Harberton
Transcribed from - Kelly's
Directory 1889
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Local Studies.
HARBERTON is a parish and village, situated in a pleasant valley,
through which the river Harbourne flows, about 2 1/2 miles south-west
from Totnes, where is the nearest railway station, in the Southern
division of the county, hundred of Coleridge, petty sessional
division of Stanborough and Coleridge, Totnes union and county court
district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Totnes and the Diocese of
Exeter. The church of St. Andrew is a fine edifice of stone in the
Decorated and Perendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave,
aisles, south porch with parvise, and a lofty western tower with
pinnacles, containing 6 beautiful bells, all cast by Thomas Bilbie in
1762 : the chancel retains three canopied stone stalls and a piscina,
and there is a mural brass on black marble, erected by Major Trist,
of Tristford, in memory of his son, who died in India : the stone
pulpit is octagonal, richly carved with foliage, and has figures of
apostles in niches : the fine wood screen was thoroughly restored at
the cost of the late Mrs. Pendarves, of Tristford : the font is
Anglo-Norman. The register of the baptisms dates from the year 1625 ;
marriages 1625 ; burials 1625. The living is a vicarage, tithe
rent-charge £502, net yearly value £369, including 74 acres
of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of
Exeter, and Held since 1860 by the Rev. Robert Bartholomew B.A. of
Exeter Collage, Oxford. The vicarial tithes were commuted in 1842 for
£535, of which sum £80 a year is paid to the vicar of
Harbertonford, and the rectorial for £400 yearly ; the latter
belong to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, but are leased to W. H.
Helyar esq. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The parish lands, which have
been vested in trust from an early period, comprise eleven houses and
cottages with gardens and 18 acres of land, called
"Cockwells", let for about £24 a year : the clear rent
is applied in aid of the church rates, except what is necessary for
repairing Harberton schoolhouse. A blacksmith's shop, house, orchard
and garden, let for £8, were left, about 1630, by William
Huxham, for the benefit of the poor. Here is an almshouse of ten
small rooms for as many poor people, built about 1680, in pursuance
of the will of Henry Wise ; other charities amount to £20
yearly. In this parish are rocks of excessively hard trapstone, and a
remarkable metamorphic rock named the "Berrystone",
consisting of organic remains, coral &c. : here are also quarries
producing blue slate. Harberton gives the title of Vicount (1791) in
the Irish peerage to the family of Pomeroy. The manor was anciently
held by the Valletorts, but the land is now all freehold. The
principal landowners are Major John Fincher Trist D.L., J.P. Richard
Orlebar esq. J.P. of Hinwick, Podington, Wellingborough, Northants,
John Browne Paige-Browne esq. M.A., J.P. of Englebourne, Horace
Augustus Helyer M.A., J.P. of Coker Court, near Yeovil, Somerset,
Charles William Tayeur esq. of 40 Stanhope gardens, London SW, the
Duke of Cleveland K.G. Richard Huxham Watson esq. J.P. of Brook,
Totnes and Thomas Richard White. The soil is generally light and
fertile ; subsiol, dunstone and slate ; the crops are wheat, barley
and roots, but the land is chiefly in pasture. The parish includes
six hamlets, viz.:- HARBERTONFORD, 2 miles south ; BELSFORD, 1
north-west ; EAST LEIGH, 1 south-west ; LUSCOMBE, 2 south-east and
ENGLEBOURNE, 1 south. The acreage is 5,801 ; rateable value,
£11.373 ; the population in 1881 was 1,384.
Sexton, Robert Ryder.
HARBERTONFORD, so named from its situation at the confluence of the
Harbourne and Englebourne streams, is a village and ecclesiastical
parish, formed March 31, 1860, from the civil parish of Harberton.
The church of St. Peter is a building of stone in the Decorated
style, erected in 1859, and consists of chancel with apse, transept,
nave, north porch and a small belfry with spire, containing one bell,
dated 1859 ; the chancel windows are stained : the church will seat
280 persons. The register dates from the year 1859. The living is a
vicarage, net yearly value £290, with residence, in the gift of
the vicar of Harberton, and held since 1873 by the Rev. Alfred Gill
B.A. of Merton College, Oxford. Here are Congregational and
Calvinistic Baptist chapels. On the banks of the small river
Harbourne is a large woollen factory kept by Messrs. John Churchward
and Sons, employing about 100 persons, including women and children ;
and in the same valley are Hill Mills, the edge tool manufactory of
Messre. Knapman and Son. The principal landowners are William Bastard
esq. of Slapton, Charles George Mason esq. , J.B. Paige-Browne esq.
and Robert Harvey esq. The area is 1,325 acres ; the population in
1881 was 630.
Parish Clerk, John Narrowmore.
POST & M.O.O., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office (Railway
Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Devon added).- Richard
Andrews, receiver. Letters arrive at 5 a.m. & 5.10 p.m. ;
dispatched at 2.20 p.m. & 8 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is
at Totnes.
POST, M.O., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Harbertonford.
(Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Devon added).- James
John Browne, receiver. Letters arrive at 4.40 a.m. ; dispatched at
8.19 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Totnes.
SCHOOLS:-
National (mixed), built with schoolhouse, in 1872, at a cost of
£230, & enlarged in 1883, for 130 children ; average
attendance, 100 ; Mr. F. Blight, master
National, Harbertonford (mixed), erected in 1849 & enlarged in
August 1881, for 150 children ; avarage attendance, 135 ; Edmund
Kenshole, master ; Mrs. Kenshole, mistress. |
Harberton
Bartholomew Rev. Robert B.A. Vicarage
Smith The Hon. Mrs. Jervoise, Sandwell
Symons Mrs. Dundridge
Trist Maj. Jn. Fincher D.L., J.P. Tristford
Commercial.
Andrews Thomas, cowkeeper
Bennett Thomas Hy, shopkpr. & baker
Blackler Geo. Callard, frmr. Blakemoor
Brown Philip, carpenter
Cater John, farmer, Blue Post
Coaker Jonas, cowkeeper
Ellis Samuel, farmer, Ashridge
French William, farmer, Cholwell
Hannaford Frank, Globe P.H.
Hardy Richard John, Commercial inn
Hood Sidney, farmer, Tristford
Knapman John & Son, edge tool manufacturers, Hill mills
Lamble Jacob, farmer
Lee John, farmer
Mann Peter, farmer, Dooseley
Parnell John, farmer, Stancombe
Parnell Wm. Church House inn, & mason
Selway Samuel, farmer & miller (water)
Shinner Edwin, shoe maker
Smith Thomas, farmer, Gosworthy
Trout John, blacksmith
Tucker Alfd. farmer & lime mer. Hazard
Varder Stephen, carpenter & farmer
Ward Daniel, farmer, Whiteley
Warren Henry, farmer, Preston
White William, thatcher
Widdicombe Thomas, shoe maker
Wills William, farmer, Moor
Harbertonford
Clark Richard, Brooklyn house
Gill Rev. Alfred B.A. Vicarage
Paige Richd. Cranch, Pear Tree cottage
Peake Mrs.
Smarridge Robert
Commercial.
Ackrell Peter, marine store dealer
Ackrell Peter. jun. marine store dealer
Berry John, farmer, Low. Washbourne
Browne Jas. Jn. carpenter & wood turner
Browne John James, shopkeeper
Browne Thomas, carpenter
Browne William, carpenter
Churchward John & Sons, woollen manufacturers, seed merchants
& farmers (James Bragg, general manager), Mill Town farm ; and at Buckfastleigh
Crossing Hy. farmer, Fletcher's coombe
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Eden John Crocker, manager of Englbourne Slate quarry
Finch Henry, farmer
Grills William Gidley, brewer & butcher
Hannaford William, stone mason
Harris George, thatcher
Holmes John, shoe maker
Hurson William, New inn
Johns John Peathey, butcher
Lamble Lewis (Mrs.), baker
Leach Henry, stone mason
Narramore Elkanah, frmr. Rolster bridge
Narramore Henry, farmer
Peeke John, farmer, Hernaford
Randle Peter, farmer
Rowe Henry, farmer
Slooman John, baker
Smith William, shopkeeper
Treby Samuel, blacksmith
Terby Thomas, Red Lion P.H. *(transcript note- is this an original
printing error ?Treby/Terby)
Woodley John Alfred, miller (water) & farmer, Crowdy mill
Belsford
Blackler Robert Elliott, farmer
Bowden John, farmer
Lillicrap John, farmer
Luscombe
Elliott William, farmer
Martyn William, farmer
Purday John, dairyman
Sercombe George, farmer
Tucker James, carpenter
Whiteway Henry, farmer
East Leigh
Foale Mrs. Tozerton
Adams Charles, farmer
Edmonds George, farmer
Heath Stephen, blacksmith
Pawson Ada (Miss), ladies' schl. Tozerton
Soper John, farmer
Whiteway Edmund, farmer
Winsborough Chas. cowkeeper, Leigh mill
Watson Jane (Miss), ladies' boarding school, Hallalen
West Leigh
Hannaford John, farmer
Whiteway William, farmer
Englebourne
Paige-Browne John Browne M.A. Great Englebourne
Easterbrook Thomas, farmer
Englebourne Slate Quarry (John Crocker Eden, manager)
Rouse James, farmer
Rowe Edward, farmer
Wroth Samuel, farmer
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