254 , DEVONSHIRE. was occupied at different times by the forces on both sides. families, and subsequently reverting to the Crown, was The church of SS. Peter and Paul is an edifice of stone, in ~ranted to John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and afterwards the Norman, Early English and Later styles, consisting of to John de Holland, duke of , and Margaret (Tudor), chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, organ chamber, vestry countess of Richmond, mother of Henry VII, : having been and a fine western tower, with pinnacles, erected about for some time held by the Speccott and Prideaux families, 1:450, i~ the. Early Perpendicular style, and containing a it was purchased by Thomas (Pitt), 1St Earl of Londonderry, dock WIth chImes and 8 bells, all cast by Mears, of London, from whom it has descended to its present owner. Earl in 1826: the first church was a little Norman oratory or Stanhope F.S.A. who is lord of the manor, and Sir John chapel, built about A.D. II30; it probably stood where the Davie Ferguson-Davie bart. D,L., J.P. of Creedy Park, Paul nave now is, and in plan was a plain oblong structure with- Augustine Kingdon f;sq. of Old square, Lincoln's inn wc, out aisles, its walls being pierced with narrow semi-circular James .Higgs esq. the Rev. John Vowler Tanner B.A., J.P. headed windows: the jambs of the entrance door to this rector of , and Francis King esq. of Truro, are the chapel, with their recessed single columns, remain, and serve principal landowners. Sympson belongs to Earl Stanhope. as the inner door-case of the south porch: the Norman Charles Roberts esq. of Peterborough, is lord of the manor chapel was pulled down about A.D. 1250, and a church in of Ugsworthy. Bathe manor passed from Lord Chief Justice the Early English style erected on its site, a south aIsle being De Bathe to the Methsted and Holland family, who sold it added to the nave, and thrown into it by the present arcade in 1585 to the ancestors of General Sir J. D. Ferguson-Davie of four pointed arches, which spring from massive low D.L., J.P. present lord. The soil is chiefly clay; subsoil the octagonal piers with moulded caps and bases: at the east same. The chief crops are wheat, oats and roots. The area end, divided from the nave by a plain stone arch, was the of the parish is 8,836 acres; rateable value, £6,502; the chancel or choir, and additions and alterations were made population of the parish in 1881 was 1,716, including 73 in 1~66 : at the western en~ of the.nave ther~ was probablY! officers and inmates in the workhouse. an Early tower, but no vestige of It now eXIst.s: about the CHILSWORTHY is a hamlet 2 miles north: here is a year 1450! the Trewen Chantry chapel, dedwated .to S~. Wesleyan chapel. ' :Ma:ry, whIch stood nea~.~he church, was .remov~d mto It Parish Clerk John Featherstone. (BIshop Lacy's Reg. vo!' 111. J, and probably Its wallIng stones ' . . were used in the restoration of the church at that period: POST, M. 0 .. & T. 0., S. B. & Ann~Ity & Insurance Office.- in 1808 the church was repaired, some of the windows being John JolIIfle, postmaster. ,Arnvals-from London & all badly rebuilt, and square-paned wooden window frames parts at 7 a.m. ; J;Jude & Stratton, 11.45 a.m.; London placed in the window openings in lieu of the granite tracery da! & North mall, 4 p.m. ; North of , Bath, of the 15th century: the chancel, rebuilt in 1882, has a B~stol, Exeter, 5. 20 p:m.; Stratton, Bude &c. 7 p.m. roof of carved oak and stained windows two of which are DIspatched-North maIl, 11.40 a.m.; London, North & memorials; and there are two other m~morial windows in South , Bath; Bristol, Launceston &c. 10.:;10 a.m.; the aisles, and one in the tower to the late Miss Jane Bude, Stratton, 4·30 & ID p.m. ; London & all parts, 6.35; ~eyri?k e in th~ church is a memorial to Mary, daughter of with extra stamp, 6·45 p.m. Parcel mail dispatched- SII' RIchard Prldeaux, d. July 14th, 1715: the organ, built North of England, II·30 a.m.; London & .all ,Parts, 6 by Renatus Harris, is a fine old instrument, with a curious p.m. ; Bude & Stratton, 8 p.m. Town deliverIes com- history; it was originally placed in the parish church of All mence at 7 a.m. & 4. 20 & 7. 10 .p.m. Money orders Saints, Chelsea, before the great rebellion of 1642 ; but in granted from,9 a.Ill. to 6 p.m. & untIL 8 p,m. on saturdays. 172 3, being regarded as worn out, was sold to the town of Telegraph office open from 8 a;m. to 8 p.m.; sundays, 8 ., and remained in the parish church there until to ID a.m. WALL Box at Chllsworthy cleared at 2 p.m. 1865, when it was again disposed of to the parishioners of on week days only ... Holsworthy, and by them restored at. considerable expense; COUNTY M.AGISTRATES for Holsworth:r. Sub-D~v~s~on of it was further renovated in 1884, at a cost of £300 : at the HatherleI~h& North Ta,!ton Petty SeSSIOnal DIVISIOn:­ same time the church was restored and re-seated under the Bosanquet rheodore esq. ho. R. S. 0 direction of Mr. O. B. Peters, architect, of Launceston, at a ~almady Vi~cent Pollexfen esq. , Holsworthy cost of £2,600, when a new north aisle was added, seven C~ham-FJen:mg John Blyth esq. D.L. Coham, Black Tor- stained Windows inserted in the aisles and chancel and an rmgton, R.S.O elegant oak screen erected: there are 531 sittings. The English Joseph Thomas esq. Bradford manor, Brandis register dates from the year 1563. The living is a rectory, Corner R.S.O average tithe rent-charge £634. net yearly value £554, in. Graham Joseph esq. Q.C. Thornbury manorf Brandis eluding 50 acres of land, with residence, in the gift of and Cor~er R.S.O . . held since 1870 by the Rev. George Wright Thornton, of Harns ~m. Ja.s. esq. Halwlll manor, HIghampton RS.O Trinity College, Dublin, and Ph.D. Rostock, rural dean of Holt 1\'laJor Joseph, Ogbeare hall, Hol~worthy . 'Holsworthy and surrogate. The Wesleyan chapel has MouJton-Barrett Harry esq. Arcott, . sittings for 400 persons. There is a Bible Christian chapel Saunders Clervaux Morley esq. Bovacott, Brandlscorner here, seating 300 persons, and another at Simpson Moor in ~.S.O , this parish. Speccott's charity and another in the hands of Woollcombe C~as. Bellield ~sq.Ashbury ho. R.S.O feofIees consist of two farms, one situated in Black Torring- Clerk to.MagIstrates, CeCll Bray, Holsworthy ton parish let at £30, the other in Holsworthy parish rented Petty Se~sIOns are hel~ at the Court House, Holsworthy, at £25 yearly, which amounts are distributed half-yearly to the third thursday III every ?TIo.nt~ & for petty larceny deserving poor not in receipt of parish relief. The other cases under the Summary JurIsdICtIOn Act, every wednes- charities include the interest of [,100, in the £3 per Cents. day at 12 o'clo~k. T~e. f.ollowing places .ar~ included in left by the late Rev. Thomas Meyrick, to two of the best the petty sessIOn~1 dIVISIOn :-Abbots Blckmgton, ~sh- conducted single women who have not received parochial water, Black Torrmgton, Bradford, Bradworthy, Brldge- relief, one of whom must be under 30 and the other above rule East, West, , , , 60 years of age. Mrs. Hart also left £15 yearly to the poor , , , Northcott Ham· and £15 to the national school. The meetings of the Com- let, , Putford ·West, , , missioners of land, assessed and income taxes are held at Tetcott, Thornbury the Court ~o:use. The ~olsworthy and Stretton Agricul- INSURAI:lCE AGENTS ;- . tural .AsSOCIatIOn, formed III 1884, holds its meetings here Guardian, W.. S. B~ay, Bank annually on the second Thursday in June, when prizes to Manchest~~ FIre, RIChard.N. Strange~ the amount o~ £350 are awarded: a poultry show isalso held North BrI~Ish &; MercantIle, J. B. MIll, High square; N. at the same tIme. A portreeve and other officers areelected H. Hawkmg . at the court leet and baron. The town is the head quarters Northern, J. Mdl Qf the ~ division of the Devon county constabulary. A North~rn,~ccide~t, Richard N. Stranger substantial Market-~ousewas erected in 1858, at a cost of PhOOlllX Fire, CecIl.Bray &.Peter . .. nearly £1,000, and IS held by lease. The weekly market for Royal Exchange FIre & LIfe, W. H. GrIffey; J. ~I111 (fire corn and cattle, an institution of high antiquity, is held in only).& C. S. Sandrey, Stanhope hotel (life only) the market place every Wednesday, and is well attended. Star LIfe, ~. N. Stranger The third Wednesday in every month is a great market day Sun, H. HIggS. . for cattle, horses, sheep &c. except in July, in which month West o~ Engla~d FIre & LIfe, S. Fry St. Peter's fair is held. The fairs formerly held in April Westmlllster FIre, C. S. Sandrey, Stanhope hotel and October have been abolished in favour of monthly PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS;- markets. A fair is still held on the 9th, loth and rrth of County Court, Court house, His Honor John Morryan July. ~he White. Hart and Stanh~pe are bot~ good Howard Q.C. judge; CecH Bray, registrar & high bailiff. commerCial a:nd famlly hotels an~ POStlllg houses. .rhorne The c?urt is held bi-monthly; the district includes the was the anCIent seat of the famIly of Thorne, whICh had followmO' places ;-Devon: Abbots BickinO'ton been settled in Devo~shire since the time of King John, and Black T~rrington, Bradworthy, Bridger.:Ie (East), Brad~ now belongs to F. Klllg esq. and the Rev. J. Yowler Tanner. ford, Clawton, Cookbury Halwill Hollacombe Hols- The manor, given byHenry n. to Flllk de Pag-anel or Paynel, worthy, Luffincott, Milto~ Damen:l, Northcott Hamlet, was afterwards held by the Chaworths, Tracys and other Pancrasweek, Pyworth~', Sutcombe, Tetcott, Thornbury,