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DIRECTORY.) CORNWALL. TORPOINr. 1285 Lobb Jane (Mrs.), aparts. Myrtle cot Broad William, farmer Rush John, shopkeeper Y oulton John, shopkeeper Brown William Henry, farmer Sandercoch John, hawker Lobb Thomas, Golden Lion P.H Trebarwith. Trewarmet. Mealand John, mason Phillpotts Rev. Henry Broad Edward, farmer Palmer George, farmer Lobb Seth, farmer TORPOINT, a small town, nearly the whole of which a. m. I2.30, 2.30 & 6 p. m. ; sundays, 7.30 a. m. Dispatch: has been built since I79o, is within the civil parish of weekdays,5·55,8.5o&n.2oa.m.I.2o,6.2o&6.5op.m.; Antony, in the South Eastern division of the county, petty sundays, 5·55 & 9.20 a.m. & I2.5o p.m sessional division of the South Division of the hundred of PILLAR LETTER Box, corner of Forest.& Tamar st. cleared at East Cornwall, union of St. Germans, county court district 8.5oa.m. I.2o&6.sop.m.; sundays, 8.5oa.m.& I2.55P·m ()fEast Stonehouse, rural deanery of East, archdeaconry of WALL LBTTBR Box, Greenbank, cleared at 8.40 a. m. I & 6.30 Bodmin and diocese of Truro, and was formed into a separ- p.m.; sundays, 8.40 a. m ate ecclesiastical parish, Jan. 17, 1873 : it is on the west bank COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR THE PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION' o.f that part of the river Tamar called "Hamoaze," directly OF THE SoUTH DIVISION' OF THE HUNDRED OF EAST. opposite the dockyard at Devon port: the river in this part Kingsale Lord D. L.Stoketon, St.Stephen's,Grampound Road, • is nearly three-quarters of a mile wide, communication with chairman either side being maintained by a floating steam bridge, Mount-Edgcumbe Earl of P.c., n.c.L., lord Iieut. Mount- established in 1835, which leaves Torpoint at the hours and Edgcumbe, Devonport half hours, and Morice Town at a quarter before and a quar- St. Germans Earl of D.L. Port Eliot, St. Germans ter after each hour ; Torpoint is about 2~ miles west from the Edgcumbe Col. The Hon. Charles Ernest, Mount-Edgcumbe, Plymouth station of the Great Western railway, opened in Devonport 1859, and has since 1884 been lighted with gas by a company Eliot Lt.-Col. The Hon. Charles George Cornwallis D.L. Port and supplied with water by the Torpoint Water Works, who Eliot, St. Germans obtain their supply from springs gathered at Crafthole, in the Boger 'Valt.Deeble esq. M. A., D.L. Wolsden,Antony,Devonprt .parish of Sheviock, 5~ miles from Torpoint; the works were Boy le Harry Lyne esq. Cliff house, Kingsand, Devonport .erected in 1887 by the St. Germans Union Rural Sanitary Coryton William esq. Highlands, Ivybridge Authority at a cost of £8,soo, inclusive of filter beds; the Hawk William esq. Kernick, St. Stephen's-by-Saltash .storage reservoir holds 6,ooo,ooo gallons and the pure Hawker John Samuel esq. B.A. Motley house, Plymouth water basin at filter beds I5o,ooo gallons. The church of St. Hodge Chapell William esq. Pounds, Devonport James, in the middle of the town, was erected in I819, and Little George Greenway esq. Millbrook, Devonport is a plain building of stone, consisting of chancel and nave Paige Richard Edwin esq. Treboul, St. Germans R.S.O and a western turret, containing a clock and one bell: the Roberts Capt. John Dobree Anderson R.A. Trethill house, chancel, added in 1885, is in the Early English style: the Antony, Devonport pulpit is of cedar, beautifully carved by Mrs. Kerwan, of St. St. Aubyn Edward esq. D.L. Glynn, Bodmin .Johns: there is a monument in the church to Joshua Rowe Snell Benjamin esq. Wayton, Landulph, Hatt esq. (d. I827), as well as to others of this family, including Vallack-Tom Lt.-Col. William Henry, Cawsand, Devonport his son, Sir Joshua Rowe c. B. Chief Justice of Jamaica: there Clerk to the Magistrates, Chas. Henry Benett, Devonport are 700 sittings. The register dates from the year 1819. Petty Sessions are held at the Institute every fourth wednes- The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £2o, net yearly day at n.3o a.m. The following places are included in value £120, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Antony, the petty sessional division: Antony, Botustleming, Maker, and held since I887 by the Rev. Frederick Campbell Cardew Rame, Sheviock, St. John, St. Germans, St. Stephen's-by- M.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford. Here are Congrega- Saltash, Landulph & Landrake with St. Erney tional, Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels. The work- County Police Station, Robt. Nicolls, sergeant, & I constable house for St. German's Union is about a quarter of a mile St. Germans Workhouse, Wi!liam Symons, master; C. W. from Torpoint. There are no fairs or markets, but the town Chubb, medical officer; Rev. F. C. Cardew M . .A. chaplain; is well supplied with meat, fish and vegetables. Here is the the children attend the National & Wesleyan schools sulphuric acid and manure manufactory of the Western ScHOOLS:- Counties and General Manure Company Limited. The National (boys, girls & infants), for 400; average a.tten- Working Men's Club and Institute contains a large lecture dance, 250; Geo. Ward, master; Miss Agnes Murphy, room and class and reading rooms. Gravesend, the property mistress ; Miss Bessie Farrell, infants' mistress of Lord Graves, is now occupied by Major De La Poer Wesleyan (mixed & infants), erected in 187r, for 250 Beresford. Colonel Reginald Pole-Carew C.B. of Antony children; average attendance, x66 ; Henry Frost, master House, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The CARRIERS :- soil is loamy; subsoil, slate rock. The area of the parish is William Downing, from Ferry street to Plymouth, Stone- 1,900 acres; rateable value, £3,946; the population in 189I house & Devonport, daily. was 2,425, including the officers and inmates of St. Germans Job & Sons, from Polperro, via Looe, to Plymouth, every fri. Workhouse. returning sat PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- William Martin, from Looe to Plymouth, tues. return Miss Emma Hosking, sub-postmistress. Letters are re- wed_ & fri. returning sat .ceived through Devonport. Delivery: week days, 6.30 Jas.Ernst.Symons,from Looeto Plymouth, fri.returning sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Parkins Samuel, Rock cottage Gosling James Frederick Augustus, Akenhead Alexander, 3 Waterloo street Rees Miss, 4 Chapel row grocer & baker, 56 Fore street Beresford Major De La Poer,Gravesend Sandwick Miss, 6 Alexander terrace Granger Jane (Mrs.), baker,47 Forest Bosanquet Capt. Day Hort (H.M.S. Sansom Mrs. 8 Alexander terrace Greet George, hair dresser, Rowe st Impregnable), Tor house Sennett Mrs. 3 Albert terrace Grills Alfred, butcher & beer retailer; Brown Mrs. 3 Cambridge terrace Shaw Mrs. 2 Green bank I7 Fore street Brumage Anthony Michael Shepheard Joseph, Carlton villa Hall George Rome M.B., M.S. surgeon, Bull John, 8 Arthur terrace Snell John, Wellington street North Hill house CardewRev.Fdk.Campbell M.A. Vicarage Vinter Sydney Garratt,gCambridge ter Hancock Emily (Mrs.), refreshment Chubb Arthur Dunning Travers, Porte Wallis James, 7 Chapel row rooms, 9 Fore street Rouge Ward George, 2 Chapel row HarrisWm. Viger,ironmonger,6sFore st Chubb Charles William, Porte Rouge Wavish John, Abercrombie cottage Hawking Wm. shopkeeper, 28 Forest C1ow George James (paymaster R.N.), Wavish Richard, Elm cottage Bender Richard, butcher, 51 Forest Rock house COMMERCIAL. Hill Felix, baker, 22 Fore street C.}ck Alfred William AkenheadMary(Miss),baker,uFerry st Holman Francis Ford, grocer, & agent Collingwood Richard (engineer R.N.), Carter Samuel, baker, 49 Fore street for W. &; A. Gilbey Limited, wine & 3 Green bank Chubb & Vinter, surgeons spirit merchants, I6 Fore street Crocker William Chubb Charles William (firm, Chubb HoskingEmma(Miss),post office, Forest Eastcott Miss, Chapel row & Vinter), surgeon, & med. off. & Hoyten Alfd. carpenter, I Wellington st Frost Richard Henry, 7 Cambridge ter pub. vacc. No. 2 dist. & med. officer Jasper Thomas, shopkeeper, 3 Tamar st Gent John, I Albert terrace workhouse, St. Germans union Lyne John, confectioner, 55 Fore street Hall Geo. Rome M.B.,M.S. North Hill ho Clements Samuel, jun. King's Arms Macey Chas.Queen's Arms P.H.King st Hancock John, 3 Arthur terrace P.H. & coal merchant, Fore street Macey James, Ferry P.H. Ferry street Hole John William, 4 Cambridge ter Coaker William Henry, beer retailer 29, Nodder Jane (Mrs.), wine & spirit Holman Arthur Frank, 5 Cambridge ter & tailor 52, Fore street vaults, I I Fore street Jago Edwin, 7 Alexander terrace Cocking William P. tailor, 21 :Forest OliverHenryJas.carpenter,Vine cottage Jenkin Mrs. 2 Albert terrace Collins Francis, saddler, 24 Fore street Palmer James, hair dresser, 20 Forest Jewell Ebenezer, I Green bank Daw Joseph, butcher, 45 :Fore street PellowWm.refreshmentrms.I Tamarst Lewis John, 2 Carlton villas Ellis John, rope manufacturer Perkins Samuel Augustus, chemist &c. Metters Geo. Jo11e R.N. 3 North Hill ter Filmer Mary Holmes (Miss), shop- Tamar street Pearce James, 4 Arthur terrace keeper, 57 Fore street Pike Mary(Mrs.),beerretailer,IoFore st .