Thorverton is a village and a parish 8 miles from Tiverton, with a station on the Exe Valley railway. It is in the Tiverton Division of Devon, the Tiverton Union and County Court District. The Church is dedicated to St. Thomas à Becket. The Vicarage has a commutable value of £452 with residence and glebe in the gift of the Dean and chapter of Exeter. It has been held since 1875 by the Rev. S. Childs Clarke, MA. There is also a Nonconformist chapel. Acreage, 4,036; rateable value, £6,764; population 863.
Poor Law Guardians: Messrs T. Sharland and A. Ellis.
Overseers: Messrs W. F. Potter; J. W. White; Robert farmer; S. G. Thomas.
Churchwardens: Messrs A. Ellis and Henry T. Radmore
PROFESSIONAL, TRADE, PRIVATE &c.
Baker, John S, sec. Conservative Club
Barter, Miss M, Pitt Farm
Beedell, J. F, farmer, Ratcliffe
Bevan, William, farmer, Perry Farm
Brown, Mr. William, The Berry
Carmouche, Mr. Henry, Pynes Villa
Churchill, R, sadler, The Berry
Clarke, Rev. S. Childs, The Vicarage
Coleman, Peter, farmer, Kitlake
Coles, W, ARA, Brick House
Commings, Mrs. Emma, Bullen St.
Commings, Thomas, Brook Cottage
Commings, Walter William
Coombes, Edwin James, miller
Coren, Henry, butcher, Bullen St.
Cosway, William, farmer, Rull Farm
Crocker, William, farmer, Chilton Gate
Cummings, William L, watch & clockmaker, postmaster, Post Office
Date, Miss Alice, Mount Pleasant
Davis, J, G. farmer, Bidwell Farm
Downing, G, Carrier to Exeter, Denniford St.
Dyment, William, bootmaker, Silver St.
Dyer, Richard, baker, Silver St.
Farmer, Robert, Dunsaller
Fice, Samuel. K. B., baker & confectioner, Denniford St.
Firmin, Charles Mark, Ferndale Villa
Ford, Thomas, grocer & draper, Bullen St.
Hearn, George William, Vine Cottage
Hillman, William H, painter & glazier, Jericho Street
Hill, Mr. E. C, Woodbine House
Hill, Sydney, MRCVS, veterinary surgeon, Berry House
Hosegood, Mrs. Ann, Bullen Street
James, William C, assistant overseer & collector of rates & taxes, The Berry
Jarman, R, basket maker, Raddon
Keen, Rev. George, Baptist Minister, Little Raddon
Laight, Brandon, Church Army, Vicarage Lodge
Lake, Charles, Bullen Street
Lake, Mrs. G, Acorn House
Leach, Thomas A, farmer, Cann's Farm
Lee, Francis, farmer, Raddon Court
Lewis, James K, surgeon, The Pynes
Martin, J. A, schoolmistress, School House
Martin, J, butcher, Jericho Street
Maunder, Charles, farmer, Chilton
May, Mrs. Emma, innkeeper, Exeter Inn
May, William, builder, Bullen Street
Mitchell, Mr. A. R. D, Glenthorne
Milford, James, mailcart driver & market gardener, Silver Street
Milford, Mrs. Elizabeth, The Berry
Milford, William H, painter & glazer, Seaton Villa
Mortimore, John, Jericho Street
Moss, Mrs. Emily, The Berry
Newberry, Esais, baker & corn merchant, Silver Street
Painter, Henry, dairyman, Dunsaller
Parker, Robert, grocer, Silver Street
Phillips, D, market gardener, Little Raddon
Phillips, J, machinist, Jericho Street
Pleace, Miss S, farmer, Heathfield Farm
Plucknett, Thomas, dairyman, Berry Dairy
Potter, Mr. William F., Pynes House
Potter, Mrs. Emma M, Brookside
Price, Mrs. M, Brick Cottage
Pride, J, coal & lime merchant, Dolphin Hotel
Prowse, Richard, blacksmith, Bullen Street
Prowse, Tarpin, blacksmith, Bullen Street
Radmore, H. T, farmer, Court Barton
Ridler, James, Station Master
Risdon, Mrs. Clara, Berry House
Sage, William G, tailor & woollen draper, Dinneford Street
Sharland, Thomas, farmer, Pool Farm
Short, George W, draper & grocer, The Berry
Short, J, sen., Bullen Street
Short, J, wheelwright & builder, Bullen Street
Squires, J, farmer, Heathfield
Taverner, George E., farmer, Upcot Farm
Teft, William, blacksmith, Bullen Street
Thomas, E. L, farmer, Yellowford
Thomas, G, grocer & draper, Bullen Street
Thomas, S. G, farmer, Pitt Farm
Tozer, Mark, dairyman, Crosses
Uglow, John, Mount Pleasant
Vanstone, James, The Bell Inn
Vinnicombe, J, baker & confectioner, The Berry
Walters, John, builder, Bullen Street
Way, George, farmer, Ashley Farm
Westcott, J, sheelwright & carriage builder, Bullen Street
White, John, Wheaton, Willow Parks
Whitenhow, Mrs. E, Milfords Lane
Whitton, Frank, dairyman, Stone.
