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last Wednesday in April, the great market is held, which is Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir R. H. Huller P.C., x:.c.:o. is lord of the the largest fair for cattle in the West of England. manor, and holds a court leet for the East Town, which A pleasure fair is annually held on Crediton Green, on the annually elects a portreeve, constable and other officers ; he 22nd of August and .five following days, if that date should and Sir John Shelley bart. J.P. of Shobrooke Park, Lieut.­ fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, but if not then Col. Sir John Davie Ferguson-Davie bart. J.P., D.L. of Creedy on the Tuesday succeeding. Park, Benjamin Cornish Cleave esq . .Elias Tremlett esq. of The charities of Crediton are very numerous, and several Park House, Sandford, and William Pope esq. are the chief hundred pounds, p.rising from the Borough lands, together landowners. with moneys left at various times by benevolent individuals The area of the parish is 12,309 acres ; rateable value~ and invested in the funds, are annually given away, prin­ £26,121 ; the population in 1891 WaS 5,821 (including· cipally at Christmas. The Governors of the church also officers and inmates of the workhouse), and of the town,. allow £13 per year each to eight almsmen; but the charity of the greatest magnitude is that known as " Hayward's 4,207. Charity," the funds of which after having lain dormant for UTON (or Yeoton) is a tithing r! miles south. • several centuries in the Court of Chancery, were again made CoPLESTONE, partly in Crediton and partly in Colebrook available by the action of the late Mr. E. T. Ward, who ob­ and Down St. Mary parishes, is 4 miles north-west, with a. tained the approval of the court to a scheme for the appro­ station on the North Devon railway. Coplestone Cross. priation of the accumulated fund, amounting to more than which stands at the junction of Cred.iton parish with those £2o,ooo, the interest of which is prineipally spent in educat­ of Colebrook and Down St. Mary, is a massive shaft of ing poor children; eight aged almspeople are also provided granite, 10 feet 6 inches high and about 1 foot 6 inches. for. Benjamin W. Cleave, of Newcombes, bequeathed (1889) thick ; the sides are panelled in three divisions, each orna­ £,10,000 invested in Consols, the interest to be paid to 12 old mented with interlaced work, but the head is lost: this. men and 8 women, the men to receive about [.r6 yearly venerable landmark is mentioned in a Saxon charter of .A. D. and the women £.g. 974 and is possibly of a date anterior to the establishment Buller Park, the main en trance to which is at the Northern here of the see of Devonshire. • end of Searle street, was purchased and laid out as a public HooKWAY is I mile south-east. KNOWLEis 3 miles' north­ park, to perpetuate the memory of the late J ames Wentworth west. Here is a small chapel cf ease, seating 6o persons. Huller esq. J.P., D.C.L. and M.P. for North Devon, and a RuDGE, 2 miles south, and WooDLAND, 4~ miles south-west,. resident in Crediton, who died December 15, r865 : it com­ are tithings. prises about 4 acres, situated on the north side of the town, in a commanding, but pleasant and sheltered position, ~lop­ YEOFORD (or Uford) is a tithing, 4 miles south-west from ing to the south, from which a distant view may be obtained Crediton, with a station on the North Devon railway, and is. of the peaks of Dartmoor. the junction of the Devon and Cornwall railway (South The principal seats in Crediton are :-Downes, the resi­ Western), t8z£ miles from London. Here is a small chqpel dence of Gen. the Rt. Hon. Sir Redvers Henry Hullers P.C., of ease, se~ting roo persons .. Sir John Shelley hart. is lord v.c., x.c.B., x.c.M.G., J.P.; aud Newcombe House, of of the manor. Benjamin Cornish Cleave esq. J.P. Parish Clerk, Lewis Perkins, Market street.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c . • PosT & M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, William Henry .Adams S. R. H. Gimblett High street.