~2_ BRAD WORTHY • DEVONSHIRE. [KELLY'S • · Petherick .A.lbert, farmer, Brexworthy Stevens Daniel, farmer, Forda. Wade Ri~hard, farmer, North down Petherick Williatb, farmer, Jenns, Stevens Mary (Mrs.), farmer & land- Waiter Brothers, blacksmiths Alfardisworthy owner, West Loa.t mead Waiter Charlotte (Miss), grocer Pip~r James, farmer, North Newland Trewin Thos. & Sons, farmers, Looe Waiter Thos. farmer, Leyland cottage .Piper Charle1!>, farmer, Heath Trewin Laurence, boot & shoe maker Ward Arscott, saddler 'Sargent Richard, colt breaker, Village Vanstone Waiter Thomas, farmer & Webber John, farmer._ Neales Worden :Seldon .lohn Parkyn. auctioneer assistant overseer, Berridon Westaway Robert,monumental mason & surveyor, Lymscott & Woolsery Vanstone William, farmer, Ryall Wickett Charles, farmer, Waterland Seldon William 'fhomas, farmer Veal William Hy. farmer,Little Heele Wickett William, farmer, Selworthy .:BB.AMPFORD SPEKE is a parish and village, on The charities amount to £I3 I3s. and are distributed the river Exe, with a station on -the Exe Valley branch in bread and money. The Earl of lddesleigh C.B. i>f the Great Western railway, and is 5 miles north from is lord of the manor. and principal landowner, and 'Exeter, in the Tiverton division of the countt, Won- Lieut.-Col. Frederick Davies is also a landowner. 'the ford hundred and petty sessional division, St. Thomas soil is rlay; subsoil, clay and sand. The chief crops union, Exeter county court district, rural deanery of Cad- are corn and root crops. The area. is I,I35 acres of land bury a~ archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The and 28 of water; rat-eabi~ value, £3,727; the population ~hurch of St. Peter, rebuilt in '!853, is an edifice of stone, in 19I1 was 296 in the civil and 383 in the ecclesiastical .tu the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south parish. · transept, oouth porch and an embattled western 'tower By Local Government Board Order 16,545, Cowley 'Wit-h pinnacles, containing a. clock and 6 bells, all cast by Barton was amalgamated with Upton Pyne, March 24- "'l'. Billbie in 1755; the treble bell was added in 1896: the 1884, for civil purposes. teast window is staiped, and there are others bearing the Sexton, James Hutchings. ~rms of the lords .of CQwley from the reign of King John Post & M. 0. Ofiice. Mrs. Emma Tucker, sub-post- ~ that of Edward VI. as well as those of the families of mistress. Letters received by foot post from Exeter. Tr~minet, Speke, Gibbs and Pierce, lords of the manor of The nearest telegraph office is at Stoke Canon, I mile Brampford from Henry I. to George II.: there are ISO distant. The office at Brampford Speke railway sta- :sittings. The register, dating from the year 1739, and tion is open for the delivery of telegrams by the rail- -existing in I83r, has since been destroyed. The living is way company on week days only. Wall Box at Oham- :a vicarage, with Colvley annexed, net yearly value £211, berlains' - "With residence and 32 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Public Element.ary Sohool (mixed), with residence at- Lord Chancellor, and held sinee 1907 by the Rev. tached, erected· in I867, for 72 children; Miss Samuel Scragg M.A., L.Th. of Durham University. Clements~ mistress - 'There is a small Baptist chapel here, erected in 1894. Railway Station, Alfred Tucker, station master B_ramwell Capt. .A.rthur Barclay, Scragg Rev. Samuel M.A., L.Th. Leach James, jobbing gardener Bornhill (vicar), The Vicarage Nicks Mark, farmer, Woodrow Date Mrs. Bootham cottage Spratt l.ieut.-Col. Arthur Graves,The Staddon Henry, boot & shoe maker Davies Lt.-Col. Fredk. Brampford ho Cottage· Staddon Hy. Dagwell,Agricultural inn Edwards Brig.-Gen. FitzJames Maine ' Bymes Anne (Miss), farmer C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. Woodslea COMMERCIAL. Wadland John, fanner, Chamoorlains ..Tones Evqn, Home Living Caryl John (Mrs.), aparts. Pynes cot Western Henry, farmer Nelson George, So41thmoor Chislett Ernest Savage, shopkeeper Wills George, farmer, Norton farm Porter Capt.. Henry Jackson Aylmer, Heaman Robert George, farmer, Low (letters through Thorverton) 'l'he Avenue _ Woodrow ' .BRANSCOMBE is a. scattered village and parish on coffin. The register of baptisms dates from the year the coast, in a picturesque valley, surrounded by lofty I539; marriages, I545; burials, 1573· The living is a tn1ls, 4 miies south-by-west from Seaton terminal station, vicarage, net yearly income £246, with residence and .() east from Sidmouth terminal station (both branches of 10 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter the London and South Western railway), and 10 south of Exeter, and held- since 1910 by the Rev . .A.rthur from Honiton, in the Honiton division of the county, Steele King M . .A.. 'Of Queens' College, Cambridge. Here Culyton hundred, Honiton union, petty sessional division is a small Wesleyan chapel. In the neighbourhood are and oounty court district, rural deanery of Ottery and quarries of excellent freestone. Many women here are :archd-eaconry and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Pmployed in making Honiton lace. The Ecclesiastical Winifred is a cruciform building of stone, in the Norman Cl'mmissioners, John and Clement Ford esqrs. who are and later styles, con~isting of chancel, nave, transepts, lords of the manor, John Richards esq. an& Mr. Waiter peculiar as standing to the west of the tower, which i11 Pike are chief landowners. The soil is :t;nixed; the sub­ Late Norman, and contains 6 bells: the chancel is Early Roil is limestone and chalk. The crops are wheat, bar­ Decorated: in the north transept are some ancient and lry, oa.ts and early potatoes, which are grown principally .curious monuments, including one with small kneeling on the slopes of the cliffs faeing the sea. The area is ~ffigies to Joan (Tregart-hin) and her two husbands, John 3,429 acres of land and 56 of foreshore; rateable value, Kelleway esq. and John Wadham of Merrifield esq.: by £4,791: the population in I9II was 6o6. the latter she was the mother of Nicholas Wadham, eo- Sexton, Alfred Gush. founder in 1610, with his wife, of Wadham College, Post, M. o., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office.- Qxford ~ at the back are the figures of 21 children, I6 of Mrs. Sarah Butter, sub-postmist.re!.s. Letters through the Kellewa.y and 5 of the Wadham family, and above are Beer the arms of Tre~ar'thin, Kelleway and Wadham; thf' Wall Letter Boxes. N th y· St t ~.-A ht in~l'ription, whicli is given in Prince's "Worthies,'' ear e ICarage; ree 01 8 on 'Shows that she died• in Sept. I$8I: there are 457 sit- I'ublic Elementary School (mixed), built in I878, for tings: in the churchyard is a tombstone to Joseph 166 children; Frederick Noyce, master Braddick, d. 1673, and in the church an ancient stone Carrier to Seaton.-Wa.lter Quick, sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bromfield Thomas, miller (water) Hartnell Waiter, farmer, Bockenhayne Chick Samuel J.P. Hazelwood house Butter Sarah (Mrs.),shopkpr.Post of'f farm . Cooper Mrs. Eastcot · Carter .A.rthur, farmer, Low. Bulstone Hill Samuel, farmer, Weston (letters Ford Clement, Lower house Jlarke Mary (Mrs.),Mason's Arms P.H through Sidmouth) Ford John J .P. Lawer house Collier George, baker Layzell Fred, blacksmith, Bridge Ford Mrs. Lower house Cox Andrew James, dairyman, Higher Leonard Burgess Edwin, butcher B:artridge Norman Bulstone farm Loveridge Jame~, blacksmith l!utton Miss Dawe Charles, farmer, Elverway Perkins William, aparts. Sea view Xing Rev . .A.rthnr Steele :M.A. (vicar), Dean Rosina (Miss),aparts.MillersLea Perryman Alfred, poulterer The Vicarage Dowell William, farmer, Woodhouse Perryman Charles, dairyman, Seaside Loyd Lewis Richard William, The Ellis.. Frank, farmer, Gays Pike Charles, farmer, Berry Barton Lookout · Ellis John & William, farmers, Lower Pike George, farmer, Pitt farm ~ucker Misses, Ba~;nells' Weston farm (letters through Sid- Pike Henry, farmer, Hole farm COMMERCIAL. mouth) Pike Waiter, farmer, Edge Barton Ackland Bertha. (Mrs.),farmer,Higher Freeman Minnie (Miss), apartments, Quick Waiter, carrier Weston (letters through Sidmouth) Woottens Russell Frederick, farmer, Woodhead Bartlett Benj. Thos. market gardener Gill George, wheelwright, Street Salter Charles, farmer, Higher house .Bright Bessie (Mrs.), farmer, Dawes Gill Samuel, shopkeeper Salter Thomas, farmer, Watercombe farm (letters through Sidmouth} Gill Thomas, Fountain Head inn Tedbury Waiter, farmer, Coxes ta.rm Eritish Flint Pebble Co. (J. & C. Gill William Jn. farmer,Church living Ward Sarab (Mrs.), shopkeeper . Ford, proprietors) Ward William John, carpenter