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Post by Dave on Jun 7, 2009 17:05:06 GMT
You may have read many of the posts Merse and I have made about our childhood in Newton Abbot and there has been reference made to somethings that are no longer a part of the town. One such place is the old power station and more importantly its tower, this tower was often used as a symble of the town much like the clock tower has always been. I have not been able to find out very much about it, but I do remember one Sunday morning and I can’t find the date it happened( it could have been in the late 70’s or early 80’s) the whole town came out to watch it be blown up. The only history I can find is listed below along with three pictures, two showing the tower and one inside the power station. NEWTON ABBOT Site: Wharf Road originally built by Urban Electric Supply Co., taken over by Torquay Corporation in 1926. Large station built in 1927. Both now demolished. Comm. supply: 1923 2nd station decommissioned 1974    We have also talked about the old Odeon Picture House that was near the clock tower, I did find a picture of it in an article, only it was not correct with its facts. It showed the Odeon back in the days I remember it and what it claims is now built on the site. It claimed the new Asda store covers the very spot the Odeon was on, but this is not true as I walked over the very old and very narrow bridge that was right behind the Odeon only a few months ago. Asda is on the other side of the river Lemon from where the Odeon once stood.  The most famous landmark in Newton is St Leonards Tower, I wonder how many times Merse danced around the tower on some New Years Eves night, the tower has a great connection with William III, Prince of Orange and below some history about the tower and a great old picture of it.  St Leonard's Tower The centre of the town features the ancient tower of St Leonard. The tower is all that remains of the medieval chapel of St Leonard, founded in 1220 and first referred to in 1350 in a document of the Bishop de Grandisson of Exeter, the main chapel being demolished in 1836. Adjacent to the tower is a plaque marking the spot where the first declaration of the newly arrived William III, Prince of Orange was read in 1688. It reads "The first declaration of William, Prince of Orange, the glorious defender of the Protestant Religion and the liberties of England, was read on this pedestal by the Rev John Reynall, Rector of this parish, on November 5th 1688." Although William arrived in Brixham on the 5th November he did not reach Newton Abbot until the 6th November when he stayed overnight in the town at Forde House as he made his way to London to assume the English throne. One great picture I found was the old Newton Abbot fire station that was at the end of what was called the New Market Hall, you may well know the Alexandra Picture House in Newton and this station was in the market road to the right of the picture house. Merse will remember that MARK the stall trader we talked about set up his van right opisite the fire station. As a young person in the town when ever the fire hooter went off you would rush to the fire station, it was only parttime in those days and most of the firemen worked at Bradly Wool Mill( long since gone) thery would all hear the hooter and come rushing itot the station. As the engine pulled out they were still climbling ablard trying to get their uniforms on.  Merse would have spent some of his time in Bradly Woods and there is a great old manor house there, we always believed as kids it was linked by undergroud passages to Forde House. We would look to try and find this passage and while I never found it or if it really exsisted, my fried cliamed there was an entrance into it under the floors in Prospect Hall East St. Some facts about about Bradly Manor and Forde House Bradley Manor At the opposite end of Newton Abbot is the National Trust run property, Bradley Manor. This is 13th century manor house in its own secluded woodland setting, with a notable great hall - emblazoned with the royal coat of Arms of Elizabeth I. In the woodland, close to the manor house you will find the 'Puritan Pit' - a natural hollow where non-conformists held their secret meetings to avoid persecution.   Forde House Forde House (now known as Old Forde House) is situated in the southeast corner of the town. The present house was built in 1610 by Richard Reynell (who later became Sir Richard Reynell) and his wife Lucy. The house was built with an E-shaped floor plan, which is thought to be in honour of Queen Elizabeth I, who had recently died. The grounds were originally quite extensive, and included the whole of what is called Decoy (so named, because wildfowl were decoyed there to extend the house's larder), as well as a deer park. In 1625 King Charles I stayed at the house overnight on his way to inspect the fleet at Plymouth. He returned a few days later and stayed for a further two nights. Forde House gave shelter to Oliver Cromwell and Colonel Fairfax while on their way to besiege Royalist Dartmouth in 1646. In 1648 the estate passed onto the Courtenay family via the marriage of Margaret (the only daughter of Jane Reynell and Sir William Waller) to Sir William Courtenay, who was the lord of nearby Powderham Castle. William of Orange stayed at the house in 1688 on the way to his coronation in London, having landed in Brixham a few days earlier. The house remained the main residence of a succession of Courtenays until 1762 when the house was let to a succession of occupiers. The Courtenay family sold the house in 1936 to Mr Stephen Simpson, who sold it two years later to Mrs m Sellick. Teignbridge District Council bought the house in 1978 and remain the current owners. It has been refurbished by the Council and is now used as office and conference space as well as being used for weddings and other events.  One place for sure Merse would have played as a child was Devils Pit, well that’s the name all Newton people gave to it, I have found a picture but it really does not show how big it really is. I do remember going there one Halloween night and swear there were about fifty witches all dressed in white at the pit. I ran out in the dark from the wood as fast as I had ever run before.  Puritan's Pit (also known as Preacher's Pit, The Devil's Pit or Gruti's Pit) is a large steep-sided pit in the south side of the valley of the River Lemon in Bradley Woods, just west of the town of Newton Abbot in Devon, England. It is probably a collapsed limestone cavern and although it is about 12 metres deep and some 50 metres across at its widest, it is invisible from the river and the main path on the other side. Puritan's Pit owes its notability to Willam Yeo, a Presbyterian clergyman who was installed as Rector of Wolborough in 1648 by Oliver Cromwell. Yeo was reportedly very assiduous in his duties and would walk around the town after Sunday service with a constable, to ensure that the sabbath was kept holy. After 14 years, however he was deprived of his living for refusing to acknowledge the post-Restoration Act of Uniformity. In the years that followed, Yeo and his supporters met in Puritan's Pit by night to worship. At this time he was effectively an outlaw as can be seen from an order of sessions that was made in 1683 offering a reward of 40 shillings to anyone who apprehended a dissenting minister. The Act of Toleration 1689 brought this episode to a close, and Yeo's house was certified to be used as a place of worship. I'm sure Merse will also remember the cottage in the next picture, much later than this picture was taken you could go up to a window and buy sweets and drinks as this cottage is right in the heart of Bradley Woods, it no longer offers that service I'm afraid its just someones home again now.  |
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Post by Dave on Jun 13, 2009 11:09:57 GMT
Glad you mentioned the Alms Houses of Newton Abbot and in the small piece below you will see the ones in East Street listed. As a child I spend much of my time visiting a lady I knew as Aunt Eva Callard, I do not believe she was my aunt, but that is what I was expected to call her.
