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The Bartow Family in England
Rev Evelyn P Bartow, 1890. 44pp, 2 engravings, loose folding pedigree. Paper
covers, the front crumbling & with parts missing, the rear one wholly missing.
Just 2 of the original 11 ills remain. Contents clean, corners rather
dogeared. Would benefit from being hard-bound. Very scarce, especially with the pedigree. £18.50
[Barnstaple] The Borough of a Thousand
Years 930-1930
Barnstaple Millenary Official Brochure, 58pp in brown overlapping card
covers. Century by Century, Barnstaple Today, Messages from Civic & Other
Authorities, The Millenary Commemoration and Celebrations. Lists mayors from 1303,
useful Barnstaple bibliography. EPs spotted, corners a bit worn, G. (ref
2278) £12.00 UK post-free
[Broadwood Kelly and Cheriton
Fitzpaine] Mortgage Deeds to Middle Cott and Cheriton Barton
Middle Cott (alternatively known as Middlecoate or East Middlecott) was the
subject of a 1795 settlement - presumably long since lost - on the marriage of John Hole
and Lydia Arundell. Together with Cheriton Barton, it devolved to their daughter
Lydia Fothergill, who mortgaged the properties in 1869. In 1877 and 1878 the
mortgage was transferred to new mortgagees. Useful detail on various Fothergills.
The three documents + 1 other (ref 338/2) £25.00 post-free Not for export
The History of the Feoffes of Colyton
1546-1946
Reginald G C White, 1951. 49pp, 7 ills. Nice bright copy but cracked at pp
18/19 and bottom of 2 leaves crumpled, some light foxing on eps and large inscription
(details of 2 members of Bilham family) on front pastedown. (ref 1385) £8.50
Darfield Village and Church
Margaret E Mann, nd (late 1960s?). 65pp, 4 photo ills. Some sellotape damage
to fep, contents clean, G in G d/w. Small 8vo. £4.00
[Devonport - see Stoke Damerel]
[East Budleigh] 3 Deeds to
Cottages and Gardens
Though they range in dates from 1862 to 1907 these 3 parchment deeds may be
the only property deeds drawn up in that 45 years. The cottages are described as
being near the church in Vicarage Road. Clearly some building had been constructed
during that time as the 1907 deed refers to 5 cottages. The area was formerly known
as Maunders (1862) though the cottage(s) was/were in existence in 1712. Very much
the concern of the Pyne family. (ref 8/138) £18.00 post-free Not for export
Exeter, Truro and The West
Edward Foord, Cathedrals Abbeys & Famous Churches series, 1925. 12mo,
usual red card covers, 191pp inc index, 19 photo-ills, 30 other ills in the text. Nice
clean copy, VG. (ref 0000) £3.50 UK post-free
Rambles in Old Exeter
Beatrix F Cresswell, 1927. Small 8vo, 123pp inc index of places,
7 plates. Scattered light foxing though boards are nice and clean, G. (ref
8352) £15.00
Exeter Houses 1400-1700
D Portman, 1966. 4to, 133pp in index followed by 39 mostly photo
plates, followed by 20pp of maps & plans. Dr Portman was appointed to carry out
this detailed study of Exeter's earliest domestic architecture in 1958, but a number of
the houses had already been demolished by the time the book was published. A very
nice clean copy in G though price-clipped d/w. (ref 8077) £25.00
Tudor Exeter - Tax Assessments 1489-1595
including the Military Survey 1522
Devon & Cornwall Record Society, 1977. Grey card covers enclosing
xix+106pp inc index. Full of names of tax-payers. Decent clean copy of a book
still in print at £15, our copy (ref 2561) £7.50
[Exminster document] Official Copy of
Board of Agriculture Order under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
This contemporary copy of an 1893 Order concerns the 40 acre Kenbury estate of
Augustus Warwick Bampfylde Daniell Esq. Manuscript on parchment, approx
20"x15". (ref 70/20) £10.00 post-free Not for export
[Exminster document] Official Copy of
Board of Agriculture Order under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
This contemporary copy of an 1897 Order concerns the 40 acre Kenbury estate of
Augustus Warwick Bampfylde Daniell Esq. Manuscript on parchment, approx
17"x11". (ref 70/20) £10.00 post-free Not for export
[Exmouth] 4 Deeds to 1 & 2
Albert Place
1 & 2 Albert Place were bought on mortgage by local builder William Hall
in 1857, nevertheless the principal parties in these deeds are John & Edward John
Carter. 4 parchment deeds spanning the years 1857-1864. (ref 8/137) £22.00
post-free Not for export
Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton & District
E Hayne, nd but 1950s approx 6"x5" local guide booklet with 6 photos
& double-sided folding street maps. G. (ref 8122) £2.50 UK post-free
Hartland Church Accounts 1597-1706
Transcribed and edited by Ivon L Gregory, vicar of Hartland, privately published
1950. xix+372pp, 2 plates - one a photo of the church, the other taken from a
print of Hartland Quay in 1835. An unabridged transcript of the churchwarden's
accounts. First few leaves spotted, rest of contents clean as are the dark green
boards black lettering on spine. Nice copy. (ref 3757) £28.00
[Hartland document] Official Copy of
Board of Agriculture Order under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
This contemporary copy of an 1892 Order contains a schedule of 1400 acres
comprising 7 blocks of land, all of it in the parish of Hartland. The schedule is
useful to local and family historians in that it identifies each of the blocks (one of
them being 'Hartland Abbey & Lands'), names the occupiers or tenants and shows the
acreages. If you're uncertain about buying, by all means contact us if you think
your ancestor was one of the 6 tenants [Cole, Pickard, Ellis, Pennington, Ashton,
Fulford]. Manuscript on parchment, approx 25"x19", nice and clean.
