DIRECTORY. J DEVONSHIRE. CLAYHANGER. 117 Murley Joseph Henry, head gardener PearceAlbert, miller(water) &farmer, Townsend Andrew, shopkeeper to T. B. Bolitho esq. H.P Galmpton mill White George, farm bailiff to F. C. Oldreive Jeffery Scoble Elliotli, farmer, Ponsford Wm. John, boot & shoe maker Simpson esq New farm Ryder WiUiam, shopkeeper Wood Nicholas, wheelwright PearceMaryJane(Mrs.),farmr.Valefrm Toms GeorgeSalter, farmer, Greenway Wyatt Waiter John, baker CI.ANNABOROUGH is a parish on the road between broke College, Oxford. The manor formerly belonged to Coplestone and Bow, x-§ miles west from Coplestone station the Holsworthy family, whose heiT married a De Bathe (now on the North Devon branch of the London and South represented by Sir II. De Bathe); no manorial rights are Western railway, 6 west-by-north from Crediton, and 14 now exercised here. The Barton belongs to William Wreford north-west from Exeter, in the Northern division of the esq. l.P. whose family have been landowners here since 1666. county, North Tawton hundred, Crediton petty sessional The other owners are .Arthur Onslow Sillifant esq. I.P. of division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Coombe, Coplestone, William Kelland esq. of Exeter, Vin­ Ca.dbury and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The cent Waldo Calmady Hamlyn esq.J.P. of Leawood, Bride­ church of St. Petrock is an edifice of stone in the Perpen- stowe, and the Rev. John Ffoulkes CiarkeB.A. vicar of South dicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south pClannaborough, Bow R.S.O. from the year x6g6. The living is a rectory, average tithe North Devon." The nearest money order & telegraph rent-charge £72, net yearly value£ 138, including so acres office is at Bow. Letters must be posted at Bow; arrive of glebe, With residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, at 7· IS a, m. & 4· go p.m and held since 1867 by the Rev. William Beck M.A. of Pem- The children of this place attend the school at Bow Beck Rev. William M.A. Rectory IGibbings William Hy. farmer, Walson I Lee James, farmer, Appledore Densham Thomas, farmer, Kiddicott HorwoodWilliam, farmer, Walson wood Tnckett Wm.farmer,Clannaborougb ho CLAWTON is a parish and small village, 3 miles south of St. Aidans, who is also rector of Tetcott, where he resides. from the market town of Holsworthy, which is the nearest There is a Wesleyan chapel at Clawton Bridge, and one for railway station, in the Western division of the county, bun- Bible Christians at the west end of the parish. Mrs. Richard dred of Black Torrington, petty sessional division, union Ford, of Pencarrow, Bodmin, Cornwall, and Rev. George and county court district of Holsworthy, rural deanery of Doug!as Melhuish M.A. curate of Clawton, are the principal Holsworthy, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of landowners. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales owns an estate in Exeter. The name is derived from a stream called the this parish. The soil is various ; subsoil, clay. The chief Claw, which flows through the parish, and is crossed by two crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is S·358 small bridges each of one arch only. The church (dedica- acres; rateable value, £2,466; the population in I89I was tion unknown) is an ancient edifice of stone of the Norman, 461. Decorated and Perpendicular periods, consisting of chancel, Parish Clerk, Thomas Cann. nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, PosT OFFICE, Clawton Bridge.-John May, sub-postmaster. with pinnacles at the angles, containing 3 bells, the first two Letters arrive from Holsworthy at 7.20 a. m. ; dispatched dating from 1739 and the third from 1713 : the font is Nor- at S·3o p.m. on week days only. Holsworthy is the near- man, and there are several ancient monuments: the church est money order & telegraph office . was restored and re-seated in r893, and affords sittings for A School Board of s members was formed Aug. 7 I874• for about 2so persons. The registers date from the year I694· the nnitej district of Clawton, Tetcott & Luffincott; J. J. The living is a vicarage, tithe rem-charge [, 12, gross yearly Venning, clerk to the board value £6s, in the gift of the Rev. Geor~e Douglas Melhuish Board School (mtxed), erected in 1876, for 6o children ; M.A.. and held since r88I by the Rev. Herbert Upton Squire, average attendance, 41; Alfred Lonis Marten, master Hicks James Wale, Leworthy Cracker Humphrey, farmer, Langdon Luxton Korah, farmer, Leworthy Hicks Samuel, Leworthy Daniel Robert, faTmer, Affaland Martin William, tailor Maynard William, Elm cottage Daniel William, farmer, Horslett May John, carpenter, Post office Melhuish Rev. George Douglas M. A. DawJas.Edward,farmer,LowerHorsle1t Maynard Wm.farmr.Higher North Beer [curate], Court barn Drowne John, farmer, Cold hitch Miller Nicholas & Wllliam, farmers, Yeo Thomas Drowne William, farmer, Herdacott Corfcott COMMERCIAL. Greenway George, farmer, Northdown Mitchell Chas. blacksmith,Affaland lane Boundy Thomas, farmer, Tinacre Griffin John, boot & shoe maker Parsons Emanuel, shopkeeper Clarke Nathaniel, farmer, South Beer Headon Jane (Miss), shopkeeper PenhaleArscott Wm. farmr. North Beer Clarke William, farmer, Folley Headon Samuel, farmer, Beer hill Penwarden John, farmer, Sellick Cole Martin, butcher Holland Thos.carpenter,Clawton bridge Petberick John, farmer, Eastcombe Cole William, blacksmith Hopper John, farmer, South Beer Pridham John, farmer, France Colwell Richard, miller (water), Forda Jordan John, farmer, Lower Selick Robins William, farmer, North Beer Colwell William, shoe maker Jordan William, farmer, Eastdown Stacey Peter & Wm. farmrs. Kenr.acott Cory John, carpenter Kivell Thomas, farmer, Fern hill Stacey John, farmer, Kempthorn Cowling James, farmer, Blaydon Knight Thomas, farmer, Gunnacott Wickett John, farmer, Church farm CI.A YHANGER is a parish and scattered village on and the principal part of the land, is the property of :Mrs. the borders of Somerset, I! miles south from Venn Cross North Row, of Cove, 'l'iverton. The soil is clayey, and the station on the Devon and Somerset branch of the Great subsoil is shillet and rock. The chief crops are oats &c. Western railway (which is in the parish), 4i north-east-by- Acreage, 2,083; rateable value, £1,802; the population in east from Bampton, and 9 north-north-east from Tiverton, 1891 was 2I3. in the North Eastern division of the county, hundred or Sexton, John Riles. Bampton, Cullompton petty sessional division, Tiverton PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Elizabeth Pring, sub-postmistress. union and county court district, rural deanery of East Letters through Bampton R.S.O. arrive at 9.40 a..m. ; 'riverton and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The dispatched at 4_30 p.m. The nearest money order office church of St. Peter is a plain building of stone in the Early is at Ashbrittle & telegraph office at Hampton Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 ScHOOLS:- bells; the church was completely restored in r88x at a cost Endowed Sunday (mixed), built in 1865, & endowed out of£ x,ooo, and affords 120 sittings. The register dat.es from of East Clay hanger farm estate, & also with the mterest the year 1538. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent- of £ISO £g IO per Cents. producing together £7 yearly; charge £192, gross yearly value £273, including 42 acres of Mrs. L. Purchase, mistress glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. North Row, of A School Bond of 5 members was formed 'February 8, I883; Cove, Tiverton, and held since r866 by the Rev. Willia.m T. Row, Hampton, clerk to the board Harpley M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge F.C P.S. Board (mixed), for 44 children; average attendance, 36; Here is a chapel for Bible Christians, erected in 1892, Mrs. L. Purchase, mistress Sayer's charity, amounting to 2os. yearly, is for bread. Railway Station, Venn Cross, Wi~liam R. Besent, station The old manor house of the Xutcombes, now a farm-house.. master