That block has four houses and are right next door the Cider Bar, I do not know if you have even been on one of them, but they have to have the smallest living space inside of any house in Newton. She lived in the first one closest to the Cider Bar and was a very small lady and I will never forget that on Christmas day at home my mother always knew what her present was before she opened it from Aunt Eva as it was the same every year, a tin on Niva cream.
There are several sets of almshouses in Newton Abbot.
• Gilberd’s in Exeter Road were endowed in 1538 by John Gilberd of Compton Castle to house lepers. There were five houses and they reputedly had sloping floors to help in washing out the houses. Eight modern apartments with a common room and visitors bedroom now occupy the site, which is administered by the Feoffees of Highweek.
• In 1576 Robert Hayman set up a number of houses for poor people in East Street. These were rebuilt in 1845 and can still be seen opposite the entrance to Newton Abbot hospital.
• Reynell’s almshouses were originally built in 1640 beside Torquay Road to house four clergy widows (‘the relicts of preaching ministers, left poor, without a house of their own’)
• Mackrell’s almshouses in Totnes Road were built in 1874. Mackrell was a native of Newton Abbot who made his fortune as a chemist in Barnstaple. Mackrell also funded a home in the Forde Park area for the "fallen women of Newton Abbot", which housed single mothers fallen on hard times.
I want to come back to East Street in a minute but before I do I will just put up another bit about the wool mills of Newton
In medieval times Devon was an important sheep rearing county. Many towns had their own wool and cloth industries and Newton Abbot had woollen mills, fullers, dyers, spinners, weavers and tailors. In particular, fellmongering (where wool is removed from the sheepskin) was well established in the town. In 1724 Daniel Defoe wrote that Newton Abbot had a thriving serge industry that sent goods to Holland via Exeter. The annual cloth fair was the town’s busiest fair. Over the 19th century Vicary’s mills became an important employer in the town and by the 1920s they employed over 400 men. However, by 1972 business had declined and the works finally closed down.
Associated with the woollen industry was the leather one. The hides left after the fellmongering process were made into leather. Tanners, boot and shoe makers, glovers and saddlers were all in business in Newton Abbot. As with the wool industry business flourished over 600 years until after the Second World War.
East Street for me has so much history and is where the workhouse was built, I wonder if any of my family ever worked in it, it does sound a very unpleasent place and I’m so glad that we I was born at the time I was in Newton.
The 1891 census shows that my great grandfather Albert Best was living at 2 Court 10 East Street and was a mason, at the time of the census he was 34 years old, he lived there with his wife Elizabeth(30) son Henry(9) George(7)Frank(5) Albert(3) and William(1)
The 1901 census shows that Albert had moved with his family into 2 East Street Court no 2, the eldest son Henry at just 19 was married and working as a plasterer and lived at 3 Sun Court.
The rest of his family still lived at home but one is missing from the census and two more children are listed. William who was only one years old in the 1891 census, is the one who is missing on the 1901 census, I woner if he died, the new additions were Alise(7) and Mary(5)
Albert must have moved to Newton as the 1861 census shows that Albert was four years old and lived in Denbury, his father was Henry(44) mother Mary(36) he lived with his brother Henry(9) and sister who had the same name as the woman he later married Elizabeth(7) also listed is Susanna Best(63) she is listed as a boarder and her profession just says she is a pauper.
The 1901 census also shows that Alberts brother Henry also had moved to Newton Abbot, aged now 49 he was living at 6 Court Wolborough Street with his wife Elizabeth(39) son Arthur(17) daughters Alice(15) and Emma(10)
The workhouse
The Workhouse
The original Newton Abbot poorhouse was based in East Street, and the cellar of the Devon Arms was used as the oakumOakum
picking room — where paupers were assigned the unpleasant job of untwisting old rope to provide oakum, used to seal the seams of wooden boats. Newton Bushel had its own poorhouse, not far from present day Dyrons.
The 1834 Poor Law ActPoor Law Amendment Act 1834
required changes and incorporation, so in 1839, a new workhouse was built in East Street and was used to house paupers from the surrounding areas. Over time, the workhouse became more of a hospital for the sick, infirm, and aged poor. By 1890 there were nearly 400 inmates, and reports of cruel treatment. A new infirmary was built, and during the wars some of the buildings were used as a military hospital. By 1950, the workhouse buildings were incorporated into the present-day hospital
The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act proposed that all 15,000 parishes in England and Wales form into Poor Law Unions, each with its own workhouse and supervised by a local Board of Guardians. In the late 1830s, hundreds of new workhouse buildings were erected across the country. The buildings were designed to provide segregated accommodation for the different categories of pauper — male and female, able-bodied and infirm, and children.
Newton Abbot Poor Law Union was formed on 20 June 1836 and the workhouse was built in 1837 in East Street, Newton Abbot. It was intended to accommodate 350 inmates who came from 36 parishes in the area surrounding the town of Newton Abbot: the parishes of Abbotskerswell, Ashburton, Bickington, Bishopsteignton, Bovey Tracey, Buckland-in-the-Moor, Corkington, Combe-in-teignhead, Coffinswell, Chudleigh, Denbury, Dawlish, Haccombe, Broadhempstone, Highweek, Hennock, Islington, Ipplepen, Ideford, Kingskerswell, Kingsteignton, Lustleigh, Moretonhampstead, Manaton, North Bovey, Shaldon St Nicholas, East Ogwell, West Ogwell, St Marychurch (Torquay), Stoke-in-teignhead, Torbryan, Tormoham (Torquay), Trusham, East Teignmouth, West Teignmouth, Teigngrace, Wolborough, Woodland and Widecombe-in-the-Moor.
