenson

of West Alvington. The seaport of l:>alcombe, formerly Twysden H..N., J.P. of Dodbrooke, Kingsbridge, and Mr. J.

included in this parish, now forms a separate parish. The J<'ord, of Plymouth, are the principal landowners. 'fhe soil

church of All Saints is an interesting edifice of stone in the is chiefly loam ; subsoil, various. The chief crops are

Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, wheat, barley, turnips and roots. The area is 4,945 acres of

stmth porch and an embattled western tower with spire land and 420 of water ; rateable value, including Salcombe,

containing 6 bells, of greater antiquity than the rest of the 1,"8,288 ; the population in 1B9I, excluding Salcombe, was

church: the spire, which has been twice struck by lightning, 56].

can be seen at a great distance on account of its elevated COLLATON, COMBE, REW and BoLBURY are hamlets in
position : there is a very curious old font, a piscina and a the parish.
stoup : the east window is a memorial to Andrew Pinwill SALCOMBE, formed into a distinct ecclesiastical district
- esq.; another stained window, in the south aisle, was given November 12, 1844, will be found under a separate heading.
anonymously : there are memorials in the church and Parish Clerk & Sexton, James Clark.
churchyard to persons lost at sea off the coast of this parish
and also a marble monument to John Stapleton, 2sth baron PosT OFFICE.-Robert Jarvis, sub-postmaster. Letters by
Kingsale, tdeI.8r J7daoan,t.aes7t , gc4o7st: th e church was restored and re- cart from Kingsbridge, arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at
1 of £ 2, 500, and h'afhs e50l0ivisnitgtinisgsa. 5· IS p.m. The nearest money ~rder & telegraph office .is
seated in year 1 64o. at Salcombe. Postal orders are Issued here, but not paid
The regis a

from the ,

vicarage, with South Huish annexed, average tithe rent- 1 PosT OFFICE, Inner Hope Cove.-Mrs. l\'Iary Dimond, sub-

cha~e £327, gross yearly value i,"429, with residence and 2 postmistress. Letters through Malborough, arrive at 9.40

acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of a. m.; dispatched at 4· IS p.m. The nearest money order

Sarum, and held since I87J by the Rev. William Thomas & telegraph office is at Salcombe. Postal orders are

Keeling M. A. of Christ Church, Oxford. 'fhe Baptist chapel issued here, but not paid

was erect.ed in IBIS, and ~>nlarged and repaired in I872, National School (mixed), is a handsome building of stone,

when a new school room was added. There is a reading erected in 1873, at a cost of £8oo, for 130· children;

room, given by Mr. Mildmay, and managed by the vicar. average attendance, 105; John Cutland, master

'l'he charities amount to £3o yearly, derived from the Coastguard Station, Inner Hope Cove, Thomas Kingswood,

rents of lands bequeathed by Richard Dyer and Mrs. Alice chief officer

Malborough. Gunn Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper ~Iorgan William, blacksmith
Hannaford Adams, farmer & overseer, Prowse Robert, farmer
· Snowdon John, jun. farmer, Plympton
Keeling Rev. Wm. Thomas M.A.Vicarage New house Htidston Ernest, farmer, .Holbury
'frinick John, Shute StumblesAbraham,farmer, LowerSewer
Hanmford Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer & Thomas James, farmer, Maryknowle
COMMERCIAL. Tucker Sydney, tailor
Adams Thomas, farmer, Hope Barton miller (water), Hanger mill Weymouth James, farmer, Lincomb
Adams Thomas, jun. farmer, Yard Hannaford George Pepperell, farmer,
Adams W.n. frmr.Higher & Lower Rew Inner Hope Cove.
Balk will Robert, farmer, Ilton castle Higher Sewer ·
Brooking Edward, farmer, Shute Hayne William, farmer, Church hill
HodderMary(Mrs. ),farmr.Portlemouth
Horswill William, farmer, Collaton
Jarvis Juseph & Thomas, shoe makers

Brooking Rebecca (Mrs.), shopkeeper J arvis Albert, master mariner Clarke Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Jarvis Robert, shoe maker, Post office DimondMary(Mrs.},shopkpr.Postoffice
Earle Jsph. Henry, jun. farmer, Alston Jarvis Stephen, Royal Oak P.H Kingswood Thomas, chief· officer of
Jarvis Thomas Brown, Old inn
J<.:llis John, shopkeeper · March Joseph, farmer coast guard station
Thornton James, coxswain of lifeboat
l<'ord John, farmer, Furzedown

Ford John, farmer, Sout.h down

MAMHEAD is a parish and village, 4 miles west from Newman hart: the mansion, delightfully situated in a park

Starcross station and 4 north from Dawlish station on the of about 300 acres, containing some beautiful ilex and cork
South Devon section of the Great Western main line, and trees and erected about 6o years ago, is an edifice of Bath
II west from Exeter, in the North Eastern division of the stone, with gables and four towers intersecting the roof and
county, Exminster hundred, Wonford petty sessional producing, together with the porches and numerous oriel
division, St. Thomas union, Exeter county court district, windows, a highly ornamental effect: on the top of the
rural deanery of Kenn and archdeaconry and diocese of Haldon Hill, above the house, is an obelisk of Portland stone,
Exeter. The church of St. Thomas is an edifice of stone in 100 feet in height, erected by Thomas Balle esq. formerly of
the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, Mamhead House, in the last century, as a beacon to vessels
vestry, south porch and an embattled western tower with a at sea. Sir R. H. S. D. L. Newman bart. who is lord of
turret at the south-east angle, containing 5 bells, all cast by the manor, and John Atwill Ellis esq. are the chief land-

T. Bilbie in 1763: there are some good modern stained win- owners. The soil is old red sandstone; the subsoil is
dows ; several monuments to the Lisburne family and one gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips, but
to Capt. Sir Robert Lydston Newman bart. Grenadier there is much good pasture land. The area is I, 165 acres;

Guards, killed at the battle of Inkerman, November s. 1854: rateable value, £I,957; the population in 1891 was 158.

there are qo sittings. The register dates from the year Sexton, George Down.
1549. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge Letters from Exeter, via Kenton, arrive at 6.50 a.m. Star-

£ I 18, net yearly value £95, including 23 acres of glebe, with cross & Dawlish are the nearest money order & tele-

residence, in the gift of l:>ir R. H. S. D. Lydston Newman graph offices
ba.rt. and held since I8gi by the Rev. William Charles WALL LETTER Box cleared at 6.15 p.m. week days ; sundays

Plenderleath kA. of Wadham College, Oxford. There are at 9.30 a.m
charities of £8 9s. 4d. left by G. Martyn. Mamhead Park National School (mixed), for 40 children; average attend,
is the seat of Sir Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston ·ance, 23; Miss E. M. Baker, mistre.<>s

Newman Sir Robert Hunt Stapylton Coles John, gamekeeper to Sir Robert Scott Andrew, forester to Sir Robert H.

Dudley Lydston bart.Mamhead park; H. S. D. L. Newman hart S. D. L. Newman hart

& at Stokeley EllisJohn Atwill, landowner, Gulliford Sherwill Geo.frmr.New ho.& Home frm

Plenderleath Rev. William Charles M.A. Endacott James, farmer, Larkabeer Simmons ·J<'rederic, head gardener to
[rectorJ Sir Robert H. S. D. L. Newman bart
Henley Joseph, farmer, Westley

COMMERCIAL. Parsons H. J. D. land steward to Sir Tucker John, ml.l5on

Baker John Farley, farmer, Pitt farm Robert H. S. D. L. Newman bart Wood William, carpenter

MANATON is a parish and village, d· milas north-west of Totnes.and diocese of Exeter. The church of St.Winifre({

from Bovey 'l'racey station 'On the Moreton Hampstead is an .ancient building of granite in the Early English

branch of the Great Western railway, 10 notth-west from and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave,

Newton Abbot and 4 south from Moreton Hampstead, three aisles, south porch, and an embattled western tower

iu the Mid division of the county, Teignbridge hundred and with pinnacles, containing <i bells : the porch is vaulted and

petty sessional division, Newton Abbot union and county has a parvise over,and in the church is a handsome scrae.1 of
c ..mr~ district, rural deanery of Moretc.'n, arc,hdeaconry carv;}d oak of th;} early part of the xsth century and re•

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. MARLAND. 325

stored in 1893: on the 13th December, 1779, during a smaller circles, about ro feet in diameter; most of the stones

thunderstorm, the east end of the church was much are now prostrate, but the circles can be easily traced.

damaged, as well as the altar-piece ; the south side of the The Hon. W. F. D. Smith M. P. who is lord of the manor, the

tower was split from the top to within a few feet of Rev. Prebendary Richud Robbins Wolfe M.A. of Leighton,

the bottom and one of the pinnacles fell through the roof: Mrs. French, John Kitson esq. Eustace Barham esc:.

the church was entirely reseated in 1874 and has 250 John E. Farmer esq. the trustees of the late CharlM

sittings. The register dates from the year 1653. The living Holloway and Albert and Robert Nosworthy esqrtl. are the

is a rectory, tithe rent-charge commutation {,230, average principal landowners. The soil is sand and the subsoil

{,1'74, net yearly value {,2oo, including 40 acres of is granitic. The chief crops are barley, oats and grass.

glebe, jwith residence, in the gift of and held since 1887 'l'he area is 6,354 acres, including 2,ooo of commons and

by the Rev. William Henry Carwithen M. A.. of Worcester waste; rateable value, {,2,432; the population in r8gr

College, Oxford, and surrogate. There is a Wesleyan chapel. was 327.

In the Hound-tor Valley is a cascade called "Becky Fall," SouTHCoT; r mile south 1 WREYLAND, half a mile east;

descending 70 feet over the granite J;ocks, and among the WATER, a mile east ; HAYNE, half a mile south,and CHALLA·

crags o?posite the village is a rock called "Bowermans," COMBE, 4 miles west, are hamlets.

more than 40 feet in height and having the appearance of a Sexton, James Howe.

gigantic human figure, in a seated posture. Hound-tor, a PosT OF.BCE.-William Shears, sub-postmaster. Letters

remarkable pile of huge rocks, and Horsham Steps, a bed of through Newton Abbot, via Moreton Hampstead, arrive at

huge detached rocks, beneath which the little river Bovey 8.50 a.m. Bo:){ cleared at 4.25 p.m. ·Moreton Hampstead

loses itself for seyeral hundred feet, are also in this parish. is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal

At the western end of the parish is a circle, called " Grims- orders are i~sued here, but not paid

pound," from about 450 to 500 fee~ in diameter, formed of National School (mixed), erected in 1859, for so children;

stones, several of which are of great siz3; within are several average attendance, 47; Miss Isabella Fraser, mistress
•

Carwithen Rev. William Henry M. A. Dicker John Lethbridge, miller (water), Pethybridge John, farmer, Torhill

[rector & surrogate], Rectory East mill Shears William, shopkeeper, Post office

Hodgson Rev. Alfred [curate} Endacott Wm. Jas. farmer, Wingstone Shears William Henry, stone mason

Kitson John, Heatree house Farmer John Eveleigh, farmer & land- Snell Thos. boot & shoe ma. Wreyland

Nosworthy 1\Irs. Cross Park cottage owner, Langstone Stone Philip, farmer, Southcot

Wolfe Rev. Richard Robbins M.A. [pre- French Richard, farmer, Ho\}ndor Tapper Joseph, farmer, Hedge Barton

bendary of Exeter], Leighton Godbear John, farm bailiff to J. Kitson Tarr Charles, farmer & assistant over-

COMJIU:RCIAL. esq. Heatree seer, Horsham

Harvey Henry, blacksmith, Wreyland Vicary John, farmer, Vogwell

Cleave Wm. Richard, farmer, Holwell Harvey Frank, carp;mter, Water Widdicombe John, farm bailiff toW. R.

Connabeer Samuel, farmer, Neadon Hern Robert, farmer, Deal farm Cookson esq. Challacombe

Creber Amos Crymes, farmer, Water Hern Robt. jun. lodging ho. Becky fall Wilcocks Richard, farmer, Ford

Cuming Edward, farmer, Town Barton Howe James, shoe maker Winsor Henry, Half Moon P.H

Derges George, lodging house, IYy cot Leaman James, farmer, Easton Winsor Thomas, farmer, Beckaford

• MANNAMEAD, see PLYMOUTH.

MARIANSLEIGH is a parish and village seated Merton College, Oxon. ·There is a Wesleyan chapel at

on a hill overlooking the valley of the Mole, 4 miles AIswere. Col. Sir John Davie Ferguson-Davie bart. D.L., J.P.
south-east from South Molton station, in the Northern of Creedy Park, Crediton, is lord of the manor and the
division of the county, Witheridge hundred, South Molton principal landowner. The soil is light loam or dun ; subsoil,
petty sessional division, union and county court district, clay, skillett and substances of slate. The chiefs crops are
rural deanery of South Molton, archdeaconr.v of Barnstaple, wheat, buley and oats. The area is 1,945 acres; r.lteable
and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Mary is an value, [,x,5oo; the population in r8g1 was 201.
ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consist- ALSWERE, 1i miles south, and LITTLE SILVER, ri south-
ing of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porcn and an west, are hamlets.
embattled western tower containing 4 belli! = the font, Letters from South Molton, the nearest money order &
constructed of granite, and probably of Norman date, telegraph office, arrive at Alswere & Little Silver at 8 a.m.

a.has a square panelled basin: theeast window is a memorial & at the village at 8.30 a.m. WALL LETrER BOXF.S: in

to w. 'f. Shackleton esq. 1882 : in the window of the the village, cleared at 4.50 p.m. week days only; Alswere,

north aisle are some remains of ancient glass : the church cleared at 5.30 p.m. week days only & Little Silver,
affords 150 sittings. The register dates from the year cleared at 5.20 p.m. week days only
1727. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge This placa is included in the United School Board district of
£'r25, gross yearly value £195, with residence and 3 acres Roman..:leigh & Mariansleigh
of glebe, in the gift of the Exeter Church Charity Trustees, Board School (mixed), built in 1876, for 100 children;

and held since 1885 by the Rev. Alfrei Winnifrith M.A. of average attendance, 43; Miss Lee, mistress

Adams William, Alswere Davis Jn. farmer & carpenter, Alswere Lee Robert, shoe maker, Alswere
Baker Henry Dunn Robert B. farmer, Pitt Manning John, farmer, Miltown
Matthews John Eastmond James, far~er, New house Setherton John, farmer, Greencap
Snell John Carpenter, Alswere Harris Robert, farmer, Trittencott Shapland Francis, farmer, Buthay
Winnifrith Rev. Alfred M.A. Vicarage
Hill John, farmer, Spenscott Shapland James, farmer, Mariansleigh
COMMERCIAT,. Hodge Peter, carpenter
Bennett George, farmer, Hill town Holmes Robt. pork butchr.Little Silver Barton
Cligg Elizabe h (Mrs.), miller (water), Shapland Jas. jun. farmer, Westacott
Kerslake Jesse, blacksmith & shop- Shapland Walter, farmer, Upcott
Alswere mills keeper, Alswere Smith Wilham John, farmer, Alswere
Cook William, butter & poultry dealer, Tucker Johnlnkerman,farmer, Eastacot
Kingdon James, Butchers' Arms P.H. 'rucker Saml. King'sArms P. H. & farmer
Little Silver Alswere Warren John, farmer & butcher, Yeo
Crook Samuel, farmer
Kingdon Wm.White HorseP.H.Alswere
Knapman William, farmer, Tidlake ·

MARLAND (or PETEu's MARLAND) is a parish and who died in 1865, and was placed by his son, J. C.

village, on the high road from Torrington to Hatherleigh, 6 Moore-Stevens esq. of Winscott, who also erected two

miles south from Torrington terminal station of a branch of other windows in memory of his children : the church
the London and South Western railway, 12~ south frpm affords 150 sittings. There is a lych gate on the south side
Bideford, in the Northern division of the county, Shebbear of the churchyard. The register of baptisms and burials

hundred, Torrington petty sessional division, union and dates from the year 1696; marriages, 1697. The living is a
county court district, rural deanery of Torrington, arch- vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £47, net yearly value
deaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The church £68, with residence and 15 acres of glebe, in the gift of J.C.
of St. Peter, rebuilt in x865, at the sole expense of Moore-Stevens esq. and held since x8gr by the Rev. Thomas
J. C. Moore-Steven~ esq. is a building of stone, in the Early HarrisonCollinsonM.A. ofWorcesterCollege,Oxford. A Bible
English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south Christian chapel was erected in 1870. Cleveland's charity
porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles con- amounts to £5 yearly and a farm {)roducing about £2o

taining 5 bells, of which the 1st is dated 1664;. the yearly. Here are the works of the North Devon Clay
2nd, 1759; the 3rd has an inscription in Old English Miners' Company Limited, and of the Marland North Devon
letters; the 4th a prayel' to the Virgin in Lombardic Brick and 'l'ile Company Limited;. the products of these
capitals; the tenor was cast. by ·warner, pf London, works are conveyed to Torrington by a tram line se\"'en
in 18'l5, when the whole peal was re-hung: some old miles in length and in direct «.'Ommunication with the L.and

. brasses remain : the stained east window is a memorial s_ W. railway. The manor was at an early period- in

to the Ven. J. Moore-Stevens, .Archdeacon of Exeter, the family of Marshall (ancestors of J. P. Sydenham

326 MARLAND. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Marshall esq. of Barnstaple), from which. it passed to wheat, barley and oats. The area is 2,200 .acres 1 Tateable
the Northcotes (Earls of Iddesleigh) and Arvingtons, who value, £r,684; the population in r891 was 291.

also owned Little Dunsford in tbis county. Twigbear is the Parish Clerk, Charles Pyne.
only manor now known here, and it belongs to E. J.Oldham
esq. of Hatherleigh. John Curzon Moore-Stevens esq. .J.P. PosT, M. 0. 0., S, B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-John
late M.P. for North Devon, is the owner of and resident at Mitchell, sub-postmaster. Letters through Torringtont
Winscott, and impropriator of the great tithe8, which which is the nearest telegraph office, arrive at 9.40 a. m. ;

formerly belonged to the priory of Frithelstock. The land ill dispatched at 4·35 p.m. Sundays,4.25 p.m. WALL LETTER

all freehold. G. Oldham esq. John Curzon Moore-Stevens Box, near the church, cleared at 4.15 p.m. week

esq. D.L., .J.P. and trustees ofthelateAdderleyBarton Wren days only
esq. B.A.,J. P. of Lenwood, Bideford, Lord Cliuton and Jacob School (mixed), built in 1872, for So children ; average at-
Ley esq. of Kingskerswell, are chief landowners. The soil is tendance, 55; Charles Pyne, master; & supported at the
various; the subsoil is clay and rock. The chief crops are sole expense of J. C. Moore-Stevens esq

Collinson Rev. Thomas Harrison x.A. Dunn Jesse, farmer, Alscott Nort.h Devon Clay Company Limited

Vicarage Folland Frederick, farmer, Stone (Henry Holwill, manager); office,

L'lwton William Hooper Rowland, farm bailiff to J. C. Torrington

Moore-Stevens John Curzon D.L., J.P. Moore-Stevensesq. Winscott Quance Samuel, blacksmith

Winscott Hunkin George, farmer, Twigbear Slade John, farmer, Stone

COMMERCIAL. Leckyer William, blacksmith Tanton James, farmer, East yard

AJ re James, farm bailiff to the exors. of Luxton Samuel,carpenter & shopkeeper Tanton Peter Jn. farmer, Week Barton

the late A. B. Wren esq. East wood Marland (The) North Devon Brick & Tanton William, farmer, Buda

Balkwill Mary Copp (Mrs.), farmer, Tile Company Limited Waldron James, farmer, Coombe

West yard Mills Jesse, boot & shoe maker Watkins William, farmer, Wollaton .

Balkwill Wm. farmer, East Groomhill Mitchell Jn. draper &grocer, Post office · .

MARLDON is a parish and village, about 5 miles east- M. A. situated in the hamlet of COMPTON, -within this parish,

north-east from Totnes, 3 west from Torquay, 5 south from was anciently a seat of the Pole family, and in the

Newton Abbot and about12 north-west from Paignton station reign of Henry II. was held by S1r Maurice de la Pole ; the

on the Torbay and Dartmouth branch of the Great Western existing structure is supposed t<1 have been erected in the

railway, in the Torquay division of the county, hundred of early part of the 15th century; the buildings originally

Haytor, petty sessional division of Paignton, union and surrounded a quadrangle, and the north front, with its em-

county court district of Totnes, rural deanery of Ipplepen, battled tower and ancient gateway and the dilapidated ivy-

archdeaconry of Totnes, and diocese of Exeter. The church covered walls, remain : in the floor of the room over the

of St. John the Baptist is an edifice of dressed stone in the gateway on the east side is an oblong opening of some size :

Late Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, three there is also a subterranean passage (supposed to have now

chapels, nave, aisles, south porch with a priest's room fallen in) for a short way towards Berry Pomeroy Castle;

above, and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, con- north of the main entrance was a chapel, retaining a hagio-

taining 5 bells, of which the first was broken in 1862 and re- scope and ptscina. At the time of Domesday Survey, Comp-

cast in 1885; the second and fourth date from 1636; the ton was held by Stephen, under Juhel de Totnais; Osolf

third, a medireval bell, is inscribed "£'it 1Wllt.tlt ~omini btnt- possessed it in the reign of Edward the Confessor, and in the

bidum ; " the fifth was cast in 1639 : the church is said to time of Henry II. it was in the bands of Maurice de la Pole

have been erected by the ancient family of Gilbert, of and long continued to be the property and residence of this

Compton Castle, whose arms, with those of the family of 1noble family, ancestors of the celebrated antiquary, Sir

Compton, are emblazoned in the windows : and there are William Pole; and on this account was for a considerable

several monuments to the Gilberts, De la Poles, Comptons, time designated Compton Pole: Lady Alice de la Pole gave

Templers, Bartletts, Bishops and Eastleys : in the church the manor and castle to the Comptons, in whose possession

is the mutilated stone effigy of a knight in armour, bare- it remained for seven descents: until a co-heiress of the

headed, and once attached to the stone screen formerly Comptons, by marriage with the Gilberts, brought it, in the

existing in the church; it is believed to represent Otho Gil- reign of Edward 11. into the family of Sir Humphrey Gil-

bert, sheriff of the county in 1476 ~ the steps and doors of bert, the great navigator and mathematician and half-brother

the rood loft remain, and each of the cha~ls retains a to Sir W. Raleigh. In the reign of Edward VI. this manor

piscina : there are stained windows to Mr. Garratt, of and castle were held by Elias Bishop, in whose family they

Parkfield, to William Henry Browse, and to the wife of the remained during several generations, but subsequently

Rev. J. M. de Ludbroke Bartlet, of Ludbrook :Manor, re-purchased by the Gilberts and held by them until a late

Devon : the church was partially restored in 1862, under the period, when the property was acquired by the 'femplers of

direction of Mr. Wm. White F.S.A. architect, and the restor- Stover, and from these passed into the hands of John Bishop

ation was completed in 1889 by Mr. R M. Fulford, architect: esq. a descendant of its ancient owners. The chief land-

there are sittings for 250 persons. The registers date from owners are the Rev. Thomas Archer Bewes M.A. of Beaumont

the year 1598. The living is a chapelry annexed to the vicar- House, Plymouth, George Farwell esq. Pearcy Beavis Hol-

age of Paignton, tithe rent-charge, Marldon £235, net berton, John Hill, Robert Butland esq. of Preston House,

£r78 6s. in the gift of J. G. E. Templer esq. of Lindridge, Paignton, and Richard Mallock esq. M.P., J.P. of Cockington

and the Earl of Iddesleigh, the former having two, and the Court. The soil IS limy, and subsoil, rocky. The chief crops

latter one presentation, and held since 1892 by the Rev. are grass. The area of the parish is 2,322 acres; rateable

J·ohn Trelawny Ross D.D. of Trinity College, Dublin, who value, £5,035; the population in 1891 was 509,

resides at Paignton. The Congregational chapel is a plain CoMP'l'ON, x! miles north, and WEsTERLAND, half a mile

rectangular edifice of grey stone, built in 1864 and holding south of Marldon, are hamlets.

150 persons. There is a Baptist chapel at Compton. There Sexton, John Lowe.

are charities of 3! acres of land producing £5 yearly, given Letters through Paignton a.rrive at 7.30 a.m. 5-30 p.m. &

by an unknown donor for the benefit of the second poor and 8.30 p.m.; collected 9·35 a.m. & 6.20 p.m.; sundays,

6s. 8d. from Kelly's gift, yearly; the proceeds of both 10 a. m. Paignton is the nearest money order & tale-

these gifts are distributed among the poor by the church- graph office

wardens at their discretion, in sums varying from xs. to ss. National School (mixed), erected in 1879, for 120 children;

Compton Castle, the property of the Rev. T. A. Bewes average attendance, 100; Jas. Rosewarne Gray, master

Marldon. Jefferies Robert, farmer, Widdicombes Crutch William, The Laurels

Constant Charles, Seabreeze Partridge Peter, dairyman Giles Miss, Park view

Mackenzie Col. Robt. Muir, Marldon ho Pethybridge Mary Grace (Mrs.), farmr Hambly William, farm bailiff to Rev.

Mortimer Albert, Tor cottage Stranger Richd. W. fa-,mer, Peter's frm T. Bewes

Neck John, Singmore ho. Five lanes Tinkham George, boot & shoe maker Highmol'e James, shopkeeper

Tucker Mrs Underhill Fredk. farmer, Apton farm Peeke Matthew Hy.frmr.Compton farm

COMMERCIAL. Whiteway Josepb, farmer & dairyman, Stranger Richard,farmer,Compton pool

Abrabam William, baker Stantor Barton WhitewayWm.farmr. ComptGn Barton

Almond Thomas, thatcher Wills John, stone mason

Archer Benjamin, Ship inn Woodley John, lodging house WesterlancL

Baker John, farmer, Hazelwood Compton. Hext Daniel, Middle Westerland
Brown James, farmer, Lovelane farm

Butland John Brant, farmer, Occombe Bridgman Robert Adam, iron & Holberton Percy Beavis, Higher Wester-

Elliott John, Church House inn brass founder,agricnltural implement land

Hill John, farmer, Five lanes maker &; agent for all the principal Chelston Hy. farmer, Low. Westerland

IHill Wilham, farmer, Chnrscombe
makers, Compton iron works Hext Danl. farmer, Middle Westerland

MARTINHOE is a parish and small picturesque village, Lyntoo, 15 north from Barnstaple and u east from Ilfra·
~Il the coa~t of the Bristol Channel, 4 miles west from combe, in the .North Western division of the .county, Sher·

DIRECTORY.] DEYONSHIREI )IARYSTOWE. 32'1

well hundred1 Braunton petty sessional division, union and owners. Tber& is a pleasant walk along the cliffs from
county court district of Barnstaple, rural dea.pery of Sher-
Wooda Bay to Hunter's in•, a distance of 2} miles, which iB

well, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and dioce,o;e of Exeter. much frequented by visitors during the summer months.

The church of St. Martin is an ancient edifice of stone in The Glen hotel, at Wooda Bay, affords a fine view seawards,

the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, sout4 and has every accommodation for tourists and visitors. The

porch and an embatted western tower containing 2 bells, soil is light loam, on rock. The chief crops are pasture and

and was restored in r86S: the handsome font was presented a small quantity of wheat and oats. The area. is 2,549 acres;

by the late Archdeacon Bartholomew : there are ~40 sit,ti.ngs. rateable value, £ r, 301 ; n~arly one-half of the parish is

The register of baptisms dates from the yeM r656; mar- common ; the population in 1891 was 165.

riages, r633 ; burials, 1632. The living is a rectory, average Parish Clerk, Thomas Ridd.
tdietnhca~ rent-charge £gr, net yearly value £n2, with resi-
gift of Benjamin Green Letters through Barnstaple, via Parracombe, received & di~-
and 35 acres of glebe, in the

Lake esq. of Orpington Priory, Kent, and held since r886 by patched at 10.30 a. m. The nearest money order & tele.-

the Rev. Reginald Waiter Oldham M.A. of Keble College, graph office is at Lynton

Oxford, who is also rector of Trentishoe. Benjamin Green National School (mixed), erected in 1873 by t:Jir N. W. G.
Lake esq. who is lord of the manor, and Charles Frederick Throckmorton hart. for 50 children; average attendance.
.Bailey esq. J.P. of Lee Abbey, Lynton,are the principal land- 30; Miss Georgina Cumby, mistress

Crang Mrs. Kimmacott Berry Henry, farmer, & Hunter's inn, Crocombe George, lodging house

()ldhamRev.ReginaldWa.lt.M.A.Rectory Heddon's Mouth, 5 miles from Lyn- Glen Hotel & Boarding House (MrS.

COMMERCIA4. ton, II from Ilfracombe; accommo- Ellen Dix, manageress), Wooda Bay
dation good, charges moderate ; Nichols Joseph, farmer, Martinhoe miU

Berry William, farmer parties boarded by the day or week; Norman William, farmer & shoe maker

l,lond James, farmer, Ransomcombe a. few miles of good trout fishing, free Ridd John Philip, farmer

Burnell Joseph, farmer, Crosscombe to visitors staying at the hotel Sloley Moses, farmer, Kimmacott

Crang Richard Chalden, farmer, Slat- Crang Walter Chalden, farmer, Lower Thorn William, farmer, Killington

tenslake Mannacott

MARWOOD is a parish and village on the llfracombe Lee House, Prixford Barton and Town Ridden are now the
property of Messrs. }<'ox, Fowler Co. bankers, of Wellington,
a:-oad, 3 miles north-north-west from Barnstaple, in the Somerset. The Earl of Devon and the representatives of
North Western division of the county, Braunton hundred the Cutcliffe family are lords of the manor ; Charles Chi-
.and petty sessional division, Barnstaple umon and county chester esq. J.P., D.L. of Hall, Barnstaple, Major John
court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Barn- Stafford Goldie Harding J.P. of Sandgate, Kent, Mi8s
staple and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Michaelis Arundell Yeo, of Fremington House, William Smith esq.
an ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular style, con-
Miss Crang and several others are landowners. The soil is
.sisting ot chancel, nave, north aisle, south transept, south very rich and loamy ; subsoil, slate and old red sandstone.
The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and turnips. The
porch, and a western embattled tower containing 6 bells,
.cast in 1771: there is a richly carved rood screen, bearing the

oame of John Beapul, rector in the reign or Henry Vlll.; the area. is 5,396 acres; rateable vaLue, £5,330 ; the population
.chancel retains an Early English piscina: the carved stone in 1891; was 787.

font was presented by the late Mrs. Ann Tyrell, and the old MunDIFORD, 1 mile north-east, partly in this parish and
()De buried underneath to preserve it : the south porch has a partly in Sherwell parish ; GUINEAFORD, a quarter of a
sun dial, made by John Berry, of this parish, in 1762, which mile north-west; MIDDLE MARwoon, r mile north-west;

.shows the approximate time at tbe principal capitals of KING'S HEANTON, three-quarters of a mile east, and MILL-

Europe and at Jerusalem : the church plate includes flagon TOWN, I! miles south-east are hamlets.

dated r671, alms dish 1678, paten IJI4, and a cup with cover Sexton, William Yeo.
()f the tim e of Elizab eth : tsh7esrebayreth2e0 sittings . 'The c hurch-
ya rd was enlarged in 0 ddition of th e parish PosT 0FFICE.-William Worth, sub-postmaster. Letters
1
a through Barnstaple, received 8.15 a. m. ; dispatched 8. i5

lbniovewtinlgyinegiasrglyareervenac.ltuoTerhy£e, stroietohg,eisitnrecerlnudtd-acitnhegsarfg2reo6m£a6tchr3ee5s,yaeovaf regrral6egobe2e•,£w4T8iht3he, a. m. & 5.30 p.m. Pilton is the nearest money 6rder office
& Barnstaple the nearest telegraph office. Postal orders

residence, in the gift of St. John's College, Cambridge, and are Issued here, but not paid

held since 1886 by the Rev. Alfred Freer Torry M.A. for- WALL LETTER BoxEs, Milltown, cleared at 4.50 p.m.; no

merly fellow and dean of that college. The Mission church collection on sundays; Fry's hotel, cleared at 4.20 p.m.;

.at Muddiford is a building of wood, erected in r864, consist- no collection on sundays

ing of nave only, and has 120 sittings. There are Congre- ScHOOLS:

,gational and Wesleyan chapels and one for the Plymouth A School Board of 5 members was formed November 17,

Brethren. The charities are of £34 yearly value. The r874 ; J. Mayne, of East Down, clerk to the board & at-
country from Whitefield bill, through Swindon, across to tendance officer

Patsford down, affords evidence of the presence of iron ore in Board (mixed), built in 1876, for roo children;. average

large quantities, and at Milltown there is a quarry of old attendance, 66; William Martin, master

l"ed sandstone. Prixford House is the property of John National (mixed), built in 1853, for roo children; average

Crang esq. Marwood Hill, the property df Mr. Landon and attendance, 41 ; Adolphus Wilfred William Main, master;
Mrs. Fairburn, is at present occupied by Mrs. Dickinson. Miss Mary Jane Gore, sewin~r mistress

!Marked thus • receive their lettera Gammon William, farmer, Burland. Quance John, farmer, Town Riddon

through Muddiford, Barnstaple.] Geen William, farmer, Guineaford *Quick Thomas, tailor, Muddiford ,

*de Guerin Thomas Reed, Muddiford ho Gore John, farrier, Guineaford Radford George, cooper, Longpiece

Dickinson Mrs. Marwood hill *Gubb Jn. New inn, Lower Muddiford *Rock John, farmer, Hewish Barton

Hammond John, Prixford cottage Haywood Jn. farmer, King's lleanton Rodd George, New Ring of Bells -,:'.H.

Kelly Thomas Hayward Thos.farmer, Hartnoll Barton Prixford

Moore Robert, Longpiecq Herneman James, miller (water), *RuddJohn,farmer,HigherMuddiford

Newton Thomas, Lee house Whitehall mills Rudd Richard, fanner, Kennacptt.

Riley Miss, Guineaford Hopkins John, blacksmith, Whitehall Sage John, farmer, Blakewell

'l:orry Rev. Alfred Freer M.A. Rectory Hopkins Thomas, shoe ma. Guineaford *Scamp Peter, blacksmith, Little Silver
isaac James, farmer, Middle Marwood Skinner John, North Devon inn, ~

COMMERCIAL. Jeffery William, miller(steam& water), mason, Guineaford

*Alford John, farmer, Whiddon Blakewell mills Skinner William, stone mason, Va.rley

Alford William, farmer,King's Hea.nton *Jenkins James,shoe maker, Muddiford Taylor James, blacksmith, Guineaford

"*Bament George, cooper, Muddiford Joolin Thos. farmer, Westcott Barton Upton Thos. farmer, Middle Marw<>Od

"*Born, Samuel, machinist, Milltown Kelly Charles~ farmer, Varley Westren Jn. farmer, Whitelield BartDIJ

Brailey Hayman, farmer, Metcombe Laramy James, farmer, Blakewell Worth William, carpenter, Post qffice,

*Carder ThomaSs farmer, Milltown *LynchJn. carpenter,Lower Muddiford Guineaford
"*Darch John, farmer & millet ~water), Manning Wm. shopkeeper, Guineaford *Worth Wm.jun. carpenter, Mudd.iford

Milltown Martin William, farmer, Whiddon Wybron Hen. farmer, Middle Manvood
Dennis J.oJ;m, ~armer, frixford, :harton Yeo Henry, farmer, Middle Mar~ood
Fairchild John, farmer,King',Heanton *MPoerarricsJeoS.Fuls"aans.nRaihdd(Mfarrsm.\eFrr,Pyr'isxhfootrde~hq

MARYCHURCH, see ST~ MARY CHURCH. .•

MARYSTOWE is a. scattereJ parish, near the river Lyd, sion of the county, tifton hundred ana pettr sessional ~ivi­
~ mile west-by-11outh from Coryton station on the Launces- sion, Tavistoc~ union and county court. district, rural

ton branch of the (,J-rea.t Wl!starn railway, 1 north-west from deanery of Tavistock,_archdea.conry of Totues and diocese of
Tavistock and 8 east from Launceston, in the Western div1- Exeter. 'the cqurch of St. Mary, origioa~ly built by Juhel
•t

328 MARYSTOWE. DEVONSHIRE. fKELLY'S

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de Totnais, and afterwards belonging to Plympton priory, thanes or nobles, but both manors afterwards became the
is an edifice in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, and prQperty of Juhel de Totnais, a Norman baron, who was
consists of chancel, na\'e of six bays, north aisle, south porch eventually banished by Rufus and his lands confiscated.
.and an embattled western tower, with angle buttresses and 'fhe manor of Radford appears to have been subsequently

pinnacles, containing 6 bells, all recast out of the previous possessed by the Hamptons and next by the Trenchard

peal of 5, by Taylor, of Oxford, in 1829 : in the chancel are family, whose heiress conveyed it by marriage in the reign

two Decorated stone sedilia: in the centre of the east end of of Edward Ill. to the Tremaynes, its present owners. Syden-
the aisle, which was widened specially for its erection, stands ham manor, in the time of Henry Ill. was held by a family

the huge monument of Sir Thomas Wise K.B. ob. 1629, Mar- of that name, and after passing through the families of

garet (Stafford) his wife, and the younger members of his Mauris and Trevage, came eventually, in the reign of Henry
family ; it consists of an altar tomb, with recumbent IV. to that Of Wise, but on the death, in 1675, of Sir Edward
effigies, mutilated and carelessly repaired, over which rises Wise, his daughter and heir, having married Edmnnd Tre-
a ponderous canopy, upheld by eight columns of the Corin- mayne, of Collacome, in Lamerton parish, this manor was
thian order ; on one side are the figUl'es of a boy and girl also transferred to the Tremayne family. Sydenham House,

kneeling' at a. desk, and on a kind of ledge round the tomb the seat of John Tremayne esq. B. A., n.L., J.P. who i"' lord

are figures of other children: in the chancel is a slab in- of the manor and sole landowner, is an interesting ()ld man-
• scribed to the Rev. Edward Tuke, vicar and prebendary of sion, built in the form of the letter E, and partly in the

Exeter, ob. 1613: the south porch has a Norman doorway, Eli7.ahethan style: it was erected by Sir Thomas Wise K.B.

and there is a font of the same date with a circular basin, and over the entrance are the arms of the family, "Sa. 3
formed within a square block of stone, surrounded by an chevronels ermine;" but the original large and handsome
arcade of intersecting arches relieved by grotesque heads at transomed windows have been modernized ; during the
the angles: in 1729, October 17th, a portion of the tower civil war the house was garrisoned for the king, but was.
and all the pinnacles were thrown down by a violent storm ; taken by Colonel Holbourne in Jan. 1645, and in conseqnence
these, after having lain some time in the vicarage garden, of the damage it received was extensively repaired; the
were replaced in 1829 : the fabric was much altered in the rooms are panelled in oak, and the wainscoting in ()ne ol
14th and r6th centuries; it has been restored by the patron, i;hese conceals a secret stair, communicat.ing with other
and in r889 the tower was new-roofed and the bells rehnng apartments and with the upper storey ; there is much

at a cost of £130; the church affords 250 sittings: in the antique furniture and many family portraits, including the
churchyard is a lych gate with a stone archway. The register nine daughters of Sir Thomas Wise, Col. .Arthur Tremayne
of baptisms dates from the year 1648; marriages and burials, and Bridget, his wife, Margaret Chichester, daughter of Sir-
I654· The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry of Thru- Edward Chichester, rst Viscount Chichester, and .Arabella
shelton annexed, average tithe rent-charge £2oo, joint net (St. John), wife of Sir Edward Wise. 'fhe land is chiefl,-
yearly value £250, including II4 acres of glebe, with resi- arable, with some good pasture ; the soil is a light loam ;.
dence, in the gift of John Tremayne esq. and held since :r874 subsoil, partly clay, partly slate. The area is 2,789 acres;

by the Rev. Henry Borlase Grylls M.A. of St. John's College, rateable value, £2,775; the population in 1891 was 350.

Cambridge. .An estate ca1led "Thorne Lands," consisting paLrtElWy inDTowhrNu,sh3emltoilnesanndorLthe,wisTrpeanrcthlyaridn. this parish and
of a farm house with buildings and 47 acres of land, said to
have been left by John de Thorne, or" de Spineto," is let Letters per foot post through Lew Down R.S.O. which .is
for about £6o a year, this sum being partly applied to the the nearest money order office; delivery commences at
repairs of the church, and the remainder distributed among 7.30 a. m. The nearest telegraph offices are at Lifton &
Coryton railway stations
the poor, who also have £ 20 yearly from Tremayne's charity,
School, Raddon Chapel (mixed), for 6o children; average.
under the will of Mr. .Arthur Tremayne, of Sydenham, dated attendance, 39; the school-house was built in r86r, at the
expense of & is still supported by John Tremayne esq. ;
May 24, 1808 (see Coryton). There were originally here James Williams, master
two manors, Haddon (or Ratdone), Allerford and Sydenham,
called in the time of the Confessor" Sidraham ; " the former
being held by Osulf, the Saxon, and the latter by four

Grylls Rev. Hy. Borlase 11r.A. Vicarage Doidge Mary (Mrs.), farmer, West Northey William, lime burner, Leigh

'fremayne John B. A., D.L., J.P. Syden- Raddon lime quarry

ham house; & Heligan, St. Ewe, Downing William, farmer, Allerford Palmer John, farmer, East Raddon

Cornwall; & Mansfield house, 18 New Elworthy Thomas M.farmer,Dippertwn Rowland Richard, blacksmith

Cavendish street, London w FrostWm.(Mrs.),farmer,MiddleHaddon Rule John, shopkeeper, Holster

COMMERClAL. Fuge Samuel, farmer, 'l'Ibridge Smale Thos. bailiff to J. 'l'remayne esq

Banbury Richard, farmer, Cholwell Horne Rd. miller (water),Sydenham ml Steer Sampson Luscombe, farmer,

Barnes Eli, carpenter, Lew Down Mason Eli, farmer, Sydenham Barton Warracott

Bradshaw John, beer ret. Holster yard Mudge William, farmer, Leigh White John, farmer, Thorn

Clatworthy Henry, butcher & farmer, Nicolls John, farmer, Rowter White Thomas, farmer, West Raddon

Lew Down

MARY TAVY (or TAVY ST. MARY) is a parish on the on a base of four steps, one of which bears a crown and the

road from Tavistock to Okehampton, 3i miles north from letters A.A.A.A.V.M. (Ave Virgo Maria). The register dates

Tavistock, with a station half a mile west of the village ou from the year 156o. The living is a rectory, average tithe

the Launceston branch of the South Devon section of the rent-charge £159, net yearly value 1,"129, with 39 acres of

Great Western railway, 264 miles from London; it is in the glebe and residence, in the gift of Mrs. Emily .Anderson, and

Western division of the county, Lifton hundred, Tavistock held since 1891 by the Rev, Irvine Kempt Anderson. .At

petty sessional division, union and county court district, Horndon is the small mission church of St. Joseph, which has

rural deanery of Tavistock, archdeaconry of Totnes and dio- 40 ~ittings, and there is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built

cese of Exeter. Lydford railway station is also in this in 1835. Henry Pearce esq. of TavistGck, who is lord of the

parish. The church of St. Mary is an edifice of stone in the manor, John Oxenham esq. John Edmunds Giles esq. and

Perpendicular style, built in the reign of Henry VII. and Richard Bowhay esq. are the princ1pal landownel'!'f. The

consists .of chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle and soil is loam; subsoil, rock and gravel. The land is partly

porch, and a low embattled western tower with pinnacles in pasture and partly arable. The area is 2,029 acres;

containing 5 bells: at the eastern end of the south aisle there rateable value, /,31486; the population in 1891 was 733·

appears to ha¥e been a chantry chapel,which retains a piscina, PosT 0FFIC!!l. --. Josiah Down, sub-postmaster. Lettel's.

and in thP. jamb of the adjoining window is an image received from Tavistock at 8,1d0 a. m.; d ispa tch e•dr at· 4.3ok.
bracket ; on the south side of the chancel is another p1scina : Th or er 0 ffice 1· 8 at
on the north side is an external turret for the staircase once avistoc
leading to the rood loft : in the porch remain the ancier.t p.m. 6 nearest money
& telegraph office is at the railway station. Postal orde5S.
are issued here, but not paid
stocks and portions of the old timber roof: the font is plain,
with an octagonal basin: during the restoration some WALL LETTER Box, Blackdown, cleared at 4.:ro p.m
roughly cal'l"ed grave stones were discovered, with the dates .A School Board of 5 members was formed in July, 1885 ~

1691 and r766; the churl.'h was reseated with open benches Jonathan Collins, clerk to the board

and thoroughly restored in r879, at a cost of about £r,4oo, National School (mixed), built in 1836, for t8o children;
by the Rev. Waiter Champernowne V. A. late rector, and his average attendance, r 15; Charles Henry Grace, maste~r;.

family: there are 100 sittings. On the south side of the Mrs. Grace, sewing mistress

churchyard stands a fine cross of Perpendicular date, raised Railway Station, Richard Kerslake, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Pesteridge Joseph, Blackdown .Arthur Wm. farmer, Higher Creason
.Anderson Rev. Irvine Kempt, Rectory Russell Mrs. H. Patrick, B()X ~ottag>G Ash William, New inn, Horndon
Smith William, Blackdown Baker Samuel, Royal Standard P. H. &.
Barkell Thos. Elford house, Blackdown Stephens Mrs •
Tredinnick Mrs. Blackdown farmer, Blackdown
Barnes John, "'est Blackdown Ball Georgeo, farmer, Eastlands
OOMMRRCIAL. Ball John, farmer, Horndon
Bowhay William John, Blackdown Ball Thomas, mason
Dyer Miss, Tavydale AdamsSusan(Mrs.),fanner,Dowerlings
Felix Francis, West Blackdown

DIRECTORY.) DEVONSHIRE. MEETH. 329

Bowhay Richd. yeoman, Low. Kingsett Friend .Tohn, farmer, Lower town Nichols George, farmer, Oldridge

Cole John, farmer, Farewells, Horndon Giles John Edmunds, farmer & land- Nichols William, farmer, New parks

Cola Thomas, farmer, Horndon owner, Wringworthy Oxenham Chas.Brown, frmr.Burntown

Cole Thomas, farmer, Harford bridge Hatch Edwin, shoe maker, Blackdown Oxenham John, farmer & landowner,

Cole William, farmer, Dingles, Horndon Hortop Thos. lodging house, Blackdown Burntown

DaweWm.farmer&carpenter,Reddicliff James Eliz'l.betb. Ann (Mr.;.), butcher Rich David, farmer, Lower spring

Devon Friendship Tin & Copper Mine & grocer Rich Susannah (Miss), farmer, Tuddys

(William John Bowhay, agent) James Henry, farmer & land surveyor Richards James, shopkeeper, Lane he3d

Doidge Charles, farmer Maunder Samuel, farmer,Low.Creason St. Mary's Cottage Home for Penitents

Doidge George, mason Maunder William, farmer, Little Warn Venning John Somer, farmer, Hey

Down Edward, Huller's Arms P.H. & Maunder William, jun. farmer, North Vigars Wm. farmer, Higher Kingsett

corn & seed merchant & South. Warn Ware Francis, farmer, Blackdown

Down Edwin, farmer, Lane end Minhinnick Herbert, miller (water), Westaway John, farmer

Down John, jun. farmer, Lower town West Blackdown

MEAVY is a parish and village on the river Mew, a tribu- under this tree stands the stepped base and shaft of the

tary of the Plym, from which it derives its name, and is village t•ross. The earliest registers have been much injured,

situated in a picturesque valley, 10 miles north from Ply- and part of them re-copied ; the earliest date now to be

mouth, 7 south-east from Tavistock and 3 south·east from traced is 1654. The preamble of the Act of 165~. ordering

Horrabridge station on the Tavistock and Lauuceston branch the provision of new register books, is preserved in the

of the South Devon (Great Western) railway, in the Western register, and signed by John Elford of Sheepstor, J.P. The

division of the county, Roborough hundred, Midland living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £173, net.

