Ivybridge Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact.   Transcribed by Peter RUTHERFORD Checked by Val HENDERSON   Pages 820 - 822   IVYBRIDGE is a village and ecclesiastical district, formed in 1836 out of the parishes of Cornwood and Ermington, in Plympton St. Mary union, and Ugborough in Totnes union, and contained, by the census of 1861, in Cornwood, 68; in Ermington, 1024; and in Ugborough, 256 inhabitants, making a total population in the ecclesiastical district of 1348; in the deanery of Plympton, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Ermington, South Devonshire, on the South Devon Railway, at which it has a station, 11 miles east from Plymouth, and 34 south-west from Exeter; situate in a romantic dell, formed by the river Erme, which empties itself into Bigbury Bay about 7 miles below. The name is derived from an ancient bridge covered with ivy, which crosses the river here, and the romantic scenery of the neighbourhood and the salubrious climate attracts numerous visitors during the summer season. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the incumbency of the Rev. George Thomas Kingdon, M.A., valued at £140 per annum, and is in the alternate patronage of Lady Rogers and W. Cotton, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. John, was originally erected in 1790, as a chapel-of-ease, and was consecrated as a district church in 1835; it is a neat edifice, consisting of nave and chancel with tower. The Independents and Wesleyans have places of worship here, and there is a National School for children of both sexes. Lady Rogers is lady of the manor. The Independent Chapel is a neat edifice, in the Gothic style, which was erected in 1869; it is built of local and Bath stone and white sea Moor bricks. The interior is fitted with open seats, stained and varnished, with an open timbered roof. At the back of the chapel is a vestry, over which is the singing gallery, and galleries can be added to the chapel if required. It is fifty feet long by thirty feet wide, and contains sittings for about 230 people, and is lighted by seven star pendants. The cost of the building, inclusive of the site, was about £700. Messrs. Ambrose and Snell were the architects, and Messrs Cornish and Watts, of Ivybridge, the builders. The extensive paper mills of Messrs. Allen and Son are situate here, which give employment to a great number of hands, and there are tin and lead mines in the neighbourhood. Clergy and Gentry. Allen Edward, Esq., Erme place Allen John, Esq., Stowford lodge Allen John, jun, Esq., Stowford lodge Bennett Captain, Beacon villas Braund Captain William, Erme place Crocker Mr. Matthew Dennis Mrs., Loyalty Edwards Captain Nathaniel Frederick, R.N., J.P., Beacon villas Gascoigne General J.H. Hewlett Rear Admiral R.S., C.B., Cadleigh house Holmes Marshall, Esq., M.D. Horndon William, Esq., Highland house Jarvis Mrs. Elizabeth, West Park house Jarvis James, Esq., West Park house Kingdon Rev. George Thomas, M.A., Parsonage Liddell Henry, Esq. Luscombe Samuel, Esq., Ottawa cottage Meatheel Mrs. Kate Selden Mr. John Sherwell Benjamin, Esq., Fore street Sherwell Miss Martha Spreat Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Maria Tiver John, Esq., Albert cottage   Trades and Professions. Abbott William, plumber, painter, and glazier ALLEN AND SONS, paper manufacturers; and at 11, Kinterbury street, Plymouth Bailey James, National schoolmaster Baker Robert, horsebreaker Beer John, baker, Fore street Bird Mark, blacksmith Bird Mrs. Mary, "Smiths' Armes," Fore st Blackmore Thomas, boot and shoemaker Blackmore Thomas James, baker and shoemaker, Fore street Blight Henry, cowkeeper and coaldealer Blight Philip, shopkeeper, Fore street Boon John, butcher, Fore street Boon John, ironmonger, Fore street Bryant Mrs., baker, Fore street Bunker James, baker Callard John, lodginghouse Clarke William, baker and grocer Cleave Mrs. James, cowkeeper Conway William, grocer and farrier Cook James, boot and shoemaker Cornish John, builder Crispin Edwin H., carpenter Crispin Richard, shopkeeper Dafter John, lodginghouse-keeper, Erme place Dyer Mrs. Ann, beer retailer Fice Miss Margaret, haberdasher Ford Robert, farmer Ford Thomas, boot and shoemaker Haddy John, newsagent and carrier Head Samuel, tanner and currier Henwood Francis, grocer and draper, Fore street Holman Benjamin, paper manufacturer Holmes Marshall, M.D. and surgeon Huxham John and Sons, butchers and farmers Huxham Mrs. Thomas, butcher, Fore st Lethbridge Mrs., "Grocers' Arms" "LONDON HOTEL," family, commercial, and posting house, adjoining the Old Bridge - William Mallett, proprietor Mackay William Henry, postmaster and newsagent, Fore street MALLETT WILLIAM, "London Hotel" family, commercial, and posting house, adjoining the Old Bridge Martin Richard, "Albert" inn Meathrel Joseph, farmer, Woodland Mullens James, eatinghouse-keeper, Fore street Northmore Solomon, "Bridge" inn Patterson Michael, engineer at Gas Works Phillips Mrs. James, National schoolmistress Phillips Roger, market gardener Pooley Richard, corn and flour dealer, Fore street Rendle Richard Hosking, chemist Rivers Mrs. Elizabeth, lodginghouse Rowe James, shoemaker Sandover Stephen, "Wheelwrights' Arms" SHAPTER AND CO., family grocers, teadealers, drapers, and general warehousemen, and agents for W. and A. Gilbey's wines and spirits, Fore street; and at Plymouth Sherwell Richard, tailor, Fore street Short William, lodginghouse-keeper Skelly Robert, wheelwright, Fore street Stephens Thomas, beer retailer Stevens William, stationmaster Thomas George M., saddler, Fore street Toms James Hill, "King's Arms" Traher Mrs. Emma, "Julian Arms," Cadleigh park Union Flour Mills - Wm. Wyatt, manager Willis James, shoemaker and parish clerk Wyatt Peter, lodginghouse-keeper Wyatt William, manager of Union Flour Mills, Emma place ~ Post and Telegraph Office - William Henry Mackay, postmaster; Charles Haddy, telegraph clerk. Letters from London arrive 5.3 a.m. and 8.27 p.m.; dispatched at 7.50 p.m. Box closes for Plymouth and Cornwall at 4.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. Letters from Kingsbridge arrive at 11.5 a.m.; dispatched at 3.20 p.m. North mail arrives at 12.8 p.m.; dispatched at 2.25 p.m. Money orders granted and paid, and Saving's Bank and annuity business transacted from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ~ Literary Institution, Reading Rooms, and Library - John Allen, jun., treasurer ~ St. John's Church - Rev. George Thomas Kingdon, M.A., incumbent ~ Independent Chapel Wesleyan Chapel ~ South Devon Railway Station - J. Stevens, stationmaster ~ Carriers Modbury - John Haddy, Mon, Wed, Thurs, and Sat Plymouth - Blight's and Wyatt's vans, Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Sat ~ National School - James Bailey, master; Mrs. Jane Phillips, mistress   TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 29/11/01 Please Report any non-working links. 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