CHUDLEIGH RESIDENTS IN THE UNIVERSAL BRITISH DIRECTORY c. 1794 |
The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce & Manufacture was issued in separate volumes over a period of 7 to 8 years between 1791 and 1798. As the different volumes were published, updates and alterations were made so that no listing can be specific to a single year but rather, to the final years of the 18th century.
No street locations were given for the traders. The original spelling has been retained. |
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Ugbrook House and Park, Chudleigh - 1815 Courtesy of Devon County Council |
CHUDLEIGH is a small market town, 183 miles from London, 9 from Exeter, 10 from Ashburton, 10 from Moretonhampstead, 4 from Bovey Tracey and 6 from Teignmouth, with good turn-pike roads to each. It has a neat church; the present incumbent is the Rev. Gilbert Barrington. There is also a meeting house for Dissenters. the principal trade is the woollen - manufactory. the market day is on Saturday. It hath three fairs annually, viz. Easter Tuesday, June 21 and October 2.
The post office opens at six o'clock in the morning and shuts at nine in the evening. Two stage coache pass through this town from Exeter about nine o'clock every morning on their way to Plymouth, and return about three. A stage wagon from London passes through h ere every Wednesday afternoon on its way to Plymouth, and returns every Saturday afternoon. The principal inns are the Clifford's Arms and the King's Arms. The following are the principal inhabitants:
CLERGY Garrett, Rev. John, Master of the Boarding School Matthew, Rev. Charles Jones, Rev. John, Dissenting Minister PHYSICIANS Mitchell, Robert, Surgeon Yard, Hugh. Surgeon LAWYERS Hellyer, Christopher, Attorney Matthew, Philip, Attorney TRADERS Adams, William, glazier Beard, John, woolcomber Bidgood, William, merchant Bond, William, Boarding School master Bonfill, Ann, shopkeeper Carlile, John, tallow chandler Collins, Joseph, farmer Cornish. John, butcher Collins, Thomas, woolcomber Dascombe, William, shoemaker Edwrads, Richard, baker Foniour, Henry, Boarding school master Flaw, Nicholas, woolcomber Garrett, John, post master Harris, Thomas, taylor Hayne, John, farmer Lear, James, woolcomber Lear, William, butcher Lapthorne, Henry, woolcomber Martin, John, mason & victualler Martin, Philip, taylor Mitchell, John, joiner Moore, John, taylor Moxey, Francis, shopkeeper Otten, Francis, heel maker Orchard, Joel, farmer Orchard, Joel, shopkeeper Pulling, William, serge maker Pulling, John, serge maker Pulling, Thomas, tanner Peddar, William, victualler Prouse, George, taylor Pridham, William, butcher Pike, Joseph, merchant Rendle, John, woolcomber Rolestone, George, hat maker Rolestone, William, farmer Shambler, Samuel, shoemaker Shape, Edward, woolcomber Searl, John, joiner Searl, George, clock and watch maker Saunders, John, millwright Tapper, John, baker Tripe, Henry, tallow chandler Tuckett, John, victualler Weeks, Thomas, joiner Westcott, James, woolcomber Weston, - , victualler Weston, Ann, shopkeeper Williams, John, white smith Wills, Thomas, woolcomber Wright, Andrew, woolcomber Wright, Thomas, blacksmith Wright, William, woolcomber The gentlemen's seats in the neighbourhood are: Ugbrook, the seat of Lord Clifford who is lord of the manor Whiteaway, the seat of Montagu Parker Esq, three miles Haldon House, the seat of Sir Robert Palk, five miles away Mamhead, the seat of the Earl of Lisburne, five miles away.
The surrounding villages are Trusham - 2 miles distant Ideford, 2 miles distant Knighton, 2 miles distant Hennock, 3 miles distant Ashton, 4 miles distant Christow, 5 miles distant. |
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