Roborough petty sessional division, union and county court yearly value ..{;158, with 25 acres of glebe and residence, in

district of Tavistock, rural deanery of Tavistock, arch- the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1878 by the

dSet.acPoentre•yr of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. The church of Rev. William Arthur Gordon Gray M.A. of Clare College,
is an ancient edifice of local stone, with piers, Cambridge, and rural dean of Tavistock. There is a Baptist

arches and windows of Roborough Down stone, in the chapel at Homeavy. Adjoining the church are the remains

Norman, Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of an old mansion, once the residence of Sir Francis Drake,

of chancel, with organ chamber and south chapel or Drake who was born near Tavistock about 1545, and died off

aisle, nave of three bays, south aisle, south transept, south Nombre de Dios, 28th January, 1596: the house, originally

porch and an embattled western tower of the 15th century, built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in the shape of the

with stair-turret and 4 small pinnacles, and containing a letter E, is now a farm house. The poor have the interest

clock, placed in 1887, and 6 bells, all recast in 1778 by John of £300~ left by the late Sir Ralph Lopes hart. The manor

Pennington and Co. from a previous peal of 4 ; one again re- anciently belonged to a family of Mewi or Meavy, and after-

cast in 1814, and the whole, with the exception of the sth wards, in the 16th century, to the Millatons, from whom it.

bell, in 1876: the north pier of the chancel arch, carved passed by marriage to the Strode family, and later to that

with rams' heads, is a portion of the Norman church : the of Drake. The Right Hon. Sir l\'Iassey Lopes bart. P.C. of

chancel retains an aumbrey and hagioscope: the south Maristow, Tamerton Foliot, who is lord of the manor, and

chantry, rebuilt exactly as before, the stones being carefully Sir F. George Augustus l<'uller-Eliott-Drake bart. of Nutwell

numbered, has been the mortuary chapel or the Drake Court, are the chief landowners. The soil is light, and the

family, and here was interred Sir Francis Drake, 3rd bart. subsoil fenuginous. The chief crops are barley, oats and

and M.P. for 'favistock, ob. 1714; on the north side of the roots, with some wheat. The parish contains 3,918 acres of

church are the stairs to the rood loft; the timber roof has land ; rateable value, £2,061; the population in 18gr was

bosses at the intersections of the ribs carved with quaint 266.

devices: in 1884 a new reredos of marble, alabaster and The hamlet of LovETON is about three-quarters of a mile

Caen stone, designed by Mr. J. D. Sedding, architect, was south-south-east. HoMEAVY is about Ii miles west-south-

erected as a memorial to the Rev. John Abbott, 41 years west. GooDAMEAVY is 3 miles south-south-west: its manor

rectol' of this parish : in the porch is a stoup, formed by a formerly belonged to the Pomeroys, and is now the property

grotesque head, and stone seats, and over the entrance, on of Mrs. Scobell. CALISHAM is a quarter of a mile south-

the inside, is an image bracket: the font, of the Decorated west: this manor, with that of Durance, belong to the Drake

period, has an octagonal basin, the sides. of. which are family. GRATTON, 1 mile west: a stone bridge has been

relieved with shields bearing swords in bend and keys in erected over the river Mew at Gratton.

saltire ; built into the exterior wall is a gravestone, incised BRISWORTHY (a contraction of Britisworthy) is a hamlet.

with a cross-crosslet : the church was restored in 1873-4 at 3 miles south-east.
o. cost of £704, when the organ chamber and vestry were Sexton, Thomas Lowden.
added: in 1891 the chancel floor was relaid with marble,
and in 1392 carved oak stalls were placed in the chancel: PosT OFFICE.-Henry Brown, sub-postmaster. Letters re-

there are now 130 sitti11 gs: the churchyard is entered by o. ceived from Yelverton R.S.O. at 8.10 a.m.; dispatched

lych gate, in front of which stands a venerable and famous at 9· 10 a.m. & 5· IO p. m. week days only. The nearest

oak, traditionally believed to date from the Saxon period; it money order & telegraph office is at Yelverton

is 25 feet in circumference, and though now so hollowed out WALL LETTER Box, Homeavy, cleared at 8 a. m. & 5.25 p.m
that it is possible to walk through its trunk, the spreading National School (mixed), built in 1837, for 59 children;
lower branches are still bright with foliage, year by year; average attendance, about 40; Miss C. Willmot, mistress

Meavy. Selleck John Edwin, farmer, Hernspit Northmore John, farmer

Gray Rev. William Arthur Gordon lii.A. Spry Jarnes, farmer, Middle lake .Northmore Richard, farmer
Vanstone E~nna (Mrs.), miller (water),
[rector & rural dean], Rectory

Prvwse Albert Philpott Yennadon Meavy mtll Homeavy.
' Warren 'William, shopkeeper
Williams William, farmer, Urgles Deacon James Pryse J.P
COMMERCIAL. Phillips Mrs. Fancy dale
Loveton. Atwill Mark, jun. farmer, Bellivor
Andrews Henry, farmer, Meavy Barton Dawe Richard, farmer, Mayes
Atwill Mark, farmer
Bickle Richard,. Royal Oak P.H Blatchford John, farmer
Brown Henry, shopkeeper, Post office

Brown William, blacksmith Blatchford Thomas, farmer Brisworthy.
Clogg Richard, farmer, Gratton
Dawe Jarnes, farmer Baskerrille John, farmer
Cole Thomas, farmer, Greenwell Northmore Ford, farmer Bowden Jacob, farmer
Hawton John, farmer, Sparkatown Pullyblank Thos. frmr. Loveton Bastard
Moses Isaac, farmer, South lake

:Nortnmore Mark Moses, farmer, Lower Goodameavy. Calisham.

lake Scobell Mrs, Goodameavy house Squire Jonas, farmer

MEETH is a scattered parish and village on the river· church is a monument to John LempriereD.D. of Pembroke

·Torridge, 10 miles south-by-west from Eggesford station on College, Oxford, author of the well-known Classical Diction-
the North Devon branch of the London and South Western ary, who became master of Abingdon school about 1793,

railway, 3 north from Hatherleigh and 10 north from Oke- and was rector of this parish from 18I1 ; he died in London
hampton, in the Western division of the county, Shebbear 1st February, 1824 ~ there is also a monument, erected in

hundred, Hatherleigh petty sessional division, Okehampton 1848, to the late Mrs. Lamb, with a group in marble t•epre-
union and county court district, rural deanery of Torring- eenting the assumption ot the deceased : the church is now

ton, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. A (1893) being restored: there are 100 sittings. The register

fine 11tone bridge of 3 arches crosses the Torridge at the dates from the year 1653. The living is a rectory, average

~routhern boundary of the parish. The church of St. tithe rent-charge £r6g, gross yearly value £204, with resi-

Michael is &D ancient edifice of stone of mixed styles, con- dance and 25 actes of glebe, in the gift of the Rev. li-eorga

sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled de Carteret Guille ll.A. rector of Little Torrington, and held
western tower with pinnacles, containing 4 bells: in the since 1886 by the Rev. John Henry Kempe. There is ~

~30 MEETH. DEVONSIDRE. (KELLY'S

small Bible Christian chapel at Giffords Hill,- erected in Sexton1 Robert Meardon.
1870. There are charities of £3 yearly vslue, left by a Mr.

Germain, out of which the rector has tos. for preaching a Letters are received through Hatherleigh R.S.O. arttive at

sermon ; and there is also ss. yearly value, left by Mrs. S.. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Bather~

Madge. Robert J. Preston-Whyte esq. l.P. of Leigh House, leigh. WALL LET l'ER Box cleared a.t 12 noon, week da.ye

Chulmleigh; who is lord of the manor, Lord Clinton M.A., ~y I

:;r,"'p, and Mr. J. Taunton are the chief landowners. The soil

is dunland; the subsoil is clay. The chief crops are barley, Church School (mixed), founded in 1874, for 6o children;

wheat, oats and roots. The area is 2 1245 acres ; rateable -average attendance, 30 ; Mrs. Mary J ane Battishal11 mist
value, £1,628; the population in 1891 was 203.
)(

Kempe Rev. John Henry, Rectory Clement George, blacksmith King William, farmer, Stockhay

COMMERCIAL. Cobbledick Jas.& Son,frmrs.Friar's hele Madge William, farmer, Stocklei~h
Battishill George, shoe maker Cockwill Shadrack, machmist
Battishill Joseph, shoe maker Murrin Jn. & Son, frmrs. Gifford'8 hele
Blackmore John, farmer, West cottage
Bright James, shopkeeper Heale Caleb, farmer, Great Borna Simmons James, thatcher

HeywoodGeo. Hy.farmer,Westerntown Spicer John, New inn

Hooper John, farmer, Woolladon Westaway William, tailor

HurfordElizh. (Mrs. ),frmr.Eastern town

MEMBURY is a parish and scattered village on the charities amount to £3 138. yearly. There are lime and

small river Yarty, bounded on the east by the county of stone quarries here. Membury Castle Hill is an ancient
Dorset, 3i miles north-west from Axminster station on the Roman or British camp. A fair is held here on August 10,

main line of the London and South Western railway, si but is in disuse. Yarty, the a;pcient seat of the Frys till

south-west from Chard and 9 east from Honiton, in the 1718, and about a mile west, is uow a farm ; it originally
Eastern division of the county, Axminster hundred, petty belonged to the de Yartie family, whose heiress conveyed it
sessional division, union and county court district, rural to the Frys in marriage ; the original mansion was destroyed
deanery of Dunkeswell and Honiton and archdeaconry and by fire about 1870, Oxenway Lodge is the residence of
diocese of Ex\lter. The parish is divided into two tithings, Robert Manning Davy esq. J.P. The Ecclesiastical Corn-
north and south. The cfiurch of St. John the Baptist is a missioners, who are lords of the manor, and Robert Manning

building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, Davy esq. J.P. are the chief landowners. The soil is clay,
south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, marl, foxmole, clay and chalk; the subsoil is marl and
74 feet high, containing 5 bells, one of which bears the arms of gravel. The chief crops are corn. The acreage is 4,089;

Fry: the chancel is Early English and the north Wfll of the rateable value, £5,402; the population in 1891 was 645.

nave appears to be of the Decorated period : on the north side CROWLEY is a hamlet taken from Chardstock (Dorset)

of the chancel is a monument with mutilated inscription and under the Divided Parishes Act and added to this parish.
It is 3 ~ miles north from the church.
arms to Sir Shilston Calmady kt. who fell in a skirmish near
this village 13 Feb. 1645-6: in a chantryat the east end of the
south or Yarty aisle are several memorials to the Frys of P'uRLEY (or VmDLEY) is a small hamlet I mile north from

Yarty,including a monument with kneeling effigies to Nicholas the church.

Fry and Eleanor (Brett), his wife, ob. x8 March, 162o, and LONGBRIDGE hamlet is 2 miles north from the church.
several children: there is another monument, with fine PosT OFFICE, Furley.-Mrs. Elizabeth Hal'ris, sub-post-
marble bust, to Frances, daughter of Robert Fry, of Yarty, mistress. Letters arrive from Chard at 8.15 a. m.; dis-
d. 18 March, 1718; one toMary (Napper), wife of John Fry, patched at 4·5 p.m. No dispatch or delivery on sunday.
ob. 1683, and to other members of the family, from 1725 to The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Axmin-
1742; and an Early English piscina: the church is now ster. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

(r893) undergoing restoration, at an estimated cost of about WALL LETTER Box, Village, cleared at 4·35 p.m. week days
£1,500, raised by subscriptions. The register of baptisms only
and burials dates from 1637 ; marriages, 1638. The living A School Board of 5 members was formed Dec. 29, 1875;

is a parochial chapelry, annexed with Kilmington to the William Forward, Axminster,clerk to the board; William

vicarage of Axminster, average tithe rent-charge £901, Down, Green Down, attendance officer
joint net yearly value £6o4, and held since 1867 by the Rev. Board School (mixed), opened in 1876, for about go children;
Arthur Newman M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge; the average attendance, 20 boys, 30 girls & 24 infants; John
Rev. John Roberts Dummelow M.A. of Queens' College, Angel Attwooll, master; Miss Florence Angel Attwooll,
Cambridge, has been curate in charge since 188g. The assistant mistress

Comber Rear-Admiral Hy. Wandesford, Chapple George, mason, Turfmoor Pearse Edward, farmer, Ford farm

Goodmans Clarke John, wheelwright, Furley Pennycard Samuel, farmer, Colecroft

DavyRobert Manningl.P. Oxenway ldg Dark Samuel, Longbridge inn Perham George, farmer, Land .

Dummelow Rev. John Roberts M.A. Dark William, shopkeeper Phillips Samuel, farmer, Brinscombe

[curate-in-charge] Denslow Francis, buildel!' Pike Samuel, farmer, Osmore

Gould Miss, Rock house Denslow Job, mason PryerThos.John,farmer,Lewesley farm

Smith John, Crowley Denslow Malachi, farmer Rice Charles, farmer, Furley

COM?tiERCIAL. Down Charles, farmer Salway James, farmer, Webble farm
Down William, mason Spiller Luke, farmer~ Beckford

Apsey Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper ~wings Robert, farmer, Luggs farm Stark John, dairyman, Mill

Baker Hiram, butcher & farmer, East Gollop Geo. farmer, Trebleshayes farm Stone Daniel, farmer, Waterhouse farm

Membury Grabham Thomas, farmer, Hasland Stone Thomas, farmer, Challenger frm

Baker James, joiner, Battens Griffin James, farmer, Court farm Summers George, miller (watel')

Batten Thomas, farm bailiff toR. M. Harris Elizabeth (:Mrs.), shopkeeper, Sumtners James, blacksmith

Davy esq. Chapplecroft Post office, Furley Vincent John, blacksmith, Furley

Bedman James, farmer, Springhead fm Harvey Samuel, farmer & lime burner Wale John, farmer, Crowley

Beer'Mary & Martha farmers, Harvey Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Hook hl Warren Elijah, dairyman

Yartiford Lane John, miller (water) Warren Lydia (Mrs.),frmr.We.Membry

Beer John, dairyman, Lake Loosemore John, shopkeeper, Rock Warren Robert, farmer, Kinders

Beer Philip, farmer, Yartiford Miller Thomas, farmer, Lee Hill farni Warren Waiter Peter, Red Lion P.H

Bond John, farmer, Hares, Crowley Moore Thomas, farmer, Lottgbridge White Henry, farmer, Goslands farm

Bondfleld James, iron founder,Crowley Norman Samuel, farmer, Thorn farm Wyatt Richd. farmer, Godworthy farm

Case Caleb, farmer NorthcoteJames,farmer,Gapper's farm Wyatt Samuel, farmer, Yarty

MERTON is a parish and village, on the river Torridge, wbic\1 1s a memorial: the north-east window, a work of early

7 miles south-east from Torrington terminal station of a date, was restored and filled with stained glass in 1847 ~ in

branl'h of the London and South Western railway, in the the north aisle is a memorial -window to lihe rector's

Northern division of the county, Shebbear hundred, Torring- daughter: the church was restored in 1875 by private sub·

ton petty sessional division, Wiion and county court district, scription, the Speccott aisle being rebuilt at the cost of J. C.

rural deanery of Torrington, arcbdeaoonry of Bamstapleand M06re·Stevens esq. the chancel by the rector, and the

diocese of Exeter. The church of All Saints is an edifice of l'emainder of the church by the Right Hon. Lord Clinton,

stone in the Perpendicular st.yle, consisting of chancel, nave, parishioners ~d friends: there are 310 sittings. ln 1892 a

north aisle, south tTansept, south porch and an embattled lych gate was erected at the eastern entrance to the church.
western tower, with pinnacles, containing 6 bells, of which The register of baptisms and burials dates from t.he year

the fourth dates from 1669, the tenor from 175a; the first 1687; marriages, J68S. The living is a rectory, anmge
and fifth wex:e cast by Warner, of London,. in 1858;. the tithe rent1charge £284, net yearly value £301~ with

second is inscribed "Plebs omnis plaudit nt me iam aepiue residence and 63 acres of glebe, in the gtft of Lord Clinton,

audit i" weight ot tenor 10 cwt.: 1ihe church retains an and held since 1845 by the Rev. James Cory Kernpe x.A. ef
ancient. register chest, and has five stained windows, cme e( St. John'at.Jollege, Cambridge, prebendary of E~ter• p1'octor

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. .MILTON ABBOT. 331

in Convocation, and surrogate. Here is a Bible Christian GREAT PoTltERIDGE was the birthplat:;e (December 6th,

chapel. There are charities of ss. yearly value. Here is an r6o8) of General Monk, afterwards Duke of Albemarle, wh()

Industrial Home for 25 orphan girls, suppo;:ted by Lady is said to have been baptized at La.ndcross, near Bideford.

Clinton. The Victoria saw mill, erected in r887, is driven He died January 3rd, 1670, and was burietl in Westminster

by water-power from a large ornamental lake of 3 acres, the Abbey. ·

property of Lord Clinton. Lord Clinton M. A., I.P. is lord of Parish Clerk, Ch:nles Payne.
the manor and owner of the whole parish, with the exception
of Great Potheridge, which belongs to the Hon. Mark PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Ofl;ice.-

George Kerr Rolle ;r.P. of Bicton, and Speccott by John Thomas Bright, sub-postmaster. Letters received through

Curzon Moore-Stevens D.L., J.P. of Winscott. The soil is Beaford R.S.O. at 8.5 a.m. i dispatched at 5.30 P·ut· The

dun ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and nearest telegraph office is at Hatherleigh

barley. The area is 3,738A. rR. 6P.; rateable value, £2,935; National School (mixed), for 140 children; average attend·

the population in 189I was s68. ance, 102; Charles Payne, ma&ter

Draper Rev. Joseph [curate] Ching Richard, farmer, Newberry Luxton Christopher, blacksmith , ·

Houlditch Epward H. Bounsalls Clarke Henry Hearn,butcher & farmer, Moore William, farmer, Yeory
Moore-Stevens Major Richard Arthur Oxenham court Newcombe George, farmer, Ford
Patridge Reed, farmer, Great woof
M.A., ;r.P. Speccott Cudmore Samuel, farmer & blacksmth Pope William, farmer, Colehouse
Kempe Rev. James Cory M.A. [rector Eames Alfred, head gardener to Lord Quance Robert, shopkeeper
Sanders Wm. wheelwright & carpenter
& surrogate & prebendary of Exeter] Clinton, Gardener's cottage
COMMERCIAL. Elliott Joseph, sewing machine agent Snell Thomas, farmer, Moor: hills
Trickey Mark, farmer, Grange
Ashton Selina (Mrs.), .farmer, Little Fairchild John, farmer, Dunsbear
Potheridge Ford James, farmer, Yondermere Trott James, Malt Scoop l'.H
Wright Henry, clerk of worJi_s to the
Bonnifant Frederick H. miller (water) Industrial Orphan Home (Miss C.
& farmer, Venners Middleton, matron) Right Hon. Lord Clinton's estates,
Rose hill
Brook James, farmer, Pink hill Langdon Jn. Hy. farmer,Gt.Potberidge
Burrow Richard, farmer, Downs Leverton William, farmer, Towell

MESHAW is a parish and village near the road from valued at£140, with residence, in the giit of W. W. Karslake

South Molton to Crediton, about 6 miles south-east from esq. Q.C. and held since 1891 by Rev. Alexander Frederick de
South Molton, 7 miles from the South Molton station on the Gex. Here is a Bible Christian chapel. Robert James
Devon and Somerset branch of the Great Western rail- Preston-Whyte esq. J.P. of Leigh House, Chulmleigh, i~ lord

way, 7! north-east from Chulmleigh, 14 north-north-west of the manor and principal landowner. The soil and sub-
from Crediton and 15 from Tiverton, in the Northern divi- soil vary considerably; on the south side of the parish and
swn of the county, Witheridge hundred, South Molton petty a strip on north-east, Devonshire clay of poor character;
sessional division, union and county court district, rural through the centre of the parish runs a vein of rich red loam.
deanery of South Molton, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The al'ea i3

diocese of Exeter. The church of St. John the llaptist, r,751 acres; rateable value, £1,235; the population in 1891
rebuilt in 183,8, is an edifice of stone in the Early English was 169.

style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an em- Irishcombe, formerly a detached part of the parish of

battled western tower containing 4 bells: in the church is a Lapford and adjoining Meshaw on the east, is now, under the

monument to J ames Conrtenay esq. (dated r683) in memory Divided Parishes Act, I882, joined to this parish for civil
of whom the tower was rebuilt in 1691 : the chancel was purposes.

recently enlarged and a stained east window inserted as a Sexton, John Moore.

memorial to the Rev. William Heberden Karslake, rector
from r832, and prebendary of Exeter, the west window is a PosT OFFICE.-Frederick Nicholls, sub-postmaster. Letters
memorial to Mrs. W. H. Karslake: the porch was built and through South Molton arrive at 9 a. m. ; letters leav~ at

the bells rehung through the munificence of the late Miss 4.30 p.m. Witheridge is the nearest telegraph office.

. Preston, lady of the manor, in 1379 : there are 120 sittings. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
The register dates from the year 1581. The living is a National School (mixed), built in 1875 for 6o children;

rectory, tithe rent-charge commutation £165; average£83, aveTage attendance, 42; Miss F. L. Peters, mistress;

net yearly value £198, including 188 acres of glebe, now Miss Nellie Headon, infants' mistress

de Gex Rev. Alexander Fredk. Rectory Crabb Charles, farmer, Bourne bridge Mock Richard, farmer, Bourne park
Reed Thomas, South Down Crocombe Rd. farmr. NorthWhite stone Moore John, blacksmith & sexton
Dareh William, farmer,Blacklands Nicholls Frederick, tailor, Post office
COMMERCIA~t. Elston John, farmer, Irishcombe Nott William, farmer, Prescott & Par-

Adams Frederick, farmer, Narracott Headon Richard, poulterer sonage farms '
Arnold Reuben,farmer& miller (water) Ley John, shopkeeper Reed Richard, farmer, Southall
Boundy Sidny.shoe ma.&frmr.Batteney Ley William, carpenter Reed Thomas, farmer, South Down
Cockram Humphry, thatcher Matthews Albert Charles, Gidley Arms Webber John, farmer, Meshaw Barton
Cockram John, thatcher Wright John, farmer, Bourne bridge
Cole William, farmer, White stone P.H. & farnier
-
Mills James, farmer, Irishcombe

MILTON ABBOT,so called from its connection with the j restored in 186o, at a cost of £ 1,5oo, and has 300 s:ttings.

abbey of Tavistock, is a village and parish, on the high road The register of baptisms and burials date from the year
from Tavistock to Lannceston, and watered by the river r653 ; marriages, 1654. The livin~ is a vicarage, average
Tamar ; it is 3! miles south-west from Coryton station on tithe rent-char~e £445, gross yearly income£545, including
the Launceston branch of the Great Western railway, 6 So acres of glebe, witb. residence, in the gift of the Duke of

north-west from Tavistock, 71 south-east from Launceston, Bedford, and held since r888 by the Rev. Charles Hellins

in the Western division of the county, Tavistock hundred, Taylor M.A.. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The Duke

petty sessional division, union and county court district, of Bedford is owner of the great tithes, valued at £374·

rural deanery of Tavistock, archdeaconry of Totnes and Here are Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels and tuere is

diocese of Exeter. Edgcumbe, in this parish, gives the title also a Bible Christian chapel at Chillaton. The charity

of baron to the Edgcumbe family,Earls of Mount-Edgcumbe. called "Jewell's trust" consists of dividends arising from

The church of St. Constantine, erected about 146o, in the £567 stock, left by will, dated 7 Jan. 1783, by Nicholas

Perpendicular style, consists of chancel, nave of four bays, Jewell, of Stoke Climsland, mason, and has a yearly value
aisles, two south porches and an embattled western tower~ of about £r6 10s. ; of this two-thirds belong to Stoke
with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells, all re-cast by Climsland, Cornwall, and the uther third to Milton, J~,nd is

John Pennington and Co. in 176'}: attached to the north applied to the support of a clothing club for the poor.

wall of the nave is a turret containing the staircase, still 'rhere js a Working Men's Reading Room and a puish
perfect, which formerly led to the rood-loft : the timber library of 300 volumes. A fair is held here on the last Tu~
roof is relieved with foliaged bosses, and there is an octa- day in July. Henry Sperling esq. who resides a~ Lew

gonal font, ornamented with quatrefoiled panels and shields: Trenchard, keeps a pack of foxhounds in this pari~h aud "'

the east window is stained, and there is a. memorial window, pack of harriers at Lamerton. This place, in the latt~ part

erected by the Rev. Samuel Lane, sometime vicar of Holne, of the 16th century, was the residence of several families
from 1827, to his wife, daughter of Dr. Robert Jago, a former named Bundle, of whom was Thomas Rundle L~.B. born

vicar; there is another to Dr. Jago himself, and two others, here in 1686, prebendary of Salisbury, archdeacon of Wilts

placed by the Rev. Sir St. Vincent Love Hammick bart.. and Bishop of Derry, 1734-43 ; he died 15 April, I743· 'l'he

·vicar 1836-88, who died in t888, to his father-in-law, Robert manor, as part of the possessions of the dissolved abbey of

Alexander esq. his 6on Albert Ha.mmick, and to his father Tavistock, was granted to Sir John RusseU, llaron R.ussell of

Sir Stephen Love Hammick bart. d. I5 June, x867 : there Chenies, and subsequently Earl of Bedford K..G. 4tb July
are also memorials~ the Edgcumbe family, 1589-I78:r, and 1539- Endsleigh1 a picturesque gabled building oo the Cor~

to that of Doidge, 1584-11I1: the church was- thoroughly oish border, in the Angio-Swiss style, erected by Jo~ 6th

332 MILTON ABBOT. DEVONSHIRE: [ X:ELLY'S

Duke of Bedford, in 181o, from designs by Sir Jeffrey . office is at Lifton ; postal orders are issued here, but not

Wyattville, is surrounded by extensive and enchanting paid

grounds of nearly 3,500 acres, through which flows the river PosT OFFICE, Chillaton.-John Prest, sub-postmaster.

'fa.mar, and is a residence of his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Letters t\lrough Lew Down R.S.O. North Devon; delivery

who is lord of the manor : in one of the gables is a figure commences at 9 a. m. ; dispatched at 3.30 p.m. week days.

of the last abbot of Tavis.tock. The Duke of Bedford, only. Lew Down is the nearest money order office &

William Henry Chichester esq. J.P. of Grensfen, Tavistock, Coryton railway station the nearest telegraph office

John Carpenter-Gamier esq. M.A., J. P., D. L. of Rook~sbury SCHOOLS:-

Park, Fareham, Hants, Mrs. Wood, Earl Fortescue and A School Board of 5 members was formed June 26th, 1877;

John Tremayne esq. J.P. of Sydenham House, Marystowe, Rev. C. H. Taylor M.A. clerk to the board; John Rice,

are the chief landowners. The soil is light loam ; subsoil, attendance officer

partly limestone, but very varied. The land is fertile, and Board, Milton Green (boys), erected by the late Duke of

is mostly arable and pasture land. The area is 6,527A. 1R. Bedford, in r829, for 88 boys; average attendance, 30 ;

24P. ; rateable value1 £9,005; the population in 1891 Lewis Jones, master
Board (girls & infants), built in 1848, for 6o children;
was 78o.

CHILLATON is a small place in the north of the parish. average attendance, 43; Miss .Annie Emmar May Shep-

Sexton, Henry Frise. perd, mistress

PosT OFFICE, Milton Abbot.-John Rice, sub-postmaster. Board, Chillaton (mixed & infants), opened in 1867, for 6o

Letters received from Tavistock at 7.14 a.m.; dispatched children; average atte:1dance, 45 ; Miss Mary Crumpler, .

at 4.58 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph mistress

[Marked M i*ltsohnoulAd bbeb ot. Lew Hearn Thomas, farmer tWonnacott Eri, farmer, Hardicott
Bendy Francis, farmer Working Men's Reading Room (George
t1us addresS<d
Down R.S.O.J Baker, sec)
Boar Carolina (Mrs.), New inn
[Marked thus t should be addressed Syden- *Lobb Nicholas, farmer, NorthMilton Yole Frank, head gardener to the Duke
ham Damerel, Tavistock.]
Luke John, shopkeeper of Bedford, Endsleigh

Bedford His Grace the Duke of, Ends- Martin Elizabeth (Miss), baker tYoleWm.farmer& miller (water),Ford

leigh; & 15 Belgrave sq. London s w Mashford John, farmer, Quither Chillaton.

Cory Henry, Foghanger Palmar William L. farmer, Upperton

Taylor Rev.CharlesHellins M.A.[rector] Parish Library (John Rice, sec) Ball John & Caleb, blacksmiths

COMMERCIAL. Parkins Albert, farmer, ~hortbourne Bickle Hy.& Soloman,farmers, Westcott

Bickle Francis, butcher Reed Henry, blacksmith Bickle John, shopkeeper & butcher

• Bickle John, farmer, Willsley Rice Henry, tailor Bickle Wm.Beaufort Arms P.H.& farmr

tBianchard George (Mrs.), farmer, Rice John, shoe maker, Post office Blithe William, carpenter

Leigh Barton Rowe Richard, farmer, Longbrook Gloyne Richard, farmer, Westcott

Burrow Emma (Mrs.), grocer & baker tRyall Robert, farmer, Bara Gr£>eqslade Lucy (Mrs.), miller (water),

tChidley John, farmer, Ford Simmons George, dairyman Splatt mill

Cola William, tailor Spry John, carpenter & shopkeeper Higgins William & James, larmers,

Coiling Wllliam, coal dealer 'tSpurr John, farmer, Southcombe Chillaton Barton ·

Dawe \Villiam Couch, farmer, Week Tickell Thomas, King's Arms P.H Jones Jn. Carpenter Arms P.H.& farmr

Doidge Edward, farmer Vigars Thomas, Blacksmiths' Arms Lang Charles, miller (water)

Down William, saddler P.H. & farmer, Long cross Lang Edwin, tailor

tEasterbrook George, farmer, Tuell Wakem George, wheel wright&dairyman Maddaford William, blacksmith &c

Easterbrook George, jun. butcher &c Watkins David, farmer & cattle dealer, Marlow 'rhos. farmer, Highr. Chillatun

*Gloyne Richard, farmer, Westcott Foghanger Perkius John, cattle dealer, Forda

Greening George, farmer, Quither Wise Francis, cowkeeper Prest Jn. shopkpr. & baker, Post office

MILTON DAMEREL is a parish and village on the residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since r852 by the
Waldon high road from North Devon to Plymouth, and on Rev. William Dyer Anderson, of St. Bee~. There is aWes-

the river Torridge, across which are two bridges, one, of two leyan chapel near Holsworthy Beacon, and a .Bible Christian

arches, connecting the parish with Newton St. Petrock, and chapel in the village with Sunday schools attached. There

the other, of one arch, with Shebb3ar, 12 miles south-south- are no manorial rights. Earl Stanhope F.S.A. is the chief

west from Bideford and 6 north-east from Holsworthy ter- landowner. The soil is various ; subsoil, same. The chief

minal station of a branch of the London and South Western crops are wheat, oats and barley. The acreage is 4,252;

railway, in the Western division of the county, Black Tor- rateable value, £1,985; the population in r8gr was 464-

rington hundred, Holsworthy petty sessional division, union The hamlets are EAST WoNFORD, I mile south; Wxs:r
and county court district, rural deanery of Holsworthy, WoNFORD, ri miles south-west; WHITEBEAR, three-quarters
archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The of a mile north-east.
church of the Holy Trinity i&. an ancient building in the
Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, PosT 0FFICE.-William Backway, sub-postmaster. Letters

nave, a:sle, transept and south porch: the tower fell in 1879, through Brandis Corner R.S.O. iLrrive at 8.35 a.m. ; dis-
but in 1892 was partly re-erected; the three bells remain un· patched at 4.15 p.m. on week days only. The nearest
hung; the first is dated 1758, the tenor 1658, the second is . money order&. telegraph office is at Holsworthy

undated: there are 250 sittings. The re~ister of baptisms A School Board of 5 members was formed Oct. 30, 1874;

and burials dates from the year 1791 ; from 1749 to 1791 William Prout, Holsworthy, clerk to the board ; Thomal!
these are entered in the Cookbury register ; the marriages Oliver, Holsworthy, attendance officer

date from 1754. The living is a rectory, with the vicarage Board School (formerly B1ble Christian), for So children ;

of Cookbury annexed, average tithe rent-charge £364, joint average attendance, 43; Amos Brayley, master; Miss

gross yearly value £427, including 136 acres of glebe, with Susie Brayley, sewing mistress

-rNames marked thus • receive their letters Hallett Richard, farmer, Walland Sanders Bryant, wheelwright
through Holsworthy.j Bancock John, tailor Sanders l<'rederick George Perkin, out-

Anderson Rev. William Dyer, Rectory Harris George, farmer, West Wouford fitter & registr~Jr of births & deathli

COMMERCIAL. Hopper .Benjamin, farmr. E:tst Wonford for Milton Damerel sub-distrwt

Ashton William, farmer, Ley Johns William, farmer, Gitcott mill Sanders Geo. farmer, Higher Grawley

Ayres Jn.tailor&draper,Woodford brdg Jollow John, farmer, West Wonford Sanders Thomas, tailor, Gratton

Backway William, Post office *Jones Richard, shoe maker Skinner James, farmer, Pipers Gitcott

Baker Richard, farmer, Milton town Jordan Thomas, farmer, Knottswood Slee John, farmer, Down

Ileare Francis, miller (water) Lang John, painter & glazier *Smale William, agricultural machinist

Beckley John, farmer, .Buttermore Leach George, mason & implement agt.Holsworthy Beacon

Braund Thomas, shoe maker Metters George, farmer, Higher Gilcott Smith John, farmer, But.termore

Braund William, farmer, Graddon Millman Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Squire Richard, farmer, Gitcott

Brock Thomas, mason Westbridge Stidwell Wm. boot & shoe ma.. Forest

*Bromell Richard, blacksmith, Hols- Nichols William, mason, Venn green 'faylor John, farmer, Croi!S

worthy Beacon Oliver William, grocer Vivian Jas. farmer, Derworthy Barton

Brown Thomas, farmer, Waldon Page Caleb, carpenter & wheelwright Watkins M, (Mrs.), farmer, Graddon

Dnnn Phcebe (Miss), farmer, Graddon Page Joshua, carpenter Watkins 'fhomas, farmer, Worden

Earl John, fanner, Buttermore Palmer Henry, farmer, Parsonage Watkins Thomas, jun, agricultural

Evan :t'rederick, Woodford Bridge inn Palmef.' John, farmer, Walland machine agent., Fore street

Fishley Mary Ann {Mrs.), farmer, Penhale John, farmer, Venn Wonnacott Alfred, farmer, Oxenpark

Moorcombe Ridge Francis, farmer, Graddon WonnacottRichd.farmer,LowerGrawley

Gilbert I.ewis& Wm. farmers,Wood(ord Sanders Bill Gilbert, sieve maker Yeo William, )Jlack!$U1\th, Venn green

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE"' ¥0DBUltY. 333

SOUTH MILTON is a parish and village in a deep tithe rent-charge £162, gt'oss yearly value £170, with 2t

valley, about 3 miles south-west from Kingsbridge station on acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salis-
the Great Western railway, in the Southern division of the bury, and held since 1892 by the Rev. William Henry Wilkin-

county, hundred of Stanborough, petty sessional division of son 11t.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. 'fhe Brethren have
Stanborongh and Coleridge, union and county court district a chapel here. The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1882 at a
of Kingsbridge, rural deanery of Woodleigh, archdeaconry cost of about £3oo, is a building of stone, and will seat ISO

of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. The church of All Saints persons. The charities amount to about £45 annually, and

is an edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting are applied for repairs of the church and relief of the poor.
of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled west- Hors well House is a large and elegant mansion, the property

ern tower, with pinnacles, containing 6 bells: the chancel of William Roope Ilbert esq. J.P. Mrs. Dowglass, who is

retains its sedilia and pis~:--ina, and there is also a piscina in lady of the manor of South Milton, W. R. Ilbert esq. J.P.

the south transept and a stoop at the south doorway: the William Square esq. of Plymouth, and John Elliot esq. are
font, said to be Saxon, has a conical carved wood cover, and the principal landowners. The soil is loam; subsoil, various.
there is an oak screen, carved and painted: in 1885 the The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is
church, including the south transept, was substantially re- 1,557 acres; rateable value, £2,297; the populJ.tion in r8gr
stored and re-seated, and the latter new toofed, at a cost of was 33S·
nearly £1,400: the steps formerly leading from the north SUTTON, a quarter of a mile south-east, and UPTON, half a
aisle to the rood loft have been opened, and an old painting, mile north, are hamlets.
for many years used as an altar piece, has been removed Sexton, Jarvis Steer.
from the chancel to another part of the church: there are Letters through Kingsbrid~e, via West Alvington, arrive at
mural tablets to members of the Prideaux and Elliot fami- 9 a. m. WALL LETTER Box cleared at 5·5 p.m. week days
lies : the church affords 250 sittings. The register dates only. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at
from the year 1689. The living is a vicarage, formerly an· .Kingsbridge
nexed to the vicarage of West Alvington, but made a separate National School (mixed), built in I87o, for 100 children ;

living under an Order in Council dated June 7, 1886, average average attendance, 54; Mrs. Mary Kennard, mistress

Fellowes Col. C. M. N. The Croft Crimp William, farmer, Farm Mor~an Amos, farmer
Toye Henry, Upton Dymond William, carpenter Pilditch Jonathan, carpenter &assistant
Wilkinson Rev. Wm. Hy. M. A. Vicarage Earle John Francis, farmer, Upton
Farr Samuel, farmer overseer, Upton
COMMERCIAL. Luckham Wm. Perraton, miller (water) Pollyblank Joseph Randall, farmer
Baker John, farmer, Trendwell Shepherd Cecilia (Mrs.), farmer, Sutton
Bell Robert, farmer, Preston Moore James, blacksmith
Bickford Thomas, farmer, Holwell Moore J osias, farmer, Hingston Shepherd Peter, farmer, Sutton
Steer Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeep~r
Moore Osmond, farmer, Didwell
White David, farmer, Whitlocksworthy

MODBURY is a small but important market town and A subscription pack of harriers is kept in thevillage. Here

large parish, in the Southern division of the county, hundred in Feb. 1642-43 Sir Ralph Hopton and Sir Nicholas Slanning,

of Ermington, petty sessional division of Ermington and with a force of about 2,ooo men, were attacked and

Plympton, union and county court district of Kingsbridge, defeated by a body of Parliamentary troops from Ply-

rural deanery of Plympton, archdeaconry of Totnes and mouth, under Col. Ruthven, and a number of the leaders cap-

diocese of Exeter. The town is built on the slopes of a rivulet tured. Whympstone is the residence of Nicholas Wm. Prette-

which runs into the river Erme, and consists of four streets, john Pitts esq. J.P. Mrs. Crispin is lady of the borough and

intersecting at right angles; it is 5 miles south-east from manor of Great Modbury ; Henry Bingham Mildmay esq. of

Ivybridge station and 6 south-west from Kingsbridge Road Flete,Holbeton, is lord of the manor of Orcherton, the Manor

station on the South Devon section of the Great Western House of which was the ancient seat of the Prideauxfamily.

railway,12 south-east from Plymouth and 7~ north-west from H. B. Ivlildmay esq. Nicholas William P. Pitts esq. J.P.

Kingsbridge, is supplied with water by conduits from several James Anthony Froude esq. of 5 Onslow gardens, London

springs, and has been lighted with gas since IB6s. The s w; Richard Andrews esq. Admiral George Parker J.P, of

church of St. George stands on an eminence and is a fine Delamore, Ivybridge, Mrs. Crispin and Eton College are the

embattled structure in the Gothic style of the 13th and 14th principal landowners. The soil is a rich loam, occupied as

centuries, consisting of ehancel and nave, with aisles to both, arable, orchard, pasture and woodland; tJubsoil, various. The

transepts, south porch and a tower, re·erected in 1622, with area is 5,655 acres of land and 2S of water; rateable value,

spire 134 feet in height, and containing a clock and 6 bells: £9,615; the population in 1891 was 1,4o6,

in the south transept are two recessed canopied arches, in Parish Cl~rk, William Shepheard.

one of which is placed the recumbent effigy of a knight BROWNSTON is a hamlat 3 miles north-east. St. John':J

in plate armour, possibly rept•e3enting Sir John Champer- chapel of ease, erected in 181-4, is a building of stone in the

nowne, c. q88; within the other arch lies the mutilated Gothic style, and has a gift of £2o yearly from Eton Collegef

effigy of a crusading knight : in the north aisle is another the patrons of the mother church: in 1870 the lat6 John

canopied recess of more elaborate character, containing the Andrews also left £rs yearly to the curate.

effigy of a lady in tlowing robes, c. I250-I3Io, and fragments LEIGH, 2 miles east-by-north, is also a hamlet in this

of the effigy of another crusader ; these earlier figures are parish. ·

assumed to represent members of the Okeston family, once PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity &InsuranceOffice.-

the possessors of this place, or of the Prideaux family: at Nicholas ¥rank Lakeman, postmaster, Broad street.

the back of this reces~, restored by Mr. Prideaux-Brune, London letters are received by mail cart from Jvybridge

of Prideaux Place, Cornwall, is a quatrefoil window, which at 7 a. m. ; dispatched at 6. IS p.m. Letters are also re-

has been filled with tbe arms of the Prideaux family ceived by mail1cart from Kingsbridge at 8.40 a.m. &

in stained glass: in the south aisle is a memorial window te dispatched thereto at 4·3S p.m. Letters to Ivybridge for

the Ven. Archdeacon Froude: the east window is a memorial north mail by mail cart at 8.40 a. m. & received tberefrom

to the Rev. Nutcombe Oxenham, late vicar : in I8S8 the in- at 4·35 p.m, London letters must be posted on sunday

terior was restored and re-seated and a new reredos erected~ at 10.20 a. m. London mail dispatched at 8.40 a. m. &

-and in 1873 a new organ was erected: there are 550 sittings. 6.15 p.m. Office open from 8 a.m. to 8 p. m. ; money

Tbe registers date from the year 16oi. The living is a orders q a. m. to 6 p.m

vicarage, tithe rent-charge £340,average £308, gross yearly COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR ERMINGTON & PLYMPTON PETTY

value £322, including 9 acres of glebe, with residence, in the SESSIONAI. DIVISION.

gift of Eton College, and lil.eld since 1859 by the Rev. George Alien Edward esq. Stowford lodge, Ivybridge

Clarke Green M.A. King'a College, Cambridge. The impro- Bastard Baldwin John Pollexfen esq,. D.L. Kitley, Yealmpton

priate tithe rent-charge of the parish of 1\lodbury, payable Bewes Cecil Edward eS::J. Hillside, Plympton

to Eton College, is 1,'788 8s. Near the church once stood the Buller Vice-Admil'al Alexander c. B. Erie ball, Plympton

ancient priory of Modbury, founded by the Champernowne Bulteel John esq. Pamtlete, Ivybridge

family as a cell to the Abbey of St. Pierre Sur Dives, in Bulteel Thomas esq. Radford, Plymstock, Plymouth

Normandy, and dedicated to St. Gregory; the revenues at Coman Capt. William Adam, Blacklands, Plympton

the dissolution were estimated at £70. Of the mansian of Cory Richard esq. Langdon court, Plymouth ,

.tbe ancient family of the Champernownes, small portions MacAndrew James Johnston esq. Lukesland, Ivybridge

still exist. Here are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels. The Mildmay Francis Bingham esq. lii.P., B.A. Flete, Holbeton,

Literary and Scientific Institute, in Brownston street, Ivybridge

founded by Richard King In 184o, is a building of stone, with Parker Admiral George, Delamore, Ivybri:lge

Doric columns and portico, and has a good sized lecture- Phillipps-Treby:\laj.Gen.PaulWinsloe,Goodamoor,Plympton

Toom. A corn market is held every Thursday. The cattle Pitman Rev. William Daniel M.A. Rectory, Aveton Gifford,

market is held the second Monday in every month, and is Kingsbridge

Jargely attended. 'fhe stook fait: is on the .p;h of May (old Pitts Nicholas William Prettejohn e3q. Whympstone, Mo:i-

St. George's Day). Woollen serge was formerly m:~.nufac- bury, hybridge

tured here, but the trade is wholly discontinued; agricultural Pode John Duke esq. Slade, Ivybridge

}lClrsuits now form the chief employrnent of the inhabitants. Soltau-Symons George esll. Chattlewood, Plympton

334 MODBURY. DEVONSHIRE. [KELLY's

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Stuart-Hawkins Christopher esq. Alston house, Plympton Surveyors of Highways, John Triggs, 9 Church street

Williams Michael esq. M.A. Gnaton hall, Newton Ferrers Registrar of Births & Deaths, ,Modbury Sub-District,

Yonge John esq. B.A. Puslinch house, Newton Ferrers Kingsbridge Union, Edmund Whiteway Bickford, Galpin

Clerk to Magistrates, James Loye, Plymouth street

Petty Sessions are held at the "White Hart" every 8th mon- Town Crier, William Burring, Galpin street
day at u a. m. The following places are included in the
PLACES OF WoRSHIP, with times of services:-
petty sessional division :-Aveton Uifford, Bigbury,
Brixton, Cornwood, Ermington, Harford, Holbeton, St. George's Church, Rev. George Clarke Green M. A. vicar ;
Kingston, Modbury, Newton Ferrers, Plympton St.
8 & II a. m. & 3 & 7 p.m.; mon. tues. thurs. & sat. 9 a.m.
Maurice, Plympton St. Mary, Plymstock, Revelstoke,
Ringmore, Ugborough, Wenbury & Yealmpton & 5 p.m.; wed. & fri. Ir a. m.; fri. 5 p.m

St. John's Chapel of Ease, Brownston; 3 p.m

Baptist, Church street. Rev. James Carvath; 10.30 a. m. &

PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTs : - 6 p.m
Inland Revenue Office, 'White Hart,' Church street Wesleyan, Chapel place, New road, 10.45 a.m. & 6,30 p.m. ;
Lecture Hall, Galpin street, Samuel Callard, lessee
Police Station, Richard Keep, constable in charge wed. 7.30 p.m
SCHOOLS:-
PUBLIO OFFICERS :~
A School Board of 7 members was formed Sept. 3, 1875;

John Whithear Harris, The Green, clerk to the board &

Admiralty Surgeon, George Vincent Langworth, Brooke attendance officer

house Board (mixed), Brownston, built in 1875, Jor 45 children;

Certifying Factory Surgeon, William Froude Langworthy, average attendance, 40; Miss Henrietta J ohns, mistress

Church street Board &Infants, The Green, built in x88x, for 290 children;

Medical Offi<:ers & Public Vaccinators, Kingsbridge Union, average attendance, 85 boys, 55 girls & 8o infants;

13th District, George Vincent Langworthy, Brooke house; George Alfred H. Salway, master; Miss Husband, mis-

4th District, William Froude Langworthy, Church street; tress ; Miss J ane Shepheard, infants' mistress

Totnes Union, Ugborough &North Huish District, Thomas CoNVEYANCE.-Omnibus to Ivybridge station twice daily

Lakeman L.R.o. P.Lond. 30 Church street CARRIERS TO PLYMOUTH.-Thomas Coker, mon. wed. & sat.;

Assistant Overseer, Edmund Whiteway Bickford, Galpin Simon Horne, tues. thurs. & sat. ; George Treeby, tues.

street 1 thurs. & sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS, Chubb Elizabeth (Mrs.), White Hart Lakeman Nicholas M.P.s. chemist &

Andrews Jobn, Traine P.H. Church street grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey,

Andrews Richard, Traine ColeWm.huntsman to Modbury harriers wine & spirit merchants, Broad st

Andrews' William H. 32 Church street Coleman John, agricultural implement Langworthy Frederick, solicitor, per-

IUackler Mrs. Brownston street maker, r I Church street petual commissioner & eommissioner

Coyte Edmund J. 23 Church street ColemanWitheridge, blacksmith,Pound- for administering oaths,7Brownston st

Curson Mrs. Brownston street well street Langworthy George Vincent, surgeon,

Dobell William Henry, Traine Coumbe Jn. blacksmith, Brownston st admiralty surgeon, medical officer &

Elliott Edward, Church street Cove Saml. Geo. grocer&baker,Church st public vaccinator,13th district,Kings-

Foale Mrs. Church street Cowles Charles, farmer, .Aylston bridge unioa, Brooke house

Fox Mrs. Church street Coyte&Son, whlwrghts. 21 Brownston st Langworthy William Froude, surgeon,

Green Rev. George Clarke M.A. [vicar] Coyte Geo. butcher, 35 & 36 Church st medical officer & public vaccinator,

King Miss, Church street Coyte William, corn mer. 6 Church st 4th district, Kingsbridge union & cer-

Lakeman Thomas, 29 Church street Crocker Jn. builder, Palm Cross green tifying factory surgeon, Church st

Lakeman Thomas, 30 Church street Cuming Jn. Chas. baker, 27 Church st Lavers John, blacksmith, Poundwell st

Langworthy Frederick, Brooke house Coming John, carpenter, Church street Lecture Hall (Samuel Callard, lessee),

Langworthy Geo. Vincent, Brooke ho Curson Charles, boot ma. 2 Church st G.1.lpm street

Langworthy William Froude, Church st Davis's Hotel (Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Long Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, New rd

Lapthorne Edward, Brownston street proprietress), Broad street , Luscombe .Aaron Henry, Brownston

Luscombe William, Church street DavisJn.Treeby, wheelwt. Poundwellst inn, Browuston

Mildren John, Brownston street Davis William, cowkeeper, Poundwell st Luscombe Thomas, farmer, Ley

Pearse George, The Cottage Davis Wm. Alfred, organist, Broad st Luscombe William, farmer, Brownston

Pearseon Richard, Fancy Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Limited Manning Henry, farmer, Gt. Orchetou

Pitts Nicholas William Prettejohn l.F. (sub-branch of Kingsbridge) (Benj. Manning William, farmer, Butland

Whympstone H. Balkwill, manager) ; open once a May Benj.jun.miller (water),Sheepham

Prideau:x: Miss, Church street week on market days, monthly (2nd Miller Elias, farmer, Lapthorne

Rogers William Langworthy, Palm monday in Lhe month) & fair day Mitchelmore Alfred,painter,2 Galpiust

Cross green (4th May), Broad street; draw on Mitchelrnore John Crocker, shoe maker

Rowe George, Erme house, Church st Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, & draper, Broad street

Sparton Rev.Emery[Baptist],Church st Bouverie & Co. London E c Mod bury Gas &Coke Co. Limited (Wm.