COTTAGERS &c
Anstey, Henry, carpenter, Dinneford Street
Barnes, Mrs. M. A, charwoman, Dinneford Street
Bater, Mrs. Charlotte, Jericho Street
Bater, Mrs. Eliza, charwoman, Bullen Street
Bater, William, labourer, Raddon
Batten, Mrs. Mary A, Rowe's Park
Battern, William, chimney sweep, Rowe's Park
Bawdon, William, labourer, Treymill
Bidwell, Mrs. Fanny, Bullen Street
Bidwell, Thomas, labourer, Dinneford Street,
Blatchford, Thomas, labourer, Dandyland
Bradford, Richard, labourer, Dinneford Street
Branch, J, labourer, Dandyland
Bright, Henry, labourer, Raddon
Bright, G, labourer, Raddon Court Cottages
Buckingham, Richard, labourer, Prowses
Bulley, Edwin, labourer, Station Cottages
Burrough, Bleakley, police constable, Dinneford Street
Butt, Richard, labourer, Raddon
Butt, Henry, labourer, Jericho Street
Butt, Richard, labourer, Jericho Street
Chamberlain, Mrs. L, dressmaker, Berry
Channing, William, labourer, Berry Bridge
Connibear, Robert, dealer, Noman's Cottage
Coombe, James. miller, Silver Street
Cosway, James. labourer, Silver Street
Cosway, W, carpenter, Bullen Street
Cosway, Harriet, charwoman, Bullen Street
Cosway, E, Jericho Street
Cutland, J, labourer, Bidwell Cottages
Dart, Richard, mason, Dinneford St.
Dart, William, labourer, Jericho Street
Davey, William labourer, Silver Street
Easterbrook, Mrs. Fanny, Jericho Street
Edworthy, J, labourer, Jericho Street
Elliott, Mrs. M, dressmaker, Jericho Street
Gardener, James, labourer, Jericho Street
Gidley, Mrs, E, laundress, Silver Street
Govier, William labourer, Alma Cottage
Grant, Mrs. Sarah, Bullen Street
Greenslade, J, labourer, Raddon
Greenslade, James, labourer, Silver Street
Gribble, Thomas, carpenter, Jericho Street
Guscott, Robert, shepherd, Raddon Court Cottage
Hall, James, groom, Dinneford Street
Halford, Richard, labourer, Raddon
Halford, William, labourer, Raddon Court
Harris, John, Carpenter, Silver Street
Heale, Thomas, miller, Silver Street
Heard, Robert, labourer, Raddon
Heard, William, market gardener, Milford Lane
Hearn, Miss mary A, needlewoman, Bullen Street
Hodge, Thomas, Dinneford Street
Hooper, Mrs. A, Bullen Street
Jarman, John, labourer, Dinneford Street
Kenshole, Mrs. M. A, Raddon Court Cottages
Kenshole, Robert, labourer, Raddon
Langabeer, Henry, labourer, Jericho Street
Langabeer, Richard, labourer, Dinneford Street
Langabeer, Mrs. S, Dinneford Street
Langabeer, William, labourer, Berry Bridge
Langabeer, William, Bidwell Cottages
Lightfoot, George, labourer, Rowe's Park
Lightfoot, James, labourer, Rowe's Park
Lightfoot, Mrs. Maria, Bullen Street
Lockyer, Mrs. Mary Ann, Raddon
Long, Joseph, packer, Dinneford Street
Lugg, Charles, labourer, Berry Bridge
