DEVONSHIRE - 1893 (1)

NYMET ROWJ,.AND. 363

Westall Thoma.s John II. Springfield ter Dimond Sydney~ shopkeeper, Cross st . Pennington Ann (Mrs.), grocer &baker,
PulfordSa.mucl. butcher&ial'mer,Fore st Tb~ Square
Williams Mrs. The Square

Wilson·Hoare Captain (late R. N.,h Fulford Wdliam, ta.ilort Cross street :Pickard Giles, farmer

Oommon11 · Gibson Chil8. golf professional~ Sea view Pickard Marion (Mrs.), farmerp

Wren Misses, Lenwood Glover Richard, com dealer & dairy- Borough farm

Wren Mrs. R. Borough house man, Cross street Pickard William, shopkeeper, Post office

COMMERCiAL. • Gloyn Emtna( Mrs. ),shopkpr.Orchrd, hl Pye Richard, house decorat-or, Forest

Andrews Dennis, farmer, Silford Goss George, plasterer Roogman John, dairyman & farmer,

Ashpla~nt Wm. boot & shoe ma. Forest Hake Isabella (Mrs.), ladi6&' boarding Orchard hill

Ballhatchet James, apartments, 3 Bay school, Rock house RookeAnn(Mrs. ),shopkeepr.TheSquare

View terrace Harris John, market gardnr.Orchard hl Sanders Thomas, mason, Castle street

Barrett Abraham, grocer & gener~l Hayman Jane (Mr~. )~laundress, Lyels Saunders Charles Frederick, surveyor,

dealer, Cross street Hearn Jesse, shopkeeper, fly proprietor, inspector of nuisances & collector t()

Bellew Thomas, farmer, Muddix farm town crier & bill poster, Th~ Square the local board

Blake William,grocer, & agent for W, & Holman Charlotte (Miss), shopkeeper Saunders Robert, tailor, Cross street
A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mers.Fore st Hortrop Thomas~ boot maker, Qross st Sercombe John A. hair dresser, Forest

Br,aund Charles, blacksmith, Cross st Hunt Wm. jobbing butcher, Cross st Sowden Bessie (Miss), dress ma. Forest

Braund Thomas, blacksmith Hutchings Wm. carpenter, Woodbines Stevens Robert, gardener & apart~

Brayley J n. Walker,house dcrtr. Cross st Jenning Thos. shopkeeper,Cleavehouses ments, Appledore road

Browning Thos. tailor, Springfield ter Littlejohns J ane(M;rs.) ,laundrss.I<'ore st Sussex Frederick, b<Jot & shoe dealer

Burch Hooper, carpenter & sexton, Littlejohns Wm. carpenter, Orchard hill Tucker Philip, farmer, Richmond farm

Prospect place Lock Elizab(lth (Miss), grocer Turner Frederick, boot dealer, CrDss st

Burden Henry, farmer, Cleave houses Lock Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker, Forest West Mary Ann (Miss), apartments,

Cann John, seedsman Lock John, builder, Tower street 8 Bay View terrace

Cawsey Charles, farmer, Hyde farm Lock Thomas, draper, The Square Westacott John, ship builder, & repairs

Cawsey George, farmer, Wooda Macey Willia.m, farmer, Hill park executed on the gridiron at the

Chapman Ann (Mrs.), dress maker Maine L~wis, butcher, Cross street shortest notice (late proprietor of the

Chapple Lewis, builder Maunder Frances ~. & Elizh. F.( Misses), New Quay dry dock, Af>pledore),

Cobbledick J ane (Mrs.), apartments, ladies' boarding school, Porthill Lower Cleavehouses

Springfield terrace Mills Mary~Iizh.(Mrs. ),frmr. Tadwrthy WestallThos.Jn.Hawkins,surgn.dentist

Cock John, butcher & farmer, Ashridge Moulton Saml. tinplate worker, Fore st Westaway Wm. fly proprietor, Cross st

Cook Edward, Golden Lion P.H. Cross st Newcombe Wil\iam, joiner, Castle st Whitefield William, ship builder

Cook Thomas, builder, Prospect place Nunn Charles, Kingsley hotel, Forest Whitton John, market gardener &

CorJr- George, farmer, Watertown frtrm Oke James, apartments florist, Porthill nurseries

Da.v¥; <;hjtrlotte {Mrs.), china & glass Parsons John, ~oal dealer & general William& Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker,

dealer, Cross street ageJlt, Orchard hill The Square

Davis Thomas, smith, Qross street ParsonsJohn,jun.fly propr.Orchard hill Wills 'fhos. Hy.police constab1e,Cross st

Dymond, Son & Blackmore, auctioneers Penhorwood Alexander,farmer & assist- Withecombe Charles, farmer, Bone hill

& estate agents, Northam ; & at ant overseer, Seabright cottage Working Men's Institute (Rev. H. T.

Bideford Penhorwood Elizabeth (Mrs.), King's Bassett, sec)

Davis William, ironmonger Head hotel

NORTHCOTT, known as Northcott Hamlet, fol'ms a of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is chiefly

portion of the parish of Boyton, the remainder of which is in light clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats
Cornwall: it is 4 miles north-west from Tower Hill station and roots. The area is 6()8 acres ; rateable value, £387 ;
on the Launceston branch of the London and South and the populatiori in 1891 was 37·
Western railway, 6 north from Launceston and 8 south-west
from Holsworthy, in the Western division of the county, Letters through Launceston, which is the nearest money
Black Torrington hundred, Holsworthy petty sessional divi· order office, arrive about 9 am.l; the nearest telegraph
sion, Launceston union and county court district. Edward office is at Tower Hill railway station; letters collected by

Coode esq. n.L., J.P. of Polapit Tamar, Launceston, is lord postman

Fulford Richard, farmer ) Oliver Frauds, miller (water) I Smitl;l James, farmer

NORTHLEIGH is a parish consisting of a few scattered ot Trinity College, Cambridge. The Parsonage House has
houses, 4 miles south·east from Honiton s~ation on tbe main been rebuilt o( flint and rag stone, with freestone dressings,

line of the London and South Western railway, and 19 in the Jacobean style. There are charities consisting or

east from Exeter, in the Eastern division of the county, 8 acres of land in the parish, producing {.11 yearly, which

Colyton hundred~ Honiwn petty sessional division, union is distributed amongst the industrious poor; the Rev. James

and cotmty court district, rural deanery of Dunkeswell and How also gave by will £2oo Consols for ever, the interest of
Honiton, and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The £roo for the establishment and support of a Sunday school,
church of St. Giles is a building of swne, chiefly in the and the \nterest of the other £roo to be distributed in bread
:Perpenqiculali 11tyle, con~isting of chancel, nave and. north, and money to the poor on Christmas ~ay. Th~ Rev. William

aisle, north porch and an embattled western tower, with. a Henry Baptist Proby liLA. of Colyton, is lord of the manor.

turret at the north-west 11ngle, and containing 4 bells: the The Rev. Alfred Marwood Elton B. A. of Widworthy; Charles

chancel, rebuilt about 1S58, is separated from the nave by Glyn Prideaux-Brune esq. of NethertonHall, and the Misses

a handsomely-carved screen: :in 1869 ths church was new Outhwaite are the chief landowners. The soil is mixed;

roofed and the nave and tower restored ~ the l.atter at the subsoil, red marl. The crops are wheat, barley, oats and

cost of the late Sir Edmund S. PrideatU hart. ; t"thllre .j.a a roots. The acreage is 994; rateabl~ value, [.r,234 ; the

memorial window to the Rev. H. P. Daniel!, a former rector, population in 1891 was rgo.

erected by his daughter, Miss M. F. Daniel!, and a marble Sexton, Edward Bagwell.

tablet in the north aisle :to Robert Underdown esq. formerly
of 'this :rarish, d. 2 April, r8I1 : the font is Norman. There Letters through Honiton arrive at 9 a.m. WALl. LErl'ER
are r5o sittings. The register of baptisms dates from the Box cleared at 5-10 p.m. week days only. Honiton is the
i marriages, ,~ 70s; burials,
year 1'700 1697. 'fhe Jiving is nearest money order & telegraph office average
tithe rent-charge £174, net yearly income £224, N~~otional School (mixed), built for 6o children~
a rectory,
including 45 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of attendance, 16 boys & 16 girls ; Mrs. Emily Bank~~

and held since 1893 by the Revr Thomas Joseph •rorr M.A.. mistress

Torr Rfv. Thos. Joseph M.A. E.ectory Loveridge JJoohhnn1Jfaamrmese,rfarmer Summers William, farmer, Tricombe
Loveridge Tratt James, farmer, Smallicombe
~OMMERClAL.

Hanks Henry Dick, farmer, Cta,rswater May William, wheelwright Underdown John, farmer, Collins' farm

Collier J'ohn Henry, New inn Mutter Charles (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wakeley John, mason

Drl!w William, shoe maker Richards Emma.nmll, blacksmith White Emily & Jane (Misses), farmers,

Hearrt 'Cha~t Edwd. baker & shopkeeper Simms John, thatcher 1 Bucknole

Hoopet"' pan1el, mason, Bagwells Summers Samuel, farmer, Trlcombe White James. carpenter

Langsford .fn.frmr. Townsend &Bedla;m SummersSan&h(Mrs. ),pairymn.Snddns White Robert (Mrs.), farmer, <;:oombe

NYMET ROWLAND is a parish pn the river& Taw petty sessional pivision, Crediton union and county court

anq Yeo, ~PIU their confluence, anQ, D tnile west from the district, rural peanery bf Chulmleigh, archdeaconry-of Barn-

Lapford stati9n of the North Devon bTanch of the ,LQndon, staple and dioce.seof Exeter. The church of St. Bal'tlroJomew

and ~pu$ \Ye»tern railway, xo. m~lea ll,ortb.west fro~ is~ building of 41wne in the Eariy English style, consisting

!Jredip>n-, i''l> ~Qr~h·wes1; from E~etet", in the Nort~rp Qf ~hancel an4 n~We, south porch and an embattled western

div.WioA 9£ ihe.coun~J1 ~qrt,Q Taw~P b\ll).dred, South Mql~ tow~~: ~n~ining one bell.:, fhe chanceJ was restore~ in r87I
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364 NYMET ROWLA.ND. DEVONSHIRE. [KELLY'S

by the present rector, at a cost of £210: there are 65 sit- Partridge esq. E .• S. Counsell and Andrew Snell esqrs. are

tings. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1719 ; the principal landowners. The land is all freehold. The
marriages and burials, 1734. The living is a. rectory, soil is loam, and the subsoil is shale. The chief crops are
annexed to the vicarage of Coleridge, average tithe rent- wheat, barley and oats. The acreage is 581 ; rateable value,

charge £r86, joint net yearly value £263, including II5 £655; the population in 1891 was 92.

acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of W. H. Kelland Sexton, William Luxton.
esq. and held since 1873 by the Rev. Frederick Emanuel
Gutteres s.c.L. of New Inn Hall, Oxford. The manor, long Letters through Morchard Bishop R.S.O. which is the

the property of the Rowlands family, has been dismembered i nearest money order office, arrive at 8. 35 a. m. Lapford
~rhe Barton is the seat of Campbell Tracey esq. ; Nymett Station is the nearest tele_5raph office. WALL LETTER

House, a handsome modern mansion, the residence of Edgar Box cleared at 6.15 p.m

Septimus Counsell esq. stands on an elevated site, and has This place is included. in the Lapford & Nymet Rowland
attached pleasure grounds. Warrene Theodore Lionel United School Board district, formed Oct. 31, 1873 : the
Harries esq. J.P. Pembrokeshire, John Leonard James children attend Lapford school

Counsell Edgar Septimus, Nymett ho.; Snell Thomas, Cleavehanger Down Samuel, jun. farmer, Hele

& 22 Chancery lane, London w c Tracey Campbell, Barton Olding George, farmer

Gutteres Rev.Fk.Emanuel s.c.L.Rectry Davey&Farley,farmers& millers(water) Snell Thomas, yeoman, Cleavehanger

Packer Miss, Rectory house Down Samuel, farmer, Parsonage

NYMPTON ST. GEORGE (commonly called GEORGE rectory, average tithe rent-charge £2r3, net yearly value

NYMPTON) is a parish and village, pleasantly seated on the ,£222, including 120 acres of glebe, with residence, in the
t:>iver Mole, which is here crossed by a bridge of two arches gift of the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland bart. P.c. and

to King's Nympton, 2! miles south from South Molton held since 189r by the Rev. Robert Henry Hands B.A. of St.
.station on the Somerset and Devon branch of the Great Edmund Hall, Oxford. Here is a Bible Christian chapel.

Western railway and 14 from Barnstaple, in the Northern The cattle fair, formerly held on the first Wednesday after
<division of the county, South Molton hundred, petty ses- the 1st of July yearly, has now lapsed. The Right Hon. Sir

~ional division, union and county court district, rural Thomas Dyke Acland hart. P.c. of Killerton, is the chief

deanery of South Molton, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and landowner. The soil is a mixture of loam and clay; subsoil,
diocese of Exeter. The church of St. George is a building skillett. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The

of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, area is r,655 acres; rateable value, £r,B96; the population
nave, north aisle, south porch and a western tower of brick in r891 was 198.

containing 4 bells : there are monuments to the Gay and Parish Clerk, Richard Greenslade.
Karslake families, and the east window is stained ; the in-
terior of the church was restored in 1882, at a cost of £ 1,200, Letters through South Molton, the nearest money order &
when new benches were erected: the choir stalls were given telegraph office, arrive at 8 a. m. LETTER Box cleared

by the Rev. J. Richey, a former rector, to whose memory at s.so p.m

there is a brass in the chancel: there are r8o sittings. School, built in x87r, for 100 children; average att~nda~ce,
'The register dates from the year 1599. The living is a 38; Miss Elizabeth Jane Harwood, mistress

Baker Capt. Robt Geo. R.N. Broom ho Huxtable Mary Marsh (Mrs.), farmer, Reed John, farmer, Thorne

Gould Mrs. Little Hele Narracott Ridd James, carpenter

Hands Rev. Rotert Henry B.A. Rectory Huxtable Thomas, Castle inn Ridd William, wheelwright

COMMERCIAL. Ley James, farmer, Hayne Russell Thomas, assistant overseer,

Baker Joshua, farmer, Mill farm Ley Thomas, farmer, East Trayne Broom House farm

Bowden John, butcher & farmer, Cui- Luxton George, farmer, Glebe farm Russell Thomas, farmer

verhill farm Manning Henry, thatcher Russell Wm. farmer, Broom House frm

Dockings James, blacksmith Nott George, tailor Sowden Frederick, farm bailiff to Mrs.

Hobbs Henry, blacksmith Partridge Charles, dairyman, Cheyney C. Gould, Little Hele •

3tOAKFORD (or 0KEFORD) is a parish and vil1age near esq. Thomas Carew Daniel esq. D.L., J.P. of Stoodleigh

the ri,·er Exe, which is crossed by a bridge to Hampton, Court, and William Spurway esq. are joint lords of the
miles west-by-south from Bampton station on the Exe manor and principal landowners. 'fhe soil is clayey, and

Valley branch, 4 south from Dulverton station on the the subsoil, rock. The chief crops are oats and barley. The

J>evon and Somerset branch, of the Great Western railway, area is 5,464 acres; rateable value, £3,009 ; the population

-and 9 north-north-west from Tiverton, in the North Eastern in 1891 was 513.

division of the county, Witheridge hundred, Cullompton Parish Clerk, John Veen.

petty sessional division, Tiverton union and county court PosT 0FFICE.-Thomas Quick, sub-postmaster. Letters

district, rural deanery of West Tiverton, and archdeaconry received from Bampton R.S.O. ante8a.r1e5sta.mmo.n;eydisopradtecrhe&d
and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Peter, rebuilt in taetle5g.r1a5php.omff.ice.BamPopsttoanl is the are issued here, but not
1839, is an edifice in the Early Pointed style, consisting of paid orders
tehancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower

with pinnacles, containing 8 bells : the east window is a
memorial to the Rev. James Parkin, rector from xSq, who Endowed School (boys), erected in 1842, for 130 children;

died in r87I: there are 240 sittings. The register dates average attendance, 38 boys; William John Jose, master;

irom the year xs68. The living is a rectory, average tithe (girls, infants) erected in r875• for eo children i average

rent-charge £328, net yearly value £sx8, including- 86 attendance, 39; Miss Elizabeth Cotton, mistress; &

.acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Sir William endowed with the Pyncombe charity & £3o a year left

Reynell Anson hart. D.C.L., M.A. warden of All Souls by the Rev. James Parkin M.A. late rector

College, Oxford, and held since 1893 by the Rev. D. Highley St. Mary is a parish midway between Oak-

Campbell. There is a chapel for Bible Christians, erected lord and Dulvertou (Somerset), and on the river Exe, 3!

m 1888. The re:1ding room, opened in 1885, is supphed miles from Bampton station on the North Devon branch of

with daily and weekly papers and contains a small library. the Great Western railway and 9 miles north from Tiverton,

'l'he Pyncombe charity, dating from 1780., provides annually in the North Eastern division of the county, Tiverton union

£2 towards the support of a girls' school and £3 towards a and county court district, There being no church here_

boys' school. There are charities of about J;xs yearly for the inhabitants attend that at Oakford. The area is 370

the poor, including some left by the late rector. Hamslade, acres; rateable value, £238; the population in 1891 was x6.

.st,anding on an eminence s6o feet above the sea level, over- Letters through Exe Bridge, Tiverton

looking the Exe valley, is the residence of Robert Macalister The children attend Oakford school

Oakford. Alford William, farmer, Low. Westcott Heywood Rt. farmer, Spurway Barton

(Marked thus t shou:d be addressed Exe Arthurs Elizh. (Mrs.),cowkpr. Bowdens Heywood Robt. jun. farmer, Nethercott

:Bridge, Tiverton.] Baker Rachael (Mrs.), dress maker Heywood Thomas, farmer, Town farm
IMarked thus t should be addressed Know- tBlake Thomas, farmer, Harton Heywood Wm. farmer, Little Spurway

stone, South Molton.J tBoundy Wm. farmer,Little Swineham tHeale William, farmer, Westlake
[Marked thus • should be addre~sed Dulver- tCarter Wm. farmer, \Vest Woodburn Langabeer Wm. farmr. Parsonage frm

ton R.S.O. Somerset.] Cheriton Peter, boot maker tLangabeer Wm. jun. farmr. Westapps

Campbell Rev. D. [rector] Clark Thomas, blacksmith tLocke John, farmer, Hutswell

..Tamieson John A. Stuckeridge *Dascombe Jn.farmr.Lower Woodburti Manning John, Red Lion P.H

JenkynsRev.David Melbourne [curate] Ellicott John, farmer, West Loosemore tMiddleton James, farmer, Western

Macalister Robert, Hamslade Foxrord James, farmer, Newhouse Norman David, boot maker

Spurway Misses, Oakford manor GibbonsWm.miller(water),Bridge mills Palfrey John, farrnel", South Esworthy

coMMERCIAL. Hawkins James, wheelwright ParkmanJas. wheelwright,Oakford brdg

A1£ord Wa.Jter,carpenter, Spurway mill Headon James, farmer, Ford Pincombe Wm. farmer, Spurway mill

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. WEST OGW.ELL. 365

Quick Thomas, mason, P011t office Stevens James, baker & grocer Wright Wil1iam, farmer, West Mildon
Reading Room (Rev. D. M. Jenkyns, Summers James, farmer, Upcott
tSummersM.A.(Mrs. ),frmr.East tapps Highley St. Mary.
hon. sec) 'furner Robert, tailor & draper
Reed Charles, farmer, Gloyns Vearnicombe Edward, farmr. Bickham Elworthy Henry, farmer, Low.Highley
Reed John, farmer, Mildon Veen John, carpenter Elworthy Thos. farmer, Great Highley
*Ridler George, farmer, Swineham Venner John, farmer, Pinkworthy Lethbridge Wllliam,woodman to Canon
Skinner Jacob, farmer, Bells tWebber James, farmer, Valdridge
R. E. Trefusis M.A. Little Highley
Squires Jas. farmer, North Esworthy

OFFWELL is a village 2! miles south-east from Honiton, country, but is now in bad repair. Offwell, a former seat

where the nearest railway station is, and 12 south-east from of the late Edward Copleston n.n. Bishop of Lland'f:ff

Cullompton, in the Eastern division of the county, Colyton (1828-49), is now occupied by the Rev. John Gay Copleston

hundred, Honiton petty sessional division, union and county M.A. Rev. Alfred Marwood-Elton B. A. of Widworthv Court~

court district, rural deanery of Dunkeswell and Honiton, the Rev. J. G. Copleston lll.A. Charles Glyn Prideaux-

and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Brune esq. of Netherton Hall, Farway, and Earl Compton

Mary is a buildin!! of stone in the Perpendicular style, con- M. P. are the chief landowners. The soil is sandy and stony;

sisting of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western the subsoil is the same. The chief crops are wheat, oats

tower containing 5 bells: it was re-seated about 1863, and and turnips. The area is 2,2o6 acres; rateable value,

has 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1551. [2,444; the population in 1891 was 264.
• The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £21o,
WILMINGTON is a hamlet, 1 mile north-east from the
grois yearly value £335, including 83 acres of glebe, with parish church, partly in Offwell and partly in Widworthy.

residence, in the gift of the trustees of the late Dr. Copleston,
Bishop of Llandaff, and held since 1BBI by the Rev. John Sexton, Abraham Letten.
Henry Copleston M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Oxford. Letters from Honiton (which is also the nearest money order
There are charities of £7 xos. yearly value. On Honiton hill, & telegraph office) arrive at 7.30 a.m. WALL LETTER
in this parish, and about 2 miles from the town of Honiton, Box cleared at 6 p.m. week days only

is an ornamental tower in the Indian style, about So feet School (mixed), built in 184o, for 70 children ; average at-

high, built by Dr. Copleston, late Bishop of Llandaff, and tendance, 30; & endowed with £5 yearly; Miss Margaret.

commandi:pg extensive views of the sea and surrounding Rimmer, mistress

•

Copleston Rev.John Gay M.A.Offwell ho GilpinJn.fmr. Gibbons fm. Wilmington Parriss Robert, farmer, Glanwell

Copleston Rev. John Hy. M.A. Rectory Hurford John, farmer, West Colwell Patch Thomas, farmer, Colwell Barton

COMMERCIAL. Hutchins Emanuel Dommett, tax col- Patch Thomas, jun. farmer, Cleve

lector, Wilmington Raddon William,carpenter,Wilmington

Anstis Jas. Richard Valentine, butcher, Hutchins William, farmer, Wilmington Smalls Hy.& Jas. wheelwrights, Colwell
Mount Pleasant Irish Henry, farmer, Parsonage farm Smerdon Hermon,farmer,Red Loft oak
Loveridge John, farmer, Middle Cleve Trott William, farmer, Smallcombe
Bromfield Joel, carpenter, Mt. Pleasant Northam Charles, shoe maker Tucker George, blacksmith
Cox Eli,White Hart P.H. & shopkeeper, Northam John, Five Bells inn Underdown Silas, Rose & Crown l'.H.&
Northam William, farmer
Wilmington carpenter, Wilmington
Farmer Henry, carpenter

EAST OGWELL is a parish, 2 miles south-west from yearly value, including the rent of 4 acres of land left by Sir

Newton Abbot station on the South Devon section of the Richard Reynell in 1735, and devoted to school purposes.

Great Western railway, in the Mid division of the county, In the parish is a quarry of madrepore marble. Bradley

Wonford hundred, Teignbridge petty sessional division, Vale, one side of which is in East Ogwell, is a beautiful spot

Newton Abbot union, Newton Abbot and Torquay county often visited by lovers of fine scenery. Daniel Robert Scrat-

court district, rural deanery of Moreton, archdeaconry of ton esq. J.P., n.L. of Ogwell House, West Ogwell, is lord of

Totnes and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Bartholo- the manor and chief landowner. The soil is chiefly light

mew is a building of stone, of mixed styles and various dates, red loam ; the subsoil is chiefly limestone, but there are als()

consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an em- small slate or skillett and some dunstone. The chief crops

battled western tow~r containing 3 bells, 1lf which the first are wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is 1,360 acres;
is plain but ancient; the second bears the words, "AVE rateable value, [2,o66 ; the poJ?ulation in 1891 was 1Z71.

MARIA," in Lombardic characters, beautifully cast; the HoLBEAM is a small hamlet 1~ miles north-west. In 1885
third has, in very clearly moulded characters, the legend, Rydon, a. detached part of Wolborough, was amalgamated
with this parish.
"1!oct tnea biba: btydla .runda nariba: :"an unconsecrated south
aisle or transept, built by the family of Reynell over their Parish Clerk, George Matthews.
vault, is called the " Golgotha : 1' there are some ancient
gravestones in the pavement and several monuments to the PosT 0FFICE.-Lewis Edward Stidworthy, sub-postmaster.
Reynell family: there is an early font and some remains of Letters through Newton Abbot, which is the nearest money
a screen, and on the piers are the arms of the Holbeame order & telegraph office, arrive at 6.50 a.m. & dispatched
family: there are 400 sittings. The register of baptisms at 6 p.m.; sundays, u.3o a.m. Postal orders are issued
and burials dates from the year 1674; marria-;;es, 1675. here, but not paid

The living is a rectory, united to that of West Ogwell, aver- A School Board was formed in 1886 for the united di..;tricts

age tithe rent-charge [270, joint gross yearly \'alue £34.5, of East & West Ogwell; D. R. Scratton, Ogwell, clerk t<>

including 26 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the board

Daniel Robert Scratton esq. and held since 1845 by the Rev. Board School (mixed), erected by D. R. Scra.tton esq. J.P. in

Fitzwilliam John Taylor B.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, who 1874, at a cost of £700, for 8o children; average attend-

is also rector of Haccombe. There are charities of £r~ xss. ance, 63; Miss Mary Kenwood, mistress

Drew Frederick Codner, Westwoods Hopkins George, farmer, Manor farm Smerdon John, farmer, Stubbins

Phillips Adrian, Under Cleve J ermondElizabeth(Mrs. ),miller(water)., Stidworthy Lewis Edward, grocer,

'faylor Rev. Fitzwilliam Jn.B.A.Rectory Ogwell mills baker & farmer, Post office .

Webber William, Rydon Loder John, edge tool maker, Holbeam Webber John, farmer, Rydon farm

COMMERCIAL. LuscornbeThomas,farmer, Under Cleve Webber Lewis. builder, mason & un-

Blackler W. A. & Son, quarry owners Perryman William, Jolly Sailor P. H dertaker

EllicottRichd.Jn.farmer & wheelwright Ridholls Charles, farmer. Wetheredge Webber William, mason

Ellis GeorgeFrederick,farmer,Holbearn Shears Francis, farmer, Buttercombe Wills Charles, farmer, Tor farm

WEST OGWELL is a parish, 3 miles west from Newton with emblazoned arms upon it: there are Bo sittings. Tha

Abbot station on the South Devon section of the Great register dates from the year t68I. The living is a rectory.
Western railway, 1 mile from the Newton and Ashbnrton united to that of East Ogwell, average tithe rent-charge

and 2 miles from the Newton and Totnes road, in the Mid £270, joint gross yearly value £345• including 26 acres of

division of the county, Wpnford hundred, Teignbridge petty glebe, in the gift of Daniel Robert Scratton esq. and held
sessional division, Newton Abbot union, Newton Abbot and since 1845 by the Rev.l<'itzwilliam John Taylor B. A. of Christ
Torquay county court district, rural deanery of Moreton, Church, Oxford, who resides at East Ogwell and is also rector
archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. The church of Haccombe. Ogwell House. the residence of Daniel Robert

(name not known) is a very small building of stone in the Scratton esq. D.L., J.P.lord of the manor and principal land-
Perpendicular style, the interiorlength, inclndin~ the belfry, owner, was originally erected by Sir Thomas Reynell in 1589 :

being only 52 feet and the breadth across the transepts 32 of this building only the offices remain: the present residence
feet; it consists of chancel, nave, transepts, south porch and dates lrom 1790• and is a handsome building of ston3, stand-
an embattled western tower containing 3 bells, all apparently ing i11 about 6 acres of gardens and meadow. The soil is

cast in 1633 : there are three sedilia and an oaken pulpit partly heavy clay, partly light red loam ; the subsoil is part1y

•

WEST OGWELL. D'EV:ONSHIRE [ J.{l!:ttt''s

clay and partly limestone. The chief crops are wheat, bar• ol'dell & telegraph office, arrive at 7· 30 a.m.; called for &.t

ley and oats. The area is 684 acres; rateable value, ,£812; 5·45 p.m

the popu1ation in 1891 was 39.r
Letters received from Newton Abbot, the nearest money The children of this place attend the school at East Ogwell

Scratton Daniel Robert D.L.~ J.P. Ogwell house I Bishop Elias, gamekeeper · ,1

OKEHAMPTON (or 0AKHAMPTON) is an ancient muni-j Christian chapel, East street, erected in 1868, will seat 250:

cipal borough, market and union town and the hm of a The Town Hall; in Fore street, is a plain but ancient build·
count~· court district, on the East and West Okement rivers, ing, used for magisterial and other local meetings, and will
<ln the high road from Exeter into Cornwall, adjoining Dart- hold 300 persons : the ground floor contains ~ small library
moor, with a station on the main line of the London and and reading rooms belonging to the Literary Institution.
South Western railway, 22 miles west-by-north from Exeter, The Corporation insignia consists of two maces and two
30 north-by-east from PlymoutJ:!, 16 north-north-east from borough seals; the maces, which form a pair,. exactly
Tavistock, 19! east-by-north from Launceston, 22 east-by- ahke in every particular, are of silver, 3ft. dn. in length 1
south from Holsworthy and 197! by rnil, via Exeter, from the heads, surmounted by open arched crowns, are adorned
London, in the Western division of the county, partly in the with the royal arms of George Ill. those of the Duke of

Lifton and partly in the Black Torrington hundred, Bather- Bedford and the arms of the borough ; both maces, which
leigh petty sessiOnal division, rural deanery of Okehampton, have the ball marks of 1761-2, were presented by John, 4th
archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese Q( Exeter. The town, Duke of Bedford K.G. and recorder of Okehampton, the Rev,
incorporated by charters granted by James I. in 1623 and John Vickry being then mayor: one of the seals is that of
Charles II. in 1684, was formerly governed by a mayor, re- the portreeve, which exhibits a triple-towered castle, a legeud

t:order, eight principal and eight assistant burgesses; but around 1t and the date 1788, the whole within a wreath of
under the provisions of Sehedule I. of the Municipal Cor- oak leaves and acorns; the other seal displays the borough
poration Act, 1882 (45 and 46 Vict.c. so) the then Corpora- arms, t' cheeky or andaz. two barsarg." and abattlemented
tion became extinct, and the inhabitants petitioned for a tower as a crest : the Corporation also possess a loving-cup
new charter, which was granted 24th June, 1885, and the Cor- of massive sih·er, with the hall marks of 1672·3, the initials
poration now consists of a mayor. four aldermen and twelve uT. K." and a. shield charged with three crescents.
councillors, who act as the Urban Sanitary Authority. The The Workmen's Club, in St. J ames' street, contains reading

town is well lighted with gas by a company formed in 1858 and recreation rooms; there are about 40 members.
with a capital of £1,200. The electric light was also adopted The Market, at the back of the Town Hall, forms an exten-
in 1885, and additional plant laid down in 1889, and this sive range of spacious buildings, with ample conveniences•
mode of lighting is in use at several of the shops, the Bap- A butter and poultry ball was erected in x88o, at a cost of
tist and Congregational chapels, and at the White Hart and [,1,ooo; and further improvements, including a room for
Temperance hotels. The inhabitants are supplied with water technical instruction, are now (1893) being carried out, at a
by high pressure from a reservoir dependent on springs on cost of .£400. of which amount ,£200 has been contributed
the Okehampton Park estate, adjoining the town on the by the County Council. The principal support of the town
south, and an application is now (1893) before the Local arises from its market, large quantities of agricultural pro-
Government Board for a grant of [,Boo to increase the duce being forwarded to all parts.. Saturday is the market
supply. A complete system of drainage was carried out in day, and a great cattle market is held on the first Saturday
1886-7 by the new Corporation, under the superintendence in every month. The market tolls are let for .£330. A fair

of Edward Appleton c.E. of Torquay, at a co~t of [,2,300. for cattle is held within the borough the second Tuesday

In 1887 the east bridge was widened 10 feet and about two- after March nth. A swimming bath, 100 feet by 30 feet,
thirds of the town repaved, at a cost of [1,850: the Local in the Western Park, opposite the castle, was erected by a
Go\"ernment Board have sanctioned a further loan of [,400 company in 1890; the water, obtained from the hillside, i$
for paving the footpath between the town and the railway kept fresh by the maintenance of a constant flow through
station. The church of All Saints, originally built in 1261, the bath. Only two flour mills and one small bone manure
was rebuilt in the 15th century and again in 1844, under the factory are at work here. An Agricultural Association was
direction of Mr. Hayward, architect, of Exeter ; the old formed here in 1890 and 189r, meetings being held at the
ehurch, with the exception of the tower, having been de- Town Hall. The cabinet-making works of Mr. Geen em-
strayed by fire in 1842 : it is now an edifice of stone in the ploy a considerable number of hands. The White liar~
Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel with vestry on hotel, on the Parade, has spacious coffee and dining rooms
the nort4 side, nave of five bays, aisles, north and south and private sitting and billiard rooms, together witp very
porches and an embattled· western tower, wit-h crocketed extensive stabling. There are also substantial and comfort-
pinnacles, containing6 bells, cast in the churchyard in 1750: able inns, including "The Red Lion," the ''Plume of
there is a good octagonal panelled font 1 the tower is Tran- Feathers," " London," and the Temperance hotel, Th~
sitional and Late Decorated : the stained east window was "Okeh~mpton United Charities," by a scheme of the
added at the restoration, and there are several other stained Charity Commissioners in 1873, were vested in the lord of
windows, three of which, as well as the eagle lectern and the manor, the mayor, ex-mayor, vicar, the borough over-
earved oak pulpit, are memorials to John Downall M. A. seers and 8 elected trustees, two of whom retire annually by
archdeacon of Totnes and vicar of this church, who died in rotation : the gross annual income, derived principally from

April, 1872 : in 1891 a very beautiful reredos, by Hems, of land ;lnd houses, amounts to £,718, which sum is chiefly
Exeter, was erected by the parishioners; and in May, 1892, applied to public uses. Okehampton Park, consisting of
brass gas standards and altar rails were erected, the chanc~l x,o5o acres, belongs jointly to Miss Luxmoore, Mrs. 'l'revor-
enla.rged and fitted with new choir seats, the tower opened Roper and Mrs. Lees, the daughters of the late Rev. John
and the organ removed to the north side of the church, at a Luxmoore, having been purchased in 1780 by Charles

total c.ost of about [,7oo, under the direction of Messu. Ful- Luxmo~,>re esq. of Kingston-on-Thames, from the Earl of

ford and Harvey, of Exeter, as a memorial to the Rev. C. W. Deyon: ninety acres have been leased for a term of 999 years,
H. Holley M.A. vicar 1872-92: there are 6oo sittings: in the for the use of the Royal Horse and Field Artillery, who
churchyard, entered by lych gates through avenues of elms, encamp and practise here for about three months annually :
Qn the south and east,aregravestones with French inscriptions there are permanent stables and other buildings, and ad·
to prisoners of war who died here in xBn-15: the avenue on ditional works are now ( 1893) in progrP-ss, in order to pro•
the south is almost entirely paved with gravestones of the vide increased eamp accommodation. In the Meldon valley
17th century: in :r388 half an acre was added to the church- is a vein of granulite, which is being successfully utilized for
yard for burial purposes. The register of baptisms and glass-making and stone ware. On the slope opposite the

marriages dates from the year 1716; burials, 1678. The castle are the remains of an ancient British village, and the
living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge [,2o8, gross route of the old Roman road or King's way from Cornwall to

yearly value £575, net £495, including 232A. 2R. 22P. of Exeter can also be traced. About half a mile south-west of

glebe, with residence, in the gift of the trustees of the late the town are the remains of the ancient castle of the Courte·

James Hunt Holley esq. and held since 1892 by the Rev. nays, once lords of Okehampton: these ruins stand on a
Frederick Wilberforce Saulez M.A. of Hertford College, Ox- rocky mound surrounded by trees, with the West Okemen
ford, and surrogate. The ancient episcopal chapel of St. winding at its base~ there are considerabie remains- of the
James, formerly belonging to the Corporation, but now in chapel, still retaining a piscina, and of the banqueting hall,

the hands of the Charity Trustees, consists of nave, and the with a huge chimney, and the heralds' tower and other parts
ancient western embattled tower, with pinnacles,containing a still remain : the keep, a small quadrangular structure, is:

clock and 2 bells, is Early Perpendicular; the east window is possibly Norman, but the lower portions of the castle beJong

Decorated, and in the nave, reb:nilt in 1862, are some plain to the transition period between the Decorated and Perpen•
windows of the Early English period. The Congregational dicular : a wall near the keep has a singular recess, perhaps
~bapel, in North street, built in x8oo, will seat 500 persons. for an oratory : the castle was traditionally built in the year
The Baptist chapel, in Fore street, erected in 1889, has sit- 1058, by -Baldwin, a Norman Earl of Devon, and after being
tings for 200 persons. The Wesleyan chapel, in West street, held by the Redvers and Courtenay families, was dismantled
erected in 1841, has 300 sittings; there is also a small W's- in I53'J' by Henry VIII. and in the reign of Charles I.
leyan chapel at Kigbeare, erected in 1863. 'fhe Eible descended by marriage to the Mohuns, Barons Mohun of

JDIRECTORY. DEVONSHIRE. OKEBA.MPTON. 36'Z

Okehampton: it is now the property ofJohnReddawayesq. Bourcbier Savilla eilq. William Chave Nainby-Luxmoore
of Curworthy, Inwardleigh: a small charge is made for ad~ esq. of Thorganby Hall, near Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire,
mission to the ruin. The ancient custom of tolling the and Simon P. Brendon Newcombe esq. are the chief land-
.cmfew bell is still observed here. Oaklands, half a mile owneTs. The area is 9,,;52 acres i rateable value, £n,412 J
north of the town, the seat of Windham Hunt Holley esq. the population of the borough in r8gx was 1,879. and of the
B.A., .J.P. was erected in 1820 in the Greek Ionic style : the parish 2,469, including 134 officers and inmates in the
river Okement runs through the estate, which is extensive workhouse.

and abounds in picturesque scenery. The Charity trustees,
Windham Hunt Holley esq. .J.P. who is lord of the manor, Parish Clerk, William S.Qrague.
Miss Luxmoore, Mrs. W. Trevor-Roper, l\irs.Lees, Edw~rd Sexton, George Henry Chowings.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity &Insurance Office.- PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS:-

Stephen Wellington, West bridge, postmaster, Letters County Court, Town hall, His Honor J. Broughton Edge,

from London & all parts are delivered at 7 & (sundays judge; George Langdon Fulford, registrar & high bailiff.

excepted) n.5 a.m. & 4·45 p.m. Letters are dispatched The county court is held bi-monthly on the first tuesday

to London & all parts at 9 a. m. & 3.20 & 7.30 p.m.; to in the month. The district comprises the following

Exeter & the North, 3.20 p.m.; Bridestowe, Beaworthy, places :-Ashbury, Beaworthy, Belstone, Bondleigh, Brat-

. Brandiscorner, Highhampton, Holsworthy, Lew Down, ton-Clovelly,Broadwoodkelly,Bridestowe,Chagford,Drews-

Lifton & Launceston, ro p.m. ; dispatch on sundays, 5.30 teignton, Exbourne, Germansweek, Gidleigh, Hather-

p.m. ; Plymouth & Cornwall, 2.15 p.m. only. Money leigh, Highhampton, Honeychurch, Iddesleigh, Inward-

orders are issued & paid from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; on leigh, Jaaobstowe, Meeth, Monkokehampton, Northlew..

saturdays till 8 p.m. On sundays the office is open from ;North Tawton, Okehampton, Sampford Courtena.y, South

7 till ro a..m. Parcel post dispatched at 3·5 & 7.30 p.m. Ta.wton, Stourton, Spreyton & Throwleigh

week days only Certified Bailiffs under the "Law of Distress Amendment

PILLAR Box, Station road, cleared at ·8.1o a.m. & 2.45 & Act, x888," Sam Hawken, 4 New road, Oakha.mpton;

7.15 p.m William Knapman, Sticklepath; Emanuel Rockley Col-

WALL Box, Railway station, 8 a.m. & 2.40 & 7.10 p.m well, Hatherleigh & Henry Hooper, Chagford

WALL Box, East Bridge, 8.20 a.m. & 2.55 & 7.25 p.m. No County Police Station, Sparp hill, Okehampton, William

collections on sundays StapleLon, constable

ComiTY MAGISTRATES FOR HATHERLEIGH PETTY SESSIONAL Town Hall, Fore street, John Metherell, keeper

DIVISION. VOLUNTEERS.

4th Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment (D Co.), Drill

Arnold Lieut.-Col. William, Nethercott, Winkleigh R.S.O hall, Market street ; Capt. H. C. Biddell, commandant ;

Holley Windham Hunt esq. B. A. Oaklands, Okehampton Surgeon-Major J. R. Thomas, medical officer

Jauncey George Mundy esq. Broomford manor, Jacobstow, 0KEHAMPTON UNION.

Exbourne R.S.O Board day, alternate saturdays, at 11 a.m. at the Board

Oldham Ernest Joseph esq. B.A. Strawbridge, Hatherleigh . room, Union workhouse.
Smyth-Osbourne John Smyth esq. Ash, Iddesleigh The Union comprises the following parishes :-Ashbory,
White·Thomson Col.Robert Thomasc.B. Broomford manor,
Beaworthy, Belstone, Bondleigh, Bratton-Clovelly, Broad-
Exbourne R.S.O woodkelly, Bridestowe, Chagford, Drewsteignton, Ex-
Woollcombe Chas. Belfield esq. Ashbury ho.BeaworthyR.S.O bourne, Germansweek, Gidleigh, Hatherleigh, High
Hampton, Honeychurch, Iddesleigh, Inwardleigb, Jacob-
Clerk to the Magistrates, George l'earse, Okehampton stowe, Meeth, Monkokebampton, Northlew, North Taw-
Petty Sessions are held at the Police court the last tuesday ton, Okehampton, Sampford Courtenay, South Tawton,
Sourton, Spreyton & Throwleigh. The population of the
in e\·ery month at Hatherleigh & at Okehampton Town
hall, on wednesdays at 11 a. m. in the middle of the month union in 1891 was r6, 334 ; area, 126,797 acres ; rateable
The following places are included in the Petty Sessional

division :-Ashbury, Beaworthy, Belstone, Broadwood- value, £g6,t8o
kelly, Exbourne, Hatherleigb, Highhampton, Honey- Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, George
church, Iddesleigh, Inwa.rdleigh, Jacobstow, Kigbear, Langdon Fulford, Station street, Okehampton

Hamlet, Meeth, Monkokehampton, North Lew,Okehamp- Treasurers,Nat.ionalProvincial Bank of England,Okehamptn

ton, Sampford Courtenay & Sheepwash Collectors of Poor's Rates, George Glanfield, jun. Belstone;

BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. Ernest Marks Glanville, Broadwoodkelly; William

The Mayor & Ex-Mayor Brooke, Bridestowe ; Charles H. Painter, Chagford ; W.

Clerk, George Pearse, East street G. Pym, Drewsteignton; WilliamRattenbury, Exbourne;

Magistrates' meetings are held at the Town hall occasionally William S. Borne, Hatherleigh; Hugh Pyke, North Taw-

as required ton ; William & Charles Sprague, New road, Okehamp-

CoRPORATION. ton; William Arscott, Sampford Courtenay; John Samp-

1892·3· son, South Tawton ; Alfred Dunningt Throwleigb; the
Mayor-Councillor George Langdon l<'ulford.
overseers collect their own rates in the remaining parishes

IAldermen. Relieving & Vaccination Officers, No. 1 district, Joseph

tWilliam Bird German §Alfred Harris Metherell, North Tawton; No. 2 district, John Knapman,

tThomas Chamings Westcott §Richard Passmore New road, Okehampton

Councillors. Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Bratton-Clovelly dis-

tJames Coombe tGeorge Langdon Fulford trict, George Vanbouse Burd L.R.C. P.Edin. East st.reet,

tWilliam Paddon tHeury Geen Okehampton; Chagford district, Albert Dunning Hunt,

t William Burd Pearse *John Cornish Chagford; Hatberleigb. & North Lew districts, Cornelius

tJames Wright *Charles Geen F. Glinn L.B.c. P.LOnd. Hatherleigh; Okehampton dis-

!William Bray *Thomas Jessop trict, George Vanhouse Burd L. R.c. P.Edin. Ukehamp-

!Robert Brealy *Henry Rowe ton; North Tawton district, Patrick Wood Hislop H.B.,

Marked thus t retire in 1893. c.M. North Tawton
Marked thus ! retire in 1894.
Superintendent Registrar, Stephen Wellington,West bridge,
Marked thus • retire in 1895.
Marked thus § retire in 1897. Okehampton; deputy, Sydenham James Janes, Fore st.

Okehampton ·

Mayor's Auditor, Henry Rowe Registrars of Births & Deaths, Bratton-Clovelly sub-district,

Elective AuditoTs, Sam Hawken, 4 New road ; Frederick Henry Evely, Lorth Lew; deputy, William H. E. Martin,

Spry, Kemplay road North Lew; Chagford sub-district, William Bevens,

'fhe ordinary meetings of the council are held at the Town Drewsteignton; deputy, Waiter Aggett, Drewsteignton;

hall, every 1st monday in the month, at 6 p.m Hatherleigh sub-district, James Hooper, Hatherleigh ;

OFFICERS OF '.fHE CORPORATION & URBAN SANITARl: deputy, Miss JantJ Hooper, .Hatherleigh; Okehampton
AUTHORlTY.
sub-district, John Knapman, New road, Okehampton;
Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority, Wm.
Yeo, East street. deputy, Seth Harry, Fore stTeet, Okehampton; North

Tawton sub-district, Hugh Pyke, North Tawton; deputy,

John Ellis Pyke, North Tawton 1

Treasurer, Willian;1 Murrin, Fore stTeet RegistraTs of Marriages, Hatherleigh district, John Essery,

Medical Officer of Health, .Edward Herbert Youngt ~I.D., Hatherleigh t deputy, Joshua J. Balkwill, Hatherleigh;

D. P.H. Darley house, Station road Dkehampton district, Seth Harry1 Forest. Okehampton;

Borough Surve,YQr & Inspector of Nuisances, Harry Geen, deputy, John Palmer, East street, Okehampton

Parklands · Wol'khouse, Castle road, is a brick building & will hold 230

Collector, Isaac Hoare, Station road inmates; William Sanger, master ; George Va11bouse

School Attendance Officer, James Smale, Church stTeet Burd t..R.C.P.Edin. medical officer; Miss Rose Ann Web-

'fown Ctier, Samuel Hatris, Rosemary row ber, matron ; Miss E.nma Selby, $choolmistress

368 OirnHAMPTON. DEVONSHIRE. [KELLY'S

RuRAL SANITARY AuTHORITY. Congregational, North street; I I a.m. & 6. 30 p.m. ; tues.

Meets at the Board room, Union workhouse, every 7·3o p.m

saturday, at I p.m. Wesleyan, West bridge, Rev. Abraham S. White & Rev.

Clerk, Geor~e Langdon Fulford, Station st. Okehampton Wm.Hy.Holmes B.A.; II a. m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs.7.30p.m

Treasurers,National Provincial Bank of England, 0 keham ptn SCHOOL:-
Medical Officer of Health, Edward Herbert Young M.D.,
A School Board of 5 members was formed December 15,
D.P.H. Darley house, Okehampton
Inspector of Nuisances, Samuel Hooper, jun. Hatherleigh I87I; Stephen Wellington, Post office, Okehampton, clerk
to the board
ScHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE.
School, North street, reconstructed in 1874 & enlarged in
Clerk, George Langdon Fulford, Okehampton 1877, at a cost of [,t,67o, to hold 400 children; average
Attendance Officers, John Knapman, Okehampton; Joseph attendance, 97 boys, g8 girls & II6 infants ; George F.
Bradley, master; Miss Edith Mary Farrell, mistress;
Metherell, N. Tawton ; Samuel Tarr, Chagford & Thomas Miss Maria Pile, infants' mistress
Hutchings, North Lew
PUBLIC O!i'FICERS :-
Assistant Overseers & Collectors of Poor Rates, William & CONVEYANCES:-
Railway Station, William Hodge, station master
Charles Sprague ; office, 3 New road
Clerk to the Charity Trustees, Stephen Wellington, Post Colwill's omnibus from Hatherleigh to Okehampton sta-
tion at u a.m. daily, returning at 4 p.m
office, West bridge
Coroner for Okehampton District, John Dunning Prickman, Garish's omnibus from Chagford to Okehampton station
at u a.m. mon. wed. & sat. in summer & saturdays only
East street; deputy, John Donglas Johnstone, Tavistock m• wm• ter, returnm• g at 4 p.m
Inland Revenue Officer, Edward Lynch, West street
Omnibus from White Hart hotel meets all trains
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services:-

All Saints' Church, Rev. Frederick Wilberforce Saulez M. A. CARRIERS:-

vicar ; sun. I:t a.m. & 6. 30 p. m.; daily at 8 a. m.; weekly Clement., from Chagford, sat. returning same day,

celebrations George inn

St. James' Episcopal Chapel, St. James' square, Rev. Cooper, from Sticklepath & South Zeal, sat. 'Plume of

Gr~gory C. Bateman (rector of Jacobstowe), chaplain; Feathers'

~.30 p.m. summer & 7 p.m. winter; wed. 7· 30 p.m Mudge, from Drewsteignton, sat. returning same day,

Bible Christian, East street, Rev. WilliamBudd; 3 & 6 p.m Fountain inn

Baptist, Fore street, Rev. George Woodburn Ball; 3 & 6.30 Took, from Lew Down, sat. returning same day, Plume of

p.m. ; tues. 8 p.m Feathers inn

PRIVATE RESIDENTS• White Rev. Abraham S. [Wesleyan], CountyCourt (George Langdon Fulford,

.Ashley Miss, East street Farview, Station road registrar), Station street

Ball Rev. George Woodburn [Baptist], Wood Frank, Kemplay road Cowling John & Sons,farmers,H111 farm

2 Okement terrace, Station road Wood Thomas, Town mills Crilley Ellen (Mrs.), grocer, East st

Bawden Thomas, 5 New road Wood William, 5 Park villa!!,Station rd CrockerWilliam Henry,tinplate worker,

Besley John William, Moorside Yeo William, I Park villas, Station road Rosemary row

Bradley George F. Lower Woodlands, Young Edward Herbert M.D. Darley DartWilliam Stanbury,farmer,.Alforden

Station road house, Station road Day Thomas, blacksmith, North street

Brealy Robert, 7 Park villaR,Station rd Devon Constabulary(William Stapleton,

Budd Rev. William [Bible Christian], COMMERCIAL. constable), Sharp hill

Kemplay road Adams Sarah (Mrs. ),apartments, Oke- Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Limited

Burd George Vanhouse, East street ment terrace, Station road (branch) (Robert Loney Maye, man-

Burd Mrs. East street Alien William, Prudential agent,East st ager) (open Io till 3 ;. wed. Io till I ;

Carpenter Charles Sydenham, East st Angel Elizabeth (Miss), day school for sat. IO till 4), Fore street; draw on

Drew Miss, Castle lane girls, Kemplay road Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom,

Dufty Bryan, Park villas Avery John, shopkeeper, East street Bouverie & Co. London E c

Dunn Samuel, East street Baker John, blacksmith, New road Devon & Exeter Savings Bank (William

Forest -, Station road Ball Joseph, farmer, West Bowerland Yeo, receiver), East street

Futcher Chas. Jn. Fairfield, Station rd Balsdon George, George inn, West st Dingley, Pearse & Co. (Okehampton

Geen Charles, Station road Besley John William mt. Arts. LOnd. Bank), bankers (open xo till 3; wed.

Gibson Charles Ward,Dunsmore house, boarding schl. for boys, Moorside schl till I; sat. till4), Fore street; draw
Biddick Frank, butcher, 9 St. James st on the City Bank Limited, London
Station road
Bissett Richard, eating house, West st Drew Henry & Son,shoe makers,·west st
Grendon John, St. James street
Hawkes Miss, 6 Park villas, Station rd Blackmofe Henry, draper, Fore street Drew Emma Elizabeth (Mrs.),agent for
HolleyWindhamHuntB.A.,J.P.Oaklands Blackmore William,farmer, Northwood Sutton & Co. 2 East street
Holmes Rev.William Henry B. A. [Wes- BlatchfordGeo. Kerslake,aparts. 6New rd Drew John, farmer, Alferdon
Blatchford Thomas, farmer, East park Drew William, shoe maker, North st
leyan], Kemplay road
Bowden Annie (Mrs. ),King's Arms inn, Dufty Emma Amelia (Mrs.), boarding
Hucker Thomas, East street
& day school for young ladies, Park
Hudd Mrs. East street St. James street

Landick Alfred, Church street Bray Richard Veysey & Sons, drapers House school

Landick ·Frank, West street & grocers, Parade Dufty Thomas, wool stapler &seed mer-

Landick Samuel, Church street BrayWm.&Son,farmrs.HigherMaddafrd chant, Kemplay road

Luxmoore Miss, East Bridge house Bray Alice Mary (Mrs.), apartments, Dunn Edwin, apartments, Oakfield,

.Marks Thomas, North street Kemplay road Station road

Marle Rev. William B.A. [vicar of Soul'"' Bray Fredk. apartments, Okement ter Dymond Richard, grocer, East street

ton], Kemplay road . Bray Wm. nurseryman &fruitr.West st Dymond William, Exeter inn, East st

Maye Robert Loney, Bank ho. Forest Broad William Henry, builder, New rd Eddy Samuel, farmer, Lower South cot

Mitchell Rev. Herbert Howard [curate Brown George, farmer, Fowley Ellis George, farmer, Lower Maddaford

of All Saints'] Brown William, cattle dealer, farmer Ellis Peter, carter, St. James street

Murrin William, Fore street & landowner, Hughslade Escott & Cornish, ironmongers, Fore st

Newcombe S.P.B. Fairview, Station rd Burd & Pearse, solicitors & clerks to Fisher Eliz~j.beth (Mrs.), grist miller

NortheyEdmund Pearse,HigherBowden county & borough justices, East st (water), Clapp's mill

Nourse Miss, Church street Burd George Vanhouse L.R.C.P.Edin. Ford George, basket maker,North street

Paddon William, Beechcroft, Station rd surgeon, & medical officer & public Francis &Worden,fruiterers,West street

Page Mrs. 4 Park villas, Station road vaccinator for Bratton Clovelly & Friend&Beal,solicitors,Fore street; & at

Palmer James, West street Okehampton districts & meqical offi- · Exeter

Pearse George, Uplands cer workhouse, Okhampton union, Friend Thomas, eating h011se, West st

Pearse Wm.Burd,3 Park vils.Station rd East street Fulford George Langdon, solicitor,

Powell Evernden, Parklands Oarr Charles, farm bailiff to Windham commissioner for oaths, clerk to the

Prater Mrs. West street Hunt Holley esq. Bear farm rural sanitary authority, guardians &

Prickman John Dunning, East street Chastey Geo. jun. wheel wrght. Drews cot assessment & school attendance com-

Pryer William Henry Isaac, 34 Parade Clinnock George,boot &shoe ma. East st mittees & registrar & high bailiff of

Saulez Rev. F. Wilberforce M.A. [vicar Clinnock Thomas, shopkeeper, East st the county court., Station street ; &

& surrogate], The Vicarage Colombo Alfred Thomas, tailor, East st at North Tawton

Saunders Mrs. Parklands Coombe James, hair dres.9er & band- Furse William, lessee of market tolls &.

Sparke Mrs. East street master, East street shopkeeper, North street

Squire Miss, Castle lane Coombe Sydney Northcott.hair dreB!er, Gale Frederick, tailor, I East street

Trevor-Roper Mrs. Hill side,Station rd West street Gale Harriet(Mrs. ),aprtmnts.Church st

Underhill George, Parklands Cornish William Henry, watch maker Gale Richard,· cowkeeper, East street

Weeks Samuel, Mount view, Park ro:ld & jeweller, Fore street Gard John & Philip, farmerst.Youlditch

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Uas Company (William Murrin, sec.) ; I MadgeRichd.&Son,farmers,Estl'ayer pk Quance John, farmer, E'lst street

office, Fore street Marks John, baker, North street Rich Richard, blacksmith, East street

Gay George Lavis, wheelwright, East st Marks Robert Melhuish, miller (water) Risdon Arthur Felix, solicitor, see

Geen Charles, electrical engineer, Hill & farmer, Brightley mill Prickman & Risdon

side, Station road MasonicLodgeObedience,No.r753(Chas. Rowe Hy. travelling draper,Kemplay rd

<Geen Harry,architect,borough surveyor Piper, sec.), White Hart pl. Parade Rowe William Selway, butcher & ponl·

& inspector of nuisances, Parklands May, Son & Yeo1 auctioneers, sur- terer, East street

Geen Hy.cabinet ma. & bldr. East brdg veyors & architects, Fore street Seldon John, shoe maker, St. James st

German John & Sons, boot & shoe fac- Maye Robert Loney, manager of the Seldon Richard Ball, New inn, Forest

tors & leather merchants, Parade Devon & Cornwall Bank Seldon William John, farmer, Higher

German William Bird (firm, German & Medland Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments, Southcott .

Sons), boot factor, Parade I Park terrace Shobrooke Simon, farmer, Higher Croft

Gibbings Charlotte Tryphena (Mrs.), Meecham Sarah (Mrs.), temperance Simmons Albany Thos. printer, Parade

apartments, Parklands hotel ; every accommodation for tour- :::immonsMaryAnn(Miss ),statnr. Parade

-Glass .James, agricultural imple- ists & commercial gentlemen, Fore st Stader Susan (Mrs.}, farmr. Fatherford

ment maker, Kemplay road MurrinEmanuel,millr.(water),North st Slee George, farmer, East street

oGould George, surveyor & land agent, Murrin William, sec. to Literary lnsti- Sleeman John, jomer, Sharp hill

. ~orthcote cottage, Church street tution & Gas Co. East street Sloman Richard, farmer, Knowle

Halcombe Sack Co. (William Hodge, National Provincial Bank of England Smal(' Edwin James (Mrs.), fruiterer,

agent), Railway station Limited (branch of) (open IO till 3; Fore street

HarrisJohn & Son,builders,North street wed. IO till I ; sat. ro ti114) (William Smith W. H. & Son, booksellers & news

Harris Alfred, mason & farmer,Sharp hl HenryIsaac Pryer,manager), Parade ; agents, Railway station .