White Mrs. Hrownston street EdgcombeThos.ironmngr.Brownston st Henry Dobell,sec.); offices,Gas works

Wroth Miss, Church street Ellory Thomas, newsvendor, Brownston M~dburyHarriers (Wm.Cole,huntsmn)

COMMERCIAL, Fice John, baker, Palm Cross green Modbury & lvybridge Omnibus Co. (J.
Fice Thomas, millwright, Brownston st C.Mitchelmore,sec.); offices, Broad st

Andrews Richard, solicitor, perpetual Flashman Jsph.watch ma. Brownston st Modbury Literary & Scientific Institu-

commissioner & commissioner to ad- Ford John, saddler, seed, manure & tion (John Andrews, hon. sec. ; B. H.

minister oaths, Traine corn merchant, Brownston street Hawkins, librarian), Brownston st

Ash William, marble mason, New road French George, farmer, Sheepham Moysey Edward Stranger, painter,

Ashley Brotters, tanners & curriers, Gee George, tailor, 3 Church street Brownston street

Brownston street Gill William, farmer, Shearlangton Mumford Thomas, farmer, Yarnicombe

Atwill Richd. George, farmer, Barracks Gillard John, shopkeeper & road con- Naval Bank (Harris Bulteel & Co.)

Barnes Thomas, farmer, Sheepham tractor, Galpin street (agency); open once a week on mar-

Berry Joshua, farmer, Spriddlescombe Harris John Whithear, farmer & clerk ket day & monthly 2nd monday in

Bickford Edmund Whiteway, registrar to the school board & attendance the month & fair day (4th May),

of births & deaths for Modbury sub- officer, The Green . Church street; draw ou Robarts,

district & assist. overseer, Galpin st Hine John, boot maker, Brownston st Lubbock & Co. London E c

Bickford James, farmer, Brownston Hodder William, farmer, Edmeston O'Brien Frank, trav. draper, Moon's la

Blackler George, farmer, West Leigh Holmaa Wm.H.farmer,Little Modbury Pearce & .Andrews, saddlers, Church st

Blight J n.veterinry.surg.62Brownstn.st Hooppell John, farmer, Traine Pearse Alfred, shopkpr. Brownston st

Boon Nicholas, farmer, Knightoncombe Horne Simon, carrier,l?oundwell street Pearse Charles, farmer, Ashridge

BowhayJane(Mrs. ),aparts.Brownston st Horton Brothers, farmers, Higher Pearse Edward, shoe ma. Brownston st

Bradridge & Son, tailors & hatters, Spiddlescombe Pearse Harry, Exeter inn, Church st

Church street Hosking William, farmer, Green Pearse John, builder & coal merchant,

Brown Francis, baker, 12 Broad street Jackson Richd. Nicholas, California inn Poundwell house

Brown John, baker, Church street King Henry, butcher, Broad street Pearse John Hodder, draper & grocer,
Burri11g William, boot maker & town Lakeman & Son, ,•Ironmongers, 8 Church street

crier, Galpin street smiths & sheet metal workers & Pearse Richard, farmer, Oldaport

Callard & Co. drapers, 2 Broad street stationers, Broad street Pearse Wm.auctioneer & farmer,Stolifd

Camp David, farmer, Widland Lakeman Thomas L.R.C.P.Lond. sur- Perkins Wm. H. shopkeeper, 1 Broad st

Chaffe Ann (Mrs.)~ miller (water), geon, medical officer & public Tac- Phillips Caroline lMrs.), shopkeeper,
cinator for Ugborough & North Brownston street
Spriddlescombe
Choake Charles, woolstapler & fell- Huish district ('fotnes UniOP ), 30 Phlllips William, baker, Brownston st
Rendle Henry, shoe maker, Chu,rch st
monger, New road Church street
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Rendle George, baker, Galpin street Shute Samuel, carpenter & undertaker, Treeby John,miller(water),Swan brdge

Rickman JohnHy.saddler,Brownston st Brownston Triggs Jn. marble mason, 9 Church st

Rogers George, farmer, East Leigh Skinner James, dairyman, Church st Tucker William, wheelwright,Church st

Rogers Richd. farmer, Croppins Combe Smerdon Robert; farmer, Coombe Wakeham Agnes (Miss), dress maker,

Rogers William Langworthy, solicitor Smith James, hawker, Poundwell st Church street

& commissione-r for administering Stidston Jas. Alfd.farmr.Lit.Orcberton Wakeham Richard, mason, Back street

oaths, Brownston street Sullivan Cha~les Henry, stationer & Watts Harry, tailor, Brownston street

Sambell Alfred, farmer, Shilston printer, Church street WberryWm.insurance agent,r I Broad st

Sbepheard J ames, solicitor's clerk, 8 Taylor Gilbert, farmer, Shearlangston Wyatt George, farmer, 'frehele

Brownston street Taylor Joseph, draper, ro Broad street Wyatt Hy. Wm. butcher, Brownston st

Sherrill Edwin, farmer, Stockenhridge Tiddy David Geo.apartments,Church st Wyatt Saml.Modbury inn,Brownston st

Sherrill Josiab, farmer, Little Modbury Treeby Georger Bell P. H. Broad street

MOLI,AND is a parish and village bounded ou the south lectureship ; this sum is now assigned to augment the salary

by the river Yeo, with a station called Bishop's Nympton of a resident curate, but oue has not yet ( r8g3), I:Jeen

and Molland, 2 miles south-west from the village, on the appointed. There are two mines in this parish; one is filled

Somerset and Devon branch of the Great Western railway, with water and the other is worked for iron, manganese and

193 miles from London by the Great Western railway and copper by a private company. West Molland House, about

7 north-east from South Molton, in the Northern division a mile from the village, is a fine old mansion, long the seat

of the county, South Molton hundred, petty sessional divi- of the Courtenay family, but now occupied as a farm by

sion, union and county court district, rural deanerytof South Messrs, William and John Herbert Turner: over the entrance

Molton, archdeaconry of .Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. is a shield of arms with the following inscription-" This

The church of St. Mary is an ancient edifice of stone in the is the Armes of Hugh CourteJty, sometimes Earl of Devon,

Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north who was Grandfather unto Sir Philip Courteny of Molland,

aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower contain- knight: " Sir Nicholas William George Throckmorton hart.

ing a clock and 6 bells : in the church is a memorial to the D.L. 1 J.P. of Buckland, Faringdon, Berks, is lord of the manol'
Rev. D. Barry B.D. some time vicar of this parish and and the principal landowner. The soil is variable, clay being

Knowstone, who was persecuted for his attachment to the in the south of the parish only ; subsoil, old red sandstone

cause of Charles I. and died in 1683, ~ed 45 : there are 220 and skillett. The land is chietly in pasture. The area is

sittings. The register ;dates from the year 1541. The 6,168 acres; rateable value, £3,170; the population in 1891

living is a vicarage, united with that of Knowstone, average was 532, ·

tithe rent-charge £491 ; net yearly value £493.o with 54 Sexton, William Bede.

acres of glebe, in the gift of Sir N. W. G; Throckmorton PosT OFFICE.-Miss .Angelina Gough, sub-postmistress.

hart, and held since 1853 by the Rev. John Mattbews B.A. Lettel'S through South Molton arrive at ro. 10 a. m.; dis-

of Exeter College, Oxford, who resides at Knowstone. Here patched at 3 p.m. North Molton is the nearest money order

are meeting rooms for Wesleyans, Bible Christians and the office & South Molton the nearest telegraph office. Postal

Brethren. There is a charity of £27 a year, £4 of which is orders are issued here, but not paid

- for the education of eight poor children, left by Thomas Railway Station, Frederick Vowles, station master

Clarke in 1776, who also bequeathed the impropriate tithes Parochial School (mixed), enlarged in r883, for 100 chil~

of the parish, commuted at £roo yearly, to establis}l a dren; average attendance, Bo; Samuel J. Case, master

COMMERCIAL. EldridgeMary(Ml's. ),farmr.Abbott's pk Nicholls William, farmer, Landco.nbe

Beer John, carpenter Elworthy John, farmer, Beer Pook Philip, tailor

Brayley James, blacksmith Elworthy John, farmer, Gourte Quartly Henry, farmer, Brimley

Brayley Sarah J ane (Mrs.), miller ElwQrthy William, farmer, I<'ord Quartly John, farmer, Great Champsoo

(water) & farmer, Wade mill Gough John, blacksmitb. Sinkings Joseph, farmr. Midd. Champson

Buckingham Wm. farmer, Lyshall Gough John, farlOer, Northgowue Sloley William, farmer, Hill farm

Buckingham Wm.wbeelwright,EastLee Gough William, blacksmith Smith Charletl, shoe maker

Bucknell Wm. farmer, Brimblecombe Hill William, farmer, Cuckoo Snow Abel, mason

CockramAnn(Mrs. ), farmr.LittleWoods Hodge William, farmer, East Barton Snow John, mason

Cockram Francis, farmer, West Barton Kingdom Ann (Mrs.), London inn Snow Thomas, mason

Cockram Fl'8nk, farmer, Great Woods Lock William, wheelwright Tapscott James, farmer, Park

Cockram John, farmer, West Lee Loosemore John, farmer,Lit.Champson Tucker Charles, grocer

Cole J n, farmer, Middle Lee & East Lee Manning John1 farmer, West park Turner Wm. & John Herbert, farmer.;;,

Cole William, farmer, West Bommer Mogridge Joseph, shoe maker West Molland house
millCounter George, shopkeeper
Mogridge Richard, farmer, Bowchurch VennJohn1miller(water), Bottreaux

Dart Philip, New inn, & butcher Molland Iron & Manganese Mining Co. Williams George John, agent to Sir N.

Dart Thomas, farmer, Luckworthy (John Hampton, purser; ;Tohn Bray- W. G. Throckmorton bart. D,L., J.l'.

Dart William, farmer lay, captain), Brimley Moneyhole

Drake William, farmer, Pulworthy Nicbolls George, tailor

NORTH MOLTON is a parish and long straggling gross yearly value £240, including 36 acres of glebe, with
village, seat-ed on the side of a hill on the borders of Exmoor residence, in the gift of Lord Poltimore, and held sin~ r887

and on the river Mole, from which it derives its name, 2§ by the Rev. HAnry Marshal! Burdett M. A. of Queens' College,

miles north-east from South Molton station on the Devon Cambridge. The impropriate tithes are commuted at

and Somerset branch of the Great Western railway and 12 £1,293 for North Molton and £2u for Twitchen, and there

east from Barnstaple, in the Northern division of the county, 18 an impropriate glebe of 51 acres. There is a Wesleya.n

South Molton hundred, petty sessional div-ision, union and chapel in the village, built in r891, and another at Heasley;

county conrt district, rural deanery of South 1\t:olton, arch· a Church of England service is held in the Board 11choolroom

deaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. 'I'his parish at Heasley on Sundays, at;. 3 p.m. A social club, established

is the second largest in Devon. 'fhe church of All Saints, in r88t for the benefit of residents, comprises reading and

standing on an eminence, is a building of stone in the Per- recreation rooms supplied with daily and weekly pa.~ers.

· pendicular style, consisting of chancel with chapels, clere· The pa.rochial library contains over 400 volumes. In the

storied nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled parish are several mines, ll.t one time worked for copper, iron,

western towe~ roo feet high, witb pinnacles, and containing silver, lead and gold, tl"d.Ces of which were met with about

a clock and 6 bells : there is a carved oak -screen and a fine 1840. This parish has long been celebrated for its breed of

font of Perpendicular date with an octagonal basin, richly North Devon cattle. A cattle fair is held on the first Wed-

arcaded, on a shaft adorned with canopied niches containing nesday aftel' May 12th and the last Wednesday in October.

effigies: the pulpit is of oak, elaborately carved with figures The District Nursing Association here is managed by a local

of saints~ on the south side of the tower, under !l canopy, is committee, under the presidency of Lady Poltimore- There

a large figure of the Virgin and Child: in the south aisle is are almsbouses for six poor people, founded by Mr. Parker,

a memorial window to William Davy: in the JSouth chapel and various bequests for the benefit of the poor, amounting-

is an altar-tomb of alabaster to Sir Amiss Bampfylde, erected to £,20 yearly, In 1893 the late M1'8. Maria Langdon be-

in r626 by John Bampfylde1 his son, with effigies of himself, queathed £roo to the vicar and churchwardens, the inteTest
his dame, !12 sons and 5 daughters, and a long genealogical of which is to be given to the poor, and in the same year

inscription in Latin : during the period 1876·S3, the galleries M11. Lane, of Highgate, London, gaV8 £,5oo, the Interest to be

were removed, the organ placed in the north chancel chapel also given to the poor. There are also and land in

and a warming appa.ratus pu1i in, a.t a cost of over £,100 : the hands of feoffees for the repair of the church ; new

the church was restored in 1885 a~ a cost of £590, but the feoffees were appointed in 1893. Court Hall is the ~~eat of

arcades are still much out of the perpendicular: there are the Rt. Hon. Lord Poltimore P.C.,D.L.,.J.P.lord of the manor

300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1539. The and chief landownel". Caurt House was formerly the pro-

living is a vicarage, with !.hat of Twitcbea annexed, joint perty of the Earl Morley, but is now occupied as a farrtt•

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336 NORTH MOLTON. DEVONSHIRE. • (KELLI'S

house.· The soil is clay; subsoil, skillett. The chief crops a. m. The letter box is also cleared in the morning for

are barley and oats. The area is 14,391 acres; rateable the district. South Molton is the nearest telegraph office

value, £10,945; the population in r8gr was r,307. A School Board of 5 members was formed May 8, r874;
FLITTON, 2! miles north-west; FYLDON, 3! north; HEAS- Frederick Dobbs, clerk to the board & attendance otlicer

3tLEY, 2 north; UPCOTT, r east; WALSCOTT, 3 north-west; ScHOOLS :-

HUNSTON, miles north-west, and BENTWITCHENj 4 miles Board (mixed), enlarged in r87o, for 240 children; average
north, are hamlets of this parish. attendance, 103 boys & 62 girls ; Richard B. Cambridge,

Sexton, Thomas Loosemore. master; Miss Eliz<tbeth Stringer, mistress·

PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Board, Heasley Mill (mixed), erected in 1875, for 6o child-

George Henry Holloway, sub-postmaster. Letters are ren; average attendance, 4{; Mis3 Mary Stoneman Pass-

received through South Molton at 8 a.m. ; dispatched more, mistress

5.25 p.m.; sundays, arrive 8.15 a.m.; dispatched g.:rs CARRIER TO SouTH MoLTON.-Johu Passmore, daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Govier John W. boot maker Robins William, farmer, Great Heasley

Poltimore Lord P.c., n.L., J.P. Court Govier William, thatcher Rudd John, farmer, Shortacombe

hall; Poltimore park, Exeter; & 77 Govier William, jun. thatcher Sanders Richal'd, farmer, Wheatland

Eatou square & Marlborough & Carl- Grass Robert, head gamekeeper to Lord Scott John, farmer

ton clubs, London s w Poltimore, Cott Slader David, farmer, Hunnawins

Bright Thomas Hardinge Elizh. (Mrs. ),farmr. Millbrook Slader John, farmer, Higher Ley

Burdt>tt Rev.Hy.Marshall M.A. Vicarage Haydon Francis, farmer, Yardgate Slader John, farmer, Marsh

Hill Henry Haydon Wm. farmer, Great Combshead Slader Richard, farmer, East marsh

Langdon Mrs. Heasley house Hayes John, farmer, West Brinsworthy Smith Joseph Dinner, carpenter

Newcombe Mrs Hill James, farmer, Tabor hill Smyth & Son, boot makers

Schreiber Rev.FrankLongeB.A.[curate] Hill John, farmer, Berkham Smyth William, farmer, Ben Twitehen

Shapland Mrs. Blakesville HollowayAnn(Mrs. ),PoltimoreArmsP.H Somerville Alvan, butcher

Stranger Richard John, Court house HollowayGeo.Hy.blacksmith,Post otlice Somerville William, coal dealer

Spicer Robert Henry Scanes M.D . Hutchings Geo. blacksmit.h,Heasley mill Spicer Robt.Hy. Scanes l\1. o. surgeon, &

COMMERCIAL. Huxtable William,farmer & shoe maker medical officer & public vaccinator,

Barrow Wm. farmer, Little Combshead Jones James, carpenter Nos. 2, 3 & 5 dists.SouthMolton union

Bawden Peter, mason Lewis Samuel, blacksmith Stanbury William, farmer,Little Marsh

Bird Wm. wheelwright & ironmonger Lock Daniel, grocer & draper Stinner Bessie (Miss), dress maker

BlackmoreWm.wheel wright,Heasley ml Lock John, farmer, South Radworthy Stoneman John, farmer, Bornacott

Bolt John, farmer, Longstone wells . Lock William, farmer, Ben Twitchen Stoneman John, farmer

Buckingham Hugh,farmr.Lambscombe Loosemore William, boot maker Stranger Richard John, bailiff to Lord

Buckingham Wm.frmr. WesternMillbrk Martin John, miller (water) & shop- Poltimore & farmer, Court house

Burgess Wm.Hy.S.beerret.&carpenter keeper, Heasley mill Thorne James & Geo. farmers, East yd

Burnell William, farmer, Molland MersonJn.Nott,farmer,Ea.Brinsworthy ThorneAnn(Mrs. ),frmr.Nth.Radworthy

Cockings George, tailor New Florence Mining Company Limited Tborne James, farmer, Litchadon

Collard Charles, farrier (Dudley J.C.Bush,manager),Florence Tborne John, farmer, West yard

Cook Frederick, farmer, Popham mine Thorne John R. farmer, Lower Fyldon

Cook Nicholas, rope ma. Molland cross Newton Richard, farmer, Rapscott ThorneRichd.farmer,SouthRadworthy

Cook Waiter, farmer, Pitt Newton William, farmer, Holdridge Thorne Thomas, farmer, Beera

Crang Thomas, baker Newton William, farmer, Rapscott Thorne Thos. farmer, Crosscomb down

Crocombe William, farmer, South Lee North Molton Social Club (Lord Polti- Tborne Thomas, jun. frmr. Witheygate

Cutland Arthur, blacksmith more, president: Rev. H. M. Burdett Trick William, farmer, Flitton

Darlington Thomas J. baker & grocer M.A. & R. H. S. Spicer M.D. vice- Voysey Charles, farmer, Upcott

Davey Henry, butcher, The Square presidents; Fredk. Dobbs, hon. sec) WattsJn.PoltimoreArmsP.H.Yarddown

Dinsey John James, farmer, Marsh Parkin Fr!tncis, farmer, Upcott Webber Mark, farmer, North Heasley

District Nursing Association (Miss Alice Passmore Charles A'f'ery, saddler Westcott Charles, farmer, Old house

Hinton, district nurse) Passmore Edmd.farmer,Higher Fyldon WestcottJn.Frayne,china&earthnwr.dlr

Dobbs F. & Son, auctioneers, seedsmen, Passmore John, carrier WestcottNicholas,frmr.Western Barton

merchants & millers (water roller) Passmore Samuel Albert, farmer, Westcott Robert, farmer, West park

Dobbs Francis, farmer, Rapscott North Radworthy Westcolit Robt. jun. farmer, North Lee

Follett James, farmer, Hunston Passmore William, farmer, Buttery Westcott William, farmer, Hack lane

I<'rayne Peter, draper & grocer Perrin John, farmer & assistant over- Wreford Frederick Wilham,estateclerk

Gammon George, farmer, Lower Poole seer, Mole Bridge cottage of works to Lord Poltimore

Garner Charles, farmer, Lower Ley Purchase Charles,farmel',NorthHeasley YendellJsph.&Saml.l<'k.farmers,Nadrid

Gold James, farmer, Oakford Purchase Jn. farmer, South Radworthy Yendell John L. farmer Stitchpool

Goold Alfred, farmer, Lower Walscott Rew Thomas, farmer, Sannacot-t Yendell Joseph,jun.frmr.SouthHeasley

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J\fOLTON.

SoUTH MoLTON is an ancient market town, municipal bridge of one arch, built in place <>f one destroyed by a

borough, parish, head of a petty sessional division, union storm in October, 1841 ; and eventually falls into the river

.and county court district, with a station half-a-mile north of Taw, about 8 miles from the town. Broad street, East

the town on the Devon and Somerset branch of the Great street, South street and West street are the principal

Western railway, 12 miles south-east from Barnstaple,. 27 thoroughfares. H is well lighted with gas, and was com-

north-north-west from the city of Exeter and 197 from pletely drained in 1868, and in 1869 the council of the

London by railway, via Exeter, while the distance by road borough established a water supply at a cost of £6,ooo, one

from London i'! only 182 miies; it is in the Northern half of the amount being given from the Corporate funds : •

division of the county, hundred and rural deanery of South the reservoir is at Holywell, in North Molton parish, near

Molton, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. Exmoor, 5 miles north of the town, and the water obtained

The town is recorded as a borough as early as 1301 ; is remarkably pure ; the filter beds were given by the late

Queen Elizabeth granted it a charter in i590, which was Alderman Symth, ·

.confirmed and enlarged by Charles II. whose charter re· The' Devon and Somerset branch of the Great Western

mained in force until the passing of the Munieipal Corpora- railway, 42i miles in length, from Taunton to Barnstaple,

tions Act, 1835 (5 and 6 William IV. c. 76), and the Corpor· passes through the parish : a viaduct, nearly a quarte~: of. a

~tion now consists of sixteen members, viz. ~-a mayor, mile in length and IOQ feet htgh, carries it over the river

lour aldermen and twelve common councilmen: the Cor- Bray in Castle Hill park. 'l'he Local Municipal Charity

poration act a.s the Urban Sanitary Authority. The borough Trustees have improved and widened the road leading from

has a commission of the peace and separate court of quarter the town to the station, a sum of £750 having been expended

-sessions, and pe~ty sessions are held here for the South fol' that purpose. •

Molton division. . The church of St. 1\[ary Magdalene is an edifice of stone in

The town derives it!l name from the river 1\Iole, on the the Perpendicular style, enlarged in 1829 and restored and

western bank of which it is situated ; the Mole, a consider_. repaired in the year 1865, at a cost of £3,300, when. it was-
able. stream, is utiliseq to. propel the machinery .of thl' shirt re-roofed and reseated : i~ now consists of chancel with aisles,

-and collar factory in the town, and of .the great numbet4 of nave, aisles, shallow south transept, south porch, and an
~ru mills on its banks t it is here crossed by a subst:mtial. e:nbattle:i western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock.

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and 8 be1ls; there are eight stained windows, some good Whittle, Gibbon, llawden, and other gifts, coiUiisting

monuments and a very line carved stone pulpit: the north together of £76-+ os. 7d. Consols, producing an in<'ome of

aisle of the chancel retains a piscina: in x8go, £5oo was ex- £21 os. 2d. which is distributed in money to the poor at

pended on improving the organ: there are x,o6o sittings. Candlemas and Christmas yearly. The Acland, Wtb'Jer,

The register dates from the year 16ox The living is a Palmer, Courtney, Brown, and other gifts, consisting

vicarage, gross yearly value £26g, with residence, in the gift unitedly of £208 2s. 1xd. Consols and certain annuities, pro-

of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and held since 1876 by ducing an income of £12 gs. xod. are distributed to the

the Rev. Frederick King :M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge. poor in 42 twopenny loaves at the church after morning

The impropriate tithes, commuted at £gxo, are vested in the service on Sundays during the winter half of the year, ani

Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and there is also a consider- 13 twopenny-halfpenny loaves fortnightly during the year.

able glebe, the freehold of which has been bought by the Nott Hole and Palmar's gift of £53 15s. nl. in Consols, pro-

Town Council. ducing £1 9s. 4d. yearly, is periodically distributed in

The Wesleyan Methodist chapel, at the top of Duke money to such poor persons of the town and parish as are

street, erected in1882-3 at a cost of £x,8oo, on the site of not in receipt of parochial relief. Harewood'sgiftof£164 xos.

the old chapel built in 1821, is a building of stone, with in Consols, producing £4 IOS. 5d. yearly, is distributed
dressings of Hambdon and Doulton stone, in the Florid
Gothic style, and has sittings for 350 persons; in rear of to the poor. Rashleigh's gift consists of one moiety of a
the chapel are schoolrooms.
freehold estate, called Snapdown, in _Warkleigh, Devon, let
The Baptist chapel is of stone, and affords sittings for 250
at the rent ot about £35, and the dividends arising from
persons; the Congregational chapel, erected in r834, will
seat 400 persons ; the Primitive Methodist chapel, built in £761 IS. ud. Consols, tile yearly income amounting to
r86g, has 300 sittings ; there is also a Bible Christian chapel,
and a meeting room for Plymouth Brethren, holding about about £4o, which, pursuant to an order of the Char:ty

Commissioners, obtained in 1882, is applied either to the pay-

ment of the tuition fees of a limited number of children at

the South Mol ton United Schools, or to the payment of exhi-

2oo persons. bitions, called "The Rashleigh ExhibiLwns," of such

The Cemetery, in Mill street, was opened in 1856 and yearly value as shall from time to time be determined by

covers an area of three acres; there are two chapels, and a the Charity Trustees, tenable either at the said schools or at

lodge for the keeper was built in 1882 ; it is under the con- any place of education higher than elementary, or of techni-

trol of a burial board of nine members. cal, professional, or industrial instruction, approved by the

The Guildhall is a building of Portland stone in the trustees. Hugh Squier's gift consisted up to Michaelmas,

Italian style, and includes a turret containing an illuminated 1882, of a moiety of the clear surplus income arising from

clock with four dials, re-erected in 1893 at a cost of about the Rectory of Northam and freehold estate in the parish of

£6oo; the Council chamber is built on arches, projecting Swinbridge, producing an income of £220 a year, but the

into the street. lease of the rectory having expired, the income now consists

The municipal insignia include two maces, mayor's chain of a moiety of the surplus income of the freehold estate called

and badge, a staff of office and a common seal. The maces, Upcott in Swinbridge, Devon, and the dividends of a sum of

of silver gilt, and 2 feet 4 incheil long, form a pair, and are £2,315 6s. 8d. Consols, which sum is made up of accumula-

similar in every respect ; the shafts are divided into two tions of incomes by the trustees ; the yearly income, pursu-

parts by an ornamental knob, and the bases are enriched ant to an order of the Charity Commissioners, obtained in

with leaf-work, the heads are ornamented with the national January, r883, is applicable in the maintenance and repairs

emblems and crowns and mitres, boldly executed, and of the highways, streets, bridges, foot and causeways, in

have a cresting of crosses and fleurs-de-lis, from which rise South Molton, or in making grants of a moderate amount in

arched crowns, with the usual orb and cross; the mayor's 1 aid of the cost of any suitable public works in the town.

chain consists of plain gold links; the badge is a gold 1 John Venner, late of South Molton, china dealer, by his will

medallion, bearing a portrait of Hugh Squier, merchant, of dated nth Jan. 1889, gave to the Charity Trustees £1o, but

London, a great benefactor to the town; the staff of office, without any directions as to how the same, or the incoma

6 feet 8 inches long, is of wood, and has a mitre-shaped thereof should be applied: the whole sum (less duty) is in-

silver head with the representation of a fleece surmounted vested on deposit receipt in the So11th Molton branch of the

by a royal crown; the borough seal, of silver, also exhibits a National Provincial Bank of England. The Blue Coat

fleece, with a crown in chief and a mitre in base; around is schools, up to a few years ago, were possessed of £2,465 and

a legend and the date 1716; the mayor wears a robe of £900 Consols, which sum, with the sanction of the Charity

scarlet and fur. Commissioners, was amalgamated with the funds of the

The Working- Men's Reading Room, instituted by the South Molton United School.

daughters of the late Alderman Smyth, is governed by a The manor of South Molton was formerly part of the

committee of members and is supported by members' fees demesnes of Edward the Confessor; and Risdon informs us

and voluntary contributions. it was held by William Lord Martyn, on condition of his

The :Market-house was erected in 1863. The market days providing a man with a bow and three arrows to attend

are Thursday and Saturday. Hugh (Audley) Earl of Gloucester when hunting in the

Cattle markets are held the first Thursday in every neighbourhood: it was subsequently held by Lord Audley;

month. Fairs are held on the third Wednesday in June and on the death of his male heir, in the reign of Richard Il. it

the Wednesday after August 25th. reverted to the Crown, "since when," says Risdon, " the

The Assembly Rooms, which occupy the upper story of burgesses have bought the borough, which has a mayor for

the New Market are elegant and spacious, and will hold 400 its chief magistrate."

persons; they are used for concerts, entertainments and The area is 6,253 acres; rateable value, £13,2"}7 ; the

public meetings, for which they are exceedingly well population in 1891 was 3,126.

adapted. · Pansh Clerk, William Chapple.

'fhere is a sawing mill at the Railway station. CLAPPERY MILL (or Clapworthy Mill) is 3 miles south,

The County Police ~tation is at present in North street, partly in this parish and partly in Chittlehampton.

but a new and larger station is about to be erected (1893) The chapel of ease here is a building of stone, consisting

in South street. of nave, south porch and western turret contaming one bell,

The South Molton Municipal charities are under the con-) and has roo sittings ; it is served by the vicar of Chittle-

trol of the Municipal Charity Trustees, and include the hampton.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, PILLAR & WALL LETTER BoxEs, cleared at:- -
Hroad street.-George Henry Huxtable, postmaster. East street, 10.40 a. m. & 5.30 p.m
Letters delivered from London & all parts at 7 a. m. ; New road, 10.40 a. m. 2 & 5·45 pm
from the North of England & Scotland, Southampton & Railway station, 9.20 a.m. & 6.15 p.m
South West at 10 a.m. to callers 9.4oa.m.; London & all South street, 10.20 a. m. 2. TO & 6.25 p.m
parts, 4.40 p.m. to callers 3 p.m.; Barnstaple (day), 4.40 West street, 10.30 a. m. 2.5 & 6.25 p.m
p.m. to callers 4.25 p.m. ; Castle Hill, North Molton &c.
Not cleared on sunday.

7.25 p.m. to callers 6.3op.m. Dispatched to: Barnstaple 1 County Magistrates for South Molton Petty
& Exeter, North & South Devon & Cornwall, B._st) a.m. ;
London & all parts, u a.m. ; Taunton (day), II.1o a.m. ; Sessional Division.

t.Hraar¥n1stasptalem(pd,ay3·)3,.'i2.p2.5mp..)m; .L; oNndoortnh,&3a. 3ll0p. p.m. (with ex- Chairman elected at each sitting.
arts 6.50 p.m. Fortescue Earl D.L. Castle Hill, South Molton

(with extra ~dstamp,7.5 p.m.) Money orders issued from Portsmouth Earl of D.L. Eggesford house, Wembworthy

9 a. m. to 6 p.m. & on saturdays till 8 p.m. Telegraph Ebrington Viscount D.L. Bydown, Barnstaple

office open daily 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; sundays, 8 a. m. to 10 Poltimore Lord P.c., D.L. Court hall, North .Molton

a.m. ~ale of stamps & issue of postal orders from 7 a. m. Bndd Fras. Nonus esq. llatworthy, Gidleigh, Newton Abbot

to 8 p.m. week days; 7 a.m. to 10 a. m. sundays I Bush Dudley John Cdrupbell esq. c.E. Fort ho. South :\lolton

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338 SOUTH MOLTON. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Cutcliffe George esq. Coombe house, Witheridge, Morchard Bailiff & Town Crier, William Bulled, Town hall

Bishop R.S.O Inspectors under the Contagious DiseaSE's (Animals) Act,

Devon Henry Chas. esq. Cruwyshaye, Rackenford, Morchard R. W. Stone & G. Cock

· Bishop R. S. 0 Mace Bearers, William Hawkes & John Bullworthy

Dunning Major Richard Horwood, Lapford, Morchard School Attendance Officer, William Bulled, Town hall

Bishop R.S.O Public Establishments.
Hatherly Narcissus Collins R.N., M.D. 123 East street, South
Assembly Rooms, New market, William Bulled, hall keeper
Mol ton
Hole Rev. Robert B. A.. Rectory, North Tawton, Okehampton Cemetery, Mill st.Frederic Day, East st.clerk to burial board
Johnson John George esq. M.A., D.L. Winkleigh Court, George Brayley, sexton
County Court, Guildhall, His Honor Cecil Hugh W. Bares-
. Winkleigh R.S.O
Matthews Rev. Prebendary John B.A.. Knowstone, South ford B.A. judge ; Frederic Day, registrar & high bailiff
A county court is held bi-monthly. The county court dis-
Molton
Preston-Whyte Robert James esq. Leigh house, Chulmleigh trict includes the following places :-Burrington, Bishops~
Tanner Rev. John Yowler :B.A., D.L. Rectory, Chawleigh, nympton, Charles, Cheldon, Chittlehampton, Chittleham-
holt, Chulmleigh, Creacombe, East Anstey, EastBuckland,
Chulmleigh
Exford, Exmoor, Filleigh, .Georgenympton, Kingsnymp-
Clerk to the Magistrates, Frederic Day, East street
Petty Sessions are held at the Guildhall on fixed mondays ton, Knowstone, Mariansle1gh, Meshaw, Molland, North
Molton, Romansleigh, Rose Ash, Satterleigh, Twitchen,
in each month at II a.m.
The following places are included in the petty sessional Warkleigh, Winsford, Withypoole, West Anstey, West
division :-Anstey East,AnsteyWest, Ashreigney, Bishops- Buckland, Witheridge, Worlington East ·

nympton, Bondleigh, Brushford, Buckland East, Buckland Certified Ba1liffs nnder the Law of Distress Amendment Act,
'Vest, Burrington, Charles, Chawleigh, Cheldon, Chittle- 1888 :-John Blackford, South st.reet; John Abraham
hampton, Cbittlehamholt, Chulmleigh, Coleridge, Crea- Kingdon, 104 East street; & William James Webb,

combe, Eggesford, Filleigh, Georgenympton, Kingsnymp- Barnstaple street, South Molton; Frederick Dobbs, North
ton, Knowstone, Lapford, Mariansleigh,Meshaw, Molland, Molton; Charles John Hannaford, Chulmleigh

North Molton, North Tawton, Nymet Rowland, Racken- County Police Station, North street, Capt. Robert George
ford, Romansleigh, Rose Ash, Satterleigh, Thelbridge,
Baker R. N. superintendent; 1 sergeant &i 3 constables

Twitchen, Warkleigh, Wembworthy, Winkleigh, Withe- Fire Brigade; Engine house, New market; Joseph Davis,
ridge, Worlington East captain; John Key Kingdon, lieutenant, & 16 men

, :Borough Magistrates. Freemasons' Hall, New road, Loyal Lodge of Industry, No.

421 ; A. W. C. Martin, sec

The Mayor & the Ex-Mayor Guildhall, Broad street

Fortescue Earl, Castle Hill, South Molton Inland Revenue Office, James Steel, South st. officer

Ebrington Viscount D.L. Bydown, Barnstaple Public Lending Library, East st. Mrs. Annie Bulled,librarian

Poltimore Lord P.c. Court hall, Jlorth Molton Temperance Hall, New road, Mrs. Ann Berry, caretaker

Bamfylde Hon. Copplestone Richard George Warwick, Court VOLUNTEERS.

hall, North Molton Royal North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry (Hussars) (C or
South Molton squadron), Capt. R. J. Preston- Whyte,
Bush Dudley John Campbell esq. C.E. Fort house, East st squadron commander ; Capt. F. A. Barton, 2nd in com-
Cock John, Woodville
G·alliford John, East street mand ; Staff-Sergt. C. J. Cridland, drill instructor
4th Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment(G Company),
Hatherly Narcissus Collins R.N., III.D. 123 East street
Johnson Edward Wales, Ivy cottage Armoury, East street; Rev. Frederick KingM.A. chaplain,
Kingdon John Abraham, ID.J. East st in command; Peter Lawless, sergt. instructor
Pearce John, East street

Russell Charles Barrett esq. (recorder), The Fields, Epsom, SoUTn MoLTON UNION.

Surrey Board day, every alternate thursday, at u a.m. at the

Sanders James, South street Board room, Workhouse.

Skinner William, North street The union comprises the following parishes, viz. :-Bishops-

Swingburn Richard Henry, Broad street nympton, Burrington, Charles, Cheldon, Chittlehampton,

Widgery John Tucker, Paradise Chittlehamholt, Chulmleigh, Creacombe, East Anstey,

Clerk, Frederic Day, East street Buckland East, Filleigh, Georgenympton or Nympton

Borough Petty Sessions are held at the Guildhall the first St. George, Kingsnympton, Knowstone, l\1ariansleigh,
monday in the month at 10 a. m
Meshaw,Molland, North Molton, Rackenford,Romansleigh,

Corporation. Rose Ash, Satterleigh, South Molton, Twitchen, Wark~

1892•93· leigh, West Anstey, West Buckland, West Worlington,

MAYOR-Albert Edward Shapland esq Witheridge, & Exmoor in the county of Somerset. The

LORD HIGH STEWARD-Lord Poltimore, Court hall, North population of the Union in 1891 was 15,440; area 1430988
acres : rateable value, £101,284
Molton & Poltimore house, Exeter Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee Russell
RECORDER-Charles Barrett Russell esq. Goldsmith build-
Louis Riccard, Churchyard, South Molton '
ings, Temple, London E c
Treasurer, John Mothersdale, National Provincial Ba nkof
IALDERMEN.
England, South Molton
*John Thomas Brown White §John Galliford
11-H.obert William Stone §John Tucker Widgery Relieving Officers, Exmoor district, William Kingdon,

COUNCILLORS. Simonsbath, Exmoor; South Molton district, Edmund

tDudley J. C. Bush tCharles Bridgman Tout Habbage, Albany terrace, South Molton ~ Withe-
tSamuel Widgery
t William :Moor ridge district, Richard Jutsum, South st. South Molton
Vaccination Officers, The Registrars of Births & Deaths
i'Samuel Cole *George Cock
• t.Albert Edward Shapland *Joseph E. Eldridge Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators; Nos. 2, 3 & 5 dis-
*Charles Pearce tricts, Robert Henry Scanes Spicer M. D. North Molton;
!Joseph Davis *John Vernon
Nos. I, 4 & 10 districts, Thomas Sanders F.R.C.s. Eng. East
~John Payne street, South Molton; No. 6 district, Henry Laing Gor-

Marked thus t retire in 1893. don, Witheridge; No. 7 district, Joseph 'fucker, Chulm-
leigh; No. 8 district,Edgar Rastricke Hanson L.R.C.P. Rdin.
Marked thus ! retire in 11!9(. Chulmleigh ; Nos. 9 & 12 districts, Albert Hind, 14 & 15

J.I.Iarked thus • retire in 1895, South street, South Molton; No. II district, John Jame.s

}larked thus § retire in 1898.

Auditors, John S. Hodge & William James Webb. Tate L.R.C.P.Irel. East street, South Molton

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION AND URBAN SANITARY Superintendent Registrar, Russell Louis Riccard, Church-
AUTHORITY.
yard, South Molton ; deputy, William Kiugdon, Laurel

Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority & cottage, South Molton

School Attendance Committee, Russell Louis Riccard, Registrars of Births & Deaths, Exmoor sub-district, William

Churchyard Kingdon, Simonsbath; deputy, Mrs. Mary E. Kingdon,

Treasurers, Thomas Chapple, South street & J. E. Galliford, Simonsbath ; South Molton sub-district, Edmund Tout

National Provincial Bank Babbage, Albany terrace, South Molton; deputy, Mrs.

Clerk of the Peace, Russell Louis Riccard, Churchyard Alice Babbage ; Witheridge sub-district, Richard J utsum,

Coroner, Thomas Sanders F.R.c.s.Eng. South street South street, South :Molton; deputy, Joseph Jutsum,

Medical OfficeL' of Health, Albert Hind, 14 & 15 South street Bishopsnympton

Public Analyst, A. W. Blyth M. D. London Registrar of Marriages, Richard Tepper, 8 Broad st. South

Borough Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances & of Common Molton; deputy, JohnGillard Paige,South st.SouthMolton

Lodging Houses & Collector of Rates, William Charles The Workhouse, New Barnstaplel'oa.d,.is a building of -stone,

Shier, Town hall erected in 1837, at a cost of £4,5oo, & will hold 230

Collector of Rates, Charles Manning, 28 Broad street inmates; the north wing was destroyed by fire in 1892,

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JDIRECTORY.

'but is to be restored this year (1893) & a new infirmary Places of Worship, with times of Services.

added; Rev. Frederick King, chaplain; Thomas Sanders St. Mary Magdalene Church, Rev. Frederick King M.A.

F.R.C.S.Eng. medical officer; John Bines, master; Mrs. vicar; Rev. Richard Knight M.A. curate ; 8 & I0.30 a.m.

Elizabeth Ann Bines, matron; Miss Ellen Babb, school- 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. II a. m. & 7 p.m. ; fri. u a.m

mistress Chapel of Ease, Clapworthy mill, The Vicar of Chittle-

RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. hampton

Meet at the Board room at Union every alternate thursday Baptist, New road; 10.30 a. m. & 6.30 p.m.: wed. 11 a.m
Bible Christian, Rev. James Coles; 2.45 & 6.30 p.m
· after Guardians' meeting.
Clerk, Russell Louis Riccard, ChurchyaTd, South Molton Congregational, Rev. Francis Smith; Io.3o a.m. & 6.30
'Treasurer, Johu Mothersdale, National Provincial B,mk of p.m.; mon. & wed. 7.30 p.m
Plymouth Brethren, South street, I0.30 a. m. & 6.30 p.m
England, South Molton
Medical Officer of Health, Henry Marlin Body, Crediton Primitive Methodist, East street, I0.30 a. m. & 6 30 p.m
Inspector of Nuisances, Wm.SquireGardner,Chittlehampton Wesleyan, Duke street, Rev. Richard Groves & Rev. John
Walker Clarke; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE.
Salvation Army, West street, William Jones, captain

1\:leet at the Board room at 'Union once a month at I2 noon. Schools.
Clerk, Russell Louis Riccard, Churchyard, South Molton
Attendance & Inquiry Officers, Edmund Tout Babbage, The South Molton United Schools (now including the Blue

Albany terrace, South Molton; Richard Jutsum, South Coat & Squiers Schools) are governed by a body of 18
street, South ~lolton ; William Kingdon, Simonsbath members; Joseph Kingdon, secretary & treasurer; the
schools will hold 450 children; average attendance, IS~

Public Officers. boys, IOO girls & 123 infants ; ffenry Lock Passmore,
South street, master ; Miss Sophia Milton, Alexandra
Assistant Overseer, Charles Manning, 28 Broad street
terrac-e, mistress; Mrs. Shave, New road, infants' mistress
Certifying Factory Surgeon, Albert Hind, I4 & IS South st
Railway Station.
Clerk to Corn missioner of Income Tax, Russell Louis Riccard,
John Dodd, station master
Churchyard

Clerk to the Land Tax Commissioners fo!' South Molton Conveyance.

division, John Galliford, I8 East street Omnibus from the George hotel meets all trains for the con-
Clerk to the ~outh Molton Highway Board, Frederic Day, veyance of persons between the station & town only

East st Edwin Cruwys, omnibus also runs between the station & all·
parts of the town to meet all trains
Clerk to the South Molton Municipal Charity Trustees,
William James Webb, Barnstaple street Carriers.

Collector of Land, Inhabited House Duties & Property Taxes,

John Blackford, I South street BARNSTAPLE-Benjamin Hastings, from Cook's cross, tues.

Collector of Poor's Rates, Charles Manning, 28 Broad street & fri

County Coroner for South Molton district, Thomas Sanders KNOWSTONE-John Mildon, Tiverton inn, East street, thurs.

F.Jl-c.s.Eng. 112 East street & sat

Sheriff's Officer, John Blackford, I South street LYNTON-Nicholas Fisher, Barnstaple inn, sat

Sub-Distributor of Stamps. Richard Tepper, Broad street NoRTH MoLTON-John Passmore, 'Ring-o'-Bells,' daily

Superintendent of Police, Capt. Robert George Baker R.N WITHERIDGE-Tidball, George hotel, sat

Surveyor of Highways, Robert Kelland, George hotel WITHYGROVE-Milton, George hotel, sat

[Marked thus eo receive letters through Galliford James Edward, I8 East street Mountjoy William, 7 New road

Filleigh.] Galliford John, I8 East street Pady Tom, 57 South street

PRIVATE Rl!lSIDENTS. Gill Miss, Churchyard Paige Miss, South street

Abbott Charles, Montpelier cottage *Godfery Charles, Shallowford Passmore Henry Lock, 48 South street

Ashton John, Gunsdown villas Groves Rev. Richard (Wesleyan], Wes- Payne John, IO West street

Babbage Miss, r8 Barnstaple street ley house, Duke street Pearce John, 30 East street

Bawden Mrs. 28 South street Hatherly Narcissus Collins R.N., M.D., Pethbridge William, Belgrave

Berry John, 92 East street J.P. I23 East street Pinkham Fredk. Wm. Gunsdown villas

Blackford John, I South street Hill Mrs. IIS East street Powell William, Paradise

Blackford Miss, 8 Barnstaple street Hind Albert, 14 & IS South street Rattenberry Jn. Littlejohns, 42 East st

Brayley Mrs. 77 East street Hitchcock Mrs. 40 South street Richards Daniel, Albany terrace

Brayley William, 5 New road Johnson Edward Wales, Ivy cottage Rossiter Misses, go East street

Brown Samuel, 28 West street Joyce John, Gunsdown villas Sanders James, 23 South street

Buckingham Miss, 69 South street J utsum Frederick, Elm Bank cottage Sanders Thomas, r I2 East street

Bush Dudley John Campbell c.E., J.P. KendleFredericWellesley,Hawthornden Shapland Albert Edward, Church house

Fort house, East street King Rev. Frederick M. A. [vicar & chap- Shier William Charles, 4 Albany ter

ChappleThomas, 63 South street lain of South Molton Workhouse], Skinner William, 3 Sunnyside

Clarke Rev. John Walker [Wesleyan], Vicarage Slader Miss, Paradise

87 East street Kingdon John Abraham, I04 East st Smith Rev. Francis [Congregational)

Clarke Richard, 2 Barnstaple street Kingdon Joseph, 46 West street The Manse, Station road

Cock Arthul' Dunn, Wood\'ille, South st Kingdon William, Laurel cottage Smyth Frederick Loveband, I28 East st

Cock John, Woodville, South street Kingsland Miss, I9 South street Smyth Miss, Fort cottage, East street

Cock Mrs. Montpelier cottage Knight Rev. Rich!'rd M.A. [curate], Snow Misses, Alpha cottage

ColesRev.Jas. (BibleChristiau],4oEast st The Shrubberies Squire William, 39 South street

Cresswell Mrs.. 26 South street Land Miss, South street Swingburn Richard Henry, East street

Crocker George Henry, I East street Lyddon Miss, 9S East street Tanner Lyddon, 30 Broad street

Crosse Mrs. Broad street May William, 47 South street Tate John James, Island house, East et

Crosse Reginald Stawell, IO East street Mellhuish Mrs. I I East street Thomas Misses, Paradise

Cruwys Edwin, 12 East street Merson l''rank, 36 East street Tremeer J oseph, so South street

Cruwys John, South street Merson .Miss, 36 East street White Mrs. 6 Broad street

Day Frederic F. R.G.s. Ellenslea Moor William, 6r South street Wibley Mrs. 87 East street

Dingle Rev. John, Duke street Moore Frank, I Sunnyside Widgery John Tucker, Paradise

Elworthy Mrs. West End villa, West st Mothersdale John, Broad street Widgery Samuel, Paradise

l<'urse Misses, 33 East street

COMM;ERCIAL. Baker Capt. Robert George, supt. of county police, North st

Abbott Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Little Cockerham Baker Thomas, cattle dealer, 99 East street

Adam~ Annie (Miss), dress maker, Cburch street Barwick Thomas, tailor, IO Barnstaple street

Adams Mary Ann (Miss), dress maker, 42 South street Hater & Son, furnishing & general ironmongers, painters,

Aggott Edward, shoe maker, 6o South street plumbers, glaziers, gasfitters & bellhangers, agents for

Alien John, chimney sweeper, 40 West street Eley Bros'. cartridge!!, powder & shot, benzoline & petro.

Anstey Mary (Miss), draper, ~7 Broad street leum oil dealers, 67 & 68 South street

Asbelford Samuel, grocer, 9 Broad street Bater Sarah (Mrs.), laundress, North street

Askew Elizabeth (Mrs.), photographer, 8 East street. tBawden Edith (Mrs.), Star temperance hotel, East street

Assembly Rooms (Wm. Bulled, hall keeper), New ~p.arket Bawden Richd. &.,<TI"icultural implement ma. Star plough wrks

Avery Charles, farmer, Bremridge Benuett Henry, whitesmith, IIO East street

Habbage Edmund Tout, registrar of births & deaths & reliev- Bennett William, rope & bag maker, I6 Mill street

ing & vaccina-tion officer for the Sth.Molton dist.Albany ter Bird George Westcott, agricultural implement ma. East st

Badcock Elizabeth (l\lrs. ), ap•utments, I3 Barnstaple street BirdMatthewJas.wool mer.&emigration agnt.2Alexandra ter

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Bird Thomas, dairyman, I30 East street Fisher Mary Jane (Miss), dress maker, 13 South street.

Bishop William, china dealer, 3 Barnst!iple street Flashman Ann (Mrs.), saddler, 24 Barnstaple s7reet

Blackford & Son, auctioneers, valuers, land agents & sur- Fooks Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, King street

veyors, I South street Fox, Fowler & Co. bankers (George Henry Cracker, marr-

Blackford John (firm, Blackford & Son), assessor of taxes & ager), I East street ; draw on Barclay, Bevan, Tritton,.

sheriff's officer, I South street Ransom, Bouverie & Co. London E c

Blackford Ellen (Mrs.), glass & china dealer, 9 King street Frayne William, farmer, 2 West street

Blake John, veterinary surgeon, 38 South street Freemasons' Hall (Loyal Lodge of Industry, No. 42; A. W ~

Bowden & Co. biscuit baker, 3 Cook's cross C. Martin, sec.), New road

Bowden Elizabeth (Mrs.), milliner, 17 South street Frost Shad, teacher of music & organist of parish church,

Bowden John, butcher, 23 Barnstaple street Gunsdown villas

Bowden John, plumber & decorator, 14 Broad street Galliford John, clerk to Land Tax Commissioners of South,

Bowden William, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Cook's corner Molton division, I8 East street

Bowden William, jun. baker, 65 South street Gard Alfred, King's Arms P.H. King street

Bowen George, baker, 25 East st.reet Gas Works (William Oram, lessee), Parsonage lane

:Brayley George, sexton, Cemetery lodge Gebbett James A. K. saddler, Jubilee house, East street

Brewer & Son, coach builders, ro2 & 103 East street Gillard William, farmer, Lordsdown

Bridgman Charles, fellmonger, Cook's cross Gratton John, blacksmith, Hill

Brooks Henry Dennis, mineral water maker, I North road Gratton Mary Ann (Miss), dress maker, Church street

Brown Samuel, private school, East street Gulley George William, butcher & horse trainer, I6 South st:.

Buckingham Mary (Mrs.), farmer, North Aller & Clatworthy Hale W. H. manure stores

Bulled James, basket maker, u6 East street Hammett Alfred James, s<1ddler, 8 Broad street

Bulled Susan (Mrs.), grocer & china dealer, East street Hammond Frederick Samuel, watch maker, 7 East street.

Bulled William, bailiff & town crier & school attendance ,Hancock John, farmer, Middle Blackpool

officer, Town hall· Harris Charles Frederick, 'fiverton inn, East street •

Bullworthy John, saddler, & mace bearer to the Corporation, Harris J sph. Bastable,chemist & wine & spirit mer. I8Broad st

19 East street Harris William, machine agent, 37 South street

*Burgess John, tailor, Stag's head Haskings Benjamin, carrier, Cook's cross

Burgess William Cole, hair dresser & tobacconist, 4 Broad st Hawkes William, mace bearer to the corporation, 9I East st

Cemetery (Frederic Day, clerk to burial board), 1.\'Iill street Hearn Charles, farrier, I3 West street

Chant Robert, wine & spirit merchant, 21 Broad street Hill John, draper, 71, 72 & 73 South street

Chapple Thomas, agent to the Devon & Exeter Savings Bank Hill John, farmer, South Aller

& borough treasurer, Churchyard Hill Lewis William, Anchor inn, 66 South street

·Cbapple William, parish clerk, Sunnyside Hind Albert, surgeon, & medical officer of health urban sani-

Church of England Temperance Society (Henry Lock Pass- tary district, certifying factory surgeon & medical officer

more, hon. sec.), Temperance hall, New road & public vaccinator to No. 9 & HI districts, South Molton

Clarke Charles, watch maker & jeweller, 29 Broad street union, & High Bray district, Barnstaple union, 14 & 15.

Clarke Ineta (Mrs.), girls' school, Duke street South street

Clarke Robert Frederick, boat & shoe maker, East street Hodge & Cole, milliners & dress makers, ro Broad street

Clarke Widgery, boys' school, Duke street Hodge Geor~e, baker, 129 East street

Clarke William, farmer & baker, 2 Barnstaple street Hodge John Samuel, draper & tailor, 24 & 25 Broad street

Cobley John, tinman & plumber, Duke street Holman James, baker, 49 West street

Cock Arthur Dunn, timber & coal merchant & agent for Holmes Heber, saddler, 6 South street

the Royal Exchange Insurance Co. Hacche saw mills Howard Thomas, butcher, r2o East street •
Cock George, farmer, 12 South street Howe William Nott, tailor, 8 East street

Cockram William Thomas. refreshment rooms. 2 South st Hulland Thomas Giles, draper, 2 East street

Cole Damaris (Mrs.), dress maker, see Hodge & Cole Huxtable George Henry, postmaster, Post office, Broad st

Cole Richard, tailor, 2 King street Huxtable William, baker, II Barnstaple street

Cole Samuel, farmer, Ford down Huxtable William, tailor, 54 South street

Cole Samuel, farmer, Higher Blackpool Joyce John, farmer, 25 South street

Collacott Sarah (Mrs.), private school, New road Jutsum Richard, relieving & vaccination officer & registrar-

Comins James, ironmonger, 75 South street of births & deaths for Witheridge sub-district, Sout))

Cotty John, carpenter, 52 South street Molton union, r8 South street

Cresswell Sackville Bawden, solicitor, South street Kelland Robert, surveyor of highways, George hotel, Broad st

Crocker George Henry, manager of Fox, Fowler & Co.'s Kelland Sylvanus P. George private, family & commercial

Bank, 1 East street hotel; ladies' & gentlemen's hacks & hunters always on

Crocombe John, cooper & greengrocer, 26 Barnstaple street hire ; good stabling, loose boxes or lock-up coach houses ;.
posting in all its branches ; good fishing free, Broad street
Crosse Reginald Stawell, solicitor, East street
Kemp John Amos, butcher, 22 East street •
Crudge John, boot maker, 28 East street
Kendle Frederic Wellesley, surgeon, Hawthornden
Cruwys Charles, mason, 3 West street
Cruwys Edwin, grocer & wholesale pork dealer, I2I East Ki'ngdon A. & Son, grocers, 26 Broad street

street; & livery stables, South street; hearses, mourning Kingdon Henry, hair dresser & tobacconist, 124 East street.

coaches, wedding & other carriages, also saddle horses Kingdon Henry, ironmonger, 13I East street

on hire Kingdon James, grocer, 27 East street

Cruwys Mary (Mrs.), butter dealer, I West street Kingdon John Abraham, accountant, I04 East street

Dauncey Sarah Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, 3 New road Kingdon John Keys, cabinet maker, u Duke stree\

Davey Thomas, butcher, & Golden Lion P.H. South street Kingdon Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 34 East street

Day Frederic F.R.G.s. solicitor, perpetual commissioner & Kingdon Wm. deputy superintendent registrar, Laurel cot

commissioner for oaths, clerk to borough magistrates, Kingdon William, baker & woolstapler, 53 South street

county magistrates South Molton division, burial board, Knill William, boot & shoe maker, 70 South street

registrar & acting high bailiff of county court & clerk to Lawless Peter, sergeant-instructor G Co. 4th V.B. Devon-

the South Molton highway board, East street shire Regiment, The Armoury, East street

Dayment John Edward, blacksmith, North road Lethbridge Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer, 10 South street

Delbridge John, umbrella maker, I05 East street Lethbridge William, marine store dealer, II Mill street

Dense-m Emma (Mrs.), farmer, Townhouse Lewis & Sons, furniture dealers, 25 Barnstaple street

Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Limited (branch) (Fredk. Lock John, shoe maker, 88 East street

Loveland Smyth, manager), 128 East street; draw on Lyddon John, pianoforte tuner, 93 East street

Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie & Co. Lon- Lyddon William, musical instrument dealer, 97 East street

don E c Manning Charles, grocer, china dealer, collector of poor's

Devon & Exeter Savings Bank (branch of) (Thomas Chapple, rates & assistant overseer, 28 Broad street

agent), Church yard Manning Eliz'lbeth (Mrs.), farmer, Neelstown

Dewdney William, confectioner & tea dealer, 4 South street Mare George, shopkeeper, 14 East street

Dennis William, Railway inn, ~orth street Martin Arthur Waiter Cross, ironmonger, 23 Broad street

Dockings & Sons, blacksmiths & machinists, Clappery mill Mason Mary Ann (Mrs.), laundress, 6 .Barnstaple street

Down John, painter &c. 1 Alexandra terrace Maunder Daniel, farmer, Great Frenchstone

Drake Elizabeth Ann (Miss), shopkeeper, 21 Barnstaple st Merson :Frank, dentist, 36 East street

Eldridge Jsph. Edwin, grocer & wine & spirit dlr. 6 Queen st Moor & Son, coach builders, 56 & 58 Sout.h street

Elworthy Cha.rles Morris, farmer, East Stone Moore Sarah (Mrs.), Rose & Crown P.H. 8 South street

Elworthy William, farmer, Honiton Barton Mothersdale John, manager of the National Provincial Bank

Evans Samuel, shopkeeper, 46 South street & treas. to the union & rural sanitary authority, Broad st

J<'arley Thomas, 1ir~en & woollPn draper, 20 Broad street Mountjoy George Huxtable, draper, 31 Broad street

Fewings Ju. poulterer, see Trick & Fewings, & frmr. East st ~Iountjoy William, woolstapler &c. see Sanders & Mountjny

JDIRECTORY. DEVONSHIRE. SOUTH MOLTOY. 3!1·

Xational Provincial Bank of England Limited (branch) (Jn. Snell James, boot & shoe maker, Io King street

Mothersda.le, manager), Broa1 street; draw on haad South Molton Agricultural Association (John Blackford,

office, n2 Bishopsgat.e within, London E c sec.), I South street

Norton Charlotte (Mrs.), greengrocer, Cook's cross South Molton Constitutions! Club (William Kingdon, sec.),

N ott John, farmer, Cockerh3.m Church street

Nunn Emily (Miss), dress maker, 3r West street South Molton Freehold Land Society (Charles Manning,

Nutt Elizabeth G. (Miss), dress maker, r2 Duke street sec.), 28 Broad street

Oram William, grocer & wiM & spirit dealer, 3 & 4 King st South Molton Shirt & Collar Manufacturing Co. Limited

Paige John Gillard, chemist & druggist, & deputy registrar (Richard Slaymaker, manager)

·Of marriages, 76 South street South Molton United Schools (Henry Lock Passmore, mas-

Passmore Clara & Lottie (Misses), ladies' schl. Bunstaple st ter; Joseph Kittgdon, sec. & treasurer), North street

'Patey Henry Randall, dairyman, 33 South straet Soutbcomb John, dairyman, Whitehall

'Pearce Charles, tanner & currier, East street Stediford William, tailor & draper, 125 East street

Peardou Thirza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, West street Steel James, inland revenue officer, South street

Perry Cllarles, Unicorn hotel, Queen street Stone Robert Willi .m, Ring of Bells P.H. 3 Duke street

Phillips Amanda Hanuah (Mrs.), ironmonger & fancy Stoneman Thomas, farmer, South Ford

dealer, 7 King street Swingburn Richard Henry, pharmaceutical chemist, & agent

Phillips John, farmer, Coombe farm for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants, Broad street

Phillips John, cabinet maker & upholsterer, 7 King street Symons John Chown, dairyman, Church street

Poole George, printer & stationer, Broad street & King st Tall & Son, bakers &c. 126 & I27 East street

Public Lending Library (Mrs. Annie Hulled, librarian), Tanner Lyddon, grocer, 30 Broad street

East street Tate John James L.R.C.P.u·el. (firm, SJ.nders & Tate), sur-

~athbone Elizabeth (Mrs.), private school, IOSJ East street geon, & med1cal officer & public vaccinator No. I I district,

B,awle John, farmer, Great Hele South Molton union, Island house, East street

Reed John, farmer, Furze bray Temperance Hall (Mrs. Ann Berry, carataker), New road

Riccard & Son, solicitors, Church yard Tepper Richard, registrar of muriages fur South Molton

Riccard Russell Louis (firm, Riccard & Son), solicitor, town union, & sub-distributor of stamps, 8 Broad street

..clerk, clerk of the peace, to the guardians, the urban & Thomas George, farmer, Rock farm

rural sanitary authorities, the assessment & school attend- Thomas William, mason, Duke street

ance committees of the union & income tax eommissioners, 'fhorne Garabaldi, grocer, 31 South street

& superintendent registrar, Church yard Trawin John, ironmonger, n8 East street

Richards Ann (Mrs.), tea a~ent, 43 South street 'rrawin William Frederick, builder & shopkeeper, 44 East st

Rivers Waiter, outfitter, 5 Broad street Trick & Fewings, poulterers, II Broad street

Rowcliffe George John, butcher, Barnstaple street Tucker A. R. & Son, printers & stationers, Hroad street

Royal North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry (Hussars) (C or Tucker & Son, chimney sweepers, 12 Mill street

South Molton squadron) (Capt. R. J. Preston-"Whyte, Tucker Edward Collard, emigration a~nt, I2 Broad street

'Squadron commander ; Capt. Barton, 2nd in command ; Tucker Lily C. (Miss), dress maker, Cook's cross

Staff-Sergeant C. J. Cridland, drill instructor) Tucker Thomas, farmer, Ley

Rudall Ed ward, assist. insurance superintendent, 62 South st Vanstone William James, baker, 6 Cook's cross

Rumbelow Mary Augusta (Miss), New inn, South street Venner John, china & glass dealer, East street

Russell William, Red Lion P.H. Barnstaple street Vernon John, butcher, I3 Broad street

Sanders & Mountjoy, woolstaplers & general mers. South st Veysey William, dairyman, 65 East street

Sanders & Son, builders & contrac~ors, New road Vicary Thomas Henry, corn, seed & manure merchant, I4

Sanders & Tate, surgeons, East street Barnstaple street

Sanders Thomas F.R.c.s.Eng. (tirm, Sanders & Tate), sur- Vickery William, Barnstaple inn, Barnstaple street

geon, county coroner for South Molton district & medical Volunteer Battalion (4th) Devonshire Regiment (G Co.)

officer & public vaccinator, No~. I, 4 & IO districts, South (Rev. Frederick King lii.A. chaplain, in command; Peter

Molton union, & med. officer of the workhouse, II2 East st Lawless, sergt.-instructor), Armoury, East street

Searle George, blacksmith, South street Warren William, haulier, 17 Cook's cross

*Searle George, farmer & thatcher, Shallowford Webb Wm.James, accountant., & clerk to the South Molton

*Searle Samuel, thatcher, Shallowford municipal charity trustees, & clerk & school attendance

Selley Ann (Mrs.), poulterer, 36 South street officer to the Romansleigh & Mariansleigh united district

Shapland J. T. & Son, solicitors, North street school board, Barnstaple street

Shapland Albert Edward (firm, Shapland J. T. & Son), soli- Webber Frederick, farmer, Snurridge

dtor, perpetual commissioner, commissioner for taking Webber Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Kingsland

affidavits in the court of the vice-warden of the Stannarie'3 Webber John Gallaford, Hare & Hounds P.H. East street

of Cornwall & Devon, & district conservative registration WebberRichard, Town Arm,; P.H. I22 East street

agent ; offices, North street Western Samuel, Red Cow P. H. & carpenter, East street

Shapland George, farmer, Little Frenchstone White John Thomas Brown, draper & tailor, 7 & 8 Broad 3~

Shapland Joseph, carpenter & dairyman, 34 South street Whitefield Emma (Miss), greengrocer & florist, Catseaseco!;

Shier William Charles, borou6h surveyor & impector of Widgery Elizabeth (Miss), dress & stav rm. Barnstaple st

nuisances & of common lodging houses & rate collector, Widgery Samuel, cabinet mak.er, 22 Broad street

Town hall Williams William & Son, coal, corn &c. dealers, so Westst

• Singer Manufacturing Co. (Jas. Buqhen, agt.), 64 South st Williams Charles, grocer, 19 Broad street

Skinner Alexander, hrmer, East l<'ord Williams William, shoe maker, 100 East street

Skinner John, farmer, South hill Winnifrith Rev. Alfred :&I.A. collegiate school

Skinner William, farmer, Nedder lane Wood Henry John, colt breaker & horse trainer, Mill street

'Slader Charles, farmer, Hacche Barton Woolaway Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 29 Barnstaple street

fHader William, Tinto hotel, Station road Working Men's Reading Room (John Bowden, hon. sec.),

Smith James, da.iryman, II3 East street Broad street

Smith John, butcher, Io8 East street Young Men's Christian Association (James H. Sanders, hon.

'Smyth Frederick Loveband, manager of the Devon & Corn- sec.), East street

wall Bank, I28 East street

MONKLEIGH is a parish and village on the high road to 1422: in the north wall of the chancel is a brass effigy of

from Bideford to Holsworthy, 2 miles north-west from a man in armour kneeling, formerly placed on a high tomb,

Torrington terminal station of a branch or the London and now removed, and commemorating James Coffin esq. ob.

South Western railway, 4 south from Bideford, in the North Dec. I5, I566: on a flat stone in the soutb aisle is a brass

Western division of the county, Shehbear hundred, Bideford scroll, held by two angels, with inscription to Jas. Seyntleger

petty sessional division, union and county court district, esq. ob. Feb. 8, 1509, and below a shield with St. Ledger

rural deanery of Hartland, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and impaling Boteler: some of the windows are stained: the

-diocese of Exeter. The church of St. George is an ancient Annery aisle also contains some finely-carved bench ends and

building of stone of Perpendicular character, restored in portions of work of the sixteenth century, displaying

.:r862, and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch the arms of St. Ledger, Butler Rocb.ford, Hankford, Staple-

and an embattled western tower 70 feet in hei6ht, eontaining don, Knyvett, Clifton and other families, as well as the

16 bells, dated (2) I7II; tenor, I734; (I) 1771; and (4) I833; emblems of the Passion and various heraldic badJres: in the

the third is inscribed in Old English characters:-" Misteriis north or Venton aisle is a monument of marble, with effigies

sacris repleat nos d'ca Johannis;" weight of tenor 9 cwt. : incised on slate of a man and his two wives kneeling facing

in the Annery (or south) aisle is a canopied alter-tomb with each other at a desk, and behind them 6 children, and below

a cusped arch and rich cornice ; the upper slab bear" an inscription to Henry Harding esq. of Long Breedy,

matrices of brasses supposed to commemorate Sir William Dorset, bur. l•'eb. 28, I627, Gertrude (Bamfylde) his first

Ha111dord LB. Chief Justice of the King's Bench from I414 wife, and Eliza (Snowe) his second wife: here also is a

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342 MONK:LEIGH. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY'S

memorial, with incised figures, to Jane (Coffyn) wife of any one who shonld not reply when accosted. Petticombe

Hugh Prust, gent. and her infant, ob. 1646 : near this is a is the seat of Capt. J. Saltren-Willett ; Beaconside is the

monument with demi-effigies to William Gaye, of Hedd, ob. residence of Mrs. Crichton. Mrs. Pine-Coffin, of Porlledge,.

x65x, and Elizabeth (Coffyn) his wife: there are 200 sittings: who is lady of the manor, Captain John Saltren-Wi1let.t and

in the churchyard are memorials to Rowland Denis, ob. r685, Mrs. Somes are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey;

and Richard Dennis, ob. 1783. The register of baptisms subsoil, clay. The chief crops are cereals. The area is.

dates from the year 1567; marriages and burials, 1548. 21 177 acres; rateable value, £2,032; the population in 189~
The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £123, was 429.

net yearly value £1571 including 52 acres of glebe, with Sexton, James Eastman.

residence, in the gift of the present vicar, and held since PosT OFFICE.-Thomas Youatt, sub-postmaster. Letters:

1888 by the Rev. William Saltren-Willett M.A. of Oriel through Torrington, which is the nearest telegraph &.

College, Oxford. There is a Wesleyan and Bible Christian money order office, arrive at S.so a. m. ; dispatched at 4.30.

chapel. Annery House, the seat of Mrs. Somes, stands in p.m. week days only. Postal orders are issued here, but.
a finely undulating park, richly timbered, and forms a not paid

striking object from the road leading from Bideford to ·
Torrington : it was formerly the residence of Chief Justice WALL LETTER Box, Annery, cleared at 4· 15 p. m. week days.

Hankford, whose death (Dec. 20, 1422) is said to have been only
caused by his own gamekeeper, whom he had disturbed on Parochial School (mixed), built in 1875, for 100 children;:
a dark night, after issuing strict injunctions to him to shoot average attendance, 54; Mrs. Mary Elizh. Small, mistress.

Cooper Miss, Down Chapple William, farmer, Ley Huxtable James, farmer, Knowle

Crichton Mrs. Beaconside Clarke Silas, gardener to Mrs. Somes Newcombe Tbos. farmer, West Annery

Saltren-Willett Capt. John, Petticombe Cooper John Groves, farmer PartridgeEdwd.farmer &auctionr. land

Saltren-Willett Rev. Wm. M.A. Vicarage j Dennis John, blacksmith agent &survyr. agricultural &genera}.

Saltren-Willett Mrs. Charles, Chantry Ellis Lewis, carpenter & shopkeeper, valuer, Annery Barton; & at Bideford

Somes Mrs. Anneryhouse & Bell inn Phillips Henry, farmer, The Barton

COMMERCIAL. Grigg Geo. carpntr. &rate & tax collectr Phillips John, farmer, Orchard

Asbplant John, shoe maker Grigg John, jun. farmer, Lewisham Tucker Edwin, blacksmith

Ashplant John, jun. shoe maker Grigg John, farmer, Venton Westaway Richard, farm bailiff tOo

Bond John, farmer, Town farm Hearn John, miller (water) &farmer Capt. John Saltren-Willett

Boundy Asa, farmer & water miller Hill Thomas, butcher Youatt John, wheelwright & smith

.MONKOKEHAMPTON is a parish and pleasant v1l- in memory of his children. The register dates from the-

lage to the east of the river Okement, and 9 miles south- year 1653. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-
west from Eggesford station on the North Devon branch of charge £96, net yearly value, £130, with residence and 43!
the London and South Western railway, 3 east-by-north acres of glebe, in the gift of the Earl of Iddesleigh, and bel<i
from Hatherleigh and 8 north from Okehampton, in the since 1889 by the Rev. Sir Edward Harry Dutton Colt bart.

Western division ef the county, Black Torrington hundred, M.A. of Merton College, Oxford. The charities a:re of £g.

Hatherleigh petty sessional division, Okehampton nnion and yearly value. Churchstile belC\ngs to Mrs. J. Risdon ;:
county court district, rural deanery of Okehampton, arch- Fursdon, to Mr. Tristram Vanstone, jun. ; Stafford Beer,.
deaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. The church of to Mr. W. Risdon. John Smyth Smyth-Osbourne esq. J.P. of
All Saints is an edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, Ash, Iddesleigh, is lord of the manor. · Ernest Joseph Old-
consisting of chancel, nave, vestry, south porch, and an em- ham esq. B.A., J.P. of Strawbridge, Hatherleigh; Miss Os-
batt,Je western tower with pinnacles containing 4 bells: in boorne, of Holme Down ; Mr. William Hill ; B. C. Cleave esq.
the church is a memorial to Mr. Robert Rolle d. 1735 : the of Crediton; and Mrs. J:-~.mes Risdon are the chief landowners.
east window, shown in the Great Exhibition C\f r851, was The soil is dun land; the subsoil is clay. The chief crops.
presented by the late Earl of Iddesleigh, and there are are wheat, barley and oats. The acreage is z,r54; rate-
several others, including a memorial window to Mrs. Ruse, able value, £1,072; the population in 1891 was 201.

wife of a former rector, and one presented by Dr. Merriman, Letters received through Winkleigh R.S.O. arrive at 7.30
head master of Surrey County School, Cranley, near Guild- a. m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at.

ford, in memory of William Northcote, nephew of the late Hatherleigh. WALL LETTER Box cleared at 5.2 op.m. in
Earl of Iddesleigh: the oak reredos was presented by the summer, 4.20 in winter, week days only
first Earl of Iddesleigh in memory of his brother, the Rev. Devon Constabulary, William .Albert Rabley, constable
Moubray Northcote, a former rector: with the exception of
the tower the whole church was rebuilt in 1855: there are National School (mixed), built about 1840 at a cost of£r2o,.

120 sittings. The churchyard is entered by a handsome & improved in 1890 at a cost of £so, for 6o children; aver-

lych-gate, erected in r863 by the Rev. Moubray Northcote age attendance, 35; Mrs. Jane Davies, mistress

[Marked thus • receive their lette:s Buckingham Ann(Mrs.) &Son,shoe mas Sampson H"nry, road contractor,.

through Exbourne R.S.O.) Ellacott Thomas, farmer, Beare Borough cottage

Colt Rev. Sir Edward Harry Dutton Jones John, Swan P.H Shobbrook William Cornelius Paddon,.

bart M.A. Rectory . Lake John, carpenter . farmer, Monkleigh

*Osbourne Miss, Holme Down Lock John, carpenter *Smale Robert, farmer, Easterbrook

Risdon Mrs. James, Churchstile Lock Joseph, farmer, East Lake Vanstone John, blacksmith

Tucker William, Hillside villa Parish Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Bude *Vanstone Tristam, jun. yeoman,.

COMMERCIAL. Reading Room (Rev. Sir E. H. D. Colt Fursdon

Alford John, farmer, West Lake bart. M.A. hon. sec) Ward John, miller twater)

Buchanan John, shopkeeper Risdon William, yeoman, Churchstile Westaway John, farmer, Wood Barton

MONKTON is a small picturesque village and parish charge £45, net yearly value about £18o, in the giit of the

-on the south bank of the river Otter, and on the high road Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and held since r869 by the

from Honiton to Taunton, 2 miles north-east from Honiton Rev. Henry Knott Venu M.A. of St. Peter's College, Cam-

station on the main line of the London and South Western bridge, and surrogate, who resides at Honiton. The Misses.

railway, 18 east from Exeter and r6 south from Taunton, Outhwaite, of Court Hall, and of Rougemont, Exeter, who-

in the Eastern division of the county, Colyton hundred, are ladies of the manor, and Earl Compton M.P. are the land-

.Honiton petty sessional division, union and county court owners. The soil is clayey; the subsoil is marly. The chiei

district, rural deanery of Dunkeswell and Honiton and crops are wheat, oats and turnips. The acreage is 1,233;

archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. rateable value, £rt47I; the population in 1891 was 129.

Mary M~gdalene,_ excepting the tower, was enti.rely rebuilt Sexton William Bright.
of stone m r862, m the Norman style, and cons1sts of chan- '
eel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower, con- Letters through H?niton, the nearest money order & tele-

taining 6 bells, three of which were cast in 1868: all the graph office, arr1ve at 6.30 a. m

windows are stained: there are 130 sittings. The register WALL LETTER Box cleared at 7 p.m. week days only
of baptisms dates from the year 1737; marriages, 1742; School (mixed), for 200 children; average attendance, 27 ;.
burials, 1741. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent- Miss Jessie Oliver, mistress

COMMERCIAL. Dare Mary Ami (Mrs.), farmer, Monk- Newbery Josepb, gamekeeper to the

ton farm Misses Outhwaite

Batten Samuel, farmer, .Aplins Dare Thomas, farmer, Bull Pavey Jas. & Saml. farmers, Northcott.

Cook Thomas, blacksmith Ellls Henry, farmer, Hedgend Strawbridge George, wheelwright

CreberWalterFredk. farmer,Whitehorn Griffin John, farmer, Pug's farm Warren John, farmer, Tovehayne

Dare Jacob, farmer, North wood Griffin Thomas, farmer, Holmsleigh __

MORCHARD BISHOP is a Jarge 'parish and village ~east from the Morchard Road station on the North Denm
'Oil the old ;ro~d from Exeter to Barnstaple, 2~ miles north- I branch of the London and Sou~h Western railway~7south-

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. MOREBATH. 343

east from Chulmleigh, 7 north-west from Crediton, 15 north- Bowerthy in Lapford and of Rudge. A fair is held on tha
west from Exeter, 13 west-by-south from Tiverton, in the first Monday after the 9th September, ye,u·ly, for cattle.
Northern division of the county, Crediton hundred, petty Beech Hill is the pleasant residence of Charles Comyns
sessional didsion, union and county court district, rural Tucker esq. Barton House, half a mile north-east, a hand-
deanery of Cadbury and archdeaconry and diocese of some modern residence, is occupied by .Henry Sullivan

Exeter. The church of St. Mary is an ancient building of Thomas esq. Miss Churchill, of Drayton, Torquay, who is
stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, lady of Barton Manor, the Rev. William Tucker Arundel
aisles, south porch, and an embattled western tower with Radford B. A. rector of Downe St. Mary,' who owns Easton,
pinnacles containing 6 bells: in the south aisle are two Frank Saunder esq. who owns Rudge, long the residence of

mutilated recumbent effigies in freestone of a civilian and the Quickes until 183o, Charles Mortimer esq. the owner of
his wife of the sixteenth century, assumed to represent John Ash, Knightstone and Birchenbeer, and the Messrs. Leach are
Eyston, of Eyston, or Eastou in this parish, and Margaret the chief landowners. The soil is loam and clay, and the
(Arundel) his wife: there is also a monument, with arms, subsoil is clay and shale. The chief crops are wheat and
to Gabriel Greene gent. ob. Nov. 2, r685, and Dorothy his barley. The area is 7,015 acres; rateable value, £7,337:
wife, ob. 10 April, 166o: the church in 1889 underwent the population in 1891 was 1,xo2.
restoration, and now affords 260 si.ttings. The register Parish Clerk, Thomas Zeal.
dates from the year 166o. The living is a rectory, aver- PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., ~. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office

age tithe rent-charge£sss, net yearly value £778, including (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. ~orth

76 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the B.e¥. R. Devon added)..:_Edward 'folley, postmaster. Letters
Hartholomew M.A. and held since x884 by the Rev. John from all parts arrive per railway at 4·33 a.m. & 3 p.m. ;
Chanter Blackmore, of University College, Durham. Here dispatched at 10.30 a.m. & 8,40 P·ll\
are Congregational and Bible Christian chapels. There Church Schools (mixed & infants), erected in 1872, for 250
are charities of £6o yearly value ; and in addition one of children ; average attendance, 180; Thomas Zeal, master;

£10 a year, left in 1733 by Mrs. Thomasine Tucker, to Mrs. Catherine Zeal, mrstress
educate and clothe eight girls and boys. A small charity CARRIERS TO ExETER.-John Coneybeer, William Leach &
payable out of the Rudge estate was revived in 1887 by Mathew Wreford, on fri. returning same day; to Railway
William Henry Ke11and esq. as a memorial to his mother, station, Morchard Road, John Howe
the maternal granddaughter of the late P. Kelland, of Morchard Road RailwayStation, Amos Tolley, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Drew William, carpenter Phillips John, grocer, draper & general

Barton George Alexander Heaton Ellis Edward, farmer, Lower Venn I supply stores, glass & china merchant,

Blackmore Rev. John Chanter, Rectory Elston Anna. (Miss), point lace maker agent for C. Gartou & Co.'s Prize

Bonsall Rev. Isaac [curate in charge] Elworthy Hugh, butcher Medal Ales
Rectory Ford Geo. draper & grocer, The Green , Phillips Fred, farmer, Brownstone

Bowden Mrs. Middle Leigh Grant Robt. farmer & butcher, OldBoro' Pope Charles, farmer, Knathorn
Hall Sc~.muel, farmer, East Ash
Edwards William Pope Wm. tinman, plumber & glazier

Hall Miss?s, Cricket cottage Hall William, farmer, Bishopleigh I Pope William, yeoman, Ashmoor

Maunder Samuel, Ash Hammacott William, farmer & miller Pugsley Mark, watch & clock maker

Morris Mrs. White's cottage (water), Wigham Pullman J ulia (Mrs.), farmer, Rolestone

Mortimer Charles, Broadgate Haydon George, farmer B::uton

Rice Frederick, The Green Heard Hy. dairyman,Higher Middlecott Reed George (Mrs.), farmer, Week

Thomas Henry Sullivan, Barton house Hedgeland William, wire worker & Reed William, draper

Tucker Charles Comyns, Beech hill machinist HiceFrancis,agricultural implement ma
Horwell William, farmer Rice George, agricultural implement

COMMERCIAL. Howe John, carrier to the station, maker, Frost

Andrews William, carrier Church street Rice Simon, farmer, North Wood

Barton George Alexander Heaton, sur- James Frank, thatcher Saunder :Frank, yeoman, Rudge Barton

geon, & medical officer & public vac- Kelland Wm. Hy. farmer, Middlecott Sm1th Thomas, blacksmith

cinator for Morchard .Bishop district, Kingdon Charles, farmet", Rudge Rew Southcott Robert, grocer & ironmonger

Crediton union Kingdon Frederick, yeoman, Upco~t Southcott William, tailor

Bennett Alfred, shopkeeper KingdonJohn Comins, The Fountain P.H Steer John, wheelwright

Bennett Thomas, farmer, Wood Barton Leach Richarrl Lee, yeoma.q, Woodg~te Tolley Edwd. gro. & draper, Post office

Brownson John, boot maker Leach William, farmer & 'landowner, Tuck John, mason

Burrows George, tailor Middle Week Tucker John, farmer, Broadridge

Burrows John, London Commercial inn LeachWm.assistantoverseer, Woodgate 'fucker Henry, farmer, Stone ash

Cann Edwin, farmer, Mare Leach \Villiam, carrier Tucker Robert, farmer, Leigh

Cann George, farmer, Knightstone Leach William, farmer, Ingodown Tucker Thomas, farmer, Slade

Cann Hobert, farmer & carrier Leach Wm. Henry, yeoman, Sonthcott Tucker Thomas, yeoman, Leigh

Cole Wm. miller (water), Bugford mill Lewis William, dairyman, Lower Week Tucker Waiter, farmer, Lane end

Coneybeer Hy. baker & boot & shoe ma Mare Grace (Miss), b~rlin wool dealer Way James, baker & boot maker

Coneybeer .Hobert, farmer & carrier Mathews George, farmer, Paradise Webber Arunder, blacksmith

Coneybeer Thomas, saddler Maunder Frederick, farmer, Hill Wellacott William, relieving officer, &

Cousins Henry, farmer, Oxon park Morris George, farmer, Easton·Harton registrar of births,deaths &marriages

Dadd William, farmer, Chillingford Mortimer Charles, yeoman, Broadgate for Morchard Bishop district of Credi-

Dave:}T William, timber haulier &c Olding John, farmer, Tatepath ton union

Delve Robert, mason Pack William, farmer, Brownstone Woolland Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Moore

Drew Richard, carpenter Passmore Samuel, timber haulier & WrefordFanny(Mrs.),farmr.Middlecott

Drew Robt. agricultural implement ma road contractor, Frost Wreford John, confectioner

MOREBATH is a small village and parish on the since r889 by the Rev. John Erskine Binney M.A. of Erase-

Somersetshire border, with a station on the Devon and nose College, Oxford, and rural dean of Tiverton West. A

Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, r8o~ miles sum of £45, arising from land in the parish, left by an

from London, 2 miles north from Hampton and 9 north anonymous benefactor, is given to resident labourers; a

from Tiverton, in the North Eastern di¥ision of the county, school and almshouses were founded and endowed in 1688

Bampton hundred, Cullompton petty sessional division, Dnl- by John Brooke, with £ xoo for building, £4 annually for re-

verton union, Tiverton county court district, rural deanery pairs, £ro yearly for schoolmaster and 12s. per month for

of West Tiverton and archdeaconry and rliocese of Exeter. 2 poor persons : the ahnshonses were removed to an adjacent

The church of St. Geurge is a plain building of stone in the site in 1876. Morebath House is the residence of Charles D.

Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consist- Harrod esq. who is lord of the manor. Timewell House, an

ing of chancel, with organ chamber and vestry on the north ancient mansion, mentioned in the church records of the

side, nave of five bays, north aisle, south porch and a 14th century, commands very extensive views southwards,

western tower with gable roof and containing 5 bells: there extending to the .Blackdown hills and the Wellington monu-

are several monuments to the Bere and Sayer families: the menli, and is the residence of Arthur T. E. Jervoise esq.

church was restored in 1874-5 at a cost of nearly £2,500: the Ea&t Timewell Cottage is the residence of Colonel Rcbert

east window is a memorial to MontagueBaker Bere, d. 1858l Thatcher. The soil is chyey; subsoil, clay, gravel and

and in the aisle is a memorial window to the Rev. Richard rock. The chief crop$ are wheat and barley, with extensive

Bere LL.B. 48 y~rs rector of Skilgate, d. 1865; a stained grass lands. The area is 3,449 acres ; rateable value,

west window has been placed in the tower to Philip Charles ,£3,830; the population in x891 was 449·

Cavan, d. x87o: the church affords 200 sittings. The regis- ExE BRIDGE is a hamlet in this parish, 1} miles west, with

ter dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicarage, a bridge crossing the river Exe into Somersetshire.

average tithe rent-charge £xn, gross yearly value £187, Parrsh Clerk, Joseph Aldred.

with residence and 4 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Rev. Pos1: 0FFICE.-:Mrs. Elizabeth Vicary, sub-postmistress.

