CADBURY IN WHITE'S DIRECTORY OF 1850 |
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Cadbury Castle Earthworks |
Cadbury, a small village and parish, on the declivities and crown of a bold eminence, 6 miles NE of Crediton and SSW of Tiverton, contains 251 souls and about 2000 acres of land. It gives name to the Deanery of Cadbury which comprises 18 parishes. On the crown of a lofty hill is an ancient entrenchment called Cadbury Castle, commanding extensive views of the of the surrounding country and the coast. It is of an oval figure and was the rendezvous of Sir Thomas Fairfax's army on December 26th 1645. The centre of it was excavated a few years ago, when many antique ornaments were found, including armlets of fine bronze, rings of jet, coloured beads, a signet ring &c. |
Cadbury Church in the 1850s |
Mrs Fursdon is lady of the manor and has a pleasant seat here, called Fursdson House with finely wooded grounds; but part of the parish belongs to Messrs Turner, Kemp and Townsend, and a few smaller freeholders. The Church (St Michael) is a substantial fabric of the 15th century, with a tower and four bells and contains a Norman font.
The vicarage is endowed with part of the great tithes and is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor,in the incumbency of the Rev. N. F. Lightfoot who has about 6 acres of glebe and a good residence which was considerably enlarged in 1846, at the cost of nearly £900. Mrs Fursdon in impropriator of that portion of the great tithes which formerly belonged to St Nicholas's Priory, Exeter. Her portion of the tithes was commuted in 1842 for £5 and the vicar's for £172 10s per annum. The parish is entitled to send a poor person to the almshouses at Broad Clyst. The poor Parishioners have the dividends of £6o 9s 1d, new four per cent stock, purchased with money left by George Turner, John Ambrose and other donors. |
RESIDENTS John Dart, tailor, school master and Post Office Amy G. Dart, school mistress Robert Edgland, carpenter George Elsworthy, parish clerk James Elsworthy, sexton Mrfs Hatrriet Fursdon , Fursdon House Rev. Nicholas Fraser Lightfoot. Richard Pooke, victualler, Castle Inn Thomas Pooke carpenter Henry Pope, blacksmith James Powe, shoemaker FARMERS John Henry Back John Hill Richard Manley Lydia Scott William Sharland, Chapeltown Thomas Vicary, Turley POST OFFICE at John Dart's. Letters from Tiverton. |
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28 November, 2013
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