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Boar Richard, New inn Palmer William, farmer, Upperton Spurr John, farmer, Southcombe Hm'swell James, farmer, North Milton Parish Library Wakem George,wheelwright&dairyman Horswell William, farmer, Week Perkins Albert, farmer, Shortbourne Watkins David, farmer, Foghanger Jackman John, farmer, Park *Prest John, shopkeeper, Chillaton Wonnacott Eri, farmer, Hardicott *Jones John, Carpenters' Arms P.lI. & Reed Henry, blacksmith Working Men's Reading Room (George farmer, Chillaton Rice Henry, tailor Baker, sec) Luke John, shopkeeper Rice John, shoe maker Yole Edwin, farmer *Maddaford William, blacksmith & Rowe Richard, farmer, Longbrook Yole Francis, head gardener to Duke of miller (water), Chillaton Ryall Oliver, farmer, Bam Bedford K.G. Elmsleigh }1artiu Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker Simmons Mary (Mrs.), dairyman Yole Wm.farmer &miller (water),Ford Mashford John, farmer, Quither Spry John, carpenter & shopkeeper

MILTON DAMERELisa parish and village, situated held since 1852 by the Rev. William Dyer Anderson, of St. all the Waldon high road from North Devon to Plymouth, Bees. There is a Wesleyan chapel near Holsworthy Beacon, and on the river Torridge, across which are two bridges, one and two Bible Christian chapels, one in the village and one of two arches connecting the parish with Newton St. Petrock, at Gitcott Cross, with Sunday schools attached. William and the other, of one arch, with Shebbear, 12 miles south­ Brown esq. of Hollacombe, Orediton, is lord of the manor, south-west from Bideford and 6 north-east from Hols­ and Earl Stanhope F.S.A. is chief landowner. The soil is worthy terminal station of a branch of the London and South various; subsoil, same. The chief crops are wheat, oats Western ra.ilway, in the Western division of the cuunty, and barley. The acreage is 4,252; rateable value, £1,985 ; Black Torrington hundred, Holsworthy petty sessional divi­ the population in 1881 was 476. sion, union and county court, district, rural deanery of Hols­ The hamlets are EAST WONFORD, I mile south; WEST worthy, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. WONFORD, l!milessouth-west ; WHITEBEAR, three-quarters The church of the Holy Trinity is an ancient building in the of a mile north-east.

::Norman and Early English styles, consist.ing of chancel, POST OFFICE.-William Backway,• receiver. Letters nave, aisle, transept and southporch: the tower fell in 1879 : through Brandis Corner R.S.O. arrive at 8.35 a.ID.; dis- the three bells remain unhung; the first is dated 1758, the patched at 4.15 p.ID. on week days only. The nearest tenor 1658; the second is undated: there are 250 sittings. money order & telegraph office is at Holsworthy The register of baptismsand burials dates from the year 1791; A School Board of 5 members was formed Oct. 30, 1874; from J749 to 1791 these are entered in the Cookbury register; WiIliam Prout, Holsworthy, clerk to the board; Thomas ~he marriages date from 1754. The living is a rectory, with OliveI', Holsworthy, attendance officer the vicarage of Cookbury annexed, tithe rent-charge £387, Board School (formerly Bible Christian), for 80 children; joint gross yearly value £450, including 86 acres of glebe at average attendance, 50; Amos Brayley, master; Miss Milton Damerel, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and Jane Brayley, sewing mistress [Names marked thus lI'receive their letters Fishley Jas. earthenware dlr. Venn grn Penhale John, farmer, Venn through Holsworthy.] Gilbert John, farmer, East Wonford Pound William, farmer, Piper's Gitcott Anderson Rev. William Dyer, Rectory Gilbert Lewis &; Wm. frmrs. Woodford Ridge Fraucis, farmer, Graddon COMMERCIAL. Hallett Richard, farmer, Walland Sanders Bill Gilbert, sieve maker Ashton William, farmer, Ley Hancock John, tailor Sanders Bryant, wheelwright .Ayres In.tailor& draper,Woodford brdg Harris George, farmer, West Wonford Sanders Frederick George Perkin, out­ l3ackway William, Post office Isaac Fredk. farmer, Lower Grawley fitter & registrar of births & deaths ~ Baker Richard, farmer, Milton town Johns William, farmer, Gitcott mill for Milton Damerel sub-district Beare Fraucis, miller (water) J ollow John, farmer, West W onford Sanders Geo. farmer, Higher Graddon Beckley John, farmer, Buttermore Jordan Thomas, farmer, Knottswood Sanders Thomas, tailor, Gratton :Blake John, Woodford Bridge inn Lang John, painter & glazier Slee John, farmer, Down Braund Thomas, shoe maker *Jones Richard, shoe maker *Smale Wm. machinist, Wonford manr Braund William, farmer, Graddon Leach George, mason Smith John, farmer, Buttermore J3ridgeman Saml. farmer, Moorecombe Millman Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Squire Richard, farmer, Gitcott *Bromell Richard, blacksmith & shop- Westbfldge Taylor John, farmer, Cross keeper, Holsworthy Beacon Mame James, farmer, Higher Gitcott Vivian Jas. farmer, Derworthy Barton Erown Charles, landowner & farmer, Nichols William, mason, Venn green Wonnacott Alfred, farmer, Oxenpark Whitebear Page Oaleb, carpenter & wheelwright Watkins Thomas, farmer, Worden Brown Thomas, farmer, Waldon Page John, mason Watkins William, farmer, Graddon J)unn Moses, farmer, Graddon Page Joshua, carpenter Yeo Thomas, blacksmith, Venn green Earl John, farmer, Buttermore Palmer John, farmer, Walland

