| EAST PUTFORD IN WHITE'S DIRECTORY OF 1878 |
East Putford, a parish and small village in the Torridge valley, 9½ miles WSW of great Torrington, is in the Bideford Union, county court district and petty sessional division, Northern division of the county, Shebbear Hundred, Barnstaple archdeaconry and Holsworthy rural deanery. It had 157 inhabitants (85 males, 72 females) in 1871, living in 31 houses on 2380 acres of land.
The Hon. Mark Rolle is owner of most of the soil, but part belongs to Arthur Dayman Esq and a few smaller freeholders.
The church consists of nave, chancel, north transept and wooden belfry containing two bells. The church was restored in 1871. The living is a vicarage valued at £55, and annexed to West Putford. There is a impropriate rent-charge of £65. The children attend the Board School at West Putford.
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RESIDENTS Bines, Miss Elizabeth Ann, National School Mistress Elliott, John, blacksmith & wheelwright Ellis, George, Holbeam Gale, William, cart owner Heath, William, shopkeeper & cow keeper Luscombe, Thomas, farmer & victualler, The Jolly Sailor Luscombe, Thomas, jun. farmer, Stubbings Merton, Captain, Westwoods Shears, Francis, farmer, Butticombe Steer, Edmund, farmer, Witheridge Stidworthy, Lewis Edward, baker & shopkeeper Taylor, Rev. Fitzwilliam John, BA, Rector, The Rectory Vooght, Joseph, farmer, Tor Farm Whiteway, William, farmer, Manor Farm |
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22 November, 2010
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