1164 LAUNC:ESTON. ·. (KELLY's • Prideaux John Henry, Launceston Arms P.H. Exeter street Thompson & Thompson, physicians & surgeons, Southgate Prior William, dairyman, Woburu street & River side, St. Stepheu's Prockter William, ironmonger, Southgate street Thompson David L.R.C.P.Edin. (firm, Thompson & Thomp· Pronse & Brimecombe, milliners & dress makers, Tower st son), physician & surgeon, medical officer & public vac. Prout James Henry, tailor & outfitter, Southgate place cinator No. 3 district, Launceston union, county coroner Prout John, shopkeeper, Tower street & brigade-surgeon-lt.-colonel Plymouth Volunteer Prout Thomas, carpenter, Rockwell, St. Stephen's Infantry Bri~ade, Southgate street Prust Albert, boot maker, Southgate street Thompson William Fookes ){.B., C.M.Edin, (firm, Thompson Pyne Richard Hobbs, inland revenue officer, High street & Thompson), physician & surgeon, & medical officer & Raddall Jesse Sketchley, saddler & harness ma. SG'uthgate pl public vaccinaLor for No. 2 district, Launceston union, & Raddall Philip John, saddler & harness maker, Westgate st deputy county coroner, River side, St. Stephen's Redcliffe William, coal &c. merchant, St. Thomas' road· Thorne William White, shoe maker, Tower street Redstone William, dairyman, St. Thomas' road Tinney John, mason, Western road Reed John, baker & confectioner, Westgate street Tippett John, farmer, Cargentle, St. Stephen's Reed Thomas Charles, tanner, see Pethybridge, Reed & Co Toms Joseph, painter & glazier, St. Thomas' street Rhys Thomas Berian, private school for boys, St. Thomas' st Treleaven James & Son, tailors & outfitters, hatters & Richards William Atwill, t':l.ilor, Northgate street hosiers, Broad street Robbins Edward, butcher, Pendruccombe Treleaven Henry Vincent, grocer & china dlr. Southgate pi Robbins William, farmer & dairyman, Pendruccombe Trethewey George Henry, baker, Church street Robins Henry, farmer, Kestle Trood Thomas Pomeroy & Co. corn, coal, manure &general Rogers Mary Maria (Miss), dress m'l.ker, Tower street merchants & dealers in building materials, Launceston; Rowe Edward, .boot, shoe & furniture dealer, High street & corn & coal merchants at & at Tresmeer Rowe Florence Lavinia (Miss), dairy, Northgate street Tubb Henry, farmer, Tredidon Rundle Amos Crymes & Son, farmers & butchers, Colhay, Veale George, shoe maker, Tower street St. Stephen's Veale John, Westgate inn, Westgate street Salvation Army Barracks, Tower street Vickery John Tucker M.R.c.v.s.L. veterinary surgeon, see Sambells Cyrus, sen. farmer, Newchurch, St. Stephen's Parsons & Vickl\ry · Sandercock WilliamJohn, farmer, Underwood, St. Stephen's Vivian & Sons, manure stores (Jsph. Harry; agent), Newprt Scown William, coach builder, Tower street Vivian George William, painter & glazier, Westgate street Searle John, farmer, Hendergreen, St. Stephen's Volunteer Battalion (2nd) Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry· Shand Jessie (Mrs.), day school, 3 Avenue place, The Walk (C Co.) (Capt. Thomas C. Langdon, commanding; Lieut. Sharland Ephraim, builder, Kensey place Claude Hurst Peter; 2nd Lieut. John Dingley; Sergeant Shearm Thomas, wine, spirit & ale merchant, Broad street Harry Musk, drill instrul:tor); headquarters &armoury, Shepherd Thos. Wm.Hawkey,surgn. see Andrew & Shepherd Castle street Sherstone Thomas, superintendent of police, inspector under Volunteer Fire Brigade (George Graham White, capt.; the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act & Explosives & Martin Body, sec. & treas.); Engine house, Western road Petroleum Acts, Police station, Westgate street Volunteer Salvage Corps (Alexander Fraser, sec.), Broad st Short H. & Co. auctioneers &c. Newport villa, St. Stephen's Wainwright J. & Son (of Plymouth), carriers, & carting Shuker Charles Beddoes, chemist & grocer, & agent for W. agents for the London & South Western Railway Co. & A. Gilbey Limited, wine & spirit merchants, Church st 1 Railway station . Shute William & Son, farmers, Kerwick, St. Stephen's Waiter Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Duke st. St. Stephen's Shute Titus, farmer, Trewithick, St. Stephen's Warring Charles, farmer & butcher, Pennygillam Sillifant William, builder, & refreshment rooms, L. & S. W. Weighell Waiter, printer, bookseller, wholesale & retail Railway Station road stationer, paper & paper bag merchant & proprietor of Singer Manufacturing Co. (Ernest Harris, agent), High st the "Picturesque Guide to North Cornwall," Westgate st Slee William, bookseller & stationer & assessor of income W enmoth Alfred George, ironmonger &c. Broad street tax & actuary to Launceston Savings Bank, Church st Wenn Thomas