SOUTH MILTON is a parish and village, situated in a living, of the yearly value of £260, in the gift of the Dean deep valley, about 3 miles south-west from Kingsbridge, 13 and Chapter of Salisbury, and held since 1887 by the Rev. south.west from Kingsbridge Road station on the South Henry John Liddon 1\West Alvington. The Brethren have a chapel division of the county, hundred of Stanborough, petty here. The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1882 at a cost of sessional division of Stanborough and Coleridge, union and about £300, is a building of stone, and will seat 150 persons. county court district of Kingsbridge, rural deanery of Wood­ The charities amount to about £45 annually, and are applied leigh, archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. The for repairs of the church and relief of the poor. Horswell -church (dedication unknown) is an edifice of stone, in the House is a large and elegant mansion, the property of Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south William Roope Ilbert esq. J. P. Mrs. Dowglass, who is lady Ilorch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, con­ of the manor of South Milton, W. R. Ilbertesq. J.P. William -taining 6 bells: the chancel retains its sedilia and piscina, Square esq. of Plymonth, and John Elliott esq. are theprin­ and there is also a piscina in the south transept and a stoup cipallandowners. The soil is loam; subsoil, various. The .at the south doorway: the font is Norman, with a conical chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. 'rhe area is carved wood cover, and there is an oak screen, carved and 1,557 acres; rateable value, £2,386; the population in 1881 painted: in 1885 the church, including the south transept, was 347. was substantially restored and re-seated, and the latter new SUTTON, a quarter of a mile south-east, an1 UP1'ON, half a :roofed, at a cost of nearly £1,400 : the steps formerly lead­ mile north, are hamlets. ing from the north aisle to the rood loft have been opened, and an old paintmg, for many years used as an altar piece, has Sexton, William Steer. been removed from the chancel to another part of thechurch: Letters through Kingsbridge, via West Alvington, arrive at there are mnral tablets to members of the Prideaux and Elliot 9 a.m. WALL LETTER Hox cleared at 5.5 p.ID. week days families: the church affords 250 sittings. The register only. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at dates from the year 1600. The living is a vicarage, formerly Kingsbridge annexed to the vicarage of "Test Alvington, but under an National School (mixed), built in 1870, for 100 children; ()rder in Council dated June 7, 1886, it was made a separate average attendance, 66; Miss Harriet Smart, mistress Andrews Frederick, Upton Earle John Francis, farmer, Upton Pollyblank Joseph Thomas, farmer Fellowcs 001. C. M. N. The Croft Ingram John, blacksmith Pollyblank Robert, farmer Toye Henry, Upton Lidstone Henry, farmer Shepherd Cecilia (Mrs.), farmer, Sutton LuckhamWm. Perraton, miller (water) Shepherd Peter, farmer, Button COMMERCIAL. Moore Janles, farmer Steer Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper Eickfol'd Thomas, farmer, Holwell Perring William, farmer Timewell George, farmer Crimp "'illiam, farmer, Farm Pilditch Jonathan, carpenter & assistant White David, farmer, WhitlocksWGrthy Dymond William, carpenter overseer, Upton