DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. TEDBURY ST. MARY• 543 •

Tawton: the fine oak pulpit is panelled and inlaid with A. Hoare esq. William Lethbridge esq. M.A., I.P. Richard scriptural figures: at the eastend are three stained windows, Dunning, 'Of Barton, Thl'owleigh ; theRev. Roberl Hole M.A., presented by H. A. Hoare esq. in 1856: iQ the north aisle J.P. rector 'Of North Tawton, John Knapman esq. George are three memorial windows to the Rev. John Bliss M.A.late Cann esq. and Mark Cann esq. The soil is loam and clay; vicar, and to the Weeke and Oxenham families: the stained the subsoil is shale. The chief crops are wheat aud barley. west window was erected by Mrs. Harriet Cann as a The area is 8,305 acres, of which 2,836 are uninclosed and memorial to Richard Dunning, who died in 1871 aged 102: common land; rateable value, £6,729; the population in in the south aisle is a stained. window, presented by William 1881 was 1,254. Lethbridge, and a rich Perpendicular reredos, erected to the South Zeal, I mile south, is an ancient borough, Rev. John Bliss M.A. late vicar, who died in 188o: in the attached to , and has a portreeve, reeve, south aisle is a mural tablet to the Burgoyne family, with constable, poundkeeper and ale taster, sworn in triennially quaint etchings of kneeling figures, and armorial shields by the lord of the manor or his representative. Charles with the date 1651, and there are other memorials to the Fursdon esq. J.'P. is lord of the manor of South Zeal. Here Oxenham and Battishill families: the fine oak roof rests on is a Wesleyan chapel, formerly the British school house, and angel corbels; and the turret with stairway leading to a acquired by the Wesleyans in 187,5 i there is also a Bible former rood loft still remains: in 1887 the organ and clock Christian chapel, erected in 1866. were restored and the tower repaired: there are 300 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1540 ; mar- ADDISCOTT, 1( miles east, EAST WEEK, 11 south-east, riages and burials, 1558; and there are churchwardens' ITToN and TAW GREEN, 2i north, are hamlets. books dating from the same year. The living is a vicarage, Sexton, Robert Holman. . . with the chapelry of South Zeal annexed, joint net yearly IPOST OFFICE, South Zeal.-GeorgeOades, receiver. Letters value £300, with residence and 9 acres of glebe, in the gift by mail cart from arrive at 7 a.m. ; dia- of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and held since 1880 by patched at 5.45 p.m. The nearest money order office is the Rev. John Foulkes Clarke B.A. of Queen's College, Cork, at & telegraph office at Okehampton. There and ad. eund. B.A.. and Lic.Theol. of Durham University. is not a delivery on sunday The ancient chapel of St. Mary, at South Zeal, is a small Letters for South Tawton arrive from Okehampton by mail building of granite, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of cart to Sticklepath & from thence by foot messenger at 8 nave only, and a western turret containing 2 bells: the a.m. WALL LETTER Box closes at 5 p.m. Sticklepath chapel was restored and a stained east window inserted in is the nearest money order office & Okehampton the 1877 in memory of the Lethbridge family, for many cen- nearest telegraph office tunes residents in this parish: service is held in this chapel SCHOOLS:- on Sunday evening: there arl'l 80 sittings. West of the A School Board of 5 members was formed January 26th, chapel is an ancient market cross. There are charities of 1872; Rev. J. 1". Clarke, clerk to the board; George £46 yearly value, £28 of which are derived from North- Aggett, South Zeal, attendance officer more's Okehampton charity. In the parish is a limestone Board, Zeal (mixed), built in 1875, for 126 children; quarry, and there is also a copper mine. A fair is held on average attendance, 78; Robert McMurray, master; the first Thursday after the 9th of July, yearly, for cattle. Miss Alberta Knapman, mistress: Infant, for 70 children; Oxenham Manor House, situated one mile east, is the seat. average attendance, 92; Mrs. Rebecca McMurray, mist of the Hoare family, to whom that manor and a considerable Board, Langdown (mixed), erected in 1879, for 48 children; portion of the land in the pari,sh belongs. The Ecclesiastical a.erage attendance, 20; Miss Emma Trace, mistress Commissioners are the lessees of the greattithes, amounting CARRIERS TO:- to £709 a year, under the Dean and Canons of Windsor. EXETER-James Cooper, James Westaway &James Hooper, Henry Hugb, Arthur Hoare