A 'bastardy clause' in the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act had made all illegitimate children the sole responsibility of their mothers until they were 16 years old. The putative father therefore became free of any legal responsibility for his illegitimate offspring. Unmarried pregnant women were often disowned by their families and the workhouse was the only place they could go during and after the birth of their child.
The highly controversial measure in the 1834 Act was overturned in a subsequent Act in 1844, which enabled an unmarried mother to apply for an affiliation order against the father for maintenance, even if she was not in receipt of poor relief. However unmarried mothers from poor backgrounds still entered the workhouse to have their babies.
Pregnant women who were ill, infirm, very poor or deserted by their husbands, and who became dependent on poor relief, were also forced into the workhouse to give birth. In 1878, the Newton Abbot workhouse had room for about 400 inmates. The wards, yards etc. occupied 2 acres and there were gardens adjoining.
The workhouse era ended, officially at least, on 1st April 1930; the Boards of Guardians were abolished and their responsibilities passed to local authorities. Newton Abbot Workhouse became the Newton Abbot Public Assistance Institution and the buildings now form part of Newton Abbot Hospital.
Below is the census from 1881 showing those who lived in the workhouse, looking at it I can’t find any family names on it, so I guess none of my family ever ended up there.
1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Newton Abbot, Wolborough, Devon
Name Mar Age Sex Relation Occupation Handicap Birthplace
Staff
John MOXEY W 66 m Master (Head) Master Of Workhouse Thorverton, Devon
Sarah Stansell MOXEY U 17 F Gran Daughter Easingwold, York
Ann MANCE U 44 F Matron Matron Of Workhouse Highweek, Devon
Robert Hiram CAWSE m 29 m School Master (Head) Schoolmaster Of Workhouse Slapton, Devon
Elizabeth CAWSE m 25 F Trainer (Wife) Industrial Trainer In Workhouse Ottery St Mary, Devon
Alice Thoms PUCKEY U 30 F Cook Cook In The Workhouse Lowestoft, Suffolk
Anna Maria VANSTONE U 22 F Schoolmistress Schoolmistress Of Workhouse Bideforde, Devon
Susan BARTLETT U 60 F Nurse Nurse Of Workhouse Hartland, Devon
John RADFORD m 35 m Porter Porter Of Workhouse Broadclist, Devon
Annie RADFORD m 35 F Porteress Porteress Of Workhouse Old Cleeve, Somerset
Inmates
Olivia ADAMS U 16 F Pauper Domestic Servant Totness, Devon
William ASH W 65 m Pauper Carpenter Chudleigh, Devon
Frederick AVENT 2 m Pauper Wolborough, Devon
Jane AVENT U 33 F Pauper Laundress Torquay, Devon
William AVENT 6 m Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
William BAILEY W 66 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Hennock, Devon
Garland BARTLETT 8 m Pauper Scholar Teignmouth, Devon
James BARTLETT 4 m Pauper Scholar Teignmouth, Devon
Elizabeth BASKERVILLE W 90 F Pauper Buckfastleigh, Devon
Grace BAYT U 19 F Pauper Domestic Servant
Ann BENNET U 63 F Pauper Farm Servant Exeter, Devon
William BENNET U 34 m Pauper Grocers Porter Torquay, Devon
Ellen BIRD 6 F Pauper Scholar London, London, Middlesex
Richard BLACKMORE W 87 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Chudleigh, Devon
Elizabeth BLAKE U 25 F Pauper Domestic Servant Barnstaple, Devon
Louisa BLAKE 1 F Pauper Torquay, Devon
Mary BLAKE 3m F Pauper Wolborough, Devon
John BLATCHFIRD m 68 m Pauper Railway Engine Fitter Milton Abbot, Devon
Elizabeth BOND U 48 F Pauper Domestic Servant Torquay, Devon
Mary BOND W 67 F Pauper Teignmouth, Devon
Ann BOWDEN W 42 F Pauper Domestic Servant Chudleigh, Devon
Emily BOWDEN 1 F Pauper Wolborough, Devon
George BOWDEN 10 m Pauper Scholar Abbotskerswell, Devon
John BOWDEN U 64 m Pauper Masons Labourer Dunchodick, Devon
Susan Ann BOWDEN 9 F Pauper Scholar Abbotskerswill, Devon
William BOWDEN 12 m Pauper Scholar Abbotskerswell, Devon
Maria BOYCE U 44 F Pauper Milliner Shaldon, Devon
Richard BRAILEY 8 m Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Joseph BROWSEY W 48 m Pauper Stone Quarry Labourer Ilsington, Devon
William BUCHINGHAM m 79 m Pauper Tailor Plymouth, Devon
Lucy BUDGMAN U 42 F Pauper Domestic Servant Highweek, Devon
William BULLEY W 71 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Kenton, Devon
Florence BURLINGTON 8 F Pauper Scholar Bridgewater, Somerset
Francis BURLINGTON 2 m Pauper Wolborough, Devon
Jane BURLINGTON U 32 F Pauper Dress Maker Frome, Somerset
Mary Ann BURLINGTON 6 F Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Roland BURLINGTON 3 m Pauper Wolborough, Devon
Francis BUTT U 46 F Pauper Domestic Servant Mortonhampstead, Devon
Roland BUXTON 10 m Pauper Scholar Imbecile Torquay, Devon
Walter CAME 10 m Pauper Scholar London, London, Middlesex
Henry CARLIN 12 m Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Hannah CARTER 10 F Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Henry CARTER 4 m Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Mary CARTER 7 F Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Harriet CASELY U 60 F Pauper Imbecile Ideford, Devon
Elizabeth CAUNTER m 45 F Pauper Exeter, Devon
