Yealmpton Transcribed from - Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer. 1870 Please notify me of any errors. Contact. Transcribed by Liz COOK Checked by Val HENDERSON   Pages 888 - 889   YEALMPTON is a large village and parish in Plympton St. Mary union, containing, by the census of 1861, 1035 inhabitants, and 3537 acres; in the deanery and hundred of Plympton, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, South Devonshire, 6½ miles east from Plymouth, and 5 south-east from Plympton St. Mary Station, on the South Devon Railway; on the banks of the river Yealm, from whence its name, and on which there is a salmon fishery. The vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. William Thomas Huxham Eales, B.A., had the tithes commuted, in 1841, at £307 per annum, with residence and 22 acres of glebe land, and is in the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter. The rectorial tithes were also commuted at £355 per annum. The church is a fine edifice, dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, consisting of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, with tower and six bells: it was rebuilt in 1850, with the exception of the tower, by Edmund Rodney Pollexfen Battard, Esq., at an expense of about £7500. The screen dividing the nave and chancel is of carved marble, and the columns between the nave and aisles are in alternate layers of rough and polished marble; the communion table consists of a marble slab in oak frame; the font (one of the finest in the country) is a beautiful carved octagon, supported at each angle by serpentine columns resting on a black base, the whole of Devonshire marble. There are four stained-glass windows, the one in the east end consists of five sections, representing the saints, Bartholomew, Paul, John the Baptist, and John the Evangelist, and underneath each alternate section, St. Bartholomew preaching to the people, the crucifixion of St. Peter, and the beheading of St. Paul; the intervening sections being filled with stained glass only: it is to the memory of E.R.P. Bastard, Esq., who restored the church. There is an ancient brass to the memory of Sir John Crocker, who was standard bearer to Edward IV. In the churchyard is a very ancient and curious stone, supposed to have been raised to the memory of Sipsius, standard bearer to the Saxon King Ethelwolf, whose palace was in this parish. The Wesleyans have a place of worship, and there is a Parochial Scholl for children of both sexes. There is a Police Station and Sessions House, in which the magistrates hold Petty Sessions monthly, and the meetings of the Highway Board are also held there. There is a cattle market on the fourth Wednesday in each month, and a fair annually on the 25th May. There are several charitable bequests for the benefit of the poor. DUNSTONE, LONGBROOK, LYNEHAM, WILBERTON, and WERSTON are hamlets of this parish. Clergy and Gentry. Adkins Joshua, Esq. Adkins Joshua Edward, Esq. Anthony The Misses, Gloyn's park Bastard Baldwin John Pollexfen. Esq., J.P., Kitley Birt Mrs. Mary Bulteel Miss Eales Rev. Wm. Thos. H., B.A., the Vicarage Ford Mrs. Sarah. Yeo cottage Harris Capt. William. J.P. Harris William. jun., Esq., J.P., The Lodge Holberton William. Esq., Yealm Bridge Kelly Thomas. Esq., Little Mrs. Mackey Capt. Alexander M., R.N., Yealmpton villa Nott George Francis, Esq., Longbrook Rogers William Hinds, Esq. Scoble Mr. Robert, Efford Stooke Mrs. Caroline, Lyneham house Trades and Professions. Abbott William, blacksmith Adams Mrs. Jane, farmer, Stoney cross Adams John L., farmer, Lower Dunstone Adkins Joshua Edward, surgeon ANTHONY JOHN HENRY, miller, farmer, seed and manure merchant, Yealmpton mills Barratt Miss Amy, shopkeeper Barratt Miss Sarah, schoolmistress, Torr Hill cottage Barratt William, butcher and farmer Beare Henry, police constable BLACKLER JAMES AND SONS, saddlers and harness makers Brimblecombe John, carpenter Brimblecombe John, tailor Brock Saml., academy and sub-postmaster Brooks Philip, farmer, Worston Cawse Robert, shopkeeper Chaffe George, carrier Coleman Richard, relieving officer and registrar of births and deaths for the Yealmpton district, Prospect cottages Cornish Charles, butcher and farmer Cornish William, shoemaker Crocker Henry, millwright Dawe Joseph, farmer, Higher Dunstone Dingle Thomas, artist, Longbrook cottage Ellis John D., farmer, Treeby farm Ford Henry, farmer, Halltorrs GILES JOSEPH, manure and insurance agent, Dunstone house Hall Thomas, shoemaker Hammick John, shopkeeper Hole Joseph, miller, Yealm bridge Jenkins Mrs. Maria, farmer, East Pitton Jones Philip, carrier   Kelly Thomas, solicitor, commissioner in Common Law and Chancery, clerk to the magistrates for the Erme and Plym division, to the commissioners of Land, Assessed, and Income Taxes, to the Highway Board of the Ermington and Plympton district, and superintendent registrar for Plympton St Mary union Kingcome John, baker Kingcome Samuel, painter, decorator, and glazier Lavers Mrs. Joanna, shopkeeper Lavers Richard, miller, Worston mill Lavers Robert, parish clerk Lee John, baker Leigh Henry, "Volunteer" inn Luke James, grocer and draper Luke Philip Wm., builder and farmer, Hern Mann William, wheelwright Matthews William, farmer, Waye Oldrieve Lewis John, land agent and steward to Baldwin John Pollexfen Bastard, Esq., J.P. Parnell Richard, farmer, Bowden Pearse James, plumber and tinplate-worker Popham James, dairyman Robins John, "Yealmpton" inn Rogers William Hinds, surgeon Rudd John, baker Scoble Thomas Samuel, farmer, Efford Sharpe Joseph, Parochial schoolmaster and organist, Prospect cottages Shepherd Charles, farmer, West Pitton Sherriff William, carpenter, Dunstone Shillabeer John, woodranger Shillabeer William, carpenter Snowdon William, wood turner, saw mill proprietor, and limeburner, Yealm bridge; and at 43 Union st, Stonehouse Southwood William, butcher and farmer Symons Mrs. Caroline, haberdasher Symons John, blacksmith Symons Joshua, blacksmith, Lyneham Symons William, blacksmith Tall George, shoemaker Tapley Thomas, tailor, Lyneham Treneman John, farmer, Wilburton Turner Philip, market gardener, Yealm bridge Vanstone James, "Yealm Bridge" inn Vanstone Tristram, farmer, Dunstone Willcocks John, farmer, Windsor ~ Post Office - Samuel Brock, Postmaster. Letters from Plympton arrive at 8a.m.;dispatched at 4.50p.m. Money orders granted and paid, and Saving Bank and annuity business transacted from 9a.m. to 6p.m. ~ Parochial School - Joseph Sharpe, master: Miss Sarah Barratt, mistress ~ Conveyance - Foale and Tucker's coach passes through Kingsbridge and Modbury to Plymouth, at 10 a.m.; returning at 6p.m. daily ~ Carriers - George Chaffe and Philip Jones, to Plymouth, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday TOP MY HOME PAGE RETURN TO 1870 LIST Updated 27/11/01 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.