Wembury is a village and a parish 5½ miles south east from Plymouth, in Plympton St, Mary Union, in the deanery and hundred of Plympton, archdeaconry of Totnes, diocese of Exeter, on the seacoast of South Devonshire. overlooking Plymouth Sound. The church, dedicated to St. Werburgh, is a small edifice, containing nave and aisle. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the dean and canons of Windsor. The population in 1881 was 551.
Post Office:
Alfred Perrins, postmaster. Letters arrive at 7.40 am and 5.20 pm; despatched at 4.0pm. Sundays 6.40 pm.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Burgess, Rev. C, Vicar
Cory, Richard JP, Langdon Court
Rodney, Frederick, Bovisand House
COMMERCIAL
Beer, William, farmer, Wembury Mill and Farm
Cane, Daniel, assistant overseer & churchwarden
Cannon, Frederick, farmer, Old Barton
Coleman, John, blacksmith, Knighton
Coleman, Nicholas, Jubilee Inn, Knighton
Giles, Herbert, farmer, Page's Farm
Lang, Francis, farmer, Traine
Nelder, Arthur, farmer
Pearse, Harold, farmer, Langdon Barton
Perrin, Alfred, postmaster & painter
Pote, Robert, boot & shoe maker, Knighton
Pursley, William, farmer, West Wembury
Spurrell, William, farmer, New Barton
Stevens, John, farmer, Prinns Farm
Symons, J, blacksmith, Down Thomas
Tolchard, Elias, wheelwright, Down Thomas
Williams, Richard, farmer, Gabber Farm
Wilson, James, farmer
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