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North Devon Records Office Resources
North Devon Records Office, Barnstaple
Reference PS1 Highways Repairs Book, March 4th 1811
Building bridge, 1811, and cleaning water courses. This was probably
the bridge at the Sawmills which is the border to Huish Parish, far
to narrow today for the large heavy goods vehicles that rumble through
the parish but a testomony to the skills of the bridge builders art.
Schools Records Book, reference 1207C/EFA1 (SV477)
From 1875 –ish. Lists names of pupils and some comments, such as successive
standards in which presented in this school. I, II, III, IV, V, VI
and VII annotated with year pupil reached each standard and also reasons
for leaving school. Mostly this was ‘gone to work’ or ‘left Merton’
or ‘wanted at home’. Other reasons for leaving school were ‘past 13
years’; ‘ill health’; ‘gone to Dawlish’; ‘gone to service’; ‘gone
to London, or Plymouth’; ‘defective sight’; here are some more personal
notes:
Alvena Stacey, child of William Stacey of the village, dead;
Frances Bolt, daughter of Samuel Bolt, dead;
Elizabeth Mills and also George Mills, daughter of John Mills of Merton Mill, entry for 20/03/1888 ‘gone to America’;
Lily Maldon, born 3/7/1880, daughter of William Maldon of Ball, who on 9th October 1885 ‘too ill to attend any school’.
No reason is given for young William Andrews, son of J Andrews, village, ‘dismissed him’, 16th April 1891;
George Hayward ‘refused, as consumptive’ 30th March 1918;
Beatrix Dymond ‘war service at Bourna, Huish’ 12th June 1917;
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