Plympton St. Maurice.
Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870
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Transcribed by Val HENDERSON
Checked by Robert ROWLAND
Pages 849 - 850
PLYMPTON ST. MAURICE ( otherwise PLYMPTON EARL, or ERLE) is a parish and small market town in Plympton St. Mary union, containing by the census of 1861, 900 inhabitants, and 373 acres; in the deanery and hundred of Plympton, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, South Devonshire; 5 1\2 miles east of Plymouth, 39 south-west from Exeter, 210 from London, and about half-a-mile from the Plympton St. Mary Station, on the South Devon Railway. It was formerly one of the Stannery towns, a borough by prescription, and returned two members to Parliament from the time of Edward I.; it was also a municipal borough, and a charter was granted in the fourth William and Mary, incorporating it under the name of " the Mayor, Bailiff, and Burgesses of the Borough of Plympton-Earl," and appointed a mayor, nine capital burgesses or aldermen, with recorder, town clerk, &c. It was disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832.
The TOWN HALL, which was erected in 1696, has been sold by the old corporation to a Joint Stock Company, and is now used for lectures, concerts, &c.
This place is noted as being the birthplace of the celebrated painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds, whose father was the head master of the Grammar School here. A portrait of Sir Joshua, painted by himself, formerly hung in the Town Hall.
The CHURCH, which was originally dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury, was a chantry attached to Plympton St. Mary, and was rebuilt in 1440. On the dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII., it was re-dedicated to St. Maurice, and now consists of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, and tower containing six bells. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. Roger Smith, M.A., is valued at £100 per annum, without residence, and is in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The Independents have a place of worship here.
The GRAMMAR SCHOOL is a fine building, which was erected in 1664, under the trusts of the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Hele*, who bequeathed £1800 for its erection and endowment. There is a great market on the first Monday of each month, and cattle fairs are held on the 26th February, 6th April, 13th August, and 29th October.
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Clergy and Gentry. Arscott John Strode, Esq. Buller Chas. Reginald, Esq.,J.P., Earl hall Crook Rev. Cornelius H., B.A. Elford Mr. Thomas Ellery Richard, Esq. Erskine Mrs. Elizabeth Forster Miss Harriet Jones Miss Maria Julian Mr. John Knight Miss Langworthy Southmead, Esq. Lavers Mr. William Lowcay Mr. William George Martin Mrs. Miles George, Esq. Miners William H., Esq. Moysey Mrs. Elizabeth Pode The Misses, Castle cottage Pode Stephen Henry, Esq. Radcliffe Mrs., Sydney house Reparth Mr. William Revell Miss Rowe Joshua, Esq. Rowe Mrs. William Rummin George, Esq. Rustan Capt. William Smith Rev. Roger, M.A., rector, Plympton lodge Treeby Mrs. Veale Mr. George Watt Mrs., Ridgway house Woollcombe William John, Esq. Trades and Professions. Andrew John, auctioneer and surveyor Andrew Robert, parish clerk and gardener Arscott John Strode, solicitor Brown Thomas, tanner and farmer Chaffe Richard, carpenter Cole William James, purser, P. and O. Co. Condy Mrs. William, lodginghouse Creber Thomas, grocer Crews Henry, brewer Crooke Rev. Cornelius H., B.A., head master of Grammar School Ellery Dr. Richard, surgeon
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Folley William, shopkeeper Foxworthy Richard, tailor Goss William, carrier Haddy John, grocer and baker Hambly Samuel, cowkeeper Heal John, miller, Priory mills Hellings William, carpenter Hicks Thomas, sergeant of police Jerman Samuel, postmaster, collector of assessed taxes, stamp distributor, and agent for the Albion Life Office Jones George, academy Kenting Joseph, lodgings Kingsland William, "London" inn Langmaid Christopher, blacksmith Langworthy Southmead, surgeon, and proprietor of Lunatic Asylum Lavers James, blacksmith MADDOCK BENJAMIN, shoeing and general smith, bellhanger, plumber, and stove grate manufacturer MARTIN JOHN, pharmaceutical chemist and druggist, grocer and tea dealer Miles and Scobell, surgeons Newt John, commercial traveller Parish Henry, builder Pearse Joseph, farmer and butcher Pinches Miss Barbara, seminary Pode Stephen H., surgeon Soper Henry, lodgings Soper William John, "Castle" inn Soper William, shoemaker Stephens Josias, farmer Stephens William, cattle dealer Tolman Abraham, twinemaker Turner Thomas, shopkeeper Warren William, grocer Webber Henry, carpenter Webber Richard, carpenter ~ Post Office - Samuel Jerman, sub-postmaster. Letters through Ridgway delivered at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched at 11.25 a.m. and 6.10 p.m.; on Sundays at 10.40 a.m. only. Ridgway is the nearest money order office. ~ St. Maurice Church - Rev. Roger Smith, M.A., rector ~ Grammar School - Rev. Cornelius H. Crooke, B.A., head master ~ Police Station - Thomas Hicks, sergeant. |
Transcript Notes.
* It should read Mr. Elizaeus Hele or Heale. He was a very wealthy man who died without children and left his fortune for good works around the County. (Information from Robert ROWLAND)
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