Alwington. Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact.   Transcribed by David GALE Checked by Val HENDERSON Pages 360 - 361   ALWINGTON is a village and parish in Bideford union, containing, by the census of 1861, 359 inhabitants, and 2655 acres; in the deanery of Hartland, archdeaconry of Barnstaple, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Shebbear, North Devonshire; 5 miles south-west from Bideford, on the coast of the Bristol Channel, overlooking Barnstaple Bay. The rectory, in the incumbency of the Rev. Herbert Barnes, M.A., had the tithes commuted, in 1837, at £243 per annum, with residence and 74 acres of glebe land, and is in the patronage of John Richard Pine-Coffin, Esq., J.P. The church is a fine ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Andrew, consisting of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, and tower containing four bells. The Wesleyans have a place of worship here. There is a school for children of both sexes. There are almshouses for three poor people, which were founded and endowed, with 10 acres of land, by Richard Coffin, Esq., in 1667, and the poor have charitable bequests producing £8 8s. per annum. John Richard Pine-Coffin, Esq., is lord of the manor, and he and the Rev. Walter M. Bruton are the chief owners of the soil. FORD, 2 miles north-east, WOOD TOWN, one mile north-west, and FAIRY CROSS, 1 mile north, are hamlets forming part and parcel of the parish. Clergy and Gentry. Archdall Captain Audley M., Yeo Vale Barnes Rev. Herbert, M.A., The Rectory Handford Mr. Amos, Ford Pine-Coffin John Richard, Esq., J.P., Portledge Wakeley Mr. James   Trades and Professions. Burnard Samuel, grocer Clement Christopher, farmer, Gullscot Copp Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeper Dayman Humphrey, registrar of births and deaths for the Parkham district, and parish clerk Fulford Titus, farmer, Dotheridge Haydon Richard, farmer, Dydon Hockridge Thomas, yeoman, Ford Hunt Thomas, farmer, Chidlacombe Kidwell Richard, farmer, "Swan" inn Lott Richard, wheelwright Nancekivill Thomas, blacksmith Pennington Richard, carpenter Pennington William, carpenter Prouse Robert, miller and farmer Serjeant Joseph, farmer, Rowlstone Squance John, farmer, Moor park Squance John, cottager, Wood town Squance John, jun., cottager, Wood town Tucker William H., farmer, Babbicombe Vale Richard, farmer, Town farm Wakeley William, farmer, Ford Ward William, farmer, Winscot ~ Letters from Bideford, which is also the nearest money order office   ____________ Church School - Miss Mary Squance, mistress   TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 20/12/01 Please Report any non-working links. Please feel free to use the information on this page for your own personnel research, but please DO NOT use it for commercial purposes or financial gain. Thankyou. © 2001 Transcriber and Checker as named above.