Mary Ann CAUNTER 8 F Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Mildread CAUNTER 6 F Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Richard CAUNTER m 66 m Pauper Agricultural Labourr Widcombe In Moor, Devon
Richard Henry CAUNTER 4 m Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Joseph CHAFFE W 69 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Buckfastleigh, Devon
Thomas CHALLACOMBE W 74 m Pauper Stone Mason Paignton, Devon
Emma CHALLIS U 58 F Pauper Domestic Servant Newton St Cyres, Devon
Rosa CHAPMAN 6 F Pauper Scholar Shaldon, Devon
Susan CHAPMAN 8 F Pauper Scholar Teignmouth, Devon
William CHUDLEIGH W 62 m Pauper Plasterer Highweek, Devon
Edward CLARKE U 28 m Pauper Idiot Connecticut British Subject, America
James CLARKE m 69 m Pauper Wool Comber Buckfastleigh, Devon
Elizabeth COLE U 26 F Pauper Domestic Servant Teignmouth, Devon
William COLE U 58 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Lunatic Manaton, Devon
Ann COLLINGS W 56 F Pauper Torquay, Devon
Ann COLLINGS U 35 F Pauper Cook Lunatic Chudleigh, Devon
Edwin COLLINGS U 43 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Bickington, Devon
Frederick COLLINGS W 83 m Pauper Ship Broker Exeter, Devon
Edward CONLIN 12 m Pauper Idiot
Walter COOMBES 7 m Pauper Scholar Coombinteignhead, Devon
Judith CORAM W 80 F Pauper Moretonhampstead, Devon
William CORAM 12 m Pauper Scholar Teignmouth, Devon
James CORNISH U 80 m Pauper Retired Farmer Bishopsteignton, Devon
Hannah COUSINS U 29 F Pauper Laundress Teignmouth, Devon
Margaret COUSINS 2 F Pauper Teignmouth, Devon
William John COUSINS 2m m Pauper Wolborough, Devon
Elizabeth CRIDIFORD U 28 F Pauper Idiot Teignmouth, Devon
John CROCKER W 58 m Pauper Retired Inn Keeper St Stevens, Cornwall
James DART m 57 m Pauper Scissors Grinder Exeter, Devon
John DAYMOND W 64 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Trusham, Devon
Joseph DAYMOND U 41 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Bovey Tracey, Devon
John DIXON U 42 m Pauper Boot Maker London Lambeth, London, Middlesex
Ann DONAVON W 77 F Pauper Dawlish, Devon
William DYER U 40 m Pauper Cattle Drover Trusham, Devon
Georgina DYMOND U 54 F Pauper Torquay, Devon
Elizabeth EASTERBROOK W 85 F Pauper Okehampton, Devon
Alice EGGBEER 2 F Pauper Torquay, Devon
Frederick EGGBEER 7 m Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Susan EGGBEER U 44 F Pauper Domestic Servant Ashburton, Devon
Harriet ETTERS U 31 F Pauper Coffinswell, Devon
James FIELD W 77 m Pauper Agricultural Laborer Wolborough, Devon
William FIELD U 65 m Pauper Shoemaker Wolborough, Devon
Annie FISHER 8 F Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Ellen FISHER 10 F Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Harriet FISHER W 39 F Pauper Laundress Totness, Devon
Robert Philip FISHER 5 m Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
William FOADEN U 20 m Pauper Masons Labourer Dawlish, Devon
Elizabeth FOOTE W 73 F Pauper Essex
Thomas FOOTE W 56 m Pauper Wood Sawyer Stokeinteignhead, Devon
Richard FOSS U 54 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Bishopsteignton, Devon
Thomas FRADD 12 m Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Frederick FRAGALL 8 m Pauper Scholar Kingskerswell, Devon
Mary FRAGALL 9 F Pauper Scholar Kingskerswill, Devon
William FRAGALL 12 m Pauper Scholar Kingskerswell, Devon
Mary FROST W 70 F Pauper Moretonhampstead, Devon
George FURZE 10 m Pauper Scholar Portsmouth
Thomas FURZE 6 m Pauper Scholar Portsmouth
Jane GAMMON W 74 F Pauper Blind Petrockstow, Devon
Eliza GARD U 23 F Pauper Domestic Servant Bovey Tracy, Devon
Charles GIDLEY 9 m Pauper Scholar Kingskerswell, Devon
James GILDING 6 m Pauper Scholar Kingsteignton, Devon
William GILES W 71 m Pauper Farm Servant Lostwithell, Cornwall
Mary Jane GOODING U 19 F Pauper Domestic Servant Torquay, Devon
Esther GRUCH W 73 F Pauper Blind London, London, Middlesex
Clara HAMLYN U 19 F Pauper Domestic Servant Ilsington, Devon
John HANNAFIRD W 70 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer North Bovey, Devon
Joanna HANNAFORD U 48 F Pauper Idiot Widecombe In Moor, Devon
Martha HANNAFORD U 32 F Pauper Domestic Servant Wolborough, Devon
Henry HARRIS 6 m Pauper Scholar St Thomas Exeter
Charity HART U 90 F Pauper Woodland, Devon
Richard HAVILL 69 m Pauper Blacksmith Exmouth, Devon
William HEAD U 48 m Pauper Baker Ashburton, Devon
Caroline HEADHOUSE 9 F Pauper Scholar Dartmouth, Devon
Gilbert HEADHOUSE 4 m Pauper Scholar Brixham, Devon
Louisa HEADHOUSE 5 F Pauper Scholar Dartmouth, Devon
William HEADHOUSE 2 m Pauper Teignmouth, Devon
John HELE U 81 m Pauper Masons Labourer Exeter, Devon
Kate HEXTER U 22 F Pauper Domestic Servant Teignmouth, Devon
Amelia HILLMAN U 65 F Pauper Domestic Servant Bovey Tracy, Devon
Rose HILLYER U 32 F Pauper Domestic Servant Dawlish, Devon
Samuel HOLDING 10 m Pauper Scholar Ilsington, Devon
Francis HOLMES m 63 F Pauper Ilsington, Devon
John HOLMES U 16 m Pauper Farm Servant Broadhemptone, Devon
Thomas HOLMES 13 m Pauper Scholar Ashburton, Devon
William HOLMES U 64 m Pauper Agricultural Laborer Broadhempstone, Devon
Emily HORSEVILL U 25 F Pauper Idiot Topsham, Devon
