• 628 SHEBBEAH. DEVONSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Board School, opened in June, 1877, for 145 children; ter; Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Copplestone, sewing & in· average .attendance, roo; N athaniel Copplestone, m as- fants' mistress Bridgman Samuel Chamberlain Grace (Mrs.), farmer, Larkwort-hy Mary (Mrs.), frmr.Berry "Urownswood Frank M.Sc., F.C.S., Ladford Leach William, jun. farmer & poultry F.I.C. (science master), The College Clarke .Albert Bleckly L.R.C.S.Edin., dealer, Manna park bl.M"ke .Albert Blockly L.S . .A. surgeon & medical officer & Ley Henry, farmer, Durpley (letters Earle Mrs. Lovacott public vaccinator, Shebbear district, through Torrington) Fox Rev. Thomas Edward (vicar) Torrington union Mill George, Devonport inn & farmr Lark Rev. William Elake (governor), Cobbledick Lewis, fanner & job- Milman Samuel, fanner, Rnwdcn The College master, Forda Milman William, fail'mer, Badworthy Mackinley t'lamnel John M., R..A. Corey Harriet (:\Irs. ), farmer, Hay Nethacott .Ann (Mrs.), cow keeper (house master), The College Cracker Isaac, cowkeeper Newcombe Thomas, farmer, Forda Ruddle Thomas B..A. (head m~.ster), Curtis Wm. cowkeeper, Rigby's hay Nichols Wm. Booth, frmr. Damping hl · Bible Chti"istian college Daniel William, farmer, Backway Paige Harriet (Mrs.),s'hopkpr.New inn Thorne Mrs. S. L. Holroyd homE Davey Henry, machinist, Barn park Paige James, cowkeeper, :New inn COMMERCIAL. Down John, blacksmith Palmer Wm. Francis, registrar of

Ackland Thos. shoe maker, New inn Durant William, farme.r, Moor births• & deaths & vaccination officer .A.dams John, farmer, Warden Eliiott Herbt. Hayman, fnnr. Lib bear for Shebbear sub-district .Adams JC>hn, yeoman, South Furse Ellis Wm. & Sons, coach builders, cart, Palmer Richard, farmer, Post ofiice .Ayre Alfred, NP-w inn P.H van & waggon builders, wheel­ Pett John, farrm.er, Dail'n Bale & Pett, job masters >vrights, blacksmiths, carpenters, Pett John Thorne, farmer, Pad don Bale Henry, carpenter, .Splot joiners & builders &c. Folly cross Pett Samuel, farmer, Penicknold Balkwill Cat.herine & Gmce Damrel l<'ishleigh John, farmer, Moort.own Pope Wm. farmer, Little Ll.dford (Misses), grocers & drapers Fry Thomas, school attendance officer Qua111ce James, yeoman, Wooton Balsdon William, faTotnes and diocese of 'Exeter. '.I.' he cur- as a school, is an interesting structure of the r6th cen­ poration of Plymouth have a large storage reservoir at tury, apparently given to the parish by John Elford about the Burratur Gorge, in this parish, begun in 1893• and 1570; it has been repaired and is now used as a pa.rish completed in r8g8, in order to impound the waters of room. In this parish, on the side of the Tor, are the the river Meavy: the main dfun of the reservoir is of remains of an ancient cave, reputed to be a haunt of the ;lllasonry, but the side valley towards rSheepstor village fairies, and known as the "Pixies' Gave"; it is entered js .closed by an earthen embankment: this :reservoir covers by a narrow opening through rugged rocks, and con­ an areUJ of II5 acres, and has a capacity of 65o million sists of a hollow about 6 by 4 feet, formed by masse~ of gallons. The church (dedication unknown) is an ancient rock slanting inward so as to form a kind of hut; Waiter building of granite in the Early Perpendicular style, con- El!Ord, lord of the manor during the Civil war, is said sisting of chancel, nave of five bays, south aisle, a curious to have frequently concealed himself here to elude tha _north transept, south porch and an embattled western search of the 'Parliamentary soldie11s. The cha,rities tower, with four crocketed pinnacles, containing 5 bells, amount to about £rr yearly. Burrator House, late the all recast in 1769 by John Pennington and Co.: the property and residence of Sir James Brooke K.C.B. now ~chancel retains an early piscina a.nd there is another m belong-s to and is occasionally occupied by the Right Hon. the south aisle; the transept has a hagioscope; the stairs Sir Massey Lopes bart. P.C. Long-stone, now a fa.rm­ .,to the rood-loft remain on the north side of the church house, was the ancient seat of the Elford family, who were and there are some :remains of a carved oak screen; on owners of the manor from the 15th century till 1748; ihe north wall is a monument with the recumbent effigies William Elford esq. M.P., F _R.S. some time Reeorder of of a lady and child and three kneeling figures of children, Plymouth and Lieut.-Ool. S. Devon Militia. was created to Elizabeth, second wife of John Elford, ob. r641, but a baronet Nov. 26, rl8oo, but the title became extinct on the inscription is lost; here also is another monument his death, Nov. 30, 1837· The Right Hon. Sir Massey to this family, with inscription to John Elford, gent. Lopes bart. P_O. and John Bayly esq. between whom the ob. .August 27, 1584; Elizabeth 1(Gregory), his wife, manorial rights appear to be divided, the trustees of the und subsequently wife of Thomas Drake esq. ob. March late Mr. Hext-Boger and the Plymouth Corporation are r8, r6~3I; Walter Elford, their son, ob. May g, 1648, and chief landowners. The soil is various; subsoil, partly Barbara (Cracker), his wife, ob. r6_)'6; over the inscrip- clay and partly slate. The chief crops are barley, oats tion are 7 shields, exhibiting the alliances of the Elford and some pasture land. The a.rea is 3-404 acres; rateable family, and below the arms of Drake impaling Gregory: value, £4,236; the population in r8gr was roo . . the church has been twice restored, the first time between Letters through Horrabridge R.S.O. by foot post through the years 1797 and 18or, and ag-ain in 18'62: there are Walkhampton, arrive about 8._so a.m. Yelverton, 3 ·four stained windows, the east window being a memorial miles distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph to Sir J ames Brooke K. C.B. late Rajah of Sarawak, who office. Wall Letter Box cleared at 4· 40 p. m died at Burrator House, in this parish, June 11, r868, School, erected in r.8(i6, for 30 children; average attend- -and whose remains are interred under a massive granite ance, 22; Mrs . .Arabella. Evans, mistress .Crooke Rev. Cornelius Hargreave Blatchford Jn. frmr. Popes Hellington Mortimore Charles, beer retailer M:.A. Vicarage Legassick Richard, farmer, Collytown Nortbmore William Ford, farmer, Lillicrap Richard, farmer, Burrator Yellow mead