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NORTH TAWTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
From Slater's Directory of ... Devon ... 1852
Transcribed by Caroline <tilburycm <AT> netscape.net>
NORTH TAWTON, a small market town, is situated in the hundred of the same name, distant 20 miles from Exeter, 7 from Oakhampton, and 12 from the railway station at Crediton. The church, dedicated to St. Mary [sic], is an ancient building; the living is a rectory, of which the Rev. Henry Hole is the present incumbent. There is likewise a chapel for Independents.
The market, which had been discontinued for some times, was revived a few years ago, and a convenient markethouse erected in 1849; it is held on Thursday, and is well attended. There is a large woollen manufactory adjacent to the town, affording employment to a number of hands; and at South Tawton, four miles distant are the most extensive lime quarries found in the county of Devon. The population, according to the late census of 1851, was 1,906.
POST OFFICE, William COLLIHILE, Post Master - Letters from London, Exeter, and all parts of England, arrive every morning at eight, and are despatched at five in the afternoon.
| Gentry & Clergy | |
| BURKETT Rev. [__] | North Tawton |
| CROOTE Mr. George | Crook Farm |
| DURANT Captain [__] | North Tawton |
| HOARE Henry Arthur, Esq. | Oxenham House |
| HOLE Rev. Henry | Rectory, North Tawton |
| ORCHARD William, Esq. | Ashbridge House |
| PALTRIDGE Mr. James | Sandford |
| RICHARDS Rev. G. P. | Sampford Courtney |
| SHARP Rev. Thomas | North Tawton |
| SKINNER John, Esq. | Westcott |
| STREET Mr. (__] | North Tawton |
| Academies & Schools | |
| BURN Emma | mistress, NATIONAL SCHOOL |
| BURN Mary | (day) |
| PYKE Hugh | (day) |
| RODD Francis | (day) |
| Professional Persons | |
| BUDD Christian | surgeon |
| FULFORD Robert | attorney, & agent to the West of England fire, &c. office |
| GILLARD George | attorney |
| LETHEREN John Molland | auctioneer, & agent to the Farmers' fire, &c. office |
| MORRIS John William | surgeon |
| PYKE Hugh | agent to the Norwich Union fire & life office |
| Inns & Public Houses | |
| BICKHAM John | "Gostrick Arms" (commercial) |
| DREW John | "Seven Stars", South Tawton |
| DURANT William | "George" |
| FISHER William | "Ring of Bells" |
| HAWKINS William | "Fountain" |
| SNELL John | "New Inn", Sampford Courtney |
| Shopkeepers & Traders | |
| ASH Alexander | beer retailer |
| BLIGHT Samuel | bookseller & tailor |
| BULLEID Samuel | brewer & maltster |
| CHAPPLE John | registrar of births, &c. |
| COLLIHOLE William | saddler & harness maker |
| DAY Samuel | blacksmith |
| DAY William | blacksmith & shopkeeper |
| DURANT William | saddler |
| FEWIUS William | miller, South Tawton |
| FINCH Charles | shopkeeper, South Tawton |
| FISHER William | maltster |
| FOOT James | inland revenue officer |
| GIBBINGS Henry | draper & grocer |
| GIBBINGS Mary | straw bonnet maker |
| GOULD Thomas | watch & clock maker |
| GOURNAN Thomas | boot & shoe maker |
| GUEST John | supervisor, Inland Revenue Office, "Gostrick Arms" |
| HOARE Henry Arthur | lime burner, South Tawton |
| HOOPER Henry | beer retailer |
| HOOPER Richard | shopkeeper |
| LETHEREN Richard | draper, grocer & stamp distributor |
| LETHEREN Thomas | timber merchant |
| PEDLER William | draper & tea dealer |
| PYKE Hugh | boot maker & parish clerk |
| PYKE John | baker |
| RYAN John | baker & confectioner |
| STAUNTON Joseph | grocer & druggist |
| STONEMAN Robert | butcher |
| STONEMAN Rhomas | tailor & shopkeeper |
| TAMLIN Thomas | ironmonger & plumber |
| TAVERNER Charles | miller |
| TAVERNER James | miller, Newland Mills |
| TAYLOR Lancelot | boot &c. maker |
| TAYLOR Mary | shopkeeper |
| TUCKER Geo. | tailor & shopkeeper |
| VICARY William | tanner |
| VILVEN Richard | tailor & shopkeeper |
| WESTERN James | carrier & seedsman |
| WHITE John | breeches maker |
| WILCOX John | baker |
| YEO John | game dealer & shopkeeper, Sampford Courtney |
| Woollen Manufacturer | |
| VICARY Gilbert D. | NORTH TAWTON MILLS |
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