West Putford. Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact.   Transcribed by Elizabeth Glover HOWARD Checked by Val HENDERSON Page 623   PUTFORD (WEST) is a village and parish in Bideford union, containing, by the census of 1861, 362 inhabitants, and 2620 acres; in the deanery of Holsworthy ; archdeaconry of Barnstaple, diocese of Exeter, on the west banks of the river Torridge; 8 miles north from Holsworthy, and 10 south-west from Bideford. The rectory, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. James Lewis May, B.A., had the tithes commuted, in 1842, at £203 per annum, with residence and 72 acres of glebe land. The church is an ancient cruciform edifice, in the Early English style, containing chancel, sedilia, and tower with three bells. The Bible Christians and Wesleyans have places of worship here. The poor have charitable bequests producing £2 per annum. The Rev. James Lewis May, B.A., is lord of the manor, and he and the Hon. Mark Rolle, and John Dayman, Esq., are the chief landowners. Clergy. MAY Rev. James Lewis, B.A., The Rectory Trades and Professions. ARNOLD Richard, carpenter and wheelwright ASHTON S. C., farmer, Widefield EDMONDS Robert Julian, farmer GENN C. A., coal and bean merchant, Cory mills HARRIS John, parish clerk JOHNS Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer, Volhouse LANE John, farmer LEWIS George, blacksmith, Putford bridge SANGUIN Simon, blacksmith TREWIN Arthur, farmer, Cory Barton WALTER Richard, farmer, Churchtown WICKETT John, farmer, Field Irish _________ Letters from Brandis Corner. The nearest money order office is at Holsworthy   TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 1/12/01 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.