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glitch, rather than an historic spelling.
They had trouble filling the position of
Parish Clerk... There was a Starcross Co-op. 150 children
went to the school. There was a master mariner called
Cruse, and the superintendent at the idiot asylum
was called Locke...
STABCBOSS is a village, pleasantly seated on the river Exe, about ij miles from its mouth, and was formed December 4, r829, into an ecclesiastical parish from the civil parishes of Kenton and Dawlish ; it has a station on the South Devon section of the Great Western railway, and is 8 miles south-east from Exeter, 14 north from Daw- lish and 202* from London, in the North Eastern division of the county, Exminster hundred, Wonford petty ses- sional division, St. Thomas union, Exeter county court district, rural deanery of Kenn, and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The road from Exeter to Dawlish runs through the village, forming its principal street, which is lighted with gas by the Starcross and Kenton Gas Light and Coke Co. Limited, established in 1877 with a capital of 2,400. The church of St. Paul, erected in 1828, is a large building of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, north and west porches and a -western turret containing a clock and 2 bells : the clock was erected in 1865 by the parishioners as a memorial to the Rev. William Powley, 32 years incumbent here : the carved oak pulpit and other fittings were executed by Hems, of Exeter : the stained east window is a memorial to the Coles and Ash families, 1828-52 ; and there are others to the Eales and Bishop families 1856-8, and to Capt. Rose Henry Fuller R.N. d. October 27, 1860: there are modern monuments to the Rev. James Coles, Messrs. Richard and Charles Thomas Eales and Capt. Sweetland : the church was restored and re-seated about 1896, under the direction of Messrs. Rowell and Sons, architects, of Newton Abbot, and has sittings for upwards of 600 per- sons, 350 being free. The register dates from the year 1828. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value 184, with residence and about sJ acres of glebe, in the gift of the Deans and Chapters of Exeter and Salisbury alter- nately, and held since 186^ by the Rev. Edward Copleston Bond' M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. The Wesleyan chapel is situated in the Strand. Here are two good hotels, v< the Courtenay Arms " and the Railway hotel. A pleasure fair is held on Whitsun Wednesday yearly. The original parish charities amount to 22 yearly, in addition to which ,500 stock was p'aced in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1881, by the late Sir John Lewis Duntze bart. of Exeleigh (d. 1884), for the benefit of seven aged parishioners, regular attendants at the church : there are also clubs for distributing clothing, coals and blankets to the poor. Exeleigh is the seat of Rev. Edward Ohatterton Orpen M.A. The Rev. the Earl of Devon M.A. is lord of the manor and 1 sole landowner. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The soil is sandy; subsoil, yellow gravel. The area is u, 800 acres. The population in 1891 was 978, inclusive of 188 inmates and' 33 officials of khe asylum. Under the provisions of the "Divided Parishes Act, 1885," by Local Government Board Order 16,546, the ecclesiastical district of Cofton, including Cockwood, Middlewood, Westwood, Eastdon, the Warren and Week, amounting to 739 acres, was taken from this parish and added to Dawlish, March 25, 1885. Parish Clerk, .vacant. Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B., Express Delivery, Parcel & Annuity & Insurance Office. (Railway Sub- Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Devon added). Miss Elizabeth Kingdon, sub-postmistress. Letters by mail cart from Exeter arrive at 5.40 a.m.; 9.1 a.m. by T.P.O. (to callers only) & 3.25 p.m.; dispatched at 10.50 a.m. & 4.30 & 7.25 p.m. ; box closes at 7.10 p.m. ; Sundays at 7.10 p.m. Wall Letter Boxes, Mount Pleasant, cleared at 8 a.m. & 5.35 p.m. week days; Sundays, 8.30 a.m.; Cofton, cleared at 10 a.m. & 6.20 p.m. ; Sundays, 9.45 a.m. ; Eastdon, cleared at 7.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; Sundays, 8 a.m THE WESTERN COUNTIES IDIOT ASYLUM. The foundation stone of this building was laid on April 9, 1874, by Lady Anna Maria Oourtenay; it is built of grey limestone, relieved by dressings of buff brick & Bath stone, in the Early English style, & was opened in June, 1877 ; it consists of a central block with north & south wings, the central block comprising the ad- ministrative department & the residence of the super- intendent ; the northern wing is appropriated to boys & the southern to girls ; the dining hall, a fine apartment, is too by 20 feet in area, and contains an organ, the gift of friends of the children; considerable additions were made in 1896, so that the asylum is now available for i'8o boys & 90 girls ; the entire cost has exceeded 32,000 ; the institution is supported by the payments for the maintenance of the patients, augmented by volun- tary contributions ; Sebastian Coseng Snow, treasurer, Exeter Bank, Exeter; Edgar Richard Senhouse laps- comb L.R.O.