Montague Acland Ber~ B. A. of Leytonstone, Essex, and held Letters through Tiverton received at 8 a.m. ; dispatc;hed
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344 MORF.l3ATII. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY'S

at 5·35 p.m. The nearest money order &; telegraph office larged in r876, o'n the removal of the almshouses, for 100
i~ at Bampton. Postal orders iue issued her~, but not children; average attendance, 76; Frank Henton, master;
paid Mrs. Anne Henton, infants' mistress

National School (mixed & infants), founded in 1688 & en- Railway Station, William Caswill, station master

[Marked thus., receive letters throughBamp· Burton John, farmer, North Combe Payne William, farmer & miller( water) •
ton R.S.O.] Cavill John, dairyman, Warmoor Keen's house
Chapple James, blacksmith
[Marked thus t receive letters direct from Elsworthy James, farmer, Wilson's Prescott John, shoe maker
Escott William, boot ma. Gt. Church yd Prescott William, farmer, Brocnole
Tiverton.] Shattock John Gawler, butcher

Rmney Rev. John Erskine M.A. Vicarage

Ellis Mrs Gold John, farmt>r, East Combe Snell Charles, dairyman, Combe land
H.trrod Charles D. Morebath house Gold John, farmer, Surridge Stevens William, farmer, Willisuayes
Henson Frank Rawle, Vilthams Goading John, farmer, Higher Trickeys Stone Joseph, cattle dealer, Sth. Cornbe
Jervoise Arthur T. E. Timewell house Goading Robert, farmer, Burston Sully James, wheelwright
t'Marsh William Henry, Exe bridge •Henson Robert, farmer, Hockley *\Tenner Alfred, farmer, Holwell
Thatcher Col. Robert,East Timewell cot Hill William, cowkeeper, West Wood Vicary Elizh. (Mrs. ),shopkpr. Post office

COl\llllERCIAL. Kemp William James D. farmer, Hayne Vickery James, farm bailiff to F. R.
+Resley James, Anchor P.H. Exe bridge Middleton Henry, dairyman, Loyton
Henson esq. Ashtown

tBiackmore Mary Ann (Mrs.), shop- Palfrey John, farmer, Withywin Wallbutton William, carpenter, Claypit
Ware Benjamin, dairyman, East Wood
keeper, Exe bridge Pine John, farmer, Whitehall

MORELEIGH (or MORLEY) is a parish and small village, year 1659. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-
near the river Avon, and on the road from Dartmouth to charge £u4, gross yearly value f... 132, with 17 acres of

Modbury and Plymouth,6 miles south-east from Kingsbridge glebe, and residence, in the gift of Henry Minshall Stockdale

Road shtion on the main line of th~ Great Western railway, esq. D.L., J.P. of Mcars Asuby Hall, Northampton. Here

and 6 south-west from Totnes, in the Southern division of are the remains of an old Roman road, extending from

the county, Stanborough hundred, Stanhorough and Coler- Garah bridge to this village. George Dawson esq. who is

idge petty sessional division, Totnes union and county court 1 lord of the manor, John Tayleur esq. J. P. of Buntingsdale,

district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Totnes and dio- near Market Drayton, Salop, and Right Hon. Lord Arch-

cese of Exeter. The church of All Saints is a building of combe P.C. are chief landowners. The soil is clayey ; sub-

stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, na,·e, aisles. soil, clay slate. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats.

south porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 The area is 900 acres; rateable value, £gr6; the population

!Jell!!, with legends in Old English rharacters, the last two in 1891 was 102.

being invocations to S. Peter and S. 'fhomas : there is a fine Letters arrive per railway at 7 a. m. WALL LETTER Box
old Norman font, and portions of a mural painting still exist: cleared at 6.40 p.m. week days only. Totnes is the near-
the church was restored in 1877• and is said to have been est money order & telegraph office
built by Sir Peter Fitzacre, who, having killed the parson of

Woodleig-h, to which parish Moreleigh belonged, in a quarrel, This parish is included in the United School Board district

was ordered by the Pope to build the present church as a of Halwell & Moreleigh, formed April g, 1875· The chil-

per.a:lce: there are 70 sittings. The register dates from the dren of this parish attend the school at Halwell

(i-rills Rd. Jenkins, blacksmith &farmer Perrmg Robert, farmer, Morley parks TimewellDorcas(Mrs.),frmr.PlaceBartn

Hallett Thomas, ca-rpenter Rendle James, pheasant breeder, pheas- Tucker Susannah (Mrs.), New inn

.Tackson Parnell, farmer, Stone ants & pheasants, eggs supplied Walke Thomas, farmer, Higher &

L-:1thbridge Thomas, farmer, Storridge Shute James, farmer Lower Chilly

MORETON HAMPSTEAD is a market town stand- entrenchments, called Cranbrook and Wooston Castles,

wg on a gentle eminence surrounded by hills and on the which overhang the nlley of the Teign, and are objects of

high road from Tavistock to Exeter, 4 miles from the eastern great interest to strangers and antiquaries. In the town,

border of Dartmoor, and a terminus of a branch (opened in near the church, there is an elm tree, s1:1id to be over 300

1866) of the Great Western railway from Newton Abbot, 12 years old, and near it stands an ancient cross of the Tau
miles west-south-west from :Exeter, 12 north from Newton shape, of which few now remain. Mr. George Parker Bidder,

Abbot, r2 south from Crediton and 226 by rail from Lon- the celebrated calculator and engineer, a friend of George

don; the parish is in the .Mid division of the county, Teign- Stephenson and pre:sident of the Institution of Civil Engin-

bl'idge hundred,Crockernwell petty sessional division,Newton eers, r86o-I, was born here in r8o6. There is a convalescent

Abbot union and county court district, rural deanery of home here, established by the .Misses Phillips, and supported

Moreton, archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. by voluntary contributions: there are beds for 22 patients;

The town is a borough by prescription, and was formerly the average number admitted annually is 150 : the home is

governed by a portreeve, and an annual court was held by open for the reception of patients from April Ist to Decem-

the Earl of Devon, but this has been discontinued: it is lighted ber 2rst. There is house property here producing about

with g'dS by a local company, and derives water fr6m wells, £45 yearly, which, after deducting amounts for repairs, is
but works are in progress ( r893) for a better .supply. The applied to beautifying and adorning the church. Hill's

scenery near Fingle Mill, north of the parish, is justly cele- charity, of£ ro yearly, is vested in trustees for educational

brated and attracts numerous visitors in the summer season. purposes connected with the Board Schools. Holcombe, the

The church of St. Andrew is a building of granite in the Per- residence of Col. Charles Edward Lane Bluett J.P. is a hand-
pendicular style, consisting of chancel, na\-e, aisles, south some mansion standing on an eminence, in about 12 acres
porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock, of ground, half a mile north-west of the town, and corn-

chimes and 6 bells: there are three good stained windows, manding extensive views. The Hon. W. F. D. Smith M.P.
and the church, which has been restored in a simple style, is lord of the manor, and John Baldwin Uregory esq. .J.P. of
affords 400 sittings. The register dates from the year t6o3. Colly House, Tedburn St. Mary, is lord of the manor of

·The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £594, net Doccombe. The principal landowners are The Hon. W. I<'.

:yearly value £4oo, including 6o acres of glebe, with resi- D. Smith M. P. J. H. Gregory esq. Col. Hichard Charles Ger-

dence, in the gift of the Hon. W. F. D. Smith 1\I.P. and held mon J.P. of Gortlee, Dawlish, Robert William Crump esq_
sinl'e 1865 by the Rev. William Courtenay Clack B. A. of Charles Joseph Wade esq. J. P. of Dawhsh, Stephen Bastow
Worcester College, Oxford. There is i\ Calvinistic Baptist esq. Wyke, Crediton, Henry Jackson Torr esq. II Ladbrook
chapel in Fore street, erected about 1790, and seating 150; Gardens, Kensington Park w, George Wills esq. lnspector-

1he Congregational chapel, in Station road, erected in 1868, General William Loney, ret. R.N. William Wills esq. Charles

will seat 200; there is also a Wesleyan chapel in Cross Germon Wills esq. Eastwray, Lustlehrh and Charles Rich-

skeet, erected in r817, with r6o sittings ; and a Unitarian ard Tozer esq. Exeter. The soil and subsoil Me granite.

chapel, also in Cross street, erected in I8oz, with Sittings The area is 7,908 acres ; rateable value, £8,496 ; the popu-

for 1 :;o persons. A field of about 8 acres adjoining the lation in 1891 was 1,543·

church, called "The Sentry," is used by the inhabitants as DocCOMBE is a hamlet 2 miles north-east. There is a
a recreation ground. 'fhe Smethurst schoolhouse, in Fore mission chapel here in connection with the parish church.
street, was built from money left for that purpose by the
Rlv. J. Smethurst, a former Unitarian minister here: it is SLONCOMBE, 1 • west, and HowroN, I . north-

I;r tmles mile
used for magistrates' meetings, concerts, and lectures, and west, are also. hamlets. In r885, Pe~perdown, a. detached

on Sundays as a school: it will hold about 500 people. The 1part of LustJetgh, was amalgamated wlth this parish.
market was formerly held on Saturday, the charter for PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,

which, and for two fairs held on the third Thursday in July New street.-Miss Annie Neck, sub-postmistress. Letters
nnd t.he last Thursday in November, was obtained by Hugh re<--eived from Newton Abbot are delivered at 7 a.m. I &

de Courtenay, in 1335; the market is now held on Tuesday, 7 p.m.; dispatched at 1.30 & 6.35 p.m. ; dispatches to
and in lieu of the above two fairs a great market for cattle is Chagford 6.25 a. m. & 6. go p. m. Parcels post arrivals &

held on the fourth Tuesday in each month. On the north-j dispatches at same hours. Money orders granted & paid

west.ern border of the parish are the remains of two ancient 1 9 a. m. till 6 p.m. ; telegraph office open until 8 p.m

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. MORETON H.AMP3TKAD. 345

Po3T OFFICE, Doccombe.-John Ellis, sub-postmaster. PUBLIC OFFICERS:-

Letters arrive at 8.35 a.m. ; dispatched at 11.55 a.m. Clerk to the Commissioners of Income, Property & Land

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR CROCKERNWELL P.ETTY Taxes & Registrar of Births & Deaths for Moreton Hamp-

SESSIONAL DIVISION. stead Sub-District, William Phillips Harvey, Cross street

Ponsford John esq. Ford, Drewsteignton, Newton Abbot, Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Moreton District,

chairml\n Newton Abbot Union, George Nelson Collyns, Hillsley

Bluett Col. Charles Edward Lane, Holcombe, :Moreton Town Crier, William Charles Lavers, New street

Hampstead PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services::-
Fnlford Francis Algernon esq. Gt.FuHord, Dunsford, Exeter
Fulford Francis Drummond esq. D.L. Great Fulford, Duns- St. Andrew's Church, Rev. William Courtenay Clack B.A.

ford, Exeter rector; Rev. John Thomas Pickering, curate; u a. m. &
Hayter-Hames Colvile George esq. M.A. Chagford, Newton
6.30 p.m. ; wed. & fr1. II a.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m
Abbot Chapel of Ease, Doccombe; 6 go p.m
Lethbridge Wm. esq. :\LA. Wood, South Tawton, Okehmptn Baptist (Calvinistic), Fore street; 11 a. m. & 6 p.m. ; wed.
Whipham Alfred Guy esq. Gidleigh park, Chagford
7·30 p.m
Clerk to the Magistrates,William Phillips Harvey, Cross st
l'etty Sessions are held at Royal hotel, Crockernwell & Congregational Station road, Rev. James Milton; II a. m.

Smethurst schoolhouse, Moreton Hampstead, the first & 6 p.m. ; mon. 8 p.m
mond<ty in the month, at each place alternately, & also
the third monday in the month at Moreton Hampstead. Unitarian, Cross street; Rev. Teasdale Reed; II a. m. & 3
'.Fhe following parishes are included in the petty sessional
p.m

Wesleyan, Cross street, Rev. Peter Williams Jeffries; 3 &

6 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m

di\·ision :-Bridford, Chagford, Cheriton Bishop, Drews- ScnooLs:-

teignton, Dunsford, Gidlei.sh, Hittisleigh, Lustleigh,More- A School Board of 5 members was formed July grst, 1874;
ton Hampstead, North Bovey, Spreyton, Soutll •rawton, W. P. Harvey, clerk to the board

Tedburn St. Mary & Throwleigh Bo:ud School (boys) Pound street, for 102 children; aver-
PUBLIC ESTABLISHJIIENTS : - age attendance, 84; Matthew Cox, master

Convalescent Home, Court street, G. N. Collyns, hon. Board School (girls & infants), Greenhill, built in 1876, for

medical officer; Mrs. Mary Ann Crang, matron 190 children; average attendance, girls, 71 ; infants, 86 ;

County Police Station, Fore street, Robert Page, sergeant Miss E. F. Parnell, mistress ; Miss L. C. Blair, infants'

in charge, & 7 constables mistress

Smethurst Schoolhouse, Fore street Railway Station, John·Mugford, station master
Stamp Office, New street, sub-distributor, Miss Annie Neck

West of England Insurance Co.'s Fire Brigade, W. P. CARRIER TO EXETER.-Frank Parker, from his house, Court

Harvey, captain, & 12 men street, tues. & fri

PRIVATE RESIDENrs. Ballamy Edmund, Plymouth inn, & Ellis Geo. road contractor, Station road

Barter Mrs. Fore street wheelwright, Court street Ellis George, farmer, Forder street

HluettCol. Chs. Edwd.LaneJ.p. Holcombe Banbury George, farmer, Butterdon Ellis William, farmer, Clifford
Hragg George Augustus, Forder house Banbury Samuel, farmer, Cranbrook Endacott Thirza (:\Irs.), Gregory Arms
Clack Rev. William Courtenay B.A. BastowJane(Mrs.),apartments,Crossst P.H. Doccombe
Beer Anna Maria (Mrs.), refreshment & Engelbach Fredk.George L.R.C.P.LOnd.,
[rector], Rectory

Clapp John Tucker, Fairlawn boarding house, Cross street M.R.c.s.Eng. physician & surgeon,

Collyns George Nelson, Hillsley Berry Thomas, farmer,Great Doccombe Cookshayes
Crabb Richard Gro\·es, Egypt honse Bickbam Ann (Mrs.), laundry, Ivy cot Evans Charles Edward, chemist &
Cross Capt. Alfred Brown, Lyndhurst, Blackmore Albert, mason, Station road druggist, agent for the Devon &
Exeter Savings Bank & for the Alli-
Tower park Bovey Thomas, farmer, Sloncombe

Crump Robert William, Wray Barton BoyceJn.Hockings,watch makr.Cross st ance & Scottish Equitable Insurance
Bridgman Edwin, hair dresser, Cross st Cos. !<'order street
Cuming Albert Philip, Linscott Brooks William Ash, baker, Pound street Evans Henry Bagwill, butcher, Square

fuming Charles, Linscott Browne William Jn. shoe ma. Court st Evans Margaret Cuming (Mrs.), board-

Cuming Edwin John, Linscott Cann Ada & Thurza (Misse~ ), ironmon- ing & day school, Ponsford house

Dibble William, Greenhill house gers, & comfortable furnished apart- Ford William ,John, baker, confectioner,

Dingle Daniel, 4 Courtenay terrace corn dealer, Cross street & miller
(water), Bowden mills, North Bovey
Down Richard Henry, Bohemia ments, Cross street FukeMary(Mrs. ),apartments,Cabin cot
Dunning Mrs. Battenbury Cann Wm. & Geo. wheelwts. Forder st Gas Works (Willey & Co. les!!ees)
(Henry H. Short, sec)
.Englebach Frederick Geo. Cookshayes Cann Geo. New London inn, Forder st Glllbert William, plumber &c. Forder st
Evans Charles Edward, Ponsford house Cann William, Union P.H. Forderstreet Goading Elizh. (Mrs. ),shpkpr. Forder st
Ford Richard, Glendale, Tower park Chudleigh R.& E. drprs.& gros.Cross st Gray John, White Horse P.H. New st
Haffner Thomas Pittrnan, Moor view Colridge John,carpenter & china dealer, Hall William Henry, insurance agent

Harris Arthur, Brinning Fore street
liarvey Wiiliam Phillips, Cross Tree ho Colridge William, carpenter, Forder st
Heyward Miss, Battenbury Collyns GeorgeNelson, surgeon,&med-
ical officer & public vaccinator, More- Hamlyn Thomas, farmer, Willastone
Hutchings John, Court street
Jeffries Rev. Peter William [Wesleyan], ton dist.Newton Abbot union,Hillsley Harvey John, shopkeeper, Court street
Harvey Richard Hole, farmer, Howton
Claremont, Tower park Coombe John, tailor, Fore street
J,oney Wilham (insp. gen. of hospitals Convalescent Home (G. N. Collyns, Harvey William, Ring of Bells P.H. &
hon. medical officer; Mrs. Mary Ann farmer, Forder s~reet
& fleets, retired), Leign house Harvey Wm.Phillips, solicitor, commis-

LoveJS Arthur Clampitt, Elmfield Crang, matron), Court street sioner for oaths & clerk to the justices

Loveya Mrs. Ponsford house Crocker James, Bell P.H. Cross s:reet
Loveys Mrs. T. S. 1 Courtenay terrace Crnmp Albt. bak~r.& grocer, Forder st & registrar of births & deaths for
May Mrs. Uppacott Crump Robert Wilham, farmer &land- Moreton Hampstead sub-dist. Cross st

Milton Rev. James [Congregational], 3 ' ow.ner, Wray Barton Hill Wm. & Son, farmers, Smallridge
Courtenay terrace Cull!mg Bros. farmers Hill Richard, blacksmith, Cross street
& landowners,
~eck Simon Newcombe, Great house Lm~cott
. Hill Samuel, farrier, Pound street

Pickering Rev. John Thomas [curate], Davy .Edgar Arthur, prmter & tobac- Hill William Henry, farmer, Court st
comst, ~order street . . . Hoare Willmm, boot maker, Pound st
Cookshayes Hole Mary & Emla (Misses), ladies'
school, Battenbury house
Purvi Rs Fevr.edFereridckk.ATretahsudr~l2eC[oUunrtiet nay ter Devon & Cornwall Bankmg Co. L1m1ted
Reed aria n], (sub-branch) (A.Gregory,manager);
open tues. 9.30 to 12, Station road Horrell James, carpenter, Court street
Cross street
.Short Henry Hutchings, ·Cross street Devon & Exeter Savings Rank (branch) H utchings Frank, thatcher, Eagle court
Smith Hon. William Frederick Danvers ~C. E. Evans, agent), Forder street Hutton Henry, farmer, Coombe
Irish,Symons & Co. manure merchants;
M.P. Havne house; & 3 Grosvenor Dicker Henry, farmer, Cossick stores, Railway stores
place, London s w Dolbear ~as. shopkeeper, Forder street
Down R1chard Henry, ~rocer & tea Laskey Thomas, farmer, Court street
\Vhite Miss, Square d~aler, & a~et?-t for W. & A. Gilbey, Lavers William Charles, saddler & iron-

Wills George, Pepperdon wme & spirtt merchants, general monger, New street
draper & carpet warehouseman, boot Lightfoot Harriet (Mrs.), dress maker,
'\"ills Mark, Cross Tree cottage & shoe dealer & fancy repos. Cross st Cross street
WindeattJas.Cyprian Sawdye,Sloncmbe

COMMERCIAL. Dyer Waiter, shopkeeper, Court street Loveys Arthur Clampitt, estate a.,aent

.Ahraham William, baker, Cross street DymentJames, china &glass dlr.Newst & auctioneer,surveyor &c.;valuations

Aggett Annie (Miss), news agt. Fore st East Frank, steward to the Hon. W. F. for probate & general purposes, rents

I£alley Charles, apartments, Station rd D. Smith M.P. Court house & tithes collected, & agent for the

l;allamy & Son, butchers, Court street Elliott SI. & Son,farmers,Steward farm Royal Insurance Co. Elmtield

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341 MORETON BAMPSTEAD. •

DEVONSHIRE.

Major Mary (Mrs.), laundry, Forder st Pollard Hy. White Hart hotel, Cross st White Elizabeth (Miss),farmer,Steward

Morcombe Elizabeth (Mrs.), first class Purvis Frederick Arthur, solicitor, 2 wood
apartments, Claremont, Tower park Courtenay terrace ; & at Chagford White Henry, greengrocer, Cross street
Marwood Geo. Ponsford, bldr. Court st Rihll Albt.Jn.draper&watch ma.Square Wills Bros. wheelwrighLs, Greenhill
Miles Albert, watch & clock ma.Square Sanders Wm.Fdk. vet. surgeon, Pound st Wills & Son, painters, grainers & house
Mortimore George, farmer, Lowton Satterley George, boot maker,& organist decorators, marble, portland & other
headstones, Court street
Neck Thomas & Sons,drapers & grocrs. of parish church, Forder st.reet

New street SaundersClara(Miss ),dress m a. Court st Wills Geo. butcher & farmer, Cross st

Norrish James, Dolphin inn, Lime st Saunders J ames Mardon &Son, tailors, Wills John Hy. Richd. farmer,Boat hill

Nosworthy Albert, farmer, Uppacott. New street Wills Laura (Miss), dress ma.Greenhill

Okehampton Bank (Dingley, Pearse & Saunders William Jas. statnr. New st Wills Mary Ann (Mrs.), dress maker,

Co.) (branch)(Thomas Neck, agent); Searie Charles, assist. overseer, Pound st Forder street

open daily, New street; draw on the Searle Grace Frost (Mrs.), coal dealer, Wills Mary Lethbridge (Mrs.),comfort-
able furnished aprtmn.ts.Cross Tree et
City Bank Limited, London E c Pound street

Osborne Edmund Jas. butcher, Fore st Searle Henry, boot maker, Pound st Wills Sarah (Mrs.), laundry, Cross st

Paddon Herman, farmer, Kingwell ShallisJane(Mrs. ),apartments,Forder st Wills Thomas, farmer, Moor Barton

PalmerJn.saddler&harness ma.Cross st Slee Mary (Mrs. ),apartments,Forder st Woolland William, baker & blacksmith,

Parr Wm.Jn.miller (water), Finglemill Stone Andrew, farmer, North moor Court street

Payne Hannah & Fanny (Misses), TaylorThos.miller( water), Steward mill Wotton Francis, farmer, \Villowray

first class apartments, Oakland, 'fourleEleanora(l\hs. ),draper,Forder st Wrayford Daniel,farmer,High.Wooston

Tower park Townshend Jn.Stanbury,drpr. Cross st Wrayford Edwin, farmer, Pinm~or.

Peardon James, farmer, Osbornes Trace Geo. apartments, Cookshayes cot Wrayford George, farmer, Add1scott

Peters Frank, farmer, }'order street Treleaven Silvester, watch ma. New st Wrayford William,farmer; farm house

Pinsent Jn. Punch Bowl P.H. Forder st Truman Elizabeth (Miss), grocer & apartments, very healthy situation,

Public Reading Room (Charles Searle, baker, Fore street Great Sloncombe

sec.), Cross street Tucker Henry,Golden Lion P.R.Cross st Young Women's Christian Association

Ponsford Ann (Mrs.), apartments, Underhill Bessie (Mrs.), apartments, (Mrs. Crump, sec.), Forder street

Church view Court street

MORTHOE (or MonTE, as it is generally called) is a I cromlech, consisting of a rude slab, supported on two up-

parish and village on the sea coast, with a station on the l right stones. Bull Point Lighthouse, situated about one

Ilfracombe branch of the London and South Western rail- mile from the village, and built in 1879 at a cost of about

way, 5 miles south-west from Ilfracombe, in the North £1,000, has a triple-flashing half-minute white light, placed

Western division of the county, Braunton hundred and at an elevation of 154 feet above high water mark,and shows

petty sessional division, Barnstaple union and county court every x8 l'leconds three successive flashes of about two

district, rural deanery of Barnstaple and archdeaconry and seconds' duration : it has a fixed red light to mark the

diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Mary is an ancient position of "Morte Stone," a dangerous rock off the Point,

edifice of stone in the Early English and Perpendicular and here also is a powerful fog-horn, worked by a pair of

styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south transept, north caloric engines, each of 2-horse power, and rocket life-saving

aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower contain- apparatus with telephonic communication between Bull

ing a clock, placed in x887, and 6 bells: the oldest portions Point Lighthouse, llfracombe and Croyde; William Cooper,

of the existing structure are the nave and chancel ; the officer in charge. Miss Chichester, who is lady of the

latter, built in the 13th century, has a Transitional chancel manor, and Earl Fortescue are the principal landowners.

arch; the north transept dates from the 15th century, or The soil is sandy ; subsoil, rock. 'Ihe chief crops are wheat,

later ; the tower, of the 14th century, has a north doorway, oats and barley. The area is 4,246 acres of land and 375 of

possibly Norman: the oak seats, curiously carved with water; rateable value, £4,984; the population in 1891 was

shields and initial letters, were restored in 1857 : in the 678.
south transept is a slab, supposed to mark the burial place OssABOROUGH, 2t miles south-east ; Shaftsborough, 2!

of the founder, and here also is an altar-tomb with the miles east; Eastacott, 2 miles south-east; and Woolacombe,

incised effigy of a priest, vested, and holding a chalice, and 1! miles south, are places in this parish.

on the sides figures of St. Catherine and St. Mary Mag- Rexton, Henry Watts.

dalene, and three shields of arms, showing the alliances of Woolacombe Bay, ~~ miles south, and now a

the Tracy family; the upper slab also bears, in Norman- favourite seaside 1·esort, is famous for its firm and broad

French, an invocatory inscription for Sir William Tracy, sands, which extend about 3 miles along the shore. A large

rector of this parish, ob. t321, who founded a chantryin the hotel and several villa residences and lodging houses have

church, and dedicated it to these saints ; the north side of been built. Here is a chapel of ease to the parish church,

the tomb is adorned with tracery of the Early Decorated with 135 sittings, and a Bible Christian chapel. A lifeboat is

period, and the east end hears a representation of the Cruci- maintained here by the Royal :National Lifeboat Institution.

.fixion: on a tombstone near the doorwav of the church PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office
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the name of Tracy again appears: in the south transept is (Railway Sub-office. Letters should have R.S.O. North

a curious angle window, now filled with stained glass ; the Devon added).-George Gammon, sub-postmaster. Let-
east window and one on the north side are also stained: the ters received at 6.25 a. m. & 4.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 2. r.;

altar cloth was worked by Mrs: G. B. Longstaffe, from a & 7·5 p.m. on week days only

design by Mr. Selwyn Image: the church was restored in PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,

1857 at the expense of the Rev. John Derby Ness B.A. late Woolacombe.-William Mounce, sub-postmaster. Let-

rector, in memory of his eldest son, and has 200 sittings: ters received through Morthoe R.S.O.; dispatched at

in the churchyard is a lych gate, designed by Mr. Ed ward 12.55 & 6.5 p.m

Burgess. The register dates from the year 1721. The living WALL BoxEs.-Morthoe hotel, cleared on week days at r. xo

is a vicarage, net yearly value £ r8o, including 25 acres of & 6.35 p.m,. & at Railway station, cleared on week days

glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of at 9·45 a. m. & 4 p.m
Exeter, and beld since 1884 by the Rev. Thomas Wemyss A School Board of 5 members was formed January 29th,

Pigot, of Christ's College, Cambridge. Here is a Wesleyan 1875 ; , clerk to the board ; James Coni-

chapel. The North Devon Convalescent Home here was bear, attendance officer

erected and endowed in 1888 by the late Mr. Rock, of Black- Board School (mixed), built in x887, for g8 children; aver-

heath. The Seaside Home for ministers of all denominations age attendance, 50 ; Charles Scanes, master ; Miss Fanny

and their wives was founded by the Rev. U. R. Thomas, of Scanes, assistant mistress

Bristol, who also acts as warden. On Morte Point is a Railway Station, James Bertie Lodder, station master

Morthoe. Cbuf!'g Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments, Fox, Fowler & Co. bankers (agency)
Kingsley house (Charles James Copner, manager),
Longstaff George Blundell, Twitchen open on thursday u to ·r.30; draw
Phelps Mrs. 2 Rockham villas Coad Richard,lecturer United Kingdom on Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom,
Pigot Rev. Thomas Wemyss, Vicarage Bouverie & Co. London E c
A11iance, Woollahra
Cole George, 3 Seymour villas
Riddell Jii..Reginald D.L.Spreacombe pk Conibear Alice (Miss), apartments, 2 G~mmon & Sons,dairymen,grocers &c.

Barricane houses & apartments

COMMERCIAL. Conibear Eva Sarah (Miss), shopkeeper Gammon Amos, farmer, Shaftsborough

Bale Brothers, farmers, Easewell & apartments, 3 Barricane houses Gammon lieorge, apartments, r Sey-

Barnes John, farmer, Pool Conibear George, baker & apartments mour villas

Butler John,wheelwright,Borough cross ConibearJas.apartments,xRockham viis GammonJn.apartments,4 Seymour vils

Butler Thomas, shoe maker ConibM.r Samuel, apartments, I Bar- Gammon Philip, farmer, Sbaftsborough

Challacombe 'fbomas,farmer,Eastacott ricane houses Gammon George, post office 1
Chugg George, farmer, North Morte 1Cooper \Villiam, coastguard Harding John, farmer, Great Roadway

JDIRECTORY. DEVONSHIRE. NETHER EXE. 317

Bolmes Waiter, farmer, Ossaborough I sive views of Woolacombe bay & Holwill Mary Ann (Mrs.), apartments,
sands, dining room to seat so, large I De Tracey villas
Jewson Thomas, coastguard

Lerwill Humphrey, farmer, Borough, drawing room, hot & cold baths, Hook way John, farmer

Barton every home comfort (William Few- Huxtable Adelaide & Matilda (Misses)t

LeworthyThos.blcksmth.Borough cross ings, proprietor) apartments, Enderley

LoveringJohn,carpntr.Willingcutt cross Beer John (Mrs.), apartments, facing Karslake Mary (Miss ),apartments,Ray-

Morthoe Hotel(Mrs. Anderson, mangrss) the sea & close to Woolacombe sands, harden house

North Devon Con,•alescent Home (Hobt. 2 Beaufort villas Mounce William, shopkeeper, Post office

Mitchell, superintendent) Beer Thomas & Sons, builders, con- Perrin Susan (Miss), apartments.

Pearce William, farmer, Shaftsborough tractors & house decorators Sea view

Radcliffe William (Mrs.), apartments, Beer Thomas, apartments & boarding Pile George, foreman of works, Woola-

5 Ada's crescent house with good sea view, 3 & 4- combe estate

Robins William, stone mason & coal dlr Fortescue villas Pile George (Mrs.), apartments

Seaside Home for Ministers of all De- Bond Emily (Mrs.), apartments, 3 Pile Philip, builder, contractor & apart-

nominations (William Miles, care- Granville terrace ments with good sea view, I Beau-

taker), The Grange Bradley Ann (Mrs.), apartments, 2 De fort villas

Simmons Saml. farmer, Little Roadway Tracey villas Randall Richard, apartments, 5 Gran-

Smith David (Mrs.), apartments Cowler John, apartments, 6 Gwendo- ville terrace

Trebble John, butcher line terrace Richardson John Rowle, apartmen~s, 4-

Watts Henry, sexton & apartments, Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Limited Gwendoline terrace

Victoria house (Henry Thomas Besley, m'l.nager), Sollis George, baker &c

Watts John, Fortescue hotel sub-branl'h, open thur~days 5.30 to 8 Tarr Jsph.apartments,5 Gwendoline ter

WestrenWm.Hy.farmer,Duckpool farm p.m.; draw onBarclay~Bevan,Tritton, Webber Richard, apartments, 6 Gran-

Woolacombe. Ransom, Bouverie & Co. London E c villa terrace
Fewings William, grocer, refreshment Woolacombe Bay Hotel(William Robert

<!Jhichester Lady, Baggy view rooms & lodging house, Oakleigh ho Hickin,proprietor),this splendid hotel

Howland Charles, Enderley Girls' Letter Guild Home of Rest (Mrs. commands a most delighLful sea view

Huxtable William Henry, Enderley Mary Ann Turnbull, lady superin- & is situated in its own extensive

Mais C. J. Brody, I Marine villas tendent), Sunnyside pleasure grounds, which slope down

COMMERCIAL. Henshall Edward c.E. estate agent, 2 to the far famed Woolacombe sands;

Fortescue villas conveyances meet all trains to & from

Avondale Temperance Hotel & Boarding Hickin William Robert, Woolacombe Morthoe station

Est.ablishment, commanding exten- Bay hotel

MUSBURY is a parish and village on the road from reredos, of Venetian mosaic, was given by Sir William Drake,.

Axminster to Seaton, and near the river Axe, 3 miles sout.h of Oatlands, Surrey: the stained east window is a memorial

from Axminster, 2 north-east from Colyton station on the to William Farley Lethbridge and his wife, and was erected

Seaton branch of the London and South Western railway, by their children ; there are also two stained windows in

and 9 from Honiton,in the Eastern division of the county,Ax- the south aisle to various parishioners : the church affords

minster hundred, petty sessional division, union and county 235 sittings. 'fhe register dates from the year 1622. The

court district, rural deanery of Dunkeswell and Honiton living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £322, net

and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. yearly value £250, without residence, in the gift of the Re,·.

Michaelis an ancient building of stone, of mixed styles, and John Vaughan Payne M.A. and held since x863 by the Rev.

consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an em- Horace William Thrupp M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford.

battled western tower containing a clock and 5 bells: at the Here is a Baptist chapel. ~Iusbury Castle, a British or

east end of the south aisle is a fine table tomb in the Renais- Roman camp, is in this parish. A fair was formerly held

sance style, to members of the Drake family ; the base is on the first Monday after Michaelmas day, for the sale of

divided by short pilasters into three compartments, each of cattle, but has fallen into disuse. Ashe House, now a farm-

which is filled with ornamental scroll work inclosing a shield house, was anciently the seat of the Drake family, and here,.

of arms of the Drakes, of Ashe ; and immediately above 3 rst August, r66o, Sir John Drake kt. was created a

these runs a frieze, similarly divided by plaques, and bear- baronet; his sister Elizabeth, who married Sir Winston

ing three inscriptions ; the upper portion of the monument Churchill kt. was the mother of John Churchill, the great

is also in three compartments, separated by screens, pierced Duke of Marlborough, who was born here 24th June, 1650.

with coupled circular-headed openings ; each compartment The Rev. John Vaughan Payne M.A. of Brunswick road~

contains a pair of effigies, male and female, kneeling at a Gloucester, is lord of the manor and principal landowner.

desk, the knights in full armour, with ruffs and chains, and The soil is clayey and sandy; the subsoil is gravel. The

their wives in black gowns and wearing caps and chains ; crops are wheat, barley, roots and pasture. The awea is

the first pair represent John Drake of Ashe esq. ob. 4th 2,178A. IR. roP.; rateable value, £3,652; the population

October, 1558, and Amy (Graynfield), his wife, ob. x8th in r8gx was 460.

February, 1557; the next, Sir Bernard Drake kt. ob. xoth Parish Clerk, Joe Collins.

April, I586, and Gertrude (Fortescue), his wife, ob. c. I2th PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.
February, 1601, and the last, John Drake esq. his son, bu1·. Miss Juliet Rockett, sub-postmistress. Letters through
nth April, 1628, and Dorothy (Button), his wife, bur. 13th
December, 1631; and there is, in continuation, an inscrip- Axminster, delivered at 7.30 a.m. & 3.30 p.m. ; dis-
tion toMary, wife of Sir Hugh Rosewell kt. bur. 4th Novem- patched at n.5 a.m. & 5.50 p.m. The nearest telegraph
ber, 1643: there are other memorials to the Drake family, office is at Colyton

including Sir William Drake kt. and hart. d. 28th February, A School Board of 5 members was formed October 19th,
1715, and Sir John Drake hart. d. 4th September, 1724, 1875; James Halse How, clerk to the board; Thomas
besides inscriptions of earlier date, from 1648 to x6go: the White, Colyford, attendance officer

church, with the exception of the south aisle and tower,has Board School (mixed), bui!t in 1878, at a cost of about

been rebuilt, reseated and paved, and a new organ, costing £r,25o, for xoo children; average attendance, 26 boys,.

250 guineas, built, at a total cost of about £1,500: the 27 girls & 30 infants ; Miss Annie Hillman, mistress

Harding Miss Dowell Thomas, tailor PaveySamuel, farmer, LowerBrooklands

Harvey Miss Flood William, farmer, Millands Phillips William, farmer, Ash farm

Locke Major Frederick, Mountfield . Froom William, baker Quick John, New inn

Rowel! Mrs Gale Mordecai, farmer, Hartgrove Rawle David, veterinary surgeon

Salter John, Myrtle cottage Goldsworthy James, blacksmith Rockett Charles, builder

Thrupp Rev. Horace Wm. M.A. [rector] Goldsworthy Thos. farmr. Maidenhayne RockettJuliet(M1ss),shopkpr.Post office

Voysey Albert, Beals farm Griffin Waiter, beer retailer Row J ames Ha!se, assistant overseer &

Woolmington Thomas,Monmouth house HalseMaryAnn(Miss),farmr.Beads frm clerk to school board

• Harris George, dairyman, Sellars wood Row William Halse, farmer, Drakes &
COMMERCIAL, Larcombe Henry, boot & shoe maker
Backsters farms

Bond William, wheelwright Loveridge Heber, farmer, Maidenhayne Salter Fanny (Mrs.), frmr. Maidenhayne

BowdidgeElizh. (Mrs. ),frmr. Cross farm Miller John, farmer, Maidenhayne Salter William, poultry dealer

Collier Eli, farmer, Doutshayne Partridge Frank, butcher & poultry dlr Sw~in William, butcher

Collins Joe, shoe maker, & parish clerk Partridge James, mason WillsWalterWm.farmr.New House frm

MUTLEY, see PLYMOtiTH.

NETHER EXE is a small parish, intersected by the ter section of the main line of the Great Western railway,

river Exe, 5 miles north-by-east from Exeter and I~ north in the North Eastern division of the county, hundred of
from StQke Canon Junction statio11 on th~ Bristol and Exe• Ha.yqdKe, petty sessional division of Wonford. uniou of St.

3!8 NETHER EXE. DEVONSHIRE. 1

[KELLY 8

•rhomas, county court district of Exeter, rural deanery of have [x a year, left by the late Nicholas Warren, and £x6

Cadbury anoi archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The left by Miss Hill. The parish is entitled to send one

church (dedication unknown) is a small but ancient edifice poor person to Burroughs's almshouses at Broadclyst. 'l'he

of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a trustees of the late Frank Christopher Hill esq. of Cadleigh,

turret containing one bell, cast by John Pennington, of are lords of the manor and chief landowners. The soil is

Exeter, in 1676: there is a handsome font, and the church loamy; subsoil, g-ravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley,

affords sittings for so persons. The register of baptisms oats and roots. The area is 656A. IR. 26P.; rateable value,
dates from 1731 ; burials, 1765; marriages, 1773. The £x,os4; the population in 1891 wa~ 70.

living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £71, derived chiefly Thorverton 1·8
from glebe, in the gift of eight trustees, under the will of Letters through Exeter arrive at 8.3o a. m.

the late H. Burroughs esq. and held since 1879 by the Rev. the nearest money order & telegraph office

IEll. win Peacock, who -resides at Thorverton, The poor The children of this parish attend the school at Rewe
Alford Henry Alford Henry,farmer,Nether ExeBarton 1May William, farmer, Fortescues •

May W1lliam Castle James, dairyman 1

NE~VTON AJlBO'l',

·wiTH "\VOLBOROUGH AND HIGHWEEK.

NEWTON ABBOT, which includes Newton Bushel, is a inarket gold and colour; the lower portion of the screen is panelled

town in the parishes of WoLBOROUGKand HIGHWEEK, in the in tb.irty-six compartments, containing as many figures of

Mid division of the county, head of a union and with Torquay saints and bishops ; the cornice is carved with vine foliage

the head of a county court district, in Haytor and Teign- and grapes, and there are four crocketed tabernacles; other

bridge hundreds, petty sessional division of 'feignbr1dge, screens of like character inclose the transepts; that of the

rural deanery of Moreton, archdearonry of Totnes and north transept has sixteen divisions in the lower portion,
dioces~ of Exeter, 16 miles south·by-west from Exeter (by exhibiting figures of apostles, saints and bishops as originally

mil2o), 6 north-west from Torquay, 5~ south-west-by-we3t painted ; the south transept screen has fifteen panels, three

from 'feignmoutb., 29 ea3t-north-east from Plymouth (by of which are occupied with a representation of the "Annun-

rail 32~), 188 from London (by rail 214). ciation," and the remainder contain figures of saints and

The town is connected by rail with Plymouth, Torquay, others : in the c:mrch are also four p1.intings on panel of

Ashburton, 'feignmouth, Brixham,Dartmouth,Bovey Tracey, the Evangelists: the font, of tine red gritstone, is Norman,

l\'Ioreton Hampstead and Exeter, and from the latter city and ornamented with cable and chevron moulding : the

by the Great Western and London and South Western rail- brass eagle lectern is said to have been du~ up at Bovey

ways, with London and all parts ; is situated at the head of Heathfield, where it had been buried for safety during the

the navig~ble p'lrtion of the Teign, from which thE"re is a Civil war: in the south wall of the nave is a wmdow, care-

e~nal, extending two m:les, to Teigngrace and connected by fully restored in 1878, an1 containing ancient heraldic glass

this river with the seaport of Teignmouth. commemorative of founders and benefactors; it displays

The neighbourhood of Newton Abbot posses3es some fine the coats of Arundell, Beaum')nt, Bruere, Courtenay, De

sites for houses; and owing to the beauty of its scenery, the Vere, L'Ercedekne (Archdeacon), Lucy and Scrope; in an

salubrity of its air and its convenient distance from the adjoining window are the arms of Ferrers and Yarde and

neighbouring watering places on the coast, there is a great numerous fragments of inscriptions and figures of saints ;

dem'lnd for residence'!, and the town has been, and is still, there are memorial windows to Frar.cis Henamann, 1867;

rapidly increasin~. There is much in the locality to interest Charlotte, wife of W. J. Watts esq. J.P. of Forde House;

the geologist and the botanist. Bradley woods are fre- Aurora, wife of the Rev. Harry Tudor M:.A. late rector; and

quente:l during the summer months by picnic parties from to various members of the Bearne family, and inscribed

all puts of South Devon. The small river Lemon separates stones to the Beardon family, r6o4-38 ; the Rev. John

the parishes of Wolborough and Highweek flowing through Reynell, rector, r6~8 ; the Rev. William Buckland, rector,

the town, which is well supplied with water by tb.e Torquay r76o, and to the families of Chapell, 169~, Colcott, x6so,

Corporation, and lighted with gas by the Newton Gas and Mawry, 1605, Mattb.ew, 1688, l\'Ioore, 1663, and Pellington,

Coke Co. Limited. t7021 ; in the south aisle are mural tablets to Lieut.-Col.

The parish of Wolborough was placed under the operation Thomas Babb, Haytor Volunteers, d. 12 Dec. 1810, and

of the "Loc'll Government Act of 1858," January 8, 1864, others of that family : some ancient oak benches remain in the

and has a board of 12 members, one-third of whom retire north chapel: the C.ommunion plate comprises a silver flagon

annuilly. and paten, two chalices, obtained by exchange in 1838, and a

The parish church of St. Mary, Wolborough, standing on silver basin and covered chalice purchased in 1753 for

an elevated position, more than half a mile south from the private use: the church was renovated in 1710 at the cost

town, is an ancient building of stone, in the Perpendicular of the fe.Jffees, and in 188r was restored and an organ

style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles separated from the ehamber and vestry built on the south side, in the course of

nave by arc'ldes of six arches, small transept, south porch which a hagioscope was discovered and re-opened : there are

and an embattled western tower cont<l.ining 4 bells, three of 550 sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. The

whick have Latin inscriptions in Old English characters, the livin~ is a rectory, with the chapelries of Newton Abbot and

initial letter of each word being crowned : the chancel retains St. Paul's, average tithe rent-charge £2or, net yearly value

~ piscina, under an ogee arch, and has a priest's doorway £179, with 3i acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of

and an aumbry : the reredos, a work in the Perpendicular the Earl of Devon, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Arthur

style, was erected in 1833 at a cost of £70: the stained east Hennell Simms ~I.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, chap-

window of five lights, a memorial to Henry Beckley, d. 1875, lain ~o Newton Abbot union and surrogate. William Yeo

contains ancient glass displaying the arms of Godolphin, M.A. instituted in 1648, was ejected in 1662 for Noncon-

and Neville quartering Montague and impaling Monthermer; formity.

on the south side of the chancJl is a window with an invoca- S~. Leonard's chapel of ease, in Wolborough street, erected
tory inscription; on the north. side, within an arch supported
on column'! of the Corinthian order, is an altar tomb of in 1834-5 at a cost of £2,614, and consecrated 24 Nov. 1836,
marble and alabaster, with full-sized effigies of Sir Richard is a building of limestone in the Perpendicular style, con-
Reynell, of Forde, knighted at Theobald:;, July 23, 1622, ob. sisting of chancel, nave, aisles, organ and an embattled
tower on the north side, containing one bell : there are
Jan. 2+, 1633, and Luc.v (Hrandon) hi:; wife, ob. April 18, sedilia in the chancel: the centre light of the east window is
1652; the inscription also include~ Jane, his daughter, wife
a memorial to Frances Drake Parker, who died in 1876:
of Sir William Wailer kt. ob. 18 May, 1633, and John Rey- above the communion table is a painting of" Christ bearing
nell Waller, their son, ob. 163+; below th'} principal figures,
on a marble slab, is a recumbent effigy of Lady Wailer, and the Cross," painted by tile late Rev. R. Bradford, after the

on ths basement a lhrure of her infant son; the front of the original in Magdalen College chapel, Oxford, and presented
arch displavs the impaled co:~.ts of Reynell and Brandon, and by him to the chapel : there are 8oo sittings.

there are other rhyming inscriptions ; the eastern portions St. Paul's district church, in Devon squue, erected at the

of the aisles form north and south chancel chapels, inclosed expense of the late Earl of Devon, is a cruciform building of

by puclose screens; iu the south chapel, under an obtuse stone, in the Kl.l'ly En4lish style, consisting of apsidal chan-

rece,;sed arch,is a tomb with invocator.v inscription in Latin cel, nave, transepts, vestry, organ chamber, south porch

to William Ba (lcull), ob. 6 Aug. 151!1; the aisle, as appe<~.n an1 a central turret containing one bell: the centre window

from the date on the external wall, was built in 1516: the of the apse was erected by the tenants oE the Wolborough

fine rood screen, which extends across both na.ve and aisles, estate, to William, 1oth Ea.rl of Devon, d. 19 March, 1859;

has been carefully restored and is richly decorated with the west window 1s a:•, stained~ there are 500 sittings.

DIRECTORY.] . DEVONSHIRE. NEWTOS ABBOT, 349

The register dates from the year t86x. The living is a A portion of the F division of County Police is stationetl

chapelry, annexed to St. Mary's, joint net yearly value here: the Police station is in Union street. .

£200. Devon Lodge, in Devon square, is a structure of worked

The embattled tower of the old chapel of St. Leonard,.a limestone, with Bath stone dressings, in the Gothic style,

work of the Decorated period, about 6o feet high, now and is used for the meetings of the Freemasons' lodges.

standing at the east end of Wolborough street, contains a The Market and Corn Exchange, erected by the Wol-

carillon of 8 bells and a clock, placed in 1887, in commemora- borough Local Board, in r871, forms a fine and commodious

tion of Her Majesty'!'! Jubilee : the rest of the fabric was block of buildings, from designs by Mr. John Chudleigh~

taken down some years since. and is constructed of dressed limestone. The Alexandra

The church of All Saints, Highweek, stands on an emi- Hall, placed at the west end of the general market, is 6o feet

nence, nearly a mile north-west from the town and is a long 40 broad, and is used for entertainments &c. and will

battlemented edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, con- hold 8oo persons. On the opposite side of the road are the

sisting of chancel, nave, aisles, separated from the nave by vegetable and fish markets. The Local Board have expended

arcades of four arches, south porcb with parvise and an em- on the markets, including the purchase of the property,

battled western tower, with angle turrets, containing 6 bells, about £1 8,ooo.

all cast in 1781, except the 4th, which dates from 1784: the A weekly market for cattle and agricultural produce is

chancel retains a piscina ; on the nave roof are the arms of held on Wednesday, and is also well supplied with meat.

