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DIRECTORY. J DEVONSHIRE. ASHFORD. 35 Tucker Sidney .Arthur, farmer, Owlacombe farm Wills .Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, West street Tuckett John, farmer, G()()(}stone Wilson Alfred, surveyor & sanitary inspector, West st Turner James, farmer, Hele farm Winsor Roger C. farmer, Horse hill Turner John, farmer, Priestaford Woods Paul, manager of the Capital & Counties branch Wanen George Henry, shopkeeper, ·west t>treet of Lloyds Bank Limited, & treasurer to the Urban Warren John Francis, farmer, Dolbear District Council, West street Whiteaway William, farmer, Westabrook Wntyford William, farmer, Lemonford Willis Samuel Frank, butcher. North street • ASH:BURY is a parish and village, with a station 1919 by the Rev. William Romaine Hervey .M . .A. of a miles south-west, on the Okehampton and Bude Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who resides at North branch of the London and South Western rai.lway, and Lew. Ashbury House is the property of Douglas is 5 south-west from Hatherleigh, in the South Molton Woollcombe esq. The old mansion, occupied by the division of the county, Black Torrington East hundred, fami.,ij; since 1685, was destroyed by fire, and th& Hatherleigh petty sessional division, Okehampton present house was ere<;ted by the late Ven. .Arch­ union and county court district, rural deanery of Oke- deacon Woollcombe, and is now the residence of hampton, archdeaconry of Totnes and • diocese of Brigadier-General Sir Francis Sudlow Garratb Exeter. The church of St. Mary, beautifully situatsd K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O. Douglas Woollcombe esq. is in the picturesque park of .Ashbury House, is a build- lord of the manor .and chief landowner. The soil is ing of. stone in the Early English style, consisting of sandy; subsoil, stone. The chief crops are wheat, chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western barley and oats. The area is 1,748 acres; rateable tower with pinnacles containing 3 bells. The carved value [,817; the population in 1911 was 58. oak reredos, executed by Hems, was placed in 18gt, Letters through Beaworthy. North Lew is the nearest at a cost of £20o, by Mrs. Woollcombe as a memorial money order office & the telegraph office is at th& ~ her husband, the late Archdeacon Henry Wooll- station. Letter Box at the station & Wall Letter combe. The church was restored in 1872-3 by the late Box, Bogtown cross Ven . .Archdeacon Henry Woollcombe, at a cost of [,9co, and has 70 sittings. The register dates from the year Railway Station, Waiter Frank Squibb, station inaster 1612. The living is a rectory united .with NOTth Lew, The telegraph office at the station is open on week dara joint net yearly value [,442, including 135 acres of at train times only, and not open on sundays glebe here, in the gift of the Crown, and held since The children of this place attend the school at North Lew Garratt Brigadier-General Sir Francis Dufty Bryan & John, farmers, Stoney Rudland Bros. corn &c. mercb.ants; Sudlow K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O. Eastcott John, farmer, Coombe office, Holsworthy Ashbury house Friend Charles Wm. farmer,Wadland Voaden Edwin, fazomer, Pinnacle. COMMERCIAL. Grattan William Maynard & John, Breyley Ernest, farmer, Blagdown farmers, Schobchester

ASHCOM:BE is a village and parish on the east side and beautifying the church, which has 120 sittings ~ of the Great Haldon, 4! miles north-we~t from Dawli!>h the entrance to tho nc .. tl,-~o.