Nicholas, auctioneer, see Peter & Wenn Sleep Samuel, farmer, 'frevallett Wesleyan Institute (The) (Thos.Chas. Reed, pres.),Castle st Smale Alfred John, carpenter, Dock acre Western Subscription Rooms (let for meetings, sales &c.) Smale Thomas, boot maker, Broad street (William Henry Cory, manager), Westgate street Smith C. L., S. F. & F. E. B. (Misses), girls' boarding &day Wevill John, carpenter & china dealer, Tower street school, I Avenue place, The Walk Wevill Robert, saddler & harness maker, High street Spence Elizabeth (Mrs.), draper, High street Wevill William, mangr.of Fox,Fowler & Co's.Bank,Broad st Stacey Charles, farmer & miller (water), Tc~.nkerslake White George Graham, solicitor, commissioner for taking Stephens Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, Western road acknowledgments of married women for Cornwall & Stephens Thomas, draper, Broad street Devon, superintendent registrar, clerk to the Launceston Stevens John Lane, solicitor, N orthgate street board of guardians & the rural sanitary authority & assess- Strike George Henry, builder, Western road ment&schoolattendancecommitteesofLaunceston union, .Stringer Caroline&Emma (.Misses),girls' schl.St. Thomas' rd clerk to the Launceston Gas Company Limited &; liberal Strong John Mortirner, land agent, surveyor, & diocesan registration agent for the N. East of J... aunceston parlia- surveyor for the archdeaconry of Bodmm, St. Step hen's mentary division of Cornwall, W estgate street & High street White Hart family&. commercial hotel & posting Symons John & Son, watch makers & jewellers, Church st house (Brendon Parsons, proprietor), Broad street Symons Henry, deputy registrar of marriages for Launces- Whitford Arthur, tinplate worker, Race hill ton union, Wooda lane · Wickett Jethro, grocer, Wooda road Symons Samuel, farmer, Ridgegrove, St. Stephen's Wise & Wise, architects & surveyors, & building surveyors Symons Thomas, grocer & provision merchant, sporting to His Grace the Duke of Bedford, Western road goods depot, cartridges, guns, ammunition, fishing tackle, Wise Charles Pearse, architect & surveyor, see Wise & Wise fretwork material &c. &c. Supply stores, Broad street Wise Ernest, architect & surveyor, see Wise & Wise Tabb Mary Ann (Mrs.), stay h1aker, Dunheved road Wise William, chemist & druggist, Broad street Tamar Club ( William Latham Nicholls, sec.), Exeter street Wivell Robert, mason, St. Thomas' street Tawton William, shopkeeper, Langore, St. Stephen's Wonnacott John, cattle dealer, Newport Taylor Richard, chimney sweeper, Northgate street · Wood Thomas, Exeter inn, High street Thomas John, tailor, Westgate street Yeo Ann (Mrs.), dairy, Tower street LAWHITTON is a village and parish near the river bears the Bennett arms : there are also inscribed floor-stones Tamar and partly included in the municipal borough of to members of the family, including one to Richard Bennett, Launceston, 2~ miles south-east from Launceston stations ob. 16r9, and a monument to Robert Bennett, of Hexworthy, on the Great Western and London and South Western rail- esq. ob. r683 : the church was partially restored about 186o, ways, in the North Eastern division of the county, Launces- and again in 1873, under the direction of the late Mr. J. D. ton union and county court district, and in the northern Sedding, architect. The register dates from the year 1640. division of the hundred of East, petty sessional division of The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £372, average East North, rural deanery of Trigg Major, archdeaconry of £282, net yearly value £321, including II2 acres of glebe, and diocese of 'l'ruro. The church of St. Michael with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of , and held is an ancient building of stone, in the Decorated and Early since 1892 by the Ven. Henry Houssemayne DuBoulay M.A. Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, of Exeter College, Oxford, archdeacon of Bodmin, hon. south aisle, south porch and an embattled tower on the canon of Truro and surrogate, The manor of Lawhitton .south side, with pinnacles, containing 6 bells: the east and was given to the bishopric of Crediton by Edward the Elder west windows and two others are stained: the font has a in 905, and the ruins of the episcopal palace still remain. massive square basin formed nut of a solid block of Poly- The manor is now in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Com­ phant stone, with carved heads at the corners: the south missioners, who with 1<', B. Leonard esq. are the principal porch retains a holy water stoup: the pulpit, dated _1665, landowners. The soil is clayey; subsoil, sandy gravel.