Martinhoe 1850

                           MARTINHOE


     From William White's Gazetteer & Directory of Devon 1850


Transcribed by John Bishop

Slightly abridged, indicated  by..............., names in inverted commas 
after a person's name refer to houses or farms.


A picturesque village on the coast of the Bristol Channel, 3 miles West of
Lynton............. Sir. Robert George Throckmorton, Bart. is lord of the
manor & owner of a great part of the soil, and the rest belongs to C.Bailey
Esq. & a few smaller owners.
The Church (St. Martins) is an antique fabric with a tower & 2 bells. The
Rectory valued in KB. at £10-10s-10d and in 1831 at £130 is in the
patronage of the Rev. John Pike, and incumbency of the Rev. Joseph Dovell 
MA. who has 35 acres of glebe and a neat residence which was new fronted in
1843. The tithes were commuted in 1841 for £120 per annum. the poor have 5s
a year.

Dovell, Rev. Jph.  M.A.      "Rectory"
Dovell, Charles.              Beerseller
Richards, John.   Vict.      "Hunters Inn"

FARMERS
Crang, John C.
Crocombe, Rd.           
Dovell, James.               "Hillington"
Dovell, Charles.             "Manacott"
Fry, Walter.                 "Killatree"
Hoyles, Wm.                  "Mill"
Jones, Richd.                "Kimacott"
Latham, John                 "Manacott"
Sloley, Amos.                "Slatenslade"

Brian Randell, 10 Dec 2008