~;~t .. L...... :Uyard is thmugh a station on the Exeter and Plymouth section of the main lych-gate. The register dates from the year 1583, but line of the Great ·western railway, 9 south-east fTom the early records are much dilapidated. The living ia Exeter; 3 east from Chudleigh and 5 north-west from a rectory, net yearly value [,240, including 33 acres of Teignmouth, in the Tive1·ten division of the county, glebe, with residence, in the gift of the L-ord Chancellor. Exminster· hundred, Wonford petty sessional division, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Walttlr Moyle M.A. of St. Thomas union, Exeter county court district, rural Worcester College, Oxford. Langley's charity produces deanery of Kenn and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. £3 7s. Sd. yearly, which is devotoo to the school. Sir The church of St. Nectan is a fine old building of stone Robert Hunt Stapylton Dudley Lydston Newman barl. in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consecrated M.P. who is lord of the manor, and Herbert Holman in 1259, and consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, esq. J.P. are the principal landowners. The soil is small transepts, south porch and an embattled western loamy; the subsoil is limestone rock and sandstone tower containing 3 bells ; the 1st, cast in Totnes, is rock. The chief e .. ops are wheat, barley, oats and dated 168>6; the 2nd has a prayer to the Virgin in Old turnips; a!J¥•'-" are also largely grown here. The English characters ; the 3rd, a very high-shouldered bell, acreage is 1,971; rateable value, [1,782; the popula- dates from 1607: the font is Norman and there are two twn• m• 19II was 135. piscinre; the seats are of oak with richly-carved ends of Middle .Ashcombe and Lower .Ashcombe are about a curious design ; and in the nofth transept is a memorial mile east from .Ashcombe. window to the Re""' W. H. Palk B.A., J.P. 65 years Post Office. Jos-eph Warren, sub-postmaster. Letters­ rector, who died July 28, 1885, ere~ed by his niooe, through Dawlish; no sunday delivery. The neares~ Lady Elizabeth Jones; the nave arcade exhibits the money order & telegraph office for .Ashcombe Lower arms Of the Kirkham family, who had possessions here & Middle Ashcombe is Dawlish, 4! miles distant in the 16th century : the fine old screen was sold in I 820 : Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 183!2, fo!! iu 1824 considerable sums were expended in repairing 48 children; Mrs. Clara Emily Cotton, mistress ASHCOMBE. White William, farmer, Wood farm Hendy Wm. Hy. farmer, Woodhouse­ N:oyle Rev. Wafter M.A. (rector), White Wm. jun. farmer, Court farm White Wm. frmr. Higher Oharlwood Rectory . • • Underhay Frederick MIDDLE .ASHOOMBE. LOWER ASHCO.MBE. COMMERCIAL. Pearce Richard, farmer, Ashcombe Belworthy Richard, farmer, Lower Jeffery Geo. farmer, Langdon Barton :Barton Charlwood Woolway Richard, farmer, Broom ho

ASHFORD is a parish and village on the north bank rlence and 6 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Lord of the river Taw, 2~ mile-s west-by-north from Barnstaple Chancellor, and held ,;;ince 1907 by the Rev. Charle• and 2 east fr<>m Wrafton station on the Ilfracombe Williams M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford. The branch of the London lfnd South Western railway, in trustees of George Langdon esq. and R. Pettle esq. the Barn">taple division of the county, Braunton are the chief landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, hundred and petty sessional division, Barnstaple union slate. The chi(>f crops are wheat, barley. turnips and and county court district, rural deanery of Barnstaple pasture. The area is 368 acres of land, 9 of tidal and archdeaconry and diocese of Ex£"ter. The church wat~r and 30 of foreshore; rateable value, £,1,26I; of St. Peter is an edifice of stone in the Early Decorated the population in rgu was 120. style, rebuilt in 1854 at a cost exceeding £soo, and con­ Sexton, John Parker. listing of chanceJ, nave, north aisle, north transept and Post & T. Office.-Mrs. Emily Corney, sub-postmi~ress. a small tower with spire on the north side containing 2 Letters through Barnstaple. Pilton street, Barn­ bells of early date: the chancel retains the ancient pis­ staple, is the nearest money .order office, 2! miles cina, and the e&St and south windows are stained: the distant whole of the woodwork of the church and vestry, in­ eluding the communion table, pulpit and pews, are of Wall Letter Box. Braunton road; no collection on ancient carved oak and in good preservation: there are sun days ISO sittings. The register dates from the year 1700. 1 The children of this parish aUend the school at Heanton 'l'he living is a rectory, net yearly value £7o, with-resi- Punchardon DEVON 2*