Kellys 1902
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WITHYCOMBE RALEIGH (formerly WITHECOMBE RALEIGH) is a parish and village, bounded on the west by the broad estuary of the river Exe, i to 2 miles north-east from Exmouth terminal station of a branch of the London and South Western railway and gj south-east from Exeter, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of East Budleigh, petty sessional division of Woodbury, union of St. Thomas, county court district of Exeter, rural deanery of Aylesbeare and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The parish comprises part of the town of Exmouth, and is under the control of the Exmouth Urban District Council. The old parish church of St. John the Baptist, built in the 15th century on the site of a more ancient chapel probably erected by some members of the Raleigh family, between 1254 and 1288, and commonly called St. John's-in-the-Wilderness, was taken down, with the exception of part of the north aisle and the detached embattled western tower -with it octagonal stair turret.
Adjoining the churchyard is the private burial ground of the Bryce family.
The new church of St. John the Evangelist was built in 1864, at a cost of .5,000, on the site given by J. Wood esq. and is a cruciform building of stone.
Withycombe House, the seat of Adam Francis Terrell Shapland esq. is a modern castellated structure, with a tower in the centre ; the grounds contain a lake crossed by a rustic bridge leading to a plantation on the higher grounds, from which a fine view is obtained of Exmouth and the sea
The Plymouth Brethren have a cemetery here about three-quarters of an acre in extent.
The charitable institution called " Point-in-View " "was founded in 1811 by the late Misses Parminter, and comprises dwellings for four poor aged maidens, with a small Congregational chapel and a house for the minister, erected the same year ; the chapel stands in the centre, and over the door is the inscription, " Some point in view we all pursue."
Stoke Lyne is the residence of Miss Pinckney.
There are three manors, viz., Bystock, of which Mrs. Uryce is lady; Marpool, of which Samuel Hull esq. is lord, and Hulham,(of which John Drewe Pratt esq. of Belle Vue, Exmouth, is Lord ; these are also the principal landowners.
The soil is clay ; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 2,232 acres of land, 3 of water, 3 of tidal water and 490 including 4,000 in that part of Exmouth which is in this parish.
Under the provisions of the " Divided Parishes Act, 1882," a detached part of Colaton Raleigh, known as Bystock, has been added to this parish.
HULHAM is a hamlet, three-quarters of a mile north- west from Withycombe village, and consists of a few cottages and farms
Sexton, John Snow.
Post Office. William Henry Wright, sub-postmaster.
National School (mixed), Mrs. Annie Taylor, mistress
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Cauleston Baldock Mrs.
Keverel House Bazalgette Col. Wm Jsph
Bystock Bryce Mrs
Withycombe Cottage Dunn William Herbert C.E., C.M.Z.S. Lond., R.Z.S.d'Anvers
Burnside Shapland John Dee
The Grange Stocks Mrs
Southlands Stuart Lady
COMMERCIAL.
Beavis Frank blacksmith
Beavis George beer retailer
Bowerman Elizabeth (Miss) laundress
Copp Elizabeth (Mrs.), laundress cottage
Brixington Farrant Robert, farmer
Point in View Ellis Bev. James (Congregational)
Gatter Edwin William boot maker
Travershes Hinton William Henry
Purulia Kaye E. St. George
Port View Kendall Misses
The Vicarage Mesney Ven.Wiliam Bansome(curate)
Crossingfield Morgan Mrs
Redgate Oliver Edgar
Halsdown House Parkinson George
St. John's cot Hallett Jas farmer
Marpool farm Hallett Thomas farmer
Harding James (Mrs.), laundress
Halsdown fm Hawkings Chas farmer
Hitchcock Frank coal dealer
Hooper Ellen (Mrs.), laundress
Hooper George brick & tile maker
Bee cottage Horn Jacob (Mrs.), market gardener
Humphries Charles blacksmith
Irish William John market gardener
Marpool Hall Phear Sir John Budd M.A., D.L.,
James Frederick Charles baker & grocer
Long Charles, boot maker
Stoke Lyne Pinckney Miss
A-La-Ronde Reichel Oswald Joseph M.A., Long Henry James, miller (water) B.C.L., F.S.A.
Manning Henry butcher
Cemetery lane Ridler Joseph
Withycombe House Shapland Adam Francis Terrell
Brookhayes Shelley Maj.-Gen Thomas Martin .
St. John's Marks Thomas farmer
Westcott Morse William, farmer
Murdock Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Pannell Mary (Mrs.), laundress
, Pannell Philip jobbing gardener
Parish Institute William Henry Wright, sec
Halsdown house Parkinson George M.R.C.S.Eng., L. S.A. surgeon
Sage William Henry Dairy farmer
Lackington Sage Ambrose, , farmer
Burnside Shapland John Dee M.R.C.S.Eng., L.S.A. surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, Exmouth district, St. Thomas union,
Snow William carpenter
Stocker Brothers saddlers
Holly Tree P.H Stocker Peter
Trowt Mary Ann (Mrs.), laundress
Halfway House P.H Webber Thomas
apartments, Ashdene Wheaton Louisa (Mrs.),
Wilmot Arthur John florist
Wilmot Henry shopkeeper
Post office Wright William Henry Baker
HULHAM
Simmond's Farm Crabb Joel, farmer
Fuller George Leedham Mem.Inst.C.E Consulting engineer
Lovering Palfrey Henry farmer
Parrey's farm Savery William farmer
Hulham Barton Mrs Westcott Mary
Farmer dairy
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WITHYCOMBE RALEIGH (formerly WITHECOMBE RALEIGH) is a parish and village, bounded on the west by the broad estuary of the river Exe, i to 2 miles north-east from Exmouth terminal station of a branch of the London and South Western railway and gj south-east from Exeter, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of East Budleigh, petty sessional division of Woodbury, union of St. Thomas, county court district of Exeter, rural deanery of Aylesbeare and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The parish comprises part of the town of Exmouth, and is under the control of the Exmouth Urban District Council. The old parish church of St. John the Baptist, built in the 15th century on the site of a more ancient chapel probably erected by some members of the Raleigh family, between 1254 and 1288, and commonly called St. John's-in-the-Wilderness, was taken down, with the exception of part of the north aisle and the detached embattled western tower -with it octagonal stair turret.
