Kelly's Post Office Directory of Devonshire 1856
TORQUAY MAGISTRATES, BANKERS etc listings
POST OFFICE.
Benjamin Ambrose Hall, Park street, postmaster. Letters arrive from
London & all intermediate places at 1/4 past 5 a.m., &
dispatched at 1/2 past 7 p.m. box closes at 7 p.m. North mail, via:
Newton, arrives at 20 min to 2 p. m., & dispatched at 10 a.m.;
box closes at 1/4 to 10 a. m. Bags are made up for Brixham, Paignton
& Galmpton, which are dispatched one hour after the arrival of
the London mail. Money orders are granted & paid at this office
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
MAGISTRATES.
Robert
Shedden, esq. Torre Abbey
H. C.H. Phillips, esq. Wellswood
James
Hack esq. Firgrove
Edward Vivian, esq. Woodfield
John Belfield.
esq. Primley hill, Paignton
C. H. Mallock. esq. Cockington
Court
Rev. Thomas Kitson. Shiphay, St. Mary Church
Capt. H.
Phillpotts, Watcombe
Rev. J. R. Hogg, Westholme
BANKERS:-
Devon
& Cornwall Bank, 1Cary parade, Courtenay Clarke, manager,
draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London
Torquay Bank,
1 Vaughan parade, Edward Vivian, Wm. Kitson & Wm. Henry Kitson:
draw on Dimsdale, Drewett & Co, London
Devon &
Exeter Savings Bank(branch of), 13 Strand, John Cowell Stark,
agent hours of' business daily between 9 & 10 morn. & from 7
to 9 on Saturday evening
Bank of Deposit (branch of)
(3 Pall Mall east, London), John Cowell Stark, agent; attendance
daily, 13 Strand
INSURANCE
AGENTS:-
Argus Life, John Cowell Stark, 13 Strand
Atlas
Fire & Life, George Elliot Hearder, Town halI
Beacon,
W, Farrant, Lower Union street
Birmingham District Fire, Philip
Michelmore, 36 Lower Union street
Birmingham Fire , John
Octavius Williams, 7 Lower Union street
Brittania Life,
John Redaway Matthews, l4 Victoria parade
British Empire,
Edward Appleton, Town Hall, T. D. Chater, Town hall
British
Provident Life & Fire , Wm. Melluish, 93 Lower Union
street
Briton Life, William Gardiner, 2 Lauriston
cottages
City of London. W. R. Martin, 3 Strand
Clerical,
Medical & General Life, Courtenay Clarke, I Cary
parade
County Fire, Henry Elliott, 2 Oak cottages Melville
street
Deposit Bank National Assurance & Investment
Company, J. C. Stark, 13 Strand
Eagle, Rt. T.
Wyatt
English & Cambrian Life, Henry Wreyford ,1, Fleet
street
Equitable Fire, Richard Elias Bishop, 80 Lower Union
street
General Indemnity Life & Plate Glass, John C.
Parker, 11 Lower Union street
Globe, William Stark,
Braddon's hill road west
Guardian Fire & Life, John
Taylor Chadwick, 1 Market street
Imperial Fire & Life,
Joseph Cowell Raby, Babbicombe road
Indisputable Life,
Philip Michelmore, 36 Lower Union street
Lancashire Fire &
Life, William Harvey, Torwood house
Law Property &
Life, Richard Elias Bishop, 80 Lower Union street,. Yard Eastley,
2 Market street
Law Reversionary Society, Charles Bayly, 1
Lower Terrace
Law Union Fire & Life, Charles Bayly, 1
Lower terrace
Leeds & Yorkshire, Joseph Hole, 39 Higher
Union street
Leeds & Yorkshire Fire & Life, Wm.
