Woodleigh Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870  Please notify me of any errors. Contact.   Transcribed by Val HENDERSON Checked by -- Unchecked Page 888   WOODLEIGH is a village and parish in Kingsbride union, containing, by the census of 1861,213 inhabitants, and 2319 acres; in the deanery to which it gives its name, archdeaconry of Totnes, dicese of Exeter, hundred of Stanborough, East Devonshire; 3½ miles north-east from Kingsbridge. The rectory, in the incumbancy of the Rev. George Dawson, M.A., is valued at £340 per annum, with residence and 85A. 2R. 6P. of glebe land, and is in the patronage of Exeter College, Oxford. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Mary, cosisting of nave, chancel, and tower with three bells. The poor have £1 15s. annually divided amongst them, arising from a rentcharge out of land at Lowerdale. Clergy. Dawson Rev. George, M.A., The Rectory Trades and Professions. Baker Benjamin, carpenter, Preston Ford John, whitesmith Ford William, tailor, Langdon cottage Geyle William, farmer, Hendham Gillard Richard King, farmer, Wood Barton Hannaford Henry, farmer, Capton Hill Mrs. Amy, miller   Hosking Abrahan, shopkeeper Kennard George, blacksmith Kellond Miss Ann, school Lidstone Jarvis, farmer, Woodleigh Barton Luscombe Henry, farmer, Hendham Pearce Cyprian, farmer, Preston Combe Perring Robert, parish clerk Underhay Richard, farmer, Lowerdale ~ Letters from Kingsbridge, which is the nearest money order office         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.