BROADWOODWIDGER IN KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF 1930 |
Broadwoodwidger is an extensive parish and village, 3 miles east from Tower Hill station and 5½ from Ashwater station, both on the Southern railway, the latter being the more convenient station for the north part of this parish; it is also 4 miles north from Lifton Station on the Launceston branch of the Great Western Railway., 12 miles north-west from Tavistock and 7 north-east from Launceston, in the Tavistock division of the county, Hundred and petty sessional division of Lifton, county court district of Launceston, rural district of Broadwoodwidger, rural deanery of Tavistock, archdeaconry of Plymouth and diocese of Exeter.
The church of St Nicholas is an ancient structure of various styles and dates, consisting of chancel with south chapel separated from the chancel by an arcade of two arches, nave of four bays, south aisle, north transept, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 6 bells, all cast in 1795; in the south chapel is an altar tomb, panelled with niches containing small figures, and on the upper slab lies the mutilated recombent effigy of a knight in plate armour of unusual character and covered with an open flowing robe; the hands and legs are missing; the figure, according to Westcote, represents William Shilston of Upcott in the parish; one of the windows in the south aisle is stained: the church retains a good oak chancel screen and some richly carved benches dating from 1529: the fabric was restored in 1871 and has sittings for 140 persons. The register dates from the year 1654. The living is a vicarage united with that of Germansweek. joint net yearly value £520 with residence is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol and held since 1928 by the Rev. George Thomas McLean MA of Trinity College, Dublin. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Downacary, a United Methodist chapel at Grinnicombe Moor, another at Rexon Cross and a Baptist chapel at Thorn Cross. Witherdon, a mansion in the Gothic style, is the residence of Tredenham Hugh Spry Esq. The manorial rights are divided. T.H.Spry esq, Ernest Henry Perkin esq, who is lord of the manor of Downacary, C.F.C Howard JP, and Commander Cyril Thomas Bradshaw R.N (ret.) are the principal landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, clay and slate. the chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and pasture. The are is 10,630 acres of land and 25 of water; the population in 1921 was 768. By Local Government Board Order 15034 which came into operation March 24 1884, a detached part of Lifton known as Westweek in the Tavistock Union and then part of Bratton Clovelly, were amalgamated with this parish. |
PRIVATE RESIDENTS Thomas Andrew J.P. Camp Henry Griffin McLean Rev. George Thomas MA, Vicar, The Vicarage Ernest Henry Perkin, Grattons Spry, Tredenham Hugh, Witherdon COMMERCIAL Samuel Adams, farmer, Norton Cottage Thomas Andrew JP, Farmer Camp Lewis Badge, Farmer, Westweek Frederick Bailey, Farmer, Nedwood Isaac Balkwell, farmer, Kellacott Sidney Balkwell, farmer, Drewn's Mill William J. Banbury (Mrs) Frankaborough Wilfred Blight, Farmer, Thorndon Bridgeman Bros, farmers, Downacary Brodrick, James, Boot repairer Bulleid, Samuel, Farmer, Rexon Cross Richard Burden, farmer, Kellacott Thomas Cole, Farmer, Kitcham William Cole, blacksmith, Town Congdon and Sons, Farmers, Upcott Barton Thomas & Charlie Davey Farmer Upcott Barton Lucy Davey ( Mrs) Farmer, Thornmoor Thomas Davey, Farmer John Dawe, farmer, Thorne Albert Dennis, farmer, Eastlake Mary Doidge (Mrs) Shopkeeper, Westweek Thomas R. Doidge, Farmer, Coombe Park Mary Down (Mrs) Shopkeeper Mrs Fry and Sons, Farmer, Emsworthy Elizabeth Furse (Mrs) Farmer, Downtown John H. Furse, Farmer, Higher Cross Walt Gliddon, blacksmith, Ash Mill Henry Griffin, Farmer, Thorndon House John Hamley, farmer, Park Cottage John Heard, thrashing machine proprietor William Heard, farmer, Shop Farm georgfe Helson, farmer, Lower Cross Horace Hingston, Farmer, Lower Fernhill John Hole, Farmer Westweek Maria Hole (Mrs), Farmer, Goatacre William Hole, Farmer, Kellacott Charles Littlejohns, tailor, Grinnicombe Moor Frederick Littlejohns, Farmer, West Kitcham Frederick Littlejohns, tailor, Thornmoor Ernest martin, Tailor, Town John Martin, Farmer, Combe Joseph martin, farmer, Higher Grinnicombe Richard Martin, Farmer, Rexon WIlliam Moyse, Farmer, Shop James Northey, Farmer, Middle Grinnicombe R.Page Farmer, Llittle Rexon Palmer Brothers, Farmers, Lugworthy William Palmer Farmer Lower Grinnicombe Emmanuel Parsons, Farmer, Westweek Fred Parsons, carpenter George Pearce, Farmer, Staddon farm William Henry Pearce, Farmer, Venn Emmanuel Pengelly, farmer, West Bainbury John Pengelly, Farmer, Goatacre John Pengelly, Farmer, West Banbury Reginald Pengelly, Council Surveyor, Grattens, Tower Hill Ernest Henry Perkin, Farmer, Grattens, Tower Hill William Perkin, farmer, East Bainbury William Petherick, farmer, Woodley Park Elizabeth Rice (Mrs), Farmer, Little Rexon Alfred George Rich, farmer, Town Mrs Rockey, farmer, North Thorne Thomas Rockey, Farmer, West Manton Francis Sellers, farmer, Kellacott Fred Shopland, Farmer, Westweek John Shopland, Farmer, Frankaborough Mrs Shopland, Farmer, Roadford Samuel Shopland jun, Farmer Tredown Richard Sillifant, rabbit catcher William Skinner, Farmer, Beckett William A. Skinner, |Farmer, Grove, Tower Hill William A. Skinner, Farmer, Coombe Mill John Squire, Farmer, Higher Rexon Olive Squire(Mrs) Stationer & Post Office Robert Symons, Farmer, Lowermoor George Uglow, butcher, Bold Ford Charles Vesey Farmer, Combs head Frank Ward, Cattle dealer and Rate Collector, Fernhill John Ward, Farmer, Hole Thomas Ward, Farmer, Fernhill Matthew Wonnacott, Farmer, Winslade |
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