Harris Henry, mason &farmer,Sharp hl draw on head office, II2 Bishopsgate Soby Josiah, temperance refreshment

Harris Samuel,baker & town crier, Rose- within, London E c rooms, West bridge

mary row Newcombe E. & Sons, grocers, wine & Spiers & Pond Limited, refreshment

Harris William, mason, Crediton road spirit & general mers. West street rooms, Railway station

HarrySeth,chemist,grocer, &registrar Newcombe George, farmer, East park Sprague William & Charles, assistant

of marriages for Okehamptondistrict Newcombe Henry, farmer, Kigbeare overseers & collectors of poor's rates ;

& deputy registrar of births & deaths Nicholls Geo. Hy. boot maker, East st office, 3 New road

for Okehampton sub-district, Forest Northey Edmund Pearse, farmer, Sprague Annie Louise (Mrs.), apart-

Hawken Sam, accountant, 4 New road Higher Bowden ments, 3 New road,

Bender Thomas Petre, coal dealer & Okehampton Agricultural Association Sprague Charles, collector of. taxes &
(Harry Geen & William Palmer, hon. to highway surveyor, 3 New road •
dairy farmer, Kemplay road

Hill George, chimney sweeper, North st secs.) Town hall Sprague John, farmer, Chichacott

Hoare Isaac, apartments, & collector of Okehampton Ban]\, see Dingley, Pearse Spry Fredk. accountant, Kemplay rd

borough rates, Station road & Co Squire John, farmer, Lower Croft

Hoare Mary(Mrs. ),aprtmts..St. James st Okehampton Bathing Association Lim. Stinchcombe Amelia H. (Mrs.), fancy

HodgeM.&Sons,bkrs.&confctrs.North st (Thos. Hy. Chamings, sec.), East pk repository, Fore street

HodgeThomas&Son,farmers,Pothanger Okehampton Free General Society Stinchcombe Edward, watch maker &

Hodge George, farmer, Lower Halstock (Charles Sprague, sec.), Town hall jeweller, Fore street

Rolmes George,draper &grocer,& agent Okehampton Tradesmen Friendly So- Stone Pbilip, china dealer, St. James st

for W. & A. Gilbey,wine & spirit mer- ciety (Chas Spragne, sec.),Town hall Stratford Emm a (Mrs.), apartments,

chanls, Fore street Osborne Fredcrick John, confectioner, Kemplay ro~d

Hucker Charles, butcher, Fore street St. James street Tapscott Elizh.Ann(Mrs. ),bakr.West st

Hucker Jane (Mrs.), blacksmith, St. PaddonJn.Gilbrt.Plymouth inn, West st ThorneWilliam John, ironmonger & ad-
Palmer John, painter & glazier & deputy juster of weights for Tavi~tock dis-
J ames street

Hutchings Ann (Mrs. ),aprtmnts.East st registrar of marriages for Okehamp- trict, West street

HutchingsJas.dining rooms,St.James st ton district, East street Toms Jas. Gra:·, London hotel, West st

Hutchings Jn.confectnr.&grocr. West st Palmer Mary Ann (Miss), apartments, Town Hall (Joiln Metherell, keeper),

Ingerson Gilbert, farm bailiff to Simon Kemplay road Fore street

P. B. Newcombeesq. East Bowerland Palmer ·waiter James M.R.c.v.s. veteri- Townsend Jonathan, sewing machine

!saac Frederick, farmer, Northcott cot nary surgeon, East street agent, North street

.Tackman "rilliam, farmer, Stockley Palmer William, farmer & carpenter, Treble William, tailor, East street

.Tames John, tailor & grocer, East st llrightleyfarm Verdi John, White Hart family & com-

Janes Sydenham James & Ada (Miss), Palmer Williatn, farmer, Yelland farm mercial hotel & posting house; bil-

printers & stationers, J:<'ore street Paltridge William, Barnstaple inn, & liards, rooms en suite &c. Parade

.Janes Sydenham James, organistat All builder, North street Voaden Richard, farmer, Youlditch

Saints' church & deputy superio- Parker Bartholomew, saddler, Forest Volunteer Battalion (4th) Devonshire

tendent registrar, Fore street Passmore Richard, coal merchant & Regiment (D Co.) (Capt. H. C.

JessopThos.&Hubert,ironmngrs.Fore st carrier, & agent for the South Western Biddell) ; drill hall, 'fhe Market hall

Jordan William, builder, East street Railway Co. East street Vosper George Fraocis, frmr. Hill town

Kelly William, farmer, East park Pearse George (firm, Burd & Pearse), Waiters Robert, farm bailiff to Edmund

Kennard 'fhomas, Plume of Feathers solicitor, commissioner for oaths & P. Northey esq. M1ddle Southcott

family & commercial inn & posting perpetual commissioner, clerk to Ward & Cann (branch), coal & lime

house, & maltster, .Forest. See advt magistrates & to commissioners of merchants, Railway station

Kerslake Wm. coal dealer, Kemplay rd income & land tax for division of Ward Carolina (Mrs.), apartments,

King John, farmer, Gleodon Black Torrington East,East street; & Woodlands, Station road

King )lary (Mrs.), eating house, East st at Hatherleigh Ward Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Forest

Knapman John, registrar of births & Pearse Willia.m John, monumental Ward Wm. Thos. carriage bldr.North st

deaths & vaccination officer for Oke- mason & gl"anite merchant, North st Watts Joshua, farmer, Barton barn,

hampton sub-district & relieving & Pellow Thomas Ball, farmer, Kerslake Chichacott

school attendance office!' for No. 2 Pengelly John, shopkeeper, West street Webb Willhm, hair dresser, Forest

district, Okeharnpton union, New rd Pet kin & Beale, butchers, PaTade Weekes Tbom·:ts, saddler, Fore street

Knapman Richard, Fountain inn, & Perkins Mark, cowkeeper, North street Weeks & Dunn, corn factors, Park rd

iarmer, East street Perkins Seth Wm. farmer,Low. Upcott Wellington Stephen, clerk to charity

Laudick Alfred, solicitor, Church street Phillips Daniel, draper, North street trustees & to the Inwardleigh & Oke-

Landick Laura (Mrs.), tanner & boot Powlesland John, Red Lion hotel, Fore bampton school boards & superinten-

maker, Westbridge street. See advertisement dent regio~trar, Post office, West brdg

Landick Samuel,jun.apartmnts.New rd Prickman & Risdon, solicitors, Forest Westcott Thomas Chamings & Co.

Lee Elizh. J ane(Mrs. ),grocr.St.James st Prickman John Dunning (firm, Prick- drapers & grocers, :Fore street

Lewis Victoire (Miss), apartments, man& Risdon), solicitor,cornmissioner Westeott Joseph, cooper, St. James st

Okement terrace, Station road for o~ths & perpetu<tl commissioner, Westlake Robt. frmr. Little M'l.ddaford

Lewis William, carpenter, East street coroner for Devon, clerk to the South Wood Brothers, manure mahufacturers

Literary Institution (William Murrin, Tawton school board & solicitor to & millers (water)

sec.), Town hall the commoners of Dartmoor, Oke· Woollaod John, coal dealer, East street

LittlejohnsJohn,Prudential agnt. East st hampton district Worden Emanuel, cabinet ma. West st

l~ugg 'Thomas Jas. watch maker, West st Priest John & Sou, farmers, Place Workmen's Club (Mrs. W. H. Holley,

Lynch Edward, inland revenue Qfficer, Pryer William Henry Isaac, manager president; Rev.F. W.Saulenr.A.. vice-
National Provinchl Bank of England president; John Marks, sec.), St.
West street

Madden John, Star inn, East street (branch), The .Hank, Parade James street

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pEVONSHIRE.

Wrighj; James, china dealer, Forest Yeo Thomas, tailor, Fore street Young Edward Herbert v.n., D.P.H.

Yeo Frederick, architect (firm, May, Yeo William, accountant, & town clerk surgeon, & medical officer of health,

Son & Yeo), East street & clerk to urban sanitary authority, Okehamptou urban & rural sanitary

Yeo Isaac, tailor, Fore street East street authority, Darley house, Station rd

HAMPTON MONK, see MONKOKEHAMPTON.

OLDRIDGE CHAPEL is a detached chapelry of St. a stone pulpit erected and stained windows inserted, includ-
Thomas' parish, ~ miles west from Exeter and nearly 3 ing one to Mrs. Medley sen. mother of Dr. Medley, who

south from Crediton, in the North Eastern division of the was killed in a carriage accident at tbe foot of Whitestone

county, petty sessional division of Wonford, union of ~t. hill, in 1843: the arms of the Buller and Yarde families

Thomas and county court district of Exeter, rural deanery are emblazoned on wooden tablets within the church: the

of Christianity and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. communion plate was given by James Buller esq. in 1789.

The hamlet and chapelry for civil purposes only has been There is no churchyard. The living is a perpetual curacy

annexed to Whitestone by a Local Government Order, March and was (previous to 1732) a peculiar of the dean and
~5, 1884. A chapel existed here previous to the Reformation chapter of Exeter, gross yearly value £75, in the gift ol

and formed part of the property granted by Henry VIII. to (for the time being) and held since 1874 by the Rev.

John, Lord Rnssell K.G. but appears to have been destroyed Maurice Swabey M.A. of King's College, Windsor, Nova

in the latter half of the 18th century by George Trowbridge Scotia, and vicar of St. Thomas's, Exeter, to which benefice

esq. The present church, erected on the site of the ancient the chapelry has been certainly attached since 1616, if not

structure in 1789, by James Buller esq. M.P. of Downes earlier. Thischapelryordistrict,nowcomprisingfiveestates,

and Giles Yarde esq. is a small building of stone in the covering together 820 acres, was granted by Henry VIII. in

Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south transept 1539, together with the abbey of Tavistock, to John, Baron

and a turret containing one bell : there are several stained Russell K.G. afterwards xst Earl of Bedford and ancester of

windows, one being a memorial to the wife of the Rev. John the present Duke of Bedford; it is now the property of

Medley n.n. incumbent of this chapelry 1838-45 and Bishop General the Right Hon. Sir Redvers H. Buller P.c., v.c.,.

of Fredericton 1845-92: the roof is open-timbered, the K.C.B., K.C.M.G. of Downes, Crediton, who is lord of .the

pulpit of stone: the basin of the ancient font, exhumed manor, and the representatives of the late Mr. John Dadd.

during the rest.oration in 1842, was then replaced and a The nearest post offices are Tedburn St. Mary or Crediton.

suitable inscription added: the church was restored and The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Crediton,.

lengthened by the addition of a chancel in 1842-3, at the 3 miles distant ; there is no delivery of letfers

joint expense of the late James Wentworth Buller esq. M.P. The children of this place princiJ>ally attend the school at.

Iand Dr. Medley; at the same time a new roof was put on, Whitestone jRoberts Absalom,frmr. LittleWoodhay

• Drake John, farmer, Oldridge Barton; Dadd William, farmer, Cleave
& at Coombe Milman William, clerk of the chapel

OTTERTON is a parish and village on the eastern bank John, was a cell to the Abbey of Mount St. Michael, in

of the river Otter, near the English Channel, 3l miles south- Normandy; at the Dissolution the revenues were estimated

west-by-west from Sidmouth station and 12 south-east from at £87. Fairs were customarily held on Easter Wednesday

Exeter, in the Eastern division of the county, East Budleigh and the Wednesday after October Ioth. The Hon. Mark G.

hundred, petty sessional division of Woodbury, union of St. Kerr Rolle D.L.,J.P. is lord of the manor and principalland-

Tbomas, county acrocuhrdtead<i~sotnrircyt of Exeter, rural deanery of holder. The soil is partly heavy and partly light loam·
Aylesbeare and and diocese of Exeter. The subsoil is chiefly red sand. The crops are wheat, barley and

church of St. Michael, rebuilt in 1871 by Lady Rolle, at a roots. The area is 3·434 acres of land and 45 of water;.

cost of about [12,000, is an edifice of stone in the Decorated rateable value, £4,273 : the population in 1891 was 725,

style and consists of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, north including Dotton farm and mill.

and south porches and a tower with low spire at the east NoRTHMOSTOWN, 3i miles north; PASSAFORD, 2 north;

end of south aisle, containing a clock with chimes and 6 PITSON, 2l north and PINN, 2 north-east, are hamlets in

bells : there is a very fine carved stone reredos, and there this parish.

are brasses to the Duke family, to whom the manor was Parish Clerk, John Pile.

granted by Henry VIII. ; these include one to Richard Duke Sexton, Waiter Patch.

esq. ob. 1641, with 5 sons and 2 daughters, and another to POS'l' OFFICE.-William I<'reeman, sub-postmaster. Letters

Sarah (Reynell), wife of Robert Duke esq. ob. 1641, with 3 through Budleigh Salterton S.O. received at 8.50 a.m. &

sons and 5 daughters: the piers of the nave arcade are 7.30 p.m.; dispatched at 6 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; sunda)'S, 5

formed of single shafts of marble : there are 8oo sittings. p.m. Letters for Pitson & Northmostown through Ottery

The register dates from the year 1559. The living is a St. Mary. East Budleigh is the nearest money order &.

vicarage, average tithe rent-charge [255, gross yearly value telegraph office. Postal orders are issued here, but not

about £290, net [242, including 24 acres of glebe, with resi- paid

dence, in tbe gift of the Hon. Mark Rolle, and held since National School (mixed & infants), erected by Lady RoUe in

1878 by the Rev. James Bradby Sweet M.A. of Balliol x87I, with residences attached for master & mistress, for

College, Oxford. There are charities of about £go yearly 125 boys & girls; average attendance, So; Courtenay J.

value, chiefly arising from the interest of £5oo, recently Williams, master; infants' school for 69 infants; average

given by the Rev. James Bouchier M.A. of Budleigh Salter· attendance, 55; Mrs. Lucy Williams, mistress; & sup-

ton, to be applied for the benefit of the poor of this parish ported in part by the Hon. Mark Rolle & a. voluntary

at the discretion of the vicar and churchwardens. Here was school rate

anciently a Benedictine priory, which, in the reign of King CARRIER TO ExETER.-Stephen Payne, tues. & fri

[Marked thus f receive lettel"llthrough Ottery Hallett Henry Thomas, farmer, Weeks I Pile Thomas, tailor

St. Mary.] Hallett Sidney, saddler Please William, farmer

Jones Rev. James B. A. curate Harding Richard Searle, farmer, Pinn Pratt Anne (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Sweet Rev. Jas. Bradby M.A. Vicarage Harding Samuel, farmer, The Barton Prince Jaue (Mrs.), shopkeeper
+Hayman Edwin,farmer, assessor & col- t Retter Charles, farmer, Pitson
COMMERCIAL.

Baker Herbert, wheelwright · lector of taxes; Houghton Sellek William Hy. farmer, South farm

Beer Mary (Mrs.),farmr.Houstern farm tHayman Joel, farmer, Pitson Skinner Richard, farmer

.Bishop George, farmer Hayman John, farmer Skinner William, farmer, Sea View frm

Bishop Wm. farmer &road contractor Ireland John, miller (water) tSmall John, farmer, Northmostown

Brewer Thomas, baker tMingo John, dairyman, Northmostown Taylor Jesse, gamekeeper to the Hon.

Carter Charles, jun. farmer, Burnt ho Mingo Reubeu, dairyman, South farm Mark Rolle, Ladram bay

Carter Charles, sen. farmer, Passaford Northcott John, blacksmith & farmer Tedbury Daniel, farmer

Carter Thomas Oliver Suxpitch,farmer, Northcott William Daniel, blacksmith Till Edward, wheelwright

& registrar of births & deaths for East Payne Stephen, carrier Till Thomas, farmer

Budleighsub-district, Lower Pinn Patch Waiter, shoe maker tVickeryRichd. farmer,Northmostown

Casley Waiter, shoe maker tPatch William, blacksmith & wheel- Vinnicombe James, shopkeeper

Fayter Eliza (Mrs.), boot & shoe maker wright, Northmostown Way George, shopkeeper

Gosling John, blacksmit~ agricultural Pidgeon Catherine (Miss), shopkeeper Wheaton Wm.King'sArmsP.H.&carpntr

implements, stove & range maker, Pile Edward, farmer & shoe maker WhiteThomasBridle,farmer, Passaford

machinist & farmer Pile John, shoe maker & parish clerk White Thomas William, farmer, Pinn

OTTERY ST. MARY is a market town and an ex- the main road from London to Exeter, in the Eastern divi-

tensive parish, forming a hundred in itself, and is head of a sion of the county, union and county court district of Honi-
petty sessional division, and it is 168 miles by road and ~62 ton, rural deanery of Ottecy and archdeaconry and diocese

by rail from London, 12 east from Exeter, 5 south-west of Exeter, The town is situated in a beautiful and fertile

from Honiton, with a station on the Sidmouth branch of valley on the eastern bank of the river Otter, from which it

the London and South Western railway and xi south from takes its name; it is irregularly built, but has some gcod

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. OTTERY ST. :MARY.

houses and ehops ; a complete system of drainage has been Regiment, killed at the battle of Maiwand, Afghanistan,

introduced ; the water supply is obtained from springs on 27th July, 188o: the church was restored in 1849-50, prin-

the adjoining land and conveyed to a reservoir holding cipally by the influence and liberality of the late Right Hon.

143,875 gallons; it is lighted with gas. The Local Board Sir John Taylor Coleridge P.c., D.C.L. Justice of the Queen's
consists of 9 members and was formed July IS, 18so. Bench, his family and friends, Mr. W. Butterfield being the

Cromwell is said to have held a convention in a room architect t the restoration of the lady chapel was carried

near the churchyard, for the pu•pose of raising men out under the supervision of Mr. Woodyear, architect : there

and money from the town and neighbourhood. Fairfax are r,ooo sittings. The register of baptisms and burials

also had his head quarters here from November IS. to dates from the year 16or; marriages, 1648. The living is

December 6, I645· On May 25th, r866, a disastrous a. vicarage; the great tithes, value £99S 15s. were granted

fire broke out in the town about mid-day and destroyed 11 I by Henry VIII. to the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and the

· houses, rendering homeless about soo persons, for whose small tithes and oblations, £250 12s. 10d. are vested in the
relief no less a sum than £3,S30 was subscribed in 12 days: governors of the goods and hereditaments of the church, for
no lives were lost on the day of the fire, but a tall chimney, the repairs of the church, vicarage and school house, th~
left standing in the ruins, fell on Sunday, the 2nd September maintenance of a chaplain priest, and certain payments to
following, amidst a number of persons who were listening the vicar and schoolmaster ; the chief revenues of the church

to a woman preaching, and killed 8, severely injuring 14 having been thus diverted from their proper purpose, the
others. The first mention of a church here occurs in the lidng was in the gift of the Lord Chancellor until r869,
register of Bishop Bronescombe, who consecrated one in when it was sold under Lord Westbury's Act to William

126o. The church of St. Mary, formerly collegiate, is a Metcalfe esq. the value being only £1soyearly: gross yearly
large and curious building of stone in the Early English value £285, with residence, and held since 1890 by the Rev.
and Later styles, consisting of chancel, or lady chapel, choir Maitland Kelly H.A. of University College, Oxford; the
of five bays with clerestory and aisles, clerestoried nave of chaplaincy, in the gift of four governors, net yearly value

five bays, with aisles, and a large Perpendicular chapel on £87, has been held since 1863 by t.he Rev. George Smith
the north side, transepts, formed, as at Exeter cathedral, by M. A. of Exeter College, Oxford. A chapel of ease was op~ned

north and south towers, south porch and a western porch in March, 1893, at a cost of £4oo, for the use of residents
or narthex; the whole of the western half of the structure in the hamlet and neighbourhood of Wiggaton ; it has a

is embattled ; each tower is also battlemented and has small vestry, and will seat 100 persons. The Baptist chapel,

pinnacles at the angles ; the north tower is surmounted by Batts lane, is a plain edifice of brick with stone dressings,

a low octagonal spire, and the south tower contains a clock and will seat 350 persons. The Congregational chapel, Jesu

with chimes and a peal of 8 bells ; these towers are con- street, originally founded in 1662, is a plain structure of

jectured to be a portion of the earlier edifice, which survived brick with 650 sittings. The Wesleyan chapel is in Mill

the extensive alterations and additions made by Bishop street. The Town Hall was opened in 1853; a library with

Grandison, when the church was made collegiate in 1337: about roo volumes and a reading room, established in 186o,
the choir and eastern lady chapel are Early English, and occupy part {)f the building. An extensive factory in the
the former opens on either side to aisles or chapels of the town, formerly devoted to the manufacture of ribbons and
same period, dedicated respectively to St. Catherine and St. handkerchiefs of superior quality, is now (1893) occupied as
Stephen : the reredos was restored under the direction of a brush factory. There are branches of the London and

Mr. E. Blore, architect, from the original work, discovered, South Western Bank and the Devon and Cornwall Banking

in a much mutilated condition, behind some wainscoting: Company Limited. A weekly market is held on Thursdays,

there is a piscina and triple sedilia and an elegant screen and great markets are held on the firs\ Thursday in Decem-

with loft or gallery between the lady chapel and choir ; the ber and the first Thursday in August ; a cattle market is
Dorset aisle, or chapel, on the north side of the nave, is the held on the third Tuesday in every month; and fairs are

only important addition made to the fabric since 1335· and held on the Tuesday before Palm Sunday, the second Tues-
is believed to have been added by Cicely, Marchioness of day after Whit Sunday and August 15th. The Provident

Dorset and Countess of Wiltshire, between 1504 and 1519; Dispensary, established in x86o, is supported by 618 mem-
it has a highly enriched fan-traceried roClf, ornamented bers and voluntary contributions: the al·erage yearly num-
with pendants and the arms of Courtenay and Veysey, ber of patients is now (1893) 400. Paxford House Hospital
bishops of Exeter, and over the entrance are the heraldic was established in 1870, at the Sflle cost of a lady, who
bearings of the countess, with crest and supporters, but resides in the building, personally superintends the arrange-

much mutilated : the exterior cornice is ornamented with ments for the comfort of the inmates, and provides every-

the Haringtori and Stafford knots : on the north side of thing necessary for their maintenance : a new building was

the nave is a monumental arch, with hanging tracery and erected by the same lady in r881, and is available for nine
a crocketed ogee canopy, beneath which, on a plain altar patients ; the freehold of the property has been purchased,.
tomb, is a recumbent effigy of a knight in full armour, and and is vested in trustees for the benefit of the neighbour-

on the south side a similar tomb, with the effigy of a lady, hood. There are several almshouses, and some ancient

supposed to represent Sir Otho de Grandison, ob. 1364, bequests of considerable amount for the benefit of the poor::

and Beatrix Malmayns, his wife; both have been restored : the lands and £4,300 Consols are vested in twelve feoffees,

in the north aisle is a tomb, with effigy, to John Coke, of and produce together about £8oo yearly, which is divided

Thorne, ob. 1632 ; and on the north side of the chancel is among aged and necessitous resident parishioners not re-

an altar-tomb, with inscription, to John Haydon esq: of ceiving parochial relief. In r869 John Head 'faylor esq. left

Cadbay, first governor of the Corporation of Ottery St. by will £3oo Consols vested in the vicar, chaplain and

Mary, ob. 9th March, 1587, and to Joan, his wife, ob. 9th churchwardens, the interest to be expended annually in

December, 1592 ; the south porch, erected by him, also blankets or other warm clothing, to b_e given to the destitute
bears an inscription to his memory and the date 1618, and poor of the town. Near here is an excavation known as

on the iron handle are the initials "J. H. 1571 ; " over the "Pixies' Parlour," a fa,:ourite resort of Samuel Taylor Cole-
doorway are the royal arms and the inscription, "HE THAT ridge, the poet. Heaths Court, restored and enlarged in
NO JL WILL DO, DO NOTHYNG YT LANG YTO. J.H:" tm the 188g, is the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Coleridge P.c.,.
floor of the north atsle are brasses with effigies and inscrip- n.c.L., J.P. lord chief justice of England; Salston, a beauti-
tions to John Sherman, gent. 1542; William, his son, 1583; ful residence, is the seat of William Reunell Coleridge esq.
and Richard, his grandson, c. 1620; and a fragment re- n.L., J.P. Sir John Henry Kennaway bart. lii.P. of Escot,.
mains of a tine brass to John de Northwode n.n. chancellor is lord of the manor, and holds a court leet in November.
of Oxford and archdeacon of Totnes ; there-are also inscribed The soil is sandy, upon a subsoil of gravel. The area is
stones to Oliver Smith, warden of the college, ob. 4th April, 9,944A. 2R. 4P.; rateable value, £17,654; and the popula-
IS43• and to John Guderling, prebendary, ob. 2oth Decem- tion in 1891 of the civil parish was 3,855·
ber, 1532 : the whole of the ancient stained glass was de- Parish Clerk, Thomas John Carnell.
stroyed by the Parliamentary forces in r645, but many fine Sexton, George White.
modern windows have been inserted, several of which were WIGGATON, I mile south, is a hamlet. TIPTON and WES'l'
erected by the Coleridge family: the magnificent font of HILL, hamlets in this civil parish, have been formed into
Devon and Cornish marbles, presented by the late Right ecclesiastical parishes, and will be found under separate
Hon. A. J. B. Beresford-Hope P.c., M.P. at the time of the headings.

restoration, is supported by a central shaft, with four Alfington is a hamlet, r! miles north-east and 2! from

smaller ones at the corners, and was designed by Mr. But- Sidmouth Junction, formed Dec. 29, r882, into an ecclesias-
terfield: the south transept has been adorned with mosaic tical parish ftom the civil parish of Ottery St. Mary. The
work by the Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, in memory of his church of SS. James and Anne, erected in 1849 by the Jate
parents, and contains a tomb with recumbent figure in Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge, and consecrated Sept. 29, 1882,
marble, by Thrupp, to Jane Fortescue (Seymour), Baroness is an edifice of brick in the Early English style, consisting of
Coleridge, d. 6th February, 1878, and brasses to John chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret containing
Marker, d. 18731 Commander Frederick Abraham Smith one bell : it has eleven stained lancet windows and a font of

a.B.N. d. 188o and Lieut. Clement George Whitby, 17th Devonshire marble : at the west end of the church is

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marble monument to John Coleridge Patteson D.D. Bishop Ottery St. Mary and Tal&ton. The church of SS. Philip

of Melanesia, who was murdered by the natives of Santa and James, built by the late Sir John Kennaway hart. in

Cruz, Sept. 20, 1871 : the eagle lectern of oak is dated 1596: 1838 at a cost of about £3,ooo, is a building of stone in the

five brass hanging lamps and a brass communion book-stand Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch

were placed in the church in 1887 : the interior, including and a we~tern turret containing one bell : there are eight

the vestry, was handsomely wainscoted in 1891 at the cost stained lancet windows: the church has 200 sittings. The

of Lady Coleridge l there are 120 sittings. The register register for baptisms and burials dates from the year 1840 ;

dates from the year 1883. The living is a vicarage, net marriages, 186g. 'rhe living is a vicarage, gross yearly

yearly value £179, with residence, in the gift of trustees, value £220, with residence, in the gift of Sir J. H. Kenna-

and held since 188r by the Rev. Gerald M'Carthy Lewin way hart. M.F. and held since 1883 by the Rev. Cyril John

Reade B.~. of Exeter College, Oxford.· The parsonage house Valpy French M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge.

was built in 1849· The principal landowner is Thomas The principal landowner is Sir John Henry Kennaway hart. •

Glanville esq. who resides in Jamaica. The soil is mixed; M.P., D.L., J.P. of Escot House, Talaton. The soil is clay;

the subsoil is marl. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley subsoil, graveL and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley

and pasture. The population in 18gr was 154. and pasture. The area is 2,000 acre~ ; population in 1891

Sexton, John Carter. was 408. Part of Fenny Bridges is in this district.
Verger and Clerk, Henry Stiling. COMBE LAKE, 1 mile north-west from Ottery St. Mary, is

in this district.

WALL LETTER Box cleared at 6.20 p.m. week days. Letters Sexton, John Clapp.
through Ottery St. Mary, which is the nearest money Letters through Ottery St. Mary, which is the nearest
money order & telegraph office, arrive at 7.30 a.m. & 3
order & telegraph office, arrive at 8.30 a. m
p.m
Escot, 1! miles north-by-west, was formed into an WALL LETTER BoxEs, Fair Mile, cleared 6.30 p.m. week

ecc.:lesiastical parish in 1844, from the civil parishes of days only & Fenny Bridges, cleared 6 p.m. weekdays only
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Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, the Petty Sessional division :-Aylesbeare, Dotton, Harp-
Broad street.-William Henry Reed, postmaster ford, Newton Poppleford, Ottery St. Mary, Rockbeare,
Salcombe Regis, Sidbury, Sidmouth, Talaton, Venn Ot-
HouR'3 OF ATTENDANCE.-For sale of stamps, registration tery & Whimple
of letters &c. week days 7 a. m. to 8 p.m.; sundays, 8 to
xo a.m. Money order & savings bank, government PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS:-
annuity & insurance business & issue of licences, week
days, 9 a. m. to 6 p.m.; saturdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tele- County Police Station, Cornhill, William Pope, sergeant, &
graph business, week days, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; sundays,
8 to 10 a.m 2 constables

DISPATCH OF LETTERS-MAILS. Fire Brigade, G. Channon, captain, & 17 men

London (night) & all parts, 8 p.m. & (extra !d. stamp) 8.5 Inland Revenue Office, King's Arms hotel ·
p.m.; sundays, 6 p.m. ; London (day) & all parts, 9.15
a.m. ; Exeter & South Devon, n.so a.m.; North of Eng- Paxford House Hospital, Lamb's court, Francis Morton

land, Ireland & Scotland, Exeter, Southampton &c. 2.50 Reynolds M. B., C.lii.Edin. medical superintendent

p.m. ;_ Sidmouth (night), ro pm.; Sidmouth (day), 1.15 Provident Dispensary, Francis Mortimer Reynolds M.B.,
p. m. ; Ottery St. Mary rural deliveries, xo p. m
· c.M.Edin. & Artbur William dLGleowveelr•v, nsecJ o n es L.R.C.F.
Lond. medical officers; Edwar

Stamp Office, Post office, Broad st. Wm. Hy. Reed,distribtr

Town Hall ·

TOWN DELIVERIES. VOLUNTEERS.

a.m Including letters from, arriv- 3rd Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment (F Co. ),
ISt deli Yery. .. ............ .•• 7 all parts. ing at Town hall ; Capt. W. J. D. Whitaker, commandant; W.

a.m H.Hastings,lieutenant; Fredk. Matthews, drill instructor

znd delivery ............... 11. so North of England...... II.35
p.m. PUBLIC OFFICERS : -
p.m. Certifying Factory Surgeon, Francis Mortimer Reynolds

3rd delil"ery..........•......• 2.15 London (day), Exeter,
Southampton &c.... 2.0 M.B., c.M.Edin. Mill street
Clerk to Commissioners of Assessed & Income Taxes for
On sundays the first delivery only is made.
PARCELS PosT.-Ist delivery,g a.m.; 2nd delivery,z.15 p.m East Budleigh & Cliston Divisions, Alfred John Dunning
PARCELS DISPATCHED.-London (day) & all parts,9.15 a. m.; Clerk t.o Church (Estates) Corporation & to Trustees of
North of England, Scotland, Ireland &c. 2.50 p.m.; Lon- Axe's Charity, Solicitor to Ottery Feoffee Charity & Clerk
to Ottery Highway Board & to Aylesbeare United District
don (night) & all parts, 8 p.m
School Board, Edward James Brutton, Broad street
Offices, Broad street.ILocAL BoARD. Collector of Tithes, John Warne, Butts
Collector of Poor Rates, Income & Land Taxes, Thomas
Board day,one tbursday in every month, the day being fixed John Carnell, St. Andrew's, Jesu street
Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, 4th district, Honiton
each meeting, at 3 p.m. union & Medical Officer of Health, Honiton rural dis-
trict, Francis Mortimer Reynolds M.B.• C.M.Edin. Mill st
John Broom (chairman) M. Ellis Relieving Oflicer & Registrar of Births & Deaths for Ottery
St. Mary Sub-District, Edward Barrett, Mill street
Samuel Warren W. T. 'fhomas- 1 Town Crier & Bailiff to the Manor of O·jtery St. Mary,
Charles Gover, Sandhill street
Richard Frank Rev. F. B. Dickinson ·

M. Broom A. Marshall

J. H. Hews

Clerk, Edward James Brutton, Broad street

Treasurer, J. Warne, Butt's bill

Medical Officer of Health, Francis Mortimer Re~·nolds M. B., PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of servicer. : -

c.:.r.Edin. Mill street St. Mary Collegiate Church, Rev. Maitland Kelly M.A.

Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, Robert Squire, Cornhill vicar; Rev. George Smith M.A. chaplain priest; Rev.

Collector, T. J. Carnell, St. Andrew's Reginald Augvstus Bignold & Rev. Reginald Gibb~ B.A.

CouNTY MAGISTRATES FOR 0TTERY PETTY S:sssiONAL curates; 8 & n a.m.; 3 & 6.3op.m.; daily 8 a.m. &5 p.m
St. Edward's, Wiggaton, serVIces 2nd sunday in month II
DIVISION.
a.m.; other sundays 3 p.m. served from the Parish church
Chair taken in alphabetical order. SS. Ja.mes& Anne Church,Alfington, Rev. Gerald M'Carthy

Kennaway Sir John Henry hart. M.F., M.A., D.L. Escot, Lewin Reade B.A. vicar; 10.30 a. m. & 3 p.m. ; & in sum-
mer months, 6.30 p.m
Ottery St. Mary · SS. Philip & James, Escot, Rev. Cyril John Valpy French

Anderson-MorsheadJohn Yongeesq. Sunny bank, Salcombe M.A. vicar; 10.45 a.m. & 3 p.m.; summer months, 6
p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m
Regis, Sidmouth Baptist, Batt's lane, Rev. Henry Davis, 10.45 a. m. 3 & 6.30
p.m.; mon. & thurs. 7 p.m
Balfour Captain John Edmond Heugh, Manor ho. Sidmouth Congregational, Jesu street, 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon.
& wed. 8 p.m
Cave Charles Daniel esq. M.A. Manor ho.Sidbury, Sidmouth Wesleyan, Mill street, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m

Coleridge Wm. Renuell esq. D.L. Salston, Ottery St. Mary

Darnell Lt.-Col. Thos. Chas. Stanhope, Sidbury, Sidmouth

lmbert-Terry Henry Machu esq. F.R.S.L. Strete Raleigh,

Whimple

Marker Richard esq. n.L, Coombe, Gittisham, Honiton

Moulton-Barrett Harry esq. Arcot, Sidmouth ScaooLs :-

Were Thomas Kennet esq. Cotlands, Sidmouth • A School Board of IS members was formed Oct. 30, 1874;

Clerk to the Magistrates, Alfred John Dunning W. J. D. Whitaker, Broad street, clerk & treasurer to the

Petty sessions are held at the Town hall, monthly, on tues- board; attendance officer, Edward Herbert. Carnell,

day at 10.30 a.m. The fo~!owing places are included in Paternoster row

• DEVONSHIRE. ••

DIRECTORY.] GTTERY ST. MARY. 3i3

The King's Grammar School, founded by King Henry VIII. 132 girls; average attendance, 93: Miss Emma. Freeman,

was pulled down in 1884 & a scheme for the management mistress (mixed), built in x849, for so children;
of the school property & that or Salter's trust is under the National, Alfington

consideration of the Endowed School Commis~ioners c average attendance, 20; John Adams, master; Mrs.

there is an exhibition of £20 a year tenable for four years Adams, mistress

at Oxford University National, Escot (mixed), for 74 children; average attend-

Board (infants), built in 1877, for 132 children; average ance, 56 ; Miss Lilly Langdon, mistress

attendance, 128 ; ~iss Elizabeth Freeman, infants' mistrss Ottery Railway Station, Charles Pi Hey, station master
National (boys), Yonder street, built in x868, for 200
boys ; average attendance, 122 ; Wm. Jn. Channon, mastr CoNVEYANCE.-South Western Railway, Mrs. Ann Berry,

National (girls), Sandhillstreet, erected in x867, at the sole agent

expense of the late Right Hon. Sir J. T. Coleridge P.c. for CARRIERS TO EXETER.-Marker & Williams, tues. & fri

Ottery St. Mary.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Digby Edward, Mill street Morris Mrs. Paternoster row

Batten Thomas, Yonder street Davis Rev. Hy. [Baptist], Prospect pl Phillips Capt. Wm. Edwd. East Hayes

Bennett Samuel, Gosford house Oavy :Miss, Silver street Reynolds Francis Mortimer l\J.B. Mill st

Bidwell James, Raleigh house Dickinson Rev. Fk. Binley M. A. Manor ho Roberts John Wallis, Broad street

Bignold Rev. Reginald Augustus Digby Mrs. Hine street Rooke Capt. Eustace R.N. Woodcote

[curate], Church house Elliot Mrs. Gilbert, Paxford house Sansom ::.\1iss, Cornhill

Blundell Misses, Fernleigh Elliott Mrs. Susanah, Broad street Saunders William, Mill street

Broom John, Cornhill Esworthy Mrs. Cornhill Shorland Mrs. North street

Broom Michael, Jesu street Eveleigh l<'rederick, Sunny land Smith Rev. G~orge M.A. [chaplain priest

Brutton Edward James, Broad street Fowell Mrs. 'Cornhill of Collegiate church], The Priory·

Carter Mrs. Verbena cottage Gibbs Rev. Reginald B.A. [curate], Smith Miss, 'fhorne farm

Coleridge Right Hon. Lord P.c., n.c.L., Church house, Jesu street Streat Mrs. Cornhill

J.P. (Lord Chief Justice of England), Goodlad Misses, Beanmont house Swan Mrs. Silver street

Heaths court ; & x Sussex square w; Gray Mrs. Amen court Sykes Mrs. Ridgway cottage

& Reform, De\·onshire & Athenreum Henning Waiter Fitzherbert, London & •ratam Thomas, Silver street

clubs, London s w South Western Bank, Broad street Veal Chules, Paternoster rowl

Coleridge :Miss Elizabeth, Sand rock Hughes Mrs. CornhiU Warden William, Paternoster row

Coleridge Wm. Rennelln.L.,J.P. Salston Huxtable John, Prospect place · Warren Misses, Cornhill

Coles M1ss, North street Jeffery Mrs. Silver street Warren Samuel, Claremont

CQllin Mrs. Cadhay • Jone!l Arthur William Llewelyn Webb Rowland Hill, North street

Cornish Miss, St. Budeaux Kelly Rev. Maitland M.A. Vicarage Wheaton Misses, Cornhill

Cornwall Andrew, Paternoster row Mickelburgh Richard Thomas, Mill st Williams Edward Gordon, The Cottage

Cox Mrs. Paternoster row Miller Waiter John, Ridgway house Wilhams Mrs. North street
Cummings Samuel, Paternoster row
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· coMMERCIAL. Daw Sarah Ann & Emma (Misses), farmers, Wiggaton

Badcock Harry Digby, chemiRt & druggist, Broad street Digby Alfred, butcher, Mill street

Baker Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper, Town hill Digby George, butcher, Mill street

Baker Frederick, Half Moon P.H. Butt's hill Digby Wilil.iam John, baker, Mill street

Baker Henry, greengrocer, Silver street Dunning Alfred John, solicitor, clerk to magist-rates for the

Baker James, chimney sweeper, Yonder street Ottery division & to the commissioners of taxes for East

Baker John, blacksmith, Hind street Budleigh & Clist divisions

Bampfylde Robert, tailor, Mill street Edwards Edwin, farmer, Higher Holcombe

Banfield Charles George, farmer, Ca<lhay bridge Edwards James, farmer, Rull

Barrett Caroline (Mrs.), honiton lace manufacturer, Mill st 'Elliott John, builder & cabinet maker, Mill street

Barrett Edward, relieving officer & registrar of births & Ellis Matthew, farmer, Knightstone

deaths for Ottery St. Mary sub-district, Mill st Fayter Francis, greengrocer, Yonder street

Hasten William, dairyman, Mill st Fire Brigade (G. Channon, captain), Silver street

Bastyn Samuel, chimney sweeper, Yonder street Fisher Jane (Mrs.), beer retailer, Yonder street

Bennett A. W. Lamb & Flag P.H. Batt's lane Fisher Mary (Mrs.), laundress, Paradise

Berry Ann (Mrs.), London commercial & family hotel; wines, Fisher William, farmer, Mazzard house, Higher Rull

spirits, bottled ales &stout of superior quality; large stock Ford George, hair dresser, Mill street

rooms, good stabling, posting in all its branches & agent Franks Benjamin, butcher, Paternoster row

for the London & South Western Railway Co. Silver st Franks Richard, farmer, Woodford Harton

Berry Oliver, farmet·, Wiggaton . Gage Clement Pyle, farmer, Bishop's court

Bovett William, baker, Broad street Gas Works (W. L. Copp, proprietor ; Henry Lathrope,

Brown Ellen (:Miss), dress maker, Mill street manager), lVIill street

Brutton Edward James, solicitor, commissioner for oaths, Gilpin Charles, umbrella maker, Mill street

estates solicitor to Ottery feoffee charity estates & Ot.tery Godfrey Frederic Augustus, florist & seedsman, Mill street

St. Mary district local board .of health & highway board 1 Godfrey George, boot & shoe maker, Silver street •
& clerk to church corporation & to trustees of Axe's charity Godfrey Henry, watch maker, Mill street

& clerk to Aylesbeare united district school board, Broad Godfrey Sa.rah (Miss), dress maker, Broad street

street; & at Exeter & Sidmouth I. Godfrey Thomas, marine store dealer, Sandhill str eet
Cann Isaac, blacksmith, Mill street Godfrey William, insurance agent, Tip hill

Carnell Edward, builder, Paternoster row I Godfrey William Henry, ale merchant, Mill street

Carnell Edward Herbert, school attendance officer, Jesu st 1 Gover Charles, bill poster & town crier & high bailiff to the

Carnell Thomas John, organist & choir master of the parish 1 lord of the manor, Sandhill street
church, conductor of the Ottery Choral Society & teacher · Gover Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, Hind street

of music & singing & collector of poor rates & to local : Granger Sidney, grocer, Broad street

board & income & land taxes, St. Andrew's, Jesu street Gra.nger William, farmel', Farwell ·

Cawley George, marine store dealer, Mill street Green James, shoe maker, Yonder street

Channon George, plumber, Silv~r street Hake William & Co. drapers, outfitters, tailors & grocers, &

Channon Jndith (Miss), grocer, Jesu street agents for W. & A. G1lbey, wine & spirits mers. Broad st

. Channon William, builder, Mill street Halse Eliza (Miss), farmer, Burrow hill

Chown William, farmer, Wear Hamlin Harriet (Miss), milliner, Mill street

Clapp Henry, shopkeeper, Yonder st.reet Harding Abraham, shoe maker, Batt's lane

Cole Robert, threshing machine owner, Mill street Harding Charles George, dairyman, Mill street

Cole William, farmer, Putts Harding Mary Ann (Miss), milliner, Batt'slane

Coles John Mngford, saddler, Cornhill Heath Fred, ironmonger, Mill street

Coles William Bnrville, grocer & draper, Broad st. Cornhill Hews .lames Henry, ironmonger, auctioneer & valuer,

Collins John, farmer, Littlewell land & estate agent, Broad street

Cork George, shopkeeper, Paternoster row Hill John, shopkeeper, Mill street

Cripps Alfred, butcher, Broad street Hinrlom Emma (Mrs.), confectioner, Mill street

Curwood Sidney, saddler, Paternoster row Hughes Philip Charles, colporteur, North street

Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Limited (sub-branch of Sid- Huxtable & Streat, boot & shoe makers, Silver street

mouth) (Samuel Phillips Trounce, manager), Broad st. ; Huxtable William Davis, butcher, Mill street

draw on Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie & Co. Jetfery Henry, farmer, Wiggaton
London E c Jones Arth. Wm. Llewelyn L.R.C.l'.Lond. surgeon, Silver st

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3';4 OTTERY ST• ..MARY., DEVONSHIREl (KELLY'S

.Tones James, shoe maker, Mill street r Roberts John, Voluntee11 inn, Broad street

Lang William Henry, blacksmith, Butts hill Rogers William, wheelwrightr North street

Laythorpe Robert George, shopkeeper, Yondell street Rolstone William, farmer, Gosford

Lewis Charles, tailor & draper, Broad street . Rowland Eliza (Miss), dress maker, Silver street

Library & Reading Room (Rev. G. Smith, sec.)~ Town hall Salter Charles, wheelwright, Sandhill street

Lilley Henry E. coal merchant, see Miller & Lilley Salter John, farmer, Farwell

Littley Edgar, baker & grocery Mill street Salter William, timber dealer, Ridgway

Littley Edwin Charles Hayman, baker & grocer, Sandhill st Saunders William Webber, professor of JllUSic, Mill street

Littley Willie, ironmonger, Mill street Selway Henry L, wheelwright, Higher Pitt

London & South Western Bank Limited (branch) (William Shepperd Alfred, grocer,. Silver street & Mill street

John D. Whitaker, manager; Waiter Fitzherbert Henning, Shrimptvn Robert, farmer, Holcombe Barton

resident .cashier), Broad street; draw on head office, 170 Skinner Isaac, farmer, Burrow hill

Fenchurch street, London E c Slee Richard Tom Fildew, hair dresser, Silver street

Luxton George, currier & fancy draper, Mill street - Smerdon Charles, baker, Yonder street

Luxton William & Son, builders & coal merchants, Tiphill Smerdon James, Mason's Arms P.H. Sandhill street

Manning Henry, farmer, Highland Smerdon John, Five Bells P.H. Mill street

Marchant William, grocer, Mill street Sprague Waiter William, baker, Mill street

Marker Francis, sen. marine store dealer, Yonder street Squire Robert, King's Arms commercial & family hotel,

Marker Francis, jun. shopkeeper, Yonder street posting house, & agent for Odam's manures, surveyor &

Marks Henry, farmer, Gosford inspector of nuisances to the local board, head quarters

Marshall Arthur, farmer, Cadhay C. T. C. Cornhill

Mayer Joshua Heath, watch maker, Silver street Stamp Office (William Henry Reed, distributor), Broad st

Melluish John, farmer, Ridgeway Stevens James, dairyman, Paternoster row

Miller & Lilley, .coal merchants &c. Railway station Stockel" Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Sandhill street

Morris William, coal & corn dealer, North street Strea.t Henry, farmer, Burcombe

Needs Jesse James, blacksmith, Sandhillstreet Streat Henry, boot makev, see Huxtable & Streat

Page Richard, farmer, Great Well Streat John, whitesmith, Yondel" street

Palfrey Alfred, farmer, Wiggaton Stuckey Matthew, carpenter, Yonder street

Palfrey Ephraim, shoe maker, Mill street Tadd Richard, miller (water), Town mills

Palfrey Thomas, farmer, Burrow hill Tucker Samuel, farmer, Wiggaton ••

Paxford House Hospital (F. M. Reynolds M.B., c.M.Edin. Turner George, grocer, Broad street

medical superintendent), Lamb's court Volunteer Battalion (3rd) Devonshire Regiment (F Co.)

Payne George, shoe maker & shopkeeper, Mill street (Capt. W. J. D. Wbitaker ; W. H. Hastings, Iieut.;

Pearcy William, tailgr, Paternoster row Frederick 1\'Iatthews. drill instructor), Town hall

Pearse William Henry, grocer, Silver street Walsingha.m Richenda (Miss), stationer, & fancy repository,

Peek James, cowkeeper, Ridgway Silver street

Phillips- Robert, shopkeeper, Wiggaton Warue John, collector of tithes & treasurer to local board,

Pike William James, oil dealer, Jesu street : St. Andrew's cottage, Butt's hill

Provident Dispensary (Francis Mortimer Reynolds M.B., Waterworks Office (Robert Squire, manager), Cornhill

c.M.Edin. & .Arthur William Llewelyn Jones L.R.C.P.LOnd. Watts James Oliver, farmer, Salston Barton ·

medical officers; F. Hole, sec.), North street. Whicker Edwin, baker & confectioner, Silver street

Pym James & Henry, farmers, Blacklake Whitaker William John D. manager of the London & South

Randle Jane Elizabeth (Miss), fancy draper, Silver street Western bank & clerk. & treasurer to the school board,

Reed George, baker & grocer, Mill street Broad street

Reed Mary (Mrs.), baker, Mill street Whitcombe Jane (Mrs.), laundry, Mill street

Reed William Henry, stationer, ironmonger & distributor of Williams Fred, builder & undertaker, Hine street

stamps, Post office, Broad street Williams Frank, butcher1 Mill street

Reynolds Francis Mortimer M.B., c.M.Edin. surgeon & Williams George, baker, Yonder street

medical officer & public vaccinator, 4th district, Honiton Williams George, carrier, Yonder street •

union, medical officer & public vaccinator, Newton Pop- Williams James Shorland, farmer, Yonder street

pleford district, St. Thomas union, Exeter, medical Williams William Henry, butcher, Cornhill

officer of health, Ottery St. Mary & Honiton rural sani· Winder Charles, farmer, Middle Woodford

tary district & certifying factory surgeon, Mill street Wood Silas, shopkeeper, North street

Richards Frederick, carpenter, Mill street Wrayford Samuel, iarmer, Pitt House farm

Robert.s James, beer retailer, Mill street Wright Charles, draper, Mill street

Roberts Jn. Wallis, solr. & commissioner for oaths, Broad l!lt

• Al:fington. Nancekivell John, farmer
Newtort John, Alfington inn
Reade Rev. Gerald M'Carthy Lewin Cartel' John, thatcher Page I~aac, farmer, Manor farm
B.A. Vic:uage Chowil Richard, farmer Retter John, farmer, Four elms
Cockram Edwin, baker Stiling Henry, boot maker
Sanders Mrs. Rock villa Edwards ·wmiam, farmer, Wraxhayes Tolman John, farmer, Govetons
Sanders Matthew Franks Alfred Ernest, farmer, Rock frm Venn George, carpenter
Franks Sidney, dairyman, Wood.ford
COMMERCIAL. Isaac11 Henry, market gardener •
Baker John, market gardener
Bastin John, shopkeeper
Bastin William, carpenter

Escot.

Bowden John, Fenny bridges • Dommet.t Hy,blacksmith,Fenny bridges Seward Fred, farmer, Straitgate

French Rev. Cyril John Valpy M.A. HuxtableEdrunnd Thomas,agricultural Till Waiter, engineer, agricultural im-
[vicarJ, Vicarage
implement maker, wagon builder &c. plement maker & agent, wagon &

Lansdowne Miss, Fenny bridges Sidmouth junction cart builder, Fair mile

Quick Henry, Excelsior cottage James Jn. farmer, Ash, Fenny bridges Willmington Jas. farmer,Fenny bridges

COMMERCIAL. Lush William, Fair Mile inn, Fair mile Winder George Alex. steward to Sir J.

Baker Jesse, farmer & miller (water), Palmer William, dairyman, Talaton H. Kennaway hart. 1\I.P., D.L., J.P.

Talaton mill mill, Fair mile Fair mile

Blackmore Alfred, basket ma. Fair mile SneiJ William, Hare & Hounds P.H. Working Men's Club & Reading Room

Clake John, dairyman, Skinner's ash, Fenny bridges (Alfred Blackmore, sec)
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Fenny bridges •

PAIGNTON is a watering-place, town and parish, and place of resort for invalids on account of the salubrity of its •

head of a petty sessional division, with a station on the Dart- air and its adaptability as a watering-place, the beach afford-
mouth and Torbay branch of the Soutll Devon section of th~ ing a fine expanse of firm sand 2 miles in extent, with an

Great Western railway, constructed in 18591 and is delight- ample supply of bathing machines. There is a promenade
fully situated along the shore of Torbay, midway between pier, 780 feet in lengtbt.and at the head an oblong space 146

Torquay and Brixham, 228 miles from London, 2£ south- by 53 feet, on which are constructed a pavilion, refreshment,

lilouth-west from Torquay, s! north-west from .Brixham and yacht club and other rooms; the pier head is also provided

6 east from Totnes, in the Torquay division .of the county. with a landing stage: during the summer season concerts
hundred of Haytor, union and county oou.rt district of and other entertainments are given in the pavilion daily.
Totnes, rural deanery of Ipplepen, archdea~onry o( Totnes The J,.ocal Government ,Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 98), was

and diocese of Exeter. The town has.risen into notice as a adopted July 28, 18631 the board consisting of 12 members.

DIRECTORY.] DEVO'NS'HIRE. PAIGNfON. 375

Paignton continues to be much improved by the constrrlc- The Jretah Congregational chutch, erected in 1875-6, from

tion of fresh roads, affording desirable sites for building. designs by G. S. Bridgman, at a cost of £2,475, is a building

The district abonnds in extensive orchards, and is celebrated of stone with a tower, and has attached Sunday schools : the

for its cider, of which gref£t quantities are sent to the Lon- chapel affords 65o sittings. The Baptist chapel, erected in

don, Btistol and other markets. Paignton is supplied with r882, is in Winner street, and will seat 250 persons; the site,

water of excellent quality by the Local Board by means of valued at £200, was presented by the late Miss Tozer. The

.gravitation from the Blagdon valleys; the reservoir con• Wesleyan Methodist chapel, in Palace avenue, will seat 200

tains over a. million gallons. The Paighton gas works are persons. The Brethren have a preaching room in Barnshill,

the property of a company fortned in 186r, with a capital of erected in 1856, and seating 200 persons, and another in

£3,8oo in £5 shares; there are two gasometers capable of Gerston place, erected in 1888, also seating 200. The Ceme-

.containing so,ooo feet of gas. The church of St. John the tery, at Collyend, -was formed in IB81, at a cost of£ r,goo ;

Baptist is a fine and ancient -cruciform building of stone, it has an area of about 2 acres, with two chapels, and is

.chiefly Perpendicular, with remains of Norman and Early under the control of the Local Board of Health, acting as the

English work, including a fine Norman west door, and con- Burial Board. At St. 'Mary's Hill (late The Quarry) is the

sists of chancel, nave, aisles, two chapels with a piscina in each, Novitiate of the Marist Fat.hers, established in 188r, for the

transepts, south porch, and an embattled western tower with training of missionary students for the Catholic Church

pinnacles,containing a clock and 6 bells; 1st dates from I 737 ; missions in England, Ireland, America and New Zealand.

the 2nd and sth 1805 j the 3rd and 4th were cast in 1748, and The Catholic church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception,

-the 6th in 1641 : the chancel has sedilia reconstructed from erected in 1883-4 from designs by the Rev. Father de Rosier,

portions discovered during the restoration, and ,there is an is a building of red local stone with white brick dressings in

ancient stone pulpit, elaborately adorned with carved foliage, the Decorated style. consisting of chancel and nave, and a

the figure of our Lord on the Cross, other figures, and porch at the north-east angle: at the east end ts a statue

.curious coloured devices : the font, an ancient work, is of of the Virgin. ··

Purbeck marble, and there is an organ, erected at a cost of The Town Hall, in New street, built in 186g-7o, is a

£2,ooo by Paris Singer esq.: the south transept, or Kirkham building of local stone, and comprises a court-room, in

-chapel, retains a very fine but mutilated stone screen of which petty sessions and meetings of the Local Hoard are

Perpendicular work, said to have been erected by the Kirk- held; there are also Local Board offices, and adjoining is

hams of Blagdon, is richly adorned with tabernacle work the police station, with charge room, cells and dwellings

.and figures in canopied niches ; it has a central doorway and for two constables. The Masonic Hall, in Torquay road, is a

two side arches, which have pendants, and on large canopies plain building of stone, erected in 1892. The new Public

above them are angels holding shields; within the two com- Hall, in Palace avenue, erected in J:8go, is a building of local

partments of the screen are four recumbent effigies, c. I4So- dressed stone with sittings for 8oo persons, and is used ior

I550, supposed to represent members of the Kirkham dramatic entertainments, concerts &c. The new buildings

family ; one of these, a knight in armour, has round the of the Young Men's Christian Association, now (1893) in

neck a double ohain with pendent -cross; two others are course of erection in Palace avenue, at a cost of about £2,ooo,

ladies in flowing dresses and mantles : near this chapel were will comprise reading rooms and gymnasium and other

interred the heart and viscera of John Snellin, "rear admiral rooms to be used as a sea-side home for young men

of Holland and West Friesland,,. ob. Aug. 23, 16g1, and on recovering from illness. The School of Science and Art in

the wall is an inscription recording the fact, and a shield of New street1 formerly the Temperance Hall, was built in
.arms : in the north aisle of the church is a monument with 1882-3 at a cost of £4oo, and subsequently enlarged. The

a cadaver, apparently of the 14th century, but without in- principal hotels .are the Esplanade hotel, which stands in

:scription: the doors and stair to the rood loft remain, but its own grounds facing the sea, and the Gerston hotel, ad-

the screens have disappeared : there are memorial windows joining the Railway station. At the Crown and Anchor hotel,

to the late Rev. R. Gee, formerly vicar, d. 1861 1to .t;lizabeth now pulled down, Prince William of Orange-Nassau, after-

and Robert Farwell; ·to the Rev. T. G. Hall, and members wards WiUiam III. slept on the second night of his landing

of his family; to Diana Dudman; to Bessie, the wife of D. in Tor Bay, Nov. 6, I638. The Paignton and South Devon

.J. Jenkins esq. late M.P. for Falmouth; to Eleanor Holds- Yacht Club, estabhshed in 1881, is a building in the Olassic

worth; to Capt. Dick R.N. d. 1871 ; and to James Lyde, d. style, relieved in front by six columns supporting a balcony,

1844, Anne, his wife, d. 186o, and James, their son, d. 1877: from which is obtained an excellent view of Tor Bay: it is

the chancel was restored by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners a social and non-political institution, to which visitors are

in 1864, since which date the whole structure has been re- admitted by introduction as temporary membArs. The

stored under the direction of Mr. Ewan Christian, architect, Cottage Hospital in the " Crofts," erected and endowed by

of London: the roofs of the chancel and 'tower have been Messrs. A. M. and W, M. G. Singer, contains I 1 beds :

decoruted : there are goo sittings. The churchyard contains during the year 1892 a total number of 45 patients re-

the steps and shaft of the ancient churchyard cro3s, The ceived medical treatment. Among the c"!laritable bequests

registers date from the year 1559, and the names of all the are Peter's gift of zos. ; Kelly's gift of 6s. 8d. yearly for the

vicars can be traced back to 1260. The living is a vicarage, poor; and Matthew Neck's of £4, left in 1709, to. be

with the chapelry of Marldon annexed, average tithe rent- divided at Christmas between 20 poor people; 2os. left by

..charge (Paignton) £327; (Marldon) £178; joint gross yearly Thomas Butland in 1725, and 2os. left by John Gardner in

value £546, net £453, with residence, in the gift of the Earl 1751, are for the purpose of.buying Bibles for poor children;

of Iddesleigh and J. G. E. 'fempler esq. the former having William Furneaux, in 1720, bequeathed 20s. annually for

one turn and the latter two turns, and held since 1892 by the poor persons having no parish pay ; Moggridge's charity is

Rev. John Trelawny Ross D.D. of Trinity College, Dublin. of 27s. annually ; the principal charity is Belfield's gift, left

St. A.ndrew's Mission Church, ·at the corner of Dartmouth in r8oo, and consisting of the proceeds arising from £1,000

road and Roundham road, is a. temporary iron building, con- Consols, applied by trustees to the endowment of a school

sisting of chancel, nave and aisles, with sittings for 260 per- for 20 poor children, who are instructed iu reading, writing

sons, and is supported by voluntary contributions only. The and arithmetic, but this charity is at present in abeyance.

permanent church, now (1893) in course of erecLion in the With the exception· of Butland's bequest, administered by

Sands road, at an estimated cost of about £8,ooo, is a build- executors, and Gardner's and Moggridge's, administered by

ing of local red rock1 with "Box ground stone dressings exter- the vicat and churchwardens, these charities are consolidated
!Ilally, and Hamhill stone dressings internally, in the French and are administered by feoffees.

