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SYDENHAM DAMEREL

From White's Devonshire Directory of 1850

Transcribed by Neil Stanton

SYDENHAM DAMAREL, or South Sydenham, is a scattered parish, on the eastern side of the Tamar valley, from four to five miles W.N.W of Tavistock, containing 369 souls, and about 2200 acres of land. The Executors of the late John Carpenter, Esq., are lords of the manor, owners of a. great part of the soil, and patrons of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £10.6s.8d., and in 1831 at £245. The Rev. C. E. Radclyffe, M.A., is the incumbent, and has 102A. of glebe, and a large residence. The tithes have been commuted for £165 per annum. The Church (St. Mary) is a small fabric, in the perpendicular style, with a handsome tower, containing five bells. The poor have £20 a year from Tremayne's Charity, as noticed at page 801. Here is a small Bible Christian chapel, erected in 1832. H. Rundle, G.C. Bloye, J.S. Lethbridge, J.H. Gill, and Hy. Hoidge, have estates in the parish.

Bloye Mr G.C.
Lethbridge J.S.
Bullivant Mr. mine agent
Burrow Richard, corn miller
Foot Matthew, vict., Horsebridge Inn
Hancock Natl. shopkeeper & carpenter
Pellow Wm. vict., New Inn
Harris John
Helson John
Hoidge Henry
Kerslake Robert
Pearn Robert
Reynolds John
Radclyffe Rev Chas. Edw., M.A. Rectory
BLACKSMITHS
Hearne James
Hooper John

FARMERS
Amery James
Ryalls Richard
Sleeman Mr
Carpenter Richard
Cole Roger
Cole Wm. B.
Eastlake John
Freeman Richard
Tapper James
Weeks Walter


Brian Randell, 2 Sep 2003

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