MORCHARD BISHOP IN SLATER'S DIRECTORY OF 1852 |
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The London Inn, Morchard Bishop - 2001 Note the old mounting block - topped with a flower pot © Richard J. Brine |
MORCHARD BISHOP is a considerable village and parish, in the hundred of Crediton, situated about 6 miles from Chulmleigh and 8 from Crediton. It was formerly a place of much traffic but which has now materially declined since the formation of the new road to Barnstaple. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient and handsome structure; the living is a rectory, the present incumbent and patron being the Venerable Archdeacon Bartholomew. There is likewise a neat chapel for Wesleyan Methodists. The parish contained, in 1851, 1,880 inhabitants. There is a Receiving House for post at Morchard Bishop, Maria Gibbings being the Receiver. Letters arrive and are despatched through the Exeter Office. |
NOBILITY, GENTRY & CLERGY Rev. Charles Bartholomew Venerable Rev. John Bartholomew, The Rectory Rev. James Philip Bremridge Lady Henrietta Churchill, Barton House ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS National School - Master, Samuel Mare; Mistress, Ann Richards PROFESSIONAL PERSONS Charles Basley, surgeon INNS & PUBLIC HOUSES John Hooper, The Fountain Head Maria Gibbings, The London Inn Robert Strong, The Three Horseshoes SHOPKEEPERS & TRADERS James Cann, baker Stephen Cann, watchmaker Joseph Churchill, saddler Robert Davie, tailor Sarah Anne Davie, milliner John Glanfield, ironmonger and shopkeeper James Jerrett, cooper Samuel Mare, parish clerk James Maunder, tallow chandler John Melluish, boot maker Richard Mortimer, shopkeeper John Reed, wheelwright William Salter, boot maker John Skinner, tallow chandler Thomas Smith, blacksmith Robert Strong, boot & shoemaker John Tucker, agricultural implement maker John Webber, boot maker John Wreford, grocer & draper RAILWAY The nearest station is at Crediton 14 miles distant, by which passengers and goods are forwarded to London, Bristol and all intermediate places. CARRIERS To Exeter: John Salter, from his house (The Green) Tuesdays and Fridays.
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31 July, 2009
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