-William 8toyle, postmaster. William Henry Adams, jun Jos. C. Hoskin Letters arrive from London & all parts at 7 a.m. from William .Arundell Charles Kiell North of England, Scotland & Wales, Southampton, West George Bicknell William Pope, jun of England & Exeter 10.30 a.m.; London (rst day), Bris­ James Buckingham · James Searle ~ tol, Exeter, Plymouth & West of England at 3 p.m. ; dis­ Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir Redvers Hy. William Snow patched to London (rst day) & all parts 8.30 a.m. & to Buller v.c., K.C.B., K.C.M.G Francis S. Sprague • London & all par!J¥ (2nrl day) 10.45 a.m.; Exeter, Mar­ Bcnjamin Cornish Cleave John Squire chard Bishop & South Devon 1.30 p.m. ; North of Eng­ John Cleave Ernest J. Stoyle land, Ireland & Scotland, Bath, Bristol, Taunton, Exeter William Dart Joseph Thomas & Southampton 3.30 p.m. ; London & all parts 8.30 (with William D.oddridge John Venn • extra id. stamp 8.45 p.m) Harry Elston John Ware Money orders are issued & paid from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. & on Fred Elston James White 1 saturdays to 8 p.m. Telegraph business from 8 a.m. to William Forward Thomas Samuel White 8 p.m. on week days & on sundays from 8 a.m. to roa.m Samuel Squire Gimblett W .ALI. LETTER BoxEs.-St. Lawrence's green, cleared at Clerk, Jarnes Wellington, 2 Market street · g.so a.m. 3.10 & 7.50 p.m.; Exeter road, 10.30 a.m. Treasurer, Francis S. Sprague, Devon & Cornwall :Bank 3.25 & 8.rs p.m. ; East street, 10.35 a.m. 3.30 & 8.20 Medical Officer of Health, Henry Marten Body, 52 High st p.m.; Railway station, 10.20 a.m. 2 & 8.5 p.m Surveyor, Inspector of Nuisances & Collector, William Joh~Y Berry, Church street County Magistrates. Public Establishments. FOR THE CREDITON PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. County Court, Market street, His Honor James Broughton Huller Gen. Rt. Hon. Sir Redvers Henry P.c., v.c., K.C.B., Edge, judge ; Weston Joseph Sparkes, registrar; William• Jt.C.M.G. Downes, Crcditon 'rhomas Roberts Pitts, high bailiff; William Arscott,.. Ferguson-Davie Lieut.-Col. Sir John Davie bart. D.L. Creedy assistant bailiff. The court is held bi-monthly at the­ park, Crediton · Court house, Market street. The distri<"t comprises the­ Shelley Sir John bart. Shobrooke park, Crediton following places :-Bow or Nymet Tracey, Brushford, Clayfield Ireland Arth. esq. Dowrich ho. Sandford, Creditou Chawleigh, Cheriton Bishop, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Clanna­ Cleave Benjamin Cornish esq. Newcombes, Crediton borough, Colebrook, Coleridge, Crediton, Down St. l\Iary,. Ferguson-Davie William Augustus, Creedy park, Crediton Eggesford, Hittisleigh, Kennerleigh, Lapford, Morchard Quicke John esq. D.L. Newton ho. Newton St. Cyres, Exeter Bishop, Newton St. Cyres, Nymet Rowland, Poughill, Shelley Frederick esq. Posbury house, Crediton Puddington, Sandford, Shobrooke, Stockleigh Pomeroy,. Sillifant Arthur Onslow esq. Stockwell, Cullompton Stockleigh English, Thelbridge, Upton Helions, Washford Wreford Joh~ esq. (;lannaborough, Bow R.S.O Jyne, Wembworthy,Woolfardisworthy&Zeal Monachorum Wyatt-Edgell Lieut.-Col. .Arthur B.A. Cowley house, Exeter Certified Bailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress Amend,.,. Clerks to the Magistrates, Smith, Smith & Gay, Parlia­ ment .Act, x888, .Arthur Ernest Churcher, Park view ; ment street Fredk. John Helmore, North street; Thomas Woodman. Petty Sessions held at the Police Station, Market street, Butt, Newton St. Cyres; & John Powlesland, Bow on fixed days about once a month on wednesdays, at 12 County Police Station, Market street noon. The following places are included in the petty F1re Brigade Stores, 64 High st. E. F. Parry-Jones, capt sessional division :-Bow, Cheriton, Fitzpaine, Clanna­ Town Hall, High street, John Mortimer, hon. sec borough, Colebrook, Coplestone, Crediton, Down St. Literary Society, Town hall, Henry Vial, sec Mary, Kennerleigh, Morchard Bishop, Newton St. Cyres, Stamp Office, Searle street, Joseph Thomas, sub-distributor Poughill, Puddington, Sandford, Sherwood, Shobrooke, 'femperance Hall, Union road, Jamcs S. Brook, treasurer Stockleigh English, Stocldeigh Pomeroy, Upton Helions, VOLUNTEERS. Washford Pyne, Woodfardisworthy, Zeal Monachorum Royal rst Devon Yeomanry Cavalry (B 'froop), Hon. Major • Sir John Shelley bart. officer in command ; Serj.-Maj. Improvement Commissioners. Warren. drill instructor Offices, 2 Market street. 1st Volunteer Battalion (Exeter & South De\'on) Devonshire. Board day, 2nd monday in month at ro a. m. at Town hall Regiment (G.Co.),head quarters, High street, Capt. L . .A. William Henry Adams, chairman. D. 1\lontague, commandant; John 'f.Waite,sergeant inst. • •