Buckland-in-the-Moor Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact.   Transcribed by Val HENDERSON Checked by Audrey FAWN   Page 475   BUCKLAND-IN-THE-MOOR is a village and parish in Newton Abbot union, containing, by the census of 1861, 113 inhabitants, and 1458 acres; in the deanery of Moreton, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Haytor, East Devonshire, on the borders of Dartmoor Forest; 3½ miles north-west from Ashburton, and 10 miles north-west from Newton Abbot. The vicarage, which is attached to that of Ashburton, is in the incumbancy of the Rev. Charles Worthy, B.A., and the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, Joint annual value £415, with 70 acres of glebe land. The church is a small ancient edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and tower containing five bells.Reddicliff farm, which produces about £38 per annum, is supposed to have been devised by Elizabeth Cake, in1666, for the purpose of repairs of the church and payment of the salaries of the clerk and sexton. Baldwin John Pollexfen Bastard, Esq., D.L., J.P., is lord of the manor, and he and Mr. James Norris are chief landowners. Gentry. Bastard Baldwin John Pollexfen, Esq., D.L., J.P., Buckland court Trades and Professions. Andrews Richard, parish clerk Eades —, farmer, Stone farm Fewins Simon, blacksmith, Cockernford bridge Hext Thomas, farmer, Putstone Nosworthy Robert, farmer, Ridicleave Scott Richard, farmer, Beera Smerdon James, farmer, Elliot's hill Smerdon John, farmer, Bowden Tuckett Nicholas, farmer, Southbrook ~ Letters from Ashburton, which is also the nearest money order office ~ National School—Mrs. Elizabeth Hext, mistress   TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 9/12/01 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.