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POST BRIDGE is a hamlet of Lydford, 6 miles north­ Wall Letter Boxes, Huckerby, cleared 2.55 p.m. in winter east from Princetown, with a E>mall mission chapel dedi­ & 3·55 p.m. in summer; Post Bridge, cleared 2 p.m. cated to St. Gabriel, and used during tha week as a in winter & 3 p.m. in summer & Two Bridges, 3.40 National day school. A par!!Dnage house is now (Igoi) p.m. in winter & 4.20 p.m. in summer in course of erection. The East Dart river is crossed Prison, \Villiam Henry Osborn Russell, gover­ here by a very ancient bridge, of two arches ; it is con­ nor; Cyril Herbert Comyn Platt, deputy-governor; structed in a primitive fashion of granite slabs and is still Rev. Lawrence James Hudson B. A. chaplain; Rev. M. in use, and close by is an ancient . Lawrenson, Catholic priest; \Villiam Sirnpson Frew :Kational School (mixed), erected in r86g, for roo children; ~I.E. & C.M.Edin. medical officer; Francis Edward average attendance, 25 ; ::\Iiss Gunner, mistress l''orward F.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.O.P.Lond. assistant medi­ cal officer; Frank Collier Marks, steward; G. D. Rofi D.A.RT:MEET is another hamlet, 6 miles east from & R. A. Gibbs, rst class clerks; J. H. Palmer, J. J. Princetown, and has also a small mission chapel, used Maxwell, J. C. Hepworth & J. W. Franks, :;md class during the week as a l\'ational day school. clerks; George Palmer, chief warder; John Buckner, Thomas Stevens & John Arbory, schoolmasters; Hy. National School (mixed), erected in I868; average attend­ Brummell & J oseph Rafferty, scripture readers ance, 20; .:\Iiss Dawson, mistress Farm Bailiff, John Gourlay Prison Officers' School, erected in 1872, & erL.arged in Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. 1\I. 0., S. B., Express Delivery, r885, for 3~0 children; average attendance, 107 boys, Parcel & Annuity & Insurance Office, Princetown. I ro girls 1& 147infants; Thomas Ed ward Knapman, (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. added). head master; Philip Stevens, assistant master ; )liss -·Waiter Edward Tooker, postmaster. Letters arrive Elizabeth Day, mistress ; Miss Laum J ames, infants' at 6.55 a.m. 3.50 & 8.35 p.m.; dispatched at IO.Io mistress a.m. & 6.20 p.m. Money orders are issued and paid & post office savings bank business transacted from Police Station, William Crispin, constable 8 a.m. to 8 p.m Railway Station, John Higman, station master

RESIDEXTS .A.T DARTMOOR PRISON. Gaunter Alfred, farmer, Hexworthy N orthmore 'Villiam, grocer Caunter Henry, carpenter Pivrnouth & Dartmoor Powder Co. Forward Francis Edward F.R.C.S. • (assistant medical oflicer) Gaunter Henry Albert Edward,lodging (Charles Williams, proprietor) Frew William Simpson M.B., C.M. house, Potter Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Hartland, (medical officer) Gaunter O!iver, farmer,Batchelor's hall Post bridge Hudson Rev. Lawrence James B.A. Cha!Ie Thomas, farmer, Hexworthy Prineetown & District Co-operative (chaplain) Cleave John, Forest inn & farmer, Society Limited Marks Francis Collier (steward) Hexworthy Rook David, farmer, B:ackbrook Platt Cyril Herbert Comyn (deputy­ Cleave Mary Jane (~frs.), farmer, Rook William, farmer, Black brim governor) Higher Merripit Rowe .Aaron, Duchy hotel & private Bussell Wm. By. Osborn (governor) Coaker Edward, farmer, Brownberry hotel, Duchy house Coaker John, farmer, Belliver Sedgman Thomas, butcher Coaker Richard, farmer, Runnage Sleep James, farmer, Post bridge PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Coaker Richard, farmer, Sherberton Sleep Silas, farmer, Post bridge Baring-Gould Rev. Arthur M.A. Coaker Richard, farmer, Peatcot Smith Harriett (Mrs.),frmr.Cherrybrk (curate), The Vicarage Coak-er Thomas, farmer, Swinecnrnbe Smith Mary (Mrs.), tarmer,Moorlands Barrington Alfred Edward, Tor Royal Cracker Jasper,Plume of Feathers P.H Smith Samuel, farmer, Hexworthy Ba.rrington Charles, Tor Royal Endacott George, farmer (letters Stawt Maurice Harold, Railway inn Bax Rev. Arthnr l\'esham B.A. through , ) Stephens George, farmer, Dull park Bennett Ellery A. Archerton, Post French Elias, farmer, Smith hill Symons John, Prince of Wales P .H. bridge French Geo. frmr. Bear Down lodge & grocer Burnard Charles F. Huccaby house f<'rench