| BRENTOR IN THE TAVISTOCK DIRECTORY OF 1918 |
Postal delivery to the more remote parts of Dartmoor could be very difficult to maintain in the weather conditions which prevailed and because of the distances between many of the houses and farms. Some rural postmen had a pony to use but most went round on foot, covering miles and miles of rural tracks on rounds which could take 12 to 14 hours to complete. These men (and the occasional woman) were much appreciated in the lonely farms and cottages and more often than not, were sure to find warmth by a fire or a pasty just out of the oven.
No one person could have delivered the post in the remote areas around Brentor so the task was shared by the Rural Postmen of Lewdown and Bridestowe. Letters had to be marked accordingly as shown in the list below.
* Letters should be addressed to Lewdown § Letters should be addressed to Bridestowe |
Post Office: Money Office and Telegraph Office. Mrs. E. Minhinnick, sub-postmistress. letters arrive from Tavistock at 7.30 am and 4 pm; desptached at 12.50 and 7.35 pm. No Sunday delivery.
RESIDENTS Apps, Rev. A R O, The Vicarage Adams, Mrs, Fair View Allen, Mrs, St Barbara § Ball, F, Belladonna Batten, W C, farmer, Brinsabatch *Batten, Mrs J, Wood Park *Batten, D, Wood Park Batten, W H, surveyor to Tavistock RDC, Brinsabatch Bevan, J, mason, Village *Bickle, S, farmer, Westcott Brimacombe & Wilton, bakers, Village Cooke, D, bootmaker, Village Coleridge, F R C, Langstone § Clark, Newman, Moorcroft Cousins, G, Bonaford House § Daw, Miss, Watervale House * Dodd, E, farmer, Bowden Hill § Doidge, T, Edgemoor Eastcott, W, Woodman's Well Eggins, G, farmer, South Brentor § Fairclough, Mrs, Homeleigh Gerry, J, farmer, South Brentor Gerry, R, farmer, Rowden Gilbert, L, Herring Arms Hotel Gilchrist, G, The Retreat *Glyn, Miss, farmer, Longlands Gregory, Miss, The Poplars Honey, F, farmer, Cloberry Jackman, J N , Rowden Jeffery, J, farmer, Liddaton Jenkins, John, station master § Lewarne, J, Rosmoyne § Luxton, W, Luxalyan § Matthews, Mrs, Manor Hotel * Maunder, G, farmer, Liddaton Medland, H, Woodman's Well § Medland, W E, farmer, The Hall § Nicholls, F J W, Torside *Osborne, F, farmer, Lipscliffe Postlethwaite, Dr. F, Nutshell § Pengelly, R, farmer, Forda Parken, W, farmer, Park House § Paul, R, farmer, Watervale * Pearce, J, farmer, Burcombe Pinhey, J, farmer, Glenside Powell, Miss, St Barbara § Radford, H M, Ingobrake Rae, Miss, schoolmistress Rice, R & S, Burn Lane Rice, E J, butcher, Village Rice, T H, farmer, Village Rice, Mrs T, Lowertown * Rundle, G, mason, Liddaton Squire, Mrs A, Park Cottage Squire, Mrs T, Glenfield Villa Squire, J, shopkeeper & farmer § Stanbury, T, farmer, Prescombe § Stephens, W, farmer, Watervale Stutely, E, assistant overseer, &c. Fair View * Symons, J, farmer, Whitsun * Symons, W, farmer, Liddaton Tancock, T, farmer, South Brentor Vallance, D, farmer, South Brentor Ward, Frank, Burnville Ward & Chowen, auctioneers &c.,Burnville *Westlake, T, jun, Liddaton § Willcocks, Mrs W, Wastor Yelland, E B, farmer, Tor Park |
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