Court Endy, and a representation of St. George and the butter, poultry, cattle and various merchandise. There is

Dragon : the font has an octagonal basin, adorned with the also a good corn market ·and a considerable trade in coal,

arms of Anglishville, Ferrers, Yarde and Laci, and was re- culm, timber and slate, for the loading and unloading of

stored by the Rev. Thomas Whipham n.n. vicar, from 1812, which there are several convenient wharves. A large catt1e

of Kingsteignton : the east window and four others are stained market is held on the last Wednesday in February ; and

and contain some remains of ancient glass : in the south there are three annual fairs, viz. :-Midsummer tair, for

aisle are se,·eral memorials of the Yardes, of Bradley, from. horses, cat.tle and general merchandise, on the first Wed-

ISS7: the church underwent some alterations in 1786, and nesday after the 24th June; the great September fair, for

in 1892 the chancel and south aisle were lengthened and horses, cattle, cheese, onions and general merchandise, on

other improvements effected, including the erection of a new the first Wednesday after the nth; and St. Leonard's fatr,

organ at a cost of £ x,2oo: the west gallery and belfry were on the first Wednesday after the 6th of November.

taken down at the same time; the bells are now rung, as The Great Western Railway Co.'s Locomotive and Car-

anciently, from the ground floor of the tower : the church riage Building workshops for the S. De\'on line, employ about

will seat 300 persons. The register of baptisms and Hurials 370 men. Connected with the works is a reading room and

dates from the year 1653 ; marriages, 1654. The li,·ing, library, containing over 1,700 volumes.

formerly a chapelry annexed to Kingsteignton, was Here also is an important tannery, belongine to Messrs.

separated therefrom April 3, x864, and made a distinct John Vicary and Sons, and employing nearly 2so hands.

benefice, by Order in Council : it was then endowed with There are an iron foundry, breweries, malt houses and

the rectorial tithe rent-charge, in addition to the vicarial, saw mills, in the parish of Wolborough; also clay mines.

and consequently came under the provisions of the District The Newton Bushel Flour Mill, carried on by Messrs.

Church 'fithes Act of 1865, by which it was constituted a Stockman Brothers, also employs a considerable numher of

rectory, April 3• r866 : average tithe rent-charge £288, net hands, where grinding by the roller process is carried on.

yearly income £r85, with residence and I:3i acres of glebe, There are four banks and several good hotels and inns,

in the gift of the Bishop of ExetPr, and held since 1864 by the principal of which at•e the Globe hotel, a large building

the Rev. Samuel George Harris M.A. of Exeter College, Ox- in Courtenay street, built by the late Earl of Devon and

ford. containing a spacious ball and assembly rooms and Fair-

St. Mary's chapel of ease, in Highweek sl:reet, is an edi- weather's Commercial hotel in Queen street.

fice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chan- The Mid Devon Constitutional Club, in Union streetr

cel, nave, north aisle and a massive tower at the north-west opened· by the late Earl of Devon Oct. 19, 1888, contains

angle, SI feet in height, and containing one bell: the east news, reading, lecture and billiard rooms and a good

window is stained and adorned with four crocketted niches ; library. ·

in the vestry is a holy water stoup, and over the entrance The Mid Devon or Ashburton Division Liberal Club is also

to the tower are two tabernacles for images ; it was repaired in Union street.

and re-seated in r87o, and now affords 400 sittings. The charities ~re as follbws :-Wolborough Parish, lands

The Catholic church, in Queen street, dedicated to St. left at a remote period, and now let for more than £3so
Joseph, was erected in 187x, at a cost of £36o,and is a plain yearly, are for the relief of the poor and other charitable
building of limestone, with Bath stone dressings, in the purposes. Four almshouses, for widows of c!ergymen, left
Early English style, consisting of IIa\"e only, and has 130 by Lady Reynell iu 1640; and 29 acres of land at Paignton
sittiugs : there is a house for the priest and a school adjoin-
m• g. and land at Wolborough, by the same lady, are devoted to
yearly stipends. John Sloman, in 1789, left 1,"100 stock for
The Congregational church, in Queen street, is a building the poor. In 1788, Hannah Maria Bearn, left £2,4so, the
of limestone, with Bath stone dressings, in the Early interest to be applied to the support of a :Free School for the
Decorated style, erected at a cost of £3,ooo, and will seat poor children of Highweek and Wolborough, after deduct-
sBo persons. .
The Baptist chapel, in 'East street, is the oldest Dissen~ing ing £30 yearly for the minister. This charity now realizes
£100 a yMr. Mackrill's Charity consists of £s,ooo, 3 per
place of worship in the town, having been in existence since Cent. Consols, given l>y Thomas Mackrill esq. of Barnstaple,.
1697 : it will hold 200 persons.
in connection with which a row of good almshouses was
There is another Baptist chapel, erected nea.r to this in erected in x877· 'fhe inmates are elected from the poor of
1862, at a cost of £r,soo, With sittings for soo persons.
Wolborough and must be over so years of age.
The Bible Christian chapel, in Queen street, is a building
of stone, in the Early English style, erected in 186s, at a cost, The Dispensary, established in r858, aqd Cottage Hos-
inclusive of the minister's house adjoining, of 1,"1,700: there pital in 1873, in East street, contains 14 beds, and is sup-
ported by voluntar~· donations, fees from patients, annual
are about soo sittings.
The chapel of the Brethren, in Queen street, is a plain subscriptions and offertories; the average yearly number of
in-patients is 125, and of out-patients, 570.
building of stone, and will hold 130 persons.

Thi~ sect has also a chapel in Union street, holding 1so The Widows' Houses are four residences, situated on the
persons.
Torqnay road, and were bequeathed in the year 1640 by
The Wesleyan chapel, in Courtenay street, is a spacious Lady L11cy Reynell for the use of four widows of clergymen,
edifice of stone, in the Early English style, erected in r869- in the county of Devon : each occupant receives an annuity
70 at a cost of about £3,700, from designs by Mr. J. W.
of [12 from the same bounty.
Rowell, and will hold over zoo people : the font of marble
In 1871, a society of Augustinian nuns was established on
and Bath stone was presente<1 by the ladies of the congrega- an estate purchased for them in this neighbourhood, and a
tion, and the western windows are stained : at the north- magmficent pile of buildings. called St. Augustine's Priory,
Abbotsleigh, was erected for their residence: this community
west angle is a tower. was originally settled at Louvain, in Belgium, whence they
The Free Methodist Chapel, in Courtenay E!treet, was were driven in 1793 by the revolutionists, and subsequently
obtained shelter at Amesbury Abbey, in Wiltshire, until
erected in 1854, and has sittings for 400 persons. 18oo, when they removed to Spettisbury, in Dorsetshire.
The Town Hal11s a plain building in Courtenay street, and where they remained until 1861. A Catholic church in c·m-
nection with the Priory was consecrated in 1863.
besides containing the County Court offices, has a large room
for concerts, holding 6oo people.

"The Public Rooms," late the Temperance Hall, in Queen
street, was erected in r8S7, originally as a Unitarian chapel,

but is now let for various purposes, and will seat 20.J At the east end of Wolborough street is an octagonal

persons. _ pede!>tal of granite, surmounted by a handsome lamp : the

Newton Abbot is the head quarters of the sth (the H IY pedestfll formed the base of the Market Cross, from whiCh

Tor) Vol,unt.eer Battalion Devonshire Regimznt. -it is s:1id the declaration of the Prince of Orange to the people

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350 NEWTON ABBOT. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY'S

of England was first read, after his landing at Torbay, on eminence overlooking the 'feign valley ; it is approached by

the sth Nov. 1688, and bears an inscription commemorating a fine avenue of beech trees and stands in about 30 acres of

the event. park land.

Races are held on Teignbridge marshes, in the immediate The Earl of Devon is lord of the manor of Wolborough ;

neighbourhood of the town. Miss Wall, of Bradley Wood, is lady of the manor of High-

Courtenay Park, opposite the railway station, occupies weed; and J. J. Winser esq. is lord of the manors of Newton

about 20 acres and is tastefully laid out. Forde Park Abbot and Newton Bushel.

adjoins iL, and boLh are surrounded with handsome villa A portreeve and some other officers are chosen at the

residences. courts leet and baron of the manors of Newton Abbot

Forde House," a fine old Jacobean mansion outside the and Newton Bushel; their offices are, however, almost

town on the Torquay road, was in the 17th century the nominal.

seat of the Reynell family, and Charles I. was on two occa- The Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who recently (I8g3),

sions (Sept. IS and 24,162s), entertained here by Sir Richard purchased the Devon property, the Duke of Somerset,

Reynell, who at the first of these visits received from the Messrs. Vicary, and Miss Wall, of Bradley Wood, are the

king the honour of knighthood : William, Prince of Orange, principal landowners.

also lodged at this house Nov. 7• 1688, when on his way Highweek is an ancient parish and village, pleasantly
from Torbay to Exeter 1 it was at that time the seat and
situated on a hill about I mile from the centre of the town,
property of Sir William Courtenay bart. who, however, and commands magmficent prospects : it is much frequented
declined to be present and receive the prince : it now belongs by invalids who require change of air. NEWTON BUSHEL
to the Earl of Devon, but is at present the residence of forms the town portion of the parish of Highweek.

William John Watts esq. D.L., J.P. In the village is a Dissenting chapel.
Bradley House, an ancient manor house, about half a mile The Orphan Home, Combe Denys, established here in
May, r887, has for its object the education and training of
west from the town, was erected in the early part of the healthy girls for domestic service: it will hold 30 children,
15th century, and its buildings originally surrounded an and is entirely maintained by Mrs. Ness, of D\tracombe.
open court, but the north and west sid~ of the quadrangle The income from the parish lands about £4o yearly, is
devoted to the National schools and lo providing clothing
were removed about 1750, and only one side with the hall
and chapel now remains : the hall and a room adjoining it for poor people. In IS38 John Gibberd left four cottages
a.re of earlier date than the rest of the work: the chapel and an acre of land, with £4 a year for the poor, who have
retains a piscina and has a grained roof, displaying various also :.~os. yearly left by John Peter, and {,2 yearly left by
shields of arms: at the west end is an opening affording a Robert Hayman, in I632.
'\'iew from the chamber teyond: the bedrooms also afford
features of considerable interest : on the principal front are

three good oriel~: this house formerly belonged to the Yarde HouGHTON is a hamlet in the parish of Highweek, If

family, who held property here from 1391 to I7SI, but now miles north-west.

belongs to Miss Wall, who lives at a more modern residence, In r88s, Roydon, a detached part of Wolborough, was

<·alled Bradley Wood house, a large mansion in the Gothic amalgamated with East Ogwell.

style, pleasantly situated in 5~ acres of garden and grounds, Rateable Population.

on the same estate, about half a mile further west. Pari!;h. Area. value. r881. r8gr.

Sandford Orleigh, a mansion about a mile north from the Highweek..•.•• 2 1SS7 acres £ro,87r 21 164 2,430
town, is the seat of Sir Samuel White Baker (Pasha) F.R.s., Wolborough... I 1 I20 , £28,I85 7,662 t2,S2I
F.R.G.s. the celebrated traveller.

Abbotsbury, the residence of Edward Fisher esq. occupies 3,677 [39,056 9,826 Io,gsr
t Including the officers and inmates in the workhouse.
a lofty position on Knowles hill.

White Hill, the residence of Mrs. Wild, is a modern Parish Clerk, Wolborough, William Roberts.

-mansion, about a mile north from the town, on an Parish Clerk, Highweek, Charles Luly.

I

Official Establishments, Local Institutions '&c.

rosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, North & South-West of Engl.~nd, Bath, Bristol, Exeter,

Market place.-8tephen B. Rogers, postmaster Bovey, Chudleigh &c. II.IS a.m.; Dartmouth, Torquay,

MAILS DISPA'1'CHED.-Week days only. Paignton &c. 2 p.m. ; Exeter, Bristol &c. ; Plymouth,

London (Ist day), Birmingham, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon- Ashburton & Buckfastleigh, 2.20 p.m.; North of England

port, Plymouth, Torquay ; Ashburton & Buckfastleigh ; & Scotland & Ireland ; Bristol, Exeter, Teignmouth,

Exeter & Paignton, 9 a. m. (extra !d. stamp, 9·S a. m.) ; Kingskerswell, 3· IS p.m.; Abbotskerswell, Ipplepen, 3·45

2nd town delivery, 9·4S a.m. (extra !d. stamp, Io a.m.); p.m.; Plymouth & Torquay, 4·IS p.m.; Bovey, Cbudleigh,

Plymouth, 11. IS a. m. ; London (2nd day), Bath, Bristol, Moreton & Chagford; Kingsteignton, Lustleigh &c. 4·45

Exeter, Teignmouth &c.; Torquay, Bovey Tracey & Chud- p.m. ; London (night) & all parts, 8 p.m. ; Brixbam,

leigh, II.25 a.m. ; Brixham, Dartmouth, Paignton, Tor- Paignton, Torquay, Plymouth, 'fotnes, Dartmouth &

quay, 2.1s p.m. ; Devonport, Plymouth & Cornwall; Kingsbridge, 9 p.m

Totnes, Ashburton, Buckfastleigh & Exeter, 2.35 p.m.; PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, 74

North of England, Scotland & Ireland & South-West of Queen street.-Jos. Steer, sub-postmaster. Box cleared

England; Bristol, Dawlish, Teignmouth &c. ; Kingskers- at 8.go & u a.m. & 2.5, 2.50, 4 & 8 p.m.; sundays, 6.45

well, 3.15 p.m. (extra ~d. stamp, 3.30 p.m.): 3rd town p.m
delivery, 3·45 p.m. (extra ~d. stamp, 4 p.m.); Abbots-
kerswell & Ipplepen, 3·45 p.m. (extra id. stamp, 4 p.m. ); County Magistrates for Teignbridge Petty
Birmingham, Exeter, Southampton, North of England Sessional Division.

(supplementary), 4 rs p.m.; Plymouth & Torquay, 4.30 Morley Earl of D.L. Saltram, near Plympton
p.m.; Bovey Tracey, Chagford, Chudleigh, Kingsteignton, Clifford o( Chudleigh Lord D.L. Ugbrooke park, Chudleigh

Lustleigh, Moretonhampstead (day), 5 p.m. Daily.- Dawson Hon. Richard Maitland Westenra D. L. Holne park,

Ashburton, Bovey Tracey, Bnckfastleigh, Chagford, Chud- Ashburton

1eigh, Lustleigh, Moretonhampstead &c. (night), 4 a.m.; Sykes Sir Jt'rederic Henry bart. Holcombe house, nr. Dawlish

Nellton Abbot rural deliveries, s.go a. m. ; rst town de- Hughes Gen. Sir Wm. Templer K.C.B. Dunley, BoveyTracey

livery, 6.30 a. m. (extra ~d. stamp, 6.4s a.m.); London Baker Sir Samuel White (Pasha.) F.R.G.s., F.R.A.s., F.R.s.

{night) & all parts, 8.30 p.m. (extra ld. stamp, 9·5 p.m.); Sandford Orleigb, Newton Abbot

Devonport, Plymouth, Cornwall; Torquay, Totnes &c. Amery Peter Fabyan Sparke esq. Druid, Ashburton

(night), Io p.m Beavan John Griffiths esq. Penrhos, Kington, Herefordshire

Town Deliveries.-Ist, 7 a.m. ; 2nd, 10.25 a.m. ; 3rd, 4.24 Brown Hercules Edwin esq. Barton hall, Kingskerswell

p.m. On sunday the rst delivery only is made Brown Matthias Gilbertson esq. Stanmore house, Dawlish

Registration.-Letters to be registered for mails dispatched Brown Michl. Lewis esq. Keittos, Bishopsteignton, Teignmth

during the hours of attendance must be handed in go Collins Charles Robert esq. D.L. Courtenay house, Teignrnth

minutes before the letter box is cleared Cornish-Bowden Admiral William, Oak lawn, Newton Abbot

Postal Telegraph Office.-Week day attendance, from 8 a.m. Firth I<'rederic Hand esq. Place, Ashburton

to 8 p.m.; sunday attendance, 8 to 10 a.m Fortescue Matthew esq. The Grange, Ipplepen,Newton Abbot

The office is open on week days from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. & on Gaye Henry Searle .lit. D. 11 Devon square, Newton Abbot

sundays from 8 to ro a. m. The letter box is always open Germon Col. Richard Charles, Gortlee, Dawlish

Hole Wm. Robert esq. Parke, Bovey Tra<.ey, Newton Abbot

PARCELS.-LIST OF DISPATCHES. Lncas Gen. Alfred William c.B. Dunmore, near Teignmouth

Showing the time up to which pal"cels can be posted for each l\Ionro Charles Jas. Hale esq. Ingsdon manor, Newton Abbot

dispatch. Paul Capt. Arthur George, Barnsley, East Teignmouth

Parcels intended for transmission by Parcel Post must be Plumptre Francis Henry esq. Teignbridge house, near New

presented at the counter between the hours of 7 a.m. & ton Abbot
Scratton D:1niel Robcr~ esq. Ogwell, Nmton Abl:ot
9 p.m. on week days only ·

JDIRECTORY. DEVONSHIRE. NEWfO~ ABBOT. 351

Steele Henry esq. Ashburtrm Scott M.B. Henry Arthur Bluett Davies L.R.C.P.Edin.

Strickland Capt. Waiter Cecil, The Rise, Dawlish • Richard Henry Grimbly & Edgar Haydon M. B., C.M.

Vicary John esq. Broadlands, Newtou Abbot medical officers; D. R. Scratton, hon. sec.; Miss Lydia

Wade Charles Joseph esq. West Cliff, Dawlish R. Mobbs, matron ; open daily

Walcott Col. Edmund Scopoli c.n. Rock house, Chudleigh Public Rooms, Queen street

Watts William J·ohn esq. D.L. Forde house, Newton Abbot Stamp Office, Post office, Market street, Stephen B. Rogers,

Watts William John, jun. esq. The Firs, Newton Abbot distributor

Woodley James esq. D.L. Halshanger, Ashburton Town Hall, Courtenay street

Clerk to the Magistrates, Robert Hugo Montagn Baker, VOLUNTEERS.

Courtenay street Royal rst Devon Yeomanry Cavalry (C squadron); Major

Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall, Newton Abbot, J. H. Ley & Capt. C. G. Hayter-Hames

every tuesday at u a.m. & at Ashburton, Dawlish & 5th Volunteer Battalion (The Hay Tor) Devonshire Regi-

Teignmouth, once a. month. The following places are ment (comprising A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H Companies),

included in the petty Sessional division :-Abbotskerswell, head quarters, East street; battalion staff, Lord Clifford

Ashburton, Bickington, Bishopsteignton, Bovey Tracey, lieut. -col. ; Hon. Lieut.-Col. P. F. S. Amery & John H.

Broadhempston, Buckland-in-the-Moor, Chudleigh, Cof- Square, majors; Capt. G. J. Ellicombe (Devon Reg. ),

finswell, Dawlish, Haccombe-with-Coombe, Hennock, adjutant; Hon. Capt. J. Blackler, quartermaster; B Com-

Highweek, Holne, ldeford, llsington, Ipplepen, Kings- pany, Capt. William J. Rowell, commandant; J. Alsop,

ker·swell, Kingsteignton, Manaton, Ogwell (East), Ogwell lieut. ; Surgeon-Capt. William G. Scott M.H. medical

(West), St. Nicholas, Staverton, Stoke-in-Teignhead, officer; Rev. G. T. Warner M.A. acting chaplain

Teigngrace, Teignmouth (East), Teignmouth (West), CHARITIES.

Torbryan, Trusham, Widdicombe-in-the-Moor, Wol- Highweek, R. H. M. Baker, Charles James Hale Munro,Jno.

bGrough & Woodland Pidsley, William S. Pinsent, John Rowell, John Salter,

Wolborough Local Board. John ~tockman, John Vicary & William Vicary, feoffees;
T. S. M. Underhay, 14 Highweek street, clerk

Offices, Courtenay street. Widows', The Rev. the Earl of Devon, Lord Coul'tenay, Rev.

Board day. the first friday in each month, at 4 p.m. S. G. Harris, Capt. C. J. Hale Munro, D. R. Scratton,
Rev. H. Tudor, Rev. Fitz-William J. Taylor, W. J. Watts,
MEMBERS. trustees; Sidney Hacker, clerk to the trustees
Wolborough, William John Watts, Lewis Hearne, Joseph
William John Watts D.L., J.P. chairman. William Rowell, Robert Hugo Montag-u Baker, Dr. H. S.
Gaye, Rev. H. Tudor, John Alsop & J. W. Ley, feoffees;
Lewis Bearne John Prowse Nathaniel Perry, clerk

James Robert Cull Arthur S. Rendell NEWTON ABBOT UNION.

John Foss J osP-ph William Rowell Board day, wed. at II a.m. at the Union house, East st.

Thomas William Martin Samuel Segar The union comprises the following parishes :-Abbots Kers-
well, Ashburton, Bickington, Bishopsteignton, Bovey
John E. Mills William Vicary Tracey, Broadbempston, Buckland-in-tbe-Moor, Chud-

Henry T. Parker leigh, Cockington, Coffinswell, Dawlish, East Ogwell,
East Teignmouth, Haccombe with Combe, Hennock,
Clerk, Robert Hugo Montagu Baker, Coul'tenay street Highweek, Ideford, Ilsington, Ipplepen, Kingskerswell,
Kingsteignton, Lustleigh, Manaton, Moreton Hampstead,
Treasurer, Thomas M. Hoskin, Bank street

Medical Officer of Health, William Harvey F.R.c.s.Eng. St.

Eweste, Wolborough hill .

Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, Lewis Stevens, Elm croft

Collector, Thomas Shilston, 2 Union street

Public Establishments. North Bovey, St. Mary Church, St. Nicholas, Stoke-in-
Teignhead, Teigngrace, Torbryan with Denbul'y, Tormo-

Alexandra Hall, The Market ham-with-Torquay, Trusham, West Otwell, West 'feign-

Corn Exchange, Market street month, Widdecombe-in-the-Moor, Wol@orough with New-

County Police Station, Union street, Sergt. Samuel Tucker, ton Abbot & Woodland. The population of the union in

officer in charge, & 5 constables 1891 was 79,348; area, II7,524 acres; rateable value,

Devon Lodge of Freemasons, Devon square £415,86I .

}<'ire Brigade ('fown) (under Local Board), C. H. Dobell, Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, John

captain ; Frank Dobell, lieutenant, & 6 men ; head quar- Alsop, East street, Newton Abbot

ters, Newfoundland hotel, East street; brigade station, Treasure!', Thomas M. Hoskin, Bank street, Newton Abbot

Market buildings Relieving Officers, No. I district, T. R. Clemas, Teignmouth;

Fire Brigade( Highweek Distric)t,Highweek street, A. Murrin, No. 2 district, C. A. 'fozer, Torquay ; No. 3 district,

superintendent; A. Wotton, lieutenant, & 7 men James Edward Webber, Fairfield terrace; Newton Abbot;

Mackrills' Almshouses, D. R. Scratton, Dr. HenryS. Gaye, No. 4 district, F: H. Rogers, Ashburton

Rev. Prebendary Tudor, Rev. A. H. Simms M.A. W. J. Vaccination Officers, A. Barclay, Tol'quay ; J. E. Webber,

Watts & L. Bearne, trustees ; Miss Lucy Stevens, matron Fairfield terrace, Newton Abbot ; F. H. Rogers, Ashbur-

Newton Abbot & Torquay County Court (Circuit No. 58), ton & T. R. Clemas, Teignmouth
Courtenay street, His Honor James Broughton Edge, Medical Officers, Ashburton district, John Lewis Brown M. B.,
judge; John Pidsley, registrar; William Jas. Tompkins, C.M. Ashhurton; Hovey 'fracey district, Henry Goodwyn
high bailiff ; Charles Henry Davis & Robt. Nott, assistant L.R.C.P.Edin. Bovey Tracey; Chndleigh district, Frederick
bailiffs ; Henry B. Tompkms, registrar's clerk. The C. W. Hounsell M. B. Chudleigh; Dawlish district, Albert
Coul'ts are held at Newton Abbot monthly & at Torquay de Winter Baker L.R.C.P.LOnd. Dawlish; Ilsington dis-
bi-monthly. The office is open for business daily from ro "trict, Henry Gllodwin L.R.C.P.Edin, Bovey Tracey; Ipple-
to 4- except on saturday, when it closes at I o'clock. The pen district, Richard Henry Grimbly, Newton Abbot;
jurisdiction of the court embraces the following places, Kmgskerswell district, Thomas Ross Macdono.ld 1L B., c.M.
viz. :-Abbots Kerswell, Ashburton, Bickington, Bishops- - Kingskerswell ; Moreton district, George Nelson Collyns,
teignton, Bovey Tracey, Broadhempston, Huckland-in- Moreton Hampstead; Newton Abbot district, James
the-Moor, Chudleigh, Cockington, Coftinswell, Dawlish, Cnlross M.A., M.B. Newton Abbot; Shaldon district, W.
East Ogwell, East Teignmouth, Haccombe with Coombe, Ker Bell L. R.C. P.LOnd. Shaldon ; St. Mary Church district,
Hennock, Highweek, Ideford, Ilsington, Ipplepen, Kings- William Stott Steele M.D. St. Mary Church; Teignmonth
kerswell, Kingsteignton, Lustleigh, Manaton, Moreton district, Charles Frederick Rudd, 'feignmouth ; Torquay
Hampstead, North Bovey, ::!t. Mary Church, St. Nicholas, district, Thomas Dixon Cook M.B., c.M. Torquay
Stoke-in-Teignhead, Teigngrace, Torbryan, Tormoham- Public Vaccinatol's, same as medical officers, except Ilsing•
with-Torquay, Trusham, West Ogwell, West Teignmouth, ton district, which is combined with BoveyTraceydistrict
W1ddecombe-in-tbe-Moor, Wolborough with Newton Abbot Superintendent Registrar, John Alsop, East street, Newton
Abbot; deputy, Thomas M. Hoskin, Bank street; Newton
& Woodland
Abbot
('ertified Bailiffs appoin.ted under the " Law of Distress Registrars of Births & Deaths, Ashburton sub-district, Jsph.
Amendment Act, r888," James Stooke, Courtenay street;
James Burbidge Tompkips~ ll3 Queen street; Rendell & Batten, Ashburton; deputy, Thomas William Manu,
Symons, Market terrace; & William James Tompkins, Ashburton; Chudleigh sub-district, Jonas Parnell, Bovey
Mount Pleasant road, Newton ~bbot; Albert Joseph Tracey; deputy, William Sercombe, Bovey Tracey;
Davy, Thos. Memery, Richard Clark Lemon & George Moreton Hampstead sub-district, William P. Harvey,
Moreton Hampstead; deputy, Mrs. Emily Harvey, More-
Crockwell, Torquay; William Tapper &; Fredk. Cornish ton Hampstead; Newton Abbot sub-district, James
J<'rost, Teignmouth; Geo. Conway Foot & Henry Mallahy Snelling Bearne, Bank street, Newton Abbot; deputy,
Firth, Ashburton; George Bragg Avant & Warwick Chas. John A. Bearne, Bank street, Newton Abbot; Teign-
Tapper, Dawlish ; Arthur Clampett 'Loveys, Moreton mouth sub-district, W. R Hall Jordan, 'feignmouth;
Hampstead; William Wills Ellis, St;. Mary Church . deputv, William F. C. Jordan, Teignmouth; Torquay

Xewton Cottage Hospital & Dispensary,.East street, Pienry sub-district, Charles A. Tozer, Torquay; deputy, Charles
Searle Gaye v.n, co:tsulting surgeon; William Gifford R. To6er, Torquay

352 NEWTON ABBOT. DEVONSHIRE. . (xELLY's

Registrar of Marriages, Charles D. Ed wards, 4 Linden ter- Schools.

race, Newton Abbot ; deputy, Nathaniel Perry, East st. NEWTON ABBOT PROPRIETARY CoLLEGE,

Newton Abbot Visitor, The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the Diocese

Workhouse, East street, was considerably enlarged in 187I1 Secretary, Francis Watts
at a cost of [.I,6oo, & has accommodation for 450 inmates: The Council consists of I6 members
the entire building, with the garden ground attached, Head Master, Rev. George Townsend Warner M.A. Trinity
occupies several acres : the building & furnishing origin- College, Cambridge
ally cost about £I3,ooo; Robert Henry Cawse, master; Second Mast~r, Rev. William T. Wellacott M.A. late scholar
Rev. Arthur H. Simms M.A. chaplain; Edgar Haydon, St. John's College, Cambridge
M.B., c. M. medical officer; Miss Ann Mance, matron ; Senior Classical Master, Robert Johnson M.A. Jesus College,
Henry S. Awcock, schoolmaster; Miss Hannah E.Mitchell, Oxford
schoolmistress .

Assistant Masters, Arthur Hood Spiers esq. M.A. late scholar

RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. Corpus Christi collP_ge,Cambridge; Jeffrey Peebles Murray
esq. M.A. Caius College, Cambridge ; Rev. A. Hewetson
Clerk, John Alsop, East street, Newton Abbot M.A. Emanuel College, Cambridge & chaplain; Hugh .A.
Treasurer, Thomas M. Hoskin, Bank street, Newton Abbot Francis M. A. Keble College, Oxford ; J oseph K. Hudson
Medical Officer of Health, William Harvey, St. Eweste, B.A. Wadham College, Oxford; Charles Rhias B.A. King's
College, Cambridge; Harry B. Mapleton B. A. Exeter Col-
Wolborough hill, Newton Abbot lege, Oxford (hon. member)
Inspector of Nuisances, S. Segar, Devon sq. Newton Abbot

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Cm.t:MITTEE. Junior Preparatory School, Joseph John Cross esq. :M.A.
Brasenose College, Oxford

Newton Abbot Rural & St. Mary Church Urban Districts. Head Master's Secretary, Jeffrey Peebles Murray esq. M.A.

Clerk, John Alsop, East street, Newton Abbot Caius College, Cambridge
Non-Resident Masters.-Violin, John Sparke esq.; Har-
Attendance & Inquiry Officers, T. R. Clemas, Teignmouth;
mony, Pianoforte &c. W. J. Bown esq.; Landscape Paint-
J. E. Webber, Newton Abbot; Amos Hugo, Torquay; :F. ing, J. Salter esq.; Geometrical Drawing &c. J. Curnow
esq.; Gymnastic Instructor, Staff-Sergt. Henry Rendell
H. Rogers, Ashburton

Public Officers. R.M.L.I. late gymnastic instructor to H.M.S." Britannia;"
Assistant Overseers.-For Highweek, Thomas S. Underhay, Hon. Organist, A. R. Hutchison esq

14 Highweek street. For Wolborough, William Roberts, School of Science & Art, Courtenay streE-t, George William
69 Queen st Bedford, master ; Thomas A. Bennett, sec
Certifying Factory Surgeon for Newton Abbot, Richard Hy.
Grimhly, 56 Wolborough street A School Board of 5 members was formed for the parish of
Clerk to Highweek Feoffees, Thomas S. M. Underhay, I4 Highweek, Sept. 6th, 1878; John Alsop, East street, clerk
Highweek street to the board; attendance officer, Richd. Pascoe, Highweek
Clerk to the Teign Board of Conservators, Sidney Hacker,
Market street Higbweek Board (boys), erected in I879, for I2o children;
Clerk to Wolborough Feoffees, Nathaniel Perry, 56 East st average attendance, I05; William Henry Jarvis, master;
County Coroner of Totnes district, Sidney Hacker, Market (girls) erected in I87o, for I25 children; average attend-
· street; deputy, D. A. Fraser :M .D. Totnes ance, 106; Miss Frances R. Winkley, mistress; (infants)
Inspector of Weights & Measures for Teignbridge Hundred, erected in I87o, for no children; average attendance,98;
Thomas J. Edwards, 2I St. Leonards terrace
Miss Hannah E. Nosworthy, mistress
Inland RevPnue Officer, V'i'illiam P. Metherell, 22 Devon sq Wolborough (National) (boys & girls), East street, erected

Surveyor of Taxes, Reginald H. Burt, 3 Union street in I87o, enlarged in 18931 for 515 children; average at-
Town Crier, Robert Tapson, Wolborough street tendance, 209 boys, I94 girls; John Knott, master; Mrs.
Water Bailiff, Thomas Shilston, 2 Union street Charlotte Knott, mistress
St. Leonards, Wolborough street (infants), erected in 1875.
for 180 children ; average attendance, ISO ; Mrs. Anne

• Bowden, mistress
Infants' (Marsh), erected in I875, for I90 children; average
Places of Worship, with times of services:-

St. Mary's Church & St. Leonards Chapel of Ease, Wol- attendance, I6o; Miss Bessie Dight, mistress
borough, Rev. Arthur Hennell Simms M.A. rector; Rev. British School (Bearne's gift), Queen street, erected in I8s3
Nicbolas Germon M.A. Rev. Henry Every, curates; 8 & & enlarged in 1884, for 300 children; a\'erage attendance,
I40 boys, 9I girls & 45 infants; Waiter Henry Fawkes,
11 a.m. & 3.30 & 6.30 p.m. & daily morn. & even
St. Paul's District Church, Devon square; II a.m. & 6.go master ; Miss Sarah Ann Little, mistress
Infants' (Miss Wall's), Gladstone place,Queen street, erected
p.m.; fri. 7.30 p.m ·
.All 8aints' Church, Highweek, Rev. Samuel George Harris in I87r, for xoo children; average attendance, Bo; Miss
M.A. rector; Rev. John Amphlett Evans M.A. curate; 11 · Harriet Murch, mistress
a. m. & 3.30 p.m.; morning & afternoon services are alter- Catholic, St. Paul's road, erected in I87I 1 for 74 children ;
nated on successive sundays at Highweek & St. Mary's, average attendance, 61 ; Miss Frances Gallagher, mistrss

the evening service (6.30 p.m.) being always held at St. Newspapers.
Mary's

St. Mary's Chapel of Ease, Highweek street; u a. m. & 3.30 East & South Devon .Advertiser, Market street (Daniel "Vile,
publisher & proprietor), published saturdays
(every alternate sunday) & 6.go p.m
Newton College Chapel, :{lev.Arthur Hewetson M.A~ chaplain; Newton News & Directory (George H. Hearder, publisher &
proprietor), published monthly
n.3o a m. & 7 p.m
Mid Devon & Newton Times, 63 Queen street (T. C. & A. E.
~t. Joseph's Catholic, Queen street, Rev. Joseph J. Atkins, Mortimer, publishers & proprietors), published saturday

priest; holy communion 8.30 & mass Io.go a.m. ; cate- Western Guardian (Newton Abbot edition) ; branch office,
63 Queen street (T. C. & A. E. Mortimer, proprietors &
chism 3, & devotions, sermon & benediction 6.30 p.m.; publishers), published wednesdays
week days & holidays of obli~ation, mass 8 a. m. ; thurs.

& holidays of obligation, rosary & benediction 7.30 p.m
St. Augustine's Priory, Catholic, Rev. Adalbert M. O'Sulli-

van o.s.B. priest; mass 9 a.m. &benediction 7 p.m.; week Railway.
days, mass 7 a. m. benediction 7 p.m
Baptist, East street, Rev. Samuel Lyne; 11 a.m. & 6.go Great Western Railway, Locomotive department,John Lux-
p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m moore, superintendent; goods dept. A. Phillips, manager;
Bible Christian, Queen street, Rev. J. Horswill; II a.m. & John Maggs, statwn master. Branch Receiving House for
6.go p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m Goods & Parcels (William Russell, agent), Queen street

Christian Brethren, Queen street, Rev. William Harrison; Ca.rrierF"•
n a. m. & 6 p.m

Christian Brethren, Union street; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. AsHBURTON-Bishop, from Queen's hotel, at 6 p.m. daily

7p.m BROADHEMPSTON-Palk, from Globe hotel, wed...; Harris,

Congregational, Queen street, Rev. Levi Rees ; 11 a.m. & from 'Golden Lion,' wed

6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7. IS p. m CHAGFORn-Clements, from ' Ship,' tues

United Methodist Free Church, Courtenay street, Rev. P.T. CHRISTOw-England, from 'Golden Lion,' wed

Secomb; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m CRUDLEIGH-William Gill, from Bradley hotel, wed

Wesleyan, Courtenay street, Rev. T. Walker Cook; 11 a.m. IPPLEPEN-Luscombe, from 'Turk's Head,' wed. & sat.;

& 6.30 p.m. ; tues. 7.30 p.m Easterbrook, from Globe hotel, wed. & sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Adams Mrs. 5 Higher St. Paul's road Adamson-Hill Thomas, Maristowe

Aeland John, 7 J,inden terrace Adams William Charles, Culver lodge, Akers Misses, 2 Alpha cots. Highweek

Adams Charles, 4 Powderham terrace Mount ·~easant road Allen Miss, Trescoe, Courtenay park

JDIRECTORY. DEVONSHIRE. NEWTON ABBOT•

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Allin Mrs. I Widows' ho. Torquay road Cook Rev. Toft Walker [Wesleyan], Godda-rd Edwin, Trevanion, College rd

Alsop John, 17 Devon square 30 Devon square Goodenough Mrs. 57 East street

Alsop John, jun. 5 Devon square Coplestone Herbert, Keyberry · Goodwin Jn. r Halcyon viis. Highweek
Alsop Miss, 12 Devon square
Cordwent Henry James, sB ~ueen st Greenshields Miss, The Gables, Knowles

Anthony Misses, The Cottage, Devon sq Cornelius Joseph, Ashton, Gloucester rd hill

Archer Rev. Samuel Harwood M.A. Cornish-Bowden Admiral William J.P. Gregory Alfred, Bank street

Eversley, Highweek Oak lawn, Wolborough hill Grenside Mrs. Laira vil. Courtenay rd

Ashby Wm. Henry,6 Mount Pleasant rd Cose Charles Henry, 5 Powderham rd Grimbly Richd. Hy. 56 Wolborough st

AshfordSaml. Hy.Jas.I Crosswayvillas Cotton Richard Wm. The Red house Ha~ker Sidney, Penshurst

Atkins Rev. Joseph J. [Catholic], The Coulborn Edward Rushton, The Lin- Haffner Martin,Wrayton,Gloucester rd

Presbytery, ~ueeu street dens, Highweek Haite John, Seymour vil. Courtenay pk

Atkyns Mrs. Lowick, Highweek Cowell John, Drumcraig, Knowles hill Hall Charles, Poona villa, Decoy road

Ayres Misses, 2 Southernhay CrockerJosias,Ambleside,l'owderhm. rd Hallett Thomas, I Mount Pleasant road
Babb Mrs. 22 East street
Crocker Samuel Richard, Glenburnie, Hambly Robert, so Courtenay street
Bailey Henry, 2 Mount Pleasant road Powderham road Hannaford Mrs. 29 Prospect terrace

BakerJn.Russell, 1ParkHill vils.Highwk Cross Joseph John M.A. (assistant Hannaford William, Colaba, Decoy rd

BakerMiss,tGreenway vils.Highweek rd master, The College), Newton hall, Harding George Leach, Mayfield, Tor-

Baker Robert Hugho Montagu, Rose- College road quay road

neath, Courtenay park Cull J ames Robert, 46 Queen street Harris Rev. Samuel George :&r.A. Rec-

Baker SirSamuelWhite(Pasha)F. R.G.s., Cull Mrs. 44 Queen street tory, Highweek

F.R.A.s., F.R.s., D.L., J.P. Sandford CulrossJas. M. A., M.B.,c.M. 66 Queen st Harris Wm. Elm ville, Courtenay park

Orleigh Curnow John; Carthew, Decoy road Harrison Rev. William [Christian

Banbery John Charles, 88A, Queen st Davidson Mrs. 3 Lower St. Paul's road Brethren], Craig cottage, Queen st

Barnes Miss, Tresillian, Forde park · Davies HenryArthurBluett,St.Paul's rd Harvey William F. R.C.S.Eng. St.Eweste,

Barrv James c.E. 27 Lower St. Paul's rd Davis Miss, 3 Culver villas, Torquay rd Wolborough hill

Barry Miss, 21 Lower St. Paul's road Davis Thomas Frederick, I Linden ter Hatch Alfred, 2 Courtenay street

Beare Jn. Hy. Sandhurst, Courtenay pk Dawe Elias, 7 Mount Pleasant road Haydon Edgar M. 8. The Laurels, Pow-

Beare Thomas Lawrence, St. Helen's, Dawson Charles, I ChurchHouse villas, derham road

St. Paul's road Highweek Haydon Lancelot T. Aranmore, Wol-

Bearne James Snelling, Linden house, Dawson Misses, High close, Knowles hill borough hill

Wolborough street Dewar William, Carvean, Lonsdale rd Haydon Mrs. Littlemoor, Decoy road

Bearne Lewis,Brookhill ho.Highweek st Dobell Chas. H. I Elm view,Torquay rd Haydon William,Fern bank,'forquay rd

Bearne Lewis,St. Bernards,Wolboro' hill Dobson William, Treverbyn, Forde park Hearder George Henry, Burleigh, Pow-

• Beame Miss,Wolboro' villa, Torquay rd Dodge Henry, Titchmarsh, Decoy road derhamroad
Beazley Mrs. Wo1boro' villa, Torquayrd Dore Mrs. 2 Rooklands, Wolborough st Heaton Mrs. I Belgrave ter. Torquay rd

Beckley Misses, Pinehurst, Lonsdale rd Downes Watkin Lloyd, Highweek villa, Henderson Capt. Robert, Colaba, Pow-

Beddek Mrs. Stoneleigh, Forde park Highweek derham road

Bedford Henry,I Milber view,Higbweek Drake Francis, 24 East street Hernaman Miss, Broadmead, Forde pk

Bennett Thomas Angell, Melrose, Pow- Dresser Christopher Leefe,2 Manor cres Hewetson Rev. Arthur M.A. [assistant

derham road DrewMiss, Wolborough villa,Torquay rd master & chaplain], The College

Bennett Major-General William Henry, Duncombe Sydney Stanhope, Hilton, HextGeo.Hawkins,Kingstone,College rd

Worthy, Hillsden, Forde park Keyberry park Hext Mrs. St. Benet's, College road

Bewes Mrs. Beaumont, Forde park Dunning Mrs. 2 Bradley view Hextel' William, Powderham road

BibbingsGeorge,Acqua vil. Wolboro' hill EdgecombeRichd. Smerdon,6Linden ter Heyward Mrs. Glenart, Powderham rd

Binyon Rev. Fredk. I Westbourne ter Edwards Edward Thomas, Allan bank, Heyward Sparke, 75 Queen street

Birch Mrs. Charlcote, Forde park Keyberry park Hickey Miss, Calabria

Blake Charles Davey, Highwood, Wol- Edwards Robert, Ferndale, Decoy road Higgs Misses, 7 Devon square

borough hill Ellicombe Capt. George John (adjutant Hill Gen. John Thomas, Milton house

Blenkiron Mrs. Trelawnt>, Forde park 5th (Hay'ror) Vol.Batt.Devon Regt.), Hocking Miss,St. Bernard's,Wolboro' hl

Blyth Augustu~ Hy.Garston,Know'les hl Beech park Hodg~ Miss, 2 Westbourne villas

Bond Mrs. Hill view, Powderham road Elliott Miss, Glen, Torquay road Holman Miss, S Mount Pleasant road

Bond William George, II Linden ter EndacQtt Mrs. 28 Devon square Holman Wm.W.2 Elm view,Torquay rd

BorwellMiss,2Greenway vils.Highwk. rd Evans Rev. John Amphlett M.A. [curate Holmes Miss, Rose vale, Lonsdale road
BowdenJn.Evans,NewPark vil.Forde pk of Highweek f, 2 Highweek road
Holmes Mrs. Highweek road

Bowden Martin, 27 St. Leonard's ter Evans Misses, Heath cot. Highweek rd Holmes Mrs, Bernstein, Wolboro' hill

Bown Wm.Jas.I Claremont,Torquayrd Every Rev. Henry [curate of Wol- Hopkins Miss, Calabria

Box Mrs. 88 Queen street boroughl, Moor view, Torquay road Hore Misses, Donerail, College road

Branscom be:\1iss,4Halcyon viis. Highwk Fairchild Edwd. Laburnnm cot. Highwk Horne A. Driver, Devon vil.St.Paul's rd

Branscombe Miss, 9 Mount Pleasant rd Farleigh Henry, Oak villa, Torquay rd Horswill Rev. James [Bible Christian],

Brenan Miss, Penrose, Wolborough hill Farley George, go Lower St. Paul's rd Queen street

Briggs William Rawdon, The Poplars, Fawkes Walter'Hy. 28 St.Leonard's ter Hoskin Thomas Mundy, Bank street
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Wolborough hill Ferneley John William, 2 Campbell- Hosking William Pevensey,
Henry,

Brown Miss, Winthorpe, Gloucester rd ville, Torquay road Courtenay park

Brown Mrs. Hollycott, Totnes road Fisher Edward, Abbotsbury Hudleston Col. J oseph, Crofthaven, •

Brown Mrs. Tower ho. Courtenay park Fletcher Rev.Arthur,Lyvedon,Forde pk College road

Browne Ge01·ge Osborne, Collinwood, Formby Myles L. Fairfield, Torqmy rd HudsonJosephK.B.A.(assistant master),

Wolborough hill Foss John, Castle dyke, Highweek The College

Burge John, Fern bank, Torquay road Fosse Harry, Shrublands, Knowles hill Humpherson William, Powderham rd

Bnttrum Aaron, Elim vale, Decoy rd Francis Hugh A. :&!.A. (assistant master), Hunt Frank Holmes, Homelands, Wol-

Bwye Mrs. I Milber view, College road The College borough hill

Callar Wm. Hy. Castledyke cot.Highwk l<'rederickson Capt. Abraham, Melita Huxham Miss, 2 Claremont, Torquay rd

Carlyle .Mrs. Campana, College road villa, Decoy road Jacobs Henry, East End cot.Tol'quay rd

Cary Miss, 29 Lower St. Paul's road French Misses, 3 Southernhay Jago Fredk.Wm. 4 Lower St. Paul"s rd

Caseley Mrs. 2 Alma terrace French William, 2 Church House villas, James Henry David, 14 Linden terrace

Cater Samuel, 2 Powderham terrace Highweek James Mrs. Hillside, Courtenay road

Cawse Capt. Thomas, 2 Culver villas, Fulford Charles, 3 Powderbarn terrace Jamieson Mrs. Wood view, Wolboro' hi

'l'orquay road Fuller Mrs. I 33 East street Jane Warren, Sarre ville, Courtenay pk

Chapman J ames,Woodleigh,Forde park Furneaux Geo. Zuanroff, Wolboro' hill Jewell William, 135 East street

Chudleigh Miss, Elm cottage, Exeter rd Furneaux Mrs. New Park vil.Forde park Johnson Robert M.A. (senior classical

Churchward Mrs. 23 Devon square Furneaux Thos. Belvoir, Powderham rd master), The College .