Sawyer, 3 Modena terrace
Legal & General Life, Charles
Bayly, 1 Lower terrace
Liverpool & London Fire & Life,
Rich'd H. Taylor, 31 Tor Square
London Fire & Life,
John Tapley Harvey, 4 Park Crescent
London Mutual Life,
Richard Lemon, Abbey place
London Union Fire & Life,
Caleb Weeks, 82 Lower Union street
Manchester Fire, Joseph
Morgan, Higher Union street
Medical, Invalid & General,
R. C. Wilkinson, Victoria parade
Minerva Life, Edwin
Hawker, 98 Lower Union street
Mutual Life, Samuel Northway,
2 Abbey Place
National Live stock, Josiah Toms, 10 Union
street
National Provincial Fire & Life, Edward Barrett,
Madeira place
National Provincial plate glass, J. C.
Parker, 11 Union street
New Alliance, Charles Driffield, 16
Fleet street., John Shapley, 2 Waldon cottages
Norwich Union
Fire & Life, Geo. Wm. Webber, 11 Strand
Pelican Life,
Fred'k Geo. N. Perrett, 13 Braddon's hill road west
Phoenix
Fire, Fred'k Geo. N. Perrett, 13 Braddon's hill road west
Plate
Glass, Wm. David Marler, Madrepore place
Professional Life,
B. I. Toogood, Braddon's villas
Promoter Life & Annuity,
James West, Fleet street
Protector Loan & Annuity,
Henry Crockwell, 33 Lower Union street
Provident Life,
Henry Elliott, 2 Oak cottages, Melville street
Prudential
Mutual, E. Cockrem, 10 Strand
Royal Exchange, Whiteway
& Ball, 2 Montpellier terrace, & 1 North quay
Royal
Farmers' Fire & Life, Henry Crockwell, 33 Lower Union
street
Royal Fire & Life, Narracott Brothers, 7
Strand
St. George Life, Thomas Oliver, 38 Lower Union
street
Scottish Provincial Fire & Life, F. Thomas, 1
Higher Union street
Scottish Union Fire & Life, George
Hodge, 4 Strand
Solicitors & General Life, Rich'd Elias
Bishop, 80 Lower Union street., & Charles Bayly, 1 Lower
terrace
Star Life, Joseph Morgan, Higher Union street
Sun
Fire & Life, Yard Eastley, 2 market street
Temperance
Permanent Land & Building Society, Wm. Gillard Cove, 1 Swan
street
Union Life, C. Weeks, 82 & 83 Lower Union
street
United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Life,
Josiah Tomas & Son, 10 Lower Union street
Unity Fire,
Richard Lemon, Abbey place & Josiah Toms & Son, 10 Lower
Union street
Unity Fire & Life, Yard Eastley, 2 Market
street
Universal Life, Caleb Weeks, 82 Lower Union
street
West of England Fire & Life, Wm. John Beasley, 6
Victoria parade
Western Annuity, John Cowell Stark, 13
Strand
Western Life, John Rossiter, 3 Lower Union
street
Western Provident Association, Broad & Co, Fleet
street
Westminster Fire, W. S. Joyce, 1 Woodlands, Warren
road
Widows' Fund Life, Wm. Carleton, 2 Braddon's row,
Fleet street
Yorkshire Fire & Life, Wm. Neck Peckins, 1
Orchard terrace.
PUBLIC
ESTABLISHMENTS
Assembly Rooms (at Union Hall) , John
Mogridge, proprietor. Union street
Royal Hotel, Thomas
Webb, Strand
Billiard Rooms, at Torquay club, Beacon
terrace, Wm..Hearder, proprietor;
Custom House, Victoria
parade, Colin McNab), principal officer
Coast Guard Station,
Victoria parade, Richard Bell Mudge, esq. R. N. chief officer
Inland
Revenue Office, 21 Orchard terrace, Bingham Mant, resident
officer
Hospital for Consumption, Lower Warberry road, C.
