Saint Budeaux. Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact. Transcribed by Peter RUTHERFORD Checked by Val HENDERSON   Pages 860 - 861   SAINT BUDEAUX is a village and parish in Plympton St. Mary union, containing, by the census of 1861, 1376 inhabitants, and 3317 acres; in the deanery of Plympton, archdeaconry of Totnes, hundred of Roborough, South Devonshire; 4 miles north from Plymouth, overlooking the estuary of the Tamar. The living is a vicarage, with the curacy of Knackersknowle annexed, valued at £120 per annum, with residence, in the incumbency of the Rev. Benjamin William Simon*** Vallack, B.A., and the patronage of the vicar of St. Andrew's, Plymouth. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Budeaux, which was erected about the years 1563-4; it consists of nave, chancel, and north and south aisles with tower containing four bells. The Wesleyans have a place of worship here. There is a National School for children of both sexes, which has an endowment of £84 per annum for the educating and clothing of twelve poor boys and twelve poor girls. A lead mine is worked in the neighbourhood. A range of new forts is being erected here, and H.M. Powder Magazine is at Bull Point. The chief landowners are Lord Ashburton and the representatives of the late R.H. Gennys, Esq. The poor have charitable bequests producing about £90 per annum. KNACKERSKNOWLE is a hamlet 2 miles east, in which there is a chapel-of-ease. KINGS TAMARTON**, ½ mile south-west, SALTASH PASSAGE, one mile west, HONICKNOWE*, one mile, and WHITLEIGH, 1 ½ mile, are also hamlets of this parish. Clergy and Gentry. Avent Mr. Robert, Saltash Passage Gennys Mrs. E.H., Whitleigh hall Jeffreys Mr. John, West park Jolly Mr. William, King's Tamerton Moffatt Mr. H.E.M., West Whitleigh Pollard Thomas, Esq., West Whitleigh Vallack Rev. Benjamin William Salmon***, B.A., vicar Trades and Professions. Blatchford John, farmer, Whitleigh Body John Bond, farmer, Ernesettle Bonney Jacob, farmer Bonney John, shoemaker, King's Tamarton Bonney Peter, farmer, King's Tamarton Bravin Mrs. Elizabeth, quarry owner, Honicknowle Braun Philip, farmer Brooking John, farmer, Whitleigh Butland James, farmer, Moore Chubb Mrs. Charlotte, butcher, Knackersknowle Clark Richard, farmer, Barne Cole William, farmer, Boger's tenement Cauch Henry, farmer, Weston mill Creber Mrs. J., farmer, Ernesettle Doble George, "Ferry" inn, Saltash Passage Gill Andrew, farmer, Woodland Greet Thomas, farmer Guest John, beer retailer and shopkeeper, Honicknowle Hocking John, carpenter Hoskins Thomas, mason, King's Tamarton King Walter, miller, Butt's Head mills Kingwell Richard, "Albert Bridge" inn Lillecrap John, butcher and farmer Matthews Mrs., farmer, Kinterbury Northey Richard, farmer, Honicknowle Pengelly William Bernard, beer retailer and wheelwright Philps Richard, "St Budeaux" inn Pickett Edwd., blacksmith, King's Tamarton Pyke William, farmer, Coombe Roberts John, farmer, Agaton farm Short Mrs. E., farmer Skinner John, mason, Honicknowle Soby Thomas, mason and parish clerk Stephens John, farmer, Ernesettle and Honicknowle Stephens John, jun., farmer, Honicknowle Toms William, beer retailer, Honicknowle Tozer Thomas, farmer, Little Ash Tozer William, farmer Truscott Mrs., farmer, King's Tamarton Waldron Henry, gardener, Honicknowle Wood Thomas, shipwright. Alma cottage ~ Post Office - James Moulds, sub-postmaster. Letters from Plymouth arrive at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched, at 5.10 p.m. Plymouth is also the nearest money order office. ~ National School - John Whitmarsh, master. Transcript Notes * Original has 'L' missing in Honicknowle. ** Spelt Tamerton today, spelt both ways in directory. *** Transcript Note - Salmon is correct. (Crockford Clerical Directory - 1870)   TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST   Updated 20/11/01 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.