Gothic style of the 14th century, from designs by Messrs. The Wigwam, a mansion or white brick with Portland

Fulford, Tait and Harvey, architects, of Exeter, and will stone dressings, in the Classic style, standing in a smalL

consist of chancel, with side chapel and t'estries, nave and tastefully laid out park commanding a splendid view o(

'tower : the flooring of the chancel will be laid in marble Tor Bay and surrounding country, was erected at enormous

mosaic, and that of the sanctuary in Devonshire marble: e:Xpense by the late I. M. Singer esq. and comprises a large

the roofs of the chancel and chapel will be of oak, and the and richly-decorated drawing-room, 86 feet by 30, and a

-portion of the latter in the towe{ -will be 'COVered by theatre seating 300 guests: the entrance porch is inclo3ed

grained stone vaulting : the interior will be seated for 6oo. by a magnificent domed conservatory reaching a height of

Christ Church ecclesiastical parish was formed in r889 from over 6o feet and lighted at night by electricity: the house is

the civil parish of Paignton; the chul'ch, erected at alcost at present (1893) unoccupied.. Redcliff Towers, built by the
of nearly £7,000, is a. oruciform building of sandstone in the late Ool. R. Smith c. B. is a mansion of singular appearance,

Early English style, consisting at present only of apsidal principally in the Oriental style, and consists of a massive

chancel, transepts, nave and narthe:JC porch : the lectern round tower, with two wings; it is situated. on the shore o~

consists of a brass. eagle, with hand-wrought plumage, Tor Bay and commands a. good view or the bay, Torquay"

perched on a block of rough-hewn Dartmoor granite, on a Berry Head and Brixham, and is now occupied by Mrs,

base of polished material of the same kind : there are sittings Pender~t. Paignton was held at an early period by ~be

for ooo persons. The register dates from the year 1888. Bishops of Exeter, who had a palace here, the remains qt
The living is a vicarage, gross yearly 'Value £250, in the gift which are still standing near the church and are surrounded

of the Peache trustees; and held since 1888 by the Rev. by a crenellated wall, whicl:t is a prominent object oq

Theodore Cameron Wilson ; Mrs. Disney Robinson, having approaching the town from the south : the chief feature is th~

given half the endowment, had the first right of presentation. south-east tower, a. work of the '14th century, restored and

376 PAIGNfON. DEVONSHIRE.

made habitable a few years ago by Col. Ridgway, of Shep· _ CoLLATON', a hamlet, I! miles west, was formed into an

leigh Court, who then held the property, and commonly ecclesiastical parish Aug. 30, 1864, from the civil parish of

known as the "Bible Tower," from the tradition that Paignton, and includes the hamlets of BLAGDON and YAL·

Bishop Myles Coverdale, consecrated 1551, whose translation BERTON. The church of St. Mary the Virgin, built in 1864-

of the Bible into English was published in 1536, was the last • 6, and consecrated March 24, 1866, is an edifice of red sand-

Bishop to occupy the tower as a. residence, previous to its stone, with Bath stone dressings, in the Early English style,

being dismantled. Major John Harlowe-Turner .r.P. is the from designs by J. W. Rowell esq. of Newton Abbot. and

present owner. John Finney Belfield esq. J.P. Robert. consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a tower at the

Butland esq. the Rev. J. W. Distin, the trustees of the late south-western angle of the nave containing a clock; the

Arthur Hyde Dendy, George Hutchings esq. Washington G. stained east window is a memorial to the Rev. J. H.. Hogg,

M. Singer esq. and John Trist Bailey esq. are the principal and was erected by his widow: the reredos of Caen stone,

landowners. The parish contains 5,092 acres ; rateable executed after designs by J. Bentley esq. represents the

value, £39,850; the population in I88I was 4,6Io and in Last Supper : there are x6o·sittings. The churchyard is

1891, 61784, and of the ecclesiastical parishes: viz. Paignton, entered by a lych-gate, erected at the cost of William Gibbs

5,4-53; Christ Chur·ch, 983. esq. The register dates from the year I864. The living is

PRESTON is a hamlet, three quarters of a mile north from a vicarage, gross yearly value £314, with residence, in the

the parish church. FERNHAM hamlet adjoins Paignton. gift of trustees, and held since 1S64 by the Rev. Peter Lilly

GooDRINGTON hamlet is If miles south. YALBERTON ham- M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. The area is 2,3~.n

let is 2 miles south-west. BLAGDON hamlet is 2t miles west. , acres ; the population in 189I was 348.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Lambshead William, Palace avenue
Parnell John W. R. Torhay terrace
Walter Drew, postmaster

DELIVERIES. Clerk, Frederick William Puddicombe, Town hall

MARLDON, COMPTON & DISTRICT-Ist, 6.30 a.m.; 2nd, Solicitors, Eastley, Jarman & Eastley, Manor office .

4.20 p.m Treasurer, Fras. Richd. Sberrin Pain,Devon & Cornwall Bank:

PAIGNTON-rst, 7 a.m.; 2nd, I0.40 a.m.; 3rd, 4.30 p.m. Medical Officer of Health, Charles William Vickers L.R.C.P~

Sundays, 7 a.m. only Lond. Terra Nova

DISPATCHES. Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, William John Wyatt,..

Paignton Rural Posts, 6 a.m. (extra id. stamp, 6.15 a.m.); Town hall

London, Newton Abbot & Plymouth, 8.50 a.m.; Torquay, Collector, Robert S. Cooksley, Town hall

B.rixham & Dartmouth, 9.30 a.m. (extra ld. stamp, 9·35 CoUNTY ~llGIST.RATES FOR PAIGNTON PETTY SESSIONAL

a.m.; regd. untilg.2o a.m.); 2nd town delivery, 10. ro · DIVISION.

a. m. (extra !d. stamp, 10.25 a.m; regd. until IO a.m.); Studdy Henry esq. D.L. Waddeton court, Stoke Gabriel,.

London, Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay &c. 10.30 a.m. chairman
(extra id. stamp, 10.40 a.m.; regd. untilro.rsa.m.); Churston Lord, Lupton, Brixham
Exeter, Torquay, Newton Abbot, Brixham, Dartmouth & Baker Nathaniel esq. Butts Hill, Kingswear, Dartmouth

North Mail, 2.50 p.m. (extra !d. stamp, 3 p.m.; regd. BolithoThs. Bedford esq.M.P. ,D. L. Greenway, ChurstonFerrers.

until2.35 p.m.); Exeter, Birmingham & North of Eng· Churchward Fredk. esq. Hill house, Stoke Gabriel, Totnes

land, Scotland & Ireland, 3·45 p.m. (extra ~d stamp, Daubeny Lieut.-Col. St. John Edward, The Beacon, Kings·

3·55 p.m.; regd. until 3.30 p.m.); 3rd town delivery, wear, Dartmouth

3.50 p.m. (extra !d. stamp, 4·5 p.m; regd. until 4.10 Dawkins Rear-Admiral Rd. Maisonette,Stoke Gabriel,Totnes:

p.m.); night mail, all parts, 8.5 p.m. (extra ~d. stamp, Harlowe-Turner Major John, Cliff house, Paignton

8.~ p.m.; regd. until7.50 p.m); 1st town delivery, 6.30 Hodge Captain Thomas Horatio, Moor;ands, Paignton

a.m. (extra id. stamp, 6.45 a.m.) Sundays, night mail, Llewellyn Llewellyo esq. Nethway, Kingswear, Dartmouth

all parts, 8.5 p.m. (extra }d. stamp, 8.15 p.m.; regd. Seale-Hayne Right Hon. Charles P.c., M.P. Kingswear

nntilro a. m) castle, Dartmouth

CLEARANCES oF PILLAR & WALL BoxES. Simpson francisCharles esq.Maypole, ChurstonFerrersR.S.O.

Cliff Road (Sub-Office), 8.30 & 10 a. m. & 2.Io & 7.30 p.m.; Toms Lieut.-Col. Henry, ltiversea, Kingswear, Dartmouth

sundays, 7.30 a.m Uniacke Captain Henry Turner, Laywell, Brixham

Winner Street wall box, 8.35 & 10.25 a. m. & 2.20 & 7·45 p.m Clerk to the Magistrates, Onesimus Smart Bartlett,.

Collaton wall box, 8.3o a. m. & 6.I5 p.m. ; sundays 8.35 a. m Gerston terrace, Paignton

Church Street pillar box, 8.15 & I0.20 a.m. & 2.20 & 7.30 Petty Sessions are held on alternate wednesdays at the Town

p.m. ; sundays, 6.45 p.m hall, Paignton at II a.m. & Court room, Brixham, at.

Fernham (Preston) wall, 7.20 a.m. & J.I5 p.m.; sundays, I0.45 a.m

7.20 a.m The following places are included in the petty sessional.

Polsham wall, 8.10 & ro. IS a.m. &.2.15 & 7.20 p.m.; son- division: Brixham, Churston Ferrers, Kingswear, Marl-

days, 8.ro a. m . don, Paignton & Stoke Gabriel

Roundbam wall, 8.I5 & 10.5 a.m. & 2.15 & 7.30 p.m.; son- PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS:-

days, 8.15 a.m Cemetery, Collyend, Fred. William Puddicombe, clerk to-

Elmsleigh Road wall, 8.30 & 10 a.m. & 2.20 & 7·35 p.m.; the burial board

sundays, 8.30 a. m Coastguard Station, Andrew Ellis, chief officer

Sonthfield Road wall, 8.I5 & IO.IO a. m. & 2.10 & 7.25 p.m.; Cottage Hospital, Church street, Ueorge Adkins L.R.C.P~

sundays, 8. 15 a.m Lond., D.P.H. James Alexander 1\I.D., M.ch. Henry

Station Road wall (near Sands), 8.I5 & I0.15 a.m. & 2.Io & Collins u.D. John Tompson Goodridge & Charles William.

7.25 p.m.; sundays, 8.15 a.m Vickers L.R.C.P.Edin. medical officers; Charles Henry

Station wall, 8.15 & 10.15 a.m. & 2.5 & 7.20 p.m.; sundays, Eastley, hon. sec. ; Miss Jane Howison, matron

8.15 a. m Devonshire (1st) Volnnteer Brigade, Western Division, Royal

Totnes Road, 8.30 & ro.2o a. m. & 2.15 & 7.4op.m. ; sundays, Artillery (9th Co. ), Drill hall, Public hall ; Captain T. B.
ro a.m
Eastley, commandant; Rev. H. T. Pinchin M.A. chaplain;.

Marldon (Sub-Office)9·4oa.m.&6.25 p.m.; sundays,9.40 a.m William Hurkett, drill instructor

Compton wall box, 9.20 a.m. & 6.5 p.m.; sundays, 9.20 a.m Police Station, Totnes road, G. Pope, sergeant in charge

Five Lanes, 9.50 a. m. & 6.30 p.m.; sundays, 6.50 a. m PUBLIC OFFICERS : -

For sale of stamps, registration of letters &c. 7 a. m. to 8 Assessor & Collector of Queen's Taxes, W. J. Tozer, z·
p.m. For sale of postal orders, 7 a.m. t<l 8 p.m. For Winner street

_payment of postal orders, 9 a. m. to 8 p.m. For money Certifying Factory Surgeon, Charles William Vickers

order & savings bank &c. business, 9 a.m to 6 p.m.; to L.R.C.P.Edin. Terra Nova, Esplanade

8 p.m. on satnrdays Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes for Haytor District, Henry

LocAL BoARD OF HEALTH. Plumbridge Jarman, Manor office

Offices, Town hall. Harbour Master, Edward Daniels

Board day, ISt monday in each month, at 6 p.m. Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Marldon .& Paigntom

Bartlett Onesimus Smart, Laburnum house (chairman) Districts, Totnes Union, Charles William Vickers L.R.C.P~

Bailey John Trist, The Towers, Fisher street Edin. Terra. Nova, Esplanade

Coombes Richard, Torbay terrace Registrar of Birth & Deaths for Paignron Sub-District,.

Couldrey Waiter George, Palace avenue Totnes union, Goorge Rossiter, I Palace place

Palk Frederick, Victoria street Reeve to the Borough of Paignton, R. C. Tolchard, Manor

Bridgman George Soudon, Warwick lodge office, Victoria street
Hunt Nicholas Sprout, Crabs park PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services~--
Drew Robert Elliott, Town Hall terrace St. John the Baptist (parish church), Church street, Rev.
Goodridge John Thompson, Elm bank, Totnes road
Rabbich George Medway, Ellesmere, Totnes road John Trelawny Ross D. D. vicar; Revs. Samuel Scragg H.A.
Hugh Tennant Pinchin M.A. & Shepley Stancliffe Smith

DIRECTORY.] . DEVONSHIRE. PAIGNTONe 377

M.A. curates; 6, 8 & n a. m. ; 2.30, 3 & 6.30 p.m. ; week Board, Curledge street (infants), erected in 1875, for t6a

days 8 & xo a.m. & 5 p.m . children ; average attendance, x6o; Miss M. Smith, mist
Board,Upper Polsham road (girls & infants),opened in 1892,.
St. Andrew's Iron Mission Church, Roundham road, Rev. for 250 children; average attendance, 183; Miss Emma.
Cooksley, mistress
Shepley Stancliffe Smith M.A. curate in charge; 71 8 & 11 Catholic, Colley end, erected in 1889, for 91 children ; a vel'- ·
a.m. ; 3 & 6.30 p.m.; week days 8 & II a.m. & 8 p.m age attendance, 43 ; Miss Emily Margaret Parkinson,mist.
Church, Collaton, built in 1864·6, for 70 children ; average
Christ Church, Rev. Theodore Cameron Wilson, vicar; attendance, 50; Miss Penrose, mistress
School of Science & Art (in connection with South Kensing-
II a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m

St. Mary the Virgin Church, Collaton, Rev. Peter Lilly M. A.

vicar; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m

Ca.tholic Church of Immaculate Conception, St. Mary's hill, ton), New street; Onesimus Smart Bartlett, chairman;.
Rev. John B. Chataigner (superior), Rev. Eugene Artig- Arthur J. Davey, art master; Herbert Anderson, science
nan, Rev. George David, Rev. Thomas Hodges Fitch & master

Rev. James Corcoran; mass, sundays & holidays of NEWSPAPERS :- •
obligation, 10.30 a.m. & rosary, sermon & benediction,
3.30 p.m. ; daily, mass, 8.30 .a.m.; fri. devotions & Paignton Directory, 8x Winner street; published weekiy (in
benediction, 6.45 pm · summer months) on wednesdaybythe Standard Printing,
Congregational (Betah), Dartmouth road, Rev. C. Aylard; Publishing & Newspaper Co. Limited
n a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.; fri. 7.30 p.m
Baptist, ·Winner street, Rev. William Frederick Price; II Paignton Echo. xo Palace avenue; published weekly on wed-
a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m . nesday by John Way, proprietor
Bible Christians, Chapel street; I I a. m. &6. 30 p.m. ; thurs.
Paigntou Observer, 14 New street; published weekly on
7·30 p.m thursday by Alfred Hig~s. proprietor

Railway Station, Robert Clampitt, station master

Wesleyan, Rev. Josiah D. Paull; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; CONVEYANCE:-
An omnibus runs five times daily to Tor square, Torquay,.
wed. 7 p.m. ; fri. 7.30 p.m
Brethren Room, Barnshill; n a. m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. & from the Gerston hotel, leaving Paignton at 9.30 & II.5o
a.m. 2.xo, 4.30 & 6 p.m. & returning from Torquay at
thurs. 7 p.m
Brethren, Gerston place; ua.m. &6.30 p.m.;fri. 7·3op.m 10.45 a.m. 2.10, 3.15, 5·45 & 7.30 p.m
Steam launches, weather permitting, from pier & harbour
SCHOOLS:-
A School Board of fi\·e members was formed January 9th, to Torquay at intervals of half-an-hour daily, including
1874; Horace Pamell, Torbay terrace, clerk to the board; sundays
An omnibus leaves the Paignton railway station at 8.50.
R. S. Cooksley, 4 Palace place, attendance officer
Board, Polsham road, for 200 children ; average attend- a.m. after the arrival of the down train, arriving at Totnes
station in time to meet the train to Plymouth ; retuming.
ance, xoo; Miss Emma Cooksley, mistress
Grosvenor (boarc), Curledge street (boys), built in x886, from Totnes at 10.45 a.m.; second journey, the 'bus leaves.
for 36o children; average attendance, 250; W. E. Warren, Paignton at 3·45, & leaves Totnes on return journey at

master 5·30

Board (girls), Curledge street, erected in 1875, for x6o chil- CABRIER.-To Torqnay daily, John Richard Lavers, 30.

dren; average attendance, x6o; Miss C. Jeffreys, mistress Winner street

PRIVATE BESIDENTS, BoyceJn.Wm.Avalon vil.Dartmouth rd Cowles Wm. Charles, 12 Croft terrace
Bradford John, Devonia, Bellevue ro:1.d Crompton Isaac Horman, Milan, Dart-

Abrahall-Hoskyns Rev. Bennett,Bruton, Bradshaw Mrs. Oatlands, Woodland pk mouth road

• Centra.l avenue Bridgman George Soudon c. E. Court- Cnspin Mrs 4 Carlton vils.Grosvenor rcl

Adams George, Alpha ho. Dartmouth rd lauds, Courtland road Cwmow Mrs. 3 Tremorvah ter. Fisher st

Adams Thomas, 33 Gerston road Bridgman Marcus, r Garfield terrace • David Rev. George [Cath. ],St. Mary's hl

Adkins George L.B.C.P.LOnd., D.P.H. Brimacombe Charles, 6 Croft terrace Davies Mrs. 2 Gerston bo. Dartmouth rd

camb., F.R.M.s. The Elms, Totnes rd Broadbent Squire, Elbury, Esplanade rd DawS(ln Jas. Greenland cot. Fisher st.

Ainger William Dawson, I Elm dale, Brockman Col. JohnArthur, Pinewood, Dellafield Daniel James, Hyde road ·

Totnes road Primley park Deller Arthur, 17 Gerston road

Alexander James B.A., M. D. Bishops pl Bromham William, Sborton house Deller Mrs. Edwin, Woodville, New st

AlYes Henry N. Grenofen, Sands road Brooks Lieut. Thomas R. N. R. Grosvenor Dennison Mrs. Tor cot. D:trtmouth rd

Amm Miss, I Avenue terrace house, Grosvenor road Denton John, 9 Gerston road

Anderson George Wright, Ringlee, Brooks Jame.E, Preston cottage, PrestoP Digby LadyEmily,Belle vue,Southfld.rd

Primley park · Brooks Thomas, 3 Belvidere terrace DistinRev. J n. Wm.Brooktield cot. Presto

Angel Mrs. 2 Furneaux, Fisher street Brooks Thos. Tor cot. Dartmouth road Distin Gilbert, Grove lo. Dartmouth rd

Applebee Mrs. I Adelphi terrace Rroomhead Miss, Dalserf, Cleveland rd Dixon Charles, 1 I Croft terrace

Alldridge Capt. George Manley B.N. Browse Geo.Hy.Rodbrne.Dartmouthrd Domville Col. Edward Charles, Penleen

Montana, Belle Vue road Brown Misses, Goodrington house Belvidere terrace

Arbuthnott Hon. D. Primley mount, Brown Vincent Cattermole,3 Gerston rd Douglas Mrs. Halswell cot. Totnes road.

Primley park Burch Mrs. 7 Roundham terrace Downer George Bartholomew,Lucknow,.

Arnold Thomas, Sea lawn, Southfield rd Burridge William Henry, Madeira cot- St. Mary's hill

Artignan Rev. Eug(me[Catholic],Novi- tage, Upper Polsham road Dowrack Mrs. x6 New street

tiate house, St. Mary's hill Burton Samuel, Sandga~ vil. Sands rd Drake Mrs. Canonsleigh, Totnes road

Atkinson Samuel, Glencairn, Sands rd Butland Robert, Preston house Drew George, 14 Gerston road

AylardRev. Chas.(Cong.],Primley park Chaff Rt. South view, Low. Polsham rd Duder Mrs. Whitstone ho, Sands road

Badeley Philamcon, 9 Belvidere terrace Champernowne Mrs. 0\dway house, Dyer Saml. Webb, Newstead, Totnesrd:

-Bailev John Trist, Tower ho. Fisher st Oldway road Earle Richard Coul, I Coromande~

Baird John, Leeville, Belle Vue road Chapman Ths.Sunbury dell,St.Michaels villas, Oldway road

Baker Mrs. Roselle, Woodland park Charman Miss, 21 Gerston road Eastley Capt. Thomas Beckley(Artillery-

Barnard Commander Horace H. R.N. Chataigner Very Rev.JohnBaptist[Su- Volunteers), Uplands, Dartmouth rd

Willow b::mk, Lower Polsham road perior of the Novitiate], St. Mary'shl Eastley Chas. By. Bowruma, Totnes rd

Barnes Joseph, 5 Avenue terrace Cheshire Rev. James Webb [curate Eastley John· Beckley, Capodimonte,.

Barnes Mrs. 26 Gerston road Eastnor, Ledbury],Elmtree,Totnes rd Dartmouth road

Bartholomew Mrs. Trengweath, Wood- Cheshire Hy.Griffith,Elmtree,Totnes rd Edmonds Ed ward, Rockville, Lower

land park ClarkArchibald,Beaumont lodge, Wood- Polsbam road· .

Bartlett Misses, New park, Centralaven land park EdwardsWm.Rd.Blenheim,Dartmth.rd
Bartlett Onesimus Smart, Laburnam ho Claydon Augustus, Hyde road
Ellis Andrew, 2 Whitstone viis. Sands rd

HartlettWm. 2Grosvenr. vils. Dartmth. rd Claydon Leonard, Hyde road Elliot Misses, Elmshurst, Totnes road

BartonAlfd.Ths.Southcombe,Oldway rd Clinch John Alexander, Cable villa, Elliot Mrs. Cliff park, 3-oodrington ·
Dartmouth ro~d
Bedford Mrs. Fairlawn, Oldway road Evans Henry, 6 Croft Park terrace

Bebronth Jn. Anchor vil. Dartmouth rd Cockb•rn Jas. I Whitstone vils. Sands rd Evans Mrs. 5 Gerston terrace

BennettBertram,Montpelier, Grosvnr. rd Cole Mrs. rYellands cots. Up.Polsham rd Evans Mrs. 16 New street

Benson Mrs. The Laurels, Woodlaudpk Cole Mrs. St. Briavels, Belle Vue road Evans Robert, Fairh':l.m, Adelphi road

Bentley Mrs. Hazelmere, Elmsleigh rd Collins Hy. M.D. Hazelwood, Totnes rd Falconer Egerton, Conway ho. Cliff rd

Benyon Robert W. -Hollacombe Cooksley Mrs. 23 Winner street Farley Mrs. :r Tremorvah ter. Fisher st

Berry Mrs. Bastards house, Blagdon Cooksley Robt. Saml. 4 Palace avenue Finlay Mrs. 10 New street

BeveridgeMrs.Coombe vl.Dartmouth rd Cooper Capt. J oseph McKenziet Caber· Fisher Lieut. -Col.GeorgeBattye,Round•

Blow Saml. 2 Tremorvah ter. I<'isher st Fedih, Elmsleigh road ham view, Belle Vue road

BluettMaj. Wm.2Soutbftd.Southfield rd Cooper James C. Paignton !!Chool Fitch Rev. Thomas Hodges [Catholic]~

BluettFdk.Wm. Dnl.Grenham,Totnes rd Copinger Col. Henry. 12 Garfiel<l ter St. Mary's hill

Boreham Alfred, 20 Gerston road Corcoran Rev. Jas.[Cath.)t St.M;ny's h Fooks Hy. Southville, Elmsleigh road

•

378 PAIGNTON. DEVONSHIREI (KELr.'t'S

Foot Alfred George, Ca.imsclense,Round- Kellett Miss, I s~mthfleld,Sonthfield rd Penson· Thomas Kyrke, Elsltllwl Gtos-

ham Hill road Kennedy Mrs. The Lawn, Roundham venor road

.Ford Edward, Kenwyn, St. Mary's hill Hill road ,Pflrrett Mark, I Lisbun} terrace, Upper

Ford Jn. I Somerleytou ter. Onrledgest King Miss, 2 Furneaux, Fisher street , Polsham road ..-

Fowle William John Henry, Vine cot- Kingwil1 Mrs. Dunmore, Sands roa4 Perrett Miss, 6 Avenue terrace

tage, Lower Ohm·ch street Lambshead Mrs. Roscoe, Palace avenue Perrett Mi&aes, 10 Gerston road " 1
Fowier Mrs. Dnlcigna, Elmsleigh road Lane William Waiter, Seabourne, The Perry Rt.Sortin,Parkfield,Espl,an~de rd

Fox Mrs. 6 Gerston teTTace Esplanade PershouseMrs.Morwenna,Dartmouth rd

Franklin J ames Strickland, Lansdowne, Lang Mrs. :Fair Home,Dartmouth road Philips Thomas Brown, Brimhill,Good-
1
Totnes road La.ngdon Samuel, 7 Gerston road ringtmi

Freer Miss, :z Polsham cottages, Lower Langler Misses, 25 Winner street Phillips Rear-Adm. Thomas Tyac'JC,

Polsham road Lash Jeffrey Goodridge,Oldland, Upper Ferndale, Woodland park '

French Albt. Oldway cot. Southfield rd Polsham road Penson George Henry, i Terra ·Nova,

French Frank Saml. Kingsley ho.Cliff rd Lash Miss, Oldland vil. Up. Polsham rd Esplanade ·

Hains Wm. Southwood, Dartmouth rd Lawford Douglas, Southfield mount, Pinehin Rev. Hugh Tennant M.A.
[curateJ, Madeira villas, Palace o.ven
Gale Mrs. Town's End cottage, Round- Southfield road

ham Hill ro1d Lawford Mrs.Middlep:~.rk,Esplanade rd Pizey Misses, St. Edmund's, Sands rd

Gilbert Mrs. Clountarf, Central avenue LeighMajorHenttyPetcy1. s.c.Hurrough, Podgel' Tom, Fern cottage, Collat1m

Gilbert Mrs. Parkhill ho. Colley End rd Courtland road , Pollard John, Hyde road ·'

· Gillard Rd. l Beaconsfield vils. Fisher st Leslie-Leslie Mrs. II Adelphi terrace, Pollock James; 2 Ooromandel villas,

GoddardMrs. Collingwood ho.Adelphi rd Esplanade . Southfield road •·

Goddard William Henry Willoughby, LidstoneHenryGoodridge,Buena Vista, Popplestone John, 2 Belvidere 'tierrace

Collingwood house, Adelphr road Dartmouth road Preston Wm. Woodstock,Dartmouth rd

Godson R(l, Stephn. Hele ho. Esplanade Light Richard, 3 Avenue terrace · Price Rev. Wm. Frederick [Baptist], 4

Goodale William Robert, Oatlands, Lilly' Rev. Peter M.A. [vicar of St. Belvidere terrace ·

Woodland park Mary's], Collaton Price James, Barcombe
Goodfellow Stephen Jennings :M.n. Adel- L1oyd Miss, to New street
Puddicombe Frederick Wm. Victoria st

phi road Love George,Hillside,RoundhamHill rd RabbichGoo.Medwy.Ellesmere,Totns.rJ.

Goodridge John T. Elm bank, Totnesrd Lowndes Mi-'s, I Grosvenor villas, Rabbich Henry Paul, Victoria house

Goodridge Miss, Roselle, Woodland pk Dartmtmtl'l. road · Radford John, 32 Gerston road

Goodridge Mrs. Townsend vil. Preston Luckraft William Henry, Rosemead, Randle Misses, 8 Croft terrace ·

Gordon David Lyre, Orchard leigh, Dartmodth road Redway Mrs. 7 Madeira viis. Palace av
Lyde Miss, Fi' sher street
Central avenue Renwick Robert Douglas, Northan:t,

Gordon Fras. 5 Victoria ter. 'Esplanade Macauley Josei?h, 14 Adelphi terrace, Southfield road ·

Gray Mrs. Baymount, Southfield road Esplanade • Reynolds Edward Wells, Westb6unte,

Green Mrs. Stafford villa, S9.nds ro:ld Macdonald Mrs. 2 Croft Park terrace Winner street '· ·

GrimwadeMiss,Shrublands,Dartmth.rd MacGregor Donald M.A. Collingwood Ricbards William T. W. Lothair,
Halo Geo. Willis, Glenwood, Sands rd
hou~e, Adelphi road Roundham Hill road

Hall Mrs. Kingshurst, Oldway road McRitchie Capt. Daniel, Leemount, Rivers Col. Francis James, Enfield,

Hammond Mrs. 13 Belv1dere terrace Totnes road Esplanade

Hann Charles, 6 New street Manu Mrs. Stafford villa, Sands road Roberts Wm.Pierpoint. IO Avenue ter

Har!owe-Turner Major John J.P. Cliff ho Marshall Albei-t Isaac, t Croft Park ter Robertson George Henry, Florian villa,

Harris Frank L. Sefton, Dartmouth rd MartinMiss,3Carlton vils.Grosvenor rd Dartmouth road •

Harris Stephen, St. Mary's lodge, Gros- Martin Misses, The Pines, Central aven Robinson Mrs. 13 G-arfield terrace '

venor road · Mayer Mrs. Holmwood, Southfield rd Rodgers Mrs.Anglesea ho-. Primley park

Harrison Thomas Henry, Homeleigh, Merson William, Church 'street Rodway Rev. Jn. Daniel,4 Avenue ter

Dartmouth road Miller Leander Munro, Holnicot, Gros- Rosevear Mrs. Waverlf\y,Oartmonth rd

Harvey Mrs. Parkhill ho. Colley End rd venor road Ross Rev. John Trelawny n.:fl. (vicar

Ha.ssall Mrs. Fernham house, Fernham Millson Miss,Elmsleigh,Elmsleigh road of St.John the Baptist],TheVicarage,
Haswell Mrs. 5 Belvidere terrace
Milne Mrs. Westhill, Oldway' road Church street '

Hawke Miss, Sefton, Dartmouth road Mit.chell Thomas, 3Beach ter. Esplanade Rossell Mrs. Hele house, Esplanade

Head Philip, The Castle Moalle Nicholas,Oakhurst,Courtland rd Rossitet John Reap, 7 Avenue terrace

Hearder Wm. Rocombe, Woodland pk Mmsey Miss, 2 New street Rossiter William, sen. Fernham

Heath Stauley, I6 Gerston road Morman Mrs. 3 Cambrjdge ter.New st Rossiter William Henry, Woodburn,

Hicks Alfred, 8 Gerston road Morris Miss, Bt.rathmore,Roundham rd Dartmouth road

Hingston John, 4 Beach ter. Esplanade Motts Charles, xo Belvidere terrace Rowland Col. Wm. Hodnett, Le 'rhare,

Hingston Mrs. 4 Bishop's place Moyle Miss, Vancouver, Sands road Primley park ·

Hitchcock Misses, St. Clement's, Belle- Murch Samuel, 9 Adelphi road Rowland Mrs. Ashbourne, Sanffs road

vue road Nantes Miss, 2 Palace place Rowlands Charles Thos. 22 Gerstoti rd

Hodge Capt. Thomas Horatio R.N., J.P. Narrocott Misses, 23 Gerston road Rundle Thomas, 18 Gerston road '

Moorlands, 'fotnes road · Nash Misses, Ingle wood, Primley park Samwell Lieut.-Col. Frank,E1:tenhiem~

Hodge Miss, Erinville, Sands road Newton Miss-, Tregenna, Totnes Toad Totnes road

HolmanMrs.2Beaconsfield vils.Fisher s't Newton Surg.-Majorlsaacfi.M.s.retd. ), Saunders Misses, 6 Belvidere terrace

Hopley Miss, Sunnyside, Dartmortth rd Roundham bead, Roundham road Sawyer Mrs. 28 Gerston read

Horner Henry Peter, .4 Southfield, Norgate Mr'S. Formosa, Totnes road Scale Misses, Westbrook, Totnes road

Southfield road Norman Hy. Fairbaven,St. Mary's hill Scragg Rev.Samuel M. A. [curate -of St.

Hoyles John Sparkes, r Croft terrace Ntlsworthy Mrs. I Torbay park John the Baptist], Westboutne,

Hoyles Miss, Yellands, Up. Polsham rd Nundy John Thomas, The Bungalow, Central avenue

Hunt Miss,Torbay mount,Southfield rd Lower Polsham road · • Scott Francis, 2 Avenull terrace

Hunt Miss, Lanriston, Polsham park Oliver Edwin, Weston cot. 'l'otnes road Searle Francis,MountDallas,Polsham pk

HuntMiss,Woodbine cot.Up. Pblsham rd Oliver William. 8 Avenue terrace Searle Miss, :t New street

Hunt Mrs. Barns Hill ho.ColleyEnd rd Ottaway Miss, TheHermitage,Totnes rd Searle Mrs. Bay view, Winner ~tree~

Hunt Nicholas,Woodland vii.Central av Paige William, GlengaTiff, Roundham Searle Mrs.Sarsden lodg.Da.rtmouth rd

Hunt-Leaman Mrs. Torbay mount, Hill road . Sinclair Mrs. 4 Queen's road

Southfield r6ad · Pain Francis Richd. Sherrin, Palace av Sing-et' Washington M. G. Steartfield,

Hurman Thomas Smerdon, Eblana Palk Charlel!, zt Winner street Esplanade road
Parker Brigade Surgeon c. a. G. Tre- Sheffield Miss, Holmdale, Curleage st
villa, Dartmonth road •

:Hutchinson Major, San Clare,Totnes rd winnow, Cleveland road Shields Major Henry, Kingsdowh,Belle

Inchbald Mrs. Woodsome, Totnes road Parker George, Annandale,Beilevne rd 'Vue road '

Irvine Col. John, Snuthover,Roundham Parker Henry, x Tdrl;lay Park house Shimmort Robert, Glenmire, Fis'her st

Hill road · 1 Parker Miss, Stafford villa, Sands road Simpson Col. Charles HamiltOn; Rock).

Jackson Mrs. The Retrea.t,Fisher street Parker Mrs. it Belvidete terrace lands, Primley park
James Edwd.3 WhitStone vils.Sands rd Parkinson Mrs.St.David's,Southfield rd ~kard6n Bri~ade 1:3urgeon Lieui.l~ol.T.
G. (retd. Bengal Army}, B1mla~
Jarman Henry Plumbridge, Wingfield, Patton Da'Vid, 6 Ronndham terrace '

Sands road PanU Rev. Jos'iah D. [Wesleyan], 'Rock SkGetocohdrGien~Qr'tgoen, road · · 1·
Jennings George,' II Garfield terrace view, Queen•s road 8 Ctoft Park terrace

.Tones Mrs. Roscoe, Palace avenue Paull Charles, Snnnycroft, 'Hyde road Skey Miss-, Amalfi, Elmsleigh road '

Jordan Mrs. Stafford villa, Sands road Pearce' Joseph Henty, 30 Gerstbn road Sl&ter John Anderson, 4 Polshinn pa.tlt.

Joy John William,2 Yellands cottages, PearceSaml. Hy. Trevi'glas,Esplanade rd Slings'byWilliam, Lower Blagdtm liouse
Pearse Miss, Holmdale, Dartmonth road SloggettWm. Hy. Tremabyn,Cleveind. rd
Uppet' Polsham road

Kelland John, 5 Terra Nova terral·e, Peeke' William, Park villa, Fisher-street· Smerdon Jame9, '1: Garfield terrace

The Esplanade ' Pendergast Mr8. Redcliff& towers Smith Miss, 'Fernham hou8e, Fernhaml

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. 379

Smith :Rev. Shepley Stancliffe H.A. Youngman Edwin, Mount Clare, Cleve- Cleave William, apartments, sa. Terra

[curate], 4 Furneaux villas,Fisher st land road Nova, Esplanade

Southey Misses,4 Adelphi ter. Esplanade Youngman Frank, Mount Clare, Cleve- CoatesJas.aparts.Sunnybnk.Clevelnd.rd

Spans Archibald Lockhart, Oldenburg land road Cockram Emma (Mrs.), apartments,

house, Lower Polsbam road COMMERCIAL. 4 Garfield terrace •

SquanceJohn, 28 Gerston road Adams Thomas, mechanical engineer, Codner Alice (Mrs.), apartments, 2

Square Miss, Ormond ho. Cleveland rd The Torbay engineering & repairing Torbay park

Stepbens Mrs. The Cedars, Cleveland rd W()rks, The Harbour Cole John, forage merchant, Churoli st

Stone Mrs. Warbla, Belvidere terrace Adkins Geo.L.R.c. P.LOnd.,n.P.H.camb., Cole Samuel, apartments, 3Adelphi ter

Stone Mrs. 4 Whitstone villas, Sands rd F.R.M.s., The Elms, Totnes road Coleridge A. G.& Co.cider mas.Fishal' st

Stone William Augustus, 4 Wbitstone Alexander James B. A., M.n., M. eh. sur- Collier Henry Charles, Gerston hotel,

villas, Sands road geon, Bishop's place Victoria road

Strickland Mrs. 3 Bishop's place Andrew John, draper, 29 Gerston rd Collins Henry li.D. ·surgeon, Hazle•

Symons Misses,9 Madeira vils. Palace av Andrews William,fly proprietor,hearses, wood, Totnes road

Synge Capt. Sir Robert hart. R.N. Ard- mourning coaches, breaks, waggon- Constable Mary (Mrs.), draper, .36

field, Roundham Hill road ettes & dog carts, job & post master, Winner street ..

Synge Dow.Lady,Kingstn.Roundhm.rd Western mews, Roundham road . Cooksley Robert S. collector to the local

Synge Lady, Grenham, Sands road Arnold Thomas, manager of Lloyds board, 'fown hall

Tapley Mrs. Southbrook, Totnes road Bank Limited, Palace avenue Coombes Richard, auctioneer&; valuer,

Tapley Wm. Glenarm, Grosvenor road Attenborough Richard, apartments, St. Torbay terrace, Torbay road

Taylor John, 4 Gerston terrace Clare's, St. Mary's hill · CooperJas.C.head master,Pa1gnt.on schl

Templer Capt. John George Edmund, Austin Edwd.quarry owner,Marldonrd CorneyJohnGiles,London inn,Church st

Fernleigh, Bellevue road AustinElzh.(Miss),aprtmts.sQueen's rd Cornish Thomas Western, haiu dresser;

Thomas Hy. 4 'fremorvah ter. Fisher st Axworthy Wm.Albert,printer,I4Newst 2 Cambridge terrace, New street 1

'fonksSidneyH.Rosevlle. Low.Polshm.rd BakerEliza(Miss),aprtmnts. I Queen's rd Couldrey Louisa (Mrs.), china. dealer;

Toogood John Hy.Dehree, Grosvenor rd Barnes Alex. apartments, I2 Torbay ter Palace avenue

Toovey Charles Gibbs, 19 Gerston rd Barnes Joseph, mason, 9 Croft terrace Couldrey Waiter George, architect. &

Towill WilliamRobert,Hydrina cottage, Barry Nancy Mary & Eva (Misses), surveyor, Palace avenue
, Cranford Robert & Son, booksellers &
Lower Polsham road dress makers, Colley end

Tozer Misses, 5 Gerston road Bartlett & Roberts, solicitors, Gerston stationers, 3 Torbay road

Tozer Mrs. 3 Polsham cottages, Lower terrace ; &at Brixham & Dartmouth CrossmanWm. florist,Osney vil. Fisher st

Polsham road Bartlett Atherton,auctioneer&surveyor, Crudge Wm.Jn.photgrphr.23Victoria st

Tregoning Archelaus, Lancaster villa, Gerston terrace Cudlipp Ralph B. solicitor, 3I Vjctoria st

Bellevue road Bartlett Onesimus Smart (firm, Bart- DaveyThos. baker,Fernham rd.Fernham

'l'reud Phillip James, 3I Gerston road lett & Roberts), solicitor, notary Davis Jane (Mrs.), aparts. 1 Gerston ho

Trevitheck Frederick Henry, Kernow, public,commissioner for oaths & clerk DawJn_. Wilcox,draper,22&24Victoria st

The Esplanade to magistrates for Paignton division, Dawkins Mary Ann (Miss), fancy

Trouv6 Mrs. Florence vil. Dartmouth rd Gerston terrace ; & at Brixham & tepository, 9 Palace avenue ,

Tucker Mrs. Senlac, Grosvenor road Dartmomh Dawson WiUiam, carpenter. Collaton

Tucker William Edward, I Gerston ter Battershall Thomas, coach builder, St. Dellafield & Pollard, monumental

Tunnard-Moore Miss,Sea vale, Sands rd Michael's road masons, Torquay road

Turner Mrs. St. Hilda, Belvidere ter Beale & Poole,costumiers, 32 Victoria st Deller William Henry, plumber, New st

Turner Mrs. 3 Garfield terrace Bearne George William, photographer, Deller's Supply Stores Limited ( Willia.m

Twynam Capt. Thomas S. H. I.N. 6 Gerston place Lambshead, mana~er),Palace a.venue,

Rose bank, Bellvue road Bennett Bertram, preparatory school, Winner street & 'l'orbay road ,

Upsher Thomas Faux, I Coromandel Montpelier, Grosvenor road Devonshir~ (1st) Volunteer Artillery,

villas, Southfield road Berry George, shopkeeper, Totnes road .Western Division Royal Artillery (9th

Vallings Col. Adolphus r.s.c. Southhill, Blatchford Mary Ann (Miss); lodging Co. )(Capt.T.B.Eastley,commandant;

Southfield road house, St. Elms, Sands road Rev. H. T. Pinchin M. A. chaplain ;•

Vanstone Frederick William, Sorrento, Blight Richard Henry Hine, Parker's Serg.-Major William Hurkett, drill

The Esplanade Arms P.H. Collaton instructor), Drill hall, Public hall

Vickers Charles William, 3 TerraNova Bond Jn. Herbt. fancy drapr.4Palace av Devon & Corn wall Banking Co. Limited
Bond Louisa Jane (Mrs.), dairyman, 2 (branch) (F. R. S. Painr manager);
terrace, The Esplanade

Vickers Mrs. 5 Beech vis. Esplanade rd Gerston tP-rrace draw on Barclay, Bevan, Tritton,

Vincent Mrs. 4 Madeira villas, Palace Bootyman Charles Hellyer, plumber & Ransom, Bouverie & Co. London E €

avenue · gasfitter, Victoria street Devon 1 County Standard Office, 8I

Walker Jn.Robt.Collacote,Cleveland rd Bovey Louis Henry, carver & gilder, Winner street

Wallis John, 2 Elm dale, Totnes road Winner street Dey John, market gardenet, Preston

Waiters Rev.John,Rosedale,Torquay rd BraggAddie(Miss),dress ma. IoCroft ter Distin J n.Thos.farmr.Presto.brk.Prestn

Waiters Mrs. Ciare lodge, Central aven Braund Norman, draper, Church st Distin Thomas, greengrocer, Winner st

Waring Miss, Harefield, Elmsleigh rd Bridgman George Soudon C.E. & Son, Drew Bros. builders, 3 & 4 Townhall ter

WarrenJsph.Clarndn.lo.Low.Polshm.rd .architects & surveyors,Victoria street Drew Charlotte (Mrs.), apartments,

Webb Hy.Smith,Eastbourne,Central av Brown Sl. Fk. lodging ho. IS Gerston rd Torbay house, Torbay road .

Webber Henry, 4 Croft terrace Brown Vincent Cattermole, builder & Drew John, fishmonger1 8 Torbay road

Wheat Rev. James Milnes M.A. Moles- contractor, see Rabbich & Brown Drew Mary Hannah (Mrs.),shopkeeper~

worth, Adelphi road Browse & Co. tailors, 17 Palace avenue I8 New street 1

Wheelock Wm. Swiss chalet, Primley Buckingham John, flypropr. Torbayrd Drew Phillepe (Mrs.), dress maker, 1

Wheelock William Richard, Sunny Buckingham William George, Polsham Fernham terrace, Fernham

mead, Dartmouth road Arms P.H. Lower Polsham road Drew Samuel, upholsterer, 4 Church st

White Ambrose, 3 l!'earneaux villas, Bunker Mary (Miss), apartments, 8 Drew Walter, postmaster,Palace avenue

Fisher street Adelphi terrace, Esplanade . DryHerbt. Bernard,aparts.6Garfield ter

Whitehead Percy,Barton Pines,Blagdon Birch J<'rank Newman, baker & grocer, DyerMaryElizh. (Mrs. ),Manor inn,Prstn

Whitehouse Benj.Fairfield,Elmsleigh rd Cliff road Earle Wm. Hy.hairdresser,7 Victoria st

Whiteway John, 7 Belvidere terrace Burridge Wm. & Jane (Miss), market Earle William, coal dealer, Harbour

Whiteway Mrs. 7 Croft terrace gardeners & florists,UpperPolsham rd Eastley, Jarman ,& Eastley, solicitors

Whittell Jn. Hy. San Remo, Totnes rd Burton Samuel M. a.c. v.s. veterinary & commissioners to administer ooths

Williams Charles Parsons, Parkhill, surgeon, Sandgate villa, Sands road. in the Supreme court, solicitors of

Ronndham Hill road Capell Mary JanR (Miss), apartments, the manor & borough of :Paigntorr .&

Williamson Mrs. I5 Adelphi terrace 24 Gerston road . to the Paignton local board, Tele-
Wilmer WilmerBradfrd.9 CroftPark ter Capell Thomas, Globe inn, ss Winner st phone No. 102, Manor otfice, Victoria.
Wilson Rev. Theodore Cameron [vicar], Carpenter John, farmer, Blagdon street, Paignton ; & Fleet st. Torqnay

Christ Church vicarage, Esplanade rd Carter Catherine Clara (Miss), apart- Eastley ChaTies Henry t(firm, Eastle.y~
Jarman & Eastley), solicitor & oom~
Wilson Miss, I Carlton vls. Grosvenor rd ments, 25 Gerston road
Carter Fredk. greengrocer, 3 Gerston t>J missioner for oaths & steward to the!
Wilson Misses, Culverhay house

Wilson Thomas, 7 New street Carter Thos.Jas. tobacconist, Church st manor & borough of Paignton1 Manor
Cato. Jane (Miss),milliner,4o Victoria st office, Victoria street
Winget William, 5 Croft terrace

Winzer Jn. 3 Routhfield, Southfield rd Cemetery (F. W. Puddicombe, clerk to East]Jly Thomas Beckley (fim:t, Eastley,

Wright CoL A. Pwlholm, Prjmley park the board; Rev. T. C. Wilson, chap- Jarman & Eastley), solicitor, & joint

Wright Elon, Southfield, Blagdou . lain), Colley end solicitor to Paignton local board,

Wyatt Wm. Jn. Fairfield, Southfield rd Ching HenryJames, baker,46Victoria rd Manor office, Victoria street ·

Yabsley John, I Furneaux, Fisher street Claydon Leonard, preparatory boys' Edwards & Sons, l:ycle manufaoture~

Yonng Miss, Burnside, Torquay road school, Hyde road 31: Victoria st.reet ...

380 P. IGNTOl'. DEVONSHIRE. • [.KELLY'S

Effer John, shopkeeper, Prince's street Higgs Alfred, apartments, 2 Queen's rd McCormack'sLim. mechanical enginee ·s ·

Ekers John, apartments, I Terra Nova Higgs Harry, butcher, 92 Winner street & cycle makers, Dartmouth road

terrace, The Esplanade Hill Cha.s. Lewis, apartments,13New st Macintire Emma (Miss), apartments,. ·

Elliott Thomas Russell, farmer, Water- Hill Edwin James, farmer,Gt.Park frm 3 Queen's road

side, Goodrmgton Hill George, shopkeeper, Colley end Marley Henry, draper, Church street

Ellis John, poulterer, 68 Winner street Hill George Hannaford, farmer,Higher Marshall Albert IsaacM.R.c.v.s. veteri-

EllisWm.shopkpr.Primley hl.Totnes rd Yalberton nary surgeon, I Croft Park terrace~

Ellia William Wood, furni~ohing & Hoare Joseph Jas. boot dlr.97Winner st Torquay road

general ironmonger, Palace avenue & HooperEdwinJas.greengro.35Winner st Martin Samuel Herbert, pianoforte

Winner street Hoyles Janet & Nancy (Misses),grocers, dealer, x Palace avenue

Endacott James, aparts. 8 Queen's road 24 Church street . Mason Laura Browne (Miss), boys'

Esplanade Hotel (Ernest Wand, propr) Hoyles & Son, boot & shoe makers, 22 school, 6 Madeira vils. Palace avenu:}

Evans & Sons, tailors, Church street Church street Masonic Hall, Torquay road

Enns Fred&Cbas.saddlers, I 1Winner st HughesWilliam Henry,cider merchant, Matthews Henry & Son, house furnish-

Evans Thomas Wolfe & Sons, bakers, I Sydney terrace, New street ers, Belgrave house, Winner street.

Winner street & Torbay road Humphreys Elizabeth (Mrs.), apart- & 19 Victoria street

Evans Elizh. (Mrs.), dress ma. 6 New st ments, 8 Torbay park Matthews Mary (Mrs.), apartments, 6

EvansJas.shpkpr.6Primley ter.Totnes rd Hunt l'"icholas Prout, farmer & cider Adelphi terrace, Esplanade road

Evans Richard, harness ma. Church st merchant, Crabb's park, Goodringtn Matthews Thomas Red way, Broadmead

Evans Wm. Henry, tailor, 6 Gerston pl Hunter Sl. l'~rk butcher, 29 Victoria st family hotel, Torbay road

Fairweather Samuel Groves, Victoria Hurson Mary {Mrs.), apartments,Mel- Maunder Jn. pork butcher, Colley end

hotel, Church street ville, Sands road Maunder Richard,boot dlr.I5Church st

Foale Lawrence Pile, butcher,Victoria st Hutchings George, farmer, Collaton Mazzotti Joseph Charles, market gar-

Foale Wm. Hellens,grocer, 8 Victoria st Hutchings William Walter,apartments, dener, St. Mary's cottage, Marldon

Ford John Samuel, chimney sweeper, I 6A, Gerston terrace road & fruiterer, 6A, Gerston p-1ace

Somerleyton terrace, Curledge street Huxham John, farmer, Low. Yalberton Melhuish Minnie (Miss), dress maker~

Foster W. & Son, fruiterers, Colley end Huxham William, dairyman, 5 }<'ern- 3 Fernham cottages, Fernbam

l<'oster Clarissa (Mrs.), apartments, ham terrace, Fernham ~Ierson William, chemist, Church st

Fernworthy villa, Shude Sands road Jackman William George, dairyman, Mildenhall John, boot ma. 5 Gerston PJ

Foster Edwin,greengrocer,47 Winner st 34 Victoria street Milford Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.), apart

Foster William, wood turner, Cliff road JagoWm.Henry,watch ma.58Winner st ments, 5 Croft Park terrace

FoxworthyEdgar,water superintendent Jarman Henry Plumbridge (firm, Millman Thomas, shopkeeper, Fisher st

to local board, 3 Townhall terrace Eastley, Jarman & Eastley), solicitor MilmanGeo.NewPier inn,Roundham rd

FoxworthyLaskeyLavrs.tailr. Winner st & commissioner for oaths & clerk to Minhinnick Henry (Mrs.), furnished

FranklinGeo.Robert,hosier,8Palace aven commissioners of taxes for Haytor apartments; tennis ground; exquisite-

Freeman George John, carver &gilder, district, & hon. sec. Paignton club, view ; own dairy produce ; 3 sitting-

Curledge house, Curledge street Manor office, Victoria street; & at & 6 bedrooms; terms moderate; sani-

Freemasons' Lodge (No. I358) (John Torquay Edward, market Mitnairt•yie certificate, Prest on Manor house
Bradford, sec.), Torquay road Jefferies Adolphus George F rank, confectioner, 3

Frost Henry, poulterer, Palace place gardener, Gurneys, Totnes road Palace avenue ·

FurzeWilliam,blcksmth.Up.Polsham rd Jeffery John Nicks,tailor,xo6 Winner st Mitchelmore Geo. baker, 3I ·winner st

Gaudy Jane Susannah (Mrs.), boarding Jeffery Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Moore Robert, Commercial hotel, Dart-
house, 5 Adelphi ter. Esplanade road West end, Winner street
mouth road

GarrattCharles,Railway inn,2Gerston pl J effery Minnie (Miss), dress ma. Well st Mordannt Osmond,apartments, Spring-

GermanJohnHill,artist &photographer, Jeffery Thos. boot maker, 28 Church st dale, Sands road

9 Torbay road , Jeffery Thomas, dairyman, Stanley Motts Charles Henry, tailor, West end,

Gerston hotel (Henry Charles Collie~, villa, Sands road Winner street

proprietor), Vicwria road J effery William (Mrs.), apartments, 7 Mudge George, baker, Well street

Gibson Jas. Bovey, aparts.9Avenue ter Torbay park Mudge Geo. Hodge, builder, Palace pl

Gibson Robert, apartments, 9 Adelphi Jeffery William, farmer, Goodrington Mudge Henry Tracey, farmer, Hlagduu

terrace, Esplanade Kellett Adelaide (Miss), ladies' school, Mudge John, builder,4 Lisburn terrace,

Gilleard Reuben, apartments, Sydney I Southfield, Southfield road Upper Polsham road

villa, Sands road Ketley Susannah( Mrs. ),art needlework Mugford Wm.boot & shoe ma.. Winner st

Glanvill Edwin, apartments, 2 Croft ter repository, 30 Victoria street & .National Telephone Co. Limited (Frank

Goddard William Henry Willoughby, apartments, 5 Torbay road Lima, manager), 17 Wmner street

bOJS' preparatory school, Collingwood King & 8on, builders, 55 Winner street Naval Bank (branch) (George Henry

house, Adelphi ro&d King Rebecca (Mrs.), glass & china Penson, mgr.),Gerston ter.; draw on

Go odridge John Thompson, surgeon, dealer, 53 Winner street Robarts, Lubbock & Co. London E c

Elm bank, Totnes road Kingwell John, greengrocer,Well street Newman Wm. baker, 96 Winner street

Goodridge William, farmer, Coombe Kingwill & ~ons, butchers, Winner st Newton Oliver Jas. baker,14 Church st

coUage, Preston Knapman Wm.shopkeeper,Elmbank rd Nicks James & Sons, coal merchants&.

Gourley Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.),lodging Langdon Hy.&Son,tailors,82Winner st rope makers, Winner street

house, I3 Torbay road Langdon Henry, beer retailer, Preston Nicks Anthony, jun. baker, Qolley end

Gowman&Son,greengroc:rs.9x Winner st LangdonHy.Walt. boot ma. 14Victoria st Nqrris Samuel, apartments, The Ban-

Gray Mary Ann & Elizabeth (Misses), Langford William George, umbrella dells, Esplanade road

refreshment rooms, II Palace avenue manufacturer, 95 Winner street Nosworthy Wm.dairyman, nTorbay rd

Greenwood James, aparts. 6 Gerston rd Langler&Son,plumbers &c. 27Winner st Nowell John, apartments,Priory tower,.

Gribben Henry, shopkeeper, Laura LanglerSarah( Miss),grocer,24Winner st Esplanade road

terrace, St. Michaels Lavers Jessie (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, Nuttall Thos. insurance agt. 3 Croft ter

Grimwade Louisa (Miss), apartments, 94 Winner street -Osborne Jas. Nicholls, grocer & draper,.

6 Queen's road Lavers John Richd. carrier,3oWinner st Winner street

Haarer Felix Edward, confectioner, 27 Lavers Joseph Francis, cab proprietor, Osment Matilda (Miss), apartments~

Victoria street ; & at Torquay 94 Winner street 8 Garfieid terrace

Harding William,cab proprietor,Well st Legge Mary Jane (Mrs.), greengrocer, Paignton Association Building Co. Lim.

Harnett Edward, apartments, 4 Terra 40 Winner stre~t ( L. M. Miller, sec.), IC Palace avenue

Nova, Esplanade Lemon Charles, china dlr.76 Winner st Paignton Bathing Co. Limited (C. W.

HarrisJohn Henry,aparts.7Garfield ter Lethbridge Hy. aparts. 7 Croft Park ter Vickers, sec. ),Manor office, Victoria st;

Harris Riehard, builder, II Adelphi rd Lewin John, farmer, Higher Yalberton Paignton Constitutional Club (R. S.

HarveyFrederick,boot maker,3Fisher st Lewis James, coffee tavern, 4 Gerston Cooksley, sec.), Palace avenue

Harvey William, boot maker, West end, place & I 5 Victoria street Pahrnton Co-operative Society Limitecl

Winner street Lloyds Bank Limited (Thomas Arnold, (John James,manager), 45 Winner st-

Batton John, greengrocer,72 Winnerst manager), Palace avenue; draw on Paignton Cottage Hospital (George Ad-
London office, 72 Lombard street E c kms, James Alexander M.D. Henry
Head Philip, dairyman, 3 Winner st

Heard Theodore Samuel, apartments, Lock Samuel Philip, butcher, New st Collins M.D. John Tompson Good-

I6 Gerston road Luscombe Henry Pearse, printer & ridge & Charles William Vickers

Henley &Co.cider merchnts. Kirkham st stationer, 16 Palace avenue L.R.C.P.Edin. medical officers; Chas.

Herbert Emma (Miss), furrier, 28 Lut!ey Thomas, dairyman, IS Palace av Henry Eastley, hon. sec. ; Miss JanB

Victoria street Luxon Samuel, cab proprietor, 1 Bel- Howison, matl'on), Church street

Hicks W. & Son, corn & flour dealers, grave place, Totnes road Paignton Directory (Standard Printing,

· 49Winner st.&dairymen, I Curledge st McCormack Arthur, steward to the Publishing & Newspaper Co. Limited
Higgs .A.lfred, proprietor & publisher of trustees of the late I. M. Singer esq. publishers, wed. summer montbsh
she •• Paignton Observer," 14 New st The Wigwam I 81 Winner street

DIRECrORY.) DEVONSHIRE. PAIGNTON. 381

Paignton Echo (John Way, proprietor Rabbich &. Brown, builder~, con- Torquay Gas Works (Robert W. Bey-
& publisher; published wednesday), tractors, surveyors, decorators & un- non, m':lnager), Hollacombe
Io Palace avenue dertakers, Victoria house
Torquay High School for Girls Limited
Pai!!nton Gas Light, Coke & Coal Co. Rahbicn I<'rank Goodrich, baker, 93 (The) (:Missl\fargaretC.Wilson, princi-

Limited (Fred. W. Pnddicombe, sec.), Winner street pal), I & 2 Carlton vils. Grosvenorrd

Manor office, Victoria street Radford John, tobcnst. qA, Victoria st Torquay, Paignton & District Perf~ct

Paignton Harbour Coal Co. TheHarbour Rawlings Jas. photogrphr. 36 Victoria ~t Thrift Building Society (Chas. Rivers,

Paignton Land & Building Co. Limited Redway Blanche, Mabel & Sophta sec.), Manor offices, Victoria street &

(Eastley; Jarman & Eastley, secs.), (:Misses), private girls' school, 7 11 Strand, Torquay

:Manor office, Victoria street Madeira villas, Palace avenue Tout Gilbert, apartments, 7 Queen's rd

Paignton :Mineral Water Co. (Ernest ReesWebber,fancy draper,21 Victoria st Towill William Robt. farmer, Hydrina

Wand, proprietor), Esplanade road Rendle Elizabeth (M1ss), apartments, farm, Lower Polsham road

Paignton Observer (Alfred Higgs, pro- Churston house & Berry view, The Town Hall; New street

prietor & publisher; published thurs- Esplanade Tozer Laura :Maria (Mrs.), dress maker,

day), 14 New street Rew F. E. & H. (Misses), lodging hous3, 2 Winner street

Paignton Pavilion & Promenade Pier & 4 Torbay park Tozer Sarah(:Mrs. ),apartments,Spring-

'forquay Steamboat Co. Lim. (The) Reynolds Charles John, cab proprietor, field house, Upper Polsham road

(A. Higgs, sec. ; S. H. Beckles, man- 3 Croft Pa.rk terrace Tozer Thomas King, furniture dealer,

ager), The Promenade pier Reynolds Pianoforte Saloon, 15Palace av Church street ·

Paignton Public Hall Co. Limited Riches & Tomlin, chemists & druggists, Tozer William, •rorbay inn

(William Brombam, sec.), Manor 2 l'alace avenue Tozer William Jerman, assessor & collec-

office, Victoria street Roberts William Pierpoint (firm, Bart- tor of taxes. 2 Winner street

Paignton Rowing Club (Thomas Arnold, lett & Roberts), solicitor, Gerston ter Trewin Fred. Chas. tobcnst. 82 Winner st

sec.), The Harbour Robinson Jane Elizabeth (Mrs.), ladies' Tucker Samuel Henry, painter, En-

PaigntonSchool (J.C.Cooper, of :Merton school, Garfield house brook, Sands road

college, Oxford, head master), The Rock Sarah (Mrs.), statnr.I7 Church st Tu(!kerWm.Edwd.solr.Gerston chmbrs

Esplanade Rodgers T. & Co. boot warehouse, 17 Tully Ellen Nora. (Mrs.), apartments,

Pai~rnton & South Devon Yacht Club Victoria street 12 Belvidere terrace
~

(H. P. Jarman esq. hon. sec.), The Ros;;,iter S. & Son, drapers, 7 Palace av Vanstone Frederick William, ·architect

Esplanade R0ssiter Chas. Hy.farmr.Low. Yalbertn & ~urveyor, Sorrento, The Esplanade

Pain Francis Richard Sherrin, manager H.ossiter George, registrar of births & Vanstone Wm. apartments, 3 Torbay pk

Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Lim. deaths for Paignton sub-district, Vickers Charles William L. R.C. P. Edin.

treasurer to local board, Palace aven Totnes union & assistant overseer, I surgeon, & medical officer & public

Palk & Sons, butchers, Winner street & Palace place vaccinator for the Paignton district,

42 Victoria street Rossiter Harry Burnett, corn factor, 6 Totnes union & medical officer of

Palk Ann (Mrs.), butcher, 12 Church st Dartmouth road health to the local board & certifying

Palk Arthur Wellesley, coal merchant, Rossiter William Charles, nurseryman factory surgeon, Terra Nova, The Es-

40 Victoria street & se-ed merchant, Victoria st. ; Fern- planaie .

Palk Frederick, butcher, Victoria st ham nurseries &Longstone, Totnes rd Victoria Circulating Library (Jn.