Churton Misses, Rock ho. Wolborough Gane Frdk.Jas.Albert vil. Powderham rd Jones Edgar Rd. Rushford, TiJrquay rd

Churton Thomas, Rock ho. W olborough Gauge Mrs. 3 Gloucester villas J onesMrs. Powderham vil. Courtenay pk

Clark James, 27 Devon square Garland George, 23 Lower St. Paul's rd Jukes-HughesMrs.Cromarty,Colleg-e rd

Clarke Edward Dunn, I Southernhay Gaye Henry Searle M.D.,J.P.II Devon sq Kay Charles Beachey, Monte Carlo

Clarke Henry, Kanawha, Knowles hill Germon Rev.Nicholas·M.A. Glenbornie, Gloucester road

Coldridge Richard, 28 Union street Forde park King 1\lrs. 5 Linden terrace

Cole Samuel Tarr, Penrose, Torquay rd German Rev. Nicholas M.A. jun.[corate King Thomas Dummer, 2 Brunswick

Colridge William, 6o Fairfield terrace of Wolborough ], Ashfield, 'forquay rd villas, Highweek road

Comyns Rev. George Yonge B.A. Lyve- Germon Richard, Milburn, I<'orde park King Thomas Kippa.s:, The Knowle,

don, Forde park Gillard 1\'Irs. Barnfield, Queen street Knowles hill

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Kirkpatrick Miss, 1 Gloucester villas Murray Jeffrey Peebles M.A. (assistant Scawn Henry~ Beyrunt, Powderh~m rd

KitsonMaj.Edwd.Paynsford,Knowles bl master), The College t::lcott Stephen, 2 Gloucester villas

Knight Alfred Robert, 21 Fairfleld ter Murrin Chas. 3 Rooklands, Wolboro' st Scott Wm.Gifford M.B.I3 Devon square

Knott Albert Edward, 4 Bank street Ness Mrs. Daracombe, Highweek Secomb Rev. Peter Thomas [United

Knott John, 4 Bank street Ntcholas Stephen,33 Lower St.Paul's rd Methodist], 4 Gloucester villas

Knowles Mrs. 2 Park Hill vils. Highwk .NickelsJn.Stephen,Woodbine, Church rd Segar Alfred, Ringslade, Highweek

Lane Mrs. Dyrons, Exeter road Nisbet .Adam T. M.B. Hazelbrae, Pow- Segar Samuel, 37 Devon square

Lane Mrs. t Rose vils. Powderham rd derham road Semple Mrs. 22 Devon square

Lang Lt.-Col. James Wolcot, Elmcroft, Norris John, u Market terrace SerjeantMrs.2Widows' hos.Torquay rd

Knowles hill North Miss, 8 Alma ter. Torquay road Seymer John Gunning, Upham house,

Lapsley Mrs. Trescoe, Courtenay park Nosworthy Miss, 24 Lower St.Paul's rd Keyberry park

Larkins John Burton, Sheridan, Olver John, St. Leonard's house, WoJ... Shapley John, I Elmfield, Knowles hill

Knowles hill borough street · Shapley MFs. 59 Queen st

Law FrankBacon,4 Elmfield,Knowles hi O'Sullivan Rev. Adalbertill O.S.B. Shears Miss, 29 Devon square

Laycock Wm. St. Michael's,Wolboro' hl [Catholic], St. .Augustine's priory Simms Rev.Arthur Hennell M.A.[rector

Lear Edward, II7 Queen stl"eet Owen-Jones Mrs.St.l&hmael's,Forde pk of Wolborough & surrogatej, The

Leatham Mrs. Broadmead, Forde park }'ark Capt. John Steele Glencoe, Cour- Rectory, Wolborough hill

Lechene Augnste, Barnfield cot. East st tenay park Simpson William, Lyndhurst,Devon sq

LeClair Miss, 13 Lower St. Paul's road Parker Hy. Theodore, Kingsteignton rd Smale Misses, Powderbam road

Le!!lie Miss, 3 Devon square Parker Miss, Kingsteignton road Smerdon Charles, 4 Mount Pleasant rd

Lewis Miss, Daracombe, Highweek ParkerMrs. Somerset lodge,Knowles hill SmerdonMrs. raalmoral vils.Higbwk.rd

Ley Jn. Wm. Dagenham ho. Queen st ParkinsonMrs.Rose cot.Powderham rd Smith Mrs. Clinton, Courtenay road

Lias Charles R. B.A.(assistant master), Parminter .Mrs. 3 Widows' houses, Snelling Francis, 20 St. Leonard's ter

The College . Torquay road Snow Philip,Normanville, Powderbm.rd

Lloyd Acheson; Keyberry villa Parr Richard, 8 Linden terrace Snow 'l'hos.Hy. Grafton,Powderham rd

Lloyd Miss, Lisadern, Powderham rd Parsons Thos. Western bo. Highweek Spiers Arthur Hood M.4. (assistant

Lloyd Robert Llewellyn, Dunmore, PartridgeHy.Alma cot.Kingsteigntn.rd master), The College .

Wolborough hill Partridge William Hanslip, Rockwood, Stacey Ftank Albt. Somerville,South rd

Locke Frank Walford, Rosemont,Cour- Totnes road Stark William, 4 Belgrave terrace

tenay park PascoeJohnWebber,26 St.Leonard's ter Staveley Maj.-Gen.Edmd.R.A.EssHillho

Lovejoy H. J. Lucerne, Highweek Patey Geo. Saml. Aller view, Decoy rd Stephens Mrs. Winde:rmere,Pwdrhm.rd

Lovejoy Mrs. 2 Halcyon viis. Highweek Pearce John S. D. The Elms,Highweek StevensMisses,4Culver viis. Torquay rd

Luke William 'l'homas, 7 Alma terrace Pearce Parmenas Wm. I Bradley view Stockman Henry, Wynscotte, Kinglf-

Luxmoore John, Somerford, Forde prk Pearce William, Dovercourt teignton road

Lyne Rev. Samuel [Baptist], I Bruns- PerrottChas. 2Rose villas,Powderham rd Stockman John, Market street

wick villas, Highweek road Pethybridge Mrs. 8 Mount Pleasant rd Stockman Miss, Market street

Macdonald Henry, 2 Fortescue villas, Phillips John, Moor park, Aller Stockman William, Market street

Courtenay park Pidsley John, St. Maur, Knowles hill Stooke Barge, Courtlands

Macdonald Mrs. 4 Widow's houses, Pinkham Wm. 2 Milberview,College rd Stradli~ Miss, 8 Alma ter. Torqnay rd

Torquay road PinsentJn.Balle,Green'svii.Highweek st Strother Rev. James Baxter M,A. Kirk-

Macinton Lt.-Col.Archibald,The Chest- Pinsent William S. Rose hill, Highweek newton, College road

nuts, College road Plowman Chas. Wickens, Home lodge, Stranger William Henry, I09 Queen st

Mackenzie John, Glenroyd, Torquay rd Fordepark Tapper Joseph, 33 Devon sq

McKenzie John Auld, Meadow side, Ponder Mrs. Belfield, Forde park Taylor Frederick, 5 Manor crescent

Highweek road Pope Rev. Wm. Langley D.D. [Pemb. Taylor George, 3 Westbourne villas

McMahon Michael, 13 Linden terrace Coll. Oxon.], Main view, Knowles hl Taylor Mrs. Malston, Forde park

Maddicott Thos.Avebury, Courtenay pk Popham Christopher Vivian, Hele Teil Richard Mowbray John, Ulborough,

Maddock John,z Clifton vile.Torquay rd house, Ashburton road Wolborough hill

Maggs Henry, Iddesleigh,Courtenay pk Pound Alfd. Jn.Wolboro' lo. College rd Tennent Thomas J ones, Green bank,

Magor Mrs. East pk. Kingsteignton rd Price Hy.Arthr. Park ho.Courtenay pk College road

Magor Thos. 2 Elmfield, Knowles hill Price Rees C. Park ho. Courtenay park Thomas Samuel, 23 Devon square

Magor Thomas Reginald, East park, Protheroe Arthur Richard, IO Lower Tindal Rev. Hy.M.A.Frankton,J<'orde pk
Todd Mrs. Elm cottage, Exeter road
Kingsteignton road St. Paul's road

Major Mrs. lngleside, Highweek Purvis Rear-Admiral Francis Reginald, 'roll Misses, 3 Crossway villas, Forde pk

Manuel Robert Dugdale, Bloxworth, Melrose, Highweek Tompkins Hy. Burbidge, 2 Linden ter

Gloucester road Quaintance Jn. Alpha cot. Highweek rd Tompkins James Burbidge, Homeleigh,

Mapleton Henry Banbery, 3 Park Hill Quint George, Park cot. Torquay road Forde park
Quintanilha Hy. Devonia,Conrtenay pk TompkinsWm.Jas.IoMount Pleasant rd
villas, Highweek
Margrave Malcom Llewelyn,I Devon sq Randall John, Rose cottage, Highweek Toone Mrs. 5 Mount Pleasant road
Martin Arthur, 20 St. Leonard's ter Reed Mrs. I2 St. Leonard's terrace Trevenen Rev. Thomas John lrf.A.Stan-

Martin Fritz, 25 St. Leonard's terrace Rees Rev. Levi [Congregational],Thorn- more, Courtenay park
cliffe, Powderham road Tripe Miss, IB St. Leonard's terrace
Martin Herbert, Wolborough street
Martin Joseph, Rockwood, Totnes road Rendell Arthr.Stephen F.S.I.Market ter Tripe Thomas, I8 Devon square
Riach Gen. William Alexander,Strath- Trutl\fnThos.The Mount,Powderbm.rd
Martin Mrs. Highweek house
more, Wolborough hill Tunstall Thos. Patna vil. Gloucester rd
Martin Mrs. Wolborough street
Martin Thomas, Wolborough street Rice William Thomas, 9 Linden terrace Underhill John, I Higher St. Paul's rd
Richards John, Lota, Knowles hill UttermareMiss,Sherwood, Courteny.pk
Mason Alfred, 24 Devon square
Massingberd-Teale Mrs. Mount vale, RichardsRt. The Retreat,Powderham rd Veysey Mrs. 43 Lower St. Paul's road
Ridley Miss, Florian, Courtenay park Vieary Chas. G. Elmbyrst, Knowles hill
Courtenay park
Vicary John J.P. Broadlands, Highweek
Mathews James Henry, Teigndale, Riley Misses, I Manor crescent
Risden Miss, 35 Devon square Vicary Miss, Dyrons, Exeter road
Lower St. Paul's road
Mathews Richard, 3 Linden terrace Roberts Wm. Lieblich, Wolborough hill Vicary Rober,t, Churchills, Highweek
Medway James (ch•ef engineer R.N.)., 4 Robinson Alfred, Homeside, Totnes rd Vicary William,Tbe Knoli,Knowles hill
Robyns Hy. Edwd. Elm villa, College rd Walker Mrs.Kerswelllodge,Forde park
Westbourne villas
Wall Miss, Bradley Wood house
Melland Mrs. 2 Westboume terrace Rogers John, Mill lane
Warner Alfred, I r r Queen street
Mills George, r6 Wolborough street Row Sydney 0. 21 Devon square

Mills Jn. Edwd. Oakley ho. Wolboro' st Rowband Colonel Henry (H.M. Indian Warner Rev. George Townsend M.A.
Army), Keyberry house, Forde park (head master), The College
Mills Miss, 25 Devon square
Mills William, Pinewood, Kerberry rd Rowband Miss,Keyberry ho.Forde park WattsFras.Laureston lodge,Wolboro' hl

Mitchell Jas. I Clifton viis. Torquay rd Rowell Jsph. Wm.Elbnry ldg.College rd Watts Ralph Yarde,Ibex ho. Wolboro' hi

Mobbs Miss, Cottage hospital, East st Rowell Mrs. xo Linden terrace Watts WilliamJn. D.L.,,J.P.Fordehouse

Moffatt Mrs. 32 Devon square Rowell Spencer, Holmer, St. Paul's rd Watts William John, jnn, J.P. The Fir!,

Moore Capt. George Francis, 24 St. Rowell William, Io Devon square Wolborough hill

Leonard's terrace RutherfordMrs. Lonsdale ho. Lonsdle. rd Waugh Clement,rAlma ter.Torquayrd

Moore Miss, Chatterley, Forde park Sabine Charles, 3 Gloucester terrace Webb James George,I Westbourne vils

Mordaunt Mrs. 3 Halcyon viis. Highwk Sanders Henry, 4 Manor crescent Webster .Baron D.Harewood, College rd

Morrison Alexr. Dunkeld, Wolboro' hill Sandilands Mrs. Lanherne, Forde park WebsterJn: BradleyManor ho. Highweek

Mossett Mdlle. 5 Devon square Sargent Capt. S. Tomyns, Lismore, Webster Mrs. Chatterley, Forde park

Moysey Mrs. 57 Queen street College road Wellacott Rev. William Thomas M.A.

Mugford Joseph, Exeter road Saunders Trelawny,3 Elmfield,Knowles (second master, 'l'he College), Clay-

Muir Misses, Fortescue, Courtenay pk hill field, Forde park

Murch Mise,..2 Alma terrace • - Saunders Mrs. St. Leonard's terrace Welsford Charles, I2 Mount Pleasant rd

DIRECTORY.] D'E'VONSHfRE. 655

Whineray Edward, 14 Courtenay street Williams Miss, CarhpbeU-vflle,Torqy.rll WO'ollc6mbe Mis9es, Talland,Collegeli'd
White Miss, t Manor crescent Wotilley Jn, 6 Alma terrace,Torquayttd
Williams Sydney Sawyer, 22 Lbw'er St.
Wild Mrs. White hill, Highweelt Worthy Miss, 4 Gloucester terrace a
Wildman Mrs. 3 Mount Pleasant road Paul's road
·wiley Richard Francis, The Knowles, ~ottou Samuel, 20 Devon square
Wills Mrs. t7 Queen street; Wright John, Teignview', Knowlesl:till
Knowles hill Yabsley Mrs. 15 St. Leonard's terrace I
Williams John, Gordon, Highweek Wills Thos.Gloucester ho.Gloucester rd Yeo Ephraim, Ardrossan, KnowlM hill
Williams John, 25 Lower St. Paul's rd Y dung William, 28 Queen street;. .
Wilson Mrs. 19 Devon square

Wodhams John Richard,Grammarschl

Woolcott Samuel, Lyndhurst1 Dec6~ 1'd

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COMMERCIAL. Brown EmHy {Mrs.}, preparatory school, Towet Hohljj'

Abbott Joseph, ironmonger, fo Queen street school, Courten1\y park
Browse William Henry, travelling draper, 3 Powderham 'rd
Acland John, commercial traV'eller, 7 Linden terrace

Adams Charles, farmer, Houghton Barton,1fighweek Budd Jane (M~.), a.paTtmentS, 13 Lower St. Paul's road

Adams Charles, plumber & gasfitter, x8 High week street Bulley Edward, oil, color, glass & white lead merchant, steel

Adams Richard, fancy draper, 81 Queen street & general hardware factor_, 48 Wolborough street

Alexandra Hall (The) (Mrs. W. Green & Son, lessees), Bulley-Thomas, greengrocer, 69 East street

Market street Bunclark Thomas James, greengrocer, 21 Wolborougb str

.Alien .John Jacob, grocer & provision dealer, 7 Cour- Burge Artbur Hent'y, watcll maker, rr Highweek streeb

tenay street Burge Martha (Mrs.), china dealer, 97 East street

Alien William Harris, travelling draper, 27 Prospect terrace Burnell Maude (Mrs.), dress maker, 3 Beaconsfield terrace

Aller Vale Pottery Co. (John Phillips, proprietor), fine art Burridge John, fancy repository, 7 Wolborough street

pottery manufactnrers Burrows GeOI'ge, tobacconist & hair dresser, 5 Courtenays;

Alsop John, supt. registrar, ~lerk to Newton Abbot board of Burt Reginald H. surveyor of taxes, 3 Union street

guardians & assessment committee, rural sanitary author- Calvertt Charles John Simpson, draper, 23 & 25 Bank st

ity, Highweek school board & the district highway board Candy & Co. Limited (Great Western potteriea & brick

& sec. to Torquay Hotel <;o. Limited, East street works) (J. M. Limpus, manager) : brick &; tile works,

.Alsop John, jun. solicitor, see Francis, Baker, Watts & Alsop Clmdleigh Toad. See advertisement

Alway William, brush manufacturer, 76 Queen street Capital & Counties Bank Limited {The) (Thontas

Andrew Frederick, draper, 8 Courtenay street & 1 East st M. Hoskin, managel'), Bank street ; draw on head office,

Anthony Caroline (Miss), teacher of violin & pianoforte, The 39 Threadneedle street-, London E c

Cottage, Devon square Carnell George, <'..ab proprietor, ~a Devonia, Courtenay park

Ameli John, shopkeeper, 153 Queen street Carpenter Waiter, fly propr. & aparts. The Firs, St. Paul's

Atwill Robert, apartments, 2 Devon square Causey Williatn, wheelwright, Hopkins lane

Avery John, china dealer, 6 Highweek street Challis Richard, baker, 9 Union street

Badcock William, draper, 34 & 36 Oourtenay street Chambers John, tailor & woollen draper, 8 Bank street •

:Baker Robert Hugho Montagu (firm, Francis, Baker, Watts Christian Knowledge Society's Depot (Charles Pope, agent),

& Alsop ), solicitor & commissioner to administer oaths, 42 Courtenay street

clerk to justices, Teignbridge division, & clerk to Wol~ Christie Albert, chemist, 2 Queen street

borough local board, Courtenay street Chndleigh Leonard, builder, 16 Lower St. Paul's road

Ballinger Tom, ironmonger, I I Bank street Chudleigh Marina (MrS'.}, dress maker, 5 Albion hill

Ralson William Francis, china dealer, 48 East street Church Institute- (A. R. Knight & Rev. Henry Every, hon.

I~anbery John Charles, jun. Dartmouth inn, East street secs.), Union street

Harnes Eliza (Miss), preparatory school, Tresillian, Forde pk Churchill's Temperance Commercial Hotel (Mr~.

Barrett Hugh Charles, horse repository, Kingsteignton :road E. Churchill, proprietress), good commercial &; dining

Barrow John Henry, Railway hotel, & wine & spirit mer- rooms, ladies' coffee room ; good accommodation for

chant, Queen str<!et cyclists: hot & cold baths, Queen street

Barry James, civil engineer & surveyor to the Teignmouth Churchill William Robert,commercial traveller,II4 Queen st

harbour commissioners, 27 Lower St. Paul's road Churchward Chas. basket maker & cheese factor, Union st-

Bartlett Samuel, boot maker, 45 Lower St. Paul's road Clark Joseph George, manager of Gas works, The Marsh

lbrton John Henry, insurance agent, I St. John street Clarke John, gun manufacturer, 12 Queen street -

Batten Frank, linen draper, 14 Queen street Cockman Jane (Mrs.), beer retailer, 55 Wolborough street

Eawdon Looman, milliner, 28 Courtenay street Cockram John Winter, ironmonger. I Bank street

Beare Henry & Samuel, ironmongers, 30 Queen street Cocks Charles, cabinet maker, 25 East street

Eeare Henry & Sons, agricultural & general engineers & Coldridge Alfred, corn factor & collector to the Gas & Coke

ironfounders, millwrights & smiths, Lower St. Paul's rd Co. 69 Queen street ·

Bearne Elizabeth (Miss), baker, '1:5 Highweek street Coles Ma.Ty Ann (Mrs, ), preparatory school, 36 Devon sq

Eearne James Snelling, grocer & tea dealer, wine, spirit & Colwill Willlam dames, florist, carnation grower1

bottled beer merchant, & registrar of births lll; deaths for Clifton Villa gardens

No. 5 Newton Abbot sub~district, Bank street Commings William Henry, shoe maker, Market street

l3earne John A. deputy registrar of births & deaths for New- Cook Thoma& Campain, pianoforte tuner, 67 Queen street

ton Abbot sub-district, Bank stl-eet Coombe Thos.tobacconist, 9 Queen st. & saddler, a Union st

:Bearne Jonathan Vaughan, tailor, 7 Union street Corn Exchange, Market street
Bearne Lewis, builder & general contractor, undertaker, Cornelius Jsph. pharmaceutical chemist& dentist,63 Queen st

painter & paperhanger, Highweek st. & Mill la. See advt Cornish k Co. outfitters, 24 Queen street

Eearne Robert, apartments, 21 Prospect terrace Cose Charles Henry, picture frame maker, 9 East street

Bearne Robert, shopkeeper, Elm terrace County Court (His Honor James Broughton Edge, jud~e;

Eearne William Vaughan, boot maker, 14 Union street John Pidsley, registrar i William James Tompkins, htgh

Heavis Aaron, horse clipper, 64 Wolborough street bailiff), Courtenay street

:Beavis Marina (Miss), apartments, 14 Devon square County Police Station (Samuel Tucker, sergeant), Unidn st

Bel'r William Dodderidge, carver & gilder, 39 Courtenay st Cowell Fredk. Arthur.consulting engineer.I sLw.St.Paul's rd

Bibbings John Henry, pharmaceutical chemist, 54 Queen st CoweU John Albert, boot & shoe maker. I8 Court.enay street

Btddle James. insurance agent, 8 Fern terrace Cox Edward, dairyman & florist, 26 Highweek street

Blackbeard William John, watch maker, 24 Fairfield terrace Cranch Elizabeth (Miss), apartments, Kingsteignton road

Eland Arthur, Swan P.H. Highweek street Creed Wm. solicitor & corn. to administer oaths,Courtenay st

lllatchford John, furniture dealer, 19 E<J.st street Crocker Alfred Oliver,. private school, 15 Courtenay street

Blood Pauline (Mi11s), dress maker, 25 Prospect terrace Crocker Anthony, corn & seed merchant, Railway station

Border Edward, boot maker, 5 Lower St. Paul's road Crossman Wm. Hy. monumental mason, 47 Wolborough st

Bowden & Coombe Limited, eider manufacturers Crowrly Chas. Whitton, solicitor, see Woosnam & Crowdy

Bown Wm. Jas. teacher Qf music, :r Claremont, Torquay rd Cull James Robert, english & foreign timbeT mer. Queen sll
Boyer Robert, shopkeeper, 31 Eas' street
Culross James :M.A., M.B., c.M. surgeon, 66 Queen street;

Bradnee-Rinaldi EMadame), teacher of dancing & calis- surgery, 5 Union etreet

thenics, Calabria, Courtensy pk. ~ & 11.t Torquay_ See advt Curnow John, teacher of drawing, Cartbnew, Decoy road

Bray George Henry, boot maker, 4 Market street Curtis Charles, carver & gilder, 6 Courtenay street

Bridgett John, boot maker, 27A, East street Cnrtis Samuel Runson, teacher or music, !29 Queen street

.British & Foreign Bible SOcie,y's Depot (Henry Greenwood, Curtis Willhni Pertam, accountant, East street

agent), 37 Queen street Darke Joseph, baker, 21 East street

Brooks John, shopkeeper & rope manufacturer, Y.O'J East st Dart .tohn, shoe maker, t St. Leonard's terrace

Brooks John AUred, house decorator, 4 UHion street; Davey Henry, tailot!, Lemon cottages

Brown & Wonnacott, travelling drapers, i21 Queen street avey Wdfred, outfittel', 3 East street

llrown Thomas William, baker, 83 Queen street Davies Henry Arthur Bluett, surgeon, St. Paul's road

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Davis Charles Hy. assistant county court bailiff, 149 East st Giles John William, draper, 85 Queen street

Davis Elizabeth Ann (Miss), dress maker, I37 Queen street Giles Robert (Mrs.), general house furnisher, berlin wool
soDavls Henry
watch ma. & repairer, I37 Queen st warehouse & fancy repository, 48 k Queen st. See advt

Davis William Skinner, saddler & boot maker, IS Bank st Gilpin Edward, greengrocer, II Wolborough street

Daw Richard, baker, 5 Queen street Glossop Edward, stationer. 2 Wolborough street

Dawe Thomas, baker, 70 Wolborough street Goddard & Co. pipe clay merchants, St. Paul's road

Dennis John, Sun inn, East st Goodman Henry James, painter, St. John st.reet

Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Limited (Alfred Goodman John, apartments, 3 Devonia, Courtenay park

Gragory, mgr.), Bank st. : agencies at (1budleigh, Bovey Goodman Thomas, cab propr. & tobacconist, I02 Queen se

Tra.cey, Moretonhampstead &Chagford; draw on Barclay, Great Western Boot Stores, boot dlrs. II & I3 Courtenay st

Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie & Co. London E c Great Western Locomotive & Carriage Department (J()hJll

Devon & Courtenay Clay Co. clay merchants, Quep,n street Luxmoore, superintendent)

Devon Estate Office (J. W.Rowell & Son,agents),St.Paul's rd Great Western Potteries &. Brick Works (Candy &.

Devon & Exeter Savings Bank (branch) (James S. Bearne, Co. Limited( (J. M. Limpus, manager), Heathfield station.

receiver), Bank street (see Bovey Tracey). See advertisement

Devon Lodge of Freemasons, No. n38, Freemasons' hall, Great Western Railway Branch Receiving House for Goods.

Devon square (William Russell, agent), 27 Queen street

Devon Trading Co. Limited (E. Scammell, sec.), builders' Green Olivia Ann & Son, lessees of the markets, Market ho.

merchants, Queen street Greenwood Henry, stationer, 37 Queen street

Devonshire &. Here'f'prd Cyder eo. (The), cyder Gregory Alfred, manager of Devon & Cornwall Bank,Bank st.

manufacturers & merchants; & at Ledbury Gribble John, boot maker, 9 St. Leonard's terrace

Dick R.&J.(Wm.Dymond,mngr.),boot&shoe mas.I6Bank st Gribble Joseph Mardon, builder, I Fern terrace

Picker Lewis, china dealer, 32 Queen street Grigg Wi!liam, farmer, Castledyke farm, Highweek

Picker Samuel, fly proprietor, Highweek Grimbly Richard Henry, surgeon, & certifying factory sur-

Dimond Wdliam. apartments, 41 Lower St. Paul's road p:eon for Newton Abbot, 56 Wolborough street

Dixon Arthur William, insurance agent, 163 Queen street Hacker Sidney, solicitor, commissioner for oaths, county

Dobell C. &. F. builders & general contractors & under- coroner & clerk to the 'feign board of conservators & to.

takers, 39 Devon square Reynells Charity trustees, Market street

Dobell Frank, Newfoundland hotel, 23 East street Hall Ezra, draper, 21 Bank street

Dobell John Steer, house decorator, 39 Devon square Hannaford George, currier & leather seller, 49 East street

Dolbear John, dairyman, 55 East street Harris, Bulteel& Co. Naval Bank (Rt. Hambly, mangr.), 50>

Dolphin CofFee Tavern (Wm.Jenkins,propr.),Market st Courtenay st.; draw onRobarts,Lubbock &Co.London E C'

Donaldson Thomas William, solicitor, 4 Union street Harris Richard Faull, grocer, 72 Queen street

Drew Mary (Mrs.), apartments, 35 Prospect terrace Harris William, CoG.<t.enay Arms P.II. Queen street

Dublin & Wicklow Manure Co. Limited (Sydney 0. Row, Hartland Henry, grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine.·

district agent for Devon, Somerset & Cornwall); & at & spirit merchants, 38 Courtenay street

Teignmouth; 63 1st & 2nd prizes have been awarded to Harvey Mm;art James, gr:ocer, 22 Bank street

roots grown by this manure by Totnes, :Uawlish & Harvey Richard, apartments, I Gloucest.er terrace

Chudleigh Agricultural Societies since 1879 Harvey William F.R.C.S,Eng. surgeon, & medical officer of

Pudding Ernest Swan, preparatory school, Wolborough hill health for combined sanitary authorities of Newton Abbot

Duncombe Sydney Stanhope, furniture manufacturer {rural), Wolborough & Dawlish, St. Eweste, Wolboro' hill

& dealer, 40 Courtenay street Harwood Thomas, nurseryman &c. 3 Courtenay street

Dnnn Elizabeth (Miss), fancy repository, So Queen street Hatch Alfd. manager Wilts & Dorset Bank, 2 Courtenay st

Dunn William, umbrella maker, 43 Queen street Hawkins Emma (Miss), teacher of music, 54 Fairfield ter

Eales Richard, cab proprietor, no Queen street Haydon Edgar M.B., c.M. surgeon, & medical officer to the:

East & South Devon Advertiser (Daniel Vile, proprietor & workhouse, The Laurels, Powderham road

publisher ; published on saturday), Market st. See advt Haydon William, general smith, Mill lane

Easterbrook John H. Old Commercial inn, Highweek street Haynes Thomas Henry, lamp oil dealer, 35 Wolborough st

Eddy John, furniture broker, 8g Queen street Hearder Geor?e Henry, printer & publisher of the "Newtolll

Edwards Chas. Drew, registrar of marriages, 4 Linden ter News," 6A, Wolborough street

Edwards James, hatter, 33 Queen street Heath Ellis Chilcott, dyer & cleaner, 63 Wolborough street.

Edwards Marina (Mrs.), dairy, The Marsh Heaward Philip, pork butche<, 13 Wolborough street

Edwards Thomas James, inspector of weights & measures Heaward Philip, jun. dairyman, Bridge terrace

for Newton division, 21 St. Leonard's terrace Hellens George, pork butcher, 39 Queen street

Edwards William, baker & confectioner, 29 Bank street Hellens Nicholas (Mrs.), butcher, 15 Wolborough street

Eggbeer William Charles, shoe maker, 36 East street Hellens Wm. Hy. carpenter & shopkeeper, Lemon cottages

Elliott Richard, shopkeeper I Salisbury ~rrace Henley &. Son, cyder manufacturers, merchants & ex-

Elliott Thomas, baker, I Wolborough street porters. See advertisement

Elms Lavinia Viollotta (Mrs.), lancy repository, hair Hext George Hawkins, solicitor & commissioner for oaths~

stationer & 'f'ree servants' agency, 2 & Kingstone, College road ; & at Torquay

4 East street & 127 Queen street · Hexter, Humpherson & Co. clay merchants & brick & tile
makers ; buff facing bricks, vitreous paving brick!'~
Emmett Emma (Mrs.), lodging house, I Devon square

Endieott John, coach builder, 65 Queen street terra cotta, stoneware pipes, chimney tops, fire brick:>

Fairchild Edward, carpenter & wheelwright, Highweek & sanitary ware, The Potteries

Fairweather James Edwin, family & commercial hotel & Hayward Sparke, hay & corn dealer, 75 Queen street

· posting house, Queen street ; an omnibus meets all trains, Hickey Eva (Miss), teacher of dancing & calisthenics, Cala-

See advertisement bria. See advertisement

Fenning Francis, apartments, 19 Lower St. Piloul's road Hill Emanuel, jobbing gardener, 58 Lower St. Paul's road

Ford George, boot maker, 25 Highweek street Hill Kate (Miss), lodging house, 149 East street

Ford Thomas, shopkeeper, 27 East street · Hill Sampson, cabinet maker, upholsterer & furnishing-

Foss & Sons,grocers,wine, spirit & beer mers. 18 & 20 Bank st undertaker; repairs neatly executed ; choice selection of

Francis, Baker, Watts & Alsop, solicitors, 31 Courtenay st wall papers in stock ; furniture carefully removed, 5:t

Francis Brothers, builders, Union street Wolborough street

Francis Charles, toy dealer, 45 East street Hingston Louisa (Miss), dress maker; 11~ Queen street

Freeman William, hawker & shopkeeper, 30 WolboroQgh st Hobbs Edward James, apartments, Highbank, Forde park

French Elias, apartments, 5 St. Leonard's terrace Hocking Adela ~Miss),school(girls),2 St. Bernards, Wolbro' hl

l<'uller William & Son, seedsmen & florists, Queen street Hodge Henry, baker, 90 Queen street

Gagg Annie (Mrs.), dress maker, 3 Fern cottages Hodges Edith (:Miss), milliner, see Shield & Hodges

Gale George, musical instrument dealer; fine old antique Hole .Frances {Mrs.), Turk's He<tdP.H. 4I Wolborough st

violins by various makers at moderate prices; old violins Hole George, shopkeeper, so Wolborough street
or parts bought or exchanged, 6 Powderham terrace Holley George, shopkeeper, 33 Wolborough street

Gange Thomas, sen. plumber & gasfitter, 47 Queen Holloway's London Co-operative Drug Stores

street & Hopkins lane (Edwin Arthur Holloway, sole proprietor), dispensing,

Gauge Thomas Henry, ironmonger, 25 Queen street wholesale, retail & manufacturing chemists, 14 Courtenay

Gaye Henry Searle M.D. consulting physician, II Devon sq street ; & 34 Fleet street, Torquay

Geen Mary (Mrs.), greengrocer, 27 Bank street Holman William Henry, miller (water), Keyberry mill

Gendle George, manager of Co-operative Stores, I9 Bank st Holmes Susan (Miss), dress maker, 1\Ioor view, Torquay rd
Homan Fred c. linen draper, silk mercer. milliner, dress
German James, greengrocer, 95 East street

Gerry Frederick William, watch maker, jeweller & maker, hosier, glover, upholsterer & carpet warehouse-

optician, 44 Courtenay street .. man; funerals completely furnished, 17 & 19 Bank street.

Gibbons & Sanders, grocers, 22 Wolborough street See advertis3ment

Gibbs John, London inn, Queen street Iloneywill Brothers, news agents & stationers, 125 Queen st

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. NEWTON ABBOT. 357

Hooker Eliz& (Mrs.), apartments, 23 St. Leonard's terrace Martin Thomas & Arthnr, seal engravers, Wolborough st

Rooper Thomas, shopkeeper, 17 Market street Martin Herbert, cabinet maker, SI Wolborough street

Hopkins Nellie (Miss), teat:her of dancing & calisthenics, Martin Richard, carpent.er, 9 Fern terrace

Calabria.; & at Torquay. See advertisement Mason Alfred F.F.P.S.Glas. ~urgeon, 24 Devon square

Borne A. Driver L.D.S.R.c.s.Eng. dentist,see Tippett& Horne Massey Ka.te (Mrs.), dress maker, 8 Lemon road

.Hoskin Thomas Mundy, manager of Capital & Counties Massingberd-'reale J. (Mrs.), ladies' school(for the daughters

Bank Limited, Bank street of ~entlemen only) (in union with the London College of

Hosking Wm.Hy. miningengineer,Pevensey,Courtenay park Music), Mount vale, Courtenay park. See advert

Howe Henry, baker, 36 Queen street Mathews .James Henry, corn merchant, G. W. Rail-

llowe Thomas Wm. Prince of Wales P.H. 19 Courtenay st way stores; & at Torquay

Howell Emily (Miss), dress maker, 26 Lower St. Paul's rd Matthews Edwin, provision dealer, :z6 East street

Hunter Agnes p1iss), dress maker, 31 Prospect terrace Matthews Henry, shopkeeper, 27 Fairfield terrace

Huntley William, apartments, I Haytor terrace Matthews William, fruiterer, 15 Queen street

Hurd William Davey, insur. agent, 31 Lower St. Paul's rd May James, White Hart P.H. 8 East street

l'lurrell Margaret (Miss), dress maker, 19 Osborne street Merrifield George Albert, agent for Pickford & Co. carriers,

Husband James, shopkeeper, I Osborne street I27 Queen street

Hussey & Son, brick kiln builders, 38 Devon square Merrifield Joseph, hair dresser, 17 East street

Hussey William Henry, apartments, 38 DeTon square Merson Joseph, news agent, 19 Wolborough street

Jlutchings T. & J. solicitors, 36 Queen street Metherell Wm. Philip, inland revenue officer, 22 Devon sq

.Hutchings Amelia (Mrs.), dress ma. 55 Lower St. Paul's rd Michell Richd. watch & clock dlr. 2 Miller view, Highweek

.flutchings John Heury, solicitor, see Hutchings T. & J Mid-Devon or Ashburton Division Liberal Club (Alfred John

Hutchings ThCls. Wm. Bishop, solicitor, see Hutchings T.' & J Chapple, sec.), Union street

Hutchings William James, shopkeeper, Highweek Mid-Devon Constitutional Club (Gen. W. A. Riach, hon.

Huxtable S!lrah Jane (Mrs.), watch maker, 38 Queen street sec.), Union street

Irish Mary Frances (Miss),'f'urnished apartments, Mid·Devon &. Newton Times (T. C. & A. E. Mortimer,

Glen villa, Torquay road proprs. & publishers; published sat.) ; offices, 63 Queen st

lvey Harry, organ builder & piano tuner, Bearne's lane Mid·Devon Stores, general & 'f'urnishlng ironmon•

.Jacobs Thomas, taxidermist, 38 Wolborough street gers, china & glass merchants ; licensed dealers in gold

>4Jenkins Harriett (Miss), dress ma. & millnr. So Queen st & silver plate; furniture (new) commission brokers;

Jenkins Harriett (Mrs.), apartmts. Lullington, Courtenayrd stationery & 'f'ancy goods repository, 58 Queen st

Jenkins William, Dolphin coffee tavern, Market street Middleton Bessie (Miss), milliner, 3 St. Leonard's terrace

Jerrett ~usan (Mrs.), cooper, 20 East street MiddletonElizabethJane(Mrs. ),midwife,34LowerSt.Paul's rd

.Joachim Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 16 East street Middleton James Henry, china & glass dealer, 78 Queen st

Jones Ellis, chemist & druggist, 24 Wolborough street Mildon Emma (Mrs.), greengrocer & poulterer, II8 Queen st

Jones John, teacher of violin, 5 Powderham terrace Mildren Mary Jane (Mrs.), apartments, 123 Queen street

Keen Philip, apartments, 6 St. Paul's road Milford Elizabeth (Mrs.), dairy, 105 East street

Kelley Edwin, photographer, 26 Queen street Mills Brothers, maltsters, brewers, hop & spirit mer-

Kerslake .James, plumber & gasfitter, sanitary & hot chants, Old Brewery, Wolborough street

water engineer, 25 Queen street Mills H ugh, builder & surveyor, undertaker & general

Kerslake Robert, lodging house, 33 Prospect terrace house decorator, 66 Queen street

King George, fishmonger, Oak place Mills William, manager of the Stoney Coombe Lime & Stone

Knight Al'f'red Robert, stone, granite & marble mer- Co. 64 Queen street. See advertisement

chant, statuary & marble mason, Kingsteignton road. Mitchell Caroline (Miss), dress maker, 24 Union street

See advertisement Mitchell George, Golden Lion P.H. Bank street

Knott .John &. Son, printers, booksellers, stationers, news Mitchell James, commercial travlr. I Clifton viis. Torquay rd

agents, music sellers & pianoforte warehouse, 4 Bank Mitchelmore Albert, pork butcher, 79 Queen street

street. See advertisement Morey John, dairyman, Exeter road

Knowles Mark Hy. cattle dealer, Elm cot. Kingsteignton rd Morey William, carpenter, joiner & undertaker, furniture

Knowling William, apartments, 6o Lower St. Paul's road manufacturer & repairer, Highweek road

Lacey Elizabeth (Miss), ladies' outfitter, 31 Queen st Morrish Maria (Miss), dress maker-, 40 East street

Laird Fanny (Mrs.), Locomotive inn, East street Mortimore Emily (Miss), dress maker,49 Lower St. Paul's rd

Lamble William, tailor, 14 Union street Mortimore Mary (Mrs.), laundress, 42 Wolborough street

Lambshead Susan (Miss), apartments, r6 Devon square Mosset Marie Louise (Mdlle. ), teacher of French, 5 Devon sq

La.miman -, beer retailer & hair dresser, Market street Moysey Nicholas, maltster & spirit mer. 40 Wolborough st

LamimanEdward Ellis, beer retailer, 28 Wolborough street Mudford Edwin, photographer, 55 Queen street

1LanderWm.Hy.hair dresser & berlin wool wa.reho.4 Queen st Muir Elizabeth Mashiter & Jane (Misses), ladies' school,

Lane Susannah (Mrs.), refreshment rooms, 126 Queen street (boarding & day), l<"ortescue, Courtenay pk. See advert

Lang William, dairyman, 30 Fairfield terrace Murrin Albert James, painter & decorator, 6 Powderham rd

Lavers Mary (Mrs.), tailor, 3 Bank street Murrin Alfred, fruiterer, 16 Courtenay street

Lavis Alfred, butcher, 96 Queen street Murrin Jane (Mrs.), milliner, 27 Victoria place

Lavis Harriet (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, 8I East street Newton Abbot Coffee Tavern Co. Lim. (J. B. 'rompkins, sec)
~ewton Abbot Co-operative Society (George Gendle, man-
Lavis Robert, butcher, 5 Wolborough street

Lavis Thomas Stone, tailor, 20 Wolborough street ager), 19 Queen street

Lavis William, butcher, 4 Highweek street Newton Abbot High School 'f'or Girls (Miss E. A.

Law Frank Bacon, tailor, hatter, outfitter, glover, Ridley, head mistress), Florian, Courtenay pk. See advt

.hosier, shirt maker; ready-made & waterproof clothing; Newton Abbot School of Science & Art (Geo. Wm. Bedford,

trunks &portmanteaus, 29 & 33 Courtenay st. & Market st master; Thomas A. Bennett, sec.), Courtenay street

.Lear Emily & Elizabeth (Misses), apartments, 3 Devon sq Newton Abbot Schools Co. Lim. (J. R. Wodhams B.A. head

L!•att William, grocer & provision dealer, 71 Queen street master), Conrtenay park

Lee Arthur, farmer, Forde farm Newton Abbot Proprietary College {Rev. George Townsend

.Lee Peter, apartments, 36 Wolborough street Warner M.A. head master; Rev. William Thomas Wella-

'Leemon David, outfitter, 6o Queen street cott lll.A. second master; Robert Johnson lll.A. senior

Lethbridge Robert, coal dealer, Quay terrace classical master; for other masters, see Schools). See advt

Lomax: John Philip, hair dresser, 23 Wolborough street Newton Abbot Proprietary College Co. Lim. (F. Watts, sec.);

Lombardini George, boot maker, Highweek street offices, Queen street. See advertisement

Lomman Thomas Taylor, leather seller; dealer in closed Newton Abbot Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

uppers, lasts & grindery, 37 Courtenay street Animals( Hy. Quintanilha,hon.sec. ), Devonia,Courtenay pk

Luckham Bertha (Miss), dress maker, 14 l''airtit-ld terrace Newton Club (Alfred Hatch & John William Ley, hon.

Lugg Charles Henry, insurance agent, 8 Beaconstield ter secs.), Queen street

Luke Emma (Mrs.), dress maker, 34 East street Newton Cottage Hospital & Dispensary (Henry Searle Gaye

Luxm"orel'.8upt.ofG. W. R.( SouthDevon dist.), Railway statn lll.D. consulting surgeon; William Gi:fford Scott :M:.B.

Luxton John, b!ltcher, 15 Queen street Henry A. B. Davies L. R.C. P.Edin. Richard Henry Grimbly

Mackenzie .John, draper& milliner, 40 & 42 Queen st & Edgar Haydon lll.B., c.M. medical officers; D. R.

Maddicott James, farmer, Wolborough Barton Scratton esq. J.P. hon. sec.; Miss Lydia B. Mobbs,

:M~ggs Henry~ station master, Railway station :natron ; open daily), East street
.Mallet~ (Miss), ladies' private school, Powderham toad Newton Gas & Coke Co. Limited (Albert E. Tyler, sec.;

.Mallett James Thomas, Union inn, East street Joseph George Clark, manager), Marsh

Mallet& William, shopkeeper, Highweek street Newton News & Directory (George Hy. Hearder, publisher

'Manu .Mazoy (Mrs.), apartments,~ Higher St. Paul's road & proprietor; published monthly), 6A, Wolborough street

Ma.an William, apartments, 29 Lower St. Paul's road Nicholson Henry Jas. grocer &provision dlr.2o& 22 Queen st

Ma.rdoa 'Thomas, saddler, Queen street Nisbet Adam Thomson X.B., c.M. surgeon, Hazelbrae.

Xa.rgrare Malcolm Llewelyn t.R.C. P.Lond. snrg. 1 Devon sq Powderham road

3QS NEWTON ~.HB9T,. DEVONSHTRR

Norr;s ,Herbert, photographic artist; carbon, ,Roberts Martin, cycle agent, 14 Union street
platinotype & bromide J?Ortra.'i~ a speciality, ,xI Roberts William, ~@sistant ,overseer for Wolborough & col-

Market street lector of taxes, 6g Quee,n street
Robins Simon, insurance agent, I8 Lemon road
Nosworthy Josep"Q, ha.clie;r, 64 Lower St. r.aul\1 road

Nosworthy Oltver. farmer, Gre!)nhill Jarm; aigb,week I;todgers Hermon, boot & shoe maker, 13 Bank street
NQI"Ji Robert, as11istant count;v eourt 'bailiff, East str~et
Rogers John, lodging house, Oakview, Higher St. Paul's rd

NoyGe Joseph, greengro papearr7 ~Im~e.Euatsst, ~treet square Rogers Stephen Bartlett, postmaster & stamp distributor,
Olding William Henry, l}larket street
9 Devon

Oli,ller <feorge, boot (iealer, 9 Bank strel1,1i Ross & Co. Limited, mineral w;tter manufacturers, rec-

Orphan Home (Miss Christian >Ialcolfllt matron); Combe tifiers & compounders, british wine & cordial manufac-

Denys, Higbweek . turers, ale & stout merchants & bottlers. Highest award
Paige Frank, prjva,te ~choo1. 5 Alma terrace, Torquay road Torbay & Dart Exhibition, I888, 28 Queen street

Palk George, butcher, 34 Queen street Ross Charles, marine store dealer, 43 East street
Row Sydney 0, manure merch~nt, district agent for the.
Palk Robert, dairyman, 76 Wolborough street

Parish & Co. drapers, 14 Wolborough street Dublin & Wicklow Manure Co. Limited, for Devon,.

