DIRECTORY.] DEVONSHIRE. THORNBtfiltY. 67~ Sexton, George Stevenll. but not paid. Tiverton, 5 miles distant, is the nearest Post Office.-Mrs. Lydia Burnett., sub-postmistress. money order & telegraph office Letters from Tiverton arrive at 8.50 a.m. & are dis­ Parochial School (mixed), built in r875, for 50 children; patched at 4·45 p.m. Postal orders are issued herr, average attenrlance, 33; Mrs. Rhoda C. Reese, mistrss Fowler Rev. James B.A. Rectory Chown Jcilin, miller (water) & car- Metters Simon, farmer, Clog's moor coMMERCIAL. penter, Temple bridge Roberts George, farmer, Cross moQJ" .Ayre Sarah .Ann (Miss), shopkeeper Connibear Jn. frmr.Low.SouthCDrnbe Roberts Mark, farmer, Mt. Pleasant Barrow Alfred, farmer, Gt. Eswrthy Cruwys Ann (:Mrs.), nurse Rowe Jas. frmr. Lower North Combe Bucklingham Ben, farmer, Starraton Cruwys George, carpenter, Temple ml Selly George, farmer, Cleeve Buckingham Jas. farmer, Linne ridge Drake John, farmer, Colson Barton Tucker Frank, farmer, Partridge Buckingham Mary (:Mrs.), farmer, Foss Charles, frmr. HigherSth.Combe Turner William, farmer, Town farm Looseland Gould John, farmer, Little Esworthy West Robt. farmer, Mid. Nth. Combe Burnett Lydia (:Mrs.), postmistress KeTs]a.ke Henry, blacksmith Wright Wm.farmer,High.Nth. Combe TETCOTT is a parish and village near the confluence and burials, I599· The living is a rectory, net yearly of the rivers Tamar and Claw and the COTnwall border, value £ uo, including 64 acres of glebe, with residence, si miles south from Holsworthy station on a branch of in the gift of trustees, and held since 188r by the Rev. the London and South Western railway, in the Western Herbert Upton Squire, of Sb. Aidans, who is also vicar division of bhe CDunty, Black Torrington hundred, Hols- of ClawtDn. Here is a Bible Christian chapel. ..A small worthy petty sessional division, union and county court charity of £2 ros. is distributed in clot'hing to the poor. district, and in the rural deanery of Rolsworthy, arch- ~rs. Richard Ford, of 17 Park street, Park lane, Loo­ deaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The church don "\V. is lady of the manor and principal lando·wner. of the Holy Cross is an ancient edifice of stone in the The soil is chiefly clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops Early English style, consisting of ohancel, nave, south are wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is 1,716 transept, south porch and an embattled western tower acres of land and 6 of water; rateable value, £8r7; with pinnacles containing one bell, cast in 1717: up to the population in rgor was r87 . ..Aug. rBrr there were 3 bells, but a licence was then ob­ By Local Government Board Order, 14,6gr, a detached tained from the bishop to sell two bells, one of which was part of Tetcott, including East Peake, was transferred to broken, to defray the expense of repairs to the ohurch: LuffinCDtt, March 22, r883. in the transept there is a marble monument, with arms of Sir Shilston Calmady kt. sheriff of the county, ob. 25 Post Office, Lana.-Francis Pooley, sub-postmaster. Sept. 1675, and to his wife, ob. Oct. r6gg; there is also Letters through Holswortb.y arrive at 8.55 a.m.; dis­ a marble tablet to .T ohn ..Arscott, of Tetcott, d. Jan. q88, patched 4·35 p.m. week days only. Postal orders arEl and a dilapidated monument to John Arscott esq. and issued here, but not paid. Holsworthy, 6 miles dis­ his two wives, dated from 1675 to 1708: the font is Nor­ tant, is the nearest money mder & telegraph office man, and there is a carved oak pulpit: the chancel was This place is included in the United School Board district­ reswred by tilie late rector, to whose memory a small of Clawt()n, Tetcott & Luffincott, formed .a.ug. 31, 1874 stained window was inserted by his family, on the south Board School (mixed), Lana, formerly used as a club­ side of the nave in 18 8 r : the rood screen, existing here room & leased from the late i.ady Moleswortili. & en­ in rS58, has now disappeared: the church was restored larged & converted into a !!chooJ house in I 876, for qo in 1874-6 at a cost of £6oo, and affords 200 sittings. 