esq. of Oxenham Manor, is lord tues of the manor of Blackhall; and John Knapman esq. lord of TORQUA.Y-George Powlesland & George Wedlake, man. the manor of Ash. The principal landowners are Henry H. See also Sampford Courtenay South Tawton. Knapman John, farmer & landwnr.Ash Cracker John Stephen Brailey John, Addiscott house Knapman Richard, blacksmith Williams Richard Cann John Henry, Dishcombe Labdon Joseph, carpenter I Clarke Rev. John Foulkes BoA. [vicar] Lang Thomas, Seven Stars P.ll COMMERCIAL. Hoare Hy. Hugh Arth. Oxenham maIll' Langworthy-,steward to Henry Hugh Aggett George, thatcher Lethbridge WiLliam M.A.., J.P. Arthur Hoare esq Aggett Richard, thatcher Lethbridge John, farmer, Ford Arscott Charles, carpenter COMMERCIAL. Maudley Thomas, farm bailiff to Cooper Jas. carrier, farmer & shopkpr Aggett WaIter, Rising Sun P.B , lWilliam Lethbridge esq. J.P. Wood Counter George, mason 0 Ansty John C. mIller (water), Taw grn Moore George, farmer, Week Counter William, mason Arnold John, farmer, Northwick Moore Joseph, farmer, Gooseford Cracker John, assistant overseer Bawden Sylvanus, farmer,West Nymph Mortimore Gidley, farmer, Torhill Curson Robert John, agricultural im- Brealey John, farmer, Addiscott Newcombe Richard, farmer,Dibbahouse plement agent Cann George, farmer & landowner, Page Richard, farmer, Aliens down Curson William, blacksmith Dishcombe Pearse Jas. stone mason, Gidley James, farmer Cann Mark, farmer & landwnr. Nymph Ponsford Joseph, farmer, Taw green Glanville James, mason Davey William, farmer, Youlden Powlesland George, farmer, Coursebeer Holman Mary Ann (Mrs.), London inn Dodd & Vizard,farmers, Great Cocktree Powlesland John, farmer, Itton Holman Robert, baker Drake Francis, farmer Powlesland John, farmer, Tmndlebeer Hooper James, carrier Dunning Richard, farmer, Week Rowe William, farmer, Lovaton Jope George, shoe maker Endacott Geo. miller (water),Frflg mill Sampson Caleb, farmer, Cessland Knapman William, shopkeeper Emily Copper Mines Limited (M. Sampson Samuel, farmer, Black street McMurray Robert, master of South Ernest Jobling, managing director; Sampson Wm. farmer, ProsPect place Zeal schools David Simeon Warne,resident agent) Smale John, farmer, Oxenham quarry Northcott John, carpenter Finch Charles, tailor & shopkeeper Stanley James, carpntr. & wheelwright Oades George, shoe maker, Post office Gillard Johu, farmer, Woodland Tucker John, farmer, Livaton Powlesland George, farmer & carrier Grendon George, jun. farmer,Oxenham Whiddon Thomas, farmer, Cullaford Trace Ann (Mrs.), White Horse P.B Hern William, farmer, Tarr mill Williams Richard, miller (water) Tucker EmanueL, wheelwright Hill Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Vigors Edwin, tailor Hill William, farmer, West Week South Zeal. Warne In. OxenhamArmsP.H. & frmr Howard George, farmer, ltton Arscott William Wedlake George, shopkeeper & carrier Jackman Saml.& Hy.farmers,Blackhall Brely William Westaway James,ocarrier Jackman William, farmer, Wickington Brely William Curzon, jun. Hillside Wright Jacob, King's Arms P.B Knapman John, farmer, Addiscott Cann Mark Wright John, shopkeeper TEDBURN ST. MARY is a hilly and picturesque I aisle, chapel, south porch and an embattled western tower township and parish, including the hamlet of TAPHOUSE, with pinnacles containing 6 bells, dated respectively 1821, and is pleasantly situated on a small stream called the Ted, 1770 (2 and 3), 1736 (4 and 5) and the tenor, r837: the which runs to Crediton, and there joins the river Creedy, chancel is Early English, but the Dave and north aisle are of 7 miles west-by-north from Exeter. on the Okehampton a later date: on the south side is a chantry chapel: the road, and about 4 miles south-west from tbe Crediton station chancel was rebuilt and the nave restored and re-seated in on the main line of the London and South Western railway, 1868: there are 200 sittings. A new burial gronnd has re­ in the Mid division of the county,Wonford hundred,Crockern- cently (1888) been provided and approved by H.M. Secretary well pettysessional division, St.Thomas' union, Exeter county of State, for members of the Church of England only. The court district, rural deanery of Kenn, and archdeaconryand register of baptisms dates from the year 1558; marriages, diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Mary, a building of 1653; burials, 1689. The living is a rectory, tithe rent­ Posbury stone, of early date, consists of chancel, nave, north. charge £40<.'1 gross yearly value £450, includin~ 43 acres of