BITTADON

From the Post Office Directory of Devonshire and Cornwall, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co, 1856

BITTADON is a township and small parish, situated on the high road from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe, about equi-distant between them. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a very small ancient edifice, entirely covered with ivy. W.A.Yeo, is lord of the manor and chief land-owner. The Rev. Francis Mules, M.A., is the rector, and the living is valued at about £90. The parish, which is in the Barnstaple Union and Braunton Hundred, contains 1018 acres, and 51 inhabitants. UPCOTT is a farm.

Mules Rev. Francis, M.A. [rector]

Traders

Harris John, farmer
Shapland Richard, farmer, Upcott
Smith Charles, farmer, Upcott
Smith George, farmer

Letters through Barnstaple, which is the nearest money order office.

Trevor Western, 16 Aug 1998