Bulkworthy Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact.   Transcribed by Elizabeth Glover HOWARD Checked by Val HENDERSON   Page 366     BULKWORTHY is a village and parish in Bideford union, containing, by the census of 1861, 128 inhabitants, and 1115 acres ; in the deanery of Hartland, archdeaconry of Barnstaple, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Shebbear, North Devonshire; 8 miles south-west from Torrington, and 10 from Bideford, on the banks of the river Torridge. The living is a chapelry, attached with that of East Putford to the vicarage of Buckland Brewer, in the incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Adams Colling, B.A., and the patronage of the Crown; joint annual value £326. The chapel consists of nave, chancel, and south aisle, and was erected by Chief Justice Hankford. The Bible Christians have a place of worship here. J. C. Moore Stevens and the Rev. John Dayman are the principal landowners, the former being lord of the manor. Trades and Professions AYRES Arscott, tailor and draper BANBURY Richard, farmer CRUSE James, farmer, Waffapool DAMERELL James, miller HANCOCK Samuel, farmer, Stowford HARRIS Thomas, farmer, Hankford HERN William, carpenter and wheelwright NEWCOMBE William, farmer, Heytown _____________ Letters from Brandis Corner and Great Torrington. Great Torrington is the nearest money order office   TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 4/12/01 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.