John, farmer, Middle Merripit Tooker Waiter Edwd.aprtmts.Post off Caunter Edward, Hexworthy Gourlay John, farm bailiff to Dart- Trinaman Henry, Saracen's Head P.H. llarvey Thomas Henry J.P. Tor gate moor pnson- Two Bridges James E. Scott, Dury, Post bridge Hamlyn Frank, farmer, Tin head Tuckett Wm.frmr.Dunnabridge pound Langley The Misses, Dartfordleigh, llamlyn '\Villiam, farmer, Tin head Turner Fred, farmer, Dun nab ridge Post bridge Hext Thos.Warren Ho.P.H.Post brdge Webb Jn. Temperance htl. Post bridge Mallock Mrs. Huckaby llexworthy Tin l\lining Co. Limited 'Vestington William, farmer, Pizwell Popplestone Frank, Two Bridges (J. Gro.se, agent) White Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Babney Saltoun E. Jones Hogg James, farmer, Hound hill White :Matthew, frmr. Lower Merripit Symington Wm. Weldon J.P.Dartmeet Holman Thomas Arth. frmr. Brimpts White William,farmer,Lower Merripit HortonElizh. (Mrs.) ,frmr.Lit. Shurbiton Williams Edward Thomas, Imperial CO:!.lMERCIAL. Irish ·wa;ter, farmer, Lake head hotel, close to station, good accom­ Arscott Wm.frmr.Archaton,Post brdge Irish William, farmer. South Believer modation for tourists & cyclists, llarrington Alfred Edward, bailiff of Kennard Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Bear parties catered for, good stabling Dartmoor & agent for the Duchy of Down farm Williams George, refreshment room>~ C-ornwall, Tor Royal Lord George, jun. grocer & draper Witheycombe Elizabeth (Mrs.), Bolt Albert, grocer, baker & butcher Maddock & Son, blacksmiths farmer, Pizwell Eowman Constantine,frmr.Black brim Mortimore .Tames, farmer, Crockern Worth William, farmer, Peatcot PUDDINGTON is a parish and villa,ge, 9 miles north :Cambridge. The Congregational chapel, erected in 11854, from station and 8 east-by-north from :has an endowment of 1}336 os. Bd. given by John Bla.gdon station, on the North branch of the London and I esq. and producing a yearly interest of £1o. There is South Western railway, and 9 west from Tiverton station a charity of r7s. 6d. yearly for the education of one or on the E:x.e Valley branch of the Great iWesteTI!l nilway, more poor children, and another of £r zs. 6d. for the and 16 north-by-west from Exeter, in the :Xorthern divi- poor. The principal landowners are William Blagdon sion of the county, Witheridge hundred, petty sessional Gamlen esq . .M.A. of 82 Banbury road, Oxford, William division, union and county court district of Crediton, Crook, John Wensley and Edwin Gale esqrs. and Mrs. rural deanery of West Tiverton and archdeaconry and Eastmond. The manor is diYided amongst the land­ diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Thomas a Becket, owners. The soil is loam, and the subsoil is clay. ThB rebuilt in the years IB37-38, is an edifice of stone iru the chief crops are oats and wheat. The area is I,3B5 acres; Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north ratea,ble value £g6o; the population iiL rgor was II73- :aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower, of Sexton, James Sne!l. .Xorman date~ containing 3 bells: the fir~t a~d second are Post Office.-Daniel Greenslade, sub-postmaster. Letters date~ respectively !742 and _r787; ~he third Is an alpba~et I frC\m . R.S.O. , by cart to bell. there _are several stamed w~ndows, some of which , Black Dog,' thence by foot post, a,t 7 _1s a.m.; return :a.re memonals to the Rev. Dav1d Llewellyn, forrnerly t ~ c p tal de · d. h b t t . . . · a 5 . r;, p.m. os · 0 r rs are Issue ere, n . no rector, d.: r872 • his son, .owen J~ffenes _Lle~ellyn, sur- paid. The nearest money order office is at Black Dog geon R.N. d. 1867, and ~hza Morhmer, hls Wife, d. 1'S64. & telea-raph office at Witherido-e 3~ miles distant and Amy Gertrude Wh1tchurch, d .. I 877: there are r4o . . " . " ' . _ sittings. The register dates from the year r684. The Br1t1sh Endowed ~chool (mJXed), ~rected, With reSJdence 1ivincr is a rectory averaa-e net yearly value £I - 0 in- for the master, m I 866, for 50 children; average attend- clud~g 68 acres of glebe,"' with .residence, in the .)gift of ance, 4~; & endowed by Peter Blagdon esq. by deed in W. B. Gamlen esa. and held since 1 gq2 by the Rev. r867, w1th about £23 yearly; Albert John Coles, mast Thomas George Menhinick M.A. of Christ's CollPge, Carrier to Exeter.-1Villiam Squira, fri