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NORTH TAWTON
From Kelly's Directory of Devon, 1889
Transcribed by Caroline <tilburycm <AT> netscape.net>
County Magistrates of the South Molton Petty Sessional Division sit bi-monthly at North Tawton, (1st Thursday at 12 noon)
Rev. Robert HOLE (rector)
Christian BUDD esq., M.B.
Major DUNNING
Lapford WOOD
Rev. J. V. TANNER (rector of Chawleigh)
Acting clerk: George L. FULFORD
Parish clerk: Hugh PYKE
Postmaster: Frank SKINNER
Post Office, M.O.&T.O., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office (Railway Sub-office. Letters should have R.S.O. Devon added) Letters received from London, Bristol, Exeter & all parts at 4.44 a.m. & 3.10 p.m.; dispatched at 2.55 & 7.55 p.m.; deliveries commence at 7 a.m. & 3.10 p.m.; sundays, delivery 7 a.m.; dispatch 7.55 p.m.
Parcels 20 minutes before each dispatch.
Insurance agents: | |
British Equitable | H. PHILLIPS |
Economic Life | E. GOSS |
Liverpool & London & Globe | E. GOSS |
Northern Assurance | H. PHILLIPS |
Norwich Union | H. PYKE & Son |
Sun | Frank SKINNER, Post Office |
West of England | G. L. FULFORD |
County Police Station
In charge - Sergeant William KEMBLE
Public Officers
Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes
George L. FULFORD
Certifying Factory Surgeon & Medical Officer & Public
Vaccinator, North Tawton District, Okehampton Union
Frank Sidney HAWKINS
Registrar of Births & Deaths for North Tawton Sub-district
Hugh PYKE
Deputy Registrar
John Ellis PYKE
Inland Revenue Officer
Patrick WELBY
Sub-distributor of Stamps
Frank SKINNER
Schools
NORTH TAWTON erected in 1863, at a cost of £2,000, on a site given by the Earl of Portsmouth, is intended for the education of the sons of the middle classes generally; attached to the school are three scholarships, given by Lord Portsmouth & others; the school is managed by a committee of 12 members:
Rev. Robert HOLE B.A., chairman;
Robert J. TUCKER B.A., head master;
Samuel DUNN B.A., &
John PRITCHARD, assistant masters;
Henry GIBBINGS, hon. sec.
SCHOOL BOARD of 5 members was formed January 26th, 1872;
Edward GOSS, clerk to the board; attendance officer,
Thomas G. MANNING, North TAWTON.
BOARD (mixed), built in 1875, for 300 children; average attendance, 77 boys & 80 girls;
James Chanter PIERCE, master;
Sarah Louisa PIERCE, mistress.
BOARD (infants), acquired in 1875, & holding 125 children; average attendance, 85;
Miss Annie NEWMAN, mistress.
Railway Station
George RISBRIDGER, station master
LEWIS & Son, agents to South Western Railway Co.
Carriers
WEEKES, through from Hatherleigh to Exeter, thurs. returning sat.;
BALL, daily from Hatherleigh to North Tawton station
Private Residents | |
BANBERY Thomas | Exeter street |
BROCK Miss | Crispins |
BUDD Christian M.B., J.P. | |
COCKWELL Thomas | |
DREW Mrs. | Exeter street |
DUNN Samuel B.A. | assistant master, North Tawton school |
FARRANT Mark | Nicholls Nymet |
FULFORD George Langdon | |
HOLE Rev. Robert B.A., J.P. | Rectory |
ISAAC Miss | Tennis court |
LETHEREN Richard | Tennis court |
LETHEREN Robert | The Square |
LUCAS Walter | Park terrace |
PADMAN Miss | Park terrace |
PHILLIPS Henry | Court green |
PRITCHARD John | assistant master, North Tawton school |
RAYMONT Miss | High street |
STEPHENS Richard Bolitho | Ashridge |
TAYLOR Rev. Thomas Henry | (Congregational) |
TUCKER Robert J. B.A. | head master, North Tawton school |
TUCKER Samuel James | Exeter street |
VICARY Mrs. | Bouchiers hill |
WREFORD Miss | |
Commercial | |
ATTWELL Samuel | baker |
BAKER Robert | farmer, Nicholls Nymet |
BANBERY Bessie (Miss) | shopkeeper |
BANBERY Eliza (Mrs.) | dress maker |
BANBERY Frank | builder |
BENNETT William | shopkeeper |
BICKHAM William Davis | farmer, Park terrace |
BOLT William | farmer, Northweek |
BOWDEN John | shoe maker |
BOWDEN Thomas | shoe maker |
BOWDEN William | shoe maker |
BRADLEY John & Son | blacksmiths |
BREALEY Richard & Son | wheelwrights |
BREALEY William | tailor |
BREALEY William | wheelwright & carpenter |
BROOK Christopher | farmer, Slade |
BROOKS Thomas | dairyman |
CANN Robert Davy | tailor & draper |
CURRY Henry | "Gostwyck Arms" public house |
DART William | farmer, Bridge |
DAW John | farmer, Bathe |
DAW Thomas | farmer, Greenslade |
DAY Lewis William | confectioner & aerated water manufacturer |
DAY Samuel | blacksmith |
DAY William George | blacksmith |
DAYMENT Elizabeth (Mrs.) | farmer, Week |
