Otterton. 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 214     OTTERTON is a village and parish in St. Thomas`s union, containing, by the census of 1861, 1140 inhabitants, and 3479 acres; in the deanery of Aylesbeare, archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter, hundred of East Pudleigh*, East Devonshire, on the east bank of the river Otter, near to the sea coast ; 3½ miles south-west from Sidmouth, 3 north-east from Budleigh Salterton, and 12 south-east from Exeter. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. Richard Williams, B.A., had the tithes commuted, in 1846, at £336 per annum, with residence and 25 acres of glebe land, and is in the patronage of the trustees of the late Lord Rolle, who are also impropriators of the rectorial tithes, which were commuted at £370 11s. 3d. per annum. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Michael, with tower and five bells, and is about to be pulled down, and a new one built at the expense of Lady Rolle. There is a school for children of both sexes, the schoolhouse having originally formed a portion of a monastery ; and a new school for infants is in the course of erection by Lady Rolle. The poor have charitable bequests producing about £10 10s. per annum. The trustees of the late Lord Rolle are lords of the manor and principal landowners. NORTHMOSTOWN, PASSIFORD**, PITSON, and PINN are hamlets forming part and parcel of this parish. Clergy. WILLIAMS Rev. Richard, B.A., vicar Trades and Professions. BAKER John, carpenter and wheelwright BASTIN Edward, farmer BEER William, farmer, Pitson BICKLEY John, farmer, Northmostown BISHOP Wm., farmer BISHOP Wm., jun., farmer and contractor BRIDLE George, beer retailer BRIDLE George, butcher BRIDLE James, baker CARTER John, farmer CARTER Charles, farmer, Passford** CARTER Thomas S., farmer DRAKE Charles, farmer, Pinn DRAKE Robert, butcher DRAKE William Francis, beer retailer BAYTER William, shoemaker*** GOSLING Mrs. Mary Ann, blacksmith HALLETT Isaac, farmer HALSE Francis, farmer, Passiford HALSE Isaac, farmer HALSE John , farmer, Passiford HALLETT Isaac, farmer*4 HARDING Richard, farmer, The Barton HARDING Thomas Searl, farmer, Pinn HARRIS Thos., tea dealer HAYMAN Edward, cooper HAYMAN Edward, farmer, Pitson HAYMAN Mrs. Honor, farmer HAYMAN John, farmer, Houghton HAYMAN John, shopkeeper HAYMAN Richard, farmer HAYMAN Robert Wm., registrar of births, and deaths for Budleigh district, and sub-postmaster HINE John, shoemaker LAWRENCE Thomas Pile, farmer, Northmostown NORTHCOTT John, blacksmith NORTHCOTT Mark, blacksmith PATCH Thos., shoemaker PATCH Wm., blacksmith and wheelwright, Bridge end PIDGEON Miss Catherine Mary, grocer, draper, and Honiton lace manufacturer PILE Edward, shoemaker PILE John, shoemaker and parish clerk PILE Robt. and John, farmers, Burnt house PILE Samuel, farmer, Pitson PILE Thos., tailor and shopkeeper PILE William , farmer, Weekses PRATT William, shopkeeper PRINCE Mrs. Jane, shopkeeper ROBERTS Charles, baker ROBINS Edwin, farmer ROBINS Sherman, wheelwright ROBINSON Samuel, wheelwright SKINNER Jacob, farmer SKINNER John, farmer SMALL John, farmer, Northmostown TEDBURY Oliver Channon, miller TEDBURY Thomas, farmer, Stantway WAY George, shopkeeper WESCOTT Stephen, mason WHITE Mrs. Susan, farmer, Passiford WHITE Thomas, farmer, Higher Pinn _____________ Post office - Richard William Hayman, sub-postmaster. Letters from Budleigh Salterton arrive at 9 a.m. ; dispatched at 4 .45 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Budleigh Salterton _________________ National School - Henry Pearce, master ~ Carrier - Thos. Till, to Exeter, Tuesday and Friday Transcript Notes. * Should read East Budleigh ** Noted spelling variation Passford and Passiford *** Noted not in alphabetical order *4 Noted double entry? and not in alphabetical order TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 20/12/01 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.