DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. ZEAL MO~ACHORUM. 623 INSURANCE AGENTs.-Royal Exchange. E. & J. J. Hodge INational School, built in 1876, for 160 children: average a.t· · S. Jul' M h bl· h tendance, I25 ; Claude S. eoom, master Po1ICe tatlOn, lUS eee. consta e In e arge 1CARRIERS TO PLYMOUTH.--George Chaffc & Joseph Tapper PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Blackler Jn. Hingston, saddlr.Post office I Pedrick Arthur,blacksmith,Yealm brdg Adkins George, Elm Tree house Brooking Harry, farmer & dairyman Perring John, shopkeeper & mason Adkins Joshua Edward,Elm 'free house Brooks Philip, farmer, Worston Popham James, dairyman Anthony Frank, Yealmbury villa. COOffe George,. carrier Robins Henry Triggs, Yealmpton inn Barnes Misses, Valetta, Yealm bridge Chaffe Henry, jobmaster Rudd John, baker Bastard Baldwin In. Pollexfen J.P., D.L. Collier Frederick Joseph, market gar- Seoble Thomas Samuel, farmer, Efford Kitley: & Buckland court, Ashburton dener, Yealm bridge • ShepherdMary(Mrs.),farmr. WestPitton Brooking A,lexander Cross Fras. Wm. grocer & linen draper Shillibeer Wm. coal & lime merchant Bulteel Percy, The Villa • Diamond John, farmer, East Pitton Snawdon WiUiam&Sons,manufaeturers Coom Claude S. Eastview Ellis In. Duder, farmer, Low. Dunstone of chairs & all kinds of cabinet work, Cornthwaite Charles, Marble house Ford John Stranger, yeoman & farmer, veneer cutters & merchants: depot for Grantham Joseph, Paradise Halltorrs every variety of devonshire marble & Barris Mrs. The Retreat Gullett Frederick, stone mason lime; flock makers & merchants, Norcock Mrs. The Lodge Hammick Richard, shopkeeper Yealmpton sawing mills; & at East Snawdon Samuel, Yealm Bridge house Husband Ann (Mrs.), Volunteer inn Stonehouse. See advertisement Stooks Mrs. Lyneham house Hodge Edwin & James, millers (water) Southwood Wm. Hy. butcher & farmer 'fonkin Henry, Yealm lodge Kingcombe John (Mrs.), baker & grocer Symons Theodore, blacksmith Venning John, Yeo cottage Kingcome Samuel, painter & glazier Symons William, blacksmith Woodhouse Rev. George Girdlestone Lavers Christopher, wood ranger Tapper Joseph, carrier, Longbrook B.A. The Vicarage Lee Samuel Fice, butcher Tippett Henry, tailor COMMERCIAL. Lee John, baker VansLone Tristran, farmer, Dunstone Adkins George L.R.c.p.Lond. surgeon, & Luke Philip, builder Webb Robert Mason Whit~ registrar of medical officer of health, Plympton Mann William, wheelwright births & deaths for South sub-dis- St. Mary rural sanitary dIstrict, Elm Martin Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper trict of Plympton St. l\Iary union, Tree house Partridge Aaron (Mrs.), shopkeeper DUIlstone Adkins Joshua Edward, surgeon, &ad- Pearce Richard, shopkeeper Willcocks John, farmer, Winsor miralty surgeon, Elm Tree house Pearse Catherine (Mrs.), ironmonger ZEAL MONACHORUM is a parish and village, situ- in I590 to the Seymours, ancestors of the Dukes of Somerset, ated on the river Yeo, 21 miles south-west from the Mor- from whom they passed by marriage to the Parkers, created chard Road station OIl the North Devon branch of the London Baron Borringdon and Earl of Morley, by whom they were and SouthWestern railway, 7 north-west from Crediton and sold in I737, Loosebeare being purchased by Richard Kelland Isi north-west from Exeter, in the Northern division of the esq. of Lapford, and Zeal by Henry Ley esq. of Trehill. county, North Tawton hundred, Crediton petty sessional John Henry Francis Ley esq. of Trehill Ketlll, who is now lord division, union and county court district, rural deanery of of the manor of Zeal, and John Kelland esq. M.A.,J.P. of the Chulmleigh, a.rchdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Manor, Totnes, who is lord of that of Loosebeare; Robert Exeter. This place derives its name suffix from having Pedler esq. John Pedler esq. William Carter Pedler esq. been given by Knut the Dane to the Abbey of Buckfastleigh. Richard Davy esq. M.B. owning the manor of Burstone, W. The church of St. Peter is a building in the Early Perpen- SneIl-Hill esq. R. A. Hole esq. M.A. J. G. Kelland esq. William dicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, north Kelland esq. of Exeter, Mr. G. Broek, Mr. James Snell, Mr. transept, south porch and an embattled western tower, with G. Raymont, Mrs. E. SneH, John Wreford esq. l.P. of elanna­ pinnacles, containing a clock and 5 bells, cast by Thomas borough and the Rev. E. 