Northam Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact.  Transcribed by David GALE Checked by Val HENDERSON   Pages 374 - 376   NORTHAM is a parish in Bideford Union, comprising the town of APPLEDORE, and the new thriving watering place of WESTWARD HO! containing altogether, by the census of 1861, 3687 inhabitants, and 4190 acres; in the deanery of Hartland, archdeaconry of Barnstaple, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Shelbear, North Devonshire; 1 mile south-west from Instow Railway Station, and 1½ north-west from Bideford; pleasantly situated on elevated ground overlooking Bideford Bay, with Lundy Island in the distance. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. Isaac Henry Gossett. M. A., is valued at £275 per annum, with residence, and is in the patronage of the Dean and Canon of Windsor. The church is a fine ancient edifice, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the Early Perpendicular style, consisting of nave, chancel, north aisle, north chancel aisle, and south transept, with tower and six bells, and has lately been completely restored. The Independents and Wesleyans have places of worship here. There is a school for children of both sexes, which was founded and endowed by the late Mrs Thorold, with house and 11¾ acres of land, the schoolhouse having been a religious establishment previous to the Reformation; there is also an Infant School. There is a revel or village feast annually on Whit Monday. There are charitable bequests for the benefit of the poor, producing about £120 per annum, and almshouses for four poor widows and four old maids. The remains of an old building exist at Kenwith Castle, where the Danish ensign was captured, on the defeat of Hubba and his forces by the Saxons under King Alfred.   Clergy and Gentry Ball Edward M. C., Esq., Glen Elms Bedford Major-General, Orchard Hill Birdwood Major-General, Glenburnie house Bisshopp Lady M. A., Cleveland house Bowen Mrs., Diddywell Brook Mrs., Highfield house Brune Mrs. Ernest P., Glentower Charlewood Capt. Edwd. P., R.N., Durrant Clarke James, Esq., Meadowville Clark Rev. Thomas A. (Congregational) Cock Mr. Thomas Cox Mr. George, Olive cottage Cox Mr. Stephen, Richmond villa Dunn The Misses, Elmfield Evans Thomas, Esq., Woodlands villa Evans Mr. Thomas F., Bay View terrace Gain Mr. William Gordon James, Esq. Gossett Rev. James Henry, The Priory, Westward Ho! Heathcott Cockshott, Esq., Raleigh house Hodges Mrs., Underborough house How John, Esq., J.P., Woodville Hurden Rev. John, B.A., curate Hutchinson Lieut.-General Wm. Nelson, Wellesbourne Incledon Miss, Lenwood Keats Admiral William, R.N., Port hill Keats William Rochfort, Esq., Port hill Large Miss, Hill side Letheram Mr. Richard List Miss, Orchard hill Lloyd Miss, Cross house McGregor Mrs., Halls-annery house Maclean Major-General A. N., Glenferns Macleod Mrs. D., Glenferns Oliver John C., Esq., Rose hill Patterson Talbot, Esq., Melville house Peel Mr. Joseph, Northam house Phillips Mrs. Reuben, Bay View terrace Pickard Mr. William, Orchard hill Poulden Mrs. E. F., Stanhope lodge Prust Mrs., Torridge lodge Pynsent Thomas, Esq., Lakenham Redman Mrs., Springfield Rodd John, Esq., Reed house Sandercock Henry, Esq., Ardmore Sergeant Mrs., Fordlands Smith Mrs. Christmas, Glenfern Thompson Providence H. H., Esq., The Retreat Walker Captain, R.N., Quarry Wheeler, Lieut.-Col. John Ross, Conybeare Wilmot Paul, Esq., Cliff house Wren Adderley Barton, Esq., J.P., Lenwood house Wren Major Thomas, Lenwood house   Trades and Professions Balhatchet James, coach proprietor, apartments, Bay View terrace Beer William, farmer, Pinley Bellew Thomas, farmer, Middix Berryman William, limeburner and ship-owner, Cleve house Browning Thomas, tailor, Sydney cottage Burden Henry, farmer, Cliff farm Causey George, butcher Causey Henry, farmer   Chapple John, butcher Cobbledick Mrs. Jane, apartments, Springfield terrace Cock James, butcher and farmer, Ashbridge Cook Edward, "Golden Lion" Cook Thomas, builder Cox John, shipbuilder, steam sawmill proprietor, Clay park Craggie Robert, farmer, Wooda Davis William, blacksmith and ironmonger Fulford John, butcher Hake Mrs. George, ladies' boarding school, Rock house Harknett Thomas, gardener, apartments, Bay View terrace Harris John, dairyman and market gardener Heard John, grocer Hoare William, farmer, Marshford farm Hortop Thomas, boot and shoemaker Kelly Thos., horseletter, "Kingsley" hotel Lock George, baker Lock Thomas, builder, Locksley house Mill George, farmer, Bullhead Mill Mrs. James, apartments, Adelaide cottage Mill John, farmer, Tadworthy Moore George, parish clerk Nancekevill William, apartments, Bay View terrace Olivier John J. C., Rose hill Parkhouse John, farmer, Wooda farm Pearce John, farmer, Underborough Pengilly Henry, painter and glazier Penhorwood John, "King's Head" inn Penhorwood William, farmer, Diddywell Pickard Bartholomew, farmer, Burrow house Pickard Giles, farmer Pickard William, farmer, Bidna Pickard William, grocer Prior Robert, farmer, Underborough Prior William, painter, Bay View terrace Restarick Henry, rope manufacturer and timber measurer, Bank side Sanders Thomas, mason Saunders Robert, tailor Spearman Richard, butcher and farmer, Commons farm Torridge Brick and Tile Works-James Mills, manager Tucker George, farmer, Watertown farm Turner George Wm., master mariner, Bay View terrace Ward Mrs. F., milliner Warren Thomas, farmer Westaway Thomas, farmer, Ventown William Henry, builder, assistant overseer, and collector of taxes Williams John, master mariner, Mugford Williams Mrs., shopkeeper YEO THOMAS, builder and contractor, and at Appledore. See advertisement) ~ Post Office-Miss Ann Davison, postmistress. Letters from Bideford at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.; dispatched at 5.55 p.m. Bideford and Appledore are the nearest order offices ~ National School - William Veal, master; Mrs. Cecilia Veal, mistress; Miss Kate Grogan, assistant mistress Infant School - Mrs. Ann Pengilly, mistress           TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST