Woolfardisworthy 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 Pages 396 - 397   WOOLFARDISWORTHY (commonly called WOOLSWORTHY), is a village and parish in Bideford union, containing, by the census of 1861, 776 inhabitants, and 5798 acres; in the deanery and hundred of Hartland, archdeaconry of Barnstaple, diocese of Exeter, North Devonshire ; 6½ miles south-east from Hartland and 8 south-west from Bideford. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. William Holderness, late chaplain ot the Convict Establishments at Portland and Dartmoor, is valued at £60 per annum, with residence, and is in the patronage of Mrs. L.E. Hawkes. The church is an ancient edifice, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, consisting of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, with tower and six bells. The Wesleyans and Bible Christians have places of worship here. In 1747, John Burdon left £10, the interest to be distributed amongst the poor annually. Sir G. Stucley is lord of the manor. BUCK MILLS (the original name of this manor was BOKISH) is a hamlet, partly in this parish and partly in Parkham, in which a new church, dedicated to St. Ann, has been erected and endowed by Mrs. Elwes. The living is a perpetual curacy in the incumbency of the Rev. John Henry Kirwan, M.A., and the patronage of Mrs. Elwes. Clergy and Gentry. ELWES Mrs. Walland, Carey HOLDERNESS Rev. William , The Vicarage KIRWAN Rev. John Henry, M.A., incumbent of Buck Mills PRUST Mrs. Trades and Professions ANDREW Job, tailor and shopkeeper ANDREW John, farmer, Ashcroft ANDREW Thomas, farmer, Dipple BAILEY John, farmer, Satchfield BARFETT Philip, farmer and miller, Leworthy BECKLAKE James, farmer, Leworthy BOND Caleb, farmer, Hole BOUNDY William, farmer, Marshall BOUNDY Thomas, farmer, Runland BRAUND Richard, relieving officer of Hartland District, and sub-postmaster BURROW Joseph, farmer, Highworthy BURROW Joseph, farmer, Town BURROWS Thomas, farmer CLEVERDON John, carpenter COLE William, farmer, Huddisford CORY John, farmer, Ashmanworthy CREWS John, farmer, Buck mills DARK Thomas, farmer, Buck`s wood DAVEY John, mason DUNN Mrs., farmer, Stroxworthy EASTERBROOK William, shoemaker and parish clerk GRIGG John, blacksmith, Buck`s cross GRIGG William, farmer, Ashmansworthy HARDING Richard, farmer, Cranford HEYWOOD Walter, farmer, Walland HOCKRIDGE John, farmer, West town HOPGOOD Richard, blacksmith, "Hotel" HOWARD John, farmer, Bitworthy LEE Thomas, blacksmith MAY William, farmer, Little Durdon MILLMAN John, farmer, Durdon MOASE James, farmer, Almeston MOORE Richard, carpenter NANCEKIVELL William, farmer and miller, Ford mill PENNINGTON John, miller, Lane mill PENNINGTON John, shoemaker PETHERICK Daniel, farmer, South Stroxworthy PROUSE Charles, farmer, Huddisford PYMM James, farmer, Clifford SANDERS William, tailor SAUNDERS William, farmer, Stroxworthy SANGUINS John, farmer, Huddisford SHORT John, farmer, West town SLEE John, famer, Lane Barton STEVENS James, farmer, Ashmansworthy VEAL Joseph, blacksmith and farmer, West moor WAKLEY Samuel, carpenter WESTAWAY Thomas, carpenter ~ Post Office - Richard Braund, sub-postmaster. Letters from Bideford arrive at 11 a.m. ; dispatched at 11.50 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Bideford. ~ The College - Rev. William Holderness , head master; William Lang, second master; George Bevir, third master Parochial School - Thomas Cann, master     TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 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.