DRAKE William | "White Hart" inn |
DREW Mary & Susanna (Misses) | stationers & fancy repository |
DURANT & Sons | seed growers & wine & spirit merchants |
ELLIS Samuel | mason |
ELLIS Thomas | mason & sexton |
EVANS Samuel | butcher |
FILDEW William Henry | Temperance commercial hotel, & confectioner, good stabling |
FOLLAND Joseph | boot maker |
FOLLAND Thomas | farmer, Ashridge |
FULFORD George Langdon | solicitor, commissioner for oaths, clerk to the commissioners of taxes & magistrates, North Tawton district & clerk to the school board at Sampford Courtenay |
GIBBINGS H. & Son | woollen & linen drapers, grocers, tailors & outfitters; & at Okehampton |
GIBBINGS Jn. Henson & Son | farmers, Week |
GIBBINGS John | coal dealer |
GIBSON John | farmer, Beere |
GORWYN William Lambert | farmer, Halse |
GOSS Edward | accountant & clerk to the school board |
HARVEY William | "Ring of Bells" public house |
HAWKINS Frank Sidney | surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, North Tawton district, Okehampton union & certifying factory surgeon |
HEATH William | shopkeeper |
HEATH William John | lessee of market |
HOOPER Charles | butcher, The Square |
HOPKINS Henry | "Fountain" inn |
KNAPMAN George | baker |
KNAPMAN William | farmer |
LEE James | shoe maker |
LETHEREN Charley | grocer & draper |
LEWIS & Son | carriers & agents for the London & South Western Railway Co. |
LINSCOTT William | tailor & insurance agent |
MADGE Philip | butcher, High street |
MANNING Thomas George | ironmonger, & school attendance officer |
MANSFIELD Edward | shopkeeper |
MARTIN William | chimney sweeper |
MAY Ernest | farmer, Middlestone |
MAY George Hall | farmer, Westacott |
MAY Richard | farmer & landowner, Crooke |
METHERELL Joseph | relieving & vaccination officer for North Tawton district, Okehampton union |
MOGRIDGE George | shoe maker |
OSBORN Philip | harness maker |
OSBORN William | blacksmith |
PADDON Thomas | corn dealer |
PHILLIPS Frank | devon serge warehouse |
PHILLIPS Henry | branch manager to Jn. SHAW & Son Ltd., woollen manufacturers |
PILLMAN Jonas | lessee of fair tolls |
PONSFORD James | dairyman |
POTTER Harriet (Mrs.) | "Railway" inn |
PYKE, HORNE & POWLESLAND | auctioneers; & at Bow R.S.O. |
PYKE Hugh | registrar of births & deaths for North Tawton sub-district, assistant overseer & collector of taxes, |
PYKE John | draper |
PYKE John Ellis | deputy registrar of births & deaths for North Tawton sub-district |
RATTENBURY Charity (Miss) | milliner |
RAY John | dairyman |
SALTER William Durant | farmer, Barton |
SAMPSON John | wheelwright |
SEARLE Samuel & Son | farmers, Lower stone |
SHAW John & Son Ltd. | woollen manufacturers (Henry PHILLIPS, manager); head office, Halifax, Yorkshire |
SKINNER Frank | grocer, chemist & druggist, & Post & Stamp office & agent for the Sun Fire & Life office |
SLOMAN William | farmer, Staddon |
SNELL William | farmer, Broad Nymet (letters should be addressed Bow R.S.O.) |
SQUIRE Martha (Mrs.) | shopkeeper |
STONEMAN Thomas | tailor |
TAMLIN Susanna (Mrs.) | draper & grocer |
TAMLIN Thomas | ironmonger |
TAVERNER James Camble | miller (water & steam) & farmer, Newland mills |
TAYLOR Elizabeth (Mrs.) | ladies' school |
TAYLOR John | basket maker |
TAYLOR John jun. | chimney sweeper |
TAYLOR Mary Ann (Mrs.) & Son | farmers, Tawton wood |
TAYLOR Samuel | shoe maker |
TAYLOR William | mason |
TAYLOR William | thatcher |
TUCKER Robert J. B.A. | head master, North Tawton school |
TURNER John | thatcher |
VANSTONE George | colt breaker |
VILVEN & Son | tailors |
VOOGHT John | farmer, Sandford |
WARE William | posting house |
WARD, CANN & Co. | coal & general merchants, Railway station |
WAY Frances (Mrs.) | shopkeeper |
WEBBER George | farmer, Yeo |
WEBBER William | tailor |
WELBY Patrick | inland revenue officer |
WILLCOCKS George | "Globe" inn |
WILLCOCKS John | baker |
Banks
Dingley, Pearse & Co. (Okehampton Bank) (sub-branch)
open thursdays & fair days only;
draw on City Bank Ltd. London EC
National Provincial Bank of England Ltd. (sub-branch of)
open on thursdays & fair days;
draw on head office, London EC
Other
Gas Co.
James Chanter PIERCE, sec.
North Tawton School
Robert J. TUCKER B.A., head master
Samuel DUNN B.A., assistant master
John PRITCHARD, assistant master
Henry GIBBINGS, hon. sec.
Reading & Recreation Rooms
Charles LETHEREN, sec.
Water Co.
Hugh PYKE, sec.