PalmerAnnie(Mrs. ),apartments,New st Rowlands Florence (Miss), dress maker, Francis Watt, propr. ), 16 Victoria st

Parker Henry :May, watch maker, Win- 22 Gerston road Varwell William W. tobacconist & gen-

ner st. & lodging house, Torbay road Rudman James, apartments, Beach eral dealer, Torbay road

Parnell Edwd. boot ma. 12 Princes st villa, Esplanade Vinson Joseph, baker, 74 Winner street

Parnell James, farm bailiff to J. T. Salter William Henry, fly proprietor, Wadling Thomas, lodging house, 7

Bailey esq. Whiterock frm.Goodringtn Holmdale cottage, Curledge street Adelphi terrace, Esplanade road

Parnell James WiddiCombe, dairyman, Sanders John, dairyman & market Wallis Thomas, builder, L~urel cottage,

Winner street gardener, Tavistowe farm,Marldon rd Fernham road

Parnell John William Rossiter, green- Sanders Wm. Oldenburg P.H. Winner st WallisWm.Jn. pork butchr. 46Winner st

grocer, 5 Torhay road Sansom Tho3. coach builder,Hyde road Wand Ernest,Esplanade hotl.Esplanade

Parnell Richd. boot ma Low.Church st Saarle Francis, stock & share broker, Watkins Wrlham Channing;toy ware-

Parnell Richard, apartments,Roseneath 32 Victoria street house-, 5 Victoria street

& Dunreath, Sands road School of Science & Art, in connection Watt John Francis, bookseller, sta-

Parnell Thomas Robert, dairy, Gerston with South Kensington, New street tioner,newsagent&circulating library,

cottage, Dartmouth road ·(Onesimus Smart Bartlett,chairman; Victoria library, 16 Victoria street

Parnell Wm. market grdnr. Winner st Arthur J. Davey, art master; Herbt. Way John, printer & publisher of

Patterson William Harry, pleasure boat Anderson, science master) "Paignton Echo," 10 Palace avenue

owner, I Alexandra cots. Cliff road Seccombe Thos.furn.brokr.69Winner st Waycott Arthur, wine & spirit mer-

Peake Sarah Elizabeth (Miss), boo\c:- Sherriff George, chemist,& agent for W. chant, 6o Winner street

seller & stationer, 38 Victoria street & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants, Waycott Robert,house furnisher & iron-

Peeke Jane (Miss), grocer, Well street 19 Winner street monger, Victoria st. & Winner street

l'enson George Henry, branch manager Simpson M\les, draper, 23 Palace aven Webber Henry & Sons, builders, Willow

Naval Rank, Gerston terrace Singer Manufacturing Co. (John Hors- dale, Dartmonth road

Penwill George Henry, shoeing smith, will, agent), 95A, Winner street Webber Edward,boot maker, 17 New st

The Harbour Skinner William Henry, railway agent, Webber Ellen(Miss), drs.ma. Winnerst

Perrett Arnold & Co. Limited, wine & r Townhall terrace, Totnes road Webber George, builder, 5 Hyde road

spirit merchants, I Gerston place S!llale Henry, tailo!', 33 Winner street Webber John William, boot & shoe

l'errett Waiter, tobaccnst. 8r Winner st Smallridge Thomas Alfred, butcher, 13 dealer, 10:1 Winner street

Ferryman Alice (Mrs.), dyer & cleaner, Victoria street Webber Wilmot (:Mrs.), apartments, 34

43 Winner street Smaridge William, carpenter, 3 Sydney Gerston road

Pethybridge Wm. dairyman, Victoriast terrace, New street Westlake Emanuel, builder, 5 Palace pi

l'iller Joseph, tailor, Well street Smith John, shopkeeper, Elmbank road Wheelock William Richard, dentist,

Pollard James, shopkeeper, Collaton SpryEmma(:Mrs.),shopkpr. nChurch st Sunny mead, Dartmouth ro'l.d

Pollard John, architectural mason &c. Standard Printing, Publishing & News- Whiteway Joseph, farmer, Stantor Bar-

s~e Dellafield & Pollard paper Co. Lim.; offices, 8 r Winner st ton, :Marldon

l'ollyblank Geo. pork butcher, Well st Stevens Thos. boot ma. I02 Winner st Whiteway Suah (Mrs.), apartments, 2

Poole Sarah Clarke (Miss), costumier, Stookes Jsph. market gardener, Preston Adelphi terrace, Esplanade

see Beale & Poole Symons Henry, cider ma. St. Michael's Whittell John Henry, surgeon-dentist,

Pope Amelia (Mrs.), news agent, 22 Symons John, tailor, 25 Victoria stre3t San RP.mo, 'l'otnes road ·

Wmner street '!'ann Robert, wood carver, I Grosvenor Willicott Mary Jane (Mrs. ),steam laun-

Pope Helen (:Mrs.), poulterer & temper- terrace, Fisher street dry, St. :Michael's road

ance hotel, Torbay road Tarr & Harvey, mosaic workers & cut- Willin~ Rd. dairyma.n,Low.Polsham rd

Pope Richard, blacksmith, Collaton ters, Torbay road Wills Geo. boot & shoe ma. 77 Winner st

Pope William, blacksmith, Winner st Taylor Alice Mary (:Mrs.), private girls' Wills John, farmer & comity councillor,

Pruse Mary (Miss), apartments, Glen- school, 8 Gerston terrace StokeGabriel division,Biagdon Barton

dale, Dartmouth road Tolchard James, apartments, Bradford & The Barton, North Tawton

Puddicombe Francis, apartments, 5 lodge, The Esplanade Winsorl<'ras.jun. basket ma. II Winner st

:Madeira villas, Palace a venue ThomasJ.& Sons,decoratrs.26Church st Winsor Maria (Miss), shopkpr. Wellst

Puddicombe Frederick William, auc- Toby John, machinist, ro 'forbay road Wintle Alfd. fishmonger, 26 Victoria st

tioneer, house agent & clerk to local Tollick E. & B. (Misses), apartments, Wotton John, dairyman, Primley farm

board, :Manor office, Victoria street Adelphi road Wotton Silvanns,wat.ch ma.gVictoria st

Pulling Henry John,grocer, mChurc~ st Torbay Brewery & Cider Co. Limited, Wreyford Elizab~th (:Mrs.), cabinet

R:1bbich & Son, dairymen, Totnes road brewers, 44 Victoria st. & Church st maker, 83 Winner street ·'

382 FAIGNTONo DEVOXSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Wrighl Wm.frmr.Homepk.GooJringtn Young Men's Christian Association Wyatt George, farmer, Goodrington

Wyatt William John,. surveyor & sani- (William Burridge Payne, hon. see.), Young Women's Christian Association

tary inspector t4> local board & supt. Palace avenue (Miss Lawford,hon.sec. ),4 Torbay ter

of fire brigade, Fairfield,Southfield rd

PANCRASWEEK (or WYKE ST. PANCRAS) is a parish charge £74, gross yearly value £268, with 8 acres of glebe

si miles west from Holsworthy, in the Western division of and a small cottage, in the gift of the Crown. There is

the county, hundred of Black Torrington, Holsworthypetty a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, erected in 1838, seating 240

sessional division, onion and county court district, rural persons, with a Sunday school, and burial ground adjoining.

deanery of Holsworthy, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and dio- Sir George Stucley Stucley hart. D.L., J.P. of Moreton. Bide-

ee8e of Exeter. The church of St. Pancras is a building of ford, and Earl Stanhope F.S.A. are the chief landed pro-

stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, prietors. The soil is chiefly clay ; subsoil, clay. The chief

north aisle, north transept, south porch and a lofty embat- crops are wheat, oats and roots. .Acreage, 3,782 ; rateable

tled western tower with crocketed pinnacles containing 5 value, £r,g82; the population in 1891 was 362.

bells, the first two dated 1721, the fourth 1634, and the fifth Sexton, Thomas Smith. ·
1637; the third bears the legend, "Voce mea viva depello
cuncta nociva.: " a hagioscope and rood loft stairs still Letters through Holsworthy, which is the nearest money

remain: in 18gr the bells were re-hung and the interior of order & telegraph office, arrive about 10 a.m. WALL
the church partially repaired and restored : there are 350 LETTER Box at Dunsdon Cross cleared at 11.30 a.m

sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates from National School, built in 1858, for 50 children; average at-

the year 1694; marriages, 16g6. The living is a chapelry, tendance, 47; John Henry W. Jones, master; Mrs. Mary

annexed to the vicarage of Bradworthy, average tithe rent- Jones, sewing mistress

COMMERCIAL. Carter William, miller (water), Ver- Millman Wm. frmr.Buckland & Bromell
worthy mill
Moase Lewis, farmr. East Hamsworthy
.A.llin John, farmer, Brindon Gilbert Wm. farmer, Lower Kingford MoorelVIark, miller(water),Kingford roll
Penwarden James, farmer, Dunsdon
.A.llin Samuel, farmer, Venn Gilbert Wm.Lewis,frmr.HigherKingfrd Penwarden John, farmer, Burnard ho

Bassett William, blacksmith Grills Edmund, farmer, Verworthy Piper Thomas, farmer, 'rhorne Moore
Risdon John, farmer, Kingford
Beckley Elizabeth (Miss), farmer, West Harding John Burnard,farmer, Wooda
Routley William, farmer, Vealand
Hamsworthy Hicks Thomas, farmer, Dexbeer Smith Thomas, carpenter, Glebe
Stacey John, farmer, Slade
Beckley Richard, farmer, Lana Hocking Charles, farmer, Hudson Stacey William, farmer, Lutson
Trick Samuel, shoe makr. Standard hill
Beckley Richd.Hodge,carpenter,Crimpa Hodge Richard, farmer, Aldercott Turner John, farmer, Pitworthy
Ward John, farmer, Shilling
Beckley William, farmer, Heddon Hole John, farmer, Lower Kingford

Brimacombe Richd. farmer, Verworthy Holman Saml. blacksmith, BartJn gate

Burnard William Lewis, farmr. Barton Hooper Rd. farmer & butcher, Youlden

Buse James, blacksmith & shopkeeper, J Jones Henry, farmer, Solden cross

Solden cross Jones John Henry W. farmer, Lana wd

PARACOMBE (or PARRACOMBE) is a village and parish Nott, of Swymbridge, and is now the property of his nephew,

among the hills, on the high road from Lynton to Barn- 'John Pyke Nott esq. only surviving son of the late Rev. John

staple, 5 miles south-west from Lynton, JI north-east from Pyke of Paracombe. The manor of Medland or Middleton

Barnstaple and 12 east-south-east from Ilfracombe, in the ' belonged successively to the families of Bernefield and
North Western division of the county, ~herwill hundred, Weston, afterwards to the Courtenays, Earls of Devon, and

Braunton petty sessional division, Barnstaple union and is now the property of Mr. W. Dovell. Court Place is the

county court district, rural deanery of Sherwill, ...arch- property of Mr. Charles Blackmore, jun. in this parish. On

deaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. Christ Church, an estate called " Holwell," the property of Sir 'f. D. Aeland

erected in 1878, is an edifice of stone in the Early English hart. is a circular mound known as •• The Castle." The chief

style, consisting of chancel, m>ve, north aisle, south porch manor has been dismembered since 186o, when L. St. Albyn

and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a esq. gave up the manorial rights to the landowners for 70

clock, and two ancient bells removed from the old church : acres of common lands, in which year they were inclosed.

the stained east window is a memorial to the Rev. John Pyke, The Barton estate belongs to Mr. Francis John Dovell of

a former rector; and there is another window in the chancel Warwickshire; Heale, to Mr. John Crook of Ashford, Barn-

to Richard Dovell esq. of Middleton. The old church of St. staple; West Bodley, to Mr. Pbilip Jones; Higher Bodley to

Helen, an ancient structure in the Early English style, was Mr. Arthur Smyth; Middle Bodley to Mr. James Smyth of

restored in 1892 and is now used as a mortu'try chapel, and London; East Bodley to Mr. William Lock; and West Hill

for occasional services in the summer months; it retains a to Mr. George Smyth, The soil is gravelly loam; subsoil,

chancel screen and one ancient bell. Tbe register dates from slate and sandstone. The chief crops are pasture, oats and

the year 1687. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent- barley. The parish includes the hamlets of Heale, 2 miles

charge £182, net yearly value £265, including 63 acres of north-west, and Bodley, a quarter mile north; the area is

glebe, with residence, in the gift of Charles Edward Robert 49338 acres; rateable value, £3,569; the population in 1891
Chanter esq. of Fort Hill, Barnstaple, and held since r8H.6 by w 6.

the Rev. John FreJerick Chanter M.A. of Jesus College, Cam- PARA.COMBE MILL HEALE and RowLRY are villages in this
bridge. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1839. The parish. ' '

common, which consisted of goo acres, was inclosedin I86o. f Sexton Thomas Tossell.
h~ld each year on the
.A. fair is and sheep, also stock 18th of .August, for the sale 1 Pos~, ' & T. 0. • S. B. & • & Insurance Office.-
of cattle sales at irregular intervals.
· M. 0. Annmty
Paracombe belonged anciently to the 'fracys, Barons of RIChard Courtn~y Davey, sub-postmaster. ~etters from

Barnstaple, under whom it was held by the St. .A.lbyns, in Barnlitaple, rece1Ved at 8.45 a. m. & 6 p.m.; dispatched at
the reign of Edward I. This family had then and for som9- 9 _a. m. & 5· 5 P· ~
. .
centuries later a seat at Paracombe, which until recently be- National School (mtxed), enlarged m 1882, for 70 children;
longed to the family of the late Lawrence St. Albyn esq. of average attendance, 5.9! Alfred Brown, ma~ter

,Alfoxton, eo. Somerset, There are now three manors in this Devon Constabnlary, W1lham Hard, sergeant m charge & I

parish, Rowley, Middleton and Court Place. The first of constable

these was for a considerable time in the family of Lock, was CARRIERS TO BARNSTAPLE.-George .A.ntell & Henry Smyth,

purchased from its heiress, Mrs. Roach, by the late Mr. tues. & fri. to & from' .Barley Mow'

~

Blackmore Charles, Cross Laurel house Court G. & Sons,auctioneers,corn,cake, Gill Charles, farmer

Chanter ReV'. John Fredk. M.A. Rectory seed, manure & wool merchants &; Gould Daniel, butcher & shopkeeper
veter•mary surgeons
Martyn Richard Cleeve, East hill Jones Philip, yeoman, West Bodley

Smyth John, Bodley Crick John, farmer, East Hill farm Jones William, farmer, Hitch park

COMMERCIAL. Crocombe & Son, brewers & maltsters Lock Thomas, farmer, West Bodley
Davey Richard Courtney, saddler & Lock William, farmer, East Bodley
1

.A.llison Robt. St. John, inland rev. officr harness maker, Post office Nott Hugb, shopkeeper, Rowley

.A.ntell George, carrier Delbridge Andrew, shoe maker Pile John George, farmer, Highleigh

Berry Thomas, farmer, Voley Fox & Goose hotel, The Village~ excel- Pugsley John, farmer, East Middleto 1

Blackmore Charles, jun. farmer & land- lent accommodation for travellers & Rottenbury Richard, blacksmith

owner, Court place tourists, surrounded by magnificent Rottenbury Rd.farmer,West Middletoo

Bowden Richard, wheelwright scenery; trout fishing (H. R. Black- Slader James, farmer

Bray JHhn, farmer, Heale • more, proprietor) Smith John, farmer, Heale .

Bray William, farmer, Bumpsley Gammon Joseph, farmer, West Holwell Smyth Arthur, agent to Hand-in-Hand

Cornish John, farmer, Hig~er Bodley Gammon Jn. Wm.frmr,l{owley Barton Insurance Co. Rock cottage

l>IREC'l'Q~Y.] DEVONSHIRE. f .AYHEMBURY. 383
•

Smyth George, yeoman, West hill Stanbury John, farm-er, Walnor White Thomas, miller(water)& farmer,
Bumpsley mill
Smyth Henry, farmer & carrier, Middle Tamlyn John, wheelwright
Widden Thomas, baker & flour dealer
Bodley Tucker James, farmen, Heale

Sommerwill George, mason

PARKHAM is a parish and village on the small river title, went from the family of that name to the Giffards by
Yeo, and is bounded on the north by Barnstaple Bay, 7 marriage in the reign of Edward I. Halsbul"y now belongs
miles west from Bideford station on, the Torrington branch toT. Rogers esq. by purchase from the Lees, who bought it

of the London and South Western railway, in the North of the Davies, to whom the Giffards sold it. Bableigh was
Western division of the county, Shebbear hundred, Bideford sold in r76o to Mr. Hiern; it was a residence of the
petty sessional division, union and county court district, Risdons. The Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle n.L., J.P. ,of

rural deanery of Hartland, archdeaconry of .Barnstaple and Bicton, Trehawke Kekewich esq. D.L., J.P. of Peamore;
diocese of Exeter. The church of St. James is an edifice of James Morrison Kirkwood esq. J.l'. of Yeo Vale, Bideford;
stone of the rsth century, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, Mrs. Pine-Coffin,of Por~ledge, Bideford; and Thomas Rogers
south porch and an embattled western tower, of Perpen- esq. J.P. of Orleigh Court, Bideford, are chief landowners-

dicular date, with pinnacles and containing 6 bells, all cast Tile soil is various; subsoil, clay. The land is chiefly in
in r778: there are four stained windows, an enriched Nor· pasturage. The acreage is 5,8o8; rateable value, £3,356-

man door and a font of the same period: the north aisle was ss. ; the population in 1891 was 843.

erected by the Risdon family, of Bableigh, in this parish, A a b out 2 · '] es h -we st; Bp 121 m 'l s
and in the aisle is a slab inscribed on one side to Giles Ris- SH, sout ROAD ARKBAM, ie
illl
north-west; BucKrSH MILLS, 3 miles north-west on the sea
don, gent. ob. 218t April, 1583, fPt. 9°• and on the other to coast; GoLDWORTHY, I mile north-east, where the ances-
Grace, wife of Giles Risdon, of Bableigh, ob. roth February, tors of the poet Gay resided; and HORNSCRoss, 1 ~ miles
1676, and Katherine, wife of the same, ob. nth September, north, are hamlets.

1682: there are also various inscriptions from 1595 to 1712, Parish Clerk, James Martin. ·
to the ancient family of Giffard, of Halsbury, ancestors of
present Lord Hstaolnsebubreya, rLinogrdonChtahneceplrloopr,er1o88bv5e_9r2se; one of PosT 0FFICE,Parkham.-Frederick Martin, sub-postmaster.
these is on a side an Letters received from Bideford at 9.20 a.m.; dispatched

inscription to Katherine, wife of Thomas Moncke, of Pud- at 4·45 p.m. Bideford is the nearest money order office
& Hornscross the nearest telegraph office. Postal orders
derydge esq. ob. 2nd November, 1595 : in the south aisle is
a flat stone with an enriched margin and incised floriated are issued here, but not paid

cross, surrounded 'by an inscription in old English lettering PosT & T. 0. Hornscross.-Thomas James, sub-post-

to Richard , ob. 14-6: the church was restored iu 1875. master. Letters received from Bideford at 8.20 a. m.;

and has 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. dispatched at 5-49 p.m. The nearest money order office
The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge commuted at [730, is at Bideford. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

average £556, net yearly income £4oo, exclusive of 127 ScHooLs:-
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of La<ily E. I. A School Board of 5 members was formed March 25, 1873;

Smart, of.Rothbury House, Chiswick w, and held since 1889 J. Martin, clerk to the board; James Martin, Parkham,

by the Rev. Robert William John Smart M.A. of Queen's attendance officer

College, Oxford. There are two Wesleyan chapels, one in Board (mixed), erected in 1863, for 130 children; average
the village and one at Hoops. Two-thirds of the manor attendance, 90; Thomas Henry Folland, master ~ l\Irs.

belong to the Hon. Mark Rolle, the other third, once in the Folland, sewing mistress

so:Molesworths, has been sold in parcels. The Barton of Board, Hoops (infants), erected in 1876, for children;
Halsbury, from which the late Lord Chancellor derived b is average attendance, 35; Waiter Thomas Cann, master

Parkham Grigg Willi~tm, farmer,East Stone farm 1Wade Richard, farmer~ Palmer's Ash
' j Waiter Richard, carpenter, New road
Hambly John, farmer, Babeleigh
Abel William P. Bocombe Heal John,farmer & butcher,~tone frm
Bryans Arthur, Peppercombe
Heywood Louisa(Mrs.), farmer,Steartt Ash.

Graves Mrs. Fox Down Heywood Thomas, farmer, Waytown Honey John, farmer .

Heywood Joseph Heywood William, farmer, Watershut Norman Harry Newcombe, farmer

Heywood Mrs Hockin William, farmer & miller Norman Robert, farmer .

Heywood William (water), Bocombe mtll Broad, Parkham.
•
Pitcairn Mrs. South Yeo Jewell Hy.buildr.&frmr.CulverPark vil

Smart Rev. Robt. Wm. Jn.m:.A. Rectory Lang Thomas, Hoop's inn & farmer Goaman Richard, farmer

Martin Frederick, shoe maker,sub-post- Lang Caleb, farmer & cattle dealer

COMMERCIAL. master, farmer & deputy registrar of Buckish Mills.
births & deaths,Parkham sub-district
Abel William P. farmer, Bocombe
Andrew George, farmer, Barton Martin James, shopkeeper, registrar of Davey Lewis, mason

Andrew John, farmer, Linches births &deaths, Parkham sub-district Goldworthy.
.Andrew William, farmer, Sedboro' & attendance officer & clerk to the
Arnold Thomas, blacksmith, farmer, school board Ford Robert, farmer, East Goldworthy
Moore Richard, farmer, Moor farm Grigg Seth, farmer, West Goldworthy
& Bell inn Parr Charles, farmer & machinist Grigg Wm. farmer, East Goldworthy
Bate James, farmer Vaggers Reuben, inason & farmer
PetherickDaniel,farmr.HigherWaytown
llecklake Samuel, farmer, Holwell

Becklake William, farmer, Sloo Pridham Laurence, farmer & road con· Hornscross
Blight Daniel, tailor tractor, Hoar hill
Broom George, butcher & farmer
Clements John, shopkeeper Sanders Thomas, farmer, Kerswell Allin Caroline (Mrs.), tobacconist
Cleverdon Wm. farmer, Tucking mill
Dark John, farmer, Limebury Squire Jn. plumber & painter,Northway Clement John, grocer

Turner George, farmer, Nethercott Durant Thomas, Coach & Horses P.H

Turner John, road surveyor & contrac- James Thomas, Post office •

George Artbur, farmer, Cabbacott tor to the Bideford highway board Jenkins William, carpenter .
George Giles, farmer, Cabbacott Vaggers William, boot maker & farmer Peard John, blacksmith

PAYHEMBURY is a parish and village, on the Tale, the nave: there are monuments to Mrs. Dorothy Goswill

a tributary of the river Otter, 2 miles north from Sidmouth and the Rev. Timothy Terry, I745: the vestry was built in

Junction station on the London and South Western railway, 1887 and contains a. list of rectors and vicars from 1236:

4 north from Ottery St. Mary, 6 west from Honiton and 14 there are 280 sittings. In the churchyard is a yew Lree,

north-east from Exeter, in the North Eastern division of the which appears to be several centuries old, the trunk of which

county, Hayridge hundred, Cullompton petty sessional divi- has been split in four, apparently by· lightning. The
sion, Honiton union and county court district, rural deanery 1 register of baptisms and marriages dates from the year

of Ottery and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The 1559; burials, 1678. The living is a vicarage, average tithe
church of St. Mary, anciently belonging to Ford Abbey, is rent-charge £rn, gross yearly value £220, net £H)O, in-

a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of eluding 8z acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of

chancel, nave with four bays, north aisle, north porch trustees, and held since x864 by the Rev. George Terry

iand an embattled western tower containing 6 bells: the Moulton Messiter :r.r.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. The great

chancel was restored and a stained window erected in 1852, tithes belong to Mrs. Campbell Bouverie Wyndham. The
iin memory of the Rev. Timothy Terry Jackson, vicar here: charities amount to £30 yearly. Edmund Frost in 1871

from ~810. by Mrs. Catherine Messiter, in the ehancel: in left £ro7 xss. 8d. in Consols, the interest to the poor in cloth-
the spandrils of a window, are the initials "T.C.'' and a i ing or fuel. The view- from the old Roman encampment

pastoral staff with the letter "C," perhaps for Thomas . of Hembury Fort is extensive. The manor belonged in the

Chard, last abbot of Ford; the arms of Courtenay appear 1J rLeoigrdn of Henry Ill. to the family of Giffard, ancestors of
on one of the pillars: a very fine wood screen,. painted and Halsbury. The manor of Upton Prudhome now be-

gilt and bearing the Bourchier knot and the ·arms of jlongs to the Venns. The manor of Cokespott, or Cokesputt,

Courtenay, Ferrers and Malherbe, divides thel chancal from r anJ ths manor of Mo1 den, together with the manor of Tale

384 PAYBE~BURY. DEVONSHIRE. • ( KELLY'S

once held by Ford Abbey, belongs to Sir John H. Kermaway; area is 2,6g8 acres; rateable value, £3,716; the population

the latter, after the Dissolution, was successively in the in 1891 was 461.

families of Goodwin and Saunder and of several others Parish Clerk, Thomas Pearcey.

before it was purchased by its present owners. Leyhill is
now t he pro pse·r1tryJ of Mrs. Locke, as well as the manor of PosT 0FFICE.-William Hole, sub-postmaster_ Letters
Long oh n Hen ry Ken naw ay b art . received from Ottery St. Mary at 8 a. m.; dispatched at
u~~ew. ~t.P.,D.L.,J.P.

of Escot, Mrs. Locke, of The Grange, Honiton, William 4·45 p.m. The nearest money order office is Ottery St.
Warren esq. of Cok~>sputt, S. Hancock esq. aud Mrs. ~etro- Mary; nearest telegraph office, Sidmouth Junction rail-

nella \'enn, of Culver House, are chief landowners. The way station. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

.soil is sandy; subsoil, day, sand and stonebrash. The chief Parochial School (mixed), built in rBsr, for 85 children;

ci'ops are wheat, barley, oats, roots and pasturage. The average attendance, 68; Mrs. Anne Cook, mistress

Croft Captain Fredk. Johri, Moor cot Daniel James, sen. farmer, Lower Tale Hole William,saddler & harness maker,
Daniels William, farmer, Higher Tale assessor & collector of taxes, Post office
Glanville Miss, Colestocks , D.1.ymond Thomas, Six Bells inn
DennerJane(Mrs.),farmer,Tuckmillfrm Je:ffrey John, farmer, Roll
. Messiter Rev. George Terry Moulton Didham Frank, farmer, Milton Marks Sidney, farmer, Upton
Diment William, farmer, Slade farm
]l.r.A. Vicarage Duke William, wheelwright Payne William, shoe maker
Granger FrederickMagor,farmer,Lower Pearcy Thomas, wheelwright
Sbackell Mrs. Higher house Pratt Charles, farmer, Higher Tale
Tale & miller (water), Tuck mill Radford Isaac, stone mason
Vachell Kenneth Redwood,Monkton pk Granger Mark, farmer, Milton Venn Petronella (Mrs.), farmer, Hem-
Granger Thomas, blacksmith
Venn Miss Gwen, Lower house Griffin Thomas, farmer, Leyhill bury fort
Harris Samuel, coach builder
Venn Mrs. Culver house Harris William, wheelwright Vinicombe James, farmer, Beer farm
Willis Emmanuel, shopkeeper
·warren William, Cokesputt Wright Elizabeth(Mrs. ),farmr.Cheriton

COMMERCIAL.

Burgoin Susan (Mrs.), farmer
('oilier John, farmer, Uggeton
Cruwys Robert, farmer, Cheriton

PE:rER'S MARLAND, see MAR.LAND.

PETERTAVY (or TAVY ST. PETER) is a parish and from old wain~coting; the tower was struck by lightning,

'·illage on the river Tavy and near the high road from Ply- 2nd November, 1803, and the pinnacles much damaged; it

mouth to Okehampton, 17 miles north from Plymouth, 3 was repaired in 1827: there are 200 sittings. The church-

north-east from Tavistock and 1! south-east from Mary yard contains tombstones of the Drake and Cole families,

"Tavy station on the Launceston branch of the South Devon and on the south side of the church is a massive slab on

section of the Great Western railway, in theWestern division four rudely carved supports, inscribed to Waiter Cole, ob.

of the .county, Roborough hundred, Tavistock petty sessional 1663. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1674;

division, union and county court district, rural deanery of marriages and burials, 1679. The living is a rectory,

•ravistock, archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. average yearly. value from tithe rent-charge £r94, with

CuDLIPTOWN, formerly a detached part of Tavistock, was by residence and 73 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop

<>rder, 25th March, r884, added to Petertavy; Sortridge, of Exeter, and held since 1879 by the Rev. Francis John

formerly a detached portion of this parish, being at the Bryant D.D. of Wadham College, Oxford. Here is aWes-

.same time amalgamated with that of Whitchurch. The leyan Methodist chapel. The Duke of Bedford is lord

church of St. Peter is an ancient building of stone in the of the manor and chief landowner. There are also several

Early English and Late Perpendicular styles, consisting of small freeholders. The soil is loamy; subsoil, rock and

chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, south transept, gravel. The chief crops are oats, wheat and barley. The

south porch and an embattled western tower, with crocketed area is 41012 acres; rateable value, £3,274 ; the population
pinnacles, containing 6 bells: the font is of granite, with in r89r was 350.

an octagonal basin ornamented with a carving of two keys in WILSWORTHY hamlet is 2i miles north-east of the village. •

saltire: the stained east window is a memorial to Thomas GoDSWORTHY is r mile east-by-south.

Gibbons, late rector, and was presented in 1872 by his widow Sexton, James Dodd.

and son: in the chancel is a mural tablet wit.h arms, to Letters by foot post from Tavistock, which is the nearest

"Thomas Pocock, 40 years rector, ob. 1722: some portions money order & telegraph office, arrive at 8.30 a.m.

<>f the rood screen, now placed at the west end of the LETTER Box cleared at 5 p.m.

ehurch, retains various figures of saint.s; the tower screen National School (mixed), for 70 children; average attend-

of oak, which has carved grotesques, is probably constructed auce, 54; Mrs. Susan Jane Cole, mistress

Petertavy. Hill Waiter, farmer. Wapsworthy Williams William, miller (water) &

Bryant Rev. Francis John D.D. Rectory Hillier Henry John, miller (water) farmer, Shillands
Palmer Mrs. Mount view Holmes Peter, farmer, Harragrove Yeo William, farmer, Baggator
Peek Richard
Sleeman John, Langsford Mudge Wm. farmer, Gt. Sowten town Wilsworthy.
Palmer Wm. farmer, Wapsworthy Bolt John, farmer, Beardon
COMMERCIAL, Peek Richard, farmer Cole John, farmer, Beardon
Perkins James, farmer, Tor town Cole Lucy (Mrs.), farmer

Arthur John, farmer, Cudliptown Phillips John, farmer, Yoclditch Friend John, farmer

Eray John Henry, farmer Prout Annie (Mrs.), Petertavy inn Harvie William, farmer, Wilts

Collard Edwin, farmer, Standon farm Prout Thos. farmer, Church Town farm Palmer Arthur, farmer, Yellowmead

Dodd Edward, farmer Reddicli:ffe Henry, farmer, Cudliptown Palmer Henry, farmer

Dodd William Jordan, farmer Rogers 'fhomas Martin, Cudliptown Reep Harry, farmer

Doidge Charles, farmer Rowse William, farmer, Cudliptown Vigars Edward, farmer

Doidge John, farmer, Cock's Tor Sleeman James, wheelwright Godsworthy.

Edwards Henry, blacksmith Vogwill George, mason Abel George Hy. farmer & landowner

Fuge Grace (Mrs.), farmer Westlake William, farmer, Church farm Hill Henry, farmer

Harvie John, farmer, Rilltown Wright Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper Spear Richard, farmer

NORTH PETHERWIN is a village and parish 3 nave, and the south porch with its original iron scroll work

miles north from Egloskerry station on the London and binges are early r6th century work: the pulpit and the

South Western railway and 5 north-west from Launceston, screens of the organ chamber and vestry are very fine ex·

in the Western division of the county, Black Torrington amples of modern oak carving: two of the windows ar6
hundred, Lifton petty sessional division, Launceston union stained, and there are numerous mural ornaments to the
and county court district, rural deanery of Trigg Major, Yeo and Seccombe families : the church was restored in 1876
-archdeaconry of Bodmin and diocese of Trnro. The church by the 9th Duke of Bedford x.G. at a cost of over £3,000: in
<>f St. Paternus is an ancient edifice in the Norman and 188o an organ was erected, at a cost of £233, and in r89o a
later styles, consisting of chancel with north aisle, separated reredos and altar table of carved oak, painted and gilt, and
from it by an arcade of two arches, clerestoried nave, north executed by the present vicar, was also added: the church
aisle with arcade of four arches and south aisle with arcade affords r8o sittings. The register dates from the year 1653.
<>f five arches, north and south porches and an embattled The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £142, average

western tower, with pinnacles, and containing 5 bells, all £w6, gross yearly value £226, including 159 acres of glebe,

recast by John Pennington and Co. in 1779 : the three piers with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Bedford, and held
of the north aisle of the nave are Norman work, with since r867 by the Rev. Thomas Braithwaite Trentham B.A.

Pointed arches, over which are Early English clerestory win- of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and rural dean of Trigg
dows: tbe1-e are the remains of an original Norman cruci- Major. There is a Wesleyan chapel in the village and another
form chur<·h: the chancel is Early English with inserted at Hrassacot; Bible Christian chapels at Navarino and at
]'erp<ndicu1ar wiQd.ows: the tower and north porch are ~axworthy, ancl a Free Methodist chapel at Copthorne.
of the 14th century : the chancel aisle, the south aisle of the fhere are charities of ros. a year for a sermon to be preached

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. • PILTON• 385

on New Year's day, and ros. for the poor. The Duke of office is at Launceston & telegraph at Egloskerry railway
Bedford, who is lord of the manor, Richard Hawke esq. and station. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
Mr. John Reed are the principal landowners. The soil is
clayey; subsoil, clay and slate rock. The chief crop is oats A School Board of 5 members was formed January 24, 1873 ;
Richard Chubb, Langdon, Werrington, clerk to the board
and there is some pasture. The area is 7, 500 acres ; rate- & school attendance otlicer

able value, £4,841, and the population in 1891 was 726. Board School (mixed), erected in 1877, for 170 children ;
Sexton, Thomas Wilcocks. average attendance, 83; Amos Fry, master ; the former
National school is now used as a vestry room & sunday
PosT 0FFICE.-Samuel Uglow, sub-postmaster. Letters school
from Egloskerry R.S.O. arrive at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched
at 3·45 p. m. week days only. The nearest money order

Hawke Richard, Billacot Dinnis Richard, farmer, Copthorne Parsons Richard, farmer, Brassacot

Reed John, Weston Dinnis Samuel, farmer, Clubworthy Pellow Selina Grace (Miss), day school,

Trentbam Rev. Thomas Braithwaite DinnisThos.frmr.&landownr.Clubwrthy Troswell

B.A. [vicar & rural dean], Vicarage Dinnis Thomas, farmer, Godcot Reed Chas. C.E.A. farmer, Kersworthy

COMMERCIAL. EastcottThomasiue(Mrs.),frmr Penruse Reed Nathaniel, farmer, Weston

BakerSaml.farmer & landownr.Penruse Ellacott John, blacksmith, Caudworthy SandercockWm.blacksmith,Clubworthy

BanburySaml.frmr.&landownr.Kilford Ellacott John, wheelwright Smale John, farmer, Lower Brassacot

Box Daniel, farmer, Brassacot Fry Lewis, farmer, Youngcot Spry G~orge, farmer, Troswell

Bray George, farmer, Widdacot Gilbert Marjery (Mrs.), shopkeeper Stenlake Albert, farmer, I<'orda

Bray Lewis Braund, farmer & land- Gubbin Francis, farmer & landowner, Symons Edward, farmer, Wimsdon

owner, Penruse Trillacot Symons John, farmer, Winnacot

Rurden Thomas, farmer, Maxworthy Gubbin I<'rancis Nathaniel Reed, farmer, Symons William, farmer, .Brassacot

Cobbledick James, shoe maker ·waterloo l'hom:ts William, farmer, Hellescot

Cobbledick William, farmer, Webworthy Hawke Richard, jun. farmer & land- Tippett William, farmer, B1rton

Colwill Samuel, farmer, Tascot owner, Bo:lg,lte Uglow Emanuel, farmer, Collacot

Colwill William, farmer, Nescot Hortop Richard, farmer, S~enhill Uglow Francis, farmer & landowner,

Cdwill William Andrew Hicks, farmer Hutchins D,miel, farmer, Helscot Billacot

& landowner, Whitely Hutchings John, farmer, Heals Uglow John, farmer, Lower Troswell

Cory John, farmer, Copthorne Jones Frederick, farmer, Glebe farm Uglow Saml.butcher&farmer,Post office

Cory Thomas, carpenter, Caudworthy Jones William, farmer, Whitely Uglow Thom1.sine (Mrs.), farmer,

Cotton Gilbert Knill (Mrs.), farmer, Kneebone Eri, farmer, Troswell Lower Troswell

Troswell Kneebone George, farmer, "'hitely Vanstone James, farmer, Bowls bridge

Danning William,shoe maker&registrar VJ.kem1.n Henry, blacksmith Veale William, farmer, Trillacot ·

of births & deaths, North Petherwin Martin Samuel, farmer, Slirldon Veale William Henry, farmer & butcher,

district, L<mnceston union, Copthorne Mountjoy William, farmer, Maxworthy Maxworthy cross

Dinner James, mason, Helscot Palmer James, farmer, Pattacot Venton Philip, estate carpenter, Helscot

Dinnis George, farmer, Troswell Palmer John Henry, farmer, Pattacot Werren Edmund, farmer, Kennacot

Dinnis Jn. farmr. & Jandownr. Helscot Parnell Henry, wheelwright, La.ngdon Wickett Samuel, shoe maker

PETROCKSTOWE (or STow ST. PETROCK) is a parish eluding 45 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Lord

and village, on the road from Hatherleigh to Torrington, 7i Clinton, and held since 1884 by the Rev. Ernest Waiter
miles south-by-east from Torrington terminal station of a Field M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford. 'fhere is a chapel for
branch of the London and South Western railway and 4 Wesleyans. The ancient manor house was burnt down
north-north west from Hatherleigh, and in the Northern many years ago, and the present handsome mansion, called
division of the county, Shebbear hundred, Torrington petty "Heauton Satchville," which stands in the adjoining parish
sessional division, union and county court district, rural of Huish, is the seat of Lord Cfinton M. A., J.P.; the old houss
deanery of Torrington, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and was for some time the seat pf the Rolles and the Earls of
diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Petrock is a building Oxford. Lord Glinton, who is lord of the manor, and
of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, Samuel Bonifant esq. are chief landowners. The soil is dun
nave of three bays, aisle3, south porch and an em- land; the subsoil IS clay. The chief crops 'are wheat,

battled western tower with pinnacles, ccntaining 5 bells: barley, oats and roots. The acreage is4,ogo, including 210

there are several monuments to the Rolle and other families, acres of woodland, rg6 acres of open marsh and the deer
including a brass to Henry, 4th son of George Rolle esq. of park of Heanton Sackville, 136 acres; rateable value,£2,797 ;
Stevenstone, and his wife, Margaret (Yeo), ol,. 1591, with the population in 1891 was 463.
kneeling effigies of both and of their ten sons and nine daugh- Parish Clerk, Joseph Luxton.

ters, shields of arms and inscriptions: the carved oak PosT 0FFICE.-William Trace, sub-postmaster. Letters by

reredos, erected in r886, i!3 a memorial: in r888 a window mail cart through Beaford R.S.O. North Devon; received

was placed to Mr. Moase, formerly of Petro0kstowe, who at 8.15 a ..m.; dniesapraetscthme do naety5o. 1r0d p.m. i no delivery on
sundays. The er office is at Merton &
died in America, and there is another erected in 1891 to
Louis Woollcombe M. A, rector, r845-83, d. 1889! the church telegraph office is at Hatherleigh
was entirely rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in r879
at a cost of upwards of £ 2,000, and in 1s87 the tower was National School (mixed), built by Lord Clinton in 1842, at a
re-roofed and repaired throughout,under the direction of Mr.
cost of about £7oo, for ro6 children; average attend.ance,
Hooper, of Hatherleigh : the church has 2 50 sittings: the sr; William Britton Edwards, master & Mrs. Isabella
Edwards, sowing mistress
churchyard was laid out, fenced and planted in 1887. The

register dates from the year 1597. The living is a rectory, CARRIERS.-John Whitlock, to Torrington, wed. & sat.

average tithe rent-charge £rgJ, net yearly value £2oo, in- William Johns, to Torrington, wed. & sat.

Field Rev. Ernest Waiter M. A. Rectory Ford John, farmer, Thorns 1Pickard :Mary (Mrs.) & Son, farmet

Mills John, Wood Turn Hatherley Arthur & Sons, carpenters & · Allisland

wheelwrights, Ash Pike William, farmer, South hill

COMMERCIAL. Hockin Francis, farmer, Zeal Quance Tlwmas, farmer, Hall

Adams George & Charles, tanners & Hunkin James, farmer, W<lodhouse Ritlge Robert, blacksmith

farmers, Quarry hill Hunkin William, brick & tile maker, Saunders John, farmer, Little Marland

Ashton William, tailor .Berry moor Sillifant Elizabeth (Mrs.)~ shopkeeper

BlackmoreWm.farmr.Brightmanshayes Johns William, carrier Slade Thomas, farmer, Chilsdon

Brooks Thomas, farmer, Town farm Langdon Edwin, auationeer &; valuer & Squance James,farmer, HeantonBarton

Bussell John, farmer, Ash farm agent for Westminster Fire, Rose cot Steer Richard, farmer, Butstone

Chambers Richard, farmer, Berry Leonard John, farmer, Netherton Tanton John, farmer, North town

Cleverdon Thomas, farmer. Westacott LeonardSaml.farmer, Denfords l::lincock Trace Edwin, insurance agent

Davey John, farmer, Stockhey Letheren George, butcher Trace Wm. boot & shoe ma. Post office

Dufty Benj. & Jn. farmers, Hele Barton L~·ne Thomas, boot & shoe maker Tucker Titus, wheelwright

Dufty John, nurseryman, Hele Barton Mills William, farmer, Foxhill Ward Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Hallwood

Edwards Ellen (Mrs.), baker & shopkpr Moore Francis, farmer, Hook 1 "\Vhitlock John, carrier, Hall

ST. PErRox, DARTMouTn.

PET roN, see BAMPTON.

PEYHEMBURY, see PAYHBMBURY.

PILTON is a parish and \'illage, partly included in the way, Boo feet in length, in the North Western division of the

municipal borough of Barns~aple, and separated from Barn- county, Braunton hundred and petty sessional division.
staple by the river Yeo, over which is a bridge and cause- Barnstaple U'Ilion and county court district, rural deanery

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386 PIT.TON. • DEVONSHIRE. [KELLY7S

•
and archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The cell to the Abbey of Malmsbury; at the Dissolution there

clmrch of St. Margaret, anciently the church of the Benedic- were three monks, and revenues estimated at £6. Messrs.

tine priory here, is a building of stone, consisting of chancel, J. E. Baylis & Co.'s glove manufactory, employing about 150

nave (part of the ancient priory church), aisles, south hands, and the reservoir of the Barnstaple Water Works are

porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, con- in this parish. Pilton House, the property of Charles Henry

taining a clock and a fine peal of 8 bells, dating from 1712 Basset esq. J.P. and in the occupation of Major-General

to r853: from an inscription over the porch it appears that Hugh Chichester R.A.,.J.P. is a substantial modern building;

a large portion of the tower was pulled down during the Upcot, the residence of Sir William Robert Williams bart.D.L.

Civil War of r646, and that it was restored in r6g6. The J.P. commands a fine view of the .surrounding country. The

church contains a handsomely carved stone pulpit, with an Hon. Mark G.· Kerr RoUe D.L., J.P. of Bicton, is lord of the

arm attached to it holding a stand for an hour-glass; in the manor and chief landowner. The soil is very rich on the

church is a flat stone with an inscription in old English hill slopes, and gravel with clay in the valleys; subsoil,

characters to Richard Chichester esq. ob. 24 Dec. 1498, and slate. The area is 1,6u acres ; rateable value, ,£8,530;

in the south chapel is a large and massive tomb to Sir John the population in 1891 was 2,172.

Chichester kt. ob. 30 Nov. 1569, and Gertrude (Courtenay), Parish Clerk, George Wheeler Thomas.

his wife, ob. 3oth Ap. rs66: on the north side of the chan- PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
cel is an altar tomb, with effigies to Sir Robert Chichester John Davy Thomas, sub-postmaster. Letters through
K.B. ob. 1627 : there are also brass inscriptions to Alexander
Barnstaple, received at 7.30 & n a.m. & 4 p.m. ; dis-
Bret, ob. 14th July, 1536, and Robert Bret, ob. 12th Sept. patched at 10 a.m. 2. xo & 6.35 p.m. ; sundays at 8.45
154o,and to Thomas Salmon, d. r8x8: there is a finely car- a.m. Barnstaple is the nearest telegraph office
ved chancel screen and an elaborate oak screen between the
chancel and south chapel : the ancient octagonal font has a WALL LETTER Box, Bellair, cleared Io a.m. 1.50 & 6.40
canopied cover of carved oak : the chancel retains a piscina p.m. week days only. Sunday at 8.45 a. m

and in the west wall of the nave is an aumbry : the porch PosT OFFICE, Bradiford.-John Ridd, sub-postmaster.

has an ancient stoup : there are 350 sittings. The registers Letters through Barnstaple, received at 7 a.m. 12 noon &

date from the year 1569. The living is a vicarage, rent- 5·I5 p.m. ; cleared at 9·55 a. m. 1.45 & 6.30 p.m.; Sun-

charge £19, net yearly value £1so, with residence, in the days, cleared at S.rs a.m. Pilton is the nearest money

gift of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and held since 1892 order office & Barnstaple the nearest telegraph office.

by the Rev. William Henry Morris Bagley H.A. of Jesus Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

College, Cambridge. There are several almshouses, and National School (mixed & infants), erected in r84o, for 204

charities producing about £r6o yearly. Here was anciently children ; average attendance, 102 boys & girls & 88 in-

a Benedictine Priory, which in 1261 and previously was a fants; William Jones Lord, master; Miss Beer, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Sanders Samuel German Lambert, shopkeeper

BagleyRev.Wm.Hy.MorrisH.A.Vicarage Seldon Arthur Fredk. Rawleigh house Gilbert William Richd, house decorator

Basset Charles Henry .J.P. Westaway; Smith Rev. Frank [Baptist], Bradiford Goss Henry, dairyman

& Watermouth castle, nr. Ilfracombe Smith Mrs Goss William, farmer

Baylis Mrs. Bellair Smyth William, Pilton bridge Hancock Job~ Nicholas, Chichester

Britton Humphrey Spurway Henry, Bradiford Arms P.H. & builder

Brown George, Roborough house Thomas Miss • Harding James, tailor •

Bryan Miss Thomson Mrs. Pilton cottage Harding William, Reform inn

Butcher Robert Holt, Littabourne Tomkins James Harris Henry, coal dealer

Chichester Major-Gen. Hugh R.A., J.P. Turner William Coham, Littabourne Helyer Ishmael, New inn

Pilton house Wallace Mrs Huxtable Elizabeth (Mrs.), dairyman

Crook Francis, Rose hill Williams Sir William Robert hart. D.L., Huxtable John, baker & shopkeeper

Davey George, Plaistow house .J.P. Upcot Ireland William & Co. nurserymen,

Dennis Thomas John .J.P. Bradiford ho COMMERCIAL. • Pilton nursery ••
DesboroughEdwd. Brandram,Littabrne Jordan Patrick, woolstapler
Knill George Henry, baker
Dudgeon The Misses · Abbott Benjamin, grocer

Edger Edward Abbott Felix, dairyman Knill John, grocer

Edwards Mrs Baylis J. E. & Co. glove manufacturers Lauder Alexander, lime mer.Pottington

Fisher Misses, Longstone house Berry James, farmer, Tutshill Lee Charles, butcher

Garnish George . Berry Samuel, artificial manure mer- Manning !<'rank .Bernard, physician &

Gould William, Pilton abbey chant, Pilton quay surgeon, Modena cottage

Gribble Miss Boden Henry, chemist & druggist Mountjoy & Hancock, wood turners &

Hall Townshend Monckton F.G.s. Or- Chugg & Segar, furriers . saw mills
, Codd Francis J. nurseryman, Rawleigh Pugsley William, grocer
chard house nursen•es

Harding Mrs. J ames, Bevan house Ridd John, shopkeeper, & post office,

Hibbert Col. Hugh Robert D.L., .J.P. Copp John, stone mason & sexton Bradiford

Broadgate house Cudmore Thomas, miller, Rawleigh Robins Francis, baker

Joce William Burdon Day Emma. (Miss), sempstress Rottenberry Jn. Unicorn coffee tavern
Lemon John Rock • Densem Thomas George Ellis, miller, Spurway Henry, fellmonger

Manning Frank Bernard, Modena cot Lion mills, Bradiford Tanner William, harness maker

Munro Miss, Broadgate villa Dyer Isaac Edward, Windsor hotel Thomas George Wheeler, builder

Parsons Miss Dymond Wm. boot & shoe ma.Bradiford Thomas John Davy, builder,undertaker

Pearce Howard Drake, Bradiford · Fisher Wm. farmer, Pottingdon Barton lie; assistant overseer, Post office

Piggot William Edwin, Willesden ho Furze William, basket maker, Bradiford Tborne Samuel, blacksmith, Bradiford

Porter William Garnish & Lemon, millwrights & ma- Thorne William, tailor

Reavell Arthur John chine manufacturers, Pilton works •

PINHOE is a pleasant village and parish, with a station the vicar are ·owners of the rectorial tithes. There is a

on the main line of the London and South Western railway, Mission Church in connection with the parish church, and a
2! miles north-east from Exeter and x68 from London. in Baptist chapel erected in 1887. In 1655• £175, given by
the North Eastern division of the county, hundred and Grace Bampfield and others, was laid out in the purchase of
petty sessional division of Wonford, union of St. 'fhomas, a house and 13 acres of land at Broadclyst, now let for about
county court district of Exeter, rural deanery of Ayles- 30- guineas yearly; five-ninths of the rent of this estate
beare and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The church belong to the poor of Pinhoe, and the rest to the poor of
of St. Michael is an ancient edifice of stone, in the Early Stoke Canon and Thorverton parishes. 'fhe poor of Pinhoe

Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north also hare £4 zos. yearly, being the rent of two acres, left by

aisle, sonth porch and an embattled western tower, contain· Humphrey Wilcocks in x686, and £6 6s. 8d. from £230 8s.
ing 4 bella: the first bears a legend in Latin, the two next £2! per Cent. Consols, purchased with £2oo left by John
are respectively dated 1691 and 1655: and the tenor has the Land in 1817; they have also two yearly rent-charges for
admonition u Pres not thy self:" the nave and chancel are eciucational purposes, viz. £1 (and 3os. a year for bread),

separated by a fine carved oak screen, and there is also a left by John Sanders in 17:20 and £2 left by Sir John Elwill.

highly enriched wood pulpit: the church was thoroughly John Reynolds or Rainolds D. D. a learned divine and
restored in 1-88o, at a cost"of £1,6oo, and will seat 200 per- eminent controversial writer, was born here about 1550;
sons: in the churchyard, opposite the porch; is· a large stone he was sometime Dean of Lincoln and subsequently presi-
cross on a pedestal. The register dates from the year 1561. dent of Corpus Christi college, Oxford, and having greatly
The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £2o1, net distinguished himself at the Hampton Court Conference in
yearly income :[,220, with xi acres of glebe and residence, in 1603, was selected by King James with other learned men
the gift of the Bishop of Exeter, and held since 1863 by the of his time to translate the scriptures from the original
Rev. Frederick William Pulling B. A. of Corpus Christi col- Hebrew into the English language; he died 21st May, 16o7.
lege, Cambridge. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners and In 1001 King Ethelred was defeated here with grea1i

DIRECTORY.) DEVONSHIRE. I'LY.MCUTH. 387

slaughter by the Danes, who burnt Pinhoe, Broadclyst and chief landowners. The soil is various ; subsoil, red sand·

other neighbouring villages. In remembrance of this event, a stone and clay. The chief crops are cereals and grass. The

pension of a mark (rgs-4d.) a year is still received by the vicar area is 1,735 acres; rateable value, £s,ooo; the population

of the parish. On Beacon Hill, a commanding spot near the in r8gr 'Was 76r.

church, are several houses. The manor was part of the Parish Clerk, Thomas Rogers.

royal demesne, and is inscribed in Domesday Book as con- PdsT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

taining the farms of Monkerton, Pinpound, Langaton, Har- Richard Ireland, sub-postmaster. Letters from Exeter

rington, and Wootton; it was successively held by the De received at 7.12 a.m. & 4.40 p.m.; dispatched at :rz.r5

Vallibus, Multon, Strech, Cheney, Walgrove, Elwill, and & n.so a. m. & 7.30 p.m

<>ther families. Lord Poltimore P.c., D.L., J.P. who is lord Exeter Sanitorium, Mrs. Louisa Manley, matron

()f the manor, Sir I<'rederick Hervey-Bathurst bart. of Cla- National School (mixed), erected in :r886, for 146 children;

rendon Park, Salisbury ; Frederick William Arundel Sanders average attendance, 121 ; Miss Emily Savage, mistress

esq. Henry Wilcoc:ks esq. and Robert Dunsford esq. are the Railway Station, John Hutchings, station master ,

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. · Tremlett Miss, 6 Playmoor villas Madge John, farmer, Pinbrook farm

Baker Albert M. D. The Laurels Turner William Martyn Thomas, farmer, Harrington

Brooke William Jas. 4 Playmoor villas Waller William, Pilton house Maunder Jas. nurseryman, Blackball

Cheales Miss, Partney cottage Walrond Arthur Melville Hood, Red- ~mond Ellen (Miss), draper

Davies Gordon, Water Park house hayes Parkhouse Chas. dairyman, Arnsbycot

Dunsford Robert, Pinc:ourt Wilcocks Henry, Gipsy hill Payne John, builder

Ferrigi Charles Wm. 8 Playmoor villas WilliamsLt. Hugh BruceR.E.Arnsby ho Poltimore (The) Patent Brick & Tile

Giffard Mrs. The Cottage Woodman William, Pine cottage Works (I. & W. I. Saunders, proprs)

Hallowell-Carew Robt. Geo. Beacon hill Rogers Thomas, blacksmith

Holland George, 5 Playmoor villas COMMERCIAL. Rogers Thomas Henry, baker

Land Sebastian Hy. 7 Playmoor yillas Auton Henry, draper SandersFk.Wm.ArundeJ,fmr.&landwnr

Luget Francis, Park villa Bambury John, butcher Snell Henry, farmer, Ash farm

Maunder James Innes, Playmoor Dunsford Robt. farmer, Pincourt farm Stark Jessie (Miss), dress maker

Norman James John, Fairfield Edwards James, Hearts of Oak P.H Stile William, boot maker

Norris Mrs. Beacon Downes Elworthy Daniel, farmer Surridge William Henry, tailor ·

Pomeroy Frank Hughes Exeter Sanitorium (Mrs. Louisa Man- Tapley Thomas, builder, Yard's farm

Pulling Rev. Fredk. Wm. B.A. Vicarage ley, matron) Tapley William, carpenter

Sanders Frederick William Arundel Finning John, builder & assistant over- Taylor John, nurseryman

Sanders John, Fern cottage seer, Monkton house Turner John, farmer

SlessorFredk.Geo.Monkerton,Manorho Hartnell John, Poltimore Arms P.li Viney Francis, head gardener to Mrs.

Speke Benjamin Dickinson, Harrington Hawkins Albert, market gardener Norris, of Beacon Downes

Thomas William Taylor, Pleond Hellier John, dairyman Williams Robert, boot maker

'fomes Charles Wm. 2 Playmoor villas Ireland Rd. baker & beer ret. Post office Willis George, farmer, Monkerton

Tooke Miss, Petersfield house Lake Thomas, farmer, Endiang

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PLYMOUTH, STONEHOUSE AND DEVONPORT.

"'THE THREE TOWNS."

THESE TowNs occupy a site, about 3! miles in length, on the Dockyard, and to the north lies the Keyham Steam yard,

the shores of the Hamoaze and Plymouth Sound, between the Morice 'fown distri<·t, and the pleasant suburb of Stoke,

the estuaries of the Tamar and Plym, and form in appearance while from out t.he expanse of houses and barracks rises

one large town : the streets of the two former are mutually boldly the tall Devonport column and the spires of various

.continuous, and both are united to Devonport and its churches. Far away to the westward is Hamoaze, the

suburbs by bridges across the Stonehouse creek. From the famous estuary of the Tamar, Lynher and Tavy, a splendid

ramparts of the Citadel of Plymouth, situated at the eastern land-locked haven, where the great ships of the Royal Navy

end of the Hoe, commanding views of the whole, with the can ride safely at anchor at all states of the tide, and turn-

surrounding country and the harbour, may be obtained; to ing southward the eye ranges over the peninsula of the

the east, across the Cattewater, the estuary of the Plym, is Cornish shore, which includes the beautiful park of Mount

the promontory of Mount Batten, with its round embattled Edgcumbe; next the far-famed Plymouth Sound, with St.

tower, a relic of the siege of 1623, and beyond it. the high Nicholas' or Drake's Island, now strongly fortified ; and in

grounds of Plymstock, Hooe, Staddon and Bovisand, and the distance, and directly fronting the town, is the Break..

the Mewstone rock : the Cattewater itself is a harbour water, the seaward boundary of the anchorage, and the

sufficiently large to hold 1,000 vessels, and the northern Eddystone Iightbouset 1:4 miles south-west, may be seen in

portion of this estuary above the bridge, called " the Laira," clear weather. Being the important Government station it

has the aspect of a fine lake. Below the Citadel is the is, the whole is strongly fortified both on the sea front and

Barbicau, an ancient portion of the harbour, and Sutton on sites some two mi]es inland.