Albert HUNT U 23 m Pauper Masons Labourer Wolborough, Devon
William JONES U 42 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Reading, Berkshire
Robert JOSEPH U 58 m Pauper Tailor Coombinteignhead, Devon
Harriet KEMBLE U 60 F Pauper Domestic Servant Lustleigh, Devon
Jeffory KNOTT U 77 m Pauper Tinplate Worker Axmouth, Devon
William LAITE W 70 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Whitstone, Devon
John LAMBLE W 77 m Pauper Blacksmith Wolborough, Devon
Ann LASHCROOK W 50 F Pauper North Lew, Cornwall
Roger LEACH W 80 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Morchard Bishop, Devon
Jane LENNEY W 84 F Pauper Totness, Devon
John Henry LIGHT 6 m Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Susan LIGHT U 32 F Pauper Domestic Servant Paignton, Devon
Bessie LISTER U 22 F Pauper Domestic Servant Exwick St Thomas, Devon
Elizabeth LOVELL W 66 F Pauper Ideford, Devon
Hugh LOVELL W 81 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Kewton, Devon
Jemima LOVEY U 22 F Pauper Imbecile Hennock, Devon
Michael MA'HONEY U 74 m Pauper Pedlar Limerick, Ireland
Sarah MANLEY U 22 F Pauper Farm Servant Harberton, Devon
Sarah MANLEY 1m F Pauper Wolborough, Devon
Ealonur MARTIN W 65 F Pauper Dawlish, Devon
John MARTIN 11 m Pauper Scholar Kingsbridge, Devon
Thomas MATHEWS U 78 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Wolborough, Devon
Thomas MAYNE U 61 m Pauper Quay Porter St Mary Church, Devon
Isabella MEAD U 18 F Pauper Domestic Servant Kingsteignton, Devon
Ann MEAR U 50 F Pauper Domestic Servant Widecombe In Moor, Devon
Harriet MEARS W 63 F Pauper Bovey Tracey, Devon
Elizabeth MILLER m 26 F Pauper Exeter, Devon
Elizabeth Ellen MILLER 4 F Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Emma MILLER U 20 F Pauper Domestic Servant Wolborough, Devon
Florence Mary MILLER 1 F Pauper Totness, Devon
Mildred MILLER 6 F Pauper Scholar Totnes, Devon
Sarah MITCHELL W 74 F Pauper Shaldon, Devon
Sarah MOALE U 57 F Pauper Domestic Servant Teignmouth, Devon
Rebecca MOGRIDGE U 88 F Pauper Domestic Servant East Ogwell, Devon
Simon MOGRIDGE U 80 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Rattery, Devon
Ann MOIST U 60 F Pauper Idiot Kingsteignton, Devon
Celia MOORE U 32 F Pauper Imbecile Plymouth, Devon
Joseph MORGAN 12 m Pauper Scholar Harberton, Devon
William Henry MORTIMER U 20 m Pauper Rope Maker Wolborough, Devon
Elizabeth MORTIMORE W 56 F Pauper Macclesfield, Lancashire
Mary MORTIMORE W 76 F Pauper South Tawton, Devon
Eliza MUDGE m 42 F Pauper Pollimore, Devon
Ellen MUDGE 4 F Pauper Scholar Kingskerswell, Devon
Emily MUDGE 10 F Pauper Scholar Kingskerswell, Devon
Francis MUDGE 7 m Pauper Scholar Kingskerswell, Devon
James MUDGE 10 m Pauper Scholar Kingskerswell, Devon
Sarah MUDGE W 85 F Pauper Exeter, Devon
Sophia MURCH W 59 F Pauper Exeter, Devon
Jacob MUTTERS W 66 m Pauper Tailor Blind Beer, Devon
Alfred NIBLET 8 m Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Kate NORTHWAY 15 F Pauper Idiot Ilsington, Devon
Lydia NORTHWAY 9 F Pauper Scholar Chudleigh, Devon
Emily OLIVER 9 F Pauper Scholar Exeter, Devon
George PALK 10 m Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
James PALMER W 80 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Bovey Tracey, Devon
Elizebeth PARKER U 60 F Pauper Letter Carrier Chudleigh, Devon
Thirza PARKES U 23 F Pauper Bovey Tracy, Devon
Herbert Henry PARR 4 m Pauper Scholar St Pancreas, Middlesex
Thomas PAUL W 68 m Pauper Copper Miner Mary Tavy, Devon
Susan Ann PAYNE 3 F Pauper Wolborough, Devon
Peter PENWELL 6 m Pauper Scholar Totness, Devon
Francis PERRAIM 10 m Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
George PERRAIM 12 m Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Lucy PERROT 12 F Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
William PERRYMAN W 73 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Blind Chagford, Devon
Edwance PETERS m 35 m Pauper Farm Servant Broadhempston, Devon
Edward Rich PETERS 3 m Pauper Broadhempstone, Devon
Eliezer PHILIPS W 69 m Pauper Shoemaker Wolborough, Devon
John PHILIPS W 77 m Pauper Stone Cutter Axminster, Devon
Joseph PIKE W 62 m Pauper Domestic Servant Gardener Dawlish, Devon
Thomas PIKE W 88 m Pauper Shoemaker Dawlish, Devon
John POOLE U 77 m Pauper Blacksmith Morton Hampstead, Devon
Janet POTTER U 94 F Pauper Domestic Servant Ipplepen, Devon
Richard POTTER U 61 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer St Sidwells Exeter
George PUGSLEY U 80 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer St Mary Church, Devon
Ann QUANT U 52 F Pauper Domestic Servant Totnes, Devon
Elizabeth QUENT U 64 F Pauper Char Woman Exeter, Devon
James QUIN W 91 m Pauper Scissors Grinder St Mary Major Exeter
Anne RABJOHNS 8 F Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Hannah RABJOHNS U 28 F Pauper Domestic Servant Manaton, Devon
Sydney RABJOHNS 3 m Pauper Wolborough, Devon
William RABJOHNS 5 m Pauper Scholar Wolborough, Devon
Charles REDAWAY U 60 m Pauper Tailor Kingsteignton, Devon
Aaron REECE U 32 m Pauper Masons Labourer Torquay, Devon
Mary RENDELL U 75 F Pauper Domestic Servant Chumleigh, Devon
Bessie RETALLICK U 26 F Pauper Dawlish, Devon
