GENUKI: Sandford Census 1775 and 1783, Devon

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SANDFORD CENSUS FOR 1775 AND 1783

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These names are from a document containing a set of unofficial censuses that were drawn up in the late 18th Century by the Rev. George Bent. The spelling is his and may vary with that of the present day.

This transcription has been provided by Judy Smith, and is made available here by kind permission of the Revd. Nigel Guthrie, Rector of the United Benefice of Crediton, Shobrooke and Sandford with Upton Hellions.

303	Estates	Inhabitants 1775	Nos.	Inhabitants 1783	Nos.	Notes
1	Parsonage	Revd Geo: Bent	4	-	10
2	Wilcocks's	Wm Dunn	6	Ricd Haltin [could be Hattin]	3
3		Mark Horral [could be Horrill]	2	Mary Newton	1
4		Nathaniel Steer [?Sleas]	4	John Packer	4
5		Philip Mare	4	Amy Jonkins [?Jenkins]	2
6		William Kingwell	2	-	2
7		Sarah Stoneman Ww	4	Sarah Moor	4
8		Wm Newcomb	7	-	8
9	Bolthay	Not built	-
10		Do
11		Do
12		John Sprague	2	Sam Collings	8
13		Thos Chilcott	5	-	-
14		John Welsford	7	Amy Welsford	4
15		Mary Bragg Ww	3	-	3
16		Simon Tucker	3	-	4
17		Mary Bowbeer	3	-
18		Geo: Frost	2	John Sprague	6
19		Wm Emes [?]	3	John Brook	6
20		John Jerrett	6	-	7
21		John Greenslade	3	Void
22		Not built		Geo: Drew	4
23		Not built		John Reed	5
24		Not built		John Sluman	5
25		Not built		Thos Wellington	1
26		Peter Hill	3	John Way	5
27		James Price	7	James Dy[?er]	4
28	Mortimore's	Harry Mortimore	3	James Hoskins	5
29		Geo: Drew	5	John Richards	5
30		-		Elizth Pasmore	1
31		Samuel Hanford	5	John Mortimore	6
32		John Harvey	2	Wm Emes	5
33		John Cousins	3
34		John Voisey	7	-	8
35	Workhouse	John Kelland	57	-	41
36	Collings's John Brag	Henry Ellis	4	Mary Snow Ww	`
		Robert Crispin	7	Void
37		John Stoneman	2	Robert Crispin	7
38		Edward Cooch	3	-	3
39		Grace Baker	3	-	2
40		John Moore	2	Robert Gallins	4
41		Robert Bond	2	Joan Bond	2
42		John Newton	3	Mary Moor	3
43		Susanna [?Frereman] or [?Fursman]	2	Margaret Reed	2
_		Mary Thorn	1
305
44	Collings's	Robt Newton	4	Wm Tucker	4
45		Mary Wellington	4	-	2
46	Pale	Simon Discom [? Discon/Dixon]	5	Robt Bradford	6
47		Geo: Norrish	3	Alice Sprague	1
48	Mary Wellington	Saml Reed	4	Sarah Eales	3
49	Henry Ellis	Elizth Gribble	3
50		Abraham Marles	4	Geo: Ewings	3
51		Henry Hepper	5	-	3
		Mary Thorn	3	Susanna Elston	1
		John Lee	4	Wm Burrington	4
		Stephen Coles	2	Elizth Bu[?rrington]	3
53	) John Alford	[?Open]	-	Henry Elles [?]	4
54	) Mary Bert	Void	-	John Udall [?Udale]	4
55		Sarah Glanfield	2	Thos Cockram	5
56		Jane Ley	3	-	2
57		Ann Pasmore	3	Mary Lake Ww	2
58		John Sluman	8
59		John Horn	2	-	2
60		Roger Snow	6
61		Sam Crofsman [Crossman?]	5	Abm Cann	4
62		Sam Brown	8	-	8
63	Lee's Al's[?] Hill	Robt Baker	14	Philip Chanter	6