Pool; here was the old trading qua-r:ter, and the neighbour- 'fhe neighbouring country is very attractive, and includes

ing waters are still alive with merchant shipping and fishing a great variety of hill and dale, tor and ravine, wood and

craft. To the north stretches the town, the towers of St. water, besides many charms peculiar to the locality. Being

Andrew's church and the Municipal buildings, and the spire within easy distance of an important mining district, near

of Charles church, rising conspicuously from the mass of the lovely banks of the river Tamar, the beautiful scenery

houses, beyond the fringe of which, northwards, are seen of Mount. Edgcumbe, and the wonderful Breakwater, aud

the buildings of H.:M. Prison, the Plymouth Cemetery, and close to the extensive Government establishments, it offers

in the far distance the bold outline of Brent Tor. Imme• many objects of interest to the tourist. After a visit to

d1ately west of the Citadel is the Hoe, a noble and historically Mount Edgcumbe, and a stroll to the fine open bay beyond

famous publie promenade, laid out on the summit of a bold Rame Head, charming excursions may be made by steam·

limestone cliff overlooking the Sonnd ; further westward boats up the Tamar and it8 tributary, the Tavy; the former

lies the harbour of Millbay and the Great Western Docks, is crossed at Saltash by the Royal Albert bridge M the

on the high ground above which stand the extensive build- Cornwall railway; one of Brunei's masterpieces of engineer-

ings of the Royal Naval Hospital : beyond these, on the ing ; above Salta11h the scenery of the winding river is varied

western bank of Stonehouse lake, may be notieed the build· and ]ovely in the extreme, and on its banks are Pentillie

ings and grounds of the Royal Military Hospital, and the Castle, Cothele, a 15th century mansion of the Edgcumbes,

tower of the old church of Stoke Damerel rising behind with a small votive chapel by the river side, and the grand

them : the peninsula south-west; of Millbay is seen to be cliffs of Morwell 300 fee$ in height; the Tavy brings the

wholly covered by the great establishment· known as the tourist to the parks and mansions of Warleigh and Maristow,

Royal William Victualling Yard, between which and 8tone• the interesting churches 'Of Beer Ferrars and Tamerton

house bridge stand out the church of St. Paul, the Royal Foliot, the ruins of Buckland Abbey. and the quiet town of

Marine barracks and St. George's church, almost next the Tavistock, 15 miles by rail, Temains of the abbey of which

M-idge ; .on the other side of the pool lies Devonport, en· still exist' the Plym; not less attractive, flows through the

compassed by the fortificatious and open space, aulled '' the h-omantioscenery of the Bickleigh Valley, apnldunf.r~onmg Sbaugh
Lines;" the eastern quarter of the town includes the !bridge to Cadworthy, is a foaming-torrent through

eminenee and grounds of Mount Wise, the western portion, la "ild -and rock-strewn gorge ; and here affording the

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388 PLYMOUTH. DEVONSHIRE. [KELLY'S

strongest contrast to the desolate aspect of its source in the victory of Poictiers. The town was at length burnt by f.h~

sullen waters of Cranmere Pool, 2,ooo feet above the sea French in 1377, plundered by them in 1400, and again.

level. plundered and burnt in 1403 by a host of Bretons under the-

The three towns are served both by the Great Western Sieur de Chaste}, when six hundred houses are said to have

and the London and South Western railways: each town been destroyed : after an interval of nearly 30 years, the.

maintains its own poor, and all are in the Western division townsmen obtained, among other privileges, the grant of a.

of the county, Roborough hundred and petty sessional toll on all merchandise so as to enable them to build walls

division, East Stonehouse county court district, rural deanery and towers and to fortify the town. In 1470 the Duke of

of the Three Towns, archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Clarence, with the Earls of Pembroke, Warwick and Oxford,.

Exeter. landed here with the object of enlisting potmlar sympathy

Plymouth,oneof the largestmaritime towns in England, for the cause of Henry VI. and in 1471;·2 Margaret of Anjo11
came here just previous to the disastrous conflict at Tewkes-
is beautifully situated in a valley at the mouth of the river bury; Catherine of Arragon, the affianced wife of Prince
Plym, from which it derives its name, and on the shore of a Artbur, but eventually of Henry VIII. arrivei here from
capacious bay in the estuary of the Plym and Tamar, known Spain in rsor and was sumptuously entertained.
as Plymouth Sound, which is protected by the great break-
water. The town is distant from London by road, 216 miles; In 1512 an Act of Parliament was passed for fortifying·
Plymouth and other seaport towns in the west. Leland,
by London and South Western railwa.y, 230 miles; by Great who visited it in the reign of Henry VIII. says, "the mouth
of the Gulph, wL.:~re the shippers of Plymouth lyith, is
Western rajlway, 246£ mi1es; 44 from Exeter, 74i south waullid on ecbe side and chained over in tyme of necessi tie,,,.
from Barnstaple, 83~ south from Bideford, 52 south-west
from Crediton, 15~ south from Tavistock, 37 south-west Westcote s::tys that the island of St. Nicholas (now Drake"s
from Tcignmouth, So from Penzance, 54 from Truro, 129 Island) was a place of refuge to divers gentlemen in the
from Bristol, 186 from Manchester, 197 from Liverpool, and insurrections of 1549, when it seems that the insurgents.
141 from Bath. plundered and set fire to Plymouth, for he observes that.
the evidences of the borough were burnt. In 1572 Si:!"'
Plymouth is a county, municipal and parliamentary Franci'> Drake sailed from this port on his expedition t()
borough, but the area of the latter is greater than that of Nombre de Dios, South America, and returning in 1573,
the municipal, since that does not include the populous anchored on the 9th Aug. in the Sound; in 1582 he was
suburb of Mannamead, which is governed by the Compton chosen mayor of Plymouth, and to him the town is indebted
for its splendid supply of water, a circumstance commemo-
Gifford Local Board, formed July 30, 1881, independently
of the Town Council.

MUNICIPAL CONTROL.-There were mayors (p1•tepositi) rated at the annual dinners of the Corporation by the toast,
here as early as 1298, but the town was not regularly incor- "May the descendants of him who gave us water neve:l"'
porated till 1439-40, the effect of the Act of Parliament being want wine." In 1579, Sept. 26, he again returned to Ply-
to free the town from its dependence on the priory of Plymp- mouth after another successful cruise, and after much other
ton, and it thereupon assumed the name of " the Kinge's service sailed in Aug, 1595, with Hawkins, on the disastrou~
towne of Plymothe." Under the Municipal Reform Act of expedition which caused his death. From Plymouth als()
1835 the Corporation was re-modelled, and now consists of Sir Humpbrey Gilbert embarked in 1583, on his ill-fated.
a mayor, twelve aldermen, thirty-six councillors, a recorder,
town clerk, chamberlain and other officers. The borough voyage to Newfoundland. Amongst other circumstances
is divided for municipal purposes into six wards, viz. which render this town historically famous is its connection
Drakes, Vintry, Frankfort, Charles, Sutton and St. Andrew'~'<. with the Spanish Armada, which appeared off Plymouth
The Corporation also acts as the Ul'ban Sanitary Authority; about 12 o'clock at noon on July 2oth, I 588, under the
and has 'ha sole con.trol o( th,e police and of ~he endQwed qommand of the Duke of Medina Sidona, who, oonfident of
Grammar School. Under the provisions of Local Govern- victory, is said to have selected. Mount Edgcumba for his
ment Act, 1888, Plymouth has been <;onstituted a county of future residence. The port of Plymouth equipped a~ainst
itself, the Corporation acting as the County Council for cer-
tain purposes de~ned by th ~ Act. The borough has a this formidable fleet 7 ships and I fl.y boat, being a greater
commission of the peace and a separate court of quartE>r number than was furnished by any port except London, and
sess1• ons, a total fleet of 190 ships, 34 only of which belonged to th~
Queen, were collected here to oppose the invader. Plymouth
The caFJ of the streets and lighting, paving and sewering was also the grand rendezvous of the fleet previous to the
was formerly vested in commissioners empowered by an Act successful expedition to Cadiz, in 1596, when 150 sail as-
sembled in this port, the land forces being mustered and
of Parliament of the 5th of George IV. but the functions trained every day by their officers ; and the united forces
discharged by them were superseded by the application to ~t sail on 3rd June, 1596. Plymouth again was one of the

the borough of the Public Health .Acts of 1848 and 1875, 11 centres of activity in the projects for colomzing North

and 12 Vict. c. 63, and 38 and 39 Vict. c. 55, and by the America ; and a " Plymouth Company" was incorporated
Local Government Act, 1858 (21 and 22 Vict. c. 98), con- for this purpose by James I. .and on 6 Sep. 162o, the Pilgrim
firmed as regards Plymonth by 24 and 25 Vict. c 128, 26 Fa.tl;lers set sail in the "Mayfl.ower" from Plymouth Sonnd.
and 27 Vict. c. 64, and 28 and 29 Vict. c. 108 ; under these Charles I. visited the town in 1625, and during the whole
Acts the town council is constituted the Urban Sanitary period of the civil war it was in the hands of the Parliament,
Authority, with a clerk, a surveyor and other officers, and who retained it even at a time when every other portion of
great improvements have been effected. The borough is the west of England was in possession of the Royal forces.
s11pplied with water from Dartmoor and o;r:iginally brought
Soon after the commencement of the war, the Earl of Ruth-
into the town by Sir Francis Drake. , ven was appointed governor, and Sir .Alexander Carew bad
the command of the fort and the island of St. Nicholas.
The town, under the name of Sutton, sent members to Various attempts were made by the Royalists to gain
possession of this important post. Sir Ralph Hopton ap-
Parliament in the reign of Edward I. ; but there was an in- peared before it in the month of December, 1642, but w~ts

termission from the reign uf Edward Il. to that of Henry

VI. ; i~ now sends two members to Parliament.

HISTORY. Plymouth, which formerly belonged to the driven from his quarters by the Earl of Stamford: in th&

priory of Plympton, is in Domesday called '' Sutton '' (i.e. the following September~ Sir Alexander Carew, being convicted
South Town),and was subsequently divided into Button Prior, of a design to betray his trust, was sent a prisoner to Lon-

part of the hamlet of Sutton Valletort, and the tithing of don, and suffered death on Tower Hill in 1644. About the

Sutton Ralph; but it had been occasionally called Plymouth as beginning of September, 1643, Colonel Digby was sent with

early as the year :1383,although this name did not supplant the a. considerable force of horse and foot to blockade it, and

older one till about 1439; Leland, who had the authority pro- fixing his bead quarters at Plymstock, established batteries

bably from some monastic record, says that in the reign of at Oreston and Mount Batten and a guard at Hooe ; early

Henry II. this town was "a mene thing as an inhabitation in October an attack was made on Mount Stamford, but the

for fishars." Before the year 1253, it had grown to be of so guard at Hooe was defeated with much loss on the 8th by a

much importance that a market was- established in it, and sortie from the garrison, about which time Prince Maurice,

in 1287 a fleet of 325 vessels sailed from hence for Guienne. having captured Dartmouth, advanced with his whole army

The petition of 1411 describes Plymouth as a great port for to besiege Plymouth1 his head quarters being at Widey
the harbour of vessels, and speaks of the town as defence• House, and his army stationed at Plympton, Plymstook.

less, adding that it had been frequently destroyed by the Cawsand, Egg Buckland, and Tamerton : on the 3rd

enemy iu the time of war. In :1338 the :French attacked December the Royalists captured a fort at Lory Point, but

Plymouth and attempted to burn it, but the place was re- were repulsed by the garrison in a sally, and the fort was

lieved and the enemy put to flight with great loss by Hugb retaken : on the x8th of the same month an attempt was

Courtenay, Earl of Devon: in 1346 the town furnished ships made to storm the town ; the attacking force appears t()

and men for the siege of Calais. In 1350, the French, after ·have been repulsed with great loss, and the siege was raised

burning Teignmouthf again attempted the destruction of on the 25th: amongst the Devonshire officers engaged in

Plymouth, but finding it then well defended, they contented the siege were the Earl of Marlborough, Sir Thomas Hele,

themselves witb devastating the farms and fair places in the Sir Edmund Fortescue and Sir P. Courtenay. About the

neighbourhood, and in 1355, Ed ward the Black Prince em- middle of April, 1644, Sir Richard Grenville advanced with

barked here on the expedition which ended in the great his forces towards Plymouth, when Colonel Martin, then

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DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. PLYMOUTH. 389

go"'ernor of the town, marching out with the greater part of tides ships drawing 24 feet of water. The Graving Dock
th.e garrison, defeated him at St. Budeaux, and took two measures 468 feet in length and 92 feet in width, the de~th

campanies prisoners. Prince Maurice again attempted the of water being the same as in the Floating Basin, and the

capture of Plymouth, but not succeeding in his intentions, entrance is 8o feet wide. The wharves and warehouses are

left Sir Richard Grenville with his forces to blockade the of a very commodious kind and all the quavs are connected

town. After the surrender of the army in Cornwall the king by rail with the line of the Great Western Railway Company,

.came before Plymouth in person on the gth September, to whom the docks, under special Parliamentary enactment,

1644, attended by Prince Manrice, and occupied Widey now belong. Passengers, mails and specie from the West
House, but on the roth of January, r646, the blockade of Indies, Australia, India, China and the Cape of Good Hope

Plymouth was finally abandoned, but the siege had cost the are landed here and forwarded by rail to London and all

inhabitants a loss approximating to 8,ooo lives, a number parts of the kingdom. The number of vessels entering the

.greater than the whole population at that time. In r815 docks averages about 2,000 yearly, with an aggregate

H.M.S. "Bellerophon," with the Emperor Napoleon on register tonnage of soo,ooo.

board, anchored in thB Sound. A considerable trade is carried on with America, Australia

RAILWAYS AND BRIDGES.-Plymouth is served by the and New Zealand, the West Indies, the Mauritius, Africa

• 'Great Western and London and South Western railways; and the Baltic, besides which there is an extensive coasting
the former has its terminus at Millbay, and other stations trade. The Orient line of steamers call at Plymouth fort-
at North Road and Mutley, the two lattp/ being also used nightly to embark and land passengers. Steamers ply

'by the J...mdon and South western railw3y, whose terminus regularly from hence to Southampton, Portsmouth, London,

is at Fri-1ry. By the incorporation of the South Devon Falmouth, Dublin, Belfast, Waterford, Glasgow, Cork,

nilway between Plymouth and Exeter and of the Bristol Liverpool, Jersey and Guernsey, and vessels may always be

and Exeter line, Plymouth has become the western terminus found bound to almost any port in England or Wales. A
!()( the Great Western railway system, and Penzance the ter- number of emigrant passenger ships sail from Plymouth for

minus of t.he West Cornwall line, which has been taken over Australia, New Zealand and British North America. The

from the Cornwall Railway Company, and by means of the principal portion of the coasting vessels come into Sutton

1oop line at North Road, through trains are run from Pad- Pool, as do also the numerous fishing vessels belonging to

• dington to Penzance. and using the port ; but most of the heavy foreign vessels
and the Irish and Channel ste!1mers re5ort to the Great
The London and South Western railway has hitherto Western docks, Millbay.

.reached Plymouth by running from Lidford Junction over a ECCLESIASTICAL.-Plymouth formed a. single parish, with

portion of the Great Western Company's branch line to but one church, until r64o, when it was divided and the
Launceston, but a continuation of the South Western line church of Charles, in contemporary records called the

from Lidford to Devonport and Plymouth was completed church of King Charles the Martyr, was built, and, more

.and opened in June, r8go, and an extension from Friary recently, parishes for ecclesiastical purposes have been

.station to Plymstock was opened in July, r892. formed under Sir R. Peel's (New Parishes) Act, 1843 (6 &

The goods depots of the Great Western railway are at 7 Vie. c. 37), both in the town and its suburbs, on the
Millbay and Sutton Road, and those of the London and north, south-west and eastern sides of the town. Under

South Western railway at Devonport and the Friary (Ply- the name of Sutton, Plymouth was anciently a prebend

mouth). attached to the collegiate church of St. Mary Plympton, and

The L':tira bridge, e!1st of the town, which crosses the its church aft.erwards belonged to the priory there. At the

.estuary of the Plym above the Cattewater, is a fine struc- Reformation, the advowson and the impropriate tithes were
ture of stone and iron, soo feet in length, erected in 1824-7 vested in the corporation of the borough, who sold the same

by John, 1st Earl of Morley; it consists of five elliptical many years ago and the advowson is now vested in the

arches of iron carried on stone piers and abutments, the Church Patronage Society.
<Centre arch being roo feet span and 14~ feet above high- St. Andrew's church, standing in the centre of the town,

water mark; the roadway is 24 feet wide. Other bridges at the corner of Bedford street, and dating. from the 12th

eonnect Plymouth on the west, through Stonehouse, with century, is a fine edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style,

Devonport and Stoke Damerel. erected about I.f.3o, consisting of chancel and nave, aisles,

PoRT LIMITS.-The Port of Plymouth extends from Looe extending the whole length of the building, transepts, north

on the west to the river Yealm on the east, with pilotage to and south porches, and a lofty embattled western tower with

.Start Point; the maritime jurisdiction, however, rests with pinnacles built about 1460, containing a clock with chimes

the mayor and free burgesses of the ancient borough of and 10 bells, 7 of which were cast in 1749 by Thomas Bilbie,
.Saltash, in Cornwall, on the Tamar. By an Order in Council, and one by Mears in r84o; the aisles are separated from the

gazetted 22 May, r885, the limits of the Dockyard Port of nave and chancel by a series of lofty pointed arches springing

Plymouth are defined on the south by a line drawn across from clustered shafts, with curiously carved foliated capitals ;

the entrance of Plymouth Sound, from Penlee point on the the eastern portions of the aisles form chapels, and under
west to Shagstone on the east, including all the waters of the the chancel is a crypt said to communicate with an ancient

Sound and H!l.mOa7.e and Devonport, and comprising all building in the south-west of the church called " The
bays, rivers &c. reached by the tide within, or to the north- Abbey:" the pulpit of Bat.h stone and local marbles wa~

ward of, the above mentioned. erected in 187r, from designs by Mr. J. Hine, the architect

HARBOURS.-The Harbour of Sutton has been consider- of the Guildhall: among the many interesting monuments
ably improved by the erection, under the supervision of the in the church is one to Charles Mathews the elder, the

Button Harbour Improvement Company, of a substantial comedian, who died in Plymouth 28 June, 1835, and

jetty, intended for the use of the Channel Islands steamers ; others to Sir John Skelton kt. Lieutenant Governor of Ply-

the harbour is also connected with the systems both of the mouth, ob. 1672, one by Westmacott, to Dr. Woolcombe, d .
.Great Western and London and South Western railways. 18122; a fine bust by Chantrey to Dr. Zachary Mudge, some

Cattewatter harbour, which is controlled by a distinct time vicar here, ob. 1769: here also was interred the heart

body of commissioners, is connected with the London and of the celebrated admiral, Robert Blake, who died as he was

.South Western railway, branches of which extend almost entering Plymouth Sound, 17th August, 1657: during the
entirely round the quays and wharves, and at the month of restoratiOn two effigies were discovered under the floor of the

the harbour a breakwater has been constructed with a south aisle; one of these, on a slab of Purbeck marble, is &
r-evolving light at the extremity ; the northern portion of male figure in high relief wearing a long gown with straight
the Cattewater is crossed by Laira bridge, and the water of folds; the other, which is much mutilated, appears to be a

the estuary above the bridge is known as'' 'fhe Laira." knight in armour, and exhibits traces of a camail and jupon:

DocKs.-Millbay, situated between the Hoe and Stone- neither effigy has yet been identified: the church was
house, is now the site of the Great Western docks, which are restored in rB74-5 under the direction of the late Sir G.

capable of accommodating vessels of the largest class, and Gilbert Scott F.S.A. at a cost exceeding [7,000: the organ,
there are several piers and jetties. The original pier was originally built by James Parsons in 1737, was altered and

ibuilt under the powers of an Act of Parliament, obtained in enlarged in 1859, improved in 1870, and has recently been
1840 by Thomas Gill esq. but the whole was afterwards entirely rebuilt and further enlarged: the reredos, bishop's

purchased by the Plymouth Great Western Dock Company, chair, lectern, chancel and clergy stalls are all new, and
who obtained an Act for the construction of the docks in there are some good stained windows: the total length of the

1846, and the works were carried out from the designs of church is 184 feet; width, 69 feet, or at the transepts, 95
the late I. K. Brunei esq. under the immediate superin- feet: there are sittings for 1,800 persons. The register
tendence of Mr. Samuel Power. The docks were opened for dates from the year 1581. 'file living is a vicarage, net
trading purposes in 1857, some portions having been corn~ yearly value £sso, with residence, in the gift of the Church
pleted and utilized previously. The floating b!l.sin covers an Patronage Society, ancl held since 1870 by the Ven. Charles
extent of over thirteen acres and is entered by gates So feet Thomas Wilkinson D. D. of Trinity College~ Dublin, arch-

'Wide, and has a depth of water of about22 feet at spring tides. deacon of Totnes, prebendary of Exeter, and surrogate.

Outside of this is t.he open dock or tidal harbour, on the Samuel Aldis esq. in 1741 gave £400, invested in the funds,

western side of which an extension pier has been constructed, for the support of an organist. The population attached to

capabJ,e of accommodating at low water of ordinary spring . the mother parish in 1891 was Io,goo.

390 PLYMOUTH. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY'S

The church of King Charles the Martyr, commonly called dates from the year 1876. The living is a vicarage, net

" Charles' church," is a. building of stone in the Gothic style, yearly value [2oo, in the gift of local trustees, and held since

consisting of chancel, nave, -aisles, south and west porches, 1877 by the Rev. Thomas Henry Howard M. A. of Queens~

and a lofty western t.ower7 with spire, containing 8 bells, of College, Cambridge. The population jn 1891 was 7,827.
which the first, sixth, seventh and eighth were cast by Mears St. Peter's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed March 5~

in 1856, and the rest by Chapman in 1782 ; six had been 1847, from the parishes of St. Andrew, Plymouth, and St.

previously recast in 1709 : the church was erected at various George, Stonehouse; the church, in Wyndham square~

times between 1640 and.-1657, the work, owing to civil corn- occupies the site of a. former church, originally a Dissenting

motions, being several times interrupted : the wooden spire place of worship called ''Eldad chapel," which was eonsecra-

of 1707-8 was replaced in 1766 by one of stone and various ted as a church in October, 1850; the foundation stone of the

alterations were made in 1735 and 1739 ; in !864 the new church, a building of native limestone, in the Early

structure was further altered and renovated, and in 1883 English style, from designs by Mr.G. H. F. PrynneA.R.I.B.A.

the walls surrounding the churchyard were lowered and of London and Plymouth, was laid by the Earl of Devon,

railings substituted. In 1889 the north and south galleries April 1st, 188o ; it is cruciform in plan and consists at present

were taken down and the church restored at a cost of of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, south porch and a mas-

[2,267: there are many interesting monuments, inc1uding sive western tower, as yet incomplete, but intended, when

on~ to Robert Hawker n.n. author of some religious bio- finished, to reach a height of 135 feet : the fine screen of

graphies and works on divinity, and 43 years vicar here, wrought iron and alabaster, designed by Mr. Prynne, and

who died 6th April, 1827: a. fine organ and many stained um·eiled on Sunday, December 24th, 1882, is constructed in

windows : the chureh has sittings for 900 persons. The part of Derbyshire alabaster, with figures in mosaic of angels

register dates from the year r653. The living is a vicarage, holding scrolls : the upper portion is entirely of wrought iron,

average tithe rent-charge [368, net yearly value [294, consisting of 8,ooo pieces, and the summit is finished with a

with residence, in the gift of the Church Patronage Society, brass cornice ; the gates are also of wrought iron, and the

and held since 1890 by...the Rev~ Nathaniel Vickers B.A. of base is of polished Devonshire marble; the whole is now

Trinity College, Dublin. The population in 1891 was II,795· richly illuminated in gold and colour; the cost was about

All Saints is an ecclesiastical parish, formed May q., 1875, £450; choir stalls of oak and walnut have also been erected!

from that of St. Peter ; the church, in Harwell street, is a at a cost of £,100: there are 1,ooo sittings. The register

building of limestone in the Early English style, from designs dates from the year 1848. The living is a vicarage, gross

by Mr. James Hine, architect, consisting' of chancel, nave ~·early value £,400, without residence, in the gift of Keble

and aisles (the latter being incomplete) and west porch: it College, Oxford, and held since 1848 by the Rev. George

is intended to add a tower and spire at the south-west corner Rundle Prynne M.A. of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge.

at some future date: there are 6oo sittings. The register The population in 1891 was n,785.

dates from the 'year 1875· The living is a vicarage, net Sutton-on-PJym is an ecclesiastical parish, formed June 3•

yearly value £200, in the gift of local trustees, and held 1844, from the parish of King Charles the Martyr; the

since 1878 by the Rev. Charles Rose Cha~e. In 1885 a church of St. John the Evangelist, in Exeter street, is an

clergy house was erected at a cost of about £, r,9oo, of which edifice of stone, erected in 1856, at a cost of £3,ooo1 from

£1,.178 was given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioner~. A the designs of Mr. Benjamin I<'errey, architect, and consists

pa'rish room and sunday schools with 4 class rooms was of chancel, nave, aisles, north-west porch and a tower on the

erected in 1892 at a eost of about [x,2oo, defrayed by north side, with spire, containing one bell : an additiona~

public subscriptions. The population in 1891 was 6,778. side chapel was erected in 1883 by Mr. C. Norrington, in

Christ Church is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Aug. 14o memory of his son; there are several stained windows: the

1847, from that of St. Andrew; the church, in Eton place, church has 46o sittings. The regi::>ter dates from the year
is a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting 186o. The living is a vicarage, netyearlyvalue £381, in the

of clerestoried nave, aisles, west porch and a belfry con• gift of the Rev. I<'rederick Gurney M.A. of BoveyTracey, and

ta.ining one bell: there are sittings for 1,o85 persons. The held since 1888 by the Rev. Arthur Wynell-Mayow M.A.. oi

register dates from the year 1845· The living is a vicarage, Keble College, Oxford. The population in 1891 was 7,2o6.

gross yearly value [3oo, with residence, in the gift of tbe St. Luke's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed March 20,.

vicar of St. Andrew's, and held since 1892 by the Rev. 1874; the church, in Tavistock place, and formerly a proprie-

Willia.m Howard Coa.tes nep. sec. eh. Eng. sund. sch. mst.it. tary chapel known as" Charles chapel," is a building of stone

The population in 1891 was 6,276. of tbe Doric order, erected in 1828, from designs by the late

Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Aug. 8, Mr. Ball, apd consists of chancel, nave, aisles, west porch and
xSsx, from that of St. Andrew; the church, in Southside a turret containing one bell: at the east end is a memorial

street, built in 1842, is an edifice of stone of the Doric order, window to Capt. Hay, erected by his sister: there are also 13

consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, north porch and a tower stained windows given by members of the congregation and

on the north-west side 1 there are sittings for 1,200 persons. some by general subscription: there are 1,200 sittings.

The register dates from the year 1851. The living is a The re~ister dates from the year 1874- The living is a

vicarage, net yearly value £250, with residence, in the gift vicarage, yearly value £2oo, derived from pew 'rents, in the

of the vicar of St. Andrew and held since 1851 by the Rev. gift of the Church Patronage Society, and held since 1870 by

Francis Barnes M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, chaplain the Rev. lsaac Hawker, of Sli. Aidans. The population in.

to the Plymouth Emigrant!!. The population in 1891 was 1891 was 3,342.

5,318, St. Matthias is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1887

St. J ames the Less is an ecclesiastical parish, fonned from the parishes of St. Luke, Charles and Christ Church ;

March 5, 1847, from that of St. Andrew; the church. in the church, erected upon rising ground, in Tavistock road,.

Clarendon place, Citadel road, is a building of stone in the and consecrated in 1887 by the Bishop of Exeter, is a build-

Early English style, from the designs of J. P. St. Aubyn esq. ing of limestone, in tbe Perpendicular style, from designs
and was consecrated in I86.x, when the chancel and one bay by Messrs. Hine and Odgers, and consists of chancel, nave~

of the na•e were built~ the main portion of the nave and aisles, west porch and a massive embattled tower, 120 feet

aisles, begun in 1868, was completed in t88o: the building in height, with pinnacles: the organ was erected in 1889 at

now consists of apsidal chancel, nave and aisles, and an un- a cost of £8oo: the east window is stained, and there is &

finished tower: three of the windows in the chancel and one memorial window, placed by CounciJlor Joseph Willoughby

in the south aisle are stained 1 iu 1884 a memorial window in memory of his son Edgar : the handsome oak reredos was

was erected to <;ol. W. H. Adams, d. 2oth December, 1883: presented in 1891 by an anonymous donor: there are sittings

there are sittings for Boo persons. The register dates from for 6oo persons. The register dates from the year 1886.

the year 1848. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of trustees, net.

[153, with residence, in the gift of Keble College, Oxford, yearly value, derived chiefly from pew rents, £36o, and held

~~ond held since 1884 by the Rev. Willi<~om Humphrey Child since 1887 by the Rev. Philip Williams M. A. of C01•pus Christ)

ll..A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. The population in college, Cambridge. The population in 1891 was 4,456.

1891 was 6,282. A Mission church for this parish was opened early in 1892.

St. Michael's, Wost Hoe, a. chapel of ease to St. James the St. Saviour's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 188,3.

Less, was erected in 1891 at a. cost of £,1,500, and is a small from the parish of Holy Trinity ; the church, at Lambhay
building or stone, faced with poliphant and freestone, il;l the Bill, near the Citadel, was built in 1870 on a site given by

Gothic style, and consists of chancel and nave: there are H. M. the Queen, as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity, and en-

sittings for 200 per~ons. larged in 1883 by the addition of a north aisle, at a. cost of
St. Jude's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed May 4, 1877. about £ I,ooo; it is a building of stone, in the Early English.
from tile parish of King Charles the Mal"ty:t; the church, jn style, consisting of chanrel, nave, aisles and a western tower~

Tothilllane, is a building of stone in th&Early English style, and has over 500 sittings. The living is a vicarage, gross.

erected i1;1 1875-6 at a cost of £4,000, and consisting of chan- yearly value £,2oo, in the gift of the vicar of Holy Trinity,
cel. np.ve. aisles. transepts, we.<Ot porch Q.nd a. tower witn and held since 1884 by the Rev. Joseph Jones. A School nd
spire at the nortl:\-west angle, containing o.ne bell : the tower Mission Rooms were erected in x886, close to the church~ a~
and spire were added in 1882, at the expense of ~he Revr a. cost of ~bout £, r,2oo, towards which. a grant of£,~~ was

Thomas Archer Bewes II.A, of Bea.umont, wh~ also had pre· given by the National Society. The population in. 1891 was

viously given the organ: there4re 6.30 sittings. The register 2,777•

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. PLYMOUTH. 391

St. Andrew's chapel, in Lockyer street, a chapel of ease to The Presbyterian church, Wyndham stl."eet west, erected

St. Andrew's church, is a plain building of stone and granite, in x869 at a cost of £6,ooo, and destroyed by fire, with the
in a modern Classic style, erected in 1822 at a cost of about exception of the walls, December 10, x882, was rebuilt in

£s,ooo, and consists of chancel and nave, with a belfry sur- 1883, in the Classic style, from designs by Mr. J. L. Ho:ige,

mounted by a cross, and containing one bell, recently recast: architect, of Plymouth : there are 825 sittings.

in 1879-80 the church was restored, a new organ chamber The Primitive Methodist chapel in Ebrington street will

built and the organ rebuilt and enlarged, oak. stall'!, new seat 300 persons.
carved pulpit and organ screen erected and the chancel re- The Society of Friends' ~~eeting House in Treville street,

paved : there are 900 sittings : this chapel has attached to it founded in 1646 and rebuilt in r883, will seat 300 persons.

a conventional di~trict with a population of about 3,000. The Unitarian chapel, Treville street, was erected in 1832,

The living is a perpetual curacy, gross yearly value £n4, to seat 350 persons.

with residence, in the gtft of the vicar of St. Andrew's, and The Unit.ed Methodist Free Church, Ebrington street, has

held since 1867 by the Rev. John Erskme Risk M.A. of about 500 sittings.

Trinity College,~Dublin, and Hertford College, Oxford, and There are five Wesleyan Methodist chapels. The King

surrogate. Street chapel, a large and substantial but plain building,

The Mission Hall, Notte street, opened in October, 1883, was erected in 1864, at a cost, including schools, of[.12,ooo,

is a building of local limestone, erected by and at the cost of and will hold 1,6oo persons, with 580 sittings. Ebenezer

Mr. Isaac Foot, builder, of Plymouth, from designs by Mr. chapel, Sa.ltash street, was erected in 18r6, at a cost of about

H. J. Snell, architect, and will hold, includin~ the gallery, £5,ooo, and in r8:;J2 was renovated, a church parlour built

700 persons. and a mahogany pulpit and finely panelled ceiling erected:

The Catholic diocese of Plymouth comprises Devon, Corn- there are r,ooo sittings. Wesley chapel, Ham street,

wall and Dorset, with the Scilly Islands. erected at a cost of about £12,6oo, and opened May 21st,

The Catholic cathedral, in Wyndham street west, and 1879, is an edifice of brick with dressings of Portland

dedicated to St. Mary and St. Boniface, was opened for stone, and has a stone fac;ade with a massive hexastyle

public worship in March, 1858, but not consecrated till 22nd portico of the Corinthian order: it will seat r,150 persons,

of September, 188o: it is a cruciform building in the Early and under the chapel are school rooms for 6oo scholars.

English style, from designs by J. H. Hansom esq. of Clifton, Mutley chapel is a building of limestone with Portland stone

buih, at a cost of £ w,ooo, and consists of choir with aisles, dressings, in the Gothic style, erected at a cost of £7,000,
transepts with eastern chapels, nave, aisles, and a tower with and has a tower at the south-west angle: over the main

spire, 205 feet in height, erected in 1866, and containing one entrance is a fine stained window : there are sittings for 950

bell: the sacri'lty forms a part of a separate building, which persons,and in the basement are school rooms for 400 scholars.

leads to the bishop's residence: the stained west window was The Cemetery is about three-quarters of a mile from the

presented by the diocese to commemorate the completion of town, in the parish of Compton Gifford, and the property

the twenty-fifth yeal." of consecration of Bishop Vaughan, of the Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse Cemetery Co. :

September 16, 188o: the carved stone reredos was erected in it was opened in 1849 and has two mortuary chapels, but

1889 by offerings presented to the bishop on the completion part of the ground had been pl."eviously opened in r848 for

by him of fifty years of priesthood: there are sittings for 750 Dissenters. The whole comprises an area of about 70 acres.

persons. , The Jewish cemetery, near Ford Park road, Mutley, was

The Catholic church of the Holy Cross, in Baaumont road, opened in 1873 and belongs to the Jewish Congregation:

and erected in 1882, is a building of stone in the Gothic it is rt acres in extent.

style, and has from 250 to 3~ sittings. Attached to this PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND lNSTITUTIONS.-The Guildhallt

church is a house of Sisters of Charity. Law Courts and Municipal offices occupy two sides of a

'fhe Convent of Notre Dame, in Wyndham stl."eet, erected large open space, about roo feet wide, leading from Catherine

in 1865, has a chapel of stone in the Gothic style ; it was en- street to Westwell street, the municipal offices being on the

larged and a marble altar added from designs by Mr. H. A. north and the Guildhall and Law Courts on the south, the

K. Gribble, architect, of London, to whiCh a new sanctuary east side of the squal."e being closed by the church of St. An-

was added in 1885, at the cost of the sisterhood. drew. The foundation stone was laid by William Luscombe

The Baptists have three chapels. George Street chapel esq. mayor, 28 July, 1870; the municipal offices opened in

was originally founded in 1640; the present building, erected April, 1872, by John Kelly esq. mayor, and the whole pile of

in 1845, at a cost of £s,ooo, will seat r,ooo persons :the buildings was formally inaugurated in August,1874,byH.R.H.

Sunday schools in connection with this chapel were enlarged the Prince of Wales, high steward of the borough, and in

in 1892. :Mutley chapel, erected in r86g, at a cost of nearly the mayoralty of Alfred Rooker esq. Both blocks are con-

£8,ooo, has sittings for about r,ooo per.sons. Trinity chapel, structed of limestone and granite, with freestone dressings,
York street, was erected in 1828, and has 400 sittings. in the Gothic style of the 13th century, from designs by

The Meeting House of the Brethren, in Park street, will seat Messrs. Norman and Hine, architects, of Plymouth, at a

500 people. The Brethren also hold meetings at the Tem- total cost, including decorative work, of £so,ooo. The

perance hall,Raleigh street, and Exmouth hall, Manor street. Guildhall, placed between the Police Court and Law Courts,

Bethel Union chapel, Castle street, erected in 1883, for is a lofty stl."ucture, 146 feet in length and 58 feet wide,

the use of sailors, soldiers and fishermen, is served by light.ed on either side by a series of seven windows, with

ministers of different denominations, and has a Sunday coupled lights and cinqnefoil openings above ; these win-

school attached; there is another Bethel Union chapel at dows form a species of clerestory, exhibiting on the exterior

the Great Western docks. a succession of crocketed gablets, divided by pinnacles: at

The Bible Christian chapel in Zion street, erected in the angles of the building are bold circular turrets, carried

1847, will seat 500 pel."sons. The Bible Christian chapel, or corbels, and the principal or north front has a spacious

Greenbank road, is a handsome building of stone in the lobby extending the whole length of the hall, with a wide

Romanesque style, erected in 1886, at a cost, including site, porch in the centre and subordinate entrances at each end:

of [.6,ooo: there are 700 sittings. at the west end of the hall rises a tall square tower, about

The Calvinistic chapel is in Portland villas. 180 feet in height, with machicolated pal."apet and open-

The Catholic Apostolic chapel, in Princess street, was spired lantern, and above the Cl."ested ridge of the roof, the

re-el."ected in 1867 to seat 400 persons. gables of which are adorned with statues, is an ocbgonal

There are four Congregational chapels and two Mission fleche, with graceful spirelet : the interior is divided into

halls. The Sherwell Congregational chapel, 'l'avistock road, three aisles by arcades of seven arches on each side, consist-

was erected by the congregation formerly attached to Norley ing of columns of polished Pemyn granite with capitals and

Street chapel, founded in 1798, and is a structure in the arches of Portland stone. The 14 large windows of the hall

Decorated style, completed in 1864 at a cost, including site, are filled with stained glass illustrating memorable incidents

of £8,400, with a tower and spire at the north side rising to in the history of Plymouth. The subjects M those on the

a height of 140 feet: there is a memorial window to Mr. south side are :~I. The Embarkation of the Black Prince.

David Derry, and sittings for 1,250 persons. Higher Batter 2, The Descent of the Bretons. 3· Sir I<'. Drake bringing in

Stl."eet chapel, originally Presbyterian, was erected in 1705 the Water. 4· The Al."mada, and the famous Game of

and has been restored: it will seat 500 persons. The Union Bowls on the Hoe. 5· The Arrest of Sir Walter Raleigh.

Congregational chapel, in Courtenay street, erected in 1847 6. Plymouth Pottery and its manufacture. 7· The Opening

at a cost of £2,000, hai sittings for 820 persons, Norley of the Guildhall. Those on the north side represent:-

chapel, erected in 1798, will seat 8oo persons. The old I. The Inquisition in the Priory Church of Plympton. 2.

Tabernacle mission hall, Exeter street, was erected about The Visit of Katharine of Arragon. 3· William of Orange .

1744, and has about 400 sittings, Sherwell mission hall, in proclaimed king in Plymouth Guildhall. 4· The Depal"ture

Mount street, erected in :r857, has sittings for 450 persons. of the Pilgrim Fathers. 5· The Siege of Plymouth. 6. Na-

The Evangelical Protest.ant chapel in Compton street, poleon Bonaparte on board the " Bellerophon" in Plymouth

erected in r847, is associated witb. the labours of the late Sound. 7· Freemasonry. At the west end of the hall is a

Samuel Prideaux Tregelles LL.D. translator of the Greek large orchestra, with an organ erected by subscription at a

Testament, and .seats 658 persons. cost of about £2,500. and adjoining al."e ante-rooms for the

The Jewish ~ynagogue, a plain building in Catherine convenience of performers. At the opposite end of the haU

atreet, was erected in 1763, is a gallery, holding about 250 persons, and the hall will

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seat, as a whole, about 2,500 persons. The Police Court, The Athenreum, George street, the property of the Ply-

which adjoins the Guildhall on the east, is 46 feet by 38 feet, mouth Institution and DevonandCornwall Natural History

and has attached rooms for the magistrates, magistratf>.s' Society, was erected in 1818-19, and is a building in the

clerk, attorneys and witnesses, and in the rear a station- Classic style, with a pedimented portico carried on columns

house and muster room, with drill yard. Adjoining the of the Grecian Doric order; it contains a lecture hall, a

Guildhall on the west are the Law Courts, each 49 by 38 valuable scientific library and a spacious museum and art

feet, with separate entrances and rooms for barristers, gallery. The museum comprises large and valuable collec-

attorneys and witnesses, and gal1eries for the nse of the tion!, chiefly illustrative of the antiquities and natural

public. The gables of the three courts are surmounted by history and geology of the West of England. In the art

statues of Edward I. the ''English Justinian," Edward the gallery are a number of portraits and casts from the

mack Prince and the present Prince of Wales, and at the antique. Lectures are delivered weekly by the members

north-west angle of the Law Courts, next \Vestwell street, during the winter months. 1he Graphic Society and the

is an octagonal tower, arcaded in the third stage, and Society of Western Artists also meet at the Athenreum and

finished with a machicolated parapet and spired lantern re- hold exhibitions there.

lieved by dormers. The Mechanics' Institute, in Princess square, established

The Municipal Offices comprise a council chamber, town in 1825, was erected in 1852 at. a cost of j,"g,ooo, and com-

clerk's offices, committee and ante-rooms, offices for the prises a lecture-ball holding 1,ooo persons, a circulating

borough engineer, the water engineer, medical officer of library of about 8,ooo volumes and a news room. Lectures

health and sanitary and port sanitary inspectors : the and entertainments are given throughout the winter months.

principal front is arcaded in the upper storey, and in the The Plymouth Proprietary and Cottonian Library, Corn-

centre is a lofty projecting transeptal block, the gable of wall street, ereeted in 1811 and enlarged in 1852, contains

which, flanked by pinnacles, is pierced by two large the collections presented to the town in 1852 by William

windows, under triangular canopies, enriched with crocket- Cotton esq. of Ivybridge,and besides an historical and general

ing and finials: at the south-west angle is an octagonal library of some 28,000 volumes, contains a very rare and

tower, corresponding to that of the Law Courts. valuable collection of original drawings by ancient French,

The insignia of the Corporation include three maces and Dutch, Italian, Lombard and other masters, and an exten-

a mayor's chain and bad~e: in 1671 new mac{'.s were made, sive and carefully selected collection of engravings, illustra-

from which it appears that there were still earlier ones, of tive of every school of art, together with many articles of
which there is no record. The present maces belong to the vertu and artistw interest, including some portraits by Sir

reign of Queen Anne, and bear the dates 1709 and 1711 ; Joshua Reynolds: it has also a news room, well supplied

the largest is 4 feet 3 inches long and the other two 4 feet with morning, e"l"ening and weekly papers : the works of

each ; all three are similar in design, with richly chased art are open to the instJection of the public. The Incorpor-
shafts divided into three portions by mass-ive bands, which, ated Law Society of Plymouth, whose rooms are in Athen-

as well as the base knops, are elaborately foliated : the reum chambers, Athenreum lane, have a law library of

heads bear the nsual national emblems, and are surrounded nearly 2,000 volumes. The Plymouth Medical Society,

by a cresting of crosses and fleurs-de-lis, from which rise instituted in 1794, also have a library in the same building.

open-arched crowns : on the flat top of the head are the The Free Public Library, in Whimple street, occupies the

royal arms and the motto "Semper Eadem." The largest building formerly used as a guildhall, erected in 1800. The

mace, as appears from an inscription on the base, was pre- library was established in 1876, after the adoption of the

sented to the Corporation by Joseph Jory, mayor in 1709; Free Libraries Act in 1871, and now contains about 30,000

one of the smaller maces used to be carried before the volumes of general literature, besides a. valuable collection

mayoress. The. mayor's chain, 16 feet 5 inches long, consists of specifications of patents ; the institution eomprises lending

of simple links, and is worn fourfold ; it was purchased in and reference departments, general news rooms, review

1803 at a cost of £66, and attached to it as a pendant is a room and ladies' reading room. Connected with the refer-

gold medal, bearing on one side the borough arms and on ence library is a special local collection called the "Devon

the other an inscription recording the recovery by the free- and Cornwall library," in which are placed works relating

men of their right to elect a chief magistrate ; the medal to or written by natives of those counties, as well as others

was presented, at a cost of £9, to William Lockyer, mayor printed or published therein. During the years 1891-92,

in 1816. The early borougtl seal, two inches in diameter, 231,188 volumes were issued on the 290 days during which

exhibits a figure of St. Andrew, with figures of angels, one the library was open ; and of thi:J number 43,252 volumes

on either side, bearing shields of arms, and all under were used in the reference library : the total issue of books

canopies ; beneath are the town arms and supporters, and since the opening of the library in 1876, to the end of

round the edge an inscription ; the mayor's seal displays the March, 1892, amounted to 2,547,938 volumes. There are

borough arms, surmounted by a crown of fleurs-de-lis and branch libraries iu all the Board schools and at other places

trefoils, and surrounded by an inscription in old English and an evening reading room at the east end of the town.
characters; a smaller seal bears the town arms simply and The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom,

the date 1595; there are also four modern seals, two loving which has its head quarters here, was founded at a meeting

cups, one given by Sir John Gayer, alderman of London, in called for the purpose in March, 188-4, and held in the

1648, and the other by John Whit, of London, haberdasher, rooms of the Royal Society of London: the Laboratory, on
in 1585, and a silver snuff box, dating from 1812. The Citadel hill, was completed in June, 1888, at a cost of some

mayor's robe is of scarlet trimmed with sable fur. £12,ooo, and since that time investigations of various kinds

'fhe Post Office, in Westwell street, is a building of Port- have been constantly pursued: practical work, relating to
land stone and Cornish granite, in the Gothic style, erected matters connected with sea-fishing, are carried on under the

in 1884 from the designs of E. G. Rivers esq. surveyor to direction of the council ; in additian to which the Labora-

H.M. Commissioners of Works. The foundat.ion stone was tory is used both by English and foreign naturalists for

laid by P. S. Macliver esq. formerly M. P. for Plymouth, and carrying on their own independent researches, and in this
the building has been planned with a view to extension if way have made valuable additions to zoological and botani-

required. There are postal telegraph offices in Westwell cal science. The results of investigations caiTied on at the

street, Southside street, Stonehouse, Cattedown, Depttord Laboratory and elsewhere are regularly published by the

place, Durnford street, Ham street, Holborn place, Millbay, association in a half-yearly Journal. Naturalists desiring

Mutley, North bill, Seymour avenue and Union street. to continue marine biological studies at Plymouth need not

Her Majesty's Prison, at the north-east of the town, be members of the a~sociation, but if there is a greater

adjoining the Workhouse, erected in 1849, at a cost of about number of applicants than vacant tables, members have the

£12,500, is a building of blue limestone, with Caen stone first claim. A steam launch is kept constantly employed in

dressings, in the Italian style, from designs by Messrs. procuring specimens for workers and for mu.~eum and

Fuller and Gingell, architects, of Bristol ; it contains apart- university laboratories. The association haP, up to 18g;,

ments for officers, visiting cells, convalescent rooms, a bath received some 1,;2o,ooo, of which £5,000 was granted by the

room, cells for So prisoners, day rooms, airing grounds and Tt•easury : the annual revenue which can be at present

solitary cells. counted on is about £1,820, of which £1,000 a year is

The public clock tower, in George street, erected in x862, g~•anted by the Treasul'y and £4oo from the Worshipful

is a rectangular structure, terminating in an opon octangu- Company of Fishmongers, the remainder being made up in

lar-spired turret : the clock, presented by William Derry subscriptions. The purpose of the association is to aid at

esq. an ex-mayor, has four dials, and at the base of the the same time both science and industry : it is national

· tower are large projecting lamps. In the Guildhall square in character and constitution, and its affairs are con-

is a full-length statue of Mr. Alfred Rooker, mayor in 1874, ducted by a representative council, with honorary officers.

by the late Mr. Stephens, of Exeter, erected at a cost of The buildings are situated at the east side of the Hoe,
£t,6oo, raised by public subscription.
between the south wall of the Citadel and the sea, on a site

The Theatre Royal, in George street, forms part of the granted by the Wnr Office, and comprise two blocks of three

large block of buildings comprising also the Royal hotel and storeys, connected by a central portion of two storeys : the
Assembly Rooms : it is a large and well-arranged house, central portion ha!', on th~ ground floor, an Aquarium,

with a lofty pedimented porti'co supported by columnll and which is bpen daily to the public for a small charge, and on
pilasters of the Ionic order, and will seat 2,000 persons.
the first floor is the main working laboratory for the use of

JDIRECTORY. DEVONSHIRE. PLYMOUTH. 393

students only: in the west block is the library, chemical of some importance ; that of chemical manure is very con-

and physiological rooms and a caretaker's residence: the siderable at Cattedown, the district bordering on the Catte-

east block forms the residence of the director. The pumping water harbour, and here are several large factories, in which

and circulating apparatus is situated on the basement of over soo persons are employed, i.e. those of Messrs. Burnard

the west block and behind the building are two large reser- and Alger Limited, Messrs. J. Gibbs and Co. Lim. Messrs.

voirs; president, Prof. E. Ray Lankester F.R.S. ; hon. sec. C. Norringtonand Co. and Mr. T. H. Harvey. The machinery

Dr. G. H. Fowler M.A.; hon. treasurer, E. L.Beckwith esq.; is of a complex and costly charaeter, and the latest mechani-

re&ident director, W. L. Calderwood F. R.S.E. ; naturalists cal appliances for increasing the output and facilitating the

on staff, J. E. Cunningham M.A ; W. Garstang M.A. and export of their produce have been adopted. In the summer

E. W. L. Holt esq. of 1888 a new wharf and hydraulic cranes were completed

St. James's Hall, Union street, is a large building, now on the Cattewater by Messrs. Burnard and Alger Limited.

used as a Theatre of Varieties, and will hold 2,500 persons. The import of nitrate of soda, from Chili, and of Peruvian

The Plymouth Club Lim. is in Wmdsor terrace, Citadel rd. guano, by the above firms, is also on a large scale. There

The Freemasons' Club and Hall Co. Limited and the are two soap factories, belonging respectively to the Victoria

Plymouth Conservative Club Co. Limited have premi8es in Soap Co. and the Millbay Soap Co. employing a number of

Princess square. hands; there are also very extensive saw mills, belonging

The premises of the Plymouth and Western Counties to Messrs. R. and R. Bayly, of Sutton road, Plymouth, and

Liberal Club are in Bedford street. Oreston, and to Messrs. Fox; Eliott and Co. and Jewson

Balfour Hall, Princess place, the property of the Conser- Brothers, both of the Great Western docks, all of whom are

vative Club Co. Limited, was erected in x8gx, and is used large importers of timber; several ship and boat builders;

for political meetings, smoking concerts &c. ; it will hold in addition may be mentioned the large engineering and

about 200 persons. shipbuilding works of Messrs. Willoughby Brothers Limited,

There is a Parliamentary Debatin~ Society, which meets whose chief works are situated in Rendle street, Plymouth,

at the :Mechanics' Institute every Thuraday, and various with a branch foundry in Phoonix street, Stonehouse, and a

Mutual Improvement Societies. The Plymouth Vocal shivbuilding and repairing yard at the Gt·eat Western docks.

Association gives four concerts every season, and there is a The lead works of Messrs. James and Rosewall are in Octa-

choral class. gon street. The works of Messrs. E. James and Sons, manu-

The Young Men's Christian Association occupy premises facturers of starch, laundry blue and dome black lead, were

in Badford street, and the Young Women's Christian established in r84o; the buildings cover a large area and

Association in Lockyer street. are situated near the Great Western railway and Sutton

The Oddfellows' Hall, l\Iorley streP-t, was erected in r88g, harbour. There are also in Plymouth large tanneries and
at a cost of £ 3,ooo, and will seat 300 people.
some flour mills, breweries and distilleries, amongst which

Several blocks of model dwellings have been erected in the most noteworthy is the distillery of Messrs. Coates and

different parts of the town, two of which were built by Sir Co. in Southside street, where the well-known "Plymouth

Edward Bates bart. M. P. for Plymouth from r871 to r88o gin" is distilled.

anJ from x885; a number of similar dwellings have been In the town are several extensive printing offices: these

erected in the east end of the town by a company, and others include the offices of the "Western Morning News" Co.

in the centre of the town by ~essrs. Harris, Bulteel and Co. Limited, in George street, and those of the " Western Daily

the style adopted being chiefly Elizabethan. Mercury" Co. Limited, also in George street. No daily

MARKETS A...'ifD FAIRs.-A market was first granted to papers being published in Cornwall, the Plymouth dailies

Plymouth about the year 1253, to be held on Thursdays, have a wide circulation in that county: there are also weekly

with a fair of three days at the festival of St. John the p1pers published at the same offices, viz. the "Western

0 Baptist; in the year 1257 a grant was made for a market at Weekly News" and the "Western Weekly Mercury;" the

Sutton (as Plymouth was then called) on Wednesdays, with "Western Independent" is also extensively circulated in

three days' fair at Ascension. In the last century the Plymouth, although published in Devonport. The "Naval

market days were Monday and Friday, and the markets and Military Record and Royal Dockyards Gazette" is pub-

were held under the old Guildhall. There was formerly a lished every Wednesday, by the ''Western Morning News"

~·arn market in St. Andrew's churchyard: this fell into dis- Co. Limited, and is the only penny Service paper. The

use early in the 17th century, but was temporarily revived "Western Figaro," a humorous illustrated weekly print, has

in r6sr. now been some years in existence, having been established

The General market, erected in r8o4, and now (1893) in r877. A monthly periodical of the" Notes and Queries"

being rebuilt, occupies an area of about three acres in the type, called the "Western Antiquary,'' has also attained a

centre of the town, ancl has entrances from Cornwall, East good position in this field of literary research. The " Church

and Drake streets and from the Market place: it contains in the West," a weekly record and review of Church work

covered vegetable, fish, poultry and butter markets, long in the West of England, is published at Sydney street, Ply-

ranges of butchers' shops, stalls for general merchandise, mouth. ~

and a wholesale meat ma1·ket. The market days are Tues- The town is well supplied with hotels. Opposite the

days, Thursdays and Saturdays, but on other days there is Millbay terminus (Great Western railway), at the west end

generally a good supply of market commodities. The corn of the town, is the Duke of Cornwall hotel, a very fine build-

market is held on Thursdays. A new corn exchange is now ing in the Italian Gothic style, erected by a limited liability

(r893) beingerected at the East street entrance. The cattle company, and fitted up in the most comfortable and artistic

market is held on a spacious inclosed piece of ground fitted manner : here also is a postal telegraph office. In Lockyer

with pens and stalls, adjoining the Tavistock road, with street, within easy distance of the same station, is the Royal

entrances from Rowe street and Granville street : the hotel, which, with the Theatre and Assembly Rooms, forms

market days are Tuesday and Thursd'ly, and there is a great a spacious and effective group of buildings in the Classic

market on the second Tuesday in every month, A large style, the property of the Corporation; the hotel, entered

number of cattle, imported from Spain and France, as well through a loftypedimented portico, with four Ionic columns,

as from Ireland, change hands in the Plymouth market. has a ladies' drawing-room, spacious coffee-room and

The market tolls are let by the Corporation. There is also smoking and. writing rooms. On the Hoe is the Grand

a fish market, and a whole;;ale fish market is maintained on hotel, which has an uninterrupted sea view. In addition to

the Barbica.n, Southside quay and on the margin of Sutton these are the Globe hotel, Chubb's, Routly's Farley hotel,

Pool, into which the fishing vessels and trawlers run when and many others of lesser size and note.

they have fish on board for sale. At Sutton harbour the The ancient portion of the town near the water-side is

fishermen at present dispose of their fish in the open ou rapidly disappearing in consequence of the demand for im-

the Barbican quay, but the new quay wall, now (r8g3) in proved dwellings and wide thoroughfares. One fine old

course of construttion, will inclose a space on which it is double-gabled house, however, stiJl remains in Notte street;

intended to erect a fish market, and the fish will then be it has a projecting canopy over the lower windows, in the

sold and packed under cover. 'l'he business sometimes fi,rst floor a long bay window extending across the who_le

done here, especially during the mackerel season, is very front, and two smaller ones above; there are also several m

considerable, large quantities of tish being sent off by railway St. Andrew's street, one or two in New street and Southside

to the London, Bath, Bristol and Manchester markets ; and street, and a few others in Higher street. A small fragment

since the opening of the Cornwall railway the quantity of of the ancient castle still remains, but the" Barbican "exists

fish dispatched is sometimes immense. only as a name attached to one of the quays.

The fairs at Plymouth were formerly e\•ents of consider- CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS,-The most

able importance, espedally the October cloth fair, which was important is Kelway's, amounting to [.6,137; 3-34ths of the

held in Old Town street, but these are now extinct. Various income of this charity is directed to be distributed amongst

hort-icultural and other societies hold shows in the summer the donor's relations, and the remainder to be applied in

and autumn, chiefly in the Guildhall. bringing up and apprenticing the children of such relations,

The general trade of the town is now chiefly concerned or in default, children of Plymouth and Saltash. Other

with imports for the supply of the population of the western charities, producing £r6I yearly, are distributed in clothing,

peninsula ; the exports, however, include Dartmoor wool, and there is also 11o sum of about £530 yearly for tb.e support
china clay, and tin and copper ore. The manufactures are of almshouseB and their inmates ; the parish of St. Andrew

394 PLYMOUTH. ' (KELLY'S

DEVONSHIRE.

has in addition £33 for distribution in bread, and the parish style, and has suitable apartments for the medical officers,

-of Charles £64 for distribution in money and kind. waiting room!'! for pa.t.ients and residence for the matron ; it

JoAN BENNETT ExliiBITIONS.-In pursuance of a scheme is chiefly supported by voluntary subscriptions, but there is

for the management and regulation of Joau Bennett's also a Provident Department. During the year ending

Trust, directed by an Order in Council, dated the 17th Aug. 31, 1892, 2,799 patients were discharged, cured or

day of November, 1888, exhibitions are open to boys of not relieved, 699 discharged for re-admission, 79 died, and 204

more than nineteen years of age at the time of the award of remained under care, 862 of the whole being visited at their

such exhibition, being sons of residents in the Parliamentary own homes; there were also 676 members in the Provident

Borough of Plymouth, and will be awarded on the result department: the committee consists of a numerous body of

of an examination to be held in the month of .August at ex-officio elected and subscribing members.

