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BURRINGTON parish includes the hamlet of Townbridge, and
the village of Week, and is in South Molton union, county court
district, and petty sessional division, Barnstaple archdeaconry,
Chulmleigh rural deanery, and North Tawton hundred. Its village is
pleasantly situated, 4 miles N.W. by W. of Chulmleigh, 2 miles S.W.
from South Molton Road Station on the North Devon Railway. The
parish had 776 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 5330 acres of
land. The Earl of Portsmouth has a manor and estate here; and J. G.
Johnson, Esq. M.P., William Buckingham, Esq., Mrs Benson, Michael
Leamon, Esq., Mr. E. Leamon, and Mr. W. Leamon have estates
here.
There is a small station
on the L. and S. W. Railway called Portsmouth Arms Station.
The CHURCH (Holy Trinity)
is an ancient structure consisting of chancel, nave, and south
aisle, and was restored in 1869 at a cost of £1100, raised by
subscription. The handsome screen still remains. In the church is a
monument to William Harvey, a vicar of the parish in the reign of
Charles I. He was dispossessed of his living by Cromwell, but
restored to it by Charles II. He died in 1662. The Register dates
from 1606. The living is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £13
11s. 3d., in the patronage of William Buckingham, Esq., and
incumbency of the Rev. Mortimer Drury Buckingham, M.A. The tithes
were commuted in 1838, the vicarial £260, and the rectorial
for £308 10s. The latter belong to M. Leamon, Esq. The
vicar's glebe is about 90 acres.
The BIBLE CHRISTIANS and
the PLYMOUTH BRETHREN have chapels here. The PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, with
teachers' residence, was completed in 1857 at an expense of upwards
of £700. The poor have £2 10s. yearly from Pyncombe's
and Tossel's charities.
The Earl of Portsmouth
subscribes £10 yearly to the clothing club for the poor.
POST OFFICE at Mr.
Jonathan Pickard's. Letters are despatched at 6 p.m. on week days
only, via Chulmleigh, which is the nearest Money Order and
Telegraph Office.
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Babbage James Ford, yeoman,
Braggamarsh
Baker Mrs. Higher Curzland Baker William Brayley, farmer, Cleave Bates Thomas, vict. London Inn, farmer and shopkeeper Boatfield Thomas, mason, North parks Buckingham Rev Mortimer Drury, M.A. vicar, Vicarage Buckingham Thomas, wheelwright, Moor End Buckingham Mr. William, Northcote Manor house Butler John, carpenter, Little Northcott Butt Samuel, farmer, Churchland Callard Wm. blacksmith, White Oak Cole John, farmer, Hayne Barton Cook John, tailor Cooper Mrs Susanna, vict. Portsmouth Arms Dillon John, yeoman, Pavington Flew John, police constable Ford John, mason Fox William, yeoman, Curzland Gay William, shopkeeper Harris James, blacksmith & shopkeeper Headon James, farmer, Hill Heaman Robert, yeoman, Twitchen Hyman William Thomas, farmer, Abbotts marsh Knight Henry William schoolmaster Macnamara Mr. Thos. Westfield house Manning Charles, farmer, Cowlais Manning Thomas, farmer, Week Middleton Robert, farmer, Callard Middleton Robert, farmer, Whitecleave Miller Arthur, farmer & miller, Graze Miller Wm. farmer & miller, Burrington mill Mills Elias, farmer, Southdown |
Nethercott John, carpenter, White
Oak
Nethercott Robert, crpntr. Townbridge Parry John, farmer, Litchland Pickard James, farmer, Catham Pickard Jonathan, draper, grocer, farmer & postmaster Pincombe John, farmer, Hanford Potter Samuel Sidney, farmer, Barton Prouse Robt. Wm. farmer, Upcott Prouse William, yeoman, Southcott Richards James, farmer Elscott Rippin Mrs Ann, farmer, Higher Hackney Shopland Thos. vict. Barnstaple Inn Small Mr, Northpark Snell Robert, farmer, Higher Elscott Snell Wm. blacksmith, Cleave down Taylor Philip, yeoman, Golland Taylor Robert, farmer, New house Thomas Wm. L. & S. W. stationmaster, Portsmouth Arms station Thorne Thomas, carpenter Tucker Charles, farmer, Pool Batten Tucker Richard, dairyman & farmer Tucker Wm. shopkeeper & shoemaker Turner John, farmer, Bedport Turner John, farmer, Halsbury Vicary Robert, farmer, Bridge Webber George, farmer, Boutchland Webber John, farmer, Lower Hackney Westacott Wm. farmer, Barn Pool Woolway Mrs Mary Ann, farmer, Townbridge Woolway William, farmer, Pavington Woolway Wm. farmer, Week Park |
Last updated - Brian Randell, 17 Jun 2006
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