Marker, Henry, labourer, Ivy Cottages
Marshall, Mrs. C. laundress, Milford Lane
Marshall, William, carpenter, Jericho Street
Matthews, Rdward, labourer, Noman's Chapel
Matthews, Vincent, labourer, Berry Bridge
Matthews, William, labourer, Berry Bridge
May, William, mason, Bullen Street
Melhuish, Robert, labourer, Jericho Street
Milford, H, labourer, Raddon
Milford, Thomas, labourer, Raddon
Milford, William, wheelwright, Jericho Street
Mortimore, Mrs. Mary A, Jericho Street
Mutters, James, labourer, Raddon
Newcombe, Miss A, dressmaker, Bullen Street
Newcombe, G, shoemaker, Bullen Street
Newcombe, Mrs. M, Bullen Street
Nex, Henry, labourer, Raddon
Nex, John, Bullen Street
Nex, Thomas, labourer, Noman's Chapel
Nex, William, Dinneford Street
Ousley, Henry, labourer, Ivy Cottages
Packer, John, labourer, Jericho Street
Palmer, William, labourer, Rowe's Park
Parker, Matthew, mason, Rowe's Park
Parr, H, labourer, Ivy Cottage
Phillips, D, coachman, Jericho Street
Pike, Fred, packer, Jericho Street
Pitts, Emmanuel, labourer, Ivy Cottage
Pitts, Thomas, labourer, Berry Bridge
Pitts, Thomas, labourer, Stone Cottages
Rashley, John, miller, Station Cottages
Roach, Alfred, Berry Bridge
Roach, Mrs., Berry Bridge
Roach, William, Raddon
Salter, John, labourer, Silver Street
Salter, Mrs. M. A. , charwoman, Dinneford Street
Sandford, Elizabeth, nurse, Jericho Street
Saunders, James, shepherd, Parliament
Setter, Henry, labourer, Berry Bridge
Setter, Mrs. Sarah, Bullen Street
Sharland, Sam, Station Road
Sprague, James, railway porter, Bullen Street
Stoneman, James, labourer, Jericho Street
Stoneman, William, Jericho Street
Tapscott, D, shoemaker, Bullen Street
Thorne, E, labourer, Bullen Street
Tree, James, labourer, Jericho Street
Tree, John, labourer, Jericho Street
Tree, Mrs. Izez, Bullen Street
Tree, William, engine driver, Dinneford Street
Vigar, W. T. gardener, Vicarage Lodge
Wayborn, Thomas, Dinneford Street
Wayborn, Lewis, Dinneford Street
Wayborn, Mrs. May, Dinneford Street
Way, George, labourer, Dinneford Street
Way, Henry, labourer, Jericho Street
Way, James, labourer, Ford Cottages
Way, John. labourer, Jericho Street
Way, Mrs. Sarh, Dinneford Street
Way, William, Jericho Street
Wellington , S, labourer, Ford Cottages
West, Ben, sadler, The Berry
Westcott, Mrs. E, Dinneford Street
Western, Jane, charwoman, Raddon
Whyatt, Mrs. Ann, Jericho Street
Whyatt, William, packer, Station Cottages
Woolaway, John, miller, Station Cottages
Wyatt, Levi, groom, Willow Park Lodge
Yendle, G, market gardener, Court Hayes
Yendle, Mrs. Lucy, Jericho Street
Yendle, Mrs, M, staymaker, Bullen Street
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