Plymouth, and the exhibition wiU only be awarded to a boy EMINENT NATIVES.- Among distinguished natives of

whose parents are, in the -opinion of the governors, of Plymouth may be mentioned the following; John Baron,

-limited means: it is of the annual value of £so, tenable for nonconformist, divine and author, d. r683; Jacob Bryant,

three years at any place of university education in the classical mythologist (x7xs-r8o4); Noel Thomas Carrington,

United Kingdom approved by the governors.; Edmund Prid- schoolmaster and poet (1777-1830); Capt. Cock, a com-

ham, clerk to the governors,Athenreum chambers,Plymouth. mander in the engagement with the Spanish Armada ;

The Female Penitentiary and Home, Ham street, estab- Thomas Crane, nonconformist divine and author, b. r63o;

lished in r833, is supported by voluntary contributi<ms, and Sir Charles Lock Eastlake kt. P.R.A. (1793-I865); Sir

managed by separate committees of ladies and gentlemen : Thomas Edmondes kt. diplomatist (1562-1639); Joseph

there are r8 inmates. Glanvil M.A. (Oxon), F.R.S. rector of Bath Abbey, preben-

The Friendless Girls' Help Association and :Free Registry dary of Worcester, and chaplain to Charles II. (16:36-So);

Office, Regent street, was established in 188o for training Sir William Snow Harris kt. surgeon, physicist and elec-

friendless girls as servants ; attached to this institution is a trician (1792-r867) ; Solomon Alexander Hart R.A. (18o6-

Refuge Home in Gascoigne place, providing a temporary 8x); Sir John Hawkins kt. naval commander, rear-admiral

shelter for penitents, and at No. r, Mariner place, is a in the fleet against the Armada (1520-95) : Sir Rirhard

Girls' Industrial School; all three departments are entirely Hawkins kt. son of preceding, naval commander (156o-

dependent on voluntary contributions, and are managed by 1622); Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter (1786-

an executive committee of 25 persons. 1846); Jonathan Hearder, blind electrician (r8ro-76); John

The Devon and Cornwall Female Orphan Asylum, in Kitto D.D. biblical writer (1804-54); William Elford Leach,

Lockyer street, is a plain building, erected in February, naturalist, and curator at the British Museum (1790-1836);

r834, for educating and training female orphans and other James Northcote R.A. (1746-1831); Mrs. Parsons, novelist;

poor children with a view to their employment as domestic Samuel Prout F.S.A. painter in water colours (I783-1852);

servants; it is supported by voluntary contributions, and John Quick, Puritan divine (1636-1700); William Wilford.

has generally between fifty and sixty inmates. naval commander, d. 1414; and Dr. James Yonge F.R.s.

The Plymouth Mendicity Society was founded in r87o, (1647-1721 ).

for granting relief to the poor, to wayfarers and other in- The Citadel of Plymouth, a fortification on the South

digent persons, and for the distribution of clothes and Headland, which extends from the western side of Sutton

materials ; but all cases proper to be dealt with under the Pool into the Sound at the entrance of Cattewater, was

Poor Law system are at once referred to the Board of erected on the site of an older fort, by order of Charles II.

Guardians and their relieving officers, and such as appear who personally inspected it in r67o: it is built chiefly of

to come within the scope of any local charity are referred limestone and granite, and consists of three regular and two

accordingly ; the operations of the society are directed by a irregular bastions, the curtains of the former being strength-

committee of eleven persons, who meet every Thursday at ened with ravelins and hornworks :the east, west and north

the office, 8 Frankfort street, at 3· 15 p.m sides are circumscribed by a deep ditch, connterscarp and

The South Devon and Cornwall Institution, in the covered way, palisaded, and the south side is defended by a

Tavistock road, was founded in r86o, for the instruction lower fort constructed upon rocks on the shore, and chiefly

and employment of the blind, and is supported by volun- intended to defend the Sound : cannon are mounted both on

tary contributions. The present building was erected in this fort and the upper parapets, where there are embra~

r876, from designs by Mr. H. J. Snell, and a new wing sures for 120 pieces : two gateways, with drawbridges, form

was added in r892. The inmates, now about 40 in number, the entrance from the town; the inner gateway is a struc-

manufacture large quantities of basket work, door mats, ture of two stages in the Italian style, relieved by pilasters

brushes and similar articles, and the workshops are Qpen of the Ionic order ; the upper portion is finished with a frieze,.

daily for public inspection, from 10 to 5· The institution bearing the date 1670, and a semicircular pediment, adorned

is managed by a committee of 22 members. · with figures and ornament: in the centre of the C1tadel is a

The Orphans' Aid Charity, ro Regent street, was es- spacious esplanade for the exercise of the troops, and around

tablished in 1617, and has a yearly income of £4o, derived it are the officers' houses, a chapel, magazine and barracks:

from house property, and about £n,ooo [2! Consolidated on the esplanade is a statue of George II. and from the ram-

Stock: the boys attend the Plymouth Public school ; Mr. parts, which are three-quarters of a mile in circuit, the

Edmund Pridham, Athenreum chambers, is clerk and treas. views, seaward as well as inland, are extensive and beauti-

HosPITALs.-The South Devon and East Cornwall Hos- ful. Fortifications covering fourteen miles of ground have
pital, pleasantly situated in Greenbank road, on rising been constructed around the Three Towns at a. vast expense,

ground, commanding good views of the Sound, ~as estab- with a view to secure the Government arsenals from attacks

lished in r84o ; the present hospital, erected at a cost of either by land or sea. The massive structure immediately

about £4o,ooo, is a building of native limestone, in the opposite the end of the Breakwater is "Bovisand" fort.

Renaissance style, from designs by Mr. H. E. Coe, architect, which, with one somewhat similar at Picklecombe, on the

of London, consisting of five blocks united by covered corri- other side of the Sound, form the two outer extremities of

dors, porter's lodge, mortuary, post-mortem rooms and the line of defence for the protection of the port, the Break-

carriage shed. The administrative portion contains com- water fort lying midway between. The Bovisand fort is for

mittee, consulting and operating rooms, surgery• dispensary, guns of the heaviest calibre, and the masonry IS of immense

out-patients' waiting room, library &o. The east wing is thickness. Beyond the fort is Bovisand bay, possessing one

assigned to women and children, the centre to men, and of the finest beaches in the neighbourhood, and around it are

the west wing is reserved for cases of accident; and near groups of houses and cottages, a coast-guard station, and

the latter is an annexe for infectious cases. On the north barrack accommodation for artillerymen. The government

side is the nurses' institute, occupied by trained nurses, reservoir at Bov1sand is of great utility in supplying the

who may be sent out to various parts of the counties as re- vessels of the navy with water, which is conveyed some dis-

quired. Tbere are beds for 130 patients, and space is left tance in iron pipes to the pier at Staddon Point, where the

for doubling the size of the east and west wings if necessary. tenders are moored. From the Bovisand, roads extend

In 1892 there were r,x32 in-patients and 2,uo out-patient"!. along the whole of the Staddon Heights to Mount Batten

The Royal Eye Infirmary, in the Millbay road, is a. plain and Turnchapel : these heights occupy a most commanding

building of stone in the Early English style, established in position, upon which the War Department has constructed

Dec. r821, and contains lofty and spaciou"i rooms, well ar- a line of fortifications of considerable magnitude.

ranged and ventilated, and 26 beds; about x,soo patients are PLYMOUTH HoE, situated on the south or seaward side of

treated annually. 'l'he institution is managed by a commit• the town, west of the .citadel, is an elevated expanse of more

tee consisting of the officers, u-officio, and x8 other members. than x8 acres, formed in the year x8x7, the cost being

• The Dental Hospital, Bank Street chambers, Bank street, defrayed by public subscription. 'fhe Hoe proper consists

was established in 1862 'j' the average number of patients is of a series of grassy slopes, surrounded by a. spacious pro-

about 2,500. menade nearly half-a-mile in length, extending from the

The Homooopathic Dispensary is in Union street. citadel boundaries on the east to the West Hoe qnarries on

The Provident Dispensary was established in x86g; the the west, and intersected by numerous paths leading to the

office is at r Princess street. lower grounds. .At the foot of this eminence is a drive, and

The Public Dispensary, Catherine street, established in connected with it are paths Jeading to the rocks and the

~798,1 is • substantial building of stone in the Greek Classic landing steps.

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. PLYMOUCH. 395

The Hoe Park, or that portion nearest the town, is a grassy contemplated to have a lighthouse at each extremity, but

lawn of considerable extent, with plantations of trees and the erection of a beacon at the eastern end has up to the

shrubs. At the north-west corner is the principal entrance, present time been deemed sufficient. 'fhe lighthouse at the

and a lodge now used by the police. Near the centre of the south-western entrance, erected in 1843• is 681eet high from

· promenade is a small octagonal "Camera Obscura," where, the surface of the breakwater, and is divided into five floors,

for a small charge, the panorama of th&""whole of the sur- and its hght can be seen seawards on most occasions for-

rounding scenery may be witnessed in miniature. Outside about xo miles ; the entrance from the Channel is 3 miles

this is a raised platform, and a flag-staff, in front of wllich wide, and is bounded by a part of Cornwall, including Mount

is a l!eries of grassy galleries, with a wide arena beneath, Edgcumbe, on the west, and by the coast of Devonshire on the

called "The Bull Ring." north and north-east. The centre line of the breakwater is

The Eastern Hoe extends from the Site of the ancient 3,ooo feet long, from either extremity of which an arm or

Trinity obelisk (now occupied by the re-erected Smeaton cant, I ,oso feet in length, runs off towards the shore at an

Lighthouse) towards Lambhay Point, taking in the ladies' angle of 120 degrees. Three faces are thus presented to the

bathing place, and includes the ground on which the citadel sea, which has the effect of promoting the regular flow of

is built. The Western Hoe extends from the pebble beach, currents, and preventing the eddies which would naturally

near the flag-staff, to the Millbay pier. be caused by one straight unbroken line, while the force of

A spacious iron pier, intended to serve also as a promenade the waves is correspondingly weakened. Haing placed in

and landing-place, has, after many l'icissitudes, been com- the centre of the passage, it admits of two entrances for

pleted from designs by Mr. E. Birch, of London, at a cost of vessels, from the east as well as the south, and the total

£451000, and was opened to the public May 29, 1884 :it is length is about a mile: above 200 sail have taken refuge
between 400 feet and 500 feet in length, and is built on iron under its lee in the Sound at one time. It is estimated

columns embedded in the solid rock: at the entrance the that at least 4,ooo,ooo tons of stone have been deposited

width is 130 feet, narrowing gradually to 6o feet and again here, and in addition to this enormous bulk, some two and. a.

extending at its seaward extremity to 190 feet; here a half millions cubic feet of granite and other stone have been

handsome wind-screen has been erected, with a projecting employed in the paving and facin~s. all of which came fro:n

roof, forming a verandah on either side and inclosinga space the immediate neighbourhood of Plymouth.

of 120 feet by 1<>9 feet: on the pier are also refreshment The Royal Western Yacht Club of England was establishe:l
rooms, a bookstall, reading-room,and a room occupied by the in 1827 ; the club house, a fine building situated on the Hoe~

Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht club, besides lavatories; commands a magnificent view of the sea, and contains read-

good landing accommodation for steamers is provided at ing, writing, card, smoking and coffee rooms; also a. very

any state of the tide, and landing piers have also been con- good library and two billiard rooms : the annual regatta of

structed : in 1891 a pavilion and promenade were added, the club generally takes place in or about the month of

and these are now managed by a limited company. The August. Lord Revelstoke, commodore ; H.R.H. the Prince

West Hoe pier, a stone structure, was formerly the of Wales K.G. vice-commodore; Lieut.-Gen. H. F. Williams,

starting place for passenger steamers, but these now start rear-commodore ; Capt. H. Houlditch, secret!l.ry ; entrance
from the promenade pier. The site of the old quarry fee, £5 ss. ; yearly subscription, £5. ·

has been laid out for building purposes, in accordance with Royal Sout.h-Western Yacht Club, which has its head-

designs prepared by Mr. Herbert GribblA, architect, of quarters at Plymouth, was established in t8go, and the

London, and comprises a number o,.villa residences, hotel, club house is in the West Hoe road. Admiral H.R.H. the

church, winter garden, lawn tennis ground, baths, an Duke of Edinburgh K.G. patron; Capt. J. H. Bambridge

aquarium, boating establishments, and stables for the Tram R.N. commodore; Wilson Hoare esq. vice-commodore;

Company's stud. Lieut. R. Yonge R.N. rear-commodore; Chas. Lee, esq.
The Armada Memorial, erected at a cost of about £z,ooo, hon. sec. ; entrance fee, £I xs. ; yearly subscription, £I Is.

to commemorate the tercentenary of the defeat of the Horse races take place on" C)lelson meadow," a spacious

Spanish Armada, stands on the Hoe ; the foundation stone turfed area, belonging to the Earl of Morley, and adjacent t<>

was laid on Thursday, July 19, r888, by H. J. Waring esq. Saltram, his lordship's seat, on the margin of the Laira, ~~

mayor, in the presence of eleven mayors of towns in Devon miles from Plymouth, and refwhed by the Laira bridge.

and Cornwall, county and borough magistrates, and a great There are on some occasions, two meetings a year-the

concourse of people; subsequently there was an historical Spring, in May, and the Summer, which is the principal, in

pageant, with tableaux on the Hoe, and a banquet at the Angust.

Guildhall, and a large and valuable collection of relics of the THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE, standing on a dangarous

Armada and its period, portraits of distinguished men of reef about 14 miles distant from Plymouth, dates from 1696,

that age, and coins and medals, was arranged in theWestern the first structure having been begun in that year by Mr.

Law Courts. The design was furnished by Mr. Herbert A. Henry Winstanley, a mercer and country gentleman of

Gribble, architect, of London, and the sculptured work was Littlebury, Essex; this was a hexagonal tower of wood of

executed by Mr. W. Charles May, of Hampstead: the figure six stages, the light being first shown on the 14th ~ovem­

of Britannia, which crowns the work, was unveiled by ber, 1698, and was totally destroyed in a great storm during

H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh K.G. acting for the Queen, the night of the 26th November, 1703, and with it perished

on 21 October, 189o. its ingenious constructor. In 1706 the Trinity House ob-

The Hoe is especially famous in the naval history of this tained an Act of Parliament for the erection of a new light-

country ~ it was the starting point of the daring enterprises house, under the direction of John Rudyerd, a Cornish man,

led by Drake, Hawkins, Raleigh, Cavendish, Vancouver, and also a mercer, possessed of considerable genius; the
Oxenham and Cook, and here assembled, on the xgth July, new buildin~ consisted of a circular wooden tower, tapering

1588,. under Lord Howard of Effingham, that little fleet of upwards, with a base of 23 feet 4 inches, and a height of 92

120 sail, which so signally defeated and dispersed the "In- feet from the lowest side to the top of the lantern, and

vincible Armada" of Spain. In 162o, the Pilg-rim Fathers stood until znd December, 1755• when it was burnt down.

sailed from hence in the "Mav Flower." The Rev. Charles The third lighthouse, built; from the designs of John
•
Smeaton, the famous engineer, was begun on the 3rd Aug.
Kingsley, in his" Westward Ho!" has laid the scene of one

of his finest passages on and near the Hoe. A fine statue of 1756, aud on the 17th August, 1759, Smeaton fixed with his

Sir Francis Drake, executed by the late Sir E. J. Boehm R.A. own hands the gilt ball on its summit ; the light was first

at the cost of gth Duke of Bedford K.G. was placed on the exhibited on 16th October, 1759, since which date the edi-

Hoe, and unveiled on the 14th February, 1884 : it represents fice successfully withstood the most. violent temp~sts known

the great navigator standing near a globe supported on a to the south-western coasts, and in particular th~ terrific

tripod frame, which he is lightly touching with a. pair of storm of nth and 12th January, 1762, by which more than

compasses held in the left hand. Smeaton's lighthouse, re- £8o,ooo worth of damage was done in Plymouth Harbour

moved from the Eddystone reef, and presented to the Cor- and Sound : Smeaton's lighthouse was constructed of stone ;

poration by the Trinity Board, has been re-erected here, the tower terminated in a gallery within which rose the

pn the site of the former obelisk. In the Hoe Park is a lantern, the whole being 72 feet above high-water mark.

memorial fountain, presented by Mr. Charles Norrington For some years previous to 1877 the lighthouse keepers had

l.P. and a stand, erected by the Corporation for the use of experienced alarming tremours and oscillations in the build·

the military bands performing here. The principal approach ing, and on careful insp~ction it was found that not the

is by the lodge entrance at the top of Lockyer street, and lighthouse, but the rock on which it stoo:l, had at length

there are other entrances for foot passengers : at the east end become insecure. It was therefore determined to erect a

of the promenade is a fine pillared gateway, built by Mr. new lighthouse on a fresh site at a distanc3 of 40 yards

Edmund Lockyer, during his maJ-oralty in I821. from the old one in a S.S E. direction, for which designs

Plymouth Breakwater, situated about 2~ miles from the were prepared by Mr. J. N. Douglass, engineer-in-chief of

H~ was commenced on the 12th of April, 1812, from plans the Trinity House ; the rirst landing on the rock was made

furnished totheAdmiralty byMessrs. Rennie and Whidbey, on the 17th July, 1878, but the construction of the coffer-

the former an eminent engineer, and the latt0r a. master in dam was a work of great dan,.aer- and trouble, and often the

the navy, and is mainly constructed of native limestone, the work had to be suspended; working was of eourse suspanded

cost up to the present time being variously estimated at during &he winter of 1878, the first landing in the ne:r.t year

trom £I,soo,ooo to £21ooo,ooo.. In the original desigiJ. it was taking pla~ on the 24-th February~ 1879, the coffer-dam

396 PLYMOUTH. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY'S

being completed by June. On the 21st of that month vessels belonging to Stonehouse are engaged in the coal and

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and H.R.H. the Duke of Edin- timber trade.

burgh came to Plymouth to lay the foundation st.lne of the The Pool, as it is called, is an arm of Plymouth harbour,

new building, but the weather was so stormy that the of sufficient depth to admit vessels of heavy burtben, and is

attempt could not be made; on the 19th August in the much resorted to, especially by ships in the timber trade.

same year, their Royal Highnesses again visited the town, There are many extensive stores on its margin, and several

accompanied by the Elder Brethren of the Trinity Corpora- boat-building yards. A considerable extent of water front-

tion, and, attended by the Corporations of Plymouth and age in Stonehouse is occupied by the docks and works of the

Vevonport, proceeded to the Eddystone and successfully Plymouth Great Western Dock Company. Extensive forti-

performed the ceremony; on the 1st of June, 1881, H.RH. fications command the entrance to the Hamoaze.

the Duke of Edinburgh laid the top stone of the tower, and Edgcumbe and Union street.s, Stonehouse, and Union

on the 18th May, 1882, formally lighted the lantern; the street, Plymouth, form one continuous street, extending for

tower of the new structure consists of 2,171 granite blocks, more than a mile in a straight line from Stonehouse bridge

containing 63,020 cubic feet, or 4,668 tons of masonry ; the to near the Royal hotel, Plymouth.

tctal height above high-water mark is 133 feet, the base to Tbe communication between Stonebouse and Devonport is

a height of 25! feet being solid, with the exception of a large ensured by means of a bridge over the Stonehouse Pool,

water tank let into it; above this is the entrance, and then built in 1773, by the proprietors of the two manors, the Earl

follow in order oil room, store and coal room, crane and of Mount Edgcumbe and Sir John St. Aubyn bart. : the tolls,

store room, living room, low light room, bedroom, service let by the proprietors, have increased in value for many

room, and lastly the lantern ; all the rooms, nine in number, years, and now amount to about £s,ooo yearly. The Mill

have domed ceilings, the height of each one from the floor bridge, which spans the creek higher up, connects Stone-

to the apex of the ceiling being 9 feet 9 inches, and the house with Stoke Damerel.

diameter of each is 14 feet, with the exception of the lower Ferry and horse boats ply between the Admiral's Hard,

oil room, which is 12 feet 9 inches, and the entrance room, approached from Durnford street, and Cremyll Beach, at

which is n feet 6 inches; the windows have gun-metal Mount Edgcumbe, from which a rather hilly road conducts

framings ; three men are constantly kept at the lighthouse, to Looe, Fowey and other parts of Cornwall.

each (during the night) taking a watch of four hours alter- The regulation of the hackney coaches, boats plying for

nately; the light is a white double flashing half-minute hire, and porters for Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse,

light, showing two successive flashes of about 2! seconds' is vested in commissioners, acting under an A(:t of Parlia-

duration divided by an eclipse of about four seconds, the ment, 6th and 7th Vie. cap. 61: very good boats can always

second flash being followed by an eclipse of about 21 seconds. be hired at rates fixed by the commissioners, and easily

A. fixed white subsidiary light from a window below the flash- ascertained.

ing light shows the Hand Deeps and extends over a sector 'I.'he nearest railway stations are those on the Great Western
of 16 degrees, from S. 32 E. to S. 48 E. During thick and line at North road and• Millbay, the latter being the terminus.

foggy weather a large bell is sounded 11wice in quick succes- There are three churches in Stonehouse: that of St.George,

sion every half minute, assimilating the character of the St. Paul's and St. Matthew's.

sound signal to that of the light. The range of visibility of St. George's church, in Chapel street, is a plain building

the new light is 17§ miles, as compared with Smeaton's of of stone in the Doric style, erected in 1879, on the site of an

14 miles. With the consent of the Trinity Corporation and ancient chapel, and consists of chancel, nave, porch and a

the Municipality of Plymouth, Smeaton's lighthouse has tower, with pinnacles, containing one bell : it was entirely

been rebuilt on the Hoe, on the site of the obelisk, the former renovated in 1882, with the addition of a new chancel, and

body undertaking the labour and cost of removal at an al- has 1,100 sittings. The register of baptisms and burials

most nominal charge; and the first stone was re-laid on the dates from the year 1757; marriages, 1754. The living is

Hoe on the 2oth October, 1882, by H.R.H. the Duke of a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £4, net yearly value

Edinburgh, who was accompanied by the Duchess, the [250, including 19 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift

Corporations of Plymouth, Devonport and Exeter being also of the vicar for the time being of St. Andrew's, Plymouth,

pr&ent ; a small charge is made for its inspection. and held since 1891 by the Rev. Boulton Brander Liptrott

The area of Charles the Martyr parish is 1,542 acres; M.A. of St. John's College, Oxford. The population attached

rateable value [125,747; St. Andrew's parish, 1,820 acres; to the mother church in 1891 was 8,047·

raleable value, [190,696; the population of the former in St. Matthew's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed July 25,

1:891 was 36,5r8 and of the latter 47,734: the population 1876; the church, situated opposite the Royal Naval Hos~

of the Municipal borough in 1871 was 68,758, in 1881 pital, was consecrated December r6th, 1875, and is an edifice

73·794• and in 1891 84,252; of the Parliamentary borough, of stone in the Geometrical or Early Decorated style, from

which includes part of Compton Gifford, in 187r, 70,091 ; in designs by Mr. J. Snell, architect, of Plymouth, .consisting

I88r, 76,o8o, and in 1891, 87,480. of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, organ chamber and the

The following is the population and rateable value of the lower stage of an unfinished tower, which forms a porch on
the north side : the east window is stained : there are about
wards:- 730 sittings. The register dates from the year 1876. The
living is a vicarage, net yearly value [200, in the gift of
Wards. Rateable value. Population in 1891. four trustees, and held since 1875 by the Rev. Waiter Alfred

£ Prideaux, of St. Aidan's. The population in 1891 was 4,900.
St. Paul's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Dec. 2r, x883.
Charles ...................s5,973 ...••...........•... 17,o56
The church, at the end of Durnford street, is a building of
Drake's ..................48,732..................... 8,423 stone in the Gothic style, erected in 1830, at a cost of about
[2,700, consisting of nave, aisles, west porch and a turret
Frankfort ......... ······55,525·····················20,405 contaming one bell, and affords sittings for 740 persons.
St. Andrew's............ 82,834................... ·•·I3,753 The register dates from the year [ ]. The living is a

Sutton ......... ·········55,949··· .................. r6,o48 vicarage, gross yearly value [2oo, in the gift of trustees,

Vintry...................... :r7,43o..................... 8,567 and held since x887 by the Rev. John William Gaud. The

CHELSON MEADOW is a parish in Plympton St. Mary

Union, on the margin of the Laira, and contains the race-

course; area 177 acres; rateable value [491.

East Stonehoue-e (known as STONEHOUSE) is a con- population in 1891 was 2,454.
tinuation of Plymouth proper on the west and separated by The Bible Christian chapel is in East street and the Bap-

the Stonehouse pool from Devonport ; and is a parish and tist and Primitive Methodist chapels in Union place. There

to,lnship, forming part of the Parliamentary borough of is a Congregational chapel in Emma place, and a Wesleya.n

Devonport, and head of a county court district: it is chapel in Edgcumbe street.

governed by a Local Board of 24 members, the Local St. George's Hall, now known as the "East Stonehouse

Government Act, 1858, having been adopted by the parish Town Hali," at the east end of Emma place, erected in

3 Dec. 1872, and is in part supplied with water from r849-50 by a company, from designs by Messrs. Fuller and

Plymouth; but water works have also been constructed Gingell, architects, of Bristol, is a fine building in the Italian

:under an Act of Parliament, obtained in 1851, the expenses style, and presents a fac;ade of two orders, the lower being

of the commissioners under this Act being paid by rates on Doric, with bold rustications, and the upper Corintbian, on

the property of the parish. a. continuous moulded base, and finished with a cornice and

The parish was formerly called " Hepeston," and in the balustrading : in the lower stage is a projecting portico,

reign of Henry Ill. contained only the house of the owner of formed by eight coupled Doric columns, supporting a cornice

the manor, J oel de Stonehouse. From the Stonehouse family 'vith balustrade over: on t be ground floor is an entrance

it passed to that of the Durnfords, and from them, by mar- hall, the walls of which are decorated with Ionic column8

riage, to the noble family of Edgcumbe, by whom it is now and pilasters, and the ceilings being deeply coffered: on the

held. The greater part of the parish is Jet on leases subject left is the county court and town ball, with retiring l'O'lms,

to perpetual renewal ()n the payment of small fines; and and on the right the offices of the District Registrar of the

the place owes its prosperity chaefiy to its convenient situa- High Court of Bankruptcy and the County Court combined,

tion as a naval and military dep6t, and to the large Govern- as well as the Registrar's chambers; and above these are the

ment establishments maintained here in connection with the offices of the High Bailiff: the assembly-room, 84 feet by

public Yictnalling, sanitary and medical services. Many 44 feet, and 30 feet high, has an orchestra at the end, witb.

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. PLYMOUTH. S97

a very good organ, and adjoining are retiring and dressing The churches within the fortifications or town prop~r of

rooms. A wing has since been added, ,containing a large Devonport are as follows :-

room. The st.nne for the building was given by the late The consolidated chapelry of St. Aubyn was formed
Eal'l of Mount-Edgcumbe, and the present Earl generously December 5th, r882, out of Stoke Damerel and St. Paul's,
gave up his reversionary interest in the site ; the cost of Devonport. St. Aubyn's church, in Chapel street, erected

erection, £4,5oo, was raised in shares of £I each. The in 1771 as a proprietary chapel at a cost of £7,ooo, is a
building has been purchased by the Local Board of Health building of stone, in the Classic style, consisting of nave,
for municipal purposes, and thoroughly renovated and con- aisles, west porch and· a tower containing a clock and one
siderably improved, at an expense of about £s,ooo, under bell: a new chancel was erected in 1885. at a cost of £8so:
the supervision of Mr. H. J. Snell, architect, of Plymouth. there are I,ooo sittings. The register dates from the year
The Grand Theatre, in Union street, erected in r88g, is a 1883. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £38o,
substantial building, well and completely fitted and effec- with residence, in the gift of the rector of Stoke Damerel,
tively decorated, and will seat 2,220 persons. Henry E. and held since 1870 by the Rev. Pitt Johnson B.A. of Trinity
Reed is the sole proprietor.
Colle5e, Dublin. The population in 1891 was 2,622.
A Constitutional Club, in Edgcumbe strP.et, was opened
St. John the Baptist church, in Duke street, erected in
by the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe on May r8th, 1893, and 1797, at a cost of about £8,ooo, and until r887 ~proprietary
chapel, is a plain building of stone, with sittings for about
there is a Liberal Club in Union street. 1,150 persons. The register dates from the year r887. The

The charities amount to £r6 yearly. living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £250, in tbe gift of
trustees, and held since 1875 by the Rev, Rwhard Mildren
The Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe is lord of the manor ; his
1\I,A. of Clare College, Cambridge. The population in 1891
seat,Mount-Edgcumbe Park, in the adjoining county of Corn-
was 4,197.
wall, is open to the public on Wednesdays, and to strangers

at other times on application at the manor office, Emma

place, Stonehouse. ·
The area of the parish is 187 acres of land and 8o of tidal St. Mary's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed September
water and foreshore; rateab!e value, £4o,ooo ; and the 22nd, r846, from the civil parish of Stoke D.:unerel; the.
population in 1871 was r4,585, in r88r, 15,125, and in rBgr, church, in James street, is a building ot stone, in the Middle
Pointed style, erected in 185o, from the designs of Mr. J.
15,398, including 70 officers and inmates in the Workhouse,
493 in the Royal Naval Hospital and 907 in the Royal Marine Piers St. Aubyn, at a cost of £ w,ooa, and consists of

Barracks. chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a tower with spire,

Devonport, the most westerly of the three towns, situ- at the south-west angle, rso feet in height and containing-
ated at the mouth of the Tamar, is a parliamentary, county one bell; the nave 1s separated from the aisles by an arcade,
and municipal borough, market and garrison town, govern- supported on shaHs of black marble from the Levant ; the
ment arsenal, and a Royal Naval port of considerable extent west window is a memorial to the Rev. Alfred Swain, second
and importance, in the parish of Stoke Damerel, with vicar of this church : there are 6oo sittings. The register
stations on the Great Wastern and London and South dates from the year 1851. The living is a vicarage, ne\
Western railways, I mile west of Plymouth, half a mile west yearly value about £275 with residence, in the gift of the
of Stonehouse, 230! miles from London, 67~ south from Crown and t.he Bishop of Exeter alternately, and held since
Barnstaple, 140 from Bristol, 52 south-west from Crediton, 1879 by the Rev. William Henry Allin B.D. of Durham
59t south-west from Exeter, 17 south from Tavistock and University, and surrogate. The area is 28 acres; the popula-
38;t west from Torquay ; it is bounded on the west and tion in 1891 was s,o87.

south by the harbour of Hamoaze (formed by the confluence St. Paul's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed September

of the rivers Tamar and Lynher), an anchorage sufficiently 22nd, 1846, from the civil parish of Stoke Damerel; the

capacious to moor in safety the entire British navy. The church, on the east side of Morice square, is a building o£

town is of modern date, having originated with and sprung stone, in the Middle Pointed style, consisting of chancel,

up around the Royal Dockyard, begun under the auspices nave and aisles and a tower containing one bell: the chancel

of King William III. soon after the Revolution in 1688: the comprises two bays, and is separated from the aisles by a

~yard was first, anq for many years, cl,l.lled the Plymouth low screen ; there are 740 sittings. The register dates from

Yard,. and the town Plymouth Dock; but in 1820 the the year 1852. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value

name of the town was changed by royal charter to D~von­ £265, with residence, iu the girt of the Crown and the

port. Hishop of Exeter alternately, and held since 18go by the

The town of Devonport consists of the " old town," inclosed Rev. Andrew John Hamlyn. The population in IB9r was

by fortified lines on the north and east, and Stoke Damerel, 6,010.

now forming a northern suburb, and including Morice Town, St. Stephen's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed September

a populous <;listrict adjoining Keyham steam yard. Houses 22, 1846, from the civil parish of Stoke Damerel: the church,

began to be erected here about 1700, and by 1733 there was situated in George street, and erected in 1852, is a building

a population of 3,361 ; by 1783 it equallecl that of Plymouth, of stone in the Middle Pointed style, erected from the designs
aud in 18oo had largely exceeded it; but the later commer~ of Mr. J. Piers St. Aubyn, architect, o.nd consists of chancel,

cial activity of Plymouth has enabled that town to re-assert nave, north aisle, north porch, and a central tower with lofty

its former superiority. spire containing one bell ~ there are 380 sittings. The register
The main road from Plymouth to Cornwall passes dates from the year xasr. The living is a vicarage, gross

through Devonport, and the traffic is continued across the yearly value £274, in the g1ft of the trustees of Keble College,

Hamoaze by a steam floating bridge, which crosses every Oxford, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Henry Patrick

half-hour from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. from the beach at Morice Russell. The population in I8gr was ~.8gg.

Town to Torpoint, in Cornwall. TM Catholic church. in James s1reet, dedicated to -SS.

Devonport is connected with Stonehouse by a bridge cross- Michael and Joseph, and erected in I86o-l, from the designs

ing Stonehi)USe pool to Edgcumbe street, Stonehouse, and of J. Hansom esq. is a building in the Early Gothic style

thence directly through Union street to Plymouth. with sittings for 450 persons. This church is attended by

Steamers leave the quay at the end of Cornwall f:treet, the Catholic soldiers of the garrison ; there are also larJe

Devonport, for Saltash, every bour ~ and other steamers ply schools adjoining the church.

daily to various towns and places up the river Tamar, and A Catholic service is also held on boad H.l\I.S. " Mon-

to ~t. German's. During the summer months several of mouth " in the Hamoaze. 1

the river steamers make daily trips up the Tamar to the . There is a Baptist chapel in Fore street with 500 sittings,

Weir Head, some go miles from Devonport, a route afford- and others in l\'Iorice square and Pembroke street ~ the Con-

ing a most picturesque and charming river excursion. gregational chapel in Princes street, Ope, affords 85o sittings.

'fhe town was mcorporated as a municipal borough in The Bible Christian chapel in King street has 400 sittings.

1837, and by the Reform Act of r832 was formed, together The Moravian chapel in James street, .opened May 19, 1771.

with the township of Stonehouse, into a parliamentary is the oldest chapel in Devonport, and will seat 200 persons.

borough, returning two members. The "Local Govern- Christ Church Unitarian chapel, in Duke street, erected in

ment Act, 1858" (21 and 22 Vict. c. g8) was adopted here 1864 at a cost of £2,ooo, ha!9 stained windows and 450

II May, r866. In the municipal borough there are six sittings ; there is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Morice

wards, viz. St. Aubyn, Morice, Clowauce, St. John's, street with Boo sittings, one in Ker street, built in 1823-4,

Stoke and Tamar, the first four being within the "lines." at a cost of £2,000; and a third in Mount street.

The Corporation consists of a mayor, twelve aldermen, The Town Hall, in Ker street, in an elevated part of the

thirty-six councillors, a town clerk, recorder and other town, and built in 1822, at a cost of about £3,000, is an

officers. Under the provisions of the Local Government edifice of thA Grecian. Doric order, erected in imitation of

Act, 1888, Devonport has been constituted a county of itself ; the Parthenon at Athens ; it contains a magistrates' court,

the Corporation acting as the county council, for certain council chamber, police station and committee rooms.

purposes defined by the Act. It has a commission of the The Corporation insignia consists of a mace, mayor's chain

peace and a separate court of quarter sessions and a with badge, and a common seal. The silver-gilt mace, pre-

borough police force. The control of the streets and sewer- sented to the boJ"Ough in November, 18371 on its incorpora-
age is now introsted to the Town Council as the Urban tion, by Sir John St. Aubyn hart.. lord of the manor of Stoke

Sanitary Authority, Damerel, is of the usual form, the head being divided by

398 PLYMOUTH. DEVONSHIRE. [KELLY18

winged figures into compartments, enriched with the Devonport is almost exclusively the property of Lord

national badgE'S; the mayor's chain, presented by Edward St. Levan, formerly Sir John St. Aubyn hart. who is lord

St. Aubyn esq. first mayor of Devonport, 1837-8, and mayor of the manor. Mr. Edward St. Aubyn J.P. is the estate

1849-~o, is of gold,and consists of seven large open roses, con- steward.

nected by links ; the pendant badge consists of a gold medal, The population in 1891 was-of the municipal borough

with, on the obverse, a figure of Neptune in a car, drawn 54,848; and of the parliamentary borough 70,204.

by sea-horses, and on the reverse an inscription; another Stoke Damerel, the mother parish of Devonport, and
round the rim records its presentation by the family of the
late Jonathan Ramsey esq. 24 August, 1864- The seal is now one of its suburbs and forming tl.Je Stoke ward of tbat
simply an embossing stamp with the town arms and legend ; borough, lies on a gentle acclivity facing the south and east,
the mayor wears a robe of scarlet cloth. about a mile from the. town, and has now become a popu-
lous and fashionable neighbourhood. The houses, mostly
The P• ost Office, at the east end of Fore street, was built detached, are of a superior class ; and the appearance of

in 1849, from designs by Mr. G. Wightwick, and cost about Stoke from the Sound ol' Mount Edgcumbe is singularly at-
tractive. There are stations here under the name of
£2,000. "Devonport" on the Great Western and South Western
Devonport is mainly dependent for its rapid growth and railways ; the extension of the latter from Lidford, com-
pleted in 18go,has also a station at Ford in the parish. Stoke
present prosperity on the two great Government Dockyards, Damerel is connected with Stonehonse by the Mill bridge,
known as the Royal Devonport Dockyard and the Keyham which crosses the creek at its upper extremity.

Steam yard, in which it is estimated that over 8,ooo persons
are at present employed.

The Devonport New Quays, on Stonehouse pool, at the
entrance of the Hamoaze, were completed at a cost of St. Andrew's, the parish church of Stoke Damerel, about
between £7o,ooo and £8o,ooo, and opened for traffic in half-a-mile from the Dockyard, is a building of stone, in
February, 1886, in connection with the London and South the Perpendicular style, consisting of nave, aisles, north and
Western railway. They have a depth of water of 18 feet at south porches and an embattled western tower, with pin-
ordinary low spring tides, which increases a few feet out to 6o nacles, containing a clock and 6 bells, all cast by Thomas
feet. Immediately adjacent to the quays is ample space for Bilbie, of Cullompton, in 1789, from a previous peal of four,
the storage of corn, coals and general merchandize. The with additional metal: the church consisted originally of a
advantages of the port of Plymouth are now fully recog- nave, but in 1750 and previously aisles were added, so that
nized by the various ocean steam ship companies for the tlm- the breadth of the building is now greater than its proper
barkation and landing of passengers, mails and specie &c. length : it contains many mural monuments, recording the
and by a short branch railway these quays, distinct from Mill- services of various eminent personages, and there are Soo
bay, are connected with the London and South Western sittings. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1689;
railway system, thu$ establishing direct communication with marriages and burials, 1707. The living is a rectory, aver-
London and all parts of the United Kingdom without trans- age tithe rent-charge £418, gross yearly income £1,o5o,
with w acres of glebe, in the gift of Lord St. Levan, and
fer or break of gauge.
. The Market house, in the centre of the town, with held since 1877 by the Rev. William St. Aubyn M. A. of Oriel
approaches and entrances in Cumberland street, Duke College, Oxford, prebendary of Exeter, rural dean of Three
street, Market street and Catherine street, is a spacious Towns and chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter. The population
building, erected in 1852, from designs by J. Piers St. attached to the mother church in 1891 was II,683.

Anbyn esq. architect, at the cost of the trustees of the There are two mission chapels in connection with the parish

manor, and has a clock tower 124 feet in height, containing church, viz.: St. Barnabas, in Stnart road, a building in the

a clock with four dials and one bell ; it is now the property Early English style from designs by Mr. J. P. St. Aubyn,

of Lord St. Levan, to whom the market tolls belong. The architect, begun in 1886 and completed in 1893 at a cost of

market days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. £7,500: there are sittings for 6oo persons.

There are two or three small breweries, also saw mills and St. Bartholomew's, in Church street, Higher Stoke, was

a bonded warehouse, and an extensive business is done in the built in 1883 and will seat 200 persons.

.supply of stores to ships. St. Michael's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed June 27,

The Coal Associcttion, for the import and supply of coals, 1873 : the church, in Albert road, at the junction of Morice
is a co-operative society.
Town and Stoke, and erected in 1845 at a cost of £4,ooo, is
Near the Town Hall, in the highest part of the town, is of stone, in the Gothic style, and consists of nave, aisles,
the Devonport Column, a pillar of granite of the Doric order, nol'th porch and a turret containing one bell : there are
125 feet in height, built in 1824, at a cost of about £2,750, 1,200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1873. The
in commemoration of the re-naming of the town by George living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £370, derived from
IV. ; an extensive view may be obtained from the summit. pew rents and an endowment from the Ecclesiastical Com-
The Royal .Albert Hospital and Eye Infirmary, at the end missioners, in the gift of the rector of Stoke Damerel, and
of Marlborongh street, is a fine building of stone in the held since 1884 by th~ Rev. William Mantle B.A. of Trinity
Early English style, erected in 1861, at a cost of about College, Dublin.
£13,000: it contains lofty and spacious apartments and 218 The population in 1891 was 4,998.
beds, 62 of which are supported by voluntary contributions ; There is a Primitive Methodist chapel in Hotham place,
a provident dispensary and lock wards are attached to the with too sittings, and a Wesleyan chapel, with 500 sittings.
building: the average number of in-patients is 66, and The Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, a national in-
out-patients, 1,653•
stitution, is situated at the higher part of Stoke.
The Female Orphdn Asylum, Morice square, is intended Hewett's charity, of £2,072 Consols, founded by will in
for such orphan daughters of workmen in the Royal Dock- 1836, is distributed among the deserving poor of this parish,
yard as have ~n left unprovided for : it is supported by St. John's and Maker, after deducting £2o for the salary of
the monthly subscriptions of the men, and by donations the agent; Chamber's consists of the mterest of £540 Con-
from the officers and others.
sols, to be equally divided among four widows of ship-
The Free Public Library, Duke street, opened February wrights; Williams', of £555 Consols, founded in 1836 for
6th, 1882, contains about 12,000 volumes : there is a poor persons, is distributed in food and raiment.
museum attached, containing a collection of minerals, pre-
The Royal Albert bridge, which carries the Great Western
.sented by Lord St. Levan. 'fhe Devonport School of Art is
railway across the Tamar to Saltash and connects the
also conducted here; head master, Henry R. Babb. counties of Devon and Cornwall, is one of the greatest
achievements of Isambard K. Brunei, the distinguished en-
There is also a Sailors' Home in Duke street. . gineer; it was formally opened by H.R.H. Prince Consort, 2
May, 1859, and consists of 19 spans or arches, the main por-
The grounds immediately adjoining the fortifications of tion over the river being in two spans only, resting on one

the town, and between it and Stoke and Morice Town, belong grand cast iron pier in the middle of the river, and leaving
the traffic on each side almost unimpeded : the total length
to the Government, and cannot be built upon, thus securing
is 2,240 feet, and its greatest height from the foundation to
to the inhabitants of Devonport the advantage of open the summit is about 260 feet ; the principal weight of the

country around the town and some pleasant walks. The whole of this mass of iron of more than 4,000 tons rests upon
the great main pier.
fortifications and barriers, with draw-bridges and a moat,
Most of the residences in this neighbourhood afford ex~
were commenced in the reign of George II.
tensive, varied and beautiful land and sea views. •
Devonport Park, formed in 1858, and consisting of about 'fhe area of tbe parish of Stoke Damerel is 1,815 acres of

37 acres, between Devonport and Stoke Damerel, is a fine land and 565 acres of water; rateable value, £no,3o2; the

recreation ground and promenade, and commands an ex- population in 1891 was 54,736.
Parish Clerk of Stoke, W. J. P. Symons, 17 Stoke ten:ace,
tensive view of the surrounding scenery; at the south entrance
Stoke.
is a picturesque half-timbered lodge, and opposite to it a

terra-cotta fountain, erected in memory of Sir Charles Napier

X.C.B., rear-admiral B.N. who died sth November, 186o.

A regatta, under royal patronage, is held at Devonport,

generally in the month of August, and attracts a great

many spectators. Boats ply for hire from the steps at
Mount Wise, Mutton Cove, North Corner {Cornwall street) Morice Town is a rapidly increasing district, lying to

and New Passage. the north of De\·onport and the nortb and west of tltok.e,

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. PLYMOUTH. 399

and forms the Tamar ward of Devonport borough, where Government Establishments.

m~ny of the persons employed in the Devonport dock and The Royal Devonport Dockyard,so named by HerMajesty's
Keyham steam yard and minor officers of the navy reside. command on the occasion of the visit of the Queen and

It derives its name from Sir William :Morice knt. M.P. for Prince .Albert in 1843, lies on the west of Devonport, and is
inclosed on the side towards the Hamoaze by a semicircular
Devonshire in 164s, sheriff in 1651, and in 16s9 governor of wharf wall of more than 1,16o yards in length: it is also
Plymouth : he afterwards became one of the principal secre- separated from the town by a high wall, with an entrance
taries of state, and in 1668 was patron of the living of Stoke into Fore street, and comprises an area of more than 70
Damerel; his son of the same name was created a baronet, acres; plans have been (1893) prepared for greatly extending
.April 20, r66r, but the title became extinct on the death of Devonport Dockyard, and, if carried out, Devonport will be
the finest naval port in the world, and the Government have
the 3rd baronet in I7SO.

St. James the Great is an ecclesiastical parish, formed assented to an expenditure of £7o,ooo for pier and £xs,ooo
June 23, 1846, from the civil parish of Stoke Damerel; the for machinery at Keyham for the purpose of extending the
church, in Albert road, near the Government works at Key- coaling arrangements. · The new plans contemplate the con-
ham, and erected in 1849-so, at a cost of £6,ooo, is a struction of three new docks, one of 6oo feet and the other
building of stone, in the Decorated style, consisting of chan- two 500 feet in length, the docks being entered from a basin
cel, nave with clerestory, aisles, and a tower with spire, on 700 feet wide, and the basin itself entered from a lock 6oo
the south side, I4S feet high, containing 8 bells : the base of feet long. The Dockyard gives employment to nearly 4,000
the tower forms a porch: there are 1,093 sittings. The men, employed as shipwrights, caulkers, joiners, smiths,
register dates from the year 1849. The living IS a vicarage, sawyers, rope makers, machinists, painters, riggers, sail
net yearly value £3oo, in the gift of the Crown and the makers and labourers. Besides the ships of war building,

Bishop of Exeter alternately, and held since x886 by the or under repair, the docks, rope house and smithery, with

Rev. Richard .Tames Bond, surrogate. The population in their various mechanical appliances, are always objects of

1891 was 10,676. interest to the visitor, as are also the guard ship and vessels

There is a Bible Christian chapel in Haddington road; in steam reserve.

Wycliffe Congregational chapel in .Albert road, erected in The Dockyard chapel within the yard, for the use of the
xBss-6, at a co.st of £2,000, has 5so sittings; there is q.lso a officers and men of that establishment, is a plain building of

Primitive Methodist chapel in Herbert street, with 300 limestone, with a tower containing 6 bells, all cast by Pen-

sittings ; a Free Methodist chapel in Albert road, seating nington, of Lezant, Cornwall, in 1770, and has r ,2oo sittings.

.sso persons; and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Glouces- North of the Dockyard, and entered from Queen street, is
ter street, with 7SO sittings. the Gun Wharf, first laid out in 1718, alld now occupying an

FoRD is the name of a district in the north-east part of the area of nearly 21 acres; it contains officers' houses, a naval

parish of Stoke. ordnance depot erected in 1892, an armoury, store houses

St. Mark's is an ecclesiastical parish formed December 15, and piles of shot, gun-carriages and other implements of
1885, from Stoke Damerel civil parish; the church, in war.
Cambridge road, Ford, is a building of dressed limestone in Beyond the Gun Wharf is Keyham steam yard, estab-
the Early Pointed style, consisting of chancel, nave and lished by the late Lord Auckland, when First Lord of the
aisles: the chancel was built in 1874 and the nave and aisles Admiralty, in 1846; it occupies nearly the entire water front-
in 1882, the total cost being £5,ooo: there are 200 sittings. age of Morice Town and extends over more than 100 acres ;
An iron building for Sunday school purposes was erected at it contains, besides extensive smitheries and workshops for
a cost of £400. The register dates from the year 1884. The engineers and others employed in the repair or fitting of

living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £r6o, with residence, steam vessels, some of the largest and finest granite-built
in the gift of trustees, and held since 1892 by the Rev. basins and docks in the country, one of these, the Queen's
Walter .Allen Lewis M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The dock, being 4J;.8 teet in length. The entrances to the basin
and the docks are secured by iron caissons, which cost about
population in 1891 was 6,621.

There are Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist chapels. £4,500 each.

The population of the "Three Towns" in 1881 was The two dockyards are under the supervision of an
137,664, and in 1891, 138,gg6.
admiral-superintendent, and connected by means of a

tunnel, constructed in r8s4, passing under the streets be-

Compton Gifford adjoins Plymouth on the north-east, tween the Dockyard and Gun Wharf, and thence under
and is a tithing and a civil parish, formed Dec_ 22, x87r, into Moon street to the Keyham yard; the three great estab-
an ecclesiastical parish with an addition from the civil parish lishments being thus connected, stores and other material
of Charles, Plymouth ; it is in Plympton St. Mar.v union and can be speedily conveyed from one to the other. The sum
forms a suburb, though not in the borough of Plymouth, paid annually in wages to the artificers of all classes, in the
being governed by a Local Board of nine members formed two dockyards, is no less than £340,000 ; in addition to
July 30, 1881, and comprises the districts of Mannamead which, 241 officials receive salarie~, amounting in the aggre-
and Mutley. Emmanuel church, situated at MANNAMEAD, gate to £42,985 yearly. The Dockyards comprise to·
is a building of stone, in the Decorated style, consisting of gether an area of r8o acres and present a magnificent river
chancel, nave, aisles, large transepts, vestry, organ chamber frontage to the Hamoaze. All the ships forming the West-.
and south and west porches : the east window, erected by ern Division of the Channel Squadron,as well as many others,
the Messrs. Pearn, is a memorial to their mother, and there refit and repair at these docks, and every branch of naval
are others to the Hicks, Jackson, Rendle and Jenkins construction is in full operation in their spacious factories
families : the church will seat 900 persons. The register and workshops. There is also a very extensive Government
dates from the year 1871. The living is a vicarage, tithe Ropery and Sail FactOI'y, in which ISO females are employed..
rent-charge £so, net yearly value £4oo, with house, in the In the Hamoaze, or harbour, in front of the yards, and up
gift of the vicar of Charles, and held since 1878 by the Rev. to Bull Point, are moored ships of war not in commission or
George Benton Berry B.A. of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. on active service, besides a large number of gun-boats.
There is a mission chapel in Lower Compton and one in Moorings are laid down by the Admiralty from the Dockyard
Hyde Park road, Mutley; both are attached to Emmanuel to the confluence of the Lynher and Tamar, a distance of
church. The chief landowners are Vice-Admiral Sir Michael about 3 miles.
Culme Seymour bart. Miss Revell, John Thomas Soltau esq. The Royal Naval Engineer Students' College, at the
northern end of Keyham yard, adjoining the officers'
.J.P. of Little Efford, and Richard Carter Revell esq. 'fhe
soil is free soil ; subsoil, slate ; and is chie1ly in grazing quarters, is a large and handsome building of limestone and

land. The area is 830 acres; rateable value, £21,732 ; the Portland stone, with a frontage of 200 feet. It affords room
population in 1891 was 3,264 in the tithing and 4,66r in the for 162 students. The t.otal cost of this college is about
£17,000 yearly, of which about £4,000 is contributed by the
ecclesiastical parish.
students.
MuTLEY, adjoining Plymouth on the north, contains the The New Naval Barracks for officers and seamen of the
South Devon Militia barracks, 3rd .Battalion Devonshire Steam Reserve, about half-a-mile beyond the Engineers'
Regiment.
College, has a total frontage of about 2,ooo fee~ with an
Principal Verger, Richard Northmore_
average breadth of 65 feet ; the main block being 1400 feet

LoCAL BOARD. and the smaller wing 6oo feet in length. The building will
Offices, Lower Compton road. hold over x,ooo seamen, and has a spacious parade ground
Board day, first wednesday in every month. attached.

The Royal William Victualling Yard,situated at the south-

Clerk, Ellery Arthur Bennett, 17 Courtenay st. Plymouth western point of Stonehouse, on what was formerly called

Medical Offieer of Health, George Jackson F.R.C.!l-Eng. 10 "Cremyll Point/' was begun in 1826, and completed in
-~-J r835 ~ the entire premises compris& an extent of 13 acre8, of
Portland villas, Plymouth

Surveyor, Richard Hansford Worth, 4 Seaton aven. Mutley which about 6 acres were recovered from the sea: it is

Inspector of Nuisances& Collector, John Moule, Local Board estimated that in its construction no less than 300,000 tons

offices, Lower Coutpton roadj of rock were displaced. The works were executed by the

400 PLYMOt;TH. DEYONSHIRE. (KELLY'S

contractor, Hugh Mclntosh, under the superintendence of spaciou.o; parade ground, and are built in a simple Italian

~ir John Rennie and Philip Richards esq. at a cost of above style; the officers' mess-room is a lofty and spacious apart-

two millions sterling. 'fhe gateway forming the entrance ment, With an orchestra at one end.

on the land side is in the Grreco-Roman style and is orna- 'fhe Citadel church, Plymouth, for the use of the garri-

mented with appropriate emblems and surmounted by a son, is a plain building of stone, consisting of nave ancl

statue of King William IV. The general facing of the build- transepts, and has sittings for about soo persons. The

ings is of wrought limestone; but the plinth throughout, as Rev. Edward John Hardy l\LA. of Trinity College, Dublin,

well as the dressings, cornices and architraves, in the prin- chaplain to the forces, officiates.

cipal fronts, are of gramte: the door and window frames are The Garrison church, in George square, Devonport, is an

of cast iron, as are the internal columns of the warehouses, edifice of brick and hewn stone and adjoins the extensive

and the girders and lintels of the cooperage; several of the barracks: there are r,ooo sittings.

stores are also roofed with iron. The arrangements for The Plymouth division of Royal Marines, comprising 7

grinding and baking are very complete : the grinding companies, has it.s head quarters at Stonehouse.

apparatus includes 34 pairs of millstones, and is capable of The Royal Marine Barracks, built in 1784, and occupying-

grinding above 1,000 bushels of corn in ro hours: the meal an area of about 13 acre'", are situated at the back of Durn-

or flour is passed from one part of the building to another, ford street, and between it and Millbay, and are available

mixed, kneaded, cut into biscuits, and depo'3ited m the O\'ens for about 1,500 men ; they are built in a plain Italian style,

by machiner·y: the slaughter-house is of sufficient extent to and have a lofty pedimented entrance, with three archways;

admit of the killing of from 70 to 8o head of cattle at once : residences for the commandant and officers, with offices, are

the weighing and salting houses are equally capacious. The attached : the central square forms a parade, where the

storehouses and workshops are extensive and admirably Royal Marine band frequently performs, and in which the

arranged. The clock in the central tower, by Mr. Vulliamy, marines and recruits drill.

is an elaborate and accurate machine, with a pendulum 14 Beyond the Royal Marine Barracks, in a southerly direc-

feet in length, and consisting of a teak-wood rod su-pporting tion, is the Long-room, formerly a public asselLbly-room

a ball weighing nearly 2~ cwt. and vibrating once in 2 11 in and promenade, but now Government property, and used as

an arc of from 3° to 3° 301 from the zero point of rest : the a dispensary for marines.

escapement wheel revolves once in 4', with a perfectly dead The Admiralty School, in the Millbay road, Stonehouse,

beat, and has 6o steel pins or teeth operating on steel for the children of the marines, is a fine building of stone in

pallets: the clock is composed of 1,393 pieces. The yard is the Gothic style, established by the Government in the year

in the charge of the superintendent and a staff of officers, r871.

and about 130 men are regularly employed. The western The Royal Military Hospital, Stoke, adjacent to the open

portion of the victuallmg yard, consisting of about 3 acres, ''lines," on the margin of the Stonehouse Pool, was built in

was in 1891 transferred to the New Naval Ordnance De- 1797, and has a cohmnade of 41 arches, forming a fine

partment. Extensi\'e repairing shops have been erected, promenade for the sick ; the hospital is available for 286

fitted with machinery of the latest pattern ·and with patients.

various labour-saving appliances, powerful steam and hy- The Royal Naval Hospital, to the North of Stonehonse,

draulic cranes and lifts, both on the wharf and in the and near the Pool or Lake, is directly opposite to the Royal

stores, are in constant use, and a tramway facilitates the Military Hospital, bnt on the Stonehouse side of the water:

movement of the heavy stores. . The lower floor of the it was built in 1762, for the reception of seamen and marines,

buildings of this department is used for the storage of and occupies an area of 24 acres; from 6oo to 700 patients

sponges, rammers, carriages &c. : the centre floor contains can be received here, aud there are residences for the various.

the armoury, in which about g,ooo rifles, besides pistols, officers, surgeons and chaplains.

cutlasses and boarding pikes are kept ready for immediate , Naval & Military Establishments.
use. Machine and quick-firing guns are also kept on this

floor, .the average number being nearly 500. 'fhe upper Royal Navy.

floors are filled with a miscellaneous assortment of stores in Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Algernort McLennan
great variety. ]n the shot yard are stacked piles of heavy Lyons K.C.B. Admiralty house, Mount Wise, & flagshi!)
shot, the total weight of which usually amounts to about "Vivid"

$,ooo tons. The weight of the ordnance stores contained Flag Lieutenant, Richard M. Harbord
Secretary, George Liddell
generally in these buildings is about 14,000 tons, and they
comprise about 12,ooo different· kinds of articles. The ROYAL DOCKYARDS, DEVONPORT & KEYHAlii.
value of the stock (including the combustibles and explosive

stores at Bull Point) may be taken at about £2,5oo,ooo. Admiral Superintendeht, Rear-Adqliral Sir Robert H. M.

The water close to the victualling yard is of sufficient depth Molyneux K.C.B. flagship, "Indus"

for vessels of hea,·y burthen to come alongside to receiv~ Civil Assistant to the Admiral Superintendent, J. G. Wildisll

cargoes. Fresh water is supplied by the Plymouth Corpora- Secretary, W. T. Archer •·

tion, from an extensive reservoir in the field adjoining the OFFICERS OF THE YARDS.

yard. Staff Captain & Queen's Harbour Master, Hamoaze, James

"' Devonport is the seat of a naval command, and the R. O;;born R.N
Commander-in-Chief, or Port Admiral, has a residence,
known as " Admiralty House," on Mount Wise, a fine, open Chief Constructor, George Crocker
and elevated parade ground on the south side of the town,
and commanding extensive views seaward, as well as a Chief Engineer, Robert Mayston
great part of the harbour ; the spot derives its name from
Sir Thomas Wise kt. a former lord of the manor, who built Superintending Civil Engmeer, Charles Colson

a. house here. The offices are in direct communication, by Assistant Staff Captain, William H. James

telegraph, with the Admiralty in London. There is a sema- Queen's Harbour Master, Staff Captain George J. Tom!in
phore or telegraph station on an eminence near the admiral's
house, from which ships in the harbour, or passing up or Naval Storekeeper, Ed~rar Besant .
down the channel within sight of the coast, may be
signalled. Cashier, P. Basden Smith

The military Commander-in-Chief for the Western district Chaplain, Rev. Samuel Allen Shone LL.D., B. A., :R.N
of England, which includes the counties of Brecknock,
Cardigan, Carmarthen, Cornwall, Devon, Glamorgan, Fleet Surgeon, John S. Dobbyn M.D
Gloucester, Monmouth, Montgomery, Pembroke, Radnor
and Somerset, as well as Haverfordwest, has also a residence, Surgeon, C. B. D'Eyncourt Chamberlain
called ''Government House,'y with offices, on Mount Wise,
Officer in Charge of Expense Accounts, David Chas.Simpson

Constructors, W. James & W. Gowings

First Assistant to Chief Engineer, William L. Wishart

Acting First A.&,sistant to Chief Engineer, Josiah P. Thomas

Second Assistant to Chief Engineer, Frederick D. Hobbs

Assistant Chief Engineer for Charge of Drawing Office, p_

Marrack

Devonport being the seat of the command. At the rear of Surveyor of Stores, W. G. Moore
Government House is the Mount Wise parade, on which the Surgeon, Percy E. Maitland (for service in Keyham yard)
Clerks of Works, E. A. W. Barnard & L. Parr
troops are exercised, but on account of the rather limited Chief Boatswain, Thomas Morris
space the annual reviews are now usually held in the
park adjacent. Besides the citadel there are two batteries Master Rigger, Thomas H- Bumett

and barracks. The powder magazine, formerly at Kinter- ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURAL WORKS DEPARTl\IES'T.

bury, about r! miles from the town, is now at Bull Point, Draughtsman, E. Wakeford

nearly 4 miles up the Tamar. Accountant Clerk, A. B. Holmes

The barracks, sometimes containing upwards of 2,ooo NAVAL ORDNANCE STORE DBPARTIIENT.
troops, are arranged in several distinct blocks, the Artillery ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD.
barracks being on the north of the town, the Raglan bar-
racks on the east, next •• The Lines," and George's Square Cremyll street, Ea. S. Plymouth.

barracks south-east, besides other barracks near Mount Naval Ordnance Officer, Lieut.-Col. R. Barrin~ton Baker

Wise; the Raglan barracks, the principal entrance to which Assistant Ordnance Officer, Captairl Andrew MacFarlane

is from the military l"Oad in " The Lines," nearly inclose a Supervisor, Joseph Lockwood

DlRECTORY.] ·DEVONSHIRE. PLYMOUTH. 401

t!Ut.t t>OtN1'. Army.

