DIBIOTOBY.] DEVONSHIRE. lllU,BY '1'£VY. 307 shelton annexed, average tithe rent-charge £236, joint net mansion, built in the form of the letter E, and partly in the yearly value £280, including £II4 acres of glebe, with re8i- Elizabethan style: it was erected by Sir Thomas Wise K.l.l. dence, in the gift of John Tremayne esq. J.P. and held since and over the entrance ar~ the arms of the family, ,. ::5a. 3 1874 by the Rev. Henry Borlase Grylls M.A. of St. John's chevronels ermine; " but the original large and handsome College, Cambridge. An estate called "Thorne Lands," transomed windows have been modermzed; during the . consisting of a farm house with buildings and 47 acres of land civil war the house was garrisoned for the King, but was said to have been left by John de Thorne, or " de Spineto," taken by Colonel Holbourne in Jan. 1645, and in consequence is let for about £60 a year, this sum being partly applied to of the damage it received was extensively repaired; the the repairs of the church, and the remainder distributed rooms are panelled in oak, and the wainscoting in one of among the poor, who also have £20 yearly from Tremayne's these conceals a secret stair, communicating with other charity,under the will of Mr.Arthur Tremayne,ofSydenham, apartments ani with the upper storey; there is much dated May 24,1808 (see Coryton). There were originally here antique furniture and many family portraits, including the two manors, Raddon (or Ratdone) Allerford and Sydenham, nine daughters of Sir Thomas Wise, Col. Arthur Tremayne called in the time of the Confessor" Sidraham; " the former and Bridget, his wife, Margaret Chichester, daughter of Sir being held by Osulf, the Saxon, and the latter by four Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester, and Arabella thanes or nobles, but both manors afterwards became the (St. John), wife of Sir Edward Wise. The land is chiefly property of J uhel de Totnais, a Norman baron, who was fine pasture; the soil is a light loam; subsoil, various, partly eventually banished by Rufus and his lands confiscated. clay, partly slate. The area is 2,340 acres; rateable value, The manor of Radford appears to have been subsequently £2,814; the population in 1881 was 390. possessed by the Hamptons and next by the Trenchard LEw DOWN, 3 miles north, is partly in this parish and family, whose heiress conveyed it by marriage in the reign partly in Thrushelton, but the lower portion is in Lew Tren­ of Edward Ill. to the Tremaynes, its present owners. Syden- chard. ham manor, in the time of Henry Ill. was held by a family of that name, and after passing through the families of Letters per foot post through Lew Down RS.O. which is Mauris and Trevagc, came eventually, in the reign of Henry the nearest money order office, arrive at 7.30 a.m. The IV. to that of Wise, but on the death, in 1675, of Sir Edward nearest telegraph offices are at Lifton & Coryton railway Wise, his daughter and heir, having married Edmund Tre- stations mayne, of Collacome, in Lamerton parish, this manor was School, Raddon (mixed), for 60 children; average attend- also transferred to the Tremayne family. Sydenham House, ance, 47; the school-honse was built in 1861, at the ex- the seat of John Tremayne esq. RA., D.L., J.P. who is lord pense of & is still supported by John Tremayne esq. ; of the manor and sole landowner, is an interesting old James Williams, master [Names marked thus • should be audressed Doidge Mary (Mrs.), farmer, West Rowe Eleanor (Mrs.), lime burner, Lew Down R.S.O. Devon.] Raddon Leigh lime quarry Grylls Rev. Hy. Borlase M.A. Vicarage Downing William, farmer, Allerford *Rowland Richard, blacksmith TremayneJn.B.A.,D.L.,J.p.Sydenham ho Elworthy Thomas M.farmer,Dippertwn Rule John, shopkeeper, Holster COMMERCIAL. Frost William, farmer, Middle Raddon *Smale Francis, carpenter, Lew Down Banbury Richard, farmer, CholwelI Fuge Samuel, farmer, Tibridge Smale Thomas, bailiff to J. Tremayne. *Bickell Susan Elizabeth (Mrs.), shop- Horne Richard, miller (water), Syden- esq. J.P keeper, Lew Down ham mill Steer Sampson Luscombe, farmer,. Bradshaw John, beer ret. Holster yard Mason Eli, farmer, Sydenham Rarton Warracott *Clatworthy Henry, butcher & farmer, Mudge William, farmer, Leigh White John, farmer, Thorn Lew Down Palmer John, farmer, East Raddon White Thomas, farmer, West Raddon: MARY TAVY (or TAVY ST. MARY) is a parish, situated M.A. late rector, and his family; there are 170 sittings. On on the road from Tavistock to Okehampton, 3~ miles north the south side of the churchyard stands a fine cross of Per­ from Tavistock, with a station half a mile west of the vil- pendicular date, raised on a base of four steps, one of which lage, on the Launceston branch of the South Devon section bears the emblems of the Passion. The register dates from of the Great Western railway, which also forms here, and the year 1560. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge between Lydford and Tavistock,part of the London and South £198, net yearly value £129, with 39 acres of glebe and Western main line to Plymouth, 264 miles from London; it is residence, in the gift of John Francis Buller esq. of Morval, in the Western division of the county, Lifton hundred, Cornwall, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Henry Patrick Tavistock petty sessional division, union and county court Russell. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built in district, rural deanery of Tavistock, archdeaconry of Totnes 1835. John Francis Buller esq. J.P. of Morval, Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter. Lydford railway station is also in who is lord of the manor, John Oxenham esq. John Ed­ this parish. The church of St. Mary is an edifice of stone, munds Giles esq. and Richard Bowhay esq. are the prin­ in the Perpendicular style, built in the reign of Henry VII. cipallandowners. The soil is loam; subsoil, rock and gravel. and consists of chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle and The land is partly in pasture and partly arable. The porch, and a low embattled western tower with pinnacles area is r,986 acres; rateable value, £2,980; the population containing 5 bells; at the eastern end of the south aisle there in 188r was 895. . appears to have beena chantrychapel, which retains a piscina, Sexton, William Mason. and in the jamb of the adjoining window is an image POST OFFICE.-Josiah Down, postmaster. Letters received bracket; another, with canopy, remains on one of the chancel from Tavistock at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 4,30 p.m. The. piers, and on the south side of the chancel is also a piscina ; nearest money order office is at Tavistock &telegraph office on the north side is an external turret for the staircase, once is at the railway station leading to the rood loft; the open timber roof is relieved with foliaged bosses, and in the porch remain the ancient A School Board of 5 members was formed in July, 188 5 ; stocks: the font is plain, with an octagonal basin: during Josiah Down, clerk to the board the restoration some ronghly carved grave stones were dis- National School (mixed), built in r836, for 180 children; covered, with the dates 1691 and 1766: the church was re- average attendance, 1ro ; Charles Henry Grace, master; seated with open benches, and thoroughly restored in 1879, Mrs. Grace, sewing mistress at a cost of about £1,40°, by the Rev. WalterChampernowne Railway Station, J. S. Willcocks, station master BarkeIl Thomas, Blackdown Dawe Wm.farmer &carpenter,Reddicliff James Thomas, butcher & grocer Dyer Miss, Tavydale Dawe Williarn, mason Maunder George,farmer,HigherCreason RusselI Rev. Henry Patrick, Rectory Devon Friendship Tin & Copper Mine Maunder Samuel, farmer, Low.Creason Stcphens Mrs (William John Bowhay, agent) Maunder William, farmer, South Warn Tredinnick Mrs. Blackdown Doidge George, mason Maunder Wm. jun. farmer,NorthWarn Ware Francis, Blackdown Doidge Wm.Hy.farmer,Rowes,Horndon Nichols George, farmer, Oldridge Down Edward, Buller's Arms p.a. & Nichols William, farmer, New parks COMMERCIAL. corn & seed merchant Oxenham Chas. Brown, frmr.Burntown Ball Jas. & Wm. farmers, Wheat parks Down John, jun. farmer, Lower town Oxenham John, farmer & landowner, Ball William, farmer, Horndon Down Josiah, farmer, postmaster & Burntown Bowhay Richd. yeoman, Low. Kingsett collector of rates Pesteridge Joseph, cowkpr. Blackdowll Cole John, farmer, Farewells, Horndon Giles John Edmunds, farmer & land- ReddicliffeFras.(Mrs.),Newinn,Horndn Cole Thomas, farmer, Harford bridge owner, Wringworthy Rich David, farmer, Lower spring Cole William, farmer, Dingles, Horndon Godard John, farmer, Whitstone Rich Susannah (Miss), farmer, Tuddys Dawe Frederick Richard WIlliams, Hatch Edwin, shoe maker, Lane head Rich Wllliam, farmer, Ley mllllllg•• engllleer• Hawke William, Royal Standard P.R Richards James, shopkeeper,Lane head Dawe James, farmer, Taveners Hill vVilliam, farmer, Higher Kingsett St. Mary's Cottage Home for Penitents DaweThomas(Mrs. ),farmer,Lowertown Hortop Thos. lodging house,Blackdown Smith William, farmer, Blackdown • 20*