HATHERLEIGH 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. |
Hatherleigh is a town about 201 miles from London, seven from Oakhampton, twenty-eight from Exeter, fourteen from Holsworthy, ten from Torrington, eighteen from Bideford and twenty-two from Barnstable. It is seated on a branch of the river Torridge, near its conflux with the Ock. Its inhabitants are chiefly employed in the woollen manufactory and agriculture, it being esteemed a very good soil for the improvement of the latter. To the borough belongs a large common or waste plot of land, which is very beneficial, and which was given to the said town near four centuries past.
There are four annual fairs, viz. May 21, June 22, September 4 and November 8; in case either of the said days fall on a Monday or Saturday, then the fairs are held on the Tuesday preceding. There is also a great market held on the Friday that happens nearest the 21st day of March in every year, which hath been but of late years, but there are near as many cattle then sold as at either of the fairs. There are two market days in a week, one on Tuesday and the other on Friday. The borough business is transacted by a portreeve and two constables, chosen annually at the lord of the manor's court, as are also other inferior officers, respecting the rights of the said borough. This is a remarkable good country for game, fowling and fishing, and is bounded by the notable rivers Torridge, Ockment and Lew.
The post from Crediton arrives Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, by eight o'clock in the morning and waits while a post goes from here to Stratton, which returns by seven o'clock in the evening, and by which letters, &c. are conveyed from thence to Exeter, where they are delivered next morning by seven o'clock.
There are three stage-wagons pass through the town; one from Northam near Bideford, on the road to Plymouth and Plymouth Dock, every Monday fortnight, which returns the Friday following; the other two from Exeter to Stratton every Monday and return the Wednesday following; which makes it very convenient for carriage of goods or parcels from this town to Torrington, Bideford and Barnstaple (sea-port town) and to Oakhampton, Tavistock, Plymouth, Crediton and Exeter, which are capital places for business, being good market towns. The following are the principal inhabitants:
GENTRY Darke, Thomas Esq. King, Mrs. Paddon, Mr. John Southcombe, Mr. Arthur Titherly, Mr. Arthur Abbot Titherly, Mrs. Catherine Veale, James, Esq. CLERGY Glasscott, Rev. Cradock, Vicar PHYSICIAN Boughton, George TRADERS &c. Angell, James, Parish Clerk and serge maker Braund, Arscott, worsted chain-maker* and yarn-jobber Bodley, Mary, milliner and shopkeeper Bews, John, hollow turner and timberman Balkwell, Anthony, cooper Battishill, John, woolcomber Bowman, Samuel, boot and shoemaker Beare, John, carpenter Bowden, Edward, joiner and carpenter Bowden, Anthony, butcher Combe, William, sen., innkeeper - The New Inn Coombe, William, jun., glazier and plumber Coombe, Thomas, woolcomber Cowle, Thomazine, schoolmistress Chudley, George, gardener Denford, William, baker Dart, John, thatcher Downe, Francis, gardener Essery, Anthony, glazier and plumber Edwards, John, blacksmith Friendship, James, blacksmith Fewings, James, worsted chain and serge-maker Goss, Robert, butcher Gassill, William wheelwright Gassill, Jane, shopkeeper Gill, John, driller and chair-maker Hutchings, Humphrey, Excise Officer Harris, William, watch & clock-maker, shopkeeper Hooper, Lawrence, mason Hooper, John, fellmonger and breeches-maker Hooper, William, mason Hurford, John, tailor Holman, Benjamin, carpenter Johns, Richard, blacksmith Johns, Joseph, lath-maker** Johnston, Elizabeth, mantua-maker*** Lock, Richard, tailor Lee, Edward, woolcomber Madge, John, boot and shoemaker Madge, Mary, scrivener and schoolmistress Medland, Henry, baker and thatcher Medland, Moses, thatcher May, Henry, post office & innkeeper -The George Moore, Joseph, mason Merrifield, Ann, shopkeeper Middleton, Mary, milliner Morcombe, Samuel, tailor Marshall, Francis, cordwainer Night, Henry, baker Nethaway, Henry, thatcher Palmer, John, tailor Pedrick, Arthur, blacksmith Robins, George, worsted - chain-maker and woolcomber Rattenbury, Richard, miller Seldon, John, maltster Stapledon, Richard, timber merchant Smale, John, hatter and felt-maker Smale, Joan, victualler - The Hat Smale, Edward, cooper and timber merchant Short, Richard, cordwainer Stanbury, John, boot and shoemaker Scamp, John, cordwainer Turner, John, boot and shoemaker Tucker, Jonathan, merchant Tucker, Thomas, woolcomber Trenaman, James. mason Trenaman, William, mason Westren, Thomas, land surveyor, auctioneer and maltster Westlake, Matthew, inn keeper - The London Inn Westlake, William, carpenter. |
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