GERMANSWEEK IN KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF 1923 |
Germansweek (or Week St German) is a parish and scattered village, 4 miles SW from Ashbury Station and 4 miles S from Halwill Station, both on the Halwill and Bude section of the Southern (late London and South Western) Railway, 12 miles SE from Holsworthy and 11 W from Okehampton, in the South Molton division of the county, hundred and petty sessional division of Lifton, Union and country court district of Okehampton, rural deanery of Tavistock, archdeaconry of Plymouth and diocese of Exeter.
The church of St German is an ancient edifice of stone in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south transept, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 5 bells rehung in 1905. The church was restored in 1870/71 at a cost of over £751. There is a white marble tablet to a brother of the late Captain Luxmore, formerly of this parish, who fell at the battle of the Alma on September 20th 1854. There are 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1652. The living is a vicarage, united with that of Broadwood Widger, joint net yearly value £520, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol, and held since 1920 by the Rev, Emlyn Hugh James BA of St David's College, Lampeter, who resides at Broadwood Widger. The dean and chapter of Bristol are the owners of the tithes which are leased to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There is a United Methodist chapel and a Baptist chapel, each with a Sunday School attached.
Tredenham Hugh Spry Esq. JP, is lord of the manor and prinicpal landowner. The soil is chiefly clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2618 acres of land and 7 acres of water. The rateable value is £1308. The population in 1911 was 207.
Sexton: Harry Piper Post Office: Robert Down, sub-postmaster. Letters through Beaworthy. Bratton Clovelly, three miles distant, is the nearest money order and telegraph office. The Public Elementary School was set up in 1874 for 60 children. Mrs Eleanore Fitch, mistress. The school is controlled by 6 managers. |
The curiously-named hamlet of Boldventure really does exists!
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RESIDENTS Avery, Albert, farmer, Boldventure Dayman, William, blacksmith, Eworthy Dingle, David & William, farmers, Higher Eworthy Down, Robert, grocer & post office Gerry, Fred, farmer, Martins, Eworthy Hamlyn, William, farmer, Hunkins, Eworthy Heggadon, Samuel, cowkeeper, Week Mill Heggadon, William, farmer, Home Living Howlon, Edward, mason, Eworthy Hutchings, Ernest, farmer, West Wortha Jenkins, Isaac, cowkeeper, Hennard Mill Littlejohn, Herbert, farmer, Toft Farm Martin, Richard, shopkeeper Maynard, James, farmer, Rowden Paul, Richard, shopkeeper Percy, William, farmer, Southwick Perkins, Samuel, farmer, Bangors Prout, Colomon, farmer, Bidlake Seccombe William & Sons, farmers, Seccombe Seccombe, William, assistant overseer, Seccombe Short, Richard, farmer Symon, Henry, farmer, Higher Eworthy White, John, rabbit dealer White, William, tailor Wood, Stephen & Arnold, farmers, Landford Wooldridge, Fred, mason, Pitten Wooldridge, Thomas, estate carpenter, Boldventure |
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7 June, 2010
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