| SHOBROOKE IN WHITE'S DIRECTORY OF 1850 |
Shobrooke, a village and a parish, in the vale of the small river Creedy, 2½ mile E. N. E from Crediton, contains many scattered farm houses, 787 inhabitants and 3835 acre of land. J.H. Hippisley Esq. owns a great part of the soil and is lord of the manors of Shobrooke and Little Fulford, the latter of which extend into Crediton. He has a handsome seat here called Fulford Park. (formerly built on the site of Shobrooke House, destroyed by fire in 1945).
The Park is well wooded and stocked with deer. G. S. Fursdon owns part of West Raddon estate and several small freeholders have estates in the parish.
Part of West Raddon belonged to the Westcote family and Thomas Westcote, the antiquary, was born there in 1567 and was buried at Shobrooke in about 1649. His "View of Devonshire" was edited and published in 1845 by the Rev, George Oliver DD and Pitman Jones Esq.but it is confined chiefly to the descent and pedigrees of the families.
A small fair is held at Shobrooke on 9th July. The church is a fine structure with a tower and six bells, valued in the King's Book at £36 and is annexed to the Bishopric of Exeter. The Rectory House, built about 60 years ago is occupied by the curate. In 1715, the Presbyterians had a meeting house at Shobrooke which still exists. |
RESIDENTS Brown, Mr William Gibbings, Mrs Glendinning R, Esq. Eastwood Greenslade, William, corn miller Hippisley, John Henry Esq. Fulford Park James, Samuel, blacksmith Knox, Rev. Robert B.A, curate Manning John, shoemaker Pascoe John, land steward Rawl, William, victualler, West Country Inn Slade, Henry & William, tailors Slade, George, maltster and victualler, The Lion Tucker, Elijah, shoemaker and shopkeeper Woodgate, Mr Thomas, Cider House Woodland, Uriah, blacksmith FARMERS Richard Arnold John Burrington John Burton Henry Cade James Coles William Francis William Godfrey Philip Hellier Mark Helmore Thomas Hohle James Huggins Robert Lane Thomas Norris Henry Pitt John Rowden William Tuckett |
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