Deputy Naval Ordnance Officer, Major F. George Edyvean WESTERN DISTRICT.

Supervisor, Peter John Penny Comprising Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carrnartben-

Manager of Laboratory, John Bonney shire, Cornwall, Devonshire, Glamorganshire, Gloucester-

Inspector of Warlike Stores, Lieut. Francis A. Brookes R.N shire, Haverfordwest, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire,

ROYAL NAVAL ENGINEER STUDENTS' CoLLEGE. Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire & Somersetshire
Keyham Yard. Head Quarters Staff & Heads of Departments' Offices,

Head Master, Professor A. M. Worthington H.A.., F.R.A.s Devonport.
Senior Assistant, John Crocker Commanding District, Lieut.-General Sir R. Harrison
Assistant ~fasters, W. Larden ;M.A. & R. S. Cole M.A
K.C.B., c.M.G., R.E. Government house
ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD, Aide-de-Camp, Lieut. G. R. Lascelles, Royal Fusiliers,
East Stonebouse.
Government house
Superintendent, Edward C. A. Capel Assistant Adjutant General & Chief Staff Officer, Col. G. C.
Clerk of Works, Thomas C. Hunter
Foreman of Works, John Y eomans S. Ducat, District office
Assistant Adjutant General, Col. J. W. Elmes, District office
Draftsman, B. S. Wagstaff Dy. A. A. General, Major C. E. de la P. Beresford, Wilts

Accountant's Clerk, Henry T. Matthews regiment, District office
Senior Clerk, John Goodfellow D. A. A. G. for Instruction, Capt. L. W. Bode, Middlesex
Clerk, Henry M. Evans
Writers, Richard E. Conies, Joseph Bailey, John S. Gray, regiment, Mount Wise
District Inspector of Musketry, Capt. F. Hacket-Thompson,
Thomas Wonnall
Inspector of Police, William Kellock Cameronian Highlanders, District office

Commanding R. A. (Col. on the Staff),Col. E. Lyons, District offi

Brigade Major R.A. Major E. R. A. Kerrison R.A.

STATIONARY TRAINING SHIPS. District office

H.M.S. CAMBRIDGE, GUNNERY SHIP. Staff Adjutant, Capt. C. H. Milward R.A. District office

Devonport. Commanding R.E. (Col. on the Staff), Col. R. W. Stewart,

Captain, Archibald L. Douglas A.D.C Raglan barracks

Commander, Frederick R. Gransmore Commandant R.M.L.I. Col. N. F. Way c.n.R.M.barracks sth

Captain of Marines, .Alfred E. Marcbant Principal Med. Officer, Surg.-Col. F. H. Welch F.R.C.S.Eng.

Chaplain & Naval Instructor. Rev. William J. Wilby B.A Station hospital

Fleet Surgeon, John C. B. Maclean M.A., M.B Senior Ord. Store Officer, Col. H. Taylor D.c.G. of ord.

Fleet Paymaster, Francis St. J. S. O'Neill H.M. Gunwharf, Devonport

H.M.S. DEFIANCE, TORPEDO SCHOOL SliiP. District Paymaster, Col. G. H. Anson (chief paymaster), 28
Devonport.
George street, Devonport
Captain, John E. Meryon
Chaplain, Rev. Arthur W. Plant M.A Station Paymaster, Lieut.-Col. B. K. Whiteford, 28 George
Fleet Surgeon, Bernard Renshaw
Fleet Paymaster, William Trew street, Devonport

H.M.S. IMPREGNABLE, TRAINING SHIP FOR BOYS. Chaplains to the Forces, Rev. E. J. Hardy M.A. 2nd class
Devonport. ·
(s.c.F. ); Plymouth; & Rev. T. H. Foulkes M.A. 4th class,
Captain, Day H. Bosanquet (Inspector of Boys' Training
Ships) Devonport

Commander, William H. Somerset Supt.ofGymnasia,Capt.E.S.D.CrowtherR.M.L.I.Gymnasium
Chaplain & Naval Instructor, Rev. John M. Clarkson H.A
Fleet Surgeon, John Lyon M.D Inspector of Schools, Capt. W. Redman, 6 Durnford st. sth
Fleet Paymaster, Edwin R. S. Sandys
Superintending Clerk, A. Samty, District office
H.M.S. LION1 TRAINING SHIP FOR BOYS.
Commander, Robert A. J. Montgomerie c.B Garrison Staff.
Chaplain & Naval Instructor, Rev. Frederic L. Warleigh B.A
Staff Surgeon, Charles L. Vasey Garrison Sergeant Major, J. Cooper, Garrison office
Fleet Paymaster, John H. Cleverton
l:5choolmasters, G. S. Barrett, Devonport & E. Johnstone~
COAST GUARD,
Station-Devil's Point, East Stonehouse. Plymouth Citadel .
Inspecting Officer of Division, Commander Leonard E. Dick
Chief Officer, Francis Thomas ARTILLERY.

GARRISON ARTILLERY, WESTERN DIVISION.

District Establishment, The Citadel.

Staff.
Lieut.-Cols. A. Browne, R. F. Williams & A. G. Walker

Armament Majors, W. G. Lowther, A. J. Nixon & G. G.

Monck-Mason
District Officer, Major Thomas Duncan Richey
Adjutant, Major 'f. D. Richey

Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, Capt. R. L. Clark

RoYAL MARINES. Adjutant, Capt. T. D. Inglis

Head Quarters Staff. DEPO• T.

Deputy Adjutant-General, Lieut.-Gen. Howard Sutton Staff.

Jones c.B Lient.-Col. G. C. H. Parlby

Assistant Adjutant-General, Lieut.-Col. & Col. Frederic Adjutant, Capt. C. C. Sankey
Amelius Ogle c.u
Quartermasters, Hon. Capt. J.Kelly & Hon.Lieut.S.Coombes
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Lieut.-Col. Charles
Harrington Scafe SCHOOL OF GUNNERY INSTRUCTION, WESTERN DIVISION,
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Military Instructor, Major Evelyn James Wheelock Noble
Quartermasters, Hon. Majors Thomas William Davies & The Citadel, Plymouth.

John James Hoare Commandant & Chief Instructor, Lieut.-Col. R. W. Rains-

Sub-Inspector of Schools, Captain Thomas Smith ford Hannay

Staff-Captain, Capt. P. E. Gray
ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY, Plymouth (3rd Division). Instructor of Gunnery, Capt. Gerald D'Arragon Alexander
(7 Companies.)
Royal Marine Barracks, Durnford street, East Stonehouse DIVISIONAL OFFICE, EAST HARBOUR DIVISION.
Colonel Commandant, Nowell Fitzupton Way c.B The Citadel, Plymouth.
Colonel Sepond Commandant, Edward Willoughby Gren-
DivisiOnal Officer, Capt. B. E. Morony
ville Byam
Lieutenant-Colonels, Gerald Altham Heseltine, Frederic 17th Company-Royal Artillery.
Mount Wise Barracks, Devonport.
Vincent Godfrey Bird, William Gage Armstrong, John Major• H. A. Rigg
Hartley Sandwith c.B Paymaster of Artillery (Devonport Financial District), Staff

Staff. Paymaster. Major A. Brett
Major, Frederick E. Hast 3rd Brigade-Devonshire Artillery Militia.
Instructor of Gunnery, Major Thomas Horatio de Mont-
Head quarters, Granby barracks, Devonport.
morency Roche Brigade Staff.
Instructor of Musketry, Major Parkins Hearle
Adjutant, Capt. Edward Charles Bartlett Roe Commanding, Hon. Col. W. A. Jones
Paymaster, Maior Charles B. G. Dick Instructor of Artillery, Lieut. E. J. A. Clarke
Adjutant, Capt. C. C. Sankey R.A.

Quarter Masters,Hon.Capt.Edwin Albert Syms &Wm.Powell ROYAL ENGINEERS.

Barrack Master, Brevet Lieut.-Col. Henry J. L. Norcock Plymouth Sub-district.

Chaplain, Rev. Benjamin C. Pidcock lll.A Head quaTters, R.E.Ottice,SouthRaglan barracks,Plymouth.

Fleet Surgeon, Robert Hall More 11r.n Commanding Royal Engineers,

Surgeons, William Maxwell Craig M.B. & Henry Harries Quartermaster, Hon. Capt. T. C. Symons

• DEV. & CORN. 26

402 PLYMOUTH. • DEVQNSHIRE. ( KEI·l·Y'S

Division Officers :-Harbour Defences, Capt. W. Cole; Chaplain, Rev. John H. Pitman M.A

Land Defences, Major C. Hoskyns ; Town Defences, Fleet Surgeon, Isaac Henry Anderson M.D

Superintending Telegraphs & Telephones, Capt. Stuart Staff Surgeon, Henry Anthony Wills Richardson

Davidson Surgeons, George Alfred Dreaper, Alfred Matthew Page &

Attached Harbour Defences, Capt. B. E. Morony George H. Foott M.D

1oth Company (Railway). Clerk to Inspector General, Mozart Vinning R. N

Fort Scraesdon. Dispenser-in-Charge, James Richard Gardner

School of Submarhw Mining. Assistant Dispensers, Hy. Stevens Jones & Jn.Richd.Johnson

Elphinstone barracks. Matron, Miss Prances Tucker

Chief Instructor, Capt. M. A. Boyd Foreman of Stores, John Penwarne

Assistant Instructor, Capt. W. G. Lawrie Foreman of Medical Stores, James Parsons

goth Company (Submarine Miners). Butler, William Dustow

Elphinstone barracks. Chief Messenger, William Mason

Capt. M. A. Boyd, commanding Sergeants of Police, Donald Waters & Henry Green

Submarine Miners (Militia), The Plymouth Division. ROYAL MILITARY HOSPITlL, STOKB.

Major, R. P. Pilgrim Brigade Surgeon-Lieut.-Col. Charles Alfred Atkins, in
Captains, R. D. L. James & C. P. Dean charge of men's hospital, & Surgeon-Major Robert Doveton
Hodson, in charge of hospital for soldiers' wives & children
Lieutenants, C. A. Riddell & W. E. Bagot
2nd Lieutenant, G. P. A. Phillips •

Acting Adiutant, W .. L. Palmer R.E RoYAL MARINE BARRACK DISPEN'SARY, SToNEHOPSB.

c:grd BATTALION DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT. Fleet Surgeon, Robert Hall More M.D
Militia-Head quarters, Mntley. Surgeons, William Maxwell Cray M. B. & Henry Harries
Commanding, Hon. Colonel The Right Hon.
Seale- Volunteers.

a.Hayne P.c., M.P 2ND DEvONSHIRE VoLUNTEER ARTILLERY, WESTERN
. DIVISION, ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Major, Howorth (Hon. Lieut.-Col)
Instructor of Musketry, Lieut. C. G. C. Elers (Comprising 9 Companies).

Adjutant, Capt. A. J. Gore (Devon regiment) Head Quarters, 14 Paradise place, Stoke; Devonport.
Hon-Col. C. H. Thompson, commanding; Captain W. H. 0.
Quartermaster, Hon. Capt. T. Reynolds
Medical Officer, Surgeon-Lieut.-Col. C. Whipple Kemmis R.A. adjutant; Surgeon-Lieut. F. E. Row &

ORDNANCE STORE DEPARTMENT. Surgeon-Major J. May, medical officers

Deputy Commissary-General of Ordnance, Col. H. Taylor Devonport Companies.-No. 3• Capt. F. P. Wharton; No. 4,

AssistantCommissary-Generalof Ordnance,Lt.-Col,A.Sadler Capt. W. Earl; No. 5, Capt. A. H. Pethick & Lieut. C.
Deputy Assistant Commissaries-General of Ordnanc~, Capt. M. Webb; No. 6, Capt. R. T. Stevens; No. 7, Capt. J.

.A. E. Price, Capt. J. N. Salmon R.A. (Bull Point) & Capt. H. Trehane; No. 8, Capt. E. H. Tuckett; No. 9, Capt.

E. G. Snow Sir Harold G. Hewitt hart. & Lieut. Bellamy ; A. M.

Quarterm~ter, Hon. Lieut. T. J. Warnes McCrory R.A. sergeant-major

ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. CADET CORPS.
Principal Medical Officer, Surg.-Col. Francis Henry Welch Mannamead School.
Brigade Surgeon-Lieut.-Colonel, Charles Alfred Atkins Hon. Captain, S. P. Munro

Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonels, Alex. Anderson & Richard VOJ.UNTEER BATTALION 2ND (PRINCE OF WALES's) DEVON-
Dawson Bennett · SHIRE REGIMENT.
Surgeon Majors, William All an May, Robert Doveton Hodson C
S Ct ~m· s, JGc H 1 tt RJ G dd G G (Comprising A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I & K ompanies).
urgdeon cap . as e M. D. .. e es, . . Head quarters & Drill hall, Prospect place, Millbay.
w.A ams, at cart arner M.B. Robert Napier Buist M.B., Hon. Col. Thomas Pitts, commanding; Hon. Lieut.-Cpl.
c.M. F. S. Le Quesne v.c. & GeorgeAugustusWadeB.A., T. Spearman & P. S. Sne11, majors; Capt. Leonard
Su~g!on Lieutenants,Chas. c. Fleming 1\I.JJ. & H. w. K. Read Christopher Peters R.M. adjutant; W. V. Gonld, quarter-

Quartermasters,Hon.Capt.D.Lackey&Hon.Lieut.C.Arbeiter m~ster; Surgeon-Lieut. C. C. Brodrick, medical officer

CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT. PLYMOUTil DETACHMENT.

Rev. E. J. Hardy M.A. Plymouth A Co. Capt. G. Ryall, B Co. Capt. J. J. Marshall, C Co.

Very Rev. Monsignor F. B. Bickerstaffe-Drew (Catholic), Capt. J. C. Allen, D Co. (Mounted Co.) Capt. G. Crake,

Devonport E Co. Capt. A. A. Carnell & F Co. Capt. J. P. Goldsmith;

Rev. T. H. Foulkes, Devonport Rev. George Benton Berry B.A. & Rev. W. St. Aubyn

Naval & Military Hospitals. M.A. acting chaplains

ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL. DEVONPORT DETACilliiF.NT.
East Stonehouse.
' Drill hall, Cherry Garden street, Devonport.
Inspector-General, William H. Lloyd M.D G, H & I Cos. Hon. Major E. Willis, commandant of detach-

Deputy Inspector-General, James W. Fisher M.D ment, G Co. Capt. St. Maur-Hill, H Co. Capt. J. E.
Storekeeper & Cashier, Hemsley H. Shanks R.N
C. Wilson, I Co. Major E. Willis

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PLYMOUTH PosT, M. 0. & T. 0 , S. B. & Annuity & Ireland, Launceston, North &South Devon, Okehampton,
Insurance Office, Westwell street. Portsmouth, Salisbury, Southampton & Tavistock, 5.30
Postmaster, William Power Reed p .m. ; London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Cornwall,
Chief Clerk, James N. Foot Devonport, Exeter, Horrabridge, Ivybridge, Launceston,
Postal Superintendent, H. Stanbury Newton Abbot, North Devon, Plympton, Prince Town,
Telegraph Superintendent, Charles Collings Plymouth rural district, Roborongh, Tavistock, 'reign-

HouRS OF ATTENDANCE:- mouth, f'orquay & Yelverton, 8.45 p.m

For sale of stamps, registration of letters &c. week days, OuTWARD MAtLs.-Dispatches.

7 a. m. to 9 p.m.; sunday, Christmas day & Good friday,

7 toro a. m.; bank holidays, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m *Devonport, 1.45 a. m. (registered unti19 p.m. previou$ day);

For M. 0. & fl. B., Government Annuity & Insurance parcels 9 p.m. previous day
business & issue of licenses, week days, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
bank holiday, 9 a.m. to noon London, Birmingham, Bristol, Barnstaple, Cardiff, Exeter,
Sale of Postal Orders, week days, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; bank Liverpool, Manchester, Port.smouth, Southampton, Tavi-
holidays, 7 a.m. to noon stock, Taunton & North of England, 2.45 a.m. {registered
Payment of Postal Orders & Savings Bank deposits, 9 a.m. until9 p.m. previous day); parcels 9 p.m. previous day
to 9 p.m
For Telegraph busines.s, office always open *Cornwall, 3·45 a.m. (registered until 9 p.m. previous day);
parcels, 9 p.m. previous day
INWARD MAILS.-Hour of Town Delivery.
*Crown Hlll, *Horrabridge, Prince Town, *Roborough &
*Yelverton,3.45 a.m.(registered nntil9 p.m.previous day);

.All Parts, 7 a.m. ; LQndon, Brixton, Cornwall, Crown Hill, parcels, 9 p.m. previous day ·

Devonport, Horrabridge, Newton Ferrers, North of Eng- *Devonport, 5.15 a.m

land, Plymstock, Roborough, Scotland, South Devon, *Brixton. Newton Ferrers, *Plymstock & *Yealmpton, 5.30
South West of England, Tavistock, Yealmpton & Yelver- a.m. (registered until 9 p.m. previous day) ; parcels, 9

ton, II.so a.m.; London, Bath, Cardiff, Cawsand, Corn- p.m. previous day
wall, Crown Hill,. Devonport, Exeter, Holsworthy, Horra- *Plymouth Rural Deliveries, S· 45 a. m. (registered until 9

bridge, Launceston, Millbrook, Prince Town, South Devon, p.m. previous day); parcels, 9 p.m. previous day

"Torquay, Ye]verton &c. '2. rS p.m.; London, Bath, Bristol, Exeter & * Plympton, 6 a.m. (registered until9 p. m. previous

.!Birmmgham, Camelford, Devonport, Exeter, Horrabridge, day) ; parcels, 9 p.m. previous day

. DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE• PLYMOUTH. 403

London, Bat.h, Barn.staple, Bidef~rd, B~rmingham, Bristol, K ing street, 9·35 &; 1b'.45 a.tn. r t.ro, 2.40, 4.4o, 6.55, 7.4o
Dartmouth, Dawhsh, Exeter, Ktngsbridge, Newton Abbot, ~ 9.40 p.m. & days, 6.55 p.m. & 12.45 a.m
Paignton, Teignmouth, Torqua:r & Totu~s, 8.10 a.m. I2.45 a. m. Sun
(extra id, stamp, 8.~5 a.m.; registered until7.45a.m.); L~1ra, 8.40 a.m.; 12.30 & 6.3~ p.m. Sundays, 5.56-p.m

parcels 9 p.m. prevwus day Ltpson Vale, 7·5 a.m.; 12.351 6.25 & n.45 p.m. Sundays,
Falmouth & rr:ruro, 9.15 a. m. (registered until 8.45 a:m)
6.25 & 11.45 p.m .

Manor street, 9·45 & I0.35 a..m.; 1.Io, I-45. 2.40, 4·35.

Ivybridge, Te1gnmouth & Plympton, I0.5 a.m. (registered 7·I5 & 9.40 p.m. & 12.10 a.m. Sundays, 6.50 p.m. &

until 9·35 a.m.); parcels, 9·55 a. m 12.Io a.m

London, Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Portsmouth, Millbay, 9.25 & I0.35 a.m.; I.Io, 2.35, 4·35, 7.10., 7.30 &
Southampton, Taunton &c. 10.30 a. m. (extra !d. stamp, 9.40 p.m. & 12.10 a.m. Sundays, 6.40 p.m. & 12.10 a.m
10.40 a. m.; registered until to a.m.); parcels, 9·55 a.m *Mntley, 9· 15 & to. go a.m. ; 12.50, 2.25, 4· 25, 6.35, 1.2~,
Cflrnwall, Devonport, Tavistock & _Launcesto~, 10.30 a.m. g.2o & u.5o p.m. Sundays, 6.35 & II.5o p.m

(extra !d. stamp, 10.4oa.m.; registered until xo.roa..m.); *North hill, 9.25 & ro.35 a. m.; I, 2.35, 4·35, 6.4o, 7·35 &

parcels, 10. 10 a.m 9.40 p.m. & 12.15 a.rn. Sundays, 6.40 p.m. & u.I5 a:.m

London Barnstaple, Bideford, Crown Hill, Dartmouth, Old Town street, 9.40 & 10.50 a.m.; I.2o, 2.50, 4.so, 7, 7·!Je
Exet;r Holdsworthy, llfracombe, Salisbury, Torrington & 9.50 p.m. & 12.40 a.m. Sundays, 7 p.m. & 12.40 a.m.
& Newton Abbot, IL20 a.m. (registered until ro.so a.m Oreston, 8.45 a. m. ; 12.4.5. & 5.50 p.m. Sundays, I2.5 p.m

.Dristol, n.2o a.m. (registered until Io.so a.m.); parcels, Regent street, 9.30 & 10.35 a.m.; r.Io, 2.35, 4.40, 6.5o, 7•40

n.2o a.m & 9.40 p.m. & 12".40 a.m. Sundays, 6.so p.m. & 12.4oa.m

'Devonport. 12.35 p.m. (registered until 12.5 p.m) Russell street, 9·4Q & 10.45 a. m.; r.r5, 2.40, 4.5o, 6.55, 7.5o

Horrabridge & Prince Town ; Devonport ; Barnstaple,Bristol, & 9.50 p.m. & 12.40 a.m. Sundays, 6.55 p.m. &;r2.5oa.xn

Cardiff, Exeter, Newton .Abbot, Okehampton, Paignton & *Seymour avenue, g.2o & I0.25 a. m.; I2.4o, 2.25, 4·30, 6,35,

Torquay, 1.45 p.m. (registered until 1.15 p.m.); parcels, 7.go, 9.30 & IJ;,5o p.m. Sundays, 6.35 & u.5o p.m

1.10 p.m Sherwell arcade, 9.40 & 10.40 a.m.; I.IO, 2.50, 4·45, 6 so,

'*North of England, *Ireland, *Scotland, *Wales, Ashburton, 7·45 & 9.50 p.m. & 12.30 a.m. Sundays, 6,50 p.m. &
Bath, Brixham, Buckfastleigh, Camelford, Dartmouth, 12.30 a.m

Dawlisb, Ivybridge, Launceston, Plympton, Tavistock, *Stonehouse B. 0. IO & to 45 a.m.; I, 1.551 2.go, 5, 7·301 8

Teignmouth, Totnes, Yelverton & Cornwall, 1.45 p.m. & 9·3';> p.m. & I2 midnight. Sundays, 6.40 p.m. & I2
(extra ~d. stamp, 2.5 p.m.; registered until I.I5 p.m.); midmght

sundays, 12.Io p.m. (extra !d. stamp, 12.20 p.m.); Tracy street, 9.25 & !0.35 a. m.; I.s, 2.3o, 4·351 6.40, 7·35

parcels, t. IO p. m & 9·35 p.m. & I2.40 a.m. Sundays, 6.4op.m. & 12.40 a.m

Tirixton, Newton FerTers,Plymstock & Yealmpton, r ·45 p.m. Turncbapel, 8.30 & Io.go a. m.; I.Io & 6.30 p.m. Sundays,

(registered until I. 1.S p.m.) ; parcels, I.45 p.m I0.30 a.m

Crown Hill, Roborough & Tamerton Foliot,2.45 p.m. (regis- *Union street, 9.40 & Io.so a..m.; I.I5,2.4o, 4·45• 6.55, 7·45

tered until2. 15 p.m.); parcels, 2.45 p.m & 9·45 p.m. & I2.5o a. m .. Sundays, 6.55 p.m. & I2.5o a.UJ.

North of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Birmingham, Vauxhall street, g. go & 10. so a.m. : I. 10, 2.40, 4·45• 6.po,

Bristol, Exeter, Liverpool, Manchester, Southampton & 7.50 & 9·45 p.m. & 12.45 a. m. Sundays, 6 so p.m. &

South West of England (supplementary), 3·ISp.m. (extra I2.45 a.m

"id. stamp, 3.30 p.m. : registered until 3 p.m); parcels, Wake street, 9· I5 & ro.25 a.m.; 12. ss. 2.25, 4.25, 6.40, 7.25 •

3 p.m , & 9.25 p.m. & I2.40 a.m. Sundays, 6.40 p.m. & I2.40 a.m

<Jornwall, 3,15 p.m. (extra id. stamp, 3.30 p.m.; registered Wesley avenue, 8.50 a..m.; 12.~0 6.5 & II.35P·m· Sqndays,

until3 p.m.); parcels, 4 p.m 6.5 & n.35 p.m

<Jallington, Devonport, Hayle, Lostwithieit Plympton, St. West Hoe, g.2a & Io.25 a,m.; I2.55, 2.25, 4.25, 6.35, 7.25 &

Germans, Saltash, Scorrier & Tavistock, 4.30 p.m. (regis- 9.20 p.m. & 12.20 a. m. Sundays, 6.35 p.m. & I2.20 a.m

tered until 4 p.m.) ; parcels, 4 p m York street, 9.30 & I0.35 a.m. ; 1.5, 2.35, 4.4o, 6.45, 7.40 &

Prince Town, 6. ro p.m. (registered until5.45 p.m.); parcels, 9.40 p.m. & 12.30 a..m. Sundays, 6.45 p.m. & I2.go a.m
Marked thus" are Money Order & Telegraph Offices, Savings Bank,
6.Io p.m
Annuity & Insurance Offices : the remainder being Money Order,
Ivybridge, Portsmouth, Salisbury & Southampton, 6.45 Saving~ Bank & Annuity & Insur!J.nce Offices onlyr

p.m. (registered until 6.I5 p.m) DEVONPORT PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & .Annuity & Insur-
Devo~port, 7.30 p.m.(extra ~d. stamp. 7.4op.m.; registered
ance Office.-William John James, postmaster.
until 7 p.m.) ; parcels, 7 p.m HouRs OF ATTEND.A.NCE.-For sale of stamps, registration of

"*London & General Night Mail (All Parts), 7.30 p.m. (extra letters &c. week days, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. ; sundays, 7 to

~d. stamp, 7-50 p. m. ; registered until 1 p.m.) ; parcels, 10 a.m. Savings bank deposits & postal order business,
week days, 7 a. m. to IO p.m. Money order, government
7 p.m annuity & insurance business, issue of licences & savings

Dartmout_h, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, Plymp- bank withdrawals, week days, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ; Satur-
days, 9 a.m. t6 8 p.m. Sale of inland revenue stamps,
ton, Te1gnmouth & Totnes, 11.30 p.m. (registered until 9
week days, 9 a.m. to 5 p. m. Telegraph business, office
p.m.) ; parcels, 9 p. m ·. always open

For Plymouth Town Deliveries !- PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Offices,

Ist, 6.go a.m. (registered until 9 p.m.); parcels, 9 p.m

2 nd, II.2o a. m. (registered until II a. m.) ; parcels, u.2o
a.m

grbd, 1·45p.m.(registered untili.:~;5p.m.); parcels,I.45P·m · with hours of collection : -

4t • 5 p.m. (registered until 5 p.m.); parcels, 5 p.m Albert road, Morice town, g.1o & IQ.35 a.m.: -1.5, a.4o, 4,

5th, 2.30 p.m. (registered uuti.l 8 p.m. ),; parcels, 8.30p.m 6.40, 7.25, 9.Io & u.25 p.m. Sunday9f6.4o & u.2.9 p.m
NOTE.-Only the Dispatches marked eo are forwarded on sunda;r. Ford, 9.30 & 10.40 a.m.; r, 2,45,4·5• 6.301 7.10, 9,2o & 11.35

BRANCH & TowN Sun-OFFICES. p.m. Sundays, 6.30 & 11.35 p.m

*B b. Hours of Collection. Marlborough street, I0.5, u & 12.5 a. m.; I. I5, 3· 4·35.

~l tean B. 0. 9.40 & 10.45 a. m. j I. IS, 2.45, 4.45, 7, 7.50, 6.so, 7.40 &; 9.50 p.m. Sundays, 12.5 a.m. & 6.50 p.m
f13egr9a·4v5erpo.amd.,
& I2.5oa.m. Sundays, 6.s5p.m. &12.50 a. m tMillbridge, 9·45 & ,ro.s a.m, ; r.xs, 2.5o, 4.25, 6.5o, 7.as,
g .I5 & 10.30 a.m.; I2.5o, 2.25, 4.25, 6.40, g.1o & 11.50 p.m. Sundays, 6.5o & II.so p.m t
. . J"J·~5 2o & 11.45 p.m. Sundays, 6.40 & 11.45 p.m tMorice Town, 9· ro & I0.35 a. m.; 1.51 2.40~4, 6,4o, 7.25,

Ce\ e own, 9 a.m.; 12. t5 & 6.5 p.m. Sundays, 12. I5 p.m g.ro & 11.25 p.m. Sundays, 6.40 & u.25 p.m

m street, 9.30 & 10.40 a.m. ; r.5, 2.35, 4·35. 6.50 7·35 & tPembroke street, 9·45 & JO.I5 a.m.; 12.15, r.2o, 2.5o, 4..2o,

Co~35 p.m: & 12.4oa.m. Sundays, 6.50 p.m. & I2.4o a.m 6.55, 7·35 & 9.5o p.m. Sundays, I2.r5 a.m. & 6.35 p.m
*D ~~ondGifford,8.2oa.m.; 1.5&6.xop.m. Sundays,6p.m tStokeDamerel, 9·45 & Io.ss a.m.: I.15, 2.30~4.20, 6.45, 7.2o,

&p or place, g.go & 10.30 P..m.; 1.5, 2.30, 4·35, 6.45, 7·35 9·45 & n.55 p.m. Sundays, 6.45 & u.ss p.m

*Du 9·3f0 dp.m. & I2. 15 a. m. Sundays, 6.45 p.m. & 12.15 a.m Waterloo street, Stoke. Io & u.5 a.m.; 1.3o, 3• -4:·35• '11

rn or 25st&renet.,s9o. spo.m&. I0 .25 a.m.,. .... 2.5o, 1.40, 2.25, 4.25, 1·35, 9-IS & n.55 p.m. Sundays, 7 & u.55 p.m
Eld7.do, 9· Sundays, 6.35 & 11.50 p.m
Marked thus t '"'e Telegraph Ofllces.

a' 9.20 & 10.25 a.m, j 12.501 2.25, 4.25, 6.35, 7.25 & EAST STONEBOUSB.
Pim. 12.30 a.m. Sundays, 6.35 p.m. & 12.30 a. m
Ei~:s & PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office•

& er s reet, 9.30 & '10.45 a.m. : I. Io, 2.45, 4.45, 6.5o, 7·45 r 3 Union street.

*IIa~4{ p.m. & 12.35 a.m. Sundays, 6.50 p.m. & 12.35 a.m Charles Clarke, clerk in charge.

& !s0rpe.emt,. 9·35 & 10.45 a .m.; 1.15, 2.45, 4.4o, 6.so, 7.40 HouRS OF ATTENDANCE (week days o!llY)·-F?r sale ot
& 12.45 a. m . Sundays, 6.50 p.m. & I2.45 a. m stamps registration of letters &c. deposits m savmgs bank,
liigt{ - sale of 1 postal orders & telegraph business, 8 a~ni. toe8
5*H9~lb~ p.m.; payment of postaf orders, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. , ~on Y
reet, 9·45 & ro.5o p.m.; I.oo, 2.so, 4.50, 7, 7.50 &
p.m.l & 12.50 Sundays, 7 p.m. & I2.50 a.m order, savings bank :payments! government annmt~ ~
.~.3. 02oor&na.Pm9·a2c0e,p9.m· t.oa.m1 12.50, 2.3o, 4.25, 6.30,
& Sundays, 6.30 p.m. &
& 10.25 a.m.;
12.20 a.m.
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insurance business & 1ssue of hceniles, 9 a. m. to 6 P· · •

saturd·.J.ys, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m COR~. 26*
DEV.

• 404 }?~1 MOUTH• ~DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY"s

Members of Parliament. OFFICERS OF THE COU!IOCIL & URBAN SANIT..A.BY

• AUTHORITY.

PLYMOUTH.

Sir Edward Clarke Q.C. 37 Russell square w c; Carlt.on & Town Clerk, Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority, Clerk

St. Stephen's clubs s w; Garrick club w c & City Carlton of the Peace & Clerk to the Visiting Committee Plymouth

club E c, London , Borough Lunatic Asylum, John Hy. Ellis, Municipal bldgs

Sir WiUiam G. Pearce bart. LL.R., J.P. Chilton lodge,Hunger- Assistant Solicitor, Wm. Geo Collingwood, Municipal bldgs

ford, Berks; Cardell house, Wemyss Bay, N.B.; & I Hyde Borough Treasurer & Accountant, George Gregory Davey.

Park gardens w & Junior Carlton clubs w, London Municipal buildings

Returning Officer, The Mayor Assistant Accountant, Wm. John Radford, Municipal bldgs

DEVONPORT. Coroner, Richard Braginton Johns, 20 Princess square

• Edward John Chalmers Morton esq. M.A. 9 Bridge street, Medical Officer of Health, Frederick Mann Williams D.P.H..

Westminster, London s w camb. Municipal buildings

Hudson Ewbanke Kearley esq. Woburnhurst park, Addle- Police Surgeon, Sedley Wolferstan L.R.C.P.LOnd. I Alton

stone, Surrey; & National Liberal club, London·s w terrace, Tavistock road

Returning Officer, The Mayor Public Analyst, Charles Edward Bean, 5 Buckland terrace

County for South Roborough Petty Medical Superintendent of Asylum, A. N. Davis L.R. c.P.Edio
Sessional Division. Assistant Medical Officer, W. H. Bowes M.D., B.s
Clerk to Asylum, Charles Lintern
Edgcumbe Col. the Hon. Charles Ernest, Mount Edgcumbe, Public Librarian, W. H. K. Wright F.R.Hist.soc. Headlands pk
Plymouth
Chief Constable, Joseph Davidson Sowerby, Guildhall
Liddell Capt. the Hon. Atholl Chas.John, Winter vil.Stonehse Consulting Engineer, Geo. David Bellamy, Municipal bldngs
Watson Admiral Sir George Willes K.c.s. Hong Kong hut, Assistant Engineer, Main Drainage Works, Henry V. Prigg,
Mannamead, Plymouth
Municipal buildings
Waring Sir Henry John, Osborne house, Plymouth
Water Engineer, Edward Sandeman, Municipal buildings
Daubeny GilesAndrew esq.Lutton ho.Sout.h Brent,Ivybridge Port Sanitary Im.pector, Edwd.Brown Kelly,Municipal bldgs
Fortescue John Faithful esq. I Crescent villas, Plymouth Assistant Surveyor, John Cardell Trounson, Municipal bldgs
Fox Francis Edward esq. B. A., F. R.G.s. Uplands, Tamerton Chief Inspector of Nuisances & Inspector under the Food &
Foliot, Plymouth
Drugs Act, Wm. James Addiscott, Municipal buildings
Hawker John Sl. esq. B.A. Mutley ho. Mannamead, Plymth Assistant Inspectors of Nuisancesj William Henry Stratlion
Lancaster Edward Snow esq. Durnford st. East Stonehouse & Charles Henry Jenkins, Municipal buildings
Lowe George Sydney Strode esq. Collingwood villas, Stoke, Inspector of Street Cleansing, Jas. Clegg, Municipal buildgs
Devonport
Inspector of the Markets, George Harry Julian, The Market
Parlby Rev. John Hall M.A. Manadon, near Plymouth
Inspector of Weights & Measures, George Henry Lavers,
St. Aubyn Edward esq. Glynn, Bodmin
Municipal buildings
Tremayne Henry Hawkins esq
Inspector of Works to Urban Sanitary Authority, Alfred
Wilson Rear-Admiral Joseph Edward Maitland, Weston Jinkin, Municipal buildings
house, Weston Peverel, Plymouth
Dairy Inspector, William Hayes, Municipal buildings
W odehouse Col. Albt. Thornton, 57 Durnford st. Stonehouse Sergeants-at-Mace, Wm.Codd & Saml.Cann, Municipal bldgs
Clerk to the Magistrates, George Henry Ellery Rundle, 24 Town Corporal, Searle
Ker street, Devonport & 59 Emma place, East Stonehouse
Chief Rate Office, Municipal buildings:-
Petty Sessions are held at the Police court, East Stonehouse, Collectors of Rates, James Piper, chief collector; William
every monday & friday at n a.m
Henry Parsons, No. I division ; Chas. Henry Lethbridge,
East Stonehouse, Devonport, Plymouth & Stoke Damerel arc No. 2 division; William Brenton Rickard, No. 3 division~
, the only places in the petty sessional division
Alfred Ed. Vernon, No. 4 division

Corporations. Collectors of Water Rates, Francis Thomas Lane, Western
district, & Thomas Cole, Eastern district
PLYMOUTH COUNTY BOROUGH.

LORD HIGH STEWARD-H.R.H. the Prince of Wales K.G DEv~NPORT CouNTY BoRouGH.

MAYOR-William Law esq MAYOR-Alderman William Wa•vcott
RECORDER-Henry Mason Bompai! Q.c.; M. A
RECORDER-Henry Mason Bompas Q.c., M.A. 3 Harconrt
buildings, Temple, London E c
ALDERMEN.

' ALDERMEN. !Richard Ireland Watts §John Rolston

tEdward James !William Derry John Wm. Waiters Ryder ~Joseph May

tJ:<'rederic Evans Anthony !John Greenway William Peek §John Coupland Graves

tSir Henry John Waring tFrancis William Harris John James Fedrick §George Theodotus Rolston

t Andrew Saunders Harris !Thomas Pitts George Breeze §Edward Solomon Anstey

tHarman John Howland !John Rhelly William Mogg §William Waycott

tJoseph Pillman tJoseph Wills . COUNCILLORS.
Marked thus t retire in 1895, *John Risdon
Marked thus t retirE' in 1898. MoRICE WARD.

PRESIDING ALDERMEN AT WARD ELECTIONS. I tEleazer Emdon

Charles Ward-Francis William Harris !John Toohig Hobling

Drake's Ward-Joseph Pillman • PRINCES WARD.

Frankfort Ward-John Greenway *William Whitby I tRobert William Stephens

St. Andrew's Ward-John Shelly .tWilliam Henry Burt

Sutton Ward-Andrew Saunders Harris ST. AUBYN WARD. .
Vintry Ward-Barman John Howland I tEdwin Alfred Boolds
*Samuel Rogers Gould
CoUNCILLORS.
tCharles Simon Colwill
Charles Ward. St. Andrew's Ward.
ST. JOHN'S WARD.
tWalter Lethbrirlge tJohn Pethick I t Alexander Ash
*George Stcar Bennee
tWilliam Axworthy tEdwin Roseveare
!Thomas Canniford
*Thomas Pitts, jun *Richard Risdon
•
*Joseph Willoughby *Joseph Godfrey
CLOWANCE WARD.
§William Collier James §Reginald James Bazley
*Henry Westlake Bryant I tJames Goodman

§Jonathan J. Marshall §Edmund Coppin !William Hornbrook

Drake's Ward. Sutton Ward. TAliiAR WARD.
I tWilliam Littleton
tWilliam Ham tJoseph Arthur Bellamy, jnn *William Henry Clarke

tJohn Henry Square May tEdward Hamilton James !Francis James Oram

*John Shillabeer *John Thomas Bond CLARENCE WARD.
I tJohn Martyn
*Thomas Jinkin *Thomas Williams *John Thomas Philp

§Alfred Richard Debnam §Thomas Henry Harvey tRichard Hosking Rendle

§Charles Horace Radford §Henry Ede, jun f KEYHAM WARD.
I tJohn Godfree
Frankfort Ward. Vintry Ward. *James Stephens

tWilliam Nosworthy Elliott tFrank Phillips !John Perry

tWilliam Square tSimon Hambly Colwill *William Banister FORD WARD.

*John Goad *Robert Hooper Snow I tEdward BlackaU

*Frederick John Kerswill *John Little tCharles Francis Beaton

§William Bray ~Percy Trevarthian Pearce MOLESWORTH WARD.
I tGeorge Augustus Webb
§william Goad Lapthorn §William Ward *William Smith

Marked thus t retire in 1893. !William John Waycott

Marked thus • retire in 189!. NELSON WARD.
Marked thus § retire in 1895. I tRobert Henry Burt
*William John Lamb

Auditors, George Hicks & S. J. Bluett tGeorge Henry Smith

J· DIRECTORY. DEVONSHIRE. '

PLYMOUTH. 405

'*George Horswill STOKE WARD. Graves John Coupland, Richmond walk, Devonport
llawkes William, 9 Penlee villas, Stoke
I tJosiah Clark
Hickley Vice-Adm. Henry Dennis, 9 St. Michael's ter. Stoke
!James Hall

• Retire in November, 1893. Joll William, Stoke house, Stoke
t Retire in November, 1894.
t Retire in November, 1896. May Joseph, I Nelson villas, Stoke
Peek William, 2 Trafalgar villas, Stoke
§ Retire in November, 1898.
Rae George A. r Outram terrace, Stoke
OFFICERS OF DEVONPORT COUNCIL & URBAN SANITARY Rolston George Theodotus, 8 Osborne villas, Stoke
AUTHORITY.
Rolston John M.D. Clarendon villa, Belmont villas, Stoke
Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority, John
James Edgcombe Venning, 26 Ker street Ryder John W. Waiter, 4.Tamar terrace, Stoke

Borough Treasurer, John Philip Goldsmith, 26 Ker street St. Aubyn Edward, Glynn, Bodmin

Treasurer to Urban Samtary Authority, Samuel Woolley, Scott John Edward, Oatlands, Stoke
31 Fore street Smith Richard Clarkson, 7 Somerset place, Stoke
Thorn George, Clarendon villa, Stoke
Clerk of the Peace, George Henry Ellery Rundle, 24 Ker st Wakefield Col. Julian
Coroner, James AlfredPearce, 19 St. Aubynstreet; deputy, Welch Richard Brewer, 8 Collingwood villas, Stoke
Williams Harry, Garfield terrace, Stoke
Albert Gard, 19 St. Aubyn street
Medical Officer of Health, Joseph May, jun. 47 Albert road, Clerk, Foster John Bone, 23 Ker street
Magistrates' sittings are held daily at the Guildhall
Morice town
Public Analyst, Robert Oxland, 32 Portland sq. Plymouth

.Surgeon of Police, l<'rederick Everard Row L.R.c.P.Edin. 9 Plymouth Borough Police.

'Tamar terrace, Stoke Guildhall.

Borough Surveyor, John F. Burns, Municipal offices Chief Constable, Joseph Davidson Sowerby

Clerk to the Watch Committee, James Damerell, 31 Waterloo Superintendent & Chief Clerk, William Gasking

street, Stoke Inspectors, J. Wood, C. Yabsley, J. Warne, R. Scantlebury,

Chief Constable & Inspector of Weights & Measures, of Pet- J. Dart (det)

roleum, Under the Sale of Food & Drugs Act, Samuel Sergeants, M. Crabb, , George Stoakes

Evans, Police station, Ker street (dets.), William Gay, J. Neyle, R. Wyatt, H. Farmer, F.

Collectors of Rates, John Bray Waiter Williams, 34 Waterloo Mitchell, W. Mitchelmore, J. Duckham & W. Ede; 96
street~ Stoke; H. Banbury, r6 Somerset place, Stoke & constables ; II4 constitutes the total force

William Williams, 3 Duke street Devonport Police.
Inspector of Boats, Joseph Keast, 16 Ker street
Inspector of Markets, James Fyfe, Market Guildhall.
Inspector of Nuisances & Inspector under the Contagious
Chief Constable, Samuel Evans ; 3 inspectors, 5 sergeants, 2
Diseases (Animals) Act Committee, George Thomas
detectives & 48 constables

Geaton, Municipal offices East Stonehouse Local Board.

Inspector of Weights & Measures & of Petroleum & Under Offices, St. George's hall.

the Sale of Food & Drugs Act, Alfred Jos. Sloggett, Police Board days 2nd tues. in each month at 7 p.m.

station MEMBERS.
Town Crier, Samuel Furze, 93 James street Lancaster Edward Snow, Victoria factory, Phcenix street

Plymouth Port Sanitary Authority. (chairman)
Blight William Waiter, 36 Union street
Clerk, John Waiter Wilson, Guildhall Bulteel Marcus Henry, 84 Durnford street
Medical Officer of Health, Frederick Mann Williams D.P.H. Bone John Edward, 39 Edgcumbe street
Morgan James Edwin, 47 Emma place
camb. Municipal buildings Northcott John, 68 Union street
Panter Samuel, 6r Union place
Borough Magistrates.

PLYMOUTH.

The Mayor & Ex-Mayor. Phillips George, r Victoria place

Alger William Henry, Manor house, Stoke Damerel Rodd Richard Robinson, 87 Durnford street

Anthony Rev. Frederic E. Woodland terrace Sloggett Edward Cornelius, Adelaide mews

Bellamy Jos. Arthur, Southside street • Taylor James, 15 Battery street

Bray William, Lockyer street Vosper Samuel, jun. 6 Chapel street ·

Brook Thomas, Iddesleigh house, Huntiscombe road Williams John, 33 Caroline place

Rrown Joseph Pearce, 2 Heaumont villas Wills James Cornish, 68 Durnford street

Burnard Charles Frederick, Chatsworth lodge, Mannamead OFFICERS.
Burnard Robert, 3 Hillsborough Clerk & Solicitor to the Board, Richard Ro!:linson Rodd, jun.
Ching Thomas, The Crescent
Clark Richard, Torrington place 'foWJl hall & 52 Onion st. East Stonehouse
Treasurer, Thomas Bulteel, Naval Bank, East Stonehouse
Fortescue John Faithful, I Crescent villas, Athenreum st Medical Officer of Health, 'fhomas Leah, 85 Durnford street
Harris Francis William, Woodland terrace Surveyor, John Lakeman Hodge A.M.I.C.E. Town hall
Harris Andrew Saunders, 5 Gascoyne place Sanitary Inspector, Richard Giles, 13 Adelaide street
Howland Harman John, 2 The Esplanade Collector of Rates, William Henry Wood, 25 Emma place
Inskip Capt. George Hastings R.N. 22 Torrington pl.North rd
Jackson George, Torquay Consuls & Vice-Consuls.

James Edward, Greenbank house America (United States of), Thomas Were Fox, Parade

James William Collier, Woodside Austria & Hungary, William Frederick Collier, 53 Southside

Julian Capt. Thomas Archer, 10 Woodside street (vice-consul)

Latimer lsaac, Glen view, Mannamead Belgium, with jurisdiction over the County of Devon (except
Law William, Carhullen, Hartley
Dartmouth, Torbay & Salcombe), R. J. 'freeby, Exchange,

l\iarshall Edred, Parkwood, Tavistock Woolster street (vice-consul)

May John Henry Square, Portland villas Brazil, Thomas Were Fox, Parade (vice-consul)

Norrington Chat'les, Abbotsfield, Mannamead Chili, Charles A. Fox, Bank chambers, Bank street

P.ethick John, Norley house Denmark, Mortimer J. Collier, 53 Southside street (vice•

Pillman Joseph, Mannamead consul)

Pitts Thomas, Hoe Place house France, Joseph Arthur Bellamy, 28 Southside street (con-

Radford William, 8 Hoe villas sular agent)

Rogers George Porter, Ford Park Germany, Thomas Were Fox, 7 Parade

Tanner Charles Frederiek, Filham house, Ivybridge Greece, Thomas Were l''ox, 7 Parade (vice-consul)

Waring Sir Henry John kt. Osborne house Guatemala, R. B. Triplett, 9 Parade (vice-consul)

Wills Joseph, Crescent villas Italy, R. J. Treeby, Exchange (consular agent)

Clerk, J. Waiter Wilson, Municipal buildings Liberia, R..B. Triplett, 9 Parade

Magistrates' meetings are held at the Guildhall daily, at Netherlands (including Exeter & the various ports on the

11 a.m south coast of Devon to Fowey in Cornwall), J oseph Arthur

Borough Magistrates. Bellamy, 28 Southside street

DEVONPORT. Portugal, Wm. Fredk. Collier, 53 Southside st. (vice-consul)

RECORDER-Henry Mason Bompas Q.c-., li:.A. Russia (including Salcombe, Dartmouth, Brixham, Torbay,

The Mayor. Looe & Fowey), Joseph Arthur Bellamy, 28 Southside st

Anstey Edward Solomon, 32 St. Aubyn street, Devonport Spain, Joseph Arth. Bellamy, 28 Southside st. (vice-consul)

Boolds Edwin Alfred, 8 Albemarle villas, Stoke Sweden & Norway, William Frederick Collier, 53 Southside

Coode Lieot.-Gen. John Peurose, 13 Penlee villas, Stoke street (vice-consul)

Crossing James Cornish H.D. 8 Tamar terrace. Stoke Turkey, Thomas Were Fox, 7 Parade (vice-consul} .
Edye Capt. Adolphus George B.N. 8 Penlee villas, Stoke Uruguay, Wm. Fredk. Collier, 5~ Southside st. (vice-consul)

406 PLYMOUTI;I. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY's

Custom Hous~. Charles J. Cooke M.D. Thomas Henry Williams L.R.C.P.

Parade, Plymouth. Lond. & James E. C. Wilson L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeons; A.
Oolleetor, Thomas Hudson. E. Chiswell, sec

Clerk (1st class), E. S. Stockdale Plymouth Public Dispensary, Catberine street, Plymouth,.
Clerks (2nd class), Charles Woodward, Robert H. McCarthy, William Henry Prance esq. hon. sec.; William Henry

A. J. Turnley Alger esq. treasurer; Charles Rooke Prance M. D. & C.

Surveyor, W. H. Richnrds Albert Hingston M.D., B. se. consulting physicians ; William

Examining Officer (1st class), D. W. Ke1ly Henry Pearse M.D. & E. L. l<'ox M.A., 11r.n., B.ch. phy-

Examining Officers (2nd class), J. W. Duff, A. Garral'd, E. sicians; J. H. Square May M.R.C s.Eng. & George Jackson
Hussey, William J •. Ferris, W. Power, David Jones & F.R.c.s.Eng. surgeons. Provident Department, George-
Frederick Aldous M.R.c.s.Eng. & Wm. Augustus Buchan
Richard L. Newman M.B. 1 c.M. medical officers; Robert Rogers, dispenser:
Mrs. Lang, matron
Preventive Officers, G. G. Lillington, D. Win~field & W. F. Royal Albert Hospital & Eye Infirmary, Marlborough street,

Owen
. 8 out-door officers & 19 boatmen
Customs Watch Houses. Barbican quay, Millbay & Mutton Devonport, John James E. Venning, hon. treasurer;;
Thomas Leah, G. Thorn & Frederick Everard Row J..R. c.p_
Cove
Edin. senior surgeons; William JohnGard, Marcus Henry
Charities & Almshouses. Bulteel L.R.C.P.LOnd. 'fhomas Restarick Rolston L.R.C.P.

The Almshouses (Corporation Twelves), Green street, Ply- Lond. Anstruther Cardew Rendle B.A., M.B., B.C. &

mouth, for the support of poor widows ; Edmund Prid- Alonzo George Rider M.B. junior surgeons ; John R.

ham, clerk & treasurer Rolston L,R.C.P.Edin. ophthalmic surgeon; R. H. Geldard

Orphans' Aid Charity, Io Regent street, Plymouth ; E. L.n.s., :a.c.s.Eng. dental surgeon; James John Nixon

Pridham, clerk & treasurer; George Earle Chambers, Morris M.R.c.s.Eng., L.R.C.P.LOnd. resident medical officer~

master Rev. R. J. Bond, chaplain ; Chas. Augustus Shapcote R. N.

The Twelve Almshouses, Sutton road, Plymouth, endowed hon. sec. ; Frederick J. I<'ord, clerk & house steward;

for the support of twelve widows, by Joseph Jory, fn 1703, William Collins, dispenser ; Miss Mary Horner, matron...

have been pulled down & an allowance made for the Branch Dispensary, Emma place, East Stonehouse, Marcu.s

widows to reside out Henry Bulteel L.R.C.P.LOnd. medical officer

There are also other charities, bequests for the benefit of Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, Stoke, Rear-AdmiraJ
the poor, which are vested in th& Charity Trustees repre- J. E. M. Wilsou, treasurer; Lorenzo Pastor :Metham,
senting the borough
hon. sec. ; Mrs. Mary Ann Catchpool, matron

Hospitals, Homes, Institutions &c. Royal Dockyard Female Orphan Asylum, Morice square,
Devon port, W. H. Charter, hon. sec. ; J. Bayly, treasurer;
Convent of Notre Dame, Wyndham street west, Plymouth
Mrs. N. Howard, matron
Dental Hospital, Bank Street chambers, Bank street, Ply- Royal Eye Infirmary, Millbay road, Plymouth, John H.
mouth, Charles Albert Hingston M.D., :s.sc. physician; Eccles, consulting surgeon; E. M. Russel Rendle, William
Marcus Henry Bulteel L.R.C.P.LOnd. & Connell Whipple, Square L.R.C.P.LOnd. & J. Elliot Square L.R.C.P.LOnd_
consulting surgeons; Francis Hancock Balkwill L.D.s.Eng. surgeons; Edmund Pridham esq. hon. sec.; Thos. Bulteell
consulting dentist; Henry W1lliam Mayne L.D.S.Irel. esq. treasurer; Miss Lydia Meeres, matron
Louis Edwin Sexton L.D.s.Eng. John Wells L.n.s.Irel. A. Royal National Life Boat Institution \Port of Plymouth
H. Mountford L.D.S.Eng. & A. Taylor L.D.S.Eng. dental branch), Boat house, Great Western docks, Plymouth,
surgeons ; E. A. Bennett, hon. sec
Admiral Sir George Willes Watson K.C.B. chairman of

Devon & Cornwall Ear & Throat Hospital, Princess street, local committee; John Cumming, treasurer; James

Plymouth, Charles Albert Hingston M. D., B.sc. consulting Rooney, hon. sec

physician ; Christopher Bulteel F.R. c.s.Eng. consulting Royal Naval Annuitant Society, Sailors' Home, Duke street,

surgeon ; George Jackson L.R.c. P.Lond. & Charles Edward Devonport, Charles A. Shapcote R.N. actuary

Bean L.n.c.P.LOnd. surgeons; F. H. Balkwill L.D.s.Eng. St. Peter's Mission House, 7, 24 & 25 Wyndham square,

dental surgeon; W. Adams, treasurer; T. H. Harvey, Plymouth, Sister Fanny, superior

hon. sec Sailors' Home, Vauxhall street, Plymouth, John Cumming,

Devon & Cornwall Female Orphan Asylum, Lockyer street, treasurer ; Thomas William Hoppins, hon. sec. ; Francis

Plymouth, H. Penrose Prance, hon. sec. ; Charles Rundle, Lethbridge, superintendent

hon. treasurer; Rev. Julian Harvey M.A. hon. chaplain; St. Teresa's Catholic Orphanage for Destitute Children,

Charles Albert Hingston M.D. boo. physician; Edmund Gasking street, Plymouth, Sisters of Charity of St. Vin-

Marshman Russel Rendle, boo. surgeon ; Arthur Taylor cent de Paul

L.D.S.Eng. hon. dental surgeon; Miss Mary Dunn, matron; Sailors' Home, Duke street, Devonport, Fleet Paymaster C.

Miss Mary Clarke, schoolmistress A. Shapcote R.N. supt. sec. & -treas.; Geo. Beer, manager

Devonport Borough Fever Hospital, Swilley, Stoke, Joseph Sailors' Rest & Institute, 56 Fore street, Devonport, Samuel
Cross, manager
May, jun. medical superintendent
Devonport Provident Dispensary, 46 St. Aubyn street, Soldiers' Home & Institute, 20 & 21 Edgcumbe street; Miss
Devonport, James Edwin Cheyne Wilson L.R.c.s.Edin. G. F. S. Daniel!, manageress

surgeon ; branch, r6 William street, Morice Town, Devon- Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, 42 Southside street, Ply·

port; David Wilson, sec mouth, Thomas William Hoppins, hon. sec

Devonport & Western Counties Institution for the Blind, 56 Soup Kitchen, Green street
& 57 St. Aubyn street, Devonport, W. Peek, treasurer; South Devon & Cornwall Institution for the Instruction &;.

Richard Mildren, hon. sec. ; William Magor, supt Employment of the Blind, Tavistock road, Plymouth, John.

Doctor Barnardo's Homes for Destitute Children (Plymouth Henry Eccles & George Henry Eccles L.R.C.P.Edin. sur-

branch), 13 Buckland terrace, Millbay road, Plymouth, geons; Greek Wilson, hon. treasurer; John W. Matthews,

John Henry Stephenson, superintendent hon. sec.; William Henry Hockaday, superintendent

Female Penitentiary & Home, Ham street, Plymouth, Mrs. South Devon & East Cornwall Hospital, Greenbank road,.

Kate Yarwood, matron Plymouth, Charles Rooke Prance M.D. & Robert Hogartll

Friendless Girls' Help Association & Free Registry Office, n Clay M. D. physicians; Francis Fox, consulting surgeon;.

Regent street, Plymouth. Miss Bertha R. Stevens, supt. ; Connell Whipple L.R.C.P.LOnd. Wm. Square L.R.C.P.LOnd.

. Mis.~ Elizabeth Bailey, matron & William Paul Swain F.R.c.s.Eng. surgeons; Robert

Homooopathic Dispensary & Cottage Hospital, Union street, Harry Hughes M.A., M.B. Reginald Horace Lucy M.B.,

. Plymouth, Theophilus Glascot Vawrlrey L.R.C.P.LOnd. c.M. & Waiter Ley Woollcombe L.R.C.P.LOnd. assistant

medical officer ; William Cash Reed M.D., c. M. & Archibald surgeons; R. Stanley Thomas M.A., M.B., B.c., M.R.c.s. &.

Speirs Alexander M. B.., c.M, surgeons; Frederick H. L.R.c.P. Lond. senior house surgeon; C. Hamilton White-

Foster, dispenser; Rev. W. J. Cuthbertson, boo. sec. ; ford M.R. o.s. & L.R.C. P. Lond. assistant house surgeon;

Charles King, hon. treas.; Miss Catherine Rennie, matron Charles J<'oulger Tubbs,surgeon-dentist; J. Waiter Wilson,

House of Peace Penitentiary, xc;7 North road, Plymouth, hon. sec. ; J. S. James, assistant sec. ; Miss Hopkins,

Devonport Sisters; Georgina Napier, mother superior matr<'n; 1<'. Barnasconi, house steward

Plymouth Mendicity Society, 8 Frankfort street, Plymouth, Three Towns Friendly Society's Medical Institution, 1

Capt. George Hastings Inskip R.N. chairman; Carslake Clarendon terrace, Stoke, Martin Ainger Kirton L.R.c.l'.