Radclyffe Hall, physician, William Pollard, jun. surgeon & sec;
Mrs Susan Hardiman, matron
Institution for Gentlewomen of
Limited Income, Mrs Thompson, lady superintendent, Erith house,
Lower Warberry road
Local Board of Health, office, Town
hall ; Mr. G. E. Hearder, clerk; Edward Appleton, surveyor; James
Mountstephens, assistant surveyor &c.; Henry Elliott, collector
of rates & inspector of nuisances; Samuel John Daw,
treasurer
Royal Library & Reading rooms, Edward
Croydon, 2 Victoria parade
Mechanics' Institute, Abbey
road
Office of land & Assessed taxes, l Orchard
terrace, Wm. Neck Peckins, assessor & collector
Office of
Torquay Market Co; I Orchard terrace, William. Neck Peckins sec;
Samuel John Daw, treasurer
Office of Torquay Extramural
Cemetery Co., Lower Union street, William Stanley Joyce,
sec
Police Station, Town hall, Charles Kilby.
superintendent
Public Baths, Victoria parade, John Joslin,
attendant
Station of the South Devon Railway Co. Tor, John
Lane Smith, superintendent
Stamp Office, Hearder's hotel,
George E Hearder sub distributor
Torbay Infirmary &
Dispensary, Higher Union street, William Wilkinson Stabb, house
surgeon .
Torquay Athenoeum, Park lane, Elias Burt,
curator
Torquay Club, Beacon terrace, Wm. Hearder,
Proprietor; & William Elliott. 2 Lawrence place
Torquay
Pump Room, adjoining the club, Beacon terrace, William Hearder,
chemist, proprietor Torquay Gas Works, Temperance street,
William David Marler, sec, James Greenfield, manager
Torquay
Needlework Society, 78 Lower Union street, Mrs. Mary Rattenbury,
superintendent
Town Hall, Lower Union street
PUBLIC
OFFICERS
Agent to the Devon & Exeter Savings Bank &
Agent to the Bank of Deposit, 3 Pall Mall east, London, John
Cowell Stark, 13 Strand
Assessor & Collector of Land &
Assessed Taxes, Wm. Neck Peckins, 1 Orchard terrace,
Assistant
overseer of To Moham, John Shapley, 2 Waldon cottages, Abbey
road
Clerks to the Torquay & Newton Bushell Turnpike
Trusts, Wm. . & Chas. Kitson, I Vaughan parade
Clerk to
the Magistrates & Local Board of Health, George Elliot
Hearder, Town hall
Collector of Rates & Inspector of
nuisances, Henry Elliott, 2 Oak cottages, Melville
street
Commissioner in Chancery & Auditor of Torquay
Extramural Cemetery Company, Chas. Bayly, I Lower terrace
Harbour
Master, Robert Jope Slade, 12 Victoria parade
Perpetual
Commissioners, Charles Bayly, I Lower terrace.; Charles Kitson, I
Vaughan parade,
Registrar of Births & Deaths, William
Prowse, Warren road
Registrar of marriages & Deputy
Registrar of Births & Deaths, Caleb Weeks 82 Lower Union
street
Secretary to the Torquay Market Company, Wm. Neck
Peckins, 1 Orchard terrace
Secretary to the Torquay Extramural
Cemetery Company, Wm. Stanley Joyce, 1 Woodlands, Warren
road
Solicitor to the Torquay Cemetery Company, Frederick
Roger Carter, 5 Fleet street & Conniger villa, Teignmouth
road
Surveyor for Lloyds, Samuel Cockings, 2 Banner Cross,
Abbey road
Superintendent of Police, Chas. Kilby, 2 South
street, Tor
Town Surveyor, Edward Appleton, 2 Woodville,
Abbey road
Assistant town Surveyor & Inspector of
nuisances, James Mount Stephens, Melville place
Town Crier,
Emmanuel Charles, Melville place.
PLACES OF WORSHIP
St. John's chapel of
Ease, Montpellier terrace, Rev. J. R. D. Pycroft M. A., perpetual
curate.
St. Mark's Church, Rev. J. R. Hogg, incumbent
St Mary
Magdalen, Upton, Rev. Richard Robbins Wolfe, M. A. , incumbent
Tor
Church, Rev. Jsph. Hemington Harris D. D. incumbent
Trinity
Church, Meadfoot road, Rev. Richard Fayle M. A., incumbent
Baptist
Chapel, Temperance street, Ministers-various
Independent chapel,
Abbey road, Rev. Nicholas Hurry, minister
Independent chapel,
Lower Union street, Rev. John Orange, minister
Plymouth Brethren
Chapel, Warren road
Salem Chapel, Braddon's hill road west,
William Neck Peckins, lecturer
Wesleyan Chapel, Rock road, Rev.
Thos Hulme , minister
Roman Catholic Chapel, Abbey road, Rev.
Maurice John Power, priest
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
Infant, Melville street, Miss Emma Chipman & Miss
Emma Cornish, mistresses
National, Pimlico, Henry Dart,
master,;Mrs Keren Dart, mistress,;& Mrs Hester Hole, infant
mistress
National, Tor, John Brown, master,; miss Rebecca Self,
infant mistress
National infant, Boston fields, St Mary Church
road, Mrs Cawdle, mistress
Public school for all Denominations,
Abbey road, Wm. Joseph Hurry, master,; Miss Marion McKillop,
mistress
St. John's (girls), St. John's place, Mrs Laura Williams,
mistress
Trinity, Meadfoot row, John Harris, master,; Mrs Mary
Harris, mistress,; Miss Anna Kingwell, infant mistress
COMMERCIAL INNS &
POSTING HOUSES
Commercial Hotel, William Lawless, 1 Market
street
Hearder's Hotel, (Posting), Mrs Sarah C Hearder, Victoria
parade
London Commercial Hotel, Thomas Wolfinden, Fleet
street
Royal Hotel (posting), Thomas Webb, Strand
Union
Commercial Hotel (posting), John Mogridge, Lower Union street
NEWSPAPERS
Torquay
Chronicle & General Directory (Tuesday), William Elliott,
publisher, 2 Lawrence place
Torquay Directory & South Devon
Journal, (Wednesday), Edward Cockrem, publisher, 10 Strand
CONVEYANCE
Omnibuses
to Paignton, Brixham & Dartmouth, from the Railway station,
calling at the London Commercial Hotel, daily at 1/4 past 9 morning &
1/4 to 6 evening, arrive at Torquay 9 morning and 1/2 past 5 evening
RAILWAY
CARRIERS
Crowley & Co to Bristol, Exeter & Plymouth,
daily; Robert Shute John, agent; office 65 Lower Union
street
Pickford & Co. to London & all parts of the
Kingdom, daily; John Madge, agent, office, 5 Braddon's hill road
west
Chaplin & Horne, to London & all parts of the
Kingdom, daily, Robert Shute John, agent, office 65 Lower Union
street;
&
The South Devon Railway Company, William
Farrant, agent
CARRIERS
TO:-
ASHBURTON- William Edgecombe, from Maritime Inn. Monday,
1/2 past 3 afternoon & from Steam Packet Inn, Friday 1/2 past 3
afternoon
BELSTONE- John Woollan, from Maritime Inn arrives Monday
& leaves Tuesday at 12 noon
CHAGFORD- Geo. Hatherley, from
Maritime Inn arrives Monday leaves Tuesday 12 noon.
SOUTH ZEAL-
George Powesland & John Gidley, from Maritime Inn, both arrive
Monday & leaves Tuesday at 12 noon.
TOTNESS- George Stoyle,
from Maritime Inn, Monday, Wednesday & Friday arrives at 1 &
leaves at 5 afternoon
WATER
CONVEYANCE
Steam packet from the Quay, to Plymouth, Wednesday
& Saturday at 6 morning: to Portsmouth & Southampton, Monday
& Thursday at 6 evening. Robert Jope Slade, agent, 12 Victoria
parade
Sailing packets to & from Chamberlain's wharf, Tooley
street, London, & Torquay, every ten days; Robert Jope Slade,
agent, 12 Victoria parade
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