| AWLISCOMBE IN WHITE'S DIRECTORY OF 1850 |
Awliscombe, a small village on an acclivity 2½ miles W by N of Honiton, has in its parish 590 souls and 569 acres of land, rising in bold hills on the north and including the hamlets of Weston and Wolverston. It had a grant for a market and fair in 1291 but both have long been obsolete. An estate of about 207 acres, called the manor of Awliscombe, was given in 1491 by Thomas Calwodeley to the Coporation of Exeter, for the relief of poor citizens. The rest of the parish belongs to E. S. Drewe Esq, the Pring family and a few smaller freeholders.
A handsome bridge over the river Otter, connects this and Honiton parish and was built in 1817. The church (St. Michael) is a neat Gothic structure which was mostly rebuilt in 1846 and has a tower and five bells. The vicarage is in the patronage of the Duke of Bedford and incumbency of the Reverend F. T. B. Willesford BA who has a small but neat thatched residence and 30 acres of glebe. The rectoral tithes have been vested in trust for the augmenation of the perpetual curacy of Sheldon and the payment of £10 a year to the schoolmaster of Broadhembury. The poor of Awliscombe have £10 a year from Pring's Charity for distribution in linen. |
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Trafalgar Bridge over the River Otter, Awliscombe © Derek Harper |
RESIDENTS Bailey, John, carpenter Clapp, Thgomas, wheelwright Elliott, Miss Gard, Francis, cooper and turner Haymes, John, victualler, Honiton Inn Hitt, William, blacksmith Marker, Francis, shoemaker Marker F, junior, shoemaker, Weston Noble, Captain Jeffery W, Royal Navy Pring, Amy, shopkeeper Shute, Charles, shoemaker Staple, Robert, blacksmith, Weston Strongman, Arthur, shoemaker Townsend, John Honeywood, solicitor, Ashfield Webber, Henry, smith, Post Office Willesford, Rev. F. T. Bedford, BA, Vicar FARMERS
Banfield, William Banfield, John, Ivedon Granger, William, Godfordland Peacock, Edward Pring, Francis Pring, John Pring, Francis and William, Calverhayes Rosier, James Rosier Roger and William Sanders William Toogood, Henry Tuck, Humphrey Tuck, Richard Wood Benjamin, Godfordland |
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13 September, 2012
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