Ashprington.
Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870
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Transcribed by Val HENDERSON
Checked by Sybil CAMERON
Pages 453 - 454
ASHPRINGTON is a village and parish in the Totnes union, containing, by the census of 1861, 537 inhabitants, and 2790 acres; in the deanery and archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Coleridge, South Devonshire, near the confluence of the river Harbourn with the estuary of the Dart, and the river Washbourne runs through the parish; 2 1\2 miles south-east from Totnes, 7 north-west from Dartmouth, and 10 south-west from Torquay. The rectory, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. George W.T. Carwithen, M.A., had the tithes commuted, in 1844, at £537 per annum, with residence and 28A. 3R. 17P. of glebe land. The church is a handsome edifice, in the Perpendicular style, dedicated to St. David, consisting of nave, chancel, and north and south aisles, with tower and five bells, and was extensively repaired in 1845 by Richard Durant, Esq., at a cost of £1,000. There is a school for children of both sexes, which was erected in 1846. The rateable value of the parish is £4,673.
SHARPHAM HOUSE, the seat of Richard Durant, Esq., D.L., J.P., who is lord of the manor and chief owner of the soil, is a handsome mansion, in the midst of well-wooded grounds, on the west bank of the river Dart.
BOW, half-a-mile; PAINSFORD, 1 mile; WASHBOURN, 2 miles; and YETSON, three-quarters of a mile, are hamlets, forming part and parcel of this parish.
TUCKENHAY, 1 mile from the church, in another hamlet, in which there is a paper mill.
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Clergy and Gentry. Blackbough Mr., Steps cottage Carwithen Rev. George W.T., M.A., rector, Ashprington house De Schmid Charles, Esq., Springfield house, Tuckenhay Durant Richard, Esq., J.P.D.L., Sharpham house Landon Rev. Whittington Henry, M.A., The Rectory Lloyd Richard, Esq., Spring bank, Tuckenhay Michelmore Philip, Esq.,Painsford house Turner Richard, Esq., Tuckenhay house Williams Mrs., The Hermitage Young Arthur, Esq., Yetson house
Trades and Professions. Bettye Mrs. Anna Maria, schoolmistress Bowden John Henry, boot and shoemaker Buckingham Henry and Son, carpenters Burgoyne John, mason Camp James, cider retailer, Bow Chudley John, miller, Washbourne Earle John, farmer, Brooking farm Elliott John, baker and shopkeeper Ellis Richard John Langworthy, "Ashprington" inn Ewins William, butcher, Bow bridge Hannaford John, "Maltsters' Arms," Tuckenhay Harris John, farmer, Washbourne Harvey John, dairyman Hudge Richard, dairyman |
James William, shopkeeper and sub-postmaster, Tuckenhay Life Thomas, blacksmith, Washbourne Lizard Thomas Edward, farmer, Sharpham Barton Lodge John, smith and edge tool maker, "Waterman's Arms," Bow Mann Joseph, farmer, Yetson Manning Chas., maltster and coal merchant, Tuckenhay Manning John, farmer, Washbourne Mason Charles, yeoman, Ashprington court Newland Mrs. Elizabeth, baker and shopkeeper Palk James, miller and farmer, Bow mills Peek William, farmer, Yetson Rawle William, farmer, Parchwood Robins George, dairyman Roper Thomas, millwright and blacksmith Rouse Edward, farmer, Washbourne Treeby John, miller, Tuckenhay Turner Richard, paper manufacturer, Tuckenhay Wood John, miller and farmer, Painsford mill Wyatt Samuel, tailor and parish clerk
~ Post Office, Tuckenhay - William James, sub-postmaster. Letters from Totnes arrive at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Totnes. ~ School - Mrs. Anna Maria Bettye, mistress |
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