64	Downeys	John Alford	4	Nathanel Steer	5
65		Martha Lulsford [?Pulsford]	2	Wm Edwards	7
66		Mary Southcott	3	John Sluman	4
67		John Bradford	3	-	5
68		Ricd Webber	5	-	3
69		Saml Tucker	3	-	3
70		Ann Lake	4	Robt Newton	8
71		John Read	4	-	3
72	Lamb Inn	John Udall [?Udale]	5	Geo: Vinecomb	4
73	Collings's			Henry Mortimer	3
74		Wm Snow	6	-	8
75		Wm Crofsman [?Crossman]	4	Roger Snow	5
76		Thos Bragg	2	Sarah Mare	3
77		Peter Eastabrook		Thos Holcomb	2
78		John Toak	6	-	3
79		Dorothy Tucker	2	Agnes Dra[?ke]	1
80		Mary Wellacott	5	Robt Morrish	5
81		Geo: Giles	5	-	4
82		John Wright	6	Wm Wellacot	6
83				Ann Kemp	2
84	Poor's Houses	Mary Southcott	3	Wm Turner	7
85		Judith Davy	4	Joan Lee	4
86		Wm Farly	5	-	6
87		Peter Jason	2	-	3
88		Robt Kingwell	5	-	4
89	Star Inn	Lucy Maxworthy [Muxworthy]	4	-	3
90	Cann's	Francis Milman	9	-	5
91				Sarah Philips	2
307
92	Cann's	Elizth Gofs [Goss?]	1	-	1
93		Saml Collings Senr	5	Wm Crofsman[?Crossman]	4
94		Margt [?Soby, Toby]	3	Susanna Lake	3
95	Cook's	John Smith	2	John Wright	5
96		Mary Sowdon	2	David Hele	4
97	Gates's	Mary Baker Ww
98	Sandford Town Barton	Edward Norrish	11	-	11
99	)Maunder's exe-	Thos Butt	5	Wm Dunn	7
100	)x Sweles [?]	James Dunn	2	Saml Crofsman [?Crossman]	5
		Robt Burrington	4	-	6
101	Lynch Crediton Road	Peter Harvey	6	-	5
102		John Mortimer	3	Sam Strong	7
103		Wm Hill	4	-	3
		John Collins	3
104		Elizth Turner	1	John Holcom	4
105	Snow's	Peter Leach	9	-	11
106	Rose & Crown	Wm Holmead	6	3
107		Wm Tucker	2	Robt Holmes	2
108		John Bragg	4	Ann Cowell Ww	3
109		Wm Edwards	3	-	3
110				Susanna Elstone	3
111		James Drake	2	Mary Risdon	2
112		John Holcom Senr	3	-	2
		Dorothy Burrington	3	Ann Hill	2
113		Ricd Vicary	4	-	4
114		David Strong	9	-	6
115		Nicolas Pope	4	-	3
116	Sandford Town Mills	John Trickey	7	-	6
117		Mary Lake	3
118		James Vicary
119		Catherine Holcom	2	-	2
120		Elizath Val[?enes] & Philip Risdon	3	-	1
121	Mill House & 2 Tenements [?]	John Moore, Geo: Ewings & Sarah Stemson[?]	12	Wm Grosvenor & John Bragg	12
122	Creedy	S[ir] John Davie	32		19
123	Kerswell
124	Eastern Lodge	Robt Moor	3	-	5
125	Western Lodge	Ricd Crook	3
126	Long-Barn Lodge	Not built		Not built
127	Long-Barn	Ditto		John [?Carnall]	16
128	Turnpike-House	Alexander Vicary	2	Wm Burridge	6
129	Frog-mire	Robert Skinner	8
130	Combe Lany	John Osmond	11
131	Little "	Wm Perriman	4
132	Aller	John Hookway	11
133	Ruxford	Wm Harris	14
134	Dye-House	Thos Ware	2
135		Michael Towell	5
136		Elizth Bolt	2
137	West Sandford	Sir John Chichester, Lady Chichester [?died: 1775]	9	-	1
309
138	Woodwards	Elizth Brown	4
139	[?Sellitt's]	Charity Herding	1	{Thos Chilcott
140		Robt Galling	2	{Thos Chilcott
141	Philipps's	Robt Norrish	10
142		Wm Morrish Senr	4
143		Robt Gallin Senr	4
144		Saml Cousins	6
145	Somers's	Elizth Brown	4
146		Wm Harvey	2
