Cockington Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact. Transcribed by Val HENDERSON Checked by Terry LEAMAN Pages 482 - 483     COCKINGTON is a village and parish in Newton Abbot union, containing, by the census of 1861, 210 inhabitants, and 1016 acres; in the deanery of Ipplepen, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Haytor, East Devonshire, 2 miles west from Torquay. The living is a vicarage attached to that of Tor-Mohun, in the incumbency of the Rev. Joseph Hemington Harris, D.D., and the patronage of Charles Herbert Mallock, Esq., J.P. The church is an ancient Gothic edifice, dedicated to St. George and St. Mary, consisting of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, with an ivy-covered tower. Charles Herbert Mallock, Esq., J.P., is lord of the manor, and owner of the soil. This was formerly a market town, but the market has long been obsolete. Gentry. Bogue Mrs. Sophia, Landscombe Froude Wm., Esq., J.P., Chelston cross Lewis Mrs. Mary, Chelston cottage Mallock Charles Herbert, Esq., J.P., Cockington court Mallock Charles Herbert, jun., Esq., Cockington court Midgley Wm. H., Esq., Chelston manor Trades and Professions. Bess Wm. (firm of Curtis and Co.); h. The Rosary Curtis and Co., nurserymen and florists, Devon Rosary Davey William, shopkeeper and blacksmith Edwards Miss Elizabeth, boardinghouse-keeper, Livermead house Froud* Wm., civil engineer, Chelston cross Mallock Charles Herbert, jun., barrister-at-law, Cockington court Shears John, cowkeeper ~ Letters through Torquay, which is the nearest money order office Transcript Notes. * 'Froud' should be spelt 'Froude'  COCKINGTON OPC PAGE DEVON GENUKI COCKINGTON PAGE TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 22/11/01 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.