Charles RICE 8 m Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Ann SCOBLE U 49 F Pauper Imbecile Shaldon, Devon
Bertha SETTERS 2 F Pauper Wolborough, Devon
George SHILLABEER U 61 m Pauper Tailor St Mary Church, Devon
Mary SHORT U 25 F Pauper Chudleigh, Devon
John SMALE m 70 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer St Mary Church, Devon
John SNELL W 70 m Pauper Blacksmith Cockington, Devon
James STEPHENS W 66 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Ilsington, Devon
Bessie STEVENS 8 F Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Charles STEVENS 6 m Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
Elizabeth STEVENS W 35 F Pauper Barnstaple, Devon
Ellen STEVENS 3 F Pauper Torquay, Devon
Emily STEVENS 10 F Pauper Scholar Plymouth, Devon
John STEVENS U 72 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Chudleigh, Devon
Mary STEVENS W 72 F Pauper Totness, Devon
William STEVENS 2 m Pauper Torquay, Devon
Mathew STREET W 77 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Denbury, Devon
Bridgett SWEENEY U 61 F Pauper Pedlar Stafford
Isabella SWEENEY W 81 F Pauper Bristol
Harriet SYMONS W 63 F Pauper Shaldon, Devon
George TAPPER U 39 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Bovey Tracey, Devon
John TARR W 78 m Pauper Baker Crediton, Devon
Francis TAUMAN W 29 F Pauper Cranbrook, Kent
Ernest William TAYLOR 8 m Pauper Scholar Highweek, Devon
John Henry TAYLOR 9 m Pauper Scholar Highweek, Devon
John TAYLOR m 68 m Pauper Gardener Ilsington, Devon
Willie TAYLOR 6 m Pauper Scholar Highweek, Devon
Henry THOMAS W 73 m Pauper Stone Mason Dartmouth, Devon
John TOLL m 61 m Pauper Stone Quarry Labourer Bickington, Devon
Samuel TREMLETT U 23 m Pauper Farm Servant Coomdinteignhead, Devon
William TRIBBLE U 58 m Pauper Ashburton, Devon
Alice TRIPP U 19 F Pauper Domestic Servant Torquay, Devon
Francis TRUMAN 10 F Pauper Scholar London, London, Middlesex
Jessey TRUMAN 7 F Pauper Scholar London, London, Middlesex
Anne TRURAN U 33 F Pauper Imbicile Ashburton, Devon
James TUCKETT W 70 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Chudleigh, Devon
Thomas TURNER m 69 m Pauper Retired Butcher Bishopsteignton, Devon
Grace TYLER W 46 F Pauper Exeter, Devon
John VALLANCE W 70 m Pauper Clay Miner Chudleigh, Devon
Robert VINCENT m 47 m Pauper Tailor Falmouth, Cornwall
John WAKEHAM U 34 m Pauper Idiot Broadhempstone, Devon
William WAKEHAM m 75 m Pauper Butcher Denbury, Devon
James WALLEN U 32 m Pauper Idiot Shaldon, Devon
Eliza WARREN U 40 F Pauper Blind Abbotskerswill, Devon
William WARREN U 61 m Pauper Tailor Teignmouth, Devon
Emannuel WEBB 9 m Pauper Scholar Brixham, Devon
Francis WEBB U 17 m Pauper Farm Servant Torquay, Devon
Nicholas WEBB U 68 m Pauper Tin Miner Landulph, Cornwall
Priscilla WEBB 12 F Pauper Scholar Brixham, Devon
William Henry WEBB 6 m Pauper Scholar Torquay, Devon
John WEEKS m 73 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Bickington, Devon
James WEST W 73 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Doddiscombsleigh, Devon
Sarah WEST U 57 F Pauper Domestic Servant Dartmouth, Devon
Sarah Ann WEST U 23 F Pauper Domestic Servant Torquay, Devon
Elizabeth WESTAWAY U 75 F Pauper Domestic Servant Sanford Courtney, Devon
Richard WEYMOUTH W 82 m Pauper Tailor Torquay, Devon
William WEYMOUTH U 79 m Pauper Torquay, Devon
George WHIDBURN W 51 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Blind Ashton, Devon
George WHIDDEN W 74 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Torbrian, Devon
Frederick WHITE 9 m Pauper Scholar Denbury, Devon
William WHITE U 72 m Pauper Stone Cutter St Mary Church, Devon
Mary WIDECOMBE 8 F Pauper Scholar Kingsteignton, Devon
Sarah WIDECOMBE 9 F Pauper Scholar Kingsteignton, Devon
Thomas WILCOCKS W 73 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Bovey Tracey, Devon
Mary WILCOX W 75 F Pauper Ipplepen, Devon
John WILLIAMS W 64 m Pauper Gardener Westminster, Middlesex
Thomas WILLIAMS W 75 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Ipplepen, Devon
William WINSER m 62 m Pauper Agricultural Labourer Ilsington, Devon
William WINSER U 44 m Pauper Agricultural Laborer Bishopsteignton, Devon
Alfred WOODFIN 3 m Pauper Scholar Broadhempstone, Devon
Augusta WOODFIN 10 F Pauper Scholar Broadhempstone, Devon
Charlotte WOODFIN m 38 F Pauper Applepen, Devon
Edith WOODFIN 3 F Pauper Broadhempstone, Devon
James WOODFIN 7 m Pauper Scholar Broadhempstone, Devon
Total residents: 302
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Post by Dave on Jun 13, 2009 13:53:11 GMT
