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306 HENNOCK, DEVONSHIRE. , [KELLY'~ . ' . By Local Government Board Order 16,367, which came master. Letters through Bovey Tracey R.S.O. r{) into operation March 25, z885, and by the Divided Parishes ceived at 7.25 a..m. ; di»patched at 6.5 p.m. Postal .Act, 1882, a detached part of Hennook was added to orders are is~ued hem, but not paid. The nearest Bovey Tracey for civil purposes. money order &i telegraph office is at Bovey Tracey, 3 Sexton, Thomas Coombes. miles ·distant OHUDLEIGH KNIGHTON is an ecclesiastical parish A School Board of 5 members was formed Mar. 13, 1875~ formed from the civil parishes of Hennock, Bovey Tracey Nicholas Hellens, jun. _clerk to the board & attendanc& and Kingsteignton, and will be found under a. separate officer, Chudleigh Knighton heading. Board School (mixed), erected in 1855, for 10~ children; Post Office, Hennock.-William Sandercock, sub-post- average attendance, 63; .Albert Goorge Pilkington,mast Fulford Rev. Robert Medley (vicar) Godbeer John, Higher Crockham Tapper Henry William, farmer & cider Joll John Lamble, Hazelwood HE"llier Ellen Maria (Mr11.), farmer, manufacturer, Hnxbear Barton Treeby John Wrigbt, Bowden Great Wa,rmhill Teign Valley Granite Quarries (Henry Vicary William J.P. Stonelands; & at Joll Matthias, draper Maker, manager) the Knoll, Newton Abbot Reddiclifie Wm. farmer, Beadon Tucker Charles, beer retailer Ss.ndercock William, baker & grooor, Tuckett Williarn, fa.rmer, Frank.land COMMERCIAL. Post office White Frank, farmAr,Lower Crockhm Ba.wden James, farmer, Riley Sanders Thomas, carpenter 1Villiams Richard Llewellyn, supt. o[ Cox James Edwd. Palk's Arms P.H Seaward Robert, farmer, Netton police . Dadd John, landowner & frmr. Kelley Stone Edward, farmer, Tottiford Wills Wm. water bailiff, Reservoir HIGHBRAY is a parish and village on the eastern landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, skillett rock_ acclivity of the valley of the river Bray, which is here The chief crops are oats, roots nnd pasturage. The area crossed by a bridge of one arch, and is 5 miles north from is 4,oo6 acres of land and 7 of water ; assessable value. Filleigh station on the Somerset and Devon branch of the £r,63r; the population in r8gr was 226 in the civil and Great Western railway, 7 miles north-by-west from South 236 in the ecclesiasti~al parish. Molton, and 10 east from Barn!\.taple in the North Western Under the provisions of the Divided Parishes Act, r882, division of the county, Sherwill hundred, Brannton petty East Yard and West Yard have been transferred to North. sessional division, Barnsto.ple union and county court dis- Molton in South Molton union. trict, rural deanery of Sherwill, arcbdeaconry of Barn- staple and diocese of Exeter. The church of .All Saints BRAYFORD, the greater portion of which is in Charles~ is an edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consist- is a hamlet, I mile west, on the west bank of the Bray. ing of chancel, nave, aisles, transept, south porch and an over which is a bridge of two arches. embattled western tower oontaining 6 bells: a new treble Sexton, Samuel Venn. bell was added in 1892, and another in 1895, subscribed Post Office, Brayford.-Frederick Martin, sub-postmaster_ for by the parishioners : the font is very ancient and Letters through South Molton arrive at 9·55 a.m. ; dis- there is an external sedile: the church has been rest-ored patched at 3.40 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, in 1873 at a oost of £r,o-oo, and affords r8o sittings. The but not paid. North Mult-on i11 the nearest money order- register dates from the year r6o5. The living is a rec- & Bratton Fleming the nearest telegraph office, 4 mile~ tory, net yearly value £300, with residence and gr acrea distant of glebe, in the gift of Sir Charles T. Dyke .!.eland bart. Wall Letter Box, at the church, cleared at 3.25 p.m and held since xgoo by the Rev. Arthur Spurrier M ..A. of Undenominational School (mixed), built in r87r, at th& Jesus College, CambridgE'>. There are charities of £7 rgs. expense of the late Sir T. D. Acland bart. for .Bo child- yearly value. Sir C. T. D . ..lcland bart. of Killerton, who ren; average attendance, so; W. A. Passmore, master; is lord of the manor, and CT-eorge Radley esq. are the chief Miss Paiismore, assistant mistress Spurrier Rev. Arthur M.A Rect-ory Parminter Richard, farmer, Fullaford Skinner John, farmer, Rock's head COMMERCIAL. (letters through Bratt-on P'leming, Slad& Willia.rn 1Vesicott, farmer. Bray William, farmer, Rockleigh Barnstaple) Higher hole Brooks John, faTrnoc, Whitefield Radley George, yooman, Ovis farm Smith! Jeremiah, farmer, Natsley Burge John, farmer, Southbray mill Robins John, f~rmer, Lydcott hall Thorne .Tacob, farmer, Lower hole Gammin John, farmer,Braytown farm Robins Thomas, farmer, Gratton Thorne John, blacksmith Gammin 1,-illiam, farmer, Lydcott Rottenbury William, frmr.Whitefield Treble William, carpenter, Bray cross- Hnxtable Francis, caxpenter & miller Skinner Eliza (Mi'Ss), farmer, NOTth Tucker James, fa.rrner, Muxworlhy Martin William, mason Bray mill HIGHHAMPTON is a village and parish, 4! miles of Barnstaple, and held since r88o by the Rev. Micbael north-east from Halwill and Beaworthy station on the Brown M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. There is a Bibltt Okebampton and Holsworthy branch of the London and Christian chapel, erected. in 1837, and enlarged in rBgr, South Western railway, and 4 west from Hatherleigh with sittings for 200 persons. The trustees of the late and II north-west from Okehampton, in the Western Yen. Archdeacon Woollcombe M.A. who are lords of th" division of ths county, Black Torringt-on hundred, Hathsr- manor, and John Reddaway esq. of Inwardleigh, are the leigh petty sessional division, Okehampton union and chief landowners. The soil is clay; subsoil, stone. The eounty court district, rural deanery of Okehampton, chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of [Exeter. The 3,802 acres of land and I3 of water; rateable value, church of the Holy Cross is an ancient building of stone £r,JI5; the population in rgor was 236. in the Early Perpendicular style, consisting of chan.oel, By Local Government Board Order 14,688, which came nave, south aisle, south porch and an embattled western int-o operation March 24, 1884, the hamlet of Totally, or tower, with pinnacles, oonta.ining 1 bells, the first and Totleigh, was transferred to this parish, for civil pur second baYing inscriptions in Old English lettering, and · poses, from Black Torrington, in Holsworthy onion. the te-nor the words "G--1. m EL MI CA EL" in' Lombardic Sexton. William, Friend_ characters, the weight being 7 cwt. : the church '!"etains Post Office (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have a good :Korman doorway and was restored internali.:- in R.S.O. North Devon added).-William Pedrick, snb- 1876, --when it was reseated, the fiool" relaid, the chancel re- postmaster. Letters received at 5.50 a.m.; dispatched paved and a new stone font introduced, chiefly at the cost at 6.50 p.m. & 6.30 p.m. sunday. Postal orders are- (){ the Rev. George Woollcombe M.A. late rector:· there issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order are rgo sittings. The register dates from the year r653. office is at Black Torrington & telegraph office at The livi~ is a rectory, net yearly value £rs'6, including Hatherleigh, 4 miles distant 149 acres of glehe, with residence, in the gift of the tru!i- I Xatiunal School (mixed), built in 1834, for so children; tees of the late Ven. Henry Woollcombe M.A. archdencon average attendance, 27; John Knapman, master Brown Rev. :\Iichael M.A. Rectory Collings Francis, fa.rmer, Glebe Friend 1Ym. jun. cowkpr. Chichester co:o.rMEli.CIAL. Crocker Richd. farmer, Parker's Dwn Grater William, flour dealer Ayre Owen, wheelwright, Sbeepwasb Orocker Saml.fnnr.East&West Upcott Hall WillifiDl James, farmBT, Odam bridge Crocker Saml. jun. farmer,Horralnnd Hawking Richard, frmr. Ea Longwd Balsdon Ricd. farmer, Beaoon Down Dennis Fra.ncis, farmer, Yenton Hill Charles, farmer, Burden Ball Jn. co...-keeper, May's Tenement Dennis Hy. frmr.Odam &Low.Coombe Johns Geo. Brook, farmer, Black Hele Barrable Dennis, farmer, TotallyBartn Dennis John, farmer, LowerPuiworthy Kenny 'l'hos. cowkeeper,Parsonage rll Batten Danl.farmer,lligher Longwood; Dilling Thomas, farr-mer,East Lydcott King ~Ym Thos. farmer, Stockley Blakhfo•rd Fanny (-:\Iiss), shopkeeper Dilling William, farmer, West Lydcutt Martin Alhert, faJTIIler, Stewdon Bowden Jas. farmer, Pulworthy moor Dura.nt William, farmr. North Bartins Pearce Ja"- farmer, East Totally Bowden 1Vm.farmer,IligherPulworlhy Friend William, farmer, Town farm Pedrick \Ym. blacksmith & po-st off • .