'r. Allen B.A. are the principal land­ Belbie in 1749: there is a fine stained east window and other owners. Little Loosebeare belongs to William SneH esq. of windows were renewed at the expense of the late Rev. H. J. Steeple Court, Botley, Hants. Burstone Manor, an inherit­ A. Fothergill, a former rector and his family: there are 200 ance from the Sweet family, is the property and residence of sittings: the register dates from the year 1594. The living Richard Davy esq. M.B.,F.R.C.S.,F.R.S. Great Foldhay, the is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £366, net yearly value original seat of the Hole family, was purchased in 1886 by £380, including 53 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift William KeHand esq. Little Foldhay belongs to Mr. John of and held since I886 by the Hev. Edwin Thomas Allen B.A. Bushell; Burrow to Richard Aram Hole esq. M.A. of the Firs, of Trinity College, Dublin. The charities are of the annual Middle Warberry road, Torqnay, it having been in his family value of £1'), £I2 of which, left by F. Hole, is distributed in for several generations. Gillhouse is the property of W. clothing and the remainder in money. There is also a gift of SueH-Hill esq. The soil is red loam and clay: the subsoil is £2 yearly inbread to thepoor,thepayment of which is charge- rocky. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots. able on the manor of Great Foldhay. Weeks Hole esq. who The acreage is 3,861 ; rateable value, £3,371; the population died in 1768, gave the sum of £IOO for the education of poor in 188I was 468. children of this parish. Robert Parker, who died in 1730, Sexton, Thomas Castle. left a be~efaction to the I,>oor, de:-i,:able from the manor of Letters through Bow R.S.O. the nearest money order &; tele- Burrow 1ll Morthoe parIsh. WIlham Henry Kelland esq. graph office arrive at 7 a m founded in I887 a charity to the poor, to be caHed the Col- ' . . more gift, in memory of the family of that name. In I887 WALL LETTER Box, cleared 6·55 a.m. & 6.20 p.m a reservoirwas constructed and pipes laid conveying a supply A School Board of 5 members was formed January 15th, of water throughout the village, at the sole expense of 1875: George SneH, Nymphayes, clerk to the board & Richard Davy esq. of Burstone. Christian Jeffery died here attendance officer in I868 at the age of I03. The Colmore family were settled Board School (mixed), for IU8 children; average attendance, here and at Loxbeare for nearly three centuries. The manors 66; Waiter T. Prideaux, master; Miss Fanny Grant, of Zeal Monachorum and Loosebeare, or Loxbeare, belonged assistant mistress AUen ReT. Edwin Thomas RA. [ rector] Bushell Samuel,miller(water) &farmer, Pedler William Carter, farmer & land- Davy Richard M.B., F.R.C.S. Burstone Inlands owner, Barons wood house; & 33 Welbeck st. London w Castle Thomas, shopkeeper & sexton Pedler Robert, farmer & landowner, Hill Misses, Laurels Cheriton Richard, farmer, Newton Higher Burstone Pedler Robert, Higher Burstone Clotworthy John, tailor Raymont George, farmer, High Week Pedler Wtlliam Carter, Barons wood Cole Abraham, farmer RaymO:!lt John, farmer, Thorn Pedler William G. N Cooper William, carpenter Searles Robert, farmer, Gill house Down John. farmer. J.ower Newton Snell J.}eorge, assistant overseer, clerk COMMERCIAL. Gibbings Robert, farmer, Burrow to school board & attendance officer, Arnold Robert, baker & shopkeeper Grendon James, farmer Nymphayes Baker Thomas, bOot &; shoe maker Gribble James, Burstone inn, & farmer Sneil George, North Star P.H. &farmer Beer Thos. & Son, farmers & carriers Hooper John, blacksmith SneH Jame'3. farmer, Burstone Blackmore John, millwright Hopkins Samuel, boot & shoe maker Snell James, farmer, Nymphayes Brearly Joseph, mason :Mitchell Thomas, tailor Townsend WilliaIn, farmer & carner BusheH John, jun. farmer.\ landowner, Moon John, farmer, Horles Wheaton Joseph, farmer, Serston Little Foldhay Pike William, farmer, Ware White James, farmer, Hayne

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