(ref 70/19) £18.00 post-free Not for export
[Highweek] 4 Property Deeds for
'Thurlestone', Waverley Road
Thurlestone would appear to have been built about 1905, and the original
lease and its counterpart both bear site plans showing the property next to the church.
The 4 parchment deeds show Thurlestone was very much the concern of Newton Abbot
builder Lewis Bearne until he sold it in 1923. (ref 8/135) £18.00
Post-free Not for export
Kenn - Our Home 1086-1910
Rev Frank W Vining, 1910. Small 8vo, 96pp, 9 plates. Eight
chapters with the headings Our Parish; Our Parish Church; Our Rectors; Our Parish Books;
Our Church Goods; Our Manor; Our Charities; Our Sayings. Green cloth boards with
gilt lettering & lines on front board, spine & back board blank-. Eps
embrowned as usual, occasional scattered foxing but acceptable given the age of the book.
Easily G. (ref 3783) £7.50
The Parish Church St Peter, Lew Trenchard
& The Rev Sabine Baring-Gould
Bickford H C Dickinson, nd probably 1960s. 16pp, 2 full-page photo ills. Card
covers, a little grubby but G. £0.50 UK post-free
[Marldon] Assignment of Interest
in Property at Compton, 1807
This rather involved indenture concerns a cottage and several plots of land
'known by the name or names of The Park, Park Orchard, Yeabsley's Meadow, Churchwardhay
and The Two Either Hays'. Bears signatures of Hellyer, Mervin, Templer and Wotton,
though their precise involvement will need careful working out. 2 large parchment
sheets. (ref 676/18) £15.00 post-free Not for export
A Lecture on The History of The Church of St
Mary of Ottery
Delivered at the Church Institute on 4th March 1897 by the Rev F B Dickinson.
3rd ed, revised, 1913. 50pp, 14 ills, coloured folding ground plan. Paper covers with old
splash-marks, slight spotting inside. £2.00 UK post-free
The Church of St Mary of Ottery
John A Whitham, 1968 4th ed. Small booklet in pale blue card covers, 44pp, 13
ills, plan of church inside back cover. (ref 150/44) £1.50 UK post-free
A Manor Book of Ottery Saint Mary with a Note
on the Independent Manor of Cadhay
Catherine Durning Wetham and Margaret her Daughter, and W C D Wetham, 1913.
184pp. The Ottery St Mary part of the book features a transcript of a
17th century manorial survey; the Cadhay part consists of just 8pp. Scattered
spotting, mainly confined to the 1st few leaves, eps foxed, a few white spots on the front
board but spine and boards quite good. Uncommon. (ref 100/25) £40.00
Plymouth Bygones: Sixty Years of
Memories and Pictures
Guy Fleming, 1991. 4to, pictorial card covers, 90pp packed with photos,
several maps. Includes chapters & photos on Compton, Cattedown, Plympton,
Weston Mill, North Prospect & St Budeaux, and of course Devonport. VG.
(ref 0000) £4.00
[Plymouth documents] 2 Property
Deeds for Higher Steart [or Stert]
These are all that appear to have survived from a sequence of deeds for 'All
that field or close of land called by the name Higher Stert containing by estimation one
acre and a half.....situate lying and being within the Borough of
Plymouth.....bounded.....by.....the publick road or highway from Plymouth to Exeter on the
South..... The documents comprise the counterpart copy of a 1773 lease for 3 lives,
and an 1817 lease for a year at a peppercorn rent - this would almost certainly have been
followed up by a release [ie sale], but this is missing. Both in manuscript on
parchment with small seals and marks/signatures. The pair (ref 273/3) £25.00
post-free Not for export
[Plymouth documents] Papers re Sale of 8 Octagon
Street & 17 Rendle Street
These 2 houses were sold in 1922 by the trustees of the local charity The Three
Fold Cord Society. The papers are mostly draft documents or Land Registry search
results (checking on individuals rather than properties), all minor stuff, but there is a
formal agreement for the sale signed by all parties. The collection (ref 81/77)
£10.00 post-free.