147		Elizth Painter	3
148
149		Wm Leach	6
150	Hele	Thos Howard	8	John Howard
151	Mr Newton's of Crofs & Tenements	John Mortimer	6
152		Wm Horsgood	4
153		Wm Morrish Junr	7
154	Rogers's	John Edwards	8
155	Jellats [?]	John Jellat [?Jellet]	4	Sarah Jellot Ww
156		Wm Bradford
157		John Newton	3
158		John Herding	2
159		John [?Berry]	4
160		Roger Burrington	4
161		Wm Giddy	1
162	Crofs [?Cross]	John Tremlet Senr	8
163	Mead-end	John Elstone	4
164		Robt Wright	4
165		Simon Mortimer	5
166		John Spear	5
167	Wolsgrove	John Lane Senr	11	John Lane Junr		[Note under Wolsgrove appears to say "See res 352 M C b"]
168	Ranscombe	John Brook	4
		Thos Sanders	3
169		John Reed	4
170	New Buildings	John Wright	7
171
172
173
174		Thos Howard	6
175		John Hatherley	6
176		Wm Shopland	5
177
178		John Gofs [?Goss]	2
179
180		Lawrence Langmead	2
311
181	New Buildings	Peter Snow	3
182
183
184
185
186
187		Geo: Glanfield	5
188
189
190
191	Furzeland	Thos Daw & John Brailey	7
192		John Gregory	4
		Robert [?Br??stoner] [cannot read]	4
193		Sam Lock	5
194	Swelthills	Robert Manly	8
195	Fursland
196	Frostland	Robert Brutton	6
197	Gays	Robert Snow	9
198		Wm Webber	4
199	Bagborough	[?Ba?] Haywood	7
		John [?Caryck]	3
200		Ricd Dilling	5
201		Wm Turner	5
202		Mary Snow Ww	2
203	Ash	Wm Pope	10
204		Roger Wreford	10
		Robert Ridge	5
205		Philemon Stone & Mark Binney	7
206	Wood-park
207	Sutton	Ricd Kelland	10
208	Endifield	Roger Reed	5
209	Middle Borough	Rcd Dilling Junr
210	Lower "	John Skinner	2
211	Henstile 1 Delve's	Robt Burrington	4
212	2	Geo: Rolson	3	Thomasin Rolson
213
214	3 Hemer's	Roger Wreford	6
215	4	Wm Burrington	13
216	5 Tanner's	Robt Snow	7
217
218
219	6 Reed's	John Read
220	7 Adams's	Wm Harris	3
221		Elizth Adams	1
222		Roger Mortimer	2
223	8 Howard's	John Delbridge	3
224
225	Bremley
226	Yarmley	Elias Newton	12
227	Overgate	Abraham Delve	6
313
228	Coldacot	Robert Horsgood	5
229	Swanniton	Wm Hall	7
230
231	Bawdenhays	Mary Thorn Ste: Coles [p 3? .... Cannot read]	5
232
233	Land	David Hele	5
234		Wm White	6
235		Sam Strong
236		Philip Chanter	6
237	[?Sturrage]	John Drake	8
238		John Richards	4
239		John Hattin Senr	10
240	Withywind	John Hattin Junr	3
241		Ricd Madge	4
242
243	Clampit	John Norrish	6	Robert [?Shilston] Danl Norrish
244	Little Aller Downs	John Mortimore	7
245	Hattens	Sarah Snell	2	Thos Hele
246	Trickeys	Ricd Shilston	4
247	Busells	Philip Back	7
248	Doggetsbeer	Thos Pope	9
249		Thomas Hele	3	John Taylor
250	Quarry
251	East-Pidsley	Abm Lane	7
252	West-Pidsley	Thos Lake	8
253		Peter Horsgood	3
254	Strongs	Ricd Drake	6
255	Spicer's	John Ridge	3
256	Borough-Land	Wm Ellis	7
257		John Estone	3
258		Thos Hervey	2
259
260		John Drew	5
261	West Burridge	Philip Kelland	6	Mary Kelland Ww
262	East Burridge	Wm Gregory	3
263		James Drew	6
264	P[blank]
