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 information.The mispelling STABCBOSS must be a computer

 glitch, rather than an historic spelling. 

They had trouble filling the position of 

Parish Clerk... There was a Starcross Co-op. 150 children

 went to the school. There was a master mariner called

Cruse, and the superintendent at the  idiot asylum

was called Locke...

STABCBOSS is a village, pleasantly seated on the river 
Exe, about ij miles from its mouth, and was formed 
December 4, r829, into an ecclesiastical parish from the 
civil parishes of Kenton and Dawlish ; it has a station on 
the South Devon section of the Great Western railway, 
and is 8 miles south-east from Exeter, 14 north from Daw- 
lish and 202* from London, in the North Eastern division 
of the county, Exminster hundred, Wonford petty ses- 
sional division, St. Thomas union, Exeter county court 
district, rural deanery of Kenn, and archdeaconry and 
diocese of Exeter. The road from Exeter to Dawlish runs 
through the village, forming its principal street, which is 
lighted with gas by the Starcross and Kenton Gas Light 
and Coke Co. Limited, established in 1877 with a capital 
of 2,400. The church of St. Paul, erected in 1828, is a 
large building of stone in the Norman style, consisting of 
chancel, nave, north and west porches and a -western 
turret containing a clock and 2 bells : the clock was 
erected in 1865 by the parishioners as a memorial to the 
Rev. William Powley, 32 years incumbent here : the 
carved oak pulpit and other fittings were executed by 
Hems, of Exeter : the stained east window is a memorial 
to the Coles and Ash families, 1828-52 ; and there are 
others to the Eales and Bishop families 1856-8, and to 
Capt. Rose Henry Fuller R.N. d. October 27, 1860: there 
are modern monuments to the Rev. James Coles, Messrs. 
Richard and Charles Thomas Eales and Capt. Sweetland : 
the church was restored and re-seated about 1896, under 
the direction of Messrs. Rowell and Sons, architects, of 
Newton Abbot, and has sittings for upwards of 600 per- 
sons, 350 being free. The register dates from the year 
1828. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value 184, 
with residence and about sJ acres of glebe, in the gift of 
the Deans and Chapters of Exeter and Salisbury alter- 
nately, and held since 186^ by the Rev. Edward Copleston 
Bond' M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. The Wesleyan 
chapel is situated in the Strand. Here are two good 
hotels, v< the Courtenay Arms " and the Railway hotel. 
A pleasure fair is held on Whitsun Wednesday yearly. 
The original parish charities amount to 22 yearly, in 
addition to which ,500 stock was p'aced in the hands of 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1881, by the late Sir 
John Lewis Duntze bart. of Exeleigh (d. 1884), for the 
benefit of seven aged parishioners, regular attendants at 
the church : there are also clubs for distributing clothing, 
coals and blankets to the poor. Exeleigh is the seat of 
Rev. Edward Ohatterton Orpen M.A. The Rev. the Earl 
of Devon M.A. is lord of the manor and 1 sole landowner. 
The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The soil is 
sandy; subsoil, yellow gravel. The area is u, 800 acres. 
The population in 1891 was 978, inclusive of 188 inmates 
and' 33 officials of khe asylum. Under the provisions of 



the "Divided Parishes Act, 1885," by Local Government 
Board