Bickington.
Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870
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Transcribed by Val HENDERSON
Checked by Audrey FAWN
Page 455
BICKINGTON is a village and parish in Newton Abbot union, containing, by the census of 1861, 294 inhabitants, and 1375 acres; in the deanery of Morton, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Teignbridge, East Devonshire, on the banks of the small river Lemon; 3 miles north-east from Ashburton, and 4 north-west from Newton Abbot. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. William Smith, M.A., is valued at £222 per annum, without residence, and is in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Mary, consisting of nave, chancel, and north aisle, with tower and three bells. There is a very neat school, with residence for the mistress, which was erected in 1852 by the Rev. R. Bering Cornish, formerly curate in charge of this parish.
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Clergy. Bickford Mr. John Smith Rev. William, M.A. Trades and Professions. Beavis George, shopkeeper Beavis George, jun., carpenter Bickford John, sen., farmer, Barton Bickford John Wm. F., farmer, Coombe Butler Benjamin G., farmer, Chipley house Christophers Henry, wheelwright Christophers Thomas, "Jolly Sailor" Christophers William, stone mason Cox Thomas, carpenter Elliot George, farmer, Love lane farm French Miss Margaret, Parochial schoolmistress Hardwell William, blacksmith Harris John, farmer, Burn |
Hendry Thomas, baker and shopkeeper Mann George, sub-postmaster Mann John, "Halfway House" Mitchell John W., farmer, Higher Herebere Murch Henry, farmer, Lower Herebere Smerdon John, shoemaker Smerdon William, farmer, Yeo Symons William W., flock manufacturer, Chipley mill Whidborne George, farmer, Lurcombe White William, farmer, Gale ~ Post Office - George Mann, sub-postmaster. Letters from Newton Abbot arrive a 6 a.m.; dispatched at 7 p.m. Ashburton is the nearest money order office. ~ Parochial - Miss Mary French, schoolmistress |
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