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"ASHREIGNEY or Ring's Ash parish includes the hamlets of
Riddlecombe, Great Hayes, and Churchwater, and is in
Torrington union, county court district, South Molton petty
sessional division, Barnstaple archdeaconry, Chulmleigh rural
deanery, and North Tawton hundred. Ashreigney village is 4 miles W.
by S. of Chulmleigh. The parish had 675 inhabitants in 1881, and
comprised 5663 acres of land. J. G. Johnson, Esq. is lord of the
manor formerly belonging to the Reigny and other families, but part
of the soil is held by Earl Portsmouth and a few smaller owners.
Here is an annual fair on the Wednesday after January 30th. The
CHURCH (St. James) is an ancient structure which is about to be
thoroughly restored at a cost of about £1000, which will be
defrayed by subscription, with a tower containing six bells. The
living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £24, in the patronage
of Jno. G. Johnson, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. J. H.
Moore-Stevens, M.A. who has a good residence and 83 acres of glebe.
The tithes are commuted at £460 a year. Register dates from
1654. The WESLEYANS have a chapel here, and at Bridgereeve is an
INDEPENDENT CHAPEL. The NATIONAL SCHOOL was built in 1860 at a cost
of £600, raised by voluntary contribution, aided by
Government grant.
POST OFFICE at Mr. John
Boundy's. Letters arrive at 8.5 a.m., and are despatched at 5.35
p.m. Chulmleigh is the nearest Money Order Office. There is a WALL
LETTER BOX at Riddlecombe, cleared at 5.10 p.m. weekdays only."
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Alford Henry, boot and shoemaker
Ashplant John, boot and shoemaker Bellew James, farmer, Woodrow Berry Benjamin, farmer, Churchwater Bird John, farmer, Pitt Boughtfield Thomas, farmer, Beara Boundy Andrew, victualler, New Inn Boundy John, grocer, draper and postmaster Boundy Samuel, farmer, West yard Callard Mrs Jane, blacksmith and shopkeeper Carter John, wheelwright and shopkeeper, Riddlecombe Cook John, ropemaker, Bridgereeve Cook John, farmer, Coal House Cole Mrs Joan, farmer, Densham Cole John, farmer, landowner and churchwarden, South Town Cole John Budd, farmer and manure merchant, Isaacs Cole Joseph, farmer, Ham farm Dunn James, farmer, Horridge Ellies James, blacksmith & shopkpr. Ford John, farmer, Winswood Gay Wm. corn miller, Marsh mills Greenslade John, blacksmith, Riddlecombe Hancock John, farmer and maltster, Goodcott Harris Jeremiah, farmer and assessor of taxes, Riddlecombe Harris John, farmer, Cold Harbour Harris Robert, farmer, Riddlecombe Harris Robert, farmer, Hole Harris Thomas, carpenter and builder |
Harris William, farmer, Hook
Harris William, farmer, Riddlecombe Headon Isaac, farmer, Westacott Joslin Mrs Mary Cowman, schoolmistress Joslin William, schoolmaster and registrar of births and deaths for Winkleigh district Kennor Robert, stonemason Lane William, parish clerk Lane William, saddle & harness mkr. Mitchell Mrs Jane, South cottage Mitchell John, farmer and landowner, Eagledown Moore-Stevens, Rev John Henry, M.A. rector, Rectory Parkhouse Robert, mason Passmore John, sexton Potter Mrs. farmer, Handsford Sanders John, tailor Sanders Robert, boot & shoemaker Short John, farmer and landowner, Bridge farm Short William, farmer, Northcott Barton Simmons Thomas, carpenter and wheelwright Skinner William, farmer, Redland Squire John, farmer and landowner, Furze Barton Squire John, farmer, West Arson Tapp John, thatcher Thorne John, farmer, Cmbdown Turner Christopher, farmer, Heale Turner John, farmer, Arson Wedlake John, farmer, Bourne farm |
Last updated - Brian Randell, 12 Jun 2006
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