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Buck's Mills. IHughes Rev. Albert M.A. Vicarage I Dayman In. Hy.blackstnth.Buck'scross Crews Simon, miller (water) Slee Thomas, farmer, Buck's cross Braund Mrs Dark Matilda (Mrs.), shopkeeper Warmington Philip, farmer & cattle Cary-Elwes Richard James J.P. Wal. Davey George, carpenter, Buck's cross dealer, Buck's Barton land Cary Davey ·William, farmer, West Betwrthy EAST WORLINGTON is a parish and village, situated the Rev. Thomas Holford Buckworth. Here is a Bible on the Lesser Dart river, 9 miles south-east from South Christian chapel. The charities are of £6 12S. yearly value. Molton, 5 north-east from the Lapford station on the North distributed in money. The Earl of Portsmouth D.L., J.P. is

Devon branch of the London and South Western railway~ and lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is red. 6 east from Chulmleigh, in the Northern division of the clay; the subsoil is clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley county, Witheridge hundred, South Molton petty sessional and oats. Tht} acreage is 2,330 3R. 18p. ; Ea"t and West division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Wor1ington were amalgamated for civil purposes March 25th. Chulmleigh, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of 1885, rateable value jointly, £2,933; the population of East Exeter. The church of St. Mary, thoroughly restored and Worlington in 1881 was 208. almost rebuilt in 1879 by the Earl of Portsmouth at a cost Sexton, William Edworthy. of £1,000, is a building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, POST OFFICE.-William Boundy, receiver. Cleared at 6.15 sonth porch with a Norman doorway, and an embattled p.m. week days; letters from Morchard Bishop RS.O. western tower containing 4 bells: there is a monument in arrive at 6 a.m. The nearest money order & telegraph. the chancel to the members of the l\'"ott family dated 1704, office is at Witheridge and one in the nave to the Rev. Benjamin Clay M.A. a former A School Board of 5 members was formed March 6th, 1874. rector, d. 1763. The register dates from the year 1725. for the united district of East & West Worlington; J. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £2°7, gross yearly Hannaford, clerk, Chulm1eigh value £300, including 66 acres of glebe, with residence, in Board School (mixed), built in 1875, for 80 children; aver- the gift of the Earl of Portsmouth, and held since 1886 by age attendance, 46; John Smith, master Buckworth Rev. Thos. Holford, Rectory Fewings William Henry, wheelwright Smyth Geo. John Cobley, farmer, Town Foss Charles, farmer, Stone I Stone William, farmer, Rull COMMERCIAL. Headon Abraham, farmr. East Burrow Troake John Stephen, farmer, Pidley Ayre Michael, fanner, Horsford Holmes William, blacksmith I Vickery Albert, farmer, Blagrove Burrows Richard, farmer, Wilson farm Lee John, farmer, Ruston Westaway Wm. farmr. Three Hammers Clarke WaIter, farmer, Lower Blagrove Lee Geurge, farmer, Dineridge Yendell Wm. shopkeeper & boot maker Conybear Thos. farmr. Briddle Burrow Mills John, farmer, Lower Burrow WEST WORLINGTON is an ecclesiastical parish, with residence, in the gift of Sir G. S. Stucley bart. and united to East Worlingtonforcivi1 purposes March 25,1885, held since 1885 by the Rev. Richard Turner M.A. of New and village, situated on the Lesser Dart, 6 miles north-east College. Oxford. The charities aI:e of £1 15s, 3d. yearly from Lapford station on the North Devon section of the value. Affton Castle, the residence of the Affton family in London and SouthWestern railway, 6 east from Chulmleigh, the 13th and 14th centuries, after being in ruins' for many 10 south-east from SouthMolton, 20 north-east from Exeter, years, was restored in 1868 by Sir G. S. Stucley bart. and in the Northern division of the county, Witheridge hun- is occupied by him as a shooting box during the shooting dred, South Molton petty sessional division, union and seaS,)ll: the embattled gateway of the ancient castle remfl.ins. county court district, rural deanery of Chulmleigh, arch- Sir George Stucley Stucley bart. D.L., J.P. of Moretor., Bide­ deaconry of Barnstap1e and diocese of Exeter. The church ford, is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The SOil is of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone, in the Early loamy; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and and oats. The area is 2,683 acres; rateable value included a tower with wooden spire containing 6 bells: in the church with East Worlington; the population in 1881 was 193. is a fine monument to Sir Thomas Stuclcy kt. ob. September Parish Clerk, William Boundy. 20th, 1663, whose brother and successor in the Affton estate, Letters by foot post from l\Iorchard Bishop RS.O. arrive at Lewis Stucley, was chaplain to the Lord Protector: the 8 a.m.; dispatched at 6.25 p.m. The nearest money chancel was restored and refurnished in 1881 at a cost of order & telegraph office is at Witheridge £140: there are 125 sittings. The register dates from the This place is included in the United School Board District of year 1694. The living is a rectory, averagetithe rent-charge East & West Worlington £139, net yearly value £160, including 84 acres of glebe, The children attend the East Worlington Board school turner Rev. Richard M.A. Rectory Darch William, fanner, Mouseberry I Murch Alfred, farmer, Litworthy Edworthy Charles, thatcher Shapland John, farmer, Hensley COMMERCIAL. Holmes Edmund, blacksmith Shopland William, fanner, Roundsash Adams John, carpenter, Milltown Hosegood John, farmer, Cobley fann Stone Robert, farmer, Litworthy Adams John, jun. carpenter, Milltown Hosegood Matilda (Mrs.), farmer, Troake John, farmer, Affton Barton Butt Frank, farmer, Cole park Cottonhay Tucker ·William, farmer, Halse Butt Richard, Stucley Arms P.R Lee Frederick, farmer, Town Weeks Samuel, miller (water) YARCOMBE is a village and parish, situated on the one erected in 1854 and the other in 1830. The charities borders of Somerset, about 8 miles north-east from Honiton are of £46 yearly value. Sheafhayne House is the seat of station on the main line of the London and South Western Sir Francis George Augustus Fuller-Eliot-Drake bart. who railway and 6 west from Chard, in the Eastern dIvision of is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is the county, Axminster hundred, Honiton petty sessional loamy; the subsoil is clay. The chief crops are wheat, dil"ision, Chard union and county court district, rural barley, oats and turnips. The area is 4,689 acres; rateable deanery of Dunkeswell and Honiton, and archdeaconry and value, £4,763; the population in 1881 was 690. diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Peter is an ancient Sexton Abraham Spiller. building of stone, in the Decorated style, consisting of chan-' " eel, nave, aisles, transept, south porch, and an embattled POST O!"FICE.-Isaac ~arkham Hardmg, rec~Iver. Letters western tower containing a clock and 5 bells. The register through Chard receIved at 8.I5 a.m.; dIspatched .at 5 dates from the year 1551. The living is a vicarage, tithe p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office IS at rent-charge £389, gross yearly value £486, including 28 Chard &Cres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Crown, and Parochial School (mixed), erected in 1872, for 90 children; held since 1866 by the Rev. Mortimer William Ford B.A. of average attendance, 86; Samuel Clllverwell, master; Miss Trinity College, Cambridge. Here are two Baptist chapels, Emma Mary Culverwell, mistress Ford Rev. Mortimer Wm. BoA. Vicarage Edwards Charlotte (Mrs.), farmer, Hntchings Henry, farmer, Marsh Fuller-Eliot-Drake Sir Francis George Levenhays Kibby William, farmer, Moorhayne Augustus bart. Sheafhayne house Edwards James, farmer, Knightshayne Lane Edward, Drakes Arms P.R Patton Lionel, Sheafhayue :Farmer Thomas, farmer, Watchford Lawrence John, cooper Wyatt Robert, Pithayne Farrant Thomas, carpenter Lawrence William, thatcher Gillard Matthew, farmer, Yondermash Lentall William, farmer, WiIliambere COMMBRCUL. Grabham Oliver, Globe inn Long John, farmer, Higher Stout Batten Bartholomew, shoe maker Greedy Robert, farmer, Woodhayne Loosemore John, fanner, Foxenholes Batten Samuel, fanner, Underdown Harding Francis Mayne, shopkeeper Matthews Hy_ farmer, Sth Waterhayne Board J oseph, blacksmith Harding -Isaac Larkham, shopkeeper, Matthews John, jun. farmer, Hay Bright John, farmer Post office Miller George, farmer, Birch oak Bright Richard, butcher Hoare John, farmer, Elscombe :\lullins Henry, wheelwright Clark John, farmer, Broadleigh Hurford Benj. farmer, North common Nortbcote Thomas, farmer, Rosshayne Clarke Sidney, farmer, Blackhays Hurford Benj. jun. farmer, Northam Potter Solomon, carpenter Coombes William, carpenter Hurford Samuel, farmer, Chaffhay Powell Joseph, grocer Dyer Thomas, butcher! Keat's mills Hurford William, farmer, Birch mills Pring John, farmer, North Waterhayne