[Stoke Damerel] Abstract of Title to
Coach House, Stable and Garden at the back of Trafalgar Place
This 1849 abstract gives details of parties involved in this leasehold
property going back to 1826 when the buildings were newly erected. The main names
mentioned are Pickthorn, Milton, Harvey and Rundle. Manuscript on 17 large paper sheets.
(ref 754/261) £10.00 post-free Not
for export
Totnes
Elizabeth Gunnell, 1978. A5 in pictorial card covers, 76pp, 32 full
page plates, mostly photos. G. (ref 210/58) £2.50 UK post-free
[Uffculme, Cullompton & Kentisbeare document]
Official Copy of Board of Agriculture Order under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
This contemporary copy of an 1894 Order concerning part of the Bradfield Estate
contains a schedule of 712 acres comprising farms, several blocks of land (and Bradfield
Mansion etc). The schedule is useful to local and family historians in that it
identifies each of the blocks of land, names the tenants/occupiers and shows the acreages.
If you're uncertain about buying, by all means contact us if you think your
ancestor was one of the 11 tenants [Frost, Grant, Southey, Pearce, Perham, Sellick, Rew,
Eveleigh, Goff, James, Smale (or Small)]. Manuscript on parchment, approx
25"x19". Some crinkling of the parchment - affected by water? -
nevertheless nice and clean. (ref 70/21) £15.00 post-free Not for export
Postcard - Widecome-in-the-Moor
Real photo postcard by Chapman & Son of Dawlish, their ref 10257, unused &
undated. Long distance view, the only easily discernible building being the church, hills
in background. (ref 2595) £2.00 UK post-free
A Guide to the Parish and Church of St Pancras
at Widecombe-in-the-Moor
A later (1984) and updated version of the above, this one has a couple of
holes punched through for filing in a folder. (ref 8268) £1.00 UK post-free
Dartmoor Pictorial Records
A 1986 ltd ed facsimile rep in 1 vol of the original 4 ltd ed vols priv pub by
Robert Burnard in the 1890s. A total of approx 250pp, dozens of photos & other
ills. This was issued as a review copy and therefore un-numbered as one of the 1000
copies made. F in VG d/w. (ref 8302) £12.00
The South Devon Coast
S H Burton, 1954. 181pp inc index, coloured frontis + 16 full page photo
ills, multifolding map. Useful bibliography. G in G d/w. £5.00
Report & Transactions vol 123
The Devonshire Association, 1991. Familiar green card covers, 336pp inc
index, several photo & other ills inc maps & plans. Contents of most local history
interest include The Many Ancient Guildhalls in Dartmouth [25pp], The Royalist War Effort
Revisited: Edward Seymour and the Royalist Garrison at Dartmouth 1643-44 [16pp], Royal
Post-Horse Routes in SW England in the Reigns of Elizabeth I & James I [26pp] and Some
Aspects of the Parish of Cornworthy in the First Half of the 19th Century [24pp], Lord
Hambelden & Moretonhampstead [22pp], Blagdon Cider Barn, Paignton [10pp] and
Limestone, Limekilns and the Limeburning Industry N & W of Dartmoor [18pp]. F. (ref
7801) £6.00
Conservation of Devonshire Cottages
R T Shears, 1968. 4to, unpaginated but 60-odd pp, over 80 photos, some
of them 'before' and 'after' restoration. Chapter 6 entitled 'Saving A Village'
concerns Ilsington. Presentation copy to Lord Kennett, nice clean copy, VG in worn
but G d/w. (ref 2182) £12.00
The Devonshire Association Report &
Transactions
Vol 129, 1997. Usual card covers enclosing 378pp inc index, a few ills.
Subjects include 13pp on Hartland Abbey, 38pp on Hannah Cowley, a Tiverton playwright
(& apparently women's libber), 30pp on Sir Peter Balle of Mamhead, 20pp on Devon's
last duel, 16pp on The Rural Manor in 19c SW Devon and 40pp devoted to bridges on the
Teign rivers, and a fascinating 28pp on the 19c discovery of several skeletons of people
over 8' tall on Lundy. F. (ref 0000) £8.50