One thing about the Internet is you can find out so much you do not know, having done the post above I was just searching around for information on my family and I have made a discovery that has chilled me and it was something I never knew about. Below are parts of the census's I put in my last post The 1891 cenus shows that my great grandfather Albert Best was living at 2 Court 10 East Street and was a mason, at the time of the census he was 34 years old, he lived there with his wife Elizabeth(30) son Henry(9) George(7)Frank(5) Albert(3) and William(1) The 1901 census shows that Albert had moved with his family into 2 East Street Court no 2, the eldest son Henry at just 19 was married and working as a plasterer and lived at 3 Sun Court. The rest of his family still lived at home but one is missing from the census and two more children are listed. William who was only one years old in the 1891 census, is the one who is missing on the 1901 census, I woner if he died, the new additions were Alise(7) and Mary(5) Albert must have moved to Newton as the 1861 census shows that Albert was four years old and lived in Denbury, his father was Henry(44) mother Mary(36) he lived with his brother Henry(9) and sister who had the same name as the woman he later married Elizabeth(7) also listed is Susanna Best(63) she is listed as a boarder and her profession just says she is a pauper. The 1901 census also shows that Alberts brother Henry also had moved to Newton Abbot, aged now 49 he was living at 6 Court Wolborough Street with his wife Elizabeth(39) son Arthur(17) daughters Alice(15) and Emma(10)I have highlighted Henry who married a lady called Elizabeth. The article belows reports the death of their son.  There were at least 65 air raids on Newton Abbot. In all, the town was hit by some 50 high explosive bombs and some 8000 incendiary devices. Nearly 90 people were severely injured and the death toll was 22. This is a summary of some of the early raids: 20 August 1940: The raid took place in the evening with three planes targeting the Railway Station. Of the surrounding streets, Station Cottages and Forde Road suffered direct hits. In this raid, fifteen people were killed and Forde Park was badly damaged by blast. As well as the attack on the station with high explosive bombs, the area was strafed with machine gun fire. Just before the attack a crowded train for Plymouth had pulled out of the station but another Plymouth train was standing at the down platform and this was attacked. Severe damage was caused to the station with 15 locomotives, 52 passenger carriages and 22 goods wagons being also damaged. 60 people were seriously injured. 16 October 1940: A single plane flew over and dropped four high explosive bombs and a batch of incendiaries near Wolborough Church. 21 October 1940: Five bombs were dropped at Lindridge, near Bishopsteignton, destroying stables and greenhouses. 18 November 1940: A mine was dropped on Bovey Tracey near the Devon House of Mercy. Only five people were injured but the Parish Church was badly damaged from blast. This explosion was strong enough to shake a large area of Newton Abbot, causing structural damage. 12 December 1940: A hit and run raid on nearby Kingsteignton in which high explosive bombs and hundreds of incendiaries were dropped . 10 January 1941: Another hit and run raid on Kingsteignton but this time, little damage was reported. 14 January 1941: Two high explosive bombs landed on Bradley Lane but resulted in minor damage only. 17 May 1941: An enormous 2,500 lbs bomb fell onto the the swimming pool area at the Penn Inn together with 9 smaller bombs. The large bomb measured 9 feet long by two feet wide and was so heavy that it disappeared down into a swampy area and actually exploded below ground. The resulting crater was just 50 feet from the main Newton Abbot to Torquay Road close to Addison Road. Glass in a nearby commercial greenhouse was shattered but otherwise there was little damage and, amazingly, no injuries. 7 July 1941: A Heinkel bomber was shot down over Newton Abbot, ultimately crashing near Haldon. Three of the crew were killed but the pilot baled out and was captured in the village of Kenton. The plane had been carrying three 250 lb bombs and these were jettisoned in the vicinity of Newton Abbot. One exploded without causing damage or injury and the other two were defused. 25 April 1942: A major raid on Newton Abbot took place during the night of this particular Saturday. Mount Pleasant, Devon Square and the road to Torquay were hit and severely damaged. Five people were killed and the nearby shops in Queen Street were badly damaged by blast. 20 December 1942: Ipplepen was machine gunned and the church tower was badly damaged by cannon fire. There were many other air raids which caused damage to property. The names of those killed by the bombings DILYS ADAMS Child. Dilys Adams of 30, Quarry Park Road, Peverell, Plymouth. Daughter of William Gilbert Adams and Winifred Adams (see below). Died 20 August 1940 at the G.W.R Station, Newton Abbot aged 6. WINIFRED ADAMS (See Maud Heath below) Civilian. Winifred Adams of 30 Quarry Park Road, Peverell, Plymouth. Wife of William Gilbert Adams and mother of Dilys (see above.) Died 20 August 1940 at the G.W.R Station, Newton Abbot aged 20. JOHN H. m . BAKER Civilian. John Henry Matthews Baker of "Tresco", Venn Way, Plymouth. Son of Henry Orsini Baker of 138, Shrewsbury Road, New Southgate, London and the late Bessie Baker; husband of Bertha Broadhead Baker. Died 20 August 1940 at the G.W.R Station, Newton Abbot aged 49. ARTHUR R. BEST Civilian. Arthur Robert Best of 42 Tudor Road, Newton Abbot. Son of the late Henry and Elizabeth Best of 31 Tudor Road and husband of Selina Best (née Field) of 31 Tudor Road. Born in the March Quarter