265	Wool[?] Towns [?Downs]
266
267
268		Wm Harris	3
269		Peter Wilson	6
270	Black-Manscomb	Edmd Maunder	3
271	Yeoland	Andrew Snell	5
272	Asheridge	John Leach	8	Thomas [?Sarjeant]
273	Venlake	Wm Drew	4
315
274	Dowrich	William Parker	11
275	Withyridge Road	Robt Tremlet	4
276		Frances Jenkins	2
277	Dowrich Mills	Silvester Drake	5	Ricd Drake
278	Rookwood	Robt Wilcocks	3	John Stoneman
		Wm B[?]	2
279		Sam Strong	2
280	Aller-Downs	Wm Gosland	5
281		Wm Lee	4	Wm Legg
282		Robt Jarman	4
283		James Sarjeant	7
284		John Crook	4	Grace Crook Ww
285		Matw Venn	2
286	Smith's	Thos Ridge	3
287	Prierton Mills	Andrew Mathews	8
288
289
290		Wm Moore	5
291
292	Prierton	Ricd Read	11
293	Lithybrook
294		Abm Morrish	5	Joan Morrish Ww
295
296	Bremridge	John Bremridge	6
297	Heath's Bridge	Wm Densem	5
298		Francis Yarde	5
299		Mary Drew	2
300		Ann Hockly Ww	1
301		Robt Jason	2
302		Joseph Morrish	2
303		Robt Jason	2
		Wim Skinner	4
304		James Morgan	3
305		John Bond	1
306		Thos Squire	2
307		Agnes Tozer	2
308	Eastern-Village	Wm Cockram	7
309		Robt Bradford	4
310		Arthur Taylor	2
311		John Brewer	6
312		John Moor	5
313		{Sarah Hill Ww	?
		{James Bradford
314	Slowland	Christopher Perkins	5	Wm Lee
315		Henry Trend	5
316		John Tozer	5
317		Peter Jason	3
318	Prowse [?]	John Haywood	12
319	Downhayne	Peter Snow	7
320	Crofs [?Cross]	Thos Densem	12
317
321	Crofs [?Cross]
322		Robt Taylor	2
323	Dira	John Morrish	11	John Reynolds
324	Preston-Bridge	Joseph Ellis	3
325
326	Pacombe	Saml Sharland	6
327	Yeo	Christopher Gill	8
328	[?Owls] House	Edmund Drake	4
329	Doddridge	John Martin	10
330	Dally's	John Roach	1
331	Whiterows	Wm Lewis	4
332	North-Creedy	Wm Holcom
333	Rock's Court	John Bowdon [and something unreadable]	3
		John Furzecott	4
334		Lydia Bolt	2
335	Burrington's	Robt Tucker
336	Lands Robt Roberts	John Daw	5
		John Wey	3
337	Bees's	Jonah Radford	4	Wm Radford
338
339	Pincombe's	Ricd Stoneman	8
340	North Lake's [?]	Susanna Lake	2
341		Simon Tucker	8		9
342	Cotton Quillet [?]	Thos Willington	4	John Morrish	4
343	Venn	John Daw	9
344	[?Mooracre]	Wm Edwards	3
345		Ricd Warren	3
346		John Reed	3
347	Bullaford [?Late]	Jonathan Horwill [?]	3
348	Herds	Wm Stoneman	6
349		Hugh Tucker	4
350	Eastabrook	Thos Rogers	4
351	Poole	Jacob Greenslade	7	Ann Greenslade	4
		Robert Bradford	4
	Darracot	Sam Strong	8	Pulled down
352	Wolsgrove Mr John [?Luxmoore's]	Geo: Hatch	6
353		Geo: Treble	6
354		John Rue	4
355	Short Esqr	Westlake	3	Ricd Sprague
356		Thos Conibeer	3	John Lendon
357		John Jarman	5	James Crocker
Note these Tenements were burnt in May 1785 and no dwelling houses have been since built on the site of the three former
358	Broadway	Andrew Alford	5	John Rice	5	{the
359		John Bickly	6	Saml Hanford	5	{houses
360		Elizath Wey	3			{pulled down

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