W. Wood, hon. financial sec.; C. E. Russel Rendle, boo. LOnd. & Richard Henry Wagner M.D., M.ch. surgeons;

librarian; John E. Edmunds,.charity officer; office hours, branch, Boons place, North road, Plymouth, Roger

Io to 12 a.m. & 3 to 5 p.m. sundays excepted Bernard Burke L.B.C.P.Edin. & Richard Corack M.D.

Plymouth Provident Dispensary : office, I Princess surgeons

Plymouth, William H. Pearse M. D. and E. E. Meeres Public Establishments &o.
II.D.LOnd. consulting physicians; Henry Greenway, con-

sulting ophthalmic surgeon ; George Henry Eccles L.R.C. P. Athenreum, George st. Plymouth, Charles Foster, caretaker

:edin. Thomas Harper, Ge01·ge Jackson z..B.O.P.LOnd. Beaumont Park (Corporation of Plymouth), Beaumonfi

l"rederick William Pearse Jago H.B. Thomas Pearse, road, Plymouth, Harry Lang, keeper

DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. PLYMOUTH. 407'

Board of Trade Examiners' Office for Masters & Mates for The Court has also jurisdiction in bankruptcy; J. Green-

the Merchant Service, Exchange, Woolster street, Ply- way, solicitor, IO Athenreum terrace, Millbay road,

mouth, Captain William Cattier, examiher; Joseph Ger- Plymouth. official receiver in bankruptcy

maine, examiner of fishermen Exchange, Woolster st. Plymouth, Thomas Wolferstan, sec

Board of Trade Surveyor's Office, Exchange, Woolster street, Free Library, Old Guildhall, Whimple street, Plymouth,

Plymouth, Leighton Mills, principal officer for the South William Henry Kearley Wright F.R.Hist.soc. librarian

& South-west coast of England; D. H. Holman & W. I... Free Public Library, Duke street, Devonport, Frederick

MacKinlay, engineer surveyors ; George Sparrow, ship- William Hunt, sec. & librarian

wright surveyor; Edward Morris, medical officer; W. P. Freedom Fields (The), Lipson road, Plymouth; Joseph

Collings, derk Chalice, keeper

Breakwater Establishment Office, Oreston quarries, Ply- Guildhall, Guildhall square, Plymouth

mouth, Bernard Odriscoll Townshend, clerk of works ; Harbour Master's Office, 29 Woolster street, Plymouth,

Henry Edward SiLters, accountant clerk Thomas T. Short, harbour master

Cattewater Harbour Commissioners, Woolster street, Ply- Her Majesty's Prison, Green Bank road, Plymouth, Robert

mouth, Captain Thomas Tregarther Short, harbour mas- Rainford, governor; Rev. Joseph Jones, chaplain; Sedley

ter ; Samuel Cater, clerk Wolferstan L.R.C.P.Lond. surgeon

Cemetery (Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse Cemetery Inland Revenue Offices, Princess buildings, Notte street,

Co.), R. C. Smith J.P. chairman; John Watts, sec.; Rev. Plymouth; Timothy Stark, collector & distributor of

J. M. Hodge IChurch of ·England] & Rev. J. Knowles stamps ; Alfred Mimmack Forder, surveyor of taxes ;
Frederick William Wing, clerical supervisor; P. R.
[Congregational], chaplains

Corn Market, Plymouth, George Harry J ulian, inspector & Kavanagh, G. D. Bretherick & H. 'f. Garnham, clerical

collector of tolls officers; Thomas Olver, John Henry Warren & Nicholas

County Weights & Measures Office, 13 St. Mary street, East Phillips, officers ; Charles Henry Clarke, officer, 7 Chapel

Stonehouse, Mark Heath, inspector street, Devonport

County Police Station, George place, East Stonehouse ; Ply- Jewish Cemetery, Mutley, Rev. Abraham Nathaniel Spier,
mouth division, Herbert James Roberts, superintendent; mJ•hi•Ster

2 sergeants & IS constables; H division, Herbert James Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Exchange, Woolster street,

Roberts, superintendent; 2 sergeants & 2I constables Plymouth, Harry William Wilkins, surveyor

Devon & Cornwall Chamber of Agriculture, 10 Frankfort Market (Plymouth Corporation)

street, Plymouth, W. Henry Jago, sec Mercantile Marine Office, 29 Woolster street, Plymouth,

Devon County Surveyor's Office, I Buckland street, Ply- Wilham Henry Godfrey Deacon, superintendent ; Alfred

mouth, Henry Masterton, surveyor Samuel Hayes, deputy superintendent

Devonport Column, Ker street, Devonport Millbay Pier, West Hoe road, Plymouth, Captain William

Devonport Town Hall, Ker street, Devonport Cutcliffe, pier master ; Frederick Morgan James, inspectr

District Registry of the High Court of Justice, Bankruptcy Municipal Offices, go Ker street, Devonport

& Admiralty, Town hall, East Stonehouse, Christopher Parochial Office, 59 Chapel street, Devonport, Albert Gard,

Vickrey Bridgman, district registrar; W. G. G. Field, solicitor & clerk to the commissioners

chief clerk Plymouth Proprietary & Cottonian Library, Cornwall street,

East Stonehouse County Court, Town hall, East Stonehouse, Plymouth, John Whitmarsh, librarian

held on five days in every month except August, His Plymouth Institution & Devon & Cornwall Natural History

Honor J. Broughton Edge, judge; Christopher Vickrey Society, The Athenreum, George street, Plymouth, H.

Bridgman, registrar; William Radford, high bailiff; W. Penrose Prance & J. Y. Woollcombe, secs

G. G. Field, chief clerk to the registrar; E. Barkell, G. Port of Plymouth Incorporated Chamber of Commerce,

H. Elworthy, G. Pennington, B. Elliot & J. C. Pearce, Municipal buildings, Guildhall square, Earl of Morley,

registrar's clerks; J. C. Tucker, high bailiff's clerk president ; Frank C. Barter, sec

The following places are comprised in the county court Royal Alfred Institution (branch), 42 Southside street,
district :-Brixton, Batten, Battisboro' Cross, Beacons- Plymouth, Thomas William Hoppins, hon. sec
field, Bickleigh, Billacombe, Bovisand, Bull Point, Cad-
leigh Park, Camel's Head, Can Quarry, Cattedown, Stamp Office, Princess buildings, Notte street, Plymouth,
Colebrook, Compton Gifford, Cornwood, Coyten, Crabtree, Timothy Stark, sLamp distributor

Stoke Damerel Manor Estate Office, Chapel green, Devon-

Creacombe, Devonport, Down Thomas, Dunstan, East port, Edward St. Aubyn J.P. steward; Edward Willis,
Stonehouse, Egg Buckland, Elburton, Ermington, Erne- estate agent to Lord St. Levan; H. G. Luff, architect;
settle, Flete, Ford, Gabber, Git, Greatlands, Hanger Robert Damper, surveyor; W. E. Curry & T. Rendle

Down, Hareston, Harford, Heath Down, Hemerdou, Willis, clerks
Higher Keaton, Holbeton, Hooe, Ivybridge, Keyham, Stonehouse Manor Office, Emma place, East Stonehouse,

Kings Tamerton, Knackersknowle, Knighton, Laira, Lee Bewes, Hellard & Hewes, stewards of the manor ; George
Mill Bridge, Lee Moor, Lipson, Longbridge, Longbrook, Cox, resident clerk
Longlands, Lower Keaton, Luton, Lyneham, Manna- Sutton Harbour Improvement Co. 22 Princess square, Ply·
mead, Marsh Mills, Milehouse, Millbay, Monkwell, Morice
mouth, Thomas Wolferstan, sec

Town, Morley Clay Works, Mothecombe, Mount Batten, Public Halls &c.

Mount Folly, Mount Pleasant, Mutley, Newton Ferrers,

Nithecombe, Noss, Oreston, Pennycomequick, Pennycross,
Penquit, Plymouth, Plympton St. Maurice, Plympton St. Assembly Rooms, George st. Plymouth, Saml. Pearse, propr
Central Hall, Manor street, Plymouth
Mary, Plymstock, Pomphlete, Revelstoke, Ridgway, Devonport Public Hall,Fore st.Devonport,Saml. R. Mabin, sec
Riverford, Roborough, Rook, Saltash Passage, Saltram,
Shaugh, Sparkwell, Spriddlestone, Staddiscombe, St. Exmouth Hall, }lanor street, Plymouth
Budeaux. Stoke Damerel, Stony Bridge, Tamerton Folli- Foresters' Hall, The Octagon, Union street, Plymouth
ott, Turnchapel, Underwood, Venton, Warleigh, Wem- Lecture Hall, Granby street, Devonport
bury, Westlake, Weston Peveril, Woodlands, Yealm Masonic Hall, Phoonix place, East Stonehouse
Odd Fellows' Hall, Ker street, Devonport, William Band,
Bridge, Yealmpton, Yeo
res. manager
Places in Cornwall :-Antony, Antony Passage, Botus Flem- Odd Fellows' Hall, Morley street, Plymouth, John Hayne
ing, Burraton, Cargreen, Cawsand, Crafthole, Cremyl,
Erth, Forder, Hatt, Kingsand, King's Mill, Laudrake, Pillar, sec
Landulph, Maker, Millbrook, Painters Cross, Pillaton, Odd Fellows' Hall, I48 Union street, Plymouth
Portwrincle, Rame, Saltash, Sheviock, St. Erney, St. Princess Hall, Notte street, Plymouth, Lapthorne & Good,
John's, St. Mellion, St. Stephen's, Torpoint, Tregantle,
Trematon, Trevol, Trewin, Wilcove, Wootton Cross proprietors
St. Andrew's Hall,Westwell st. Plymouth, Moon & Sons, agts
Certified Bailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress Temperance Hall, Fore st. Devonport, Richd. Trenhaile, mgr

Amendment Act, Francis R. Stanbury, I:o~ & I3 Princess Theatres &c. '

square, :Plymouth ; Frederick W. Skardon, Cornwall

street, Plymouth; Francis C. Lane, I George street, Grand Theatre, Union street, Stonahouse, Henry E. Reed,

Plymouth ; R. B. Johns, 20 Princess square, Plymouth ; sole proprietor

John Ward, I St. Aubyn street, Devonport; I. Woolland, St. James' Hall Theatre of Varieties, 108 Union street, Ply-

6 Cornwall street, Plymouth; Arthur A. Carnell, Ply- mouth, St. James' Hall Co. Limited, proprietors; Liver-

mouth; W. I. Lamb, 7 Chapel street, Devonport; Chas. more Bros. lessees; 'fristram Shandy, manager

Fozer, 49 & so Fore street, Devonport; Samuel H. Duff, Theatre Royal, George st. Plymouth, Chas. F. Williams,
Westwell street, Plymouth; J. M. Andrew, 5 Courtenay lessee & manager

street, Plymouth; James .Alfred Pearce, Marlborough BATHS.

hou~~e, Saltash:, John W. Bickle, Plymouth; Williarn Public Baths & Washhouses, Hoegate street, Plymouth,

Radford, Plymouth~ E. A. Northey~ Plymouth & W. W. William Jollow, lessee

H. Pbillips, Plymouth ' Turkish, Union street, Plymouth, John Wallington, propr

•

408 PL1'MOUTH. DEVONSHIRE.

. . FIRE ENGINE S·cATIONS. r M. M. M, Lodges.

Steamer; Central Police office, Guildhall square Friendship (16), E. J. Knight, sec.; Granby street; and

Manual, Old Guildhall, J. D. Sowerby, superiqtendent thurs. January, March, April, June, July, September.

Manual, The Workhouse October & December

Hose Reels, The Hoe; Octagon avenue, Barbican; Mutley; St. Aubyn (64), W. J. Everett, sec. ; Masonic ban, Moon

Providence st. Oxford st.The Workhouse & Central Station street, Morice Town ; 4th mon. January, April, July &

Stonehouse Local Board adjoining Police Station, George October ,

place, W. W. Blight, captain Huysbe (9I), J. R. H. Harris, sec.;

Royal Naval Hospital & Marine Barracks, East Stonehonse 2nd wed. January & alternate months

CLUBS. EAST 8TONEHOUSE,

Plymouth Limited, I Windsor terrace, Plymouth, William Lodges.
Ward Hayden Phillips, sec
Sincerity (189),A.S.Hendry,sec.; St.George's hall; 2nd mon
Plymouth Conservative Limited, 23 Princess square, Ply-
month, Coryndon Matthews, hon. sec Metham (1,205), P. J. Dunn, sec.; Metham Masonic hall,

Plymouth & Western Counties Liberal, I3 Bedford street, Carolina place ; 3rd mon
Plymouth, John Frederick Johnson, sec Brunswick (159), N. Radmore, sec.; Masonic hall. Hobart

Plymouth Masonic, I Princess square, Plymouth, Samuel street; ISt wed
Harvey, manager; William Henry Dillon, sec Ebringtoii (I,847), James Lose, sec.; Masonic hall, Hobart

Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht, Promenade pier, Wm. street ; 2nd tues
Earl esq. hon. sec Western District United Service (2,258), W., Powell, sec.;

Royal South Western Yacht, West Hoe road, Charles Lee Metham Masonic hall, Caroline place
esq. sec Chapters.

Royal Western Yacht, The Hoe, Plymouth, Captain Sincerity (18g), R. S. Rae, scribe E ; 4th mon. January,
Houlditch, sec Aprtl, July & October

St. Peter's Men's, 21 Arundel crescent, Plymouth, G. Elliott (I,205), J. Gidley, scribe E ; rst wed. February,
Pedrick, sec May, August & November

Stonehouse Constitutional, IS Edgcumbe street, East Stone- Brunswick (159), E. A. Davies, scribe E ; last wed. Janu-
house, Charles Thompson McDonald, sec ary, April, J:Jly & October
M. M. M. Lodges.
Stonehouse Liberal, 5 Union street, Stonehouse, Frederick
William Thuell, sec Sincerity (35), J. Parker, sec. ; St. George's hall ; 1st mon.
January, .March, May, July, September & November
United Service, Royal hotel, Fore street, Devonport, A. L.
Archer M.D. sec Brunswick (48), N. Radmore, sec.; Masonic hall, Hobart
street; 3rd wed. :February, April, June, August, October
& December

Masonic Lodges &c. Elliott (169), J. Gidley, sec. ; Metham Masonic hall, Caroline
place; 4th wed. January, March, May, July, September
PLYMOUTH. & November

Lodges.

Meeting at the Freemasons' hall, I Princess square, William Poor Law Unions.
Henry Phillips, tyler
PLYMOUTH INCORPORATION.
St. John (7o), John Batten Gover, sec. ; 1st tues
The management of the poor of Plymouth is vested in a
Fortitude (105), Cornelius Cooper, sec. ; 2nd m on
board of guardians, incorporated by the title of " Guar-
Harmony (156), W. K. Michell, sec.; 1st mon
dians of the Poor of the Town of Plymouth, in the Countv
Charity (223), W. Stenlake, sec.; 3rd tues
The St. John (1,247), P. G. L. Pearce, sec.; 2nd thurs. of Devon," by an Act passed in the reign of Queen Anne
A.D. 1708 & amended by subsequent Acts, passed in I754
after 1st tues

Dundas (1,255), S. B. Harvey, sec.; 3rd mon & I786

Prudence (1,550), T. Goodall, sec. ; 1st sat Board day, tuesday, at 10 a.m. at Workhouse. The popu-

Chapters. lation in 1881 was 751096; area, 1,491 acres; rateable

St. John's (7o), J. R. Lord, scribe E; usual meeting March, value, £315,500 ·
Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, William
June, Sept. & Dec
Fortitude (105), T. W. Soper, scribe E; 3rd. tues. in Feb. Ad'lms, 13 Princess square, Plymouth
Treasurer, Horace StoneWilcocks,33 Wyndham sq.Piymouth
.May, Aug. & Nov
Harmony (156), W. K. Michell, scribe E; Ist fri. March, Relieving Officers & Collectors to the Guardians, Northern
district, Robert Jsph. Nicholson, 36 Baring st. Plymouth ;
June, Sept. & Dec
Concord (223), J. !wl Hilley, scribe E ; 3rd wed. Jan. April, Southern district, James Annear, 63 High street; Western
district, Charles James Mayell, I Melbourne st. Plymouth
July & Oct •
Dundas (1,255), J. Hammond, scribe E; wed. after 3rd Vaccination Officers, St. Andrew's district, Henry James
Barter, 75 King gardens, Plymouth: Charles district,
mon. March, June, Sept. & Dec Robert George Bird, I Radnor place, Plymouth
Medical Officers, Northern district, William Hore Brenton
Knights Templars. L.B.C. P.Lond. 44 Cobourg street, Plymouth ; Southern dis-
trict, Charles Henry Cuming M.B. Sussex st. Plymouth ;
Royal Veteran Preceptory, John Wallis, E commander Western district, Richard Henry Wagner M.D., M.ch. I
St. George's terrace, Saltash road, Plymouth
Holy Cross Preceptory & Priory of Maha (this preceptory is Public Vaccinators, Vaccination station, Old Guildhall,
Th~mas Harper, 7 Tothill avenue, Plymouth; & George
not meeting, January 1893) Jackt=.on L.B.C.P.LOnd. 10 Portland villas, Plymouth
Superintendent Registrar, John Williams Matthews, 6
Knights of Constantinople, W. H. Cawse,master of dispatches Frankfort street~ Plymouth; deputy, William Harrison, 6
Frankfort street, Plymouth
Huyshe Chapter Rose Croix:, M. W. Sovereign, W. F. Registrars of Births & Deaths, Charles sub-district, Robert

Westcott

Red Cross Council, Illustrious Sovereign, A. Goodman

Mark Masons.

'femple (5o), W. H. Dillon, sec •
:Fortitude (66), J. B. Gover, sec

Charity (76), J. M. Hilley, sec

DEVONPORT. George Bird, I Radnor place, Plymouth; deputy, William

todges. Henry Parsons, Municipal buildings, Plymouth ; St. An-
drew's sub-district, Henry James Barter, 75 King gar-
Friendship (202), J. D. Sandy, sec. ; Masonic hall, Granby dens, Plymouth ; deputy, William Nosworthy Elliott-, 42
street ; 4th thurs Frankfort street
Registrar of Marriages, William Presswell White, 6 Frank-
Fidelity (230), R. Cawsey, sec.; Ebrington Masonic hall;
1st & 3rd thurs fort street, Plymouth
The Workhouse was commenced in 1851 & forms a series
St. Aubyn (954), J. Dsborn, sec. ; Masonic hall, Moon
street, Morice Town; 2nd & 4th tues of buildings of stone, faced with brick, from plans by Mr.
0. C. Arthm' & Mr. W. Dwelley, architects, & was erected
Huyshe (1,099), W. G. Stanbury, sec.; Masonic hall, Home at a cost of about £I2,500; the house is available for
park, Stoke ; 2nd thurs about 650 inmates; Edwin George Dyke, master; Fredk.
Aubrey Thomas r..:a.c.P.Edin. medical officer; Mrs. Emma
Elms (I,ZI2), J. Leonard, sec. ; Masonic hall, Home park, Dyke, matron ; Miss Helen Kelly, schoolmistress ; Miss
Minnie Eliza Mortimore, assistant schoolmistress (the
Stoke ; 3rd wed
Chapters. boys attend the Board schools)

Friendship (202), J". D. Sandy, scribe E ; 2nd thurs. Feb-
ruary, May, August & November

Fidelity (230), J. R. H. Harris, scribe E; 4th fri. Feb-

ruary, May, August & November S'rOKE DA"MEBEL PARISH.

St. Aubyn (954), J. T. Allingham, scribe E; 3rd mon. The management of the poor of Stoke Damerel parish has

January, April, July & October ' been vested, under an Act of Parliament ot 21st of

Huyshe (1,099), W. H. Giflman, scribe E; rst wed. .Janu- George III. in 156 Commissioners, elected for life from
among the inhabitants
ary, April, July et; October

DIRECTORY.] DEVQNSHI,RE~ PLYMOUTH. 409

Board day, alternate fridays, at 10.30 a. m. at the Workhouse Clerk to the Plym,o11th Charity 'l'rustees & to Joan Bennett's

The population in 1891 was .~4,736; area, .1,76o acres : rate- Trust, Edmund Pridham,Athenreum chambet'S,Plymouth

able value, £no,3o2 Collectors of Income & Assessed Taxes, Plymouth East, F.

Clerk to Board of Commissioners, Albert Gard, 19 St. C. Goad, 38 Exet~r street ; Plymouth South, Thomas

Aubyn street, The Register Office, Devonport Ward, I2 Princess square; Plymouth North, Herbert

Treasurer, Saml. Woolley, Devon & Cornwall Bank, Devonpt Frederick Hearle, 67 North road, Plymouth ; Charles dis-

Collectors of Poor Rates, William Williams, 3 Duke street, trict, John Thomas Stevens Widger,34 Victoria park,Ply-

Devonport; John Norman, 23 Victoria place, Stoke; John mouth; East Stonehouse, Richard Pearse, 7 Carolina

Bray Waiter Williams, 34 Waterloo street, Stoke placer East Stonehouse Distri1Ct,'Richard RobinsonRodd,
Relieving Officers, North Western district, Charles Henry Coroner for Stoke Damerel

Moore, 59 Chapel street, Devonport ; South Eastern dis- 87 Durnford street, East Stonehouse ; deputy, Richard

trict, John Charles Ryall, 59 Chapel street, Devonport Robinson Rodd, jun. Town hall & 52 Union street, East

Vaccination Officer, John Norman, 23 Victoria place, Stoke Stonehouse

Medical Officers, Clowance & St. John's district, James Devon County Surveyor, Henry Masterton, I Buckland

Ed" in Cheyne Wilson L. R.O. P.Edin. 43 St. Aubyn street, street, Plymouth

Devonport; St. Aubyn & Morice district, John Restarick Distributor of Stamps, Timothy Stark, Princess buildings,

Rolston L.R.C.P.Kdin. 5 St. Aubyn street, Devonport; Notte street

Tamar & Stoke district, Thomas Restarick Rolston Dockmaster, Capt. Thos. Radford, Great Western docks

L.R.C.P.Lond. I30 Albert road, Morice town, Devonport Government Emigration Officer,Leighton Mills, Exchange,

Public Vacciuators, Clowance & St. John's & St. Aubyu & Woolster street

Morice districts, James Edward Cheyne Wilson L.R.C.P. Harbour Mas1er (Cattewater & Button harbours), Captain

Edin. 43 St. Aubyn st. Devonport ; Stoke & Tamar dis- Thomas Tregarther Short, 29 Woolster street

trict, Jsph. May, jun. 47 Albert rd. Morice town, Devonpt Her Majesty's Inspector of Factories for Devon & Cornwall,

Superintendent Registrar, Albert Gard, The Register Office, James Jones, 3 Queen's gate, Plymouth

19 St. Aubyn street, Devonport ; deputy, James Alfred Inspector under the ContagiouS Diseases (Animals) Act, &

Pearce, The Register Office, 19 St. Aubyn street Inspector of Explosives, Herbert James Roberts, County

Registrars of Births & Deaths, Morice sub-district, William Police station, George place, East Stonehouse

John Lamb, 7 Chapel street, Devonport; deputy,William Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, John Greenway, 10 Athen-

Vine Gould, 106 Forest. Devonport; St. Aubyn sub-dis- reum terrace, Millbay road, Plymouth

trict, Wm. By. Shillibeer, 53 George street, Devonport; Pier :Master,Capt. W. C. Cutcliffe,Millbay pier,West Hoe rd

deputy, J. Cochrane; Stoke sub-district, James Geo. Mil- Principal Officer for the Board of Trade for South & South-

ford, qA, Waterloo street, Stoke ; deputy, James west Districts, Leighton Mills, Exchange, Woolster street

Woodley Gosling,2o South hill,Stoke; Tamar sub-district, Superintendent of County Police, Herbert James Roberts,

George King Beer, SI Portland rd. Stoke; deputy, C. J. Police station, George place

Ward, 9 Herbert street, Devonport Surveyor of Property & Income Tax & Land & Assessed

Registrars of Marriages, Thos. G. Boulden, 44 Haddington Taxes, Alfred Mimmack Forder, Inland Revenue offices,

road, Morice town; deputy, Wm. Robt. Tompkins, 59 St. Princess buildings, N otte street

Levan road, Ford, Stoke ; William Henry Burt, IO St. Vestry Clerk for East Stonehouse, George Cox, Manor

Aubyn st. Devonport; deputy, Edwd. Hatherton Little- offices, East Stonehouse

ton, 94 Fore street, Devonport Places of Worship, with times of Services.
Tte Workhouse, Saltash road, erected in 1854, at a cost of CHURCHES IN PLYMOUTH.

£9,6oo, on an elevated position, is available for 700 v. signifies Vicarage; P.c. signifies Perpetual Curacy.
paupers, Richard Andrew Burck, master; l<'redk.Everard

Row L.R.C.P.Edin. medical officer; Mrs. E. Richardson, St. Andrew's, v. Ven. Archdeacon Charles Thomas Wilkin-

matron ; Charles F. Whenmouth, schoolmaster ; Mrs. son D.D. ; Rev. J ulian Harvey M. A. Rev. Stanhope Mackie

Fanny Smith, schoolmistress Nourse M.A. & Rev. Melville Russell Moore B.A. curates ;

EAST STONEHOUSE pARISH. I0.45 a.m. 3·I5 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, u.3o a.m.; wed.

The area is 190 acres; the population in 1891 was t5,502, 7·30 p.m
Charles, v. Rev. Nathaniel Vicket'S B.A. ; 10.45 a.m. 3

Board day, thursday, at 10.30 a.m. at the Workhouse. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m

Clerk to the Guardians, Richard Robinson Rodd, jun. 52 All Saints', v. Harwell street,Rev. Charles Rose Chase; Rev.

Union street, East Stonehouse Edward Alexander Theed l'ri.A. & Rev. Percy Christopher

Treasurer, 'f. Waldo How, Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Alcock B.A. curates; 7.3o, 9.30 & II a.m. & 3.30 & 6.30

East Stonehouse p.m.; daily, 7.30 a.m. & 7.30 p.m

Relieving & Vaccination Officer, George Carter Bignell, 7 Christ Church, Eton place, Rev. William Howard Coates;

Clarence place, East Stonehouse Rev. John Potts, curat-e; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs.

Golledor of Poor Rates, Richard Pearse, 7 Caroline place, 7·30 p.m
East Stonehouse Emmanuel Church, R. Mannamead, Rev. George Benton

Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Thomas Leah, 85 Berry B.A. ; Rev. Nathaniel Nicholas Lewarne B.A.

Durnford street, East Stonehouse curate; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. thurs. 7.30 p.m

Superintendent Registrar, Richard Robinson Rodd, jun. 52 Holy Trinity, v. Southside street, Rev. Francis Bames l'ri.A.;

Union street, East Stonehouse ; deputy, Thomas Easter- II a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m

brook, 21 Emma place, East Stonehouse St. Andrew's Chapel, P.C. Lockye:.: street,Rev.John Erskiue

Registrar of Births & Deaths, George Carter Bignell, 7 Risk l'ri.A. ; Rev. Joseph Hirste Haywood M.A. curate;

Clarence place, East Stonehouse; deputy, John Brown 8.I5 & II a.m. & 6.30 p.;m. ; wed. & fri. 11 a,m. & holy

Turpin, I4 Battery street, East Stonehouse days n a.m

:Registrar of Marriages, John Brown Turpin, 14 Battery St. James-the-Less, v. Clarendon place, Ci1adel road, Rev,

street, East Stonehouse; deputy, T. Kingcombe, 27 William Humphrey Child l'ri.A.; Hev.Clifford Geo.Jones &

Emma place, East Stonehouse Rev. James Embry B.A. curates ; 8, I0.3o & II a.m.

Workhouse, Clarence place, was buiit in IBoi, & will hold & 3.30, 4 & 6.30 p.m.; 7 & 7·45 a. m. & 8 p.m.;
150 inmates ; Joseph Musgrove, master; Thomas Leah, wed. & fri. I2 noon

medical officer; Mrs. Musgrove, matron St. John's, v. Sutton-on-Plym, Rev. Arthur Wynett-Mayow

Public Officers. l'ri.A. ; Rev. Herbert Forster M.A. curate ; 8 & II a.m. &
Auditor & Trustee in Bankruptcy, Samuel Hugh Duff, 23
3.30 & 6.30 p.m. ; daily, 7·45 a.m. & 7 p.m ; wed.
& fri. holy communion IO a.m

Westwell street, Plymouth St. Jude's, v. 'fothill road, Rev. Thomas Henry Howard

Certifying Factory Surgeon, Marcus Henry Bulteel L.R.C.P. l'ri.A. ; Rev. Lawrence Dewhurst B.A. curate; u a.m. &

Lond. 84 Durnford street, East Stonehouse 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m

Certifying Factory Surgeon for Plymouth & District,William St. Luke's, v. Tavistock place, Rev. Isaac Hawker; n a.m.

Augustus Buchan l'ri.B. 5 Athenreum terrace, Plymouth & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m

Clerk to the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners & Com- St. Matthias, P.C. Tavistock road, Rev. Philip Williams

missioners of Taxes, Plymouth Division, Samuel Cater, l'ri.A.; 8 & II a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.;

Sutton road, Plymouth holy days, 7.30 & II a.m. & 7.30 p.m

Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes for NorthRoborough hun- St. Peter's,v. Wyndham square,Rev.GeorgeRundle Prynne

dred, to Midland Roborough Highway Board & Clerk to l'ri.A.; Rev. Arthur Preedy, Rev. Henry Herbert Leeper
the Justices of Midland Roborough Division, Thomas
Wolferstan, 22 Princess square, Plymouth B.A. & Rev, St. John Thrupp B.A. curates; 7, 8, l0-30 &
ll;.xs a.m. & 3, 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 7.30 a.~. &

Clerk to the Commissioners of Land, Assessed & Property 7·30 p.m
Taxes, Fo~ter- John Bone, 23 Ker street, Devonport St. Saviour's, v. Lambhay hill,near The Citadel,Rev.J"oseph

Clerk to Magistrates for the Petty Sessional Division of South Jones; Rev, Samuel Bywater Porritt M.A.curate; II a.m.

Divit.ion of Hundred of East Cornwall, Charles Henry & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m. & an occasional Welsh
servi• ce
B81lett, 12 Morice square, Devonport

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410 PLYMOUTH. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY'S

St. Michael's (served by the clergy of St. James-the-tess), Moriee square, Devonport, Rev. Henry :Nettleton Mitchell;

It & 6.30; wed. 7.30 p.m II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; mon. thurs. & fri. 7· 15 p. m
Citadel Church, The Cit.a1el, for the use of the garrison~ Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Rev. Benwell Bird; II a. m. & 6.30

Rev. Edward John Hard; M.A. senior chaplain; p.m.; mon. 7.30 p.m.; & lecture, wed. 7 p.m

n.3o a..m Pembroke street, Devonport; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues.

DEVONPORT CHURCHE~ 7.30 p.m

Parish Church, R. Stoke Damerel, Rev. William St. Aubyn York street, Plymouth; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; tues. 7
M.A.; Rev. Charles Bayley Collyns B.A. ; Rev. Ernest p.m
Charles Atherton M.A. & Rev. Stuart Hall L.Th,. curates;
MiS8ion Room, Maida Vale terrace, Plymouth; 6,-,o p.m.;
8 & II a.zb.. 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. n.45 a.m thurs. 8 p.m

St. Aubyn, Chapel street, Rev. l>itt Johnson B.A.; Rev. BETHEL UNION.
Francis Read Moore, cur~te; II a. m. 3 &6.3op.m.; wed.
Great Western docks, Plymouth, J. P. Norrie, missionary;
7.15 p.m 6.50 p.m; fri. 7.3o p.m

St. James-the-Great, v. Keyham road, Morice Town, Rev. Castle street, Plymouth, J. P. Norrie, missionary; 6.30

Richard James Bond ; Revs. William Arthur Badger & p.m.; thurs. 8 p.m

Charles Everitt Green B.A. curates; 8, 10.30 & II.15 a.m.

& 3.30 & 6.30 p.m. ; week days, 8 a.m. & 7 p.m BIBLE CHRISTIAN.

St. John-the-Baptist, v. Duke street, Rev. Richard Mildren East street, E.ast Stonehouse; u a.m. & 6.go p.m. ; mon. &

M.A.; u a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m thurs. 7.30 p.m
St. Mark's, v. Ford, Rev. Walter Allen Lewis M.A.; 11 a.m. Greenbank road, Plymouth, Rev. John Luke ; II a. m. & 6.30

& 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m. ; daily, 10 a.m , p.m. ; wed. 7· p.m
St. Mary's, v. James street, Rev. William Henry Allin B.n.; Haddingtonroad, Devonport, Rev. Samuel Lane; 10.45 a.m.

·Rev. Charles Richard Teape M. A. curate; II a.m. & 6.30 & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. & thurs. 7 p.m
King street, Devonport; II a.m. &6.30 p.m.; wed. & thurs.
p.m. ; saints' days, II a.m. ; fri. 7 p.m

St. Michael's, P.c. Albert road, Rev. William Mantle B. A. ; 7 p.m
Zion street, Plymouth, Rev. Albert Ernest Brett; II a. m. &
II a.m. & 6.go p.m. ; thurs. 7 p.m

St. Paul's, v. .Morice square, H.ev. Andrew John Hamlyn; 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7 p.m

Rev. Henty Hardy B.A. curate; 8 & II a,m & 3.30 & 6.30 CONGREGATIONAL.
p.m.; daily 7 p.m.; wed. & fri. n a.m
Emma place, East Stonehouse, Rev. William John
St. Stephen's, v. George street, Rev. Henry Patrick Russell; Cuthbertson; II a. m. & 6.30 p.m. : mon. & thurs. 7.30
p.m
Rev. Ernest Square :.r.A. curate; 8 & II a.m. & 3.15 &
Higher Batter street, Plymouth; II a. m. & 6.30 p.m. ; tues.
6.go p.m. ; daily, 7·45 a.m. & 8 p.m 7.30 p.m. ; tburs. 7 p.m
Dockyard Chapel, Dockyard, Rev. Samuel Allen Shone LL.D.
Norley, Norley street, Plymouth, Rev. Thomas Cooper; II
chaplain; II a.m. & 6.30 p.ni a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m
Military Chapel, Raglan Barracks, Rev. Thomas Henry
Old Tabernacle, Exeter street, Plymouth; IO a.m. & 3 &
Foulkes M. A. chaplain; 8 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m

CHURCHES IN EAST STONEHOUSE. 6.30 p.m. ; every evening 8 p.m

St. George's, v. Chapel street, Rev. Boulton Brander Princess street, Ope, Devouport, Rev. Edward William

Liptrott M.A. ; Rev. Donald Francis Ogilvy Poulter & Rev. Bickley; n a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. & thurs. 7.15 p.m

Frederick Edwin Gmelin BA. curates; 8.I5 & 11 a.m. & Sherwell, Tavistock road, Plymouth, Rev. Charles Stibbert

6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m. & fri. 11 a.m Slater M.A. ; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; mon. & wed. 7 p.m

St. Matthew's, v. Clarence place, Rev. Waiter Alfred Union, Courtenay street, Plymouth, Rev. Joseph Townsend

Prideaux; Rev. George Scholey, curate; :u a.m. & 6.30 Maxwell; u a.m. & 6 30 p.m.; thurs. 8 p.m

p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m Wycliffe, Albert toad, Morice Town, Rev. C. J. Palmer; II

St. Paul's, v. Durnford street, Rev. John William Gaud; a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; mon. & thurs. 7 p.m

8 & 11 a..m. & 6.30 p.m.; fri. II a.m Mission Room, Sutton road, Plymouth; 6.30 p.m. ; wed.

Royal Naval Hospital Chapel; II a. m. & 6 p.m 7·30 p.m

Dockyard, Rev. Samuel Alien Shone LL.D. chaplain; II a.m. Sherwell Mission hall, Mount street, Plymouth, Rev. John

& 6.30 p.m Hancock; 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m

CATHOLIC OHURCHES. PLYMOUTH BRETHREN.

Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Boniface, Cecil street', Plymouth, Park street, Plymouth; 10.45 a. m. & 6.30 p.m. ; mon. wed.
Right Rev. William Vaughau D. D. bishop of Plymouth; & fri. 7.30 p.m
·
Right Rev. 1Charles Grabam (bishop coadjutor); Very Gospel hall, Raleigh street, Plymouth; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m
Rev. Canon William R. Bernard Brownlow M.A. vicar
PRIMITIVE METHODIST.
general; Rev. Bernard Wade; Rev. Daniel Kennedy; Rev.
Charles E. Gaudy & Rev. John De)aney; mass, 7.3o, 9 Ebrington street, Plymouth, Rev. John Humphries Best;·
II a.m. & 6.30 pm. ; mon & wed. 7.30 p.m
(for military) & u a.m.: catechism & benediction, 3 ; & Herbert street, Devonport, Rev. George Rennison; II a.m.

compline, instruction & benediction, 6.go p.m. ; daily & 6.30 p m. ; tues. & thurs. 7 p.m
Hotham place, Devonport; u a.m. & 6.30 p.m.;
mass, 7.go, 8 & 9 a.m.; holidays of obligation, mass, 7, 8 tues. •
& 9.30 a.m. evening service 7 p.m. ~ wed. & fri. 7 p.m.
7p.m
benediction
Holy Cross, Beaumont road, Plymouth, Rev. John Keily, Union street, Stonehouse, u a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs.
priest; holy communion, 7.30 & mass, 8 & Io.go a. m.; 7·30 p.m
UNITARIAN.
catechism & benediction, 3 & compline, serm. & benedic-
Duke street, Devonport, Rev. Arthur Harvie ; I I a.m. & 3 &;
tion, 7 p. m. ; daily 7· go a. m
SS. Michael & Joseph, James street, Devonport, Rev. 6.go p.m. ; thurs. 7 p.m
Fathers Peter Thomas Kent & Patrick Aloysius Kent, Treville street, Plymouth, Rev. William Binns; II a.m. &
priests; mass, 8, 9.30 (for military) & II a.m.; compline, 6.3o p.m
UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH.
serm. & benediction, even. serV'. 6. go p. m. ; daily, mass,
8 a.m. ; wed. rosary & benediction, 7 a.m Albert road, Devonport; 10.45 & u a.m. & 6.30 p. m.; tues.

Naval Chapel, H.M. Ship "Monmouth," Devonport, Rev. & fri. 7 p.m ·

Thomas P. Kent, priest ; mass, 9·45 a. m Ebrington street, Plymouth, Rev. Richard Waters; II a.m.

-·-- & 6.go p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m

Presbyterian Church, Wyndham street west, Plymouth, WESLEYAN.

Re'V. Joseph Wood A.C.F.; u a.. m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. & PLYMOUTH CIRCUITS.
thurs. 7 p.m
EBENEZ~R.
Friends' Meeting House, Treville street, Plymouth; n a.m.
& 6.30 p.m.; wed. II a.m Ebenezer, Saltash street; u Rev. Edward Richard

Jews' Synagogue, Catherine street, Plymouth, Rabbi a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. Edwards, sopt. ; Rev.
Abraham Nathaniel Spier; every sat. at 1 p.m. & dusk; 7.30 p.m. & sat. 7 p.m Thos. Featherstoneh~ugh

fri. 4 p.m. winter, 7.30 p.m. summer; sat. 8.45 a.m. Wcsley, Ham street; u a.m. & Rev. Ebenezer ldhffe;

winter, 8.30 summer & 6.30 p.m. ; tues. & fri. Rev. George Meadows,

BAPTIST. 7.30 p.m supe-rnumerary ·

Ebenezer, Union street, East Stonehouse, Rev. William KING STREET.

Trotman; n a. m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. & wed. 7 p.m King street; U a.m. & 6.go Rev. William Maltby, supt.;

Ford, Alexander road, Rev. Albert Thomas Head; II a.m. & p.m. ; thurs. 1· IS ~.J.Q Revs. John Geo. Pearson &
Joseph Reynolds ; Joseph
6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.15 p.m Mutley plain : I I a m. & Little, Francis Wakefield
George street, Plymouth, Rev. Samuel Vincent; 10.45 a.m. Greeves & Thomas Wa.ter-
6.go p.m. ; thurs. 7 p.m house, supernumeraries
& 6. go p.m. ; m on. 7 p. m. & thurs. 7· go p. m
Hope, }<'ore street, Devonport, Rev. .Albert Braine; 11; a.m. Edgcumbe street, East

& 6.30 p.m.; mon. & thurs. 7· 15 p.m Stonehouse ; I 1 a. m. &

6.go p.m.; thurs. 8 p.m

JDIRECTORY. DEVONSHil~E. PLY:\IOUTU. 411

DEVONPORT CIRCUIT. JSchool Board Officer, John Hnnkin, 65 Cecil street

Morice street, Devonport ; The Board or Committees meet every tuesday at 6 p.m. The

u a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; Board meeting on the 4th tuesday is open to the public

thurs. & sat. 7 p. m • ' 'BOARD RCBOOLS •.
Ker street, Devonport ; I I
Castle street (infants'), built in I874, for 233 children;
a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. average attendance, 123 ; Mrs. Mary Smale, mistress

& sat. 7 p.m Cattedown road, No. I block (girls & mixed) built in t886
for 590 children; average attendance, 432. No. 2 block
Gloucester street, Morice (boys & infants) built in 1890 for 458 boys & 585 infants;
average attendance, 300 boys & 490 infants; John Turner
ITown~ u a.m. & 6.30 Revs. Josiah Felvus, supt, ; Lethbridge, master; Miss Mary Bartlett, mistress; Miss
p.m. ; wed. & fri. 7 p.m A. Denbigh White, William
Alice Harris, mistress of mixei department ; Miss E. Cole.
Ford; u a. m. & 6.30 p.m. ; Fly, T. Gill & Charles
infants' mistress -
Ithurs. 7. I 5 p. m. : fri. 7 }- Speck ; Rev. Thomas King street (boys' & infants'), built in 186o, for 5o8 children~

p. m Withington, supernumer- average attendance, 254 boys & 240 infants ; James Fox.
Belmont, Stoke ; n & 6.30; ary; Rev. John England,

tues. & fri. 7 p.m army & navy chaplain

Mount street, Devonport; 7 Ruse, master; Mrs. Minnie Tozer, mistress
Mount street (boys', girls', mixed &. infants'), built in 1876
Ip.m. ; mon. & thurs. 7 I
& enlarged in 1887, for 1,040 children; average attend-
Joph.nmson terrace, Morice ance, 320 girls & 334 jnfants; mixed school, 310; higher

Town; II a.m. & 6.30 grade boys, 18o ; Mrs. Elizabeth Myers, mistress ; Miss

p.m.; fri. 7 p.m • · P. Wickham, mistress of mixed department ; Miss E.
Stuart road, Stoke ; II a. m. Angier, infants' mistress; (higher grade boys) William

& 6.30 p.m. ;-tues. 7 p.m ) Lamerton Cocks M. A. master ; (cookery centre) Miss

OTHER DENOMlNA.TIONS. Mary .Ann Leno, teacher ·
•
Oxford street (girls' & infants'), built jn 1879, for 400
Calvinist, Portland villas, Rev. James Knowles; u a.m. &
girls & 350 infants ; average attendance, 308 girls ~ '.1-75
6.30 p.m. ; mon. & thurs. 7 p.m
infants ; Miss Kate Firks, mistress ; Miss Louisa Moore,
Catholic AposLolic, Princess street, James Phillips; 6.15 &
infants' mistress ; (cookery centre) Miss M. A. Leno,
10.15 a.m. & 5-15 p.m.; daily, 5·I5 p.m.: tues. & thurs.
teacher
6.I5 a.m.; wed. & fri. 10.15 a.m '
Palace court, Stillman street (boys', girls' & infants'), built
Evangelical Protestant, Compton st. Plymouth, Rev. Wm.
in 1881, for 8oo children; average attendance, 248 boys,
Elliott; n a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; mon. & fri. 7 p.m
288 girls & 230 infants; Josias Back, master; Miss Mary
Moravian, James street, Devonport, Rev. John William
Gowings, mistress; Mrs. J. McDonald, infants' mistress
Crawford; II a. m. & 6,30 p.m.; thurs. 8 p.m
Sutton road (girls' & infants'), built in I875, for 350 chil-
Sailors' Home, Vauxhall street, Plymouth; 3 & 6.30 p.m. ; dren; average attendanc.oe, 100 girls & nfants; Miss
us i
mon. 8 p.m.; wed. & sat. 7.30 p.m
Florence Goodman, mistress ; Mrs. Lucy Trobridge,
Salvation Army, Granby street
infants' mistress
Treville street (boys' & infants1), built in 1874, for 553
MISSION ROOMS. children; average attendance, 290 boys & 251 infants;
Samuel Rooke, master ; Miss Ann Higgins, infants' mist
All Saints', Henry street (occasionally)
Charles' Church, Camden street; 6.30 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m Union street, built in 1883, for 240 boys, 240 girls & 310 in-
Emmanuel, Lower Compton road fants ; average attendance, 240 boys, 220 girls & 30&
Harbour avenue; 6.30 p.m. ; tues. 8 p.m infants; David Osborne Powe, master, Mrs. .Angelica
Plymouth Town, How street
Railway Mission (Plymouth branch), Great Western docks; Parsons, mistress; Miss Mary Yeo, infants' mistress
Wolsdon street (girls' & infants'), built in 188x, for 475
3 to 4 p.m. ; tues. 7·45 p.m. to 9 p.m
St. Andrew's, Palace street children: average attendance, 231 girls & 220 infants ;
St. Andrew's, Willow street
St. Chad's, Moon street Miss Isabelle Murray, mistress ; Mrs. Ellen Lang, infants'
St. George's, Market street, East Stonehouse ; sun. 3 p.m mistress
St. Jude's, Grenville road; 6.30 p.m. ; tues. 7·45 p.m Truants' Industrial School, Laira house, Embankment road,

bnilt in 1882, for 40 boys ; Harry Coates Fairbank, supt

St. Matthias Mission Church; 7 a. m. (2nd~ 4th) & n a.m. DEVONPORT SCHOOL BOARD.

& 6.30 p.m.; mon. 8 p.m The Devonport School Board of u members was formed

St. Peter's, 2I Arundel crescent January 24, 1871; J. P. Goldsmith, clerk to the board;.

St. Saviour's, Lambhay hill; II. a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. Frederick Harris, attendance officer ; offices, 27 Ker st.

7·30 p.m BOARD SCHOOLS.
Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury cottages
Auckland road, Ford (infants'), built in 188g for 357 children;

MISSION CB:APELS IN STOK.E. average attendance, 223; Miss Elizabeth Geaton, mistress

St. Barnabas, Stuart road; 8 & n a.m. & 6.3op.m.; thurs. Cambridge road, Ford (boys'), built in 1872, for 350 children;
7.30 p.m average attendance, 315; Thomas Bickford Tresise, master

St. Bartholomew's, Church street, Higher Stoke; n a. m. & Cherry Garden street (boys', girls' & infants'), built in 1873,
for x,ooo children; average attendance, 380 boys, 230
6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m girls & 220 infants ; Thomas Gaud, master ; Mrs. Louisa

School Boards & Schools. Cramer, mistress; Miss Amelia Cooper, infants' mistress

The Plymouth School Board was formed January 3I1 1871, Church street, Stoke (boys'1 girls' & infants'), built in 1874,
& now consists of I3 members, with ten schools. A for 540 children; average attendance, 205 boys, 192 girls
Truants' Industrial school, certified by H.M. Inspector, & 195 inf"'.nts ; William Ambrose, master ; Miss Emily
was opened March 16, I882 ; & two cookery centres ; Martin, mistress; Mrs. Louisa Murray, infants' mistress
the total number of children under instruction in thPse
schools in 1892 was 7,400, & the al'erage attendance Cornwall street (infants'); average attendance, 125; Miss
,'),700, or 78 per cent. There are also two projected Emily Smith, mistress
schools at Boon's place & Regent street. The teaching
staff in 1892 numbered t64 persons, of whom 25 were Melville road, Ford (girls'), built in 1872, for 200 children,
head teachers & 56 certificated assistants ; the average cost & about ( I893) to be enlarged; average attendance, 295 ;.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jago, mistress

Morice Town, Charlotte street (boys, girls & infants), built

of maintenance per head in the three years 1888-92 was in I873, for 1,26o children ; average attendance, 373 boys,
326 girls & 322 infants; William Bennett, master ; Mrs.
£2 ss. 6d. the proportion paid out of the rates being
Annie Preece, mistress ; Mrs. Eliza Gaud, infants' mistress
£1 2s. 2~d.; in 1886-8 prizes numbering 1o,o77, & valued

at £532 J4S. 3d. were awarded, besides 1,152 other prizes EAsT STONEBousE ScHoor. BoARD.

earned by pupil teachers & senior & junior scholars for pro-
ficiency in biblical knowledge, at a cost of £151 t8s. On The School Board of 7 members was formed June I6, 1874;
August 25th, 189r, the Board resolved that the fees charged Richard Robinson Rodd, jun. clerk to the board ; offices
in their schools, including the Higher Grade School, be of the board, George place : T. Waldo How, Devon &
abolished on & after the Ist Sept. 189I, & application Cornwall Bank, treasurer ; M. H. Bulteel, medical officer ;
made to the Education Department for the fee grant in ac~ Charles Davis, 3 Hobart street, attendance officer
BoARD ScHooLS.
cordance with the provisions of the Elementary Education
High street, built in 1887, for 700 children; average attend-
At:t, 189I .
ance, 270 boys, 145 girls & I79 infants; Thomas F. White,
Temporary Offices, 10 Whimple street, Plymouth.
· master ; Miss Lucy Hockaday, mistress ; Miss Emma
[Will remain 2 years in these offices.]

Clerk to the Board, E. Chandler Cook Chaff, infants' mistress

Treasurer, John P. Paige, Devon &i; Cornwall Bank East street (girls' & infants'), built in 1883, for 400 children;

Solicitor, J. T~ Bond, 16 Princess square average attendance, 185 girl!! & 204 infants ; Miss Emma

Medical Officer, Geo.Jackson L.R.C.P,Lond. St. George's ter Masters, mistress ; Miss Emma Pbipps, infants' mistress

41~ PLYMOUTH. DF;YO.NSlliRE~ (KELLY'S

Public Schools. Plymouth Navigation, IJ~ Gascoyne plaee, Plymouth ;

The Corporation Grammar School, 42 Park street, Plymouth, Charles Morris F.R.Met.soc. master
the oldest educational institution in the town; it was Stoke Public Higher School, Keppel street, Stoke (boys &
originally founded by the Corporation in 1561, & received girls), for x,oso children; Alonzo George Rider F.c.s.
a charter from Queen Elizabeth in 1573 : the school is master; Miss Tierney, mistress
Natban (Jacob) Jewish Endowed School, Well street, Ply- •

available for 200 boys : there are 10 foundation scholars, mouth, derives its income from £ 3,ooo Consols left by
~lected (after examination) by the Corporation; John Jac•>b Nathan, a native of Plymouth, about 186o; £6oo

Kinton Bond B.A., B.sc. head master
Admiralty School, Millbay, East Stonehouse; John Westa- was left for establishing the school, & the interest on £2oo
for clothing poor children; Joseph Goldstone, master
way, head master; Mrs. Bessie Moysey, mistress
Plymouth College, Ford Park, Motley (High School for Boys, Devon & Cornwall Industrial School for Girls, I & 2 Marina
Plymouth), founded in 1877, is a building of limestone place, Mutley, Plymouth (for reception of girls commit-
faced with granite, standing within spacious grounds: ted under Industrial Schools Act), for 40 girls; Mrs.
boys are prepared for universities, professions, & all · Jane Bacon, matron

branches. Francis Henry Colson M.A. head master; :F. NATIONAL SCHOOLS.

W. Bere B.A.; Rev. Joseph Hirste Haywood B.A.; J. B.
inGreenway M.A. ; G. M. Gwyther B.A. & 6 others
Charles, Shaftesbury cottages, Plymouth (boys), built

Western College, Mannamead, established in 1752 by the 1856, for soo children; average attendance, 425 boys;
London Congregational Fund Board, is a building of stone Thomas Newton Andrews, master
Charles, Tavistock place (girls & infants), for 590 children ;
in the Gothic style, for the training of theological students average attendance, 230 girls & 227 infants ; Miss Mary
Stoneman, mistress; Mrs. Emma Mudge, infants' mist
.& is open to young men of all denominations as lay Christ Church, York place, Plymouth, built in 1849, for 26o
students. Rev. Charles Chapman M.A., LL.D. principal; children; average attendance, 140 boys & 90 infants;
Edward Yates Williams, mas.; Miss E. Pill, infants' mist
Rev. Frederick Evans Anthony M.A. professor of New Holy Trinity, Friars lane, Plymouth (boys & girls), for 6oo
Testament E:{egesis ; Rev. Thomas S. Macey B. A. hebrew; children ; average attendance, So boys & 97 girls ; George
Charles Edward Wilson M.A. classical ; Rev. C. J. Palmer, S. Jacques, master; Miss E. Burnett, mistress
finance sec Holy Trinity (infants), Southside street, Plymouth, for 250
children; average attendance, 191; Miss Elizabeth
Mannamead School, in Seymour avenue, Mannamead, is a Bailey, mistress
~arge private school, established in 1·854: the premises, St. .Andrew's Chapel, Lockyer street, Plymouth, for 100
consisting of four houses, comprise, in addition to halls &
dass rooms,a carpenter's shop& chemical laboratory; there children; average attendancer so boys & 50 girls ;
is also a detached sanatorium, playground & cricket field. Thomas J. Trethewy, master; Mrs. Elizabeth Sher-
Attached to the school is a separate preparatory depart- wood, mistress
ment, & an Artillery Volunteer Cadet Corps, Capt. S. P. St. Andrew's, Princess street, Ope, Plymouth, built in r858,
for 500 children; average attendance, 200 boys, 95 girls
Munro, commandant; there are now ISO boys; Leonard
Frederick Gritliths B.A. head master; Frederick Hennin •
ton Palmer M.A. second master, & ro assistant masters

Science, Art & Technical Schools, Tavistock road, a gabled & 112 infants; Ph1llip John Mitchell, master; Miss Rosa

building of local stone in a simple Renaissance style, Kettlewell, mistress ; vacant, infants' mistress

erected in 1887 at a cost of about £ro,ooo, to commemor- St. George's, Market street, East Stonehouse, built in I85r,

ate the jubilee of Her Majesty's reign, from plans by Mr. ! for 300 boys, 300 girls & infants ; full average attendance ;

A. D. Shortridge, architect. The rooms for science Henry J. Bailey, master; Miss Ellen Rowe, mistress

teaching are on the south side & those for art instruction St. James', Keyham road, Devonport (boys, girls & infants),

have the requisite north light; the whole of the basement for 615 children ; average attendance, I95 boys, 170 girls

is devoted to workshops, boiler room, engine room & & 136 infants ; Thomas Philip Treglohan, master; Miss

-store rooms ; the ground floor comprises physics, demon- Gertrude Towells, mistress ; Mrs. Louisa Welsford,

stration room & class rooms, lecture theatre with prepara- infants' mistress

tion rooms; rooms for the secretary, science & art St. James-the-Less, Prospect place, Plymouth, built for 530

masters & caretaker, some art rooms & a waiting room; children ; average attendance, 108 boys, IOO girls &

the first floor includes a chemical laboratory with class 150 infants; William Fuge, master; Miss Alice White,

rooms, store, balance & dark rooms, & also the remaining mistress; Miss E. Waterman, infants' mistress

art rooms, with an art gallery & ante-room which may be St. John's, Sutton-on-Plym, Plymouth (boys, girls &

used for public assemblies: off the corridors are cloak infants), built in 1869, for 6oo children ; average attend-

rooms, lavatories &c. R. Elliott Steel M.A. head master; ance, 201 boys, 160 girls & ISO infants ; John E. Couch,

Frederick John Webb, sec master;' Miss Sarah Coombs, mistress ; Miss Annie

School of Art, St. Andrew's place, Plymouth; Godfrey Rumming, infants' mistress

Evans, master St. John street, Devonport (boys), for 320 children; average

School of Art, Princess sq. Plymouth ; Henry Babb, master attendance, 26I boys ; Henry Chas. Tarn M.C. P. master

School of Art, Free Public library, Duke street, Devonport; St. Mary, Edinburgh road, Devonport, built in 1869, at a
cost of £ x,ooo, for soo children; average attendance, I04
Henry R. Babb, master

School of Art, Public Hall buildings, Fore street, Devon- boys, II7 girls & 53 infants ; Alfred Bishop, master ; Miss

port; James Babb, master Thorne, mistress

Plymouth Girls' High School, Tavistock road, Plymouth ; St. Peter's (boys, girls & infants), Wyndham square, Ply·

Miss Helen C. Turnbull, head mistress mouth, for 750 children; average attendance, 288 b0ys,

The Grey School,Hampton street, Plymouth, founded in 1714, 185 girls & 205 infants; Walter Bloye, master; Miss

derives jts income from £4,254 15s. Consols, & also has Emily Voaden, mist.; Miss Mary Luxton, infants' mist

£444 IOS. Consols, ~iven by Mrs. Mary Hodson & others, St. Paul's (mixed), built in 1872, for 220 children; average

the interest of which is applied in apprenticing the attendance, I70; St. Paul's street, East Stonehouse ;

.children ; William Henry Michell, master ; Mrs. Georgina Mrs. Annie Hurley, mistress

Livermore, mistress St. Stephen's, Clowance street, Devonport (mixed & infants),

The Plvmouth Public School, Coburg street, was established for 400 children; average attendance, no boys, 100 girls

in ISQ9, & since 1856 the buildings have been consider & 130 infants; S. D. Brooming, master; Miss Geddes,

ably enlarged; an upper school was added in I86o & an mistress; Mrs. Susan Trend, infants' mistress

infants' department in 1866; there is also an evening National, Lower Compton road, Compton Gifford (mixed &

adult school & a School of Science & Art : the school is infants), built in 1840, & enlarged in 1888, for 360 chil-

managed by a committee, elected annually ; there were dren; average attendance, 248; Thomas Roberts, head

()n the books in 1892, 8o6 boys, 338 girls & 455 infants; master; Miss Emma. Westla.ke, head mistress. A play-

average attendance, 703 boys, 265 girls & 264 infants; ground was added in I887
Charles Samuel Jago F.R.G.S. head master ; Miss Mary

A. Turner, mistress; Miss Louisa Sprague, infants' mis- British, Ker street, for 664 children; average attendance,

tress; W. W. Rickeard, sec 170 boys, 180 girls & I9o infants; William Amos Staton,

Royal Naval & Military Free, King street, Devonport, built master; Miss Carolina Shepherd, mistress ; Mrs. Emily

for 72I children of seamen & soldiers & others connected Penrose, infants' mistress

with government establishments; average attendance,26o Moravian (mixed), James street, Ope, Devonport, for 40

boys, 260 girls & 209 infants ; Nathaniel Steed, master ; children ; average attend. 30 ; Miss Ellen Coombe, mist.

Mrs. Steed, mistress; Miss J. A. Reed, infants' mistress CA'l'HOLIC.
Hele & Lanyon's School, Lipson terrace, on the north side of

the town, was established in I632, under a devise of Elize Abbey(The), 158 North road,Plymouth (girls & infants),built

Hele esq. & in the year 1764 John Lanyon bequeathed a in 185o, for 250 children; The Devonport Sisters, teachrs

.sum of £2,000 for educational purposes, ·which was also Anstis street, Plymouth (girls & infants), built in 1862;

.attached to the school; the yearly income is about £670; average attendance, uo girls & 200 infants i Sisters of
Thomas B~r, head master
Notre Dame, teachers .