Parker Brothers, builders, Courtenay .street Somerset & Cornwall; & a,t Teignmouth Old Quay

Parnell John, shopkeeper, 27 Highweek street Rowe Ellen (Miss), dress maker, 12 Fairfield terrace

Parnell William, coal d\lllJer, 5f Lower St. Paul's road Rowe "{<'rederick Cornelius, butcher, 48 Courtenay street

Pa.rnell William, tailor, 25 Queen street Rowell Joseph William & Son, architects & surveyors, ;Devon._

Pars9ns Harry~ apartments, 20 Lower St. Paul's road estate office, St. Paul's road

Partridge Ernest William, apartments, :J:32 Queen street Rowell Georgina (Miss), saddler & harness ma. Highweekst.
Rundle John, fishmonger, Highweek street
Partridge Joseph, wheelwright, Highweek roa.c;l
Russell Arthur, baker, 5 Bank street
Jla.scoe John Webber, news agent., 24 Bank street
Ryder M. (Mrs.), wardrobe & furniture dealerJ. 26 Union
Pascoe Tom Weeks, painter, Market street
Union street
Pa.tey Samuel Winsor, grocer. St. John street
l>earce J ames, shopkeeper~ 92 Queen .street Sabey William, insurance agent, 3 "Buckland terraetl
Salter John, Seven ~tars inn~ Higbweek street
)'earce Thomas, shopkeeper, 5 Highweek street
Sanders Henry, grocer, see Gibbons & Sanders
fearqe Thomas Eyles, insurance agent. :1:05 Queen street ~argeant John, boot maker, 7 Knowles terrace, Righweek
P~lr"em James,. greengrocer, 3 Wolborough street
Perrem John, boot & shoe Plaker... ~ 8 Queen street Scott William Gifford M.B., c;J.l\t:. &urgeon, I~ Devon, square

Perrem Kate (Mrs.), milliner, ~01 Queen street Sega.r Alfred Buckland, draper, IO Bank street

Perrott Charles, boot & shoe dealer, ;ro6 Queen street Segar John, farmer, Staplehill farm, Highweek

Per~qtt Colin, grocer, I04 Queen street Segar Samuel. sanitary engineer & architect, & surveyor to-

"feFrY Nathaniel, grocer, & clerk to the Qoffinswell & lfac- Newton Abbot rural sanitary authority, 20 Union street
combe (U. D.) school board & to the feoffees of Wol• Sercombe Samuel, builder, decorator & undertaker, 8I
Queen street (back of)
borough, 54 & 56 East street
Shapley & Co. cheese factors, 62 Queen street
ferryman Mary (Mrs.), farmer, H1ghweek
Shapley William, grocer, 36 Highweek street
Phillips Adrian, goods manager, Railway station,
Shapter William, cattle dealer, Wolborough street
Phillips Archibald Adrian, baker, 42 East street
Phillips Susan (Mrs.), refreshment rooms~3o 9ourtenay st Shears Louisa (Miss), furnishedapartmnts. 29 Devon sq
Shield & Hodges (1\Iisses), milliners, gA, Courtenay street
fickett John, tailor, 84 Wolborough street
Pickford & Co. carriers (George Albert Merxifield~ agent), Shield Sydney, hosier & hat t~eor1 9 Courtenay street
• I27 Queen street Shilston Thomas, collector Wolborougl'l. local board, z

Pidsley & Son, solicitors, 25 Courtenay street . Union street ·

fidsley John (firm, Pidsley & Son),solicitor, commissioner to Shilston William Lane, farmer, Littlejoy. Highweek
administer oaths&registrar of county court,25Courtenay st Shipw'ayMargaret Ann (Mrs.), fancy draper & milliner, I7

Pidsley John, jun. (firm, fidsley & Son), solicitor & deputy Wolborough street
registrar of county court, 25 Courtenay street
Shobbrook Thomas, locksmith, general smith & ironmonger;.

Pike Ada (Miss)~ dress maker* ,Market street repairs, I6 Queen street ·

Pike Edith (Mrs.), <l:ress maker, IS Union street · Simpson William, commerciaf travllr, Lyndhurst, Devon sq

Pike Samuel, apartments, 4 Crossway villas Singer Manufacturing Cq. (Alfred Sclater, agent), sewing-

Pillar Jessie Maude (Miss), milliner, 29 Queen street machine manufacturers, 23 Courtenay street

finsent & Sons, brewers, maltsters & wine & spirit mer- Slocombe Mary (Mrs.), toy dealer, I22 Queen street
Smerdon Edward, watch maker, 4 Wolborough street
chants, Highweek street
Smerdon John, baker, Io Wotborongh street
Pinsent & Sons, coal merchants, Wharf
Please Henry, Saracen's B;ead, P.H. 2 & 4 Fairfield terrace Smith :Emily & Julia. (.Misses), berlin wool wareho.3 Queen st.
Ponsford Alfred, mineral water manufctr. f26 Wo~borough st Smith W. H. & Son (R. D. Manuel, agent), news agents,.
Railway station
Pope Charle!;l, tailor, 42 Courtenay street
Smith Emma (Miss), apartments~ 34 Devon square
Fople Robert, Globe hotel, Courtenay street
Portch Elizabeth (Mrs.), confectioner, I6 Queen street Smith Sarah (Mrs.), Half Moon r.K. Wolborough street

Potter Katherine (Miss), dress ma. 4 Hi~her St. Paul's J:d Smith 7'homas, cab proprietor, :ro St. Leonard's terrace
Smith William Butler, chimney sweeper, 44 Wolborough st
Powe Thomas, coal dealer, .Bearnes lane Snow Thomas Henry, grocer~ 8 Wolborough street

Power James Brown, grocer, 2 Highweek street
Prat1 Sergeant William, sergeant-instructor to the ~Co. South Devon Cricke~ Club (Fras. 'Watts, sec,), Laureston lo-
sth (Hay Tor) Vol. Batt. Pevon regt. Armoury, East st Sowton Annie S, (Miss). apar~ments, 8 Devon square.
Prip.ce Ben,jamin, coal dealer~ 35 Lower St. :Paul's road $owton .fane (Mrs.), dairy, il Queen street

Prowse Henry & Son, musical in11trument dlrs, 6 Queen st Stacey Frank Albert Augq.stus, builder & contractor, St_
frowse George, insurance agenli, Lawn cottage, Exeter fd Pau\'s road.
<.

l>rowse liannah (Miss), laundress, Decoy road Stamp Office (Step.hen Bartlett Rogers, distributor), Post.

Prowse James, hair dresser. 9 Union street office, Market street

frowse John, pawnbroker., 4I Qneen &treet Stark William, commercial traveller, 4 Belgrave terrace

Quick John, paker, '35 Co1,1rtenay street Star Tea Co. (Samuel Stevenspn, mahager), I4 Bank street.
~dmore Samuel, verger of WQlborough, church, I9 St. Statt Henry, hair -;:lresser., ~3A, Courtenay street
Steer Charles & J'onas, whltesmiths, Queen stree~
Leonard's terrace

Redwood Frank, earthenware dealer & chimney sweeper, Rteer Ebenezer, tailor, 12 Union street

n Un{on stree te&rtheuwar~ dealer, 4I E.ast ~treet Steer Jqseph, stationer, Post office, 74 Queen street
nedwood Robert, Stephens George, boot & shoe maker, IB Wolbol'Ough st,

Redwood ;Robert, jun,. chimne.r sweeper, P9 East street Stev~ns Charles, builder, 46 Courtenay street

Reed WiUiam, greengrocer, 74 Wolborough street Steven~ John, china dealer, I2 East street

~es Qh~rles., insurance agent;, 27 Courtenay ~tree~ Stevens John, 1ronmonger, IO Courtenay stre~t .
:Reeve A.brahRII\ & .$of?., bootmas, &; phiropo~ists, 94 ~nee~ St Steveo.f! ,Lewis, ~ul'veyor & inspector of nuisanceEl. to. Wol-
:n.eeve Abraham, jun. shoe Jlla~er, I?<> Queen street borough local board, Elm~ot~
R.elleAd Jas.nurseryman,n yourteiUJ.y ~t, & Wolborough st Stevens Lucy (~iss),, watron ~t Mack~l'~ .AlmshQW!es,
Ren~ell & Symons, a.uctioneers, filStat~ ~~Jlt$, !\Urveyors, Wolborough stree~
90t• valuers & collectors of tithe~ & rents~ & agen~~ fo,r the Stevens William, Jlhop~eeper, C>sborne street
R. e.Snduenl.lFCiraero&linLaife(MInissusrlarls)h.co~pkeepMera, r$k-IetWtoetr.b;or&joa~t~'rsottrpeeest Stilin~ John Edward, 9hemist & dru~gist, 4 Courtenay -si.
Stitson James~ 'hay & stra'f dealer, I4 East street

RJJe.ni(GihjearJ~amJleesn,rdyraJipaerrr'1l4sQ, RCooriul-r\t.eOnlloaky .street ,& / $4• Stitson John, preparatory schooT, Halcyon place .
J>aker Stitso~ Willia.m,l!bopkeepE_lr, 28 East street ·
P.B. ,39., St. 'Le~er }'ran~ (~:Hss;_,t~acher of music, I 4~ 'Ea~~t street:

if\)cfh'oalrbdr•ro8uagrah~at(rMeerts.), ~airy'•.3? East street . Stockman 'Brothers, corn & dou,r merchants & millers (br

RH1gway &bert (Mrs.), boot & shoe d1r146 WQlboroug'b. at the Y.11'f1oller process), Tow.n mills '

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE.. NEWTON ABBOT. 3a9

Stoney Coombe Lime & Stone Company (The) Ward William Henry, french polisher, 131 E.tst street

(William Mills, manager), quarry owners, lime burners&; Wamer Alfred, chief clerk of South Devon district, G. W.

stone merchants; offices, Pinewood, Kerberry rd. See advt railway, Railway station

Stooke Barge, timber merchant, Courtlands Warner Rev. George Townsend M.A. head master of the

Stooke James F.B.I. auctioneer, land surveyor, estate College. See advertisement

& house agent & valuer, rents & tithes collected, & agent Warren James, tobacconist, 7 Bank street

to the Lancashire Insurance Co. Courtenay street; & at Watts, Bearne & Co. coal. culm & briquette merchants,

Kingskerswell · Bank street. See advertisement

Stover Canal Co. (J. S. Bearne, agent), wharfingers & Watts, Blake, Bearne & Co. clay merchants, 70 Queen

lightermen, Bank street street; mines at Kingsteignton, Bickley & Cornwood

l:;tranger Richard, butcher, Highweek Watts Francis (firm, l<'rancis, Baker, Watts & Alsop), solici-

Stranger William Henry, commercial traveller, 109 Queen st tor, commissioner to administer oaths, & sec. to Newton

Symons John & Co. cider merchants, Wharf Abbot Proprietary College Co. Limited, Courtenay street

Symons Phillip, auctioneer &c. see Rendell & Symons Watts Grace (Mrs.), greengrocer, 25 Wolborough street

Tancock James, insurance agent, 14 St. Leonar<l's terrace Watts Thomas, greengrocer, 53 Wolborough street

Tapson Robert, broker & town crier, 62 Wolborough street Way William John, insurance agent, 3 Belgrave terra~e

Tarr Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments, IS Devon square Webber John, relieving & vaccination officer, No. 3 district,

Tate Sarah Ann (Mrs.), apartments, 31 Devon square 36 Fairfield terrace

Taverner John, Bradley hotel, Market street Webber::5arahMary(Mrs. ),lodging ho.gHij:!herSt.Paul's road

Taverner William li!.R.c.v.s.L. vet. surgeon, Powderham rd Wedlock James, lamp dealer, •go Queen street

Taylor J. Fox inn, 13 Queen street West of England Sack Hiring Co. (Anthony Cracker, agent),

Te!lgue Jane (Miss), shopkeeper, 19 Highweek street Railway station

Terrell Julia (Mrs.), beer retailer, Queen street Western Guardian (Newton Abbot edition) (T. C. & A. E.

Thomas & Son, bakers & confectioners, 32 Courtenay street Mortimer, proprs. & publishers); branch office,63 Queen st

Thomas Alfred, fishmonger, 3A, Courtenay street Western Morning News (Samuel Wotton, agent), district

Thomas Mary (Mrs.),watch ma.& jewellr.2oCourtenay st office, 22 Courtenay street

Thomas William, fishmonger, 77 Queen street White Alexander, tailor, Lawn cottage, Exeter road

ThorburnJn. Gamble,apartmts.Courtenayvil.Courtenaypk White Geor5e, Ship inn, 9 Wolborough street

Thorne George, apartments, Woodstock, Courtenay park White Joseph Geo. stove maker & shoeing smith, Bank st

Tippett & Horne, dental surgeons, St. Paul's road White William, Devon Arms P.H. East street

Tompkins James Burbidge, accountant, & secretary to New- Whiteway & Ball, coal mers. I6A, Queen st. ; & at Torquay

ton Coffee Tavern Co. Limited, r 13 Queen street Whiteway George, shopkeeper, 77 East street

Tompkins William James, high bailiff of county court, 10 Whiteway Rhoda (Miss), lodging house, 2 Gloucester ter

Mount Pleasant road Williams Alf. Rd M.R.c.v.s. vet. surgeon, 6o Wolboroughst

Tope George, fly proprietor, 16 Lower St. Paul's road Williams Daniel, dairyman, 10 East street

Torquay Hotel Co. Limited (John Alsop, sec.), East street Williams John, coach & carriage builder, Lower St. Paul's

Towell M. & Son, bakers & confectioners, II2 Queen street road. See advertisement
1 Williams Sydney Sawyer, carriage, cart & wagon
& 24 Courtenay street

Townsend Henry, baker, 38 Highweek street builder, Quay road

Townsend Paul, boot maker, Highweek street Williams William James, baker, ISS Queen street

Tozer William Thomas, boot maker, 85 East street Wills Elizabeth (Miss), apartments, I Powderham road

Treble Catherine (Miss), fancy draper, 56 Queen street Wills Thomas, solicitor, 5 Union street

Truman Charles Henry, wheelwright, 103 Queen street Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Lim. (Alfred Hatch, manager),

Truman Harriett (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 32 East street Courtenay street; draw on London & We3tminster Bank

Tucker Edwin & Sons, seed & manure merchants, Market st Limited, London E c

Tucker Geo. chimney sweeper, No. 6 Court, Wolborough st Winsor George McLeod, cider merchant, Oak bank

Tucker John, tailor & breeches maker; prompt attention Winsor lsabella (Mrs.), Queen's family & commercial

gi,·en to mourning orders, 2 Prospect cottages,Wolborough hotel, Queen street. See advertisement

hill. See advertisement Withycombe Betsy (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Highweek street

Tucker William James, Jolly Sailor P.H. East street Woosnam & Crowdy, solicitors, Wolborough street

Turner Harriet (Mrs.), apartments, Miller house, Highweek Woosnam Richard Burgass B. A. (firm, Woosnam &Crowdy ),

Turner Robcrt, tailor, 35 Queen street solicitor & commissioner for oaths, Wolborough street

Turpin Tom, shopkeeper, 12 Wolborough street Wotton Alfred, tobacconist, 6 Wolborough street

Tyler Albert Edward, secretary of Gas Co. Powderham rd Wotton Caroline (Mrs.), apartments, Oakland, Higher St.

Ufi William Henry, grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, Paul's road

wine & spirit merchants, 91 Queen street Wotton Frederick, landscape gardener, so Fairfield terrace

UnderhayThomas Stone, boot maker & assistant overseer & Wotton Jonathan, grocer, 52 Queen street

assessor &collector of taxes for Highweek, 14 Highweek st Wotton Samuel, basket maker, I Highweek street

Underhay Thomas S. M. clerk to Highweek highway sur- Wotton Samuel, stationer, printer & publisher, 22 & ~4

veyors & the Highweek District !<'ire Brigade & Feoffees, Courtenay stree~

14 Highweek street Wright John & Son, timber merchants, saw mill pro-

Vavasor Henry Field, boot maker, 7 Union street prietors, packing case, hurdle & gate makers & manufac-

Vening William, cider & milk de1ler, 99 East street turers of patent automatically closing cases for wines &c.

Vicary John & Sons, tanners & fellmongers, Bradley lane West of England saw mills. See advertisement

Vile Charles, insurance agent, Kingsteignton road Wright William, pharmaceutical chemist; proprietor of

Vile Daniel, proprietor & publisher of "East & South Devon a eelebrated corn cure, 27 Wolborough street. See advt

Advertiser," Market street. See advertisement Yea Francis David, carpenter, Rose cottage, Highweek road

Vinnicombe Waiter, greengrocer, 98 Queen street Yea Henry, hay & coal dealer, 14 Knowles terrace

Volunteer Battalion, 5th (The Hay Tor) Devonshire Regi- Yelland Thomas, ap?.rtments, 46 Fairtield terrace

ment (comprising A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H companies) Yeo Ephraim, steam packing manufacturer, East street

(Lord Clifford, lieut.-eol.; Capt. G. J. Ellicombe, adju- Young Men's Christian Association (John Stevens, sec.),

taut; Hon. Capt. J. Blackler, quartermaster'; B Co. Courtenay street

Capt. William J. Rowell), head quarters, East street Young Women's Cbristian Association (Miss Wills, sec.),

Wade & Marriage (Misses), dress makers, 2 Powderham rd Queen street

Wakeham Sarah Jane (Miss), dress maker, ISI Queen street Zealley Frank, carpenter, builder, joiner, eontractor & fur~

Wakeham Selina (Mrs.), boot & shoe deale~, 8 Queen street nishing undertaker, Powderham road

Ward William, registered shoeing smith, Kingsteignton rd

NEWTON FERRERS is a parish and village, embattled westem tower, containing a clock and 6 bells:

pleasantly seated on an eminence on the north of a navig- there are several monuments in the church to the Potter and
able creek which runs into the river Yealm and nearly 2 Yonge families: there are memorial windows to the Rev.
miles from the sea coast, 8 ~outh from Plympton station on John Yonge B. A. rector from 1812, and to the Rev. Duke
the South Devon section of the Great Western railway, 7~ Yonge II.A. rector, 1877-82, to whom also a handsome
south-east from Plymouth and 9 south-west from Ivybridge, marble and alabaster reredos has been erected as a. memorial:
in the Southern division of the cmmty, Ermington County there are 300 sittmgs. The register dates from the year

Council division, hundred of Ermington, pet.ty sessional 16oo. The living is a rectory, tithe rent•charge £444;

division of Ermington and Plympton, union of Plympton St. average £338, net yearly value £333, including 88 acres of

Mary, t!ounty court district of East Stonehouse, rural glebe, with residence, in the gift of John Yonge esq. B.A.,

deanery of PIJmpton. archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese l.P. and held since I8<)r by the Rev. Charles Burell Yonge
of Exeter. The churcH of the Holy Cross is an edifice of M. A of Keble College, Oxford. St. Mary's ehapel, a. private
stone, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, consisting of ehan- chapel attached to Gnaton Hall, the seat ofMichael Williams

()e}, nave, aisles, south porch with carved wagon roof and an esq. M. A., .t.P. was built in 1886 by him at a cost of about

360 NEWTON FERRERS. l>EVONSHIRE. '

(KELLY'S

£3,500, and is an edifice of stone in the Gothic st.yle, from of Pus1inch. M. WiHiamsesq. Messrs. T. and V. Holberton,

d!;!signs by G. H. F. Prynne, architect, consisting of chancel, Baldwin John Pollexfen Bastard esq. ;r, P., D.L. of Kitley,

nave and north and south porches; a dado of coloured Lord Revelstoke and John Yonge esq. B.A., JP. are the

Devonshire marble runs round the interior : the altar and principal landowners. The soil is hght sandy ; subsoil,

triptych are of carved oak ; the screen, pulpit and the lectern rocks. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The

are of brass, beautifully wrought : the font is of Caen acreage is 2,987; rateable value, £3,589 ; the population in

stone with marble shafts: on the wal1s of the nave and 1891 was 710•

in the south porch are paintings on oak of scriptural sub- ToaR, aCbloerukt, 3Wmiillleiasmn oBrrtohw- ena.s t , is in this parish.
Parish
jects, by Mr. E. A. F. Prynne, let into the walls : the
PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
chapel affords 74 sittings: the public are admitted to the John Algar, sub-postmaster. Letters received from Ply-
services, which are held twice on Sundays by M. Williams

esq. and during his absence by one of the local clergy.

'I'here is a lifeboat station; John Yonge esq. hon. sec. mouth at 7.30 a.m. & 4·5 p.m.; dispatched at 9.25 a.m.

Puslinch House, the property and residence of John Yonge & 5· 35 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Yealmpton

esq. B.A., J.P. is beautifully situated. Messrs. T. and National Schools (mixed & infants), built in 1835, for 100

V. Holberton and Michael Williams esq. are lords of the children; average attendance, 6o; Miss Eliza Smith,

manor of Newton, and John Yonge esq. is lord of the manor mistress; Miss Teresa Algar, infants' mistress

[Marked thus • letters received through *Balston Alfred, insurance agent, Torr Matthews Wm. Hy. farmer, Wrescombe

Yealmpton.] Barratt John, farmer, Ashcombe farm Maynard Henry, farmer, Creber

Collis Edward, Jasmine cottage *Barratt Richard, farmer, Torr Moon Henry, shopkeeper

De Porre Miss, Elm Tree cottage Brown Wm. J.C.shoe maker, Bridge end *Ralph Abraham,steward toM. Williams

f\egrue John, Rose cottage Chaffe Emma (Mrs. ),farmer,Parsonage esq. Torr house

*Williams Michael M.A.,J.P. Gnaton hall Chaffe Nicholas S. farmer, Court Revell Emma J. (Mrs.), grocer

Yonge Rev. Charles B. M.A. Rectory *Claypit John, mason, Torr Rowe John Martin, Dolphin inn

*Yonge John B.A., J.P. Puslinch house Cole Henry, farmer, Preston farm *Shillabeer \Villiam, farmer, Torr

*Yonge Misses, Rockdale, Torr Dawe Henry, farmer, Clannacombe Steer Edmund, farmer, Blowden

COMMERCIAL. Edwards Wm. farmer, Newton downs Stevenson Wm. farmer, Cottage green

Algar Charles John, shopkeeper *Hall Edward, shoe maker, Torr Stevenson William S. builder

Algar John, cowkeeper, Post office Irish Edward, farmer, Newton farm Tope William, carpenter

Axwortby George, fisherman & assist- Kingcome William, baker *Tucker Joseph, carrier, Torr

ant overseer Knight Thomas, carpenter Wilding George, butcher

Baker William, corn, coal & manure *Luke I'hillip, farmer, Torr Wright Henry, farmer, Lolesbury

merchant, Bridge end

NEWTON POPPLEFORD, formerly a chapelry 15Ro ; the church has registers of its own only from 1862.

and tithing, was formed March 25, 1862, into a parish from The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £150, with resi-
Aylesbeare civil parish, on the western bank of the river dence, in the gift of the vicar of Aylesbeare, and held since

Otter, over which there is a stone bridge of three arches, 1! 1878 by the Rev. Holled Darrell Cave Smith Horlock D.D.

miles south from Tipton station on the Sidmouth branch of of Hertford College, Oxford. Here is a chapel for the

the London and South Western railway, 4 north-west from Brethren. A fair is held here on the third Wednesday in

Sidmouth and 10! south-east from Exeter, in the Eastern April and on the Wednesday o~ or after October 17th. The

division of the county, East Budleigh hundred, Otterypetty Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle D.L., J.P. of Bicton, is lord of
sessional division, St. Thomas' union, Exeter county court the manor and principal landowner. The soil is sandy;
district, rural deanery of Aylesbeare, and archdeaconry and subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are barley, peas and roots.

diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Luke ie a small and The area is 524 acres; rateable value, £3,987; the popula-

plain building of stone in the Early English style, consisting tion in 1891 was 485.
of chancel, nave, south aisle and a western tower containing Sexton, Sirnon Tozer.

one bell: it was originally a chantry, founded in 1331, and PosT OFFICE.-Miss Mary Tilke, sub-postmistress. Letters
after the Reformation was used, until 1751, as a chapel of received through Exeter, via Ottery St. Mary, at 8.20

ease to the mother church of Aylesbeare, when it was separ- a.ro.; dispatched at 5.50 p.m. Tipton St. John is the
ated as a parochial chapel and afterwards endowed with nearest money order office, & Ottery St. Mary & Bid-

successive grants from Queen Anne's bounty in the years mouth the nearest telegraph offices. Postal orders are

1762, 1787 and 1791 : the old building was restored and a issued here, but not paid
south aisle added to it, in 1826, by the late Lord Rolle and Board School, under Aylesbeare School Board (mixed &

the Rev. Henry William Marker, late vicar, and it was again infants), built, with master's residence, in 1877, for 200

restored in 1875: there are 300 sittings. The registers are children ; average attendance, 16o; Ed win Gale, master;

included in those of Aylesbeare, which date from the year Mrs. Caroline G. Gale, mistress

Horlock Rev. Holled Darrell Cave Smith Ham Arthur, baker Pring William, farmer

D.D. Vicarage Ham John, stone mason Roberts Charles, butcher & farmer

COMMERCIAL. Harris John, basket maker Roberts George, beer retailer

Ash Pally (MISs), shopkeeper Kendall Percy J ohn,tlorist (Waiter Hill, Sellek Edward, farmer

Bastin Samuel, shoe maker manager) Sellek Waiter, farmer

Bastyan George, shopkeeper Martin John, poulterer Smale George, butcher & cattle dealer

Beer John, farmer Mills John, oil & lamp dealer Smale William Henry,Cannon inn

Bond Thomas, market gardener Moore William, market gardener Spurway Oliver, baker & shopkeeper

Broom Edward,. blacksmith Newton William, shoe maker Staddon Thomas, coal dealer

Carter James, pig dealer Parsons Sidney John, baker Taylor Jonathan, insurance agent

Corner Frank, poulterer Podbury Thomas, joiner Welsman William, Exeter inn

Ebdon Samuel, baker Potter John, blacksmith Wheaton John, shopkeeper

Evans John, thatcher Price John, road contractor Wheaton Jonatban, carpenter

Fayter John, shoe maker Pring Frank, potato merchant Wheaton Waiter, market gardener

I<'ooks Waiter, farmer •

NEWTON ST. CYRES is a parish and village on the the monument is undated: there are other memorials to
road from Exeter to Barnstaple, with a station on the main the Quicke family: a new organ was erected in 1884 at a
line of the London and South Western railway, 176~ miles cost of £120: there are 160 sittings. The re2ister of
from London, 4~ miles north-west from Exeter and 3~ south- baptisms and burials dates from the year 1554- ; marriages,

east from Crediton, in the Northern division of the county, 1555. The living is a vicarage, average yearly value from

Crediton hundred, Crediton petty sessional division, union tithe rent-charge £274, with residence and 25 acres of glebe,

and county court district, rural deanery of Cadbury, and in the gift of John Quicke esq. and held since 1882 by the

archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The church of SS. Rev. James Aubrey Gould B.C.L. late fellow of New College,

Cyr and Julitta (mother of St. Cyr) is an ancient building Oxford. There are charities of £1o yearly \'alue. Silver

o( stone in the Early Perpendicular style, consisting of ore was found here in the time of Queen Anne, and manga-

chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower nese, a rich lode of which has lately been worked. The Rev.

with pinnacles, containing a clock and 5 bells, all cast in Hugh Downman M.A., M.D. physician and poet, was born

1733: in the church is a monument to John Northcote esq. here in 1740, and died at Exeter, 23 Sept. 1809. John

with a full-length effigy standing under a canopy, the right Quicke esq.. n.L., .J,P. who is lord of the manor, the Ecclesi-
hand grasping a staff and the lf'!ft resting upon the hilt of a astical Commissioners and the Earl of Iddesleigh c.B.

sword: on either side are medallion portraits of his two Martyn Wi:Lcocks Pasmore esq. and William Coombe esq.

WJVM, Elizabeth and Snsanna ; and underneath are figures are chief landowners. The soil is clay and partly red sand~

of his son and wife, with their three children, all kneeling ; stone ; the subsoil is .schistous& The chief crops are wheat,

DIRECTORY.] DEVO:NSHIRE. NEW fON TRACEY. 361

barley and roots. The acreage is 4,305 ; rateable value, A School Board of 5 members was formed Dec. 18, 187-4;
Thos.WoodmanButt,clerk to the board & attendance otlicer
£7.654; the population in x89t was 757· Board School (mixed), erected in 1876, for 16o children;
Parish Clerk, Thomas Butt.
PosT OFFICE.-Thomas Woodman Butt, sub-postmaster. average attendance,65 girls & 55 boys; Frdk.Bellman,mast

Letters arrive through Exeter, at 7·45 a.m.; box closes Railway Station, Edwin Sims, agent

at 5.25 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Credi- CARRIERS:-

ton ; the telegraph office is at the Railway station for col- Harris passes through to Exeter daily

lecting messages & Crediton for delivery. Postal orders James Madge passes through to Exeter daily, returning

are issued here, but not paid same day

Ellis Edward, Poleton Coles James, carpenter & wheelwright Parkel' John, road contractor
Ford Hugh Harris, Horwill down Coombe Wm.miller(water) &landowner Parkin William, farmer, Bayleigh
G-ould Rev.JamesAubreyB.C. L. Vic':lrage Crump George West, farm bailiff to Pengelly Henry, farmer, Rowhorn
Pasmore Charles Alfred, Norton house Rawle William, veterinary surgeon
Pasmore Martyn Wilcocks, Norton ho Ed ward Ellis esq Rew John, farmer, Lake Barton
Quicke John D.L., J.P Dart James, cowkeeper
Ellis Edwd. steward to Jn. Quicke esq Row George, farmer
COMMERCIAL. Seldon William, blacksmith
Abraham Richard, Agricultural inn Ellis Joseph Drew, farmer, Smallbrook Shapland Nicholas, jobbing gardenel'
Batting Edward, farmer, Newbridge Ellis Thomas, farmer, Norton woods Shears Benjamin, Crown & Sceptre P.H
Batting Tom, farmer, Woodley farm SladeJn.Henderson,Railway hotl.&frmr
Beedle Robert, farmer, Winscott FrankpittJohn, farm bailiff to J.Quicke Stevens John, mason
Benuett John, rope maker, Newbridge esq. Court Barton Templeman SI. farmer, Bidwell Barton
Berry George, farmer, High Hayne Tuckett William, farmer, Hayne Barton
Bissell Frank, butcher &farmer,Creedy Gibbmgs John, wheelwright Willmett Charles, carpenter
Gitsham George Veysey, thatcher
Barton Grinslade Waiter, dairyman & cowkeepr Wyatt William Kingdon, farmel' & cider
Banner George, baker Hancock George, shoe maker merchant, East & West Holme
B11LtThomas Woodman, assist. overseer Hart John, dairyman
Hellier Wm. &Alfd. butchers & farmers Wyatt William Shapley, farmer, Small-
& clerk to the school board, Post otlice Hutchings Wm. Hy. baker & shopkeepr brook .Barton
Chudley James, tailor Lendon Richard, blacksmith
Maunder William, farmer, Hill farm Yewe Thomas, wheelwright, Sweetham
Mears George, farmer, Venny cleave

NEWTON ST. PETROCK is a parish and village on the tower and its western arch opened to the nave: the

the river Torridge, here crossed by a bridge of three arches. chancel has been extended eastwards for 8 feet: there are

to Milton Damerel, 6 miles from Bude canal, 8 south-west 150 sittings. The register of baptisms and marriages dates

from Torrington terminal station of a branch from Barn- from the year 1578; burials, I737· The living is a rectory~

staple of the London and South Western railway and II average tithe rent-charge £107, net yearly value £r44, in-

south from Bideford, in the North Western division of the eluding 77 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mark

county, Shebbear hundred, Bideford petty sessional division, Noble Buttanshaw esq. of Blackheath Park, Kent, and held

union and county court district, rural deanery of Tor- since 1873 by the Rev. Waiter Powell-Jones, of St. DaTid's

rington, archdeaconry of Barn staple and diocese of Exeter. College, Lampeter. There is a Baptist chapel, built in 1862.
The church of St. Petrock is a building of stone in the George William Kekewich esq. of ro Northwick terrace,
Gothic style, consisting of ~hancel, nave, south aisle, south London N w, who is lord of the manor, John Curzon Moore-
porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, Stevens esq. D.L., J. P. of Winscott, John Waiter esq. Mrs.
51 feet in height, and containing 3 bells, of which the first C. 'l'ucker, of Holsworthy, and W. Reed esq. of Woolwich,
is dated 1671 ; the second and third are respectively in- are chief landowners. The soil is clayey; the subsoil, clay.
scribed, in Old English characters :-"Est michi collatum The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is
I.:!).~. istud nomen amatum;" ''Me melior vere non est 1,556 acres ; rateable value, £r, 154; the population in 1891
campana sub ere;" the latter, which is the tenor bell, was 234.

weighs 9 cwt. 2 qrs. : the church contains some very ancient Sexton, John Brock.

carved oak benches, bearing the shields of Prideaux, Hatch, Letters received by foot post from Torrington at 12 noon.
Grenville and others: the church was restored and enlarged The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Tor•
in r884, under the direction of Mr. Samuel Hooper, architect, rington
of Hatherleigh, at a total cost of £6oo: the former pews
have been removed and the church reseated with benches, LETTER Box cleared at I p.m. daily, sundays excepted

in which the ancient work has been included, and comprising This place is included in the United School Board district of

also a quantity of carved oak discoveretl beneath the flooring, Shebbear and Newton St. Petrock, formed Sept. 8, 1874,
some of which has been used in the construction of a new consisting of 5 members; W. O'Bryan Thorne, Shebbear,

pulpit, the panels of which display the emblems of the clerk to the board .

Passion ; the rood loft stairs and the doorway leading thereto Board School (mixed), built, with residence for the master,

now form the entrance to. the pulpit: the roofs and most of in r875• at a cost of £1oo, for 65 children ; average at-
the windows are new: new pinnacles ha\'e been placed on tendance, 40 ; Herbert Willie Causton, master

Powell-Jones Rev. Waiter, Rectory Fowler Fanny (Mrs.), farmer, Slew & Manning Thomas, farmer, Down moor

COMMERCIAL. Hockwill Quance John, farmer, Button
Blight William, farmer, Down farm
Base lsaac, cowkeeper, Sanctuary Gilbert William, farmer, Cleave Quance William, farmer, Lane Barton
Elhs Charles, blacksmith
Fishleigh James, farmer, West hole Hall Stphu. Wm.&Jn.farmers,East hole Slade Geo. farmer, West hole & Ford

Hearn John, farmer, Holwell Slade James, farmer, Bridge farm

Hooper Isaac, farmer Slade James, farmer, Lower Coombe

Manning John, farmer, Venn l:ilade William, miller (water)

NEWTON TRACEY is a parish and village, on the riages, 1570; burials, 1562. The living is a rectory, gross

old road leading from Torrington to Barnstaple, and adjoin- yearly value £xoo, with 36 acres of glebe, in the gift of the

ing Fremington, 3! miles from Instow station on the Tor- Lord Chancellor, and held since 1870 by the Rev. John Dene

ring-ton branch of the North Devon section of the London B.A. of St. John's College, Oxford, who is also rector of and

and South Western railway and 4~ south-west from Barn- resides at Horwood. Newton House, the property of Major

staple, in the North Western division of the county, Framing- John Stafford Goldie Harding J.P. of Sandgate, Kent, is

wn hundred, Braunton petty sessional division, .Barnstaple now occupied by Alfred Billson esq. :M.P. The soil is good

union and county court district, rural deanery and arch- loam; the subsoil is clay. The chief crops are wheat,

doPf .aScto. nTryhoomf BasaransBteacpkleeta nd diocese of Exeter. The church barley and oats. The area is 336 acres i rateable value,
is a small but ancient building in £595 ; the population in 18gt was 140.

t~e Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, no~th Parish Clerk William Pickard.
atsle, south porch and an embatt!ed western tower contam- '
icnhgara3ctbeersll;s;thtehetentworo, first bear legends in Old English PosT OFFICE -William Symons, sub-postmaster. Letters
a beautiful recasting, has the name received from Barnstaple at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at

"GABRIRL" and an invocation to the Virgin in Lombardic 4.30 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is

type: the church was restored in 1868 and a north aisle at Barnstaple

added, when some curious and ancient wall paintings were This place is incl·~ded in the Horwood United School Board

f11und in the chancel, but, owing to the insecure condition district, formed Jan. 15, 1875

of the walls, they were destroyed : there are 94 sittings. The children of this parish attend the Board school at

The register of baptisms dates from the year 1566; mar- Loveacott

.Billson Alfred M.P. :Newton house; & Edger William Chaming-s Nicholas, cattle dealer
Edger William, road surveyor
Devonshire & National Liberal clubs, COMMERCIAL.
Ford Alfred, farmer, Glebe
London s w Bellew Edgar William James, farmer

362 NEWTOY TRACEY. DEVONSHIRE.._ (KELL\'S

:Ford John,. farmer, Barton , Symons William, sbopkeeper,Post office
Hodge John, farmer, Cobblestone Yeo ·william, butcher
Holmes Thomas, Hunter's inn Pertyman Edwin, iarJ;Det '
Pickard William, wheelwright
Symons Richard, blacksmith

NORTHAM is a parish and village standing on an Re~. Charles Kingsley's "Westward Ho!" A revel is held

eminence commanding a beautiful view of Barnstaple and yearly on Whit Monday. The neighbourhood abounds in

Bideford Bay and of Lundy Jslandt I~ miles north from antiquities. At Kenwith Castle are the remains of ancient

Bideford and I mile south-west from .{nstow station on the fortifications, in the attack on which, in A. D. 877-8, the

Torrington branch of the London and South Western rail- Danes, under Hubba, were defeated by the Saxons, under

way, in theNorth Western division of the county, Shebbear Alfred, and their Raven standard captured; a spot, still

hundred, Bideford petty sessional division, union and county known as "Bloody Corner," is traditionally regarded as the

court -district, rural deanery of Hartlaud, archdeaconry of scene of a duel between two of the chieftains. HaHsannery

Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The parish is governed House, now occupied by R. Boucher James esq. is a modern

by w Local Board of twelve members, formed May 17, mansion, pleasantly situated on the south side of. Bideford

x867, under the "Local Government Act of 1858." The and commanding magnificent sea and land views. The

church of St. Margaret is a very fine building of stone in approach to Northam from the Bideford road is highly

the Decorated or Early Perpendicular style, completely picturesque on account of the numerous villas and country

restored between 1849 and x865, and consists of chancel and houses scattered over the hilly grounds; among these the

nave, each with a north aisle, south transept, south porch principal are Port Hill, the r.::sidence of the Misses Maunder;

and an embattled western tower with pinnacles and con- Raleigh, a finely-seated mansion, occupied by George Down-

taining a clock and 6 bells, all cast in 1770 by Thomas ton Leman esq. ; Wellesbourne, by Major-Gen. Edward

Bilbie, of Collumpton: there are several fine modern stained Loftus Bland R.E. ; Lenwood, the seat of the Misses

windows: the church. affords 6oo sittings. The register Wren; Durrants, George Waddington esq. ; Conybeare,

of baptisms. dates from the year 1.538; marriages, I6o6; Joseph Bower Siddall M.D., D.P.H.; Woodville, Col. Dawson

burials, 154I. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £3oo, Townley; and Elm Field, Mrs. Thrupp. Augustus Lang-

with 2 acres of glebe, and residence, and an allowance Df ham Christie esq. of Tapeley Park, Westleigh, is lord

[120 for a curate, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of of the manor. The principal landownere are Captain

Windsor, and held since 1870 by the Rev. Marcus Dimond Molesworth, the Misses Wren and the daughters of the late

Dimond-Churchward M. A. of Christ's College, Camb\'idge, Mrs. Pynsent. The soil is light and sandy; subsoil, gravel

rural dean of Hartland and prebendary Of F:xeter cathedral, and rock. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots.

There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels atNortham The acreage is 4,190; rateable value, £14,820 i the popula-

and a Wesleyan chapel at Northam Ridge. The charities tion in 1891 was (including Appledore) 5,043·

are of about £too yearly value, and there are almshouses APPLEDORE is an ecclesiastical district, formed 26 Aug.

for four old maids and four old widows. The " Pebble or 1844, out of the parish of Northam, and is given under a

:Boulder Ridge," at the mouth of the Taw and Torridge, about separate heading.
4 miles distant, is a great natural curiosity. From Northam PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.--.

a steep hill descends to Northam Burrows, contiguous to William Pickard, postmaster. Letters from Bideford

Westward Ho! There is a level plain of turf of I,ooo acres, received at 7·55 a.m. & xz.35 & 4·45 p.m. ; dispatched

formed by the sandy deposit from the sea. and rivers, and at 9·35 a.m. I & 6.5 p.m. ; no collection on sundays.

now r.rotected from the waves by the Pebble Ridge; this Bideford is the nearest telegraph office

remarkable barrier extends about 2 miles in a straight line, LocAL BOARD.
like an artificial embankment; it is about 50 feet wide and The Board meets at the Vestry room the last saturday in

20 feet high, and consists of rolled slate-stones, or pebbles, every month at II a.m.

which vary in size from half a foot to 2 feet in diameter; it is Clerk, C. W. Hole, Bideford

singularly uniform and compact,on the one side sloping steeply Treasurer, William S. Bourne, National Provincial Bank of

to the turf of the Burrows; on the other, at a le<Js inclination, England, Bideford

io a broad area .of sand, but scarcely a pebble is to be found Medical Officer of Health, Ezekiel Rouse L.R.C.P.Edin.

on the turf or the shore beyond the base of the ridge. In Bideford

this form it stretches from the distant cliffs to- a point Surveyor, Inspeetor of Nuisances & Collector, Charles

opposite the bar of the rivers, but once within the influence Frederick Saunders, Northam

of this obstruction, it loses its character of a ridge and lies SCHOOLS : -

heaped upon sloping sandhills. The shore scene is exceed- National (mixed), erected in 1838, for 200 children; aver-

ingly wild, and the view of the coast, of Lundy Island, and age attendance, x6o; Crosdail Martin Stone, master ;

the estuary of the Taw and Torridge, most interesting ; at Edward James Labbett, assistant-master; Mrs. Lydia

low water the dangerous bar is seen stretching athwart the Jane Labbett, mistress

entrance of the rivers, and on the Braunton Burrows opposite Infants, erected in r858, for 120 children; average at-

is a lighthouse : on the sea-coast is a remarkable and tendance, 100 ; founded by the late Mrs. Thorold &

interesting common called "The Burrows," fenced on two endowed with a building (which, previous to the Reform•

sides for a space of 3 miles by a vast barrier of boulders, ation, was a religious house) & about nf acres of land;

rounded and smoothed by the waves, and described in the Miss Mary Elizabeth Harry, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. r Davies Col Johnstone, St Bede1s Molesworth Reginald, _91i:ff cottage,
1 Desborough Maj.-Gen. John C.B., R.A. Cleave hou~?es
Allen Thomas Wills, Highfield Cross house Nicolay Colonel Frederick W. Rose hill

Annesley Maj.-Gen. William Richard, Dimond-Churchward Rev. Prebendary Norman Thomas, Orcha1'd Hill cottage,

.Stoneleigh Marcus Dimond M •.&.. Vicarage Orchard hill

Babington Mrs. 10 Bay View terrace Drew Miss Bidna Patterson Talbot, Melville hou8e

BagloleMiss, Orchard hill Field John William, Wooda PeardGeo.Olivr.Riverside,Cleavehouseg

Ball Miss, Glenside, Raleigh Fisher Mrs Phillips Reubep, 1 Bay View terrace

Barton Miss Rose, Allen cottage Fox Charles James Pitt, Springfield, Reynolds Miss, East glen, Orchard hill

Bassett Mrs. Rose cottage Cleave houses Rodd Mrs. Reed house

.Bathe Ol,pt. John lnnes, Clonmore Fraser Miss, Glen ferns Royce George, Highbury

Bazeley Mrs. Milverton Fulford Mrs. Cross street Sandercock Henry, .Ardmore

:Be:rkeley Rev. Wm.Mayfield,Orchard hl Fuller Surg.-Gen. Samuel, Woodlands Sawer Mrs. Fairlea

Bernard Joseph Bowen, Springfield ho Hake George, Rock house Sells Rev. Alfred M. A. The Retreat,

Blakeney WHliam R.~. Hillsborough . Hamilton William S. River Knowle, Orchard hill

Bland Maj.-Gen. Edward Loftus R.E. Cleave houses Shore Miss, Douro cottage; Orchard hl

• Wellesbourne Holmes Rev. Howard Emery [Congre- Sibthorpe Maj.-Gen. Lester Horatio,

Bowles Col. Henry Oldfield, St. Helen's gationalJ, Swiss cottage, Orchard hill Clifftridge

Erayley George, Orchard Hill house, , Hunt Miss, Ho1mhurst, Orchard hill Siddall Joseph Bower M.D, D.P.H.

• Orchard hill I James Richard Boucher, Hallsannery Conybeare

Carnegie Claud Cathcart Strachan, ,. Kelsey Lieut.-Col. Edward F. Duart SmartMi!ls,Ridgeway honse,Orchard bl

' Clevelands lodge, Orehard hill · Stapleton William, Lakenham ·

cpambers John E. F. Glenbur.nie, Large Miss, Hill side Stobart St. Clair C. M. Knapp house
Lefroy.J. C. Glentorr, Orchard hill Temple Colonel C. Quarry house
Orchard hill

Channer Mrs. Stanmore Leman George Downton, Raleigh Thrupp Mrs. Elm field •

Charley Miss, Henley villa Lindsey Mrs. Luchana, Orchard hill Townley Col. Dawson, Woodvilla

Chope Mrs. Down villa Littledale- Charles, New house' Turner Capt. John William, Sunnyside

Clarke' Thos. P. Glen Elms,Orchard hill Lloyd Lt.·Col. Chetwynd, Fordlands VincentGeo.Willy,Glenville,Orehard hill

Cordes Capt. Ernest, Northam house Maunder Misses, Port hill Vincent Thom88 Willy, White hall

Craigie Mrs. Marshford Maxwell Miss, Cloverbank · Waddington George, Purrants

Crosse Lient.-OoL Charles R. Rillcote, May Philip, North cottage. Ward William

Raleigh o · .Milner .Art;h.. fr. Glen tower, Orchl\rd hl Westacott John, Lower Cleave house~J