tGO DOL TON. DEVONSHIRE. (KELLY'8 were formerly of this parish, and the fourth to the late minster; the Rev. T. W. Whale v.A. rector, and Mr. John rector, by his son in 1865; there are also several monuments Arnold are the principal landowners. 'fhe soil is mixed ; to the Stafford family, dating from 1590. The chanc.el and subsoil, stone. 'fhe chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and ea~ window were restored in 1874, at a cost of [2ro, and roots. The area is 3,550 acres ; rateable valne, £3, I 76 ; the church has (1888) been restored and the greater part the population in 1891 was 7o6. of it rebuilt at a cost of [1,532:. there are 400 sittings. Sexton, Richard Cadmore. The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year PosT, M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office (Rail­ 16o8; marriages, 1610. The living is a rectory, average way Sub-Office. Letter should have R.S.O. North Devon tithe rent-charge [282, net yearly value [341, including added).-Mrs. Jane Lyne, sub-postmistress. Letters 13~ acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held arrive per railway from Eggesfor:l station at 5·57 a.m. ; since 1863, by the Rev. Thomas William Whale M.A. of St. dispatched at 7. p. m. The nearest telegraph office is John's College, Cambridge. A Baptist chapel, with Sunday 13 at Winkleigh school attached, was built in 1876. There are also chapels for Bible Christians and the Brethren. The charities National School (mixed), built in 1856, for 130 children ; amount to £u ss. yearly. Markets are held in December, avet'age attendance, go; John Edwin Evans, master February and April. T. Preston Cook esq. is lord of the CARRIERS.-William Budd, to Barnstaple, sat. ; to Tarring­ manor. Col. Arnold, of Nethercott, Iddesleigh; the Rev. ton on wed.; Richard Lugg, to Bideford on tues. return­ Charles Wellington Furse M.A. Canon Residentiary of West- ing same day PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Budd James, farmer, Woodtown Gill William, mason Arnold Misses, The Cottage EuddWm.frmr.&miller(water)&carrier Halls Wm. & Son, builders, Barland ho Bull Mrs. Stafford house Chambers Richard, jun. farmer, Higher Heale John, blacksmith Chamings Mrs. Court house & Middle Cherubeer Heaman Geo. sen. yeoman, The Retreat Drummond Alexander Peters M.D., Chambers Robert, shoe maker Heaman George, jun. farmer, Downd c.M. Hilliers Cox Richard, shoe maker HeamanJn.Stanbury, farmer, I dlecott Friend J oseph, Court house Dillin William, shoe maker Heard Robert, smith & shopkeeper Fry Mrs . Down Samuel, farmer, Tockley Hill John Drew, butcher & farmer Furse Rev. Canon Charles Wellington Drummond Alexander Peters M.D.,C.M. Holwill Frederick, farmer, Brightleys :M:.A. Halsdon house surgeon, & medical officer & public Hooper Alfred, farmer, Eastlake farm Marshall Mrs. Ackwill cottage vaccinator, Dolton Nos. r & 2 dis- HooperThos.frmr.&landowner,Langhm Openshaw Rev. John Ormerod B.A. tricts, Hilliers Hntchings William, farmer, Iddlecott [curate] Folland John, baker J ohns William, carp~nter Stanbnry Richard, Great Cross. FollandJn.RoyalOak P.H.frmr.&builder Jury Robert, wheelwright Trick Samuel, Sages Folland Thomas, Union P.H. & farmer Letheren Samuel, farmer, Aller W adland Miss, Rose bank Folland William, mason Lugg Richard, carrier, Low. Cherubeer Weeks William, Fern cottage Friend Ann (Mrs.), New inn Lyne Charles, grocer & draper Whale Rev. 'l'homas Wm. M.A. Rectory Friend Enoch, draper & grocer Lyne James, tailor & draper Whiting Rev. Ueo. LBaptist], Vine cot Friend John, carpenter & draper Miller David, farmer, Ashwell Friend Jn.farmer& landowner,Hackwill PalmerEli,farmer&landowner,Langhm COMMERCIAL. Friend John, farmer, Stafford Barton ProuseRt.frmr.Parsonage&Wood fam1s Arnold John, farmer & landowner, ~riend John Shute, relieving officer for Ross Jn. farmer & landowner, Chapple Buckland Torrington union, No. 2 district & Seldon Silas, tailor & draper Baker Emmanuel,bill poster & shoe ma registrar of births, deaths & marri- Sloman Michael, farmer, Cudworthy Baker Richard, tailor ages for Dolton sub-district & school Snell 'fhos. & Jn. farmers, Cud worthy Bealey John, carpenter attendance officer Stanbury Edwin, farmer & manure & Bealey John, jun. carpenter &c Friend Philip, farmer, Kates seed agent, Gt.Cross&Low.Cherubeer Bealey Richard, builder Friend Richard M. deputy registrar of Thorne Henry, builder, Langham cross Bealey William, carpenter births, deaths & marriages & assistant Tucker