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. medical officer; Ernest William Locke, resident superintendent & sec. ; Mrs. Alice L. Mayer, matron SCHOOL. Board (formerly National) School, transferred to the Daw- lish Board in 1875, & an infants' school & master's resi- dence erected in 1876, for 150 children ; average attend- ance, 30 boys, 38 girls & 30 infants ; William Passrnore Towill, master ; Mis* Caroline Emma Towill, infants' mistress Railway Station, Alfred Hitchcock, station master Carriers to Exeter. Mark Capener, every day. but thura. returning the same day, from the ' Bull ' ; & Louii Carjlake, every day, returning tain* day DEVOS 41* fi44 fcTARCROSS. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Anning Mrs Baker Edward John Besley Mrs. Hnrpridge Bishop Richard Preston, The, Cottage Bond Rev. Edward Copleston M.A. (vicar), The Vicarage Brown Cul. Wm. Thomas, Elm court Colley Mrs. Staplake Cookson Mrs. Regent house Davey George Drew Jn. Gould B.A. Northbrook ho Dunsford Mrs Euan John S Grace Edwin, Strand Hooper Mrs. Southbrook house Jennings Mrs Lipscomb Edgar Richard Senhouse Locke Ernest William McClaughlin Mrs Martin Thomas, Ilex house Monro Alexander Aylmer Muller William Charles, Soho house Orpen Rev. Edward Chatterton M.A. Exeleigh ; & Devon & Exeter club, Exeter Pitt Miss Preist Daniel Russell Vincent, Grove lawn Splatt George Laskey Thomas Mrs. Staplake Mount Towill William Panmore Wollacott Edward. Faleide Youlden William Paryem Weeks COMMERCIAL. Anning Jsph. Percy, farmer, Tiverlnd Anning William, farmer, Cofford frm Assembly Rooms (Charles William Hamerton, proprietor) Bazley Henry, assistant overseer & rate collector, school attendance officer & agent Commercial Union Fire & Life insurance, Hope cottage DEVONSHIRE. Bowerman Henry H. tailor Browning John, boot maker & china & glass dealer Callaway Mrs. Emma, laundry Carnall John, gardener to Mrs. Thomas, Staplake mount Carslake Louis, carrier Chown William, Ship inn, & butcher Coles John Bailey, builder, contractor, carpenter & joiner & stone mason Coombe William, Alexandra Hotel P.H Crews William, coal & potato merchnt Crispin Harry, head attendant at the Asylum Crispin John Edwin, baker & grocer Cruse Henry, master mariner Drew John Gould B.A. solicitor, Northbrook house Elliott James, blacksmith Farley William Henry, gardener to the Rev. E. C. Orpcn M.A Fiiield Mary (Mrs.), dress ma. Strand Fletcher Emily (Mrs.), laundress Ford Michael Albert, basket maker to the Asylum Gale William (Mrs.), market gardnr. 2 Rose cottages Greenslade Louisa(Mrs.),refshmt.rms Gribble Susan (Miss), apartments Hamerton Charles William, Courtenay Arms hotel Harding Caroline (Mrs.), baker Haydon William Jn. frmr. Staplake Henton William Henry, wheelwright Hill William, fanner, Venn bridge Hooper & Tupman, grocers &c. see Starcross Co-operative Stores Kerswell Charles, shoe maker to the Asylum Kingdon Elizabeth (Miss), stationer, Post office Lipscomb Edgar Richard Senhouso L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. sur- geon, medical officer & public [KELLY'S vaccinator, Kenton district, St. Thomas union, & medical officer to the Western Counties Idiot Asylum Locke Ernest William, resident supt. & sec. Western Counties Idiot Asylum Morrish Ernest John, carpenter Mortimore Geo. gardnr. to the Asylum Palfrey Frederick Vowler, contractor Parkhouse Wm. coal & manure inei Payne Henry, apartments Pearce Edward, boat owner Reynolds Walter, mason Reynolds William, mason Rowe Frank, chemist & drggst. Strand Howe George, general dealer, Folly cot Rowe Marwood & Geo. wheelwrights Ruth Wm. Geo. H. insurance agent Sercombe John & Sun, basket makers Serle George, boat owner SheppardRobt. Ingram, boot & shoe ma Shoemack Edward, market gardener, i Hose cottages Starcrass Co-operative Stores- (Hooper & Tupman, proprietors), grocers & provision dealers Starcroiss, Kenton & Powderham Cot- tage GardenSoc.(J.G.D.rew, lion. sec) Steer William John, apartments Tupman Frank, grocer &c. see Star- cross Co-operative Stores Venn Mary Ann & Elizabeth (Misses), drapers Voysey Jessie Payne (Miss), dress ma Wedlake John, master tailor to the Asylum Westcott Brothers, market gardeners, Southbrook gardens Western Counties Idiot Asylum (Ernest William Locke, resident supt. & sec) Whitton Frank, Railway hotel Wood Sophia (Miss), apartment*
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