'l'he children; average attendance, so; William Clarke· register of baptisms dates from the year r6oo; marriages Richards, master; Miss Gully, assistant mistress Squire Rev. Herbert Upton, Rectory Oole :Martin, iarmer, Lana Lyle Samuel, shoe maker, L<ma Veale John Edward, The Rut C()ngdon 1Ym. M!ichl.farmer,Low.Lana Pooley Franci5, tailor & shopkeeper,. Gully Harriet (Mrs.), Tetcott Arms Post office, Lana COMMERCIAL. P.H. Lana Sillifant Thomas, mason, Eastgate cot. Bloy Thomas, farmer, Barton Jory John, fa,rmer, Belland Skinner Thomas, farmer, Xetherccitt Bloy William, farmer, Moortown Keast Brice, miller (water) Stf'vens Digory, farmer, The Glebe Body Chas.under steward to 11f,rs.Ford Lm.. ;on William, farmer, Nethercott ·wwdley Richard, fa>I'mer, Fern hill THELBRIDGE is a parish! and village an the road the gift of and! held since 1893 by the Rev. John Hill. from Oredit.on to South MoltDn, 5 miles north-ea::,t from Hosegood l\LA. of Jesus College, Cambridge. The poor Lapford station on the North Devon branch of the London have £3 r3s. yearly distributed at Easter. Frederick and South Western railway, 9 north-north-west from Maunder esq. is lord of the manor. The rector and Orediton, 7 east-south-east from Chulmleigh and 15 Messrs. Maunder are the principal landowners, and north-west from Exeter, in the Northern division of the there are several freeholders. The soil is loam; sub­ county, Witheridge hundred, South Molton pett.y ses- soil, cby. The chief crops am wheat, barlPy and oats. sional division, Crediton union and oounty court <h~trict, The area is 4,oo6 acres; rateable value, £2,599; th~ rural deanery of Chulmleigh, archdeaconry of Barnstaple population in rgox was 319. and diocese of Exeter. The ehurch of St. David is a By Local Government :Board Order, r6,343, a detached small building of stone in the Early English style, con- part of Witheridge, in South Molton union, was added: sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled to this parish, March 25, r885. western tower with pinnacles CDntaining 6 bells: in t-he Letters from M orchard Bishop R. S. 0. arrive at 6.30' church is a tablet to the Rev. Robert Venn, sometime a.m. The nearest money order & telegraph ufiice is rectDr here, who died in r68g, and is mentioned in Fox's at Witheridge, miles distant. Wall Letter Box " Sufferings of the Clergy": the stained east window cleared ab . p.3 m was presented by the parishioners in 1872, in which year 7 10 the church was thoroughly restored at a cost of £65o, This place was made contributory to the Woolfordis- and has 15o sittings. The register dates from about worthy United District School board, June 30, 1876, 1612. The living is a rectDry, net yearly value £178, sending two members with 149 acres of glebe valued at £uo, and residence, in The children attend the Board sehool at Black Dog Adams .Mrs. Providence villa Davies Jo~ph, farmer, Stourton .Maunder Frede.rick James Pa>I'tridge, lllak_e George, Woodhouse villa Down Charles, f<III'ID.er, New house y€oman, Middlewick Hosegood Rev. Jn. Hill M.A. Rect()ry Fisher Matthew, farmer, Woodington Mannder John, farmer, Ludon Mitchell Thomas, Providence villa Harris John, farmer, Buddleswick May l'hilip, farmer, l\larchweek Hill William, farmer, Woodhouse Partridge ELias, farmer, 1Yoodford COMMERCIAL. Hooper Rowland, farmer, Higher & Mill barn .A.rscott Edwin, farmer, Eastway Lower Somerville • Selley 1Villiam, farmer, "\-Vestwav Arscott Frederick, farmer, Mill Leach J()hn Torrin.gbon, Thelbridge Slater William, farmer, \Voodford Bla.ckford William, farmer, 1Vestcott inn & farmer Tucker Daniel, farmer, Hele Barton Crang Daniel, farmer, Upcott Loosemore John, shopkeeper Tucker Fras. Edwd. yeoman,Ohapner Davey Allan, farmer, Charnaford Matthew George, farmer, Henciford THORNBURY is a scattered parish on tte small and diocese· of Exeter. The church of St. Peter, dedi­ river Waldron, 4' miles north from Dunsland Cross eated in 1339, is a building of stone in mixed styles, station on the Holsworthv branch of the London and and consists of chancel, nave, north aisle, south South Western railway and 5 north-east from Hols- transept, south porch, and an embattled western tower, worthy, in the Western division of the county, Black with pinnacles at the angles, containing s hf'lls, Torrington hundred, Holsworthy petty sessional divi- recast in 1876 from a previous peal of 3, of which sion, union and county court district, and in the rural the first two were dated respectively 1779 and 1639: deanery of Holsworthy, archdeaconry of Barnstaple. the south porch retains a. fine Norman doorway and .