of 1884 in Newton Abbot. Died 20 August 1940 at the G.W.R Station, Newton Abbot aged 57.CHARLES H. BUCKINGHAM Civilian. Charles Henry Buckingham of 3 Courtenay Place, East Street, Newton Abbot. Son of Benjamin and Ann Buckingham and husband of Ethel Kate Buckingham (née Sampson). Born in Somerset in 1885. Died 20 August 1940 at the G.W.R Station, Newton Abbot aged 54. SAMUEL F. C. CHETHAM Civilian Special Constable. Samuel Fisher Copeland Chetham of "St. Bernards", Wolborough Hill, Newton Abbot. Husband of Dorothy Kate Chetham. Born in India. Injured at Berwyn Hotel 25 April 1942; died same day at Newton Abbot Hospital aged 63. ANDRE P. K. CLAY See Elsie Yates Clay below: Civilian. Andre Percy Kenneth Clay of 2 Holyrood Place, The Hoe, Plymouth. Son of William Henry Clay, and of Elsie Yates-Clay. Injured 20 August 1940, at G.W.R. Station; died at Newton Abbot Hospital aged 19. ROBERT CRUTE See Thomas Monaghan below: Civilian. Robert Crute of 4 Salisbury Road, Newton Abbot. Son of John and Ann Crute of Newton Abbot, husband of Maria Crute and stepfather of Thomas Monaghan below. Born in the March Quarter of 1872 in Newton Abbot. Died at Devon Square, Newton Abbot 25 April 1942 aged 70. JAMES D. m. GAVIGAN Civilian. James D. m. Gavigan of 2 Holyrood Place, The Hoe, Plymouth. Son of Mary and Thomas Gavigan of Batley, Yorks. Born in 1900. Injured on 20 August 1940 at the G.W.R. Station; died same day on way to Newton Abbot Hospital aged 40. MAUD HEATH See also Winifred and Dilys Adams above: Civilian. Maud Annie A. Heath of 30 Quarry Park Road, Peverell, Plymouth. Daughter of William and Sarah Duke and wife of Richard William Henry Heath. Born in Plymouth in the June Quarter of 1880. Died 21 August 1940 at the G.W.R. Station aged 60. DOROTHY LETHBRIDGE Civilian. Dorothy Mary Lethbridge of 5 Buller Road, Newton Abbot. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cook, of 19 Park Road, Fowey, Cornwall; wife of *Engine Room Artificer Frank H. Lethbridge, R.N. Injured 20 August 1940, at the G.W.R. Station; died at Newton Abbot Hospital aged 24. *Engine Room Artificer Frank Herbert Lethbridge of the Royal Navy, HMS Stanley. Died 19 December 1941 aged 34. Mentioned in Despatches. KENNETH MAUNDER Child. Kenneth Alfred John Maunder of 97 Stone Barton, Plympton. Died 20 August 1940 at the G.W.R. Station aged 9. THOMAS MONAGHAN See Robert Crute above: Civilian. Thomas Wilfred K. Monaghan of 4 Salisbury Road, Newton Abbot. Son of Maria Crute (formerly Monaghan),and stepson of Robert Crute (see above). Born in Newton Abbot in the March Quarter of 1900. Died 25 April 1942 at Devon Square aged 42. FREDERIC G. PEARSE Civilian Special Constable. Frederic George Pearse of 46 Keyberry Park, Newton Abbot. Son of John and Mary Pearse of The Dairy, Decoy, Newton Abbot and husband of E. A. Pearse. Born in the March Quarter of 1893 in Newton Abbot. Died 25 April 1942 at Torquay Road, Newton Abbot aged 49. ANNIE. L. PICKARD Civilian. Annie Louisa Pickard of 14 Devon Square, Newton Abbot. Daughter of Job Pickard, of Lea Hurst, Torquay. Born in the March Quarter of 1870 in Torquay. Injured in May 1942; died at Melvin Nursing Home, Seymour Road aged 72. WILLIAM C. ROWE Civilian Home Guard. William Charles Rowe of 3 South Devon Terrace, Newton Abbot. Son of Mary Rowe of 22 Burns Avenue, Burnthouse Lane, Exeter, and the late Edward Rowe and husband of Primrose Anne Rowe. Injured 20 August 1940 at 3 South Devon Terrace; died same day at Newton Abbot Hospital aged 31. CHARLES E. SANDERSON* Civilian Fireman in the National Fire Service. Charles Edward Sanderson of 154 Greenhill Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. Son of Charles and Caroline Sanderson, of 77 Yateley Avenue, Great Barr, Staffordshire and husband of Gertrude Sanderson. Injured 15 July 1944, at Buckfastleigh; died at Newton Abbot Hospital aged 38. FREDERICK H. STARR Civilian. Frederick Harold Starr of 29 Manor Road, Broadlands Avenue, Newton Abbot. Son of Frederick and Amy Starr, of 29 Spencer Road, Newton Abbot and husband of Gladys Starr. Born in Somerset in the March Quarter of 1905. Injured at the G.W.R. Station 20 August 1940; died same day at Newton Abbot Hospital aged 35. KATHLEEN L. WEATHERDON Civilian. Kathleen Louisa Weatherdon of 4 Mary Place, Blockhouse Road, Devonport Daughter of J. H. and B. Symons, of Solland Cottage, Exbourne and wife of F. S. Weatherdon. Born in Devonport in the June Quarter of 1901.Injured at the G.W.R. Station 20 August 1940; died same day at Newton Abbot Hospital aged 39. WILLIAM A. WHITEHORN Civilian. William Arthur Whitehorn of 28 Torquay Road, Wolborough (Newton Abbot). Died 25 April 1942 at 28 Torquay Road aged 66. AGNES WOODERS Civilian. Agnes Wooders of 5 Mount Bennett Terrace, Tywardreath, Par, Cornwall. Daughter of the late William and Agnes Eddy and wife of William George Wooders. Born in Ludgvan, Cornwall in the March Quarter of 1878 Injured 20 August 1940, at the G.W.R. Station; died at Newton Abbot Hospital aged 62. ELSIE YATES-CLAY See Andre Clay above: Civilian. Elsie Yates Clay of 2 Holyrood Place, The Hoe, |
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Great stuff Dave!
