Buckland Brewer. Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact.   Transcribed by Elizabeth Glover HOWARD Checked byVal HENDERSON Pages363 - 364   BUCKLAND BREWER is a village and parish in Bideford union, containing, by the census of 1861, 922 inhabitants, and 6157 acres; in the deanery of Hartland, archdeaconry of Barnstaple, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Shebbear, North Devonshire; 5 miles west from Great Torrington and 5½ miles south-west from Bideford. The vicarage, to which is attached the chapelries of East Putford and Bulkworthy, is in the incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Adams Collings B.A., and the patronage of the Crown; joint annual value £326. The church is a commodious edifice dedicated to Saints Mary and Benedict, consisting of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, and tower with six bells. There is also a handsome Norman porch. The fabric was rebuilt in 1770. The Baptists and Wesleyans have places of worship here. There is a Parochial School for children of both sexes. The Hon. Mark Rolle, John Curso Moore Stevens, and Thomas Rogers, Esq., are the chief landowners. The poor have about £4 per annum, arising from a legacy bequeathed by Hester Turner, in 1787. BILSFORD 1½ mile west, THORNEHILLHEAD, 3 miles south, and TYTHECOTT, 2 miles south, are hamlets forming part and parcel of this parish. Clergy and Gentry. ABBOTT Mr. Thomas, Gorwood COLWELL Rev. James, M.A., curate, the Vicarage MAY Miss Mary Ann, Hoopers ROGERS Thomas, Esq., Orleigh Court TUCKER Mr. Robert, Ekeworthy Trades and Professions. BAILEY James, farmer, Hooper's Waters BAILEY John, farmer, East Hele BARTLETT William, farmer, Collingsdown BEER John, farmer, Silkland BLIGHT John, blacksmith BRADDON Thomas, carpenter BRANTON John, farmer, Gorwood CLEVERDON Thos., farmer, Little Gorwood COLE Mrs. Catherine, shopkeeper and baker COLE Alfred, boot and shoemaker DAVEY John, farmer, Barah DENNIS John, farrier EASTON Henry, farmer, Bonds, Ekeworthy FULFORD Titus, farmer, Town tenement GRIGG Thomas, farmer, Brendon HAMLYN James, farmer, Thorne HAMLYN Samuel, farmer, Barah HARDING William, baker and shopkeeper HARRIS Robert, farmer, The Barton HAWKINS Richard, carpenter HEAL Lawrence, farmer, Buda JENKINS James, farmer, Ley JEWELL James, carpenter JOHNS John, farmer, Lower Twitching LAKE William, "Coach and Horses" inn MARTIN Robert, farmer, Lynch MOUNCE James, tailor MOUNCE John, blacksmith, Horestone OXENHAM Mrs. Mary Ann, farmer, Higher Twitching PAGE Joshua, blacksmith PASSMORE Thomas, boot and shoemaker PENHALE John, veterinary surgeon and farmer, Thorne PHILLIPS Henry, farmer, West Hele PHILLIPS Thomas, farmer, Little Eckworthy SANDERS John, farmer, Nattymore SANDERS John, mason SANDERS Joshua, mason SANDERS Robert, carpenter, Thornhill head SANDERS William, farmer, Holwell SANDERS William, miller, Orleigh mill SELDON Raymond, farmer, Weilstone SHAPTON Samuel, farmer, Howley SHORT James, tailor SLOMAN John, farmer, Friends SMALE Frederick, machine maker SQUIRE Joshua, plumber and glazier STAPLETON William, farmer, Castle STEER John, farmer, Cranham STOKER Thomas, miller, Buckland mills TAMLYN Richard, farmer, Gusland TRATHEN Robert, farmer, Woodhall TRATHEN William, farmer, Hembury Castle TUCKER Robert, farmer, Great Eckworthy TUCKER Mrs. Jane, farmer, Burrow WITHECOMBE Charles, butcher and farmer, North Hele WITHECOMBE Robert, butcher, Southwood WITHECOMBE William, farmer and sub-postmaster, Cleave — TYTHECOTT. BOND Samuel, miller SMITH George, farmer, Palmers TUPLEN Wiliam Lawrence C., farmer, Thythecott mill ~ Post office - William Withecombe , sub-postmaster. Letters from Bideford arrive at 9.30.a.m. ; dispatched at 4.20 p.m.. Bideford and Great Torrington are the nearest money order offices. ~ Parochial School - Miss Fanny Bartlett, mistress.     TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 15/11/01 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.