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DIRECTORY ·J DEVONSHIRE. WOOOBURY. 183 -' by the Charity Commissioners, and are now known as Garra.tt Lieut.-Col< John Arthur Thomas D.L. Bishop'• the Woodbury United Glharities. Here .is a .tannery and court, a malting estabUshment, and at Ebford a manufactory Garratt Major Lawrence Challoner, Mill Down, Clya\ of fertilizers etc. belonging to the Odams' Nitro-Phos­ St. Mary, Exeter· phate and Chemical Co. Limited. The Woodbury Fire Hamilton-Gell Rev. Fielding Arthur W olfe M.A. Wm- Brigade, which is under the control of the Parish Coon­ . slade house, near Exeter ' oil, has an engine station., erected in 1885, and a manual Hull Samuel, Australia cottage, Rill, engine and hose ; a. new engine was provided in Igoo, Hunter Frederic Coleman, Bystock, Withycombe at a eost of about £150: in the village is a working Raleigh, Exmouth men'g club, of which the vicar is president. On the Johnson Capt. John Bell R.N. Brooklet, Budleigh Sal- lofty summit of W oodbury common, which overlooks terton, t.he Exe and Otter valleys, and commands a fine view Jones John Edward, Eastcliff, Exton, Exeter of the sea, are the remains of an ancient entrenchment Lee Col. John William, called "Woodbury Castle," of British or Saxon origin. Ley Richard, Duncroft, Exmouth ' Nutwell Court, an elegant modern mansion on the Pain Robert Tucker, Ryll court, Exmoutlh estuary :>f the river Exe, surrounded by trees and shrub­ Rowsell Philip Foale, Nutbrook, Withycombe Raleigh,. beries, vith a park extending over 76 acres, is the seat Exmouth of Lady Fuller-Eliott-Drake. Lord Clinton, who is lord Thornycroft Cha~les Edward M.A. Courtlands, Lymp­ of the tnanor, and Lady Fuller-Eliott-Drake are the stone, Exeter chief larrlowners, but there are several small freeholders. Walker Lieut.-Col. Herbert John Onchterlony (late­ The tloil is clay and good marl; subsoil, clay with lat-ge R..A.), Leeford, Gt. Knowle, Budleigh Salterton,Devo~ pebble. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, beans The Chairmen, for the time being, of the Budleigh Sal-. and peas; turnips, swedes, mangolds, polmtoes and terton Urban Council & of the Exmouth Urban Coun-. apples aJe largely grown. The area. is 6,7~0 acres of cil, are ex-officio magistrates land, inc:uding 734 of common, 8 of tidal water and 336 Clerk to the Magistrates, Herbert C. Adlmis. E.xmouth.. of foxesho;re; rateable value, £12,851; the population in Petty Sessions are held on ths 2nd & 4th monda.ys in._ 19n wa:> x,6o3 in the civil and 1,330 in the ecclesias- the month, at Exmouth,at II a.m. at the Oourt house,. tical parish. · a commodious building . The folowing are hamlets in this parish :-EBFORD, 2~ The following places are included in the petty sessional__ miles w!!lt-by-north; EXTON, 2 miles south-west; NUT­ division :-Bicton, Clyst St. George, Clyst ,. WELL, oz miles south-west, near the Woodbury Road Clyst St. Mary, , , Bud-.... station; GULLIFORD, 2§miles south-west; WOODMAN­ leigh Salterton, Farringdon, & E.xmouth,. TON, th1ee-quarters of a mile south; and the chapelry of WOODBURY S.iLTERTON, 1j miles north. , , Sowton, Withyoombe Raleigh,.~ By a Local Government Board Order, No. 16,545, which Woodbury eame into operation March 25, 1884, a detached part 'of this parish, known as Great and Littjle Houndbere, was Police S-tation, Globe hill, Edwin Charles Parr, amalgamated with .A.ylesbeare. stable in charge Sexton, Samuel 'Marks. Post, M. 0. & T. O:ffi.ce.-William Daley, sub-post­ PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. master. Letters arrive from Exeter Po8t O:fice, Exton.-Mrs. Eliaabeth Norris-h, sub-post­ Woodbury (mixed), with master's residence attached".. mistress. The nearest money order office is at Lymp­ erected in 1872, at a cost of £1,000, ki enlarged in 1887, stone, which is also the telegraph office for delivery. fot 240 children; Samuel John Daniels, master Woodbury Road railway station is the nearest tele­ Exton (mixed), erected, with house for mistress, in graj>h office for collection, but is closed on sundays 1875, at a cost; of £450, part of Broadmead's gift, & Wall Letter Boxes.-Nutwell Oourt (lodge} & Ebford enlarged in 1886, for 70 children; Mrs. Ellen Mary (near Lower Ebford house) Rundle, mist{ess , Woodbury Road Railway Station, William Gi.lea, statioru COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR WOODBURY PETTY I master. There is a telegraph office at this station,. SESSIONAL DIVISION. open at train times & closed on sundays Cha;ir taken in !urns. j Carrier to Exeter.-William Chapman, every tues. & fri_ .Acland John Richard, Grovedene, F'airview ter. Exmouth to .'White Hart,' returning same day · _ WOODBURIY. Daley Wm. grocer & draper, Post off Shapland James, farmer, Coombe l'BIVATB RESIDENTS. Down William John, farmer, Higher farm (letters via Lympstone) Venmore Skinner Waiter Thomas, grocel' Bird Mrs. Heatherdene .. Furnivall Hy. Wallace :M.R.C.S.Eng., Stamp Albert, butcher Ucughton Allan, Parsonage style L.S.A. surgeon, Southcroft Stamp Bert G. farmer (letters via Lympstone) Furse John, clerk to Pari~h Council & Stokes Harry & Son, builder~~ & Davy Charles, Knowle cottage assessor & collector of King's church bell hangers F'ulford Rev. John Loveband Lang- for Woodbury, Lympstone, Clyst Summerfield Charles, builder don D.D. The Priory-. St.George & Olyst St.Mary parishes Vooght Walter Henry,WhiteHart P.H Furnivall Henry Wallace, Southcroft Furse Robert, assi~tant overseer Ware & Sons, leather merchant! Gale Samuel, Sunnyside Glanvill Bessie (Miss), insurance Ware & Sons, millers (gas) , Gooby William St. John, Thornleigh agent & registrar of births & Ware Edgar, farmer, Gilbrook farm James William, Rosemary cottage deaths, Woodbury sub-district Wheaton Jchn, baker Marshall Lt.-Col. William Lawrence Glanvill John Fras. farmr.Rydon frm Wood Thomas, farmer & thatcher~ Wright C.M.G., J.P. (late Glanvill Tom, brewer & maltster Bridge pitt R.A.M.C), Oakhayes Glanvill William, deputy registrar of WOf'king Men's Club (Rev. Roberl Martin_ :Miss, Sirlney cottage births & death!! Woodbury sub-dis- Henry Neely B.A. pres1dent) Martin :Miss R. E. The Hutch trict & farmer, Ford Masefield Col. Robert Taylor C.B., Gordon Sophia (Miss), dress maker EBFORD. D.L., J.P. Springhayes Goss George, baker (Letters via Top sham.) N eely Rev. Robert Hel\ry B.A .. (vicar), Hall lames, baker Vicarage Hearn Arth. Hy. oommrcl. traveller PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Penfold Douglas, W esthorpe Hearn Mathias Robert,jobbing gardnr Browning Ernest Russell, The Chest­ Phillips Arthur Edward, Brookleigh J arm an Brothers, builders Rowe Frederick Wm. The Bungalow nuts J arm an ]):ate (Miss), !;focer Coles Mrs. 1Imfield Stokes Harry, Fernlea Kidd Hugh F.R.C.V.S. veterinary Tantz Frederick, Fairfield Mudge Brig.-Gen. .A.rthur C,M.G. surgeon (attends thursdays) Lower Ebford house Ware Harold, The Beeches KnJtt ,Harry, farmer, Church Style & Wills William Archer, Greenside Pomf:'roy Frank Hughes Lamb Park farms Reoo Lieut.-C91. William Bernard, Miller Samuel, hawker &. farmer l OMM.KRCIAL. Mount Ebford Perry Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker· StavneF Rev. Winslow Sutherland Abb