Frederick, farmer, Ham Blackmore Richard, farmer, Cleav-e overseer Welsh Richard, carpenter Bndd Frederick, farmer, Woodtown Friend William, butcher Woolway Henry, baker DOTTON (or DoNITON) is an estate, formerly extra- existed till the 13th century, is now a modern farmhouse. parochial, but now a parish adjoining those of Aylesbeare The Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle is lord of the manor and and Colaton Rale1gh, and about 5 miles west-south-west principal landowner. The soil is sand; subsoil, gravel. from Sidmouth and u east-south-east from Exeter, in the The crops are chiefly roots and barley. The area is 214 Eastern division of the county, hundred of East Budleigh, acres; rateable value, £313; the population in 1891 was r6. petty sessional division of Ottery, nnion of St. Thomas, Letters through Ottery St. Mary. Tipton St. John's is the and county court district of Honiton. This was formerly nearest money order office & East Budleigh the nearest a ch~pelry of Bicton; on the site of the chapel, which telegraph office Cody Edward Bernard, miller (water) I Pile William, farmer I DOWLAND is a parish 9 miles west from Eggesford Earl of Iddesleigh, and held since 1883 by the Rev. station on the North Devon branch of the London and Nathaniel William Edwards B.A. of Trinity College, Cam­ South Western rallway, 9 south-east from Torringt.on and bridge. The poor have [2 xos. yearly, for 1,ooo years, out si north from Hatherleigh, in the Northern division of the of the great tithes, left by Hugh Stafford in 167I. The county, North Tawton hundred, Torrington petty sessional Earl of Iddesleigh C.B. who is lord of the manor, and John division, union and connty court district, rural deanery of George Johnson esq. M.A., 3".P., D.L. of Winkleigh Court, are Torrington, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of the chief landowners. The soil in part is light, and partly Exeter. The church (dedication unknown) is an ancient loamy; the subsoil is clay. The crops are wheat, barley. bnilding of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel oats and mangold-wurtzel. The area is 1,728 acres, inc1ud­ and nave, south porch, an embattled western tower, with ing Upcott; rateable value, £939; the population in 189r pinnacles, containing 5 bells, all cast by W. and J. Taylor, of was 140. Oxford, in 1826, and rehung in 1886; there are several Sexton, John Wheaton. ancient memorials to the Stafford family: the church was UPCOTT is a hamlet, half a mile north-east. · reseated in 1879, at a cost of £53, and has 150 sittings. Letters receh,ed through Dolton R.S.O. arrive at 10 a.m.; The register of baptisms dates from the year 1743; mar- dispatched at 6.25 p.m. The nearest money order office riages, 1742! the early register of burials is lost. 'fhe is at Dolton & Winklei~h the telegraph office living is a vicarage, average yearly value from tithe rent- WALL LETTER Box, cleared at 6.25 p. m. week days only charge [92, net £7x, with residence, in the gift of the The children of this parish attend Iddesleigh school Edwards Rev.Nathnl. Wm.B.A. Vicarage Chammings Nicholas, farmer,Eastacott N Ol'thcott William, farmer, Upcntt Ansty Aaron, farmer, Higher Upcott Cudmore William, farmer, Upcott TurnerJohnSnell,frmr.DowlandBarton Brook Philip, farmer, Pewson FarleyJn.&Wm.farmers,BQmblecombe WestacottSl.carpenter,Vanstone,Upcott Chammings John, farmer, Hawkdown Hooper William, farmer, Mousehole EAST DOWN (or EAST DowNB) is a parish and village, tower on the north side, containing 4 bells; the first three 7 miles north-north-east from Barnstaple, 9 south-east from are dated respectively, 1669, 1712 and r83o; the 3rd bears Ilfracombe, in the North Western division of the county, an indistinct legend in Lombardic characters: the church Braunton hundred and petty sessional division, Barnstaple retains a screen of wood, and in r886 was rebuilt (with the union and county court district, rural deanery of Sherwell, exception of the tower) at a cost of £r,5oo: there are rBo­ archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The sittings. The register dates from the year 1538. The living church of St. John the Baptist is an ancient building of is a rectory, tithe rent-charge commuted at [385, average stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel with [292, net yearly value £260, with residence and 104 acre~ aisl~, nave, south aisle, south porch and a low embattled of glebe, in the gift of Rev. W. E. Durham and Mrs. Dur-