Adjoining the churchyard is the private burial ground of the Bryce family.
The new church of St. John the Evangelist was built in 1864, at a cost of .5,000, on the site given by J. Wood esq. and is a cruciform building of stone.
Withycombe House, the seat of Adam Francis Terrell Shapland esq. is a modern castellated structure, with a tower in the centre ; the grounds contain a lake crossed by a rustic bridge leading to a plantation on the higher grounds, from which a fine view is obtained of Exmouth and the sea
The Plymouth Brethren have a cemetery here about three-quarters of an acre in extent.
The charitable institution called " Point-in-View " "was founded in 1811 by the late Misses Parminter, and comprises dwellings for four poor aged maidens, with a small Congregational chapel and a house for the minister, erected the same year ; the chapel stands in the centre, and over the door is the inscription, " Some point in view we all pursue."
Stoke Lyne is the residence of Miss Pinckney.
There are three manors, viz., Bystock, of which Mrs. Uryce is lady; Marpool, of which Samuel Hull esq. is lord, and Hulham,(of which John Drewe Pratt esq. of Belle Vue, Exmouth, is Lord ; these are also the principal landowners.
The soil is clay ; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 2,232 acres of land, 3 of water, 3 of tidal water and 490 including 4,000 in that part of Exmouth which is in this parish.
Under the provisions of the " Divided Parishes Act, 1882," a detached part of Colaton Raleigh, known as Bystock, has been added to this parish.
HULHAM is a hamlet, three-quarters of a mile north- west from Withycombe village, and consists of a few cottages and farms
Sexton, John Snow.
Post Office. William Henry Wright, sub-postmaster.
National School (mixed), Mrs. Annie Taylor, mistress
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Cauleston Baldock Mrs.
Keverel House Bazalgette Col. Wm Jsph
Bystock Bryce Mrs
Withycombe Cottage Dunn William Herbert C.E., C.M.Z.S. Lond., R.Z.S.d'Anvers
Burnside Shapland John Dee
The Grange Stocks Mrs
Southlands Stuart Lady
COMMERCIAL.
Beavis Frank blacksmith
Beavis George beer retailer
Bowerman Elizabeth (Miss) laundress
Copp Elizabeth (Mrs.), laundress cottage
Brixington Farrant Robert, farmer
Point in View Ellis Bev. James (Congregational)
Gatter Edwin William boot maker
Travershes Hinton William Henry
Purulia Kaye E. St. George
Port View Kendall Misses
The Vicarage Mesney Ven.Wiliam Bansome(curate)
Crossingfield Morgan Mrs
Redgate Oliver Edgar
Halsdown House Parkinson George
St. John's cot Hallett Jas farmer
Marpool farm Hallett Thomas farmer
Harding James (Mrs.), laundress
Halsdown fm Hawkings Chas farmer
Hitchcock Frank coal dealer
Hooper Ellen (Mrs.), laundress
Hooper George brick & tile maker
Bee cottage Horn Jacob (Mrs.), market gardener
Humphries Charles blacksmith
Irish William John market gardener
Marpool Hall Phear Sir John Budd M.A., D.L.,
James Frederick Charles baker & grocer
Long Charles, boot maker
Stoke Lyne Pinckney Miss
A-La-Ronde Reichel Oswald Joseph M.A., Long Henry James, miller (water) B.C.L., F.S.A.
Manning Henry butcher
Cemetery lane Ridler Joseph
Withycombe House Shapland Adam Francis Terrell
Brookhayes Shelley Maj.-Gen Thomas Martin .
St. John's Marks Thomas farmer
Westcott Morse William, farmer
Murdock Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Pannell Mary (Mrs.), laundress
, Pannell Philip jobbing gardener
Parish Institute William Henry Wright, sec
Halsdown house Parkinson George M.R.C.S.Eng., L. S.A. surgeon
Sage William Henry Dairy farmer
Lackington Sage Ambrose, , farmer
Burnside Shapland John Dee M.R.C.S.Eng., L.S.A. surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, Exmouth district, St. Thomas union,
Snow William carpenter
Stocker Brothers saddlers
Holly Tree P.H Stocker Peter
Trowt Mary Ann (Mrs.), laundress
Halfway House P.H Webber Thomas
apartments, Ashdene Wheaton Louisa (Mrs.),
Wilmot Arthur John florist
Wilmot Henry shopkeeper
Post office Wright William Henry Baker
HULHAM
Simmond's Farm Crabb Joel, farmer
Fuller George Leedham Mem.Inst.C.E Consulting engineer
Lovering Palfrey Henry farmer
Parrey's farm Savery William farmer
Hulham Barton Mrs Westcott Mary
Farmer dairy
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