Buckland Monachorum Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact.    Transcribed by Deborah O'BRIEN Checked by Val HENDERSON Pages 809 - 810     BUCKLAND MONACHORUM is a village and parish in Tavistock union, containing, by the census of 1861, 1489 inhabitants, and 6338 acres; in the deanery of Tamerton, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, hundred of Roborough, South Devonshire; 4 miles south from Tavistock. An abbey was founded here in 1278 by Alicia, widow of Baldwin, Earl of Devonshire, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St. Benedict, to which she removed a society of Cistercian Monks from the Isle of Wight, and from whence the distinguishing name of Monachorum is derived. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. Richard James Hayne, M.A., had the tithes commuted, in 1842 at £304.10s. per annum, with residence and 49A. 2R. 39P. of glebe land, and is in the patronage of the Rev. Richard Hayne D.D. The church is a handsome edifice, dedicated to St. Andrew, in the Third Pointed style of architecture, consisting of nave, north and south transepts, chancel, north and south aisles, and a tower, surmounted by pinnacles, containing six bells and a clock. The Wesleyans and Baptists have places of worship here. There is a National School for children of both sexes, which was founded and endowed, in 1702, by Lady Elizabeth Modyford. There are some charitable bequests for the benefit of the poor. Sir Thomas Fuller Elliott Drake, Sir Anthony Buller, the Duke of Bedford, John H. Gill Esq., J.P., and Sir Massey Lopez are the chief landowners, the latter being lord of the manor. HORRABRIDGE is a hamlet of this parish, on the Launceston branch of the South Devon Railway, at which it has a station. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. Frederick Henry Tucker, LL.B., is valued at £150 per annum, and is in the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter. The church, or chapel-at-ease, was erected by subscription, in 1835; it is also in the Early English style of architecture, and will seat about 300. MILTON is also a hamlet forming part and parcel of this parish. Clergy and Gentry. Baston Thomas W., Esq., Crapstone Bradshaw Mrs., Yelverton house Buller Rev. Anthony, M.A. Corter Mrs. Daniel Eastlake William Esq., Brake house Gill John Hornbrook, Esq., J.P., Bickham park Hayne Rev. Richard James, N.A., The Vicarage Mashford Mrs., Stoke hill, Crapstone Tucker Rev. Frederick Henry, LL.B., vicar of Horrabridge Waddington Mr. Richard, Harwood house   Trades and Professions. Blowey John, mason, Netherton Blowey Philip, farmer and corndealer, Pound farm Blowey William, shoemaker, Horrabridge Carpenter Charles, blacksmith, Buckland Carpenter James, shopkeeper, Buckland Chapple Henry, mason, apartments Chapple James, shopkeeper and postmaster, Horrabridge Chapple Jethro, painter, Horrabridge Chapple John, "Bedford" inn, Horrabridge Chowen John, farmer, Ballstone Chown William Creber, blacksmith, Milton Cocks John, farmer, Venton Corter Samuel, farmer, Cudgeford Dawe John, farmer, Yeoland Dawe William, farmer, Hellington Dockett John, carpenter Dockett Mrs., apartments Doidge William, mine agent, Horrabridge Drake Benj., stationmaster, Horrabridge Foot Mrs. Caroline, baker, Horrabridge Foot Israel, carpenter, Horrabridge Fudge William, "London," and mason, Horrabridge Full George, baker Galworthy Saml., shopkeeper, Horrabridge Gill William, blacksmith, Buckland Glanvill Mrs. William, beer retailer, Buckland Glanville Richard, "Roborough," Horrabridge HAMLYN AND CO., woollen manufacturers, woolstaplers, and fellmongers, Horrabridge Hamlyn John, farmer, Sowton Hamlyn Joseph (firm of Hamlyn and Co.); h. Foxham cottage, Horrabridge Harding John, tailor, Horrabridge Harris Russell, miller, Phœnix mills Heath Mrs. Betsy, shopkeeper, Horrabridge Helson John, farmer, Coombe Higman ------, "Manor" inn Hoidge John, farmer, Eggworthy Jackson Ley, farmer, Horrabridge James Richard, farmer, Longash Jeffery Moses, farmer, Milton Jenkins Samuel, shopkeeper, Horrabridge Kinsman John, beer retailer, Milton Kinsman William, miller, Hatch mills Lakeman William, thatcher, Milton Lean John, mine agent, Horrabridge Lethbridge Christopher and Son, carpenters Lock Samuel, "Buller's Arms," Buckland Luscombe John, shoemaker, Buckland Luscombe Samuel, butcher, Buckland Moses John, shopkeeper Nile Nicholas, farmer, Axtown Northmore Mrs. Sarah, farmer, Lake Palmer J. and N., shopkeepers, Horrabridge Peter Robert, farmer, Binkham Petherick Benjamin, wheelwright Pratt John Drew, farmer, Place Barton Quick Samuel, miller, Milton Rabbidge Edward, farmer, Blowiscombe Reed Joseph and Richard, farmers, Cubbytown Shillibeer Lawrence, "Rock" hotel, Buckland Shortridge James, millwright, Horrabridge Spry and Worth, masons, Buckland Spry Thomas, farmer, Cuxton Spry Thomas, parish clerk SPURR JOSEPH HENRY, grocer, draper, Italian warehouseman, and agent for Corner's Pines Devonshire Oils, Horrabridge Symons Joseph, shoemaker Toop Henry, shopkeeper, Horrabridge Toop Richard, butcher, Horrabridge Toop Richard, auctioneer, and registrar of births and deaths, Rose villa, Horrabridge Trezillas Charles, miller, Horrabridge TREMAIN SAMUEL, apartments, The Retreat, Horrabridge Vallance John, apartments Vergoe John, farmer, Milton Vigars William, farmer, Crapstone Waters William, shopkeeper, Horrabridge Webber W. R., builder, apartments Westlake Robert, blacksmith, Horrabridge White John, farmer Willcock John, farmer, Didham Willcock William, farmer, Uphill Wills ------, farmer, Harrowbeer Witheridge William, farmer, Whistley Woolfrys Mrs. Joseph, farmer Worth William H., shopkeeper, Buckland Youren Simon, carpenter, Milton ~~~~ Post Office --- William Worth, sub-postmaster. Letters from Tavistock arrive at 9a.m.; dispatched at 5p.m. Tavistock is the nearest money order office Post Office; Horrabridge --- James Chapple, sub-postmaster ~~~~   Railway Station, Horrabridge ---- Benjamin Drake, stationmaster     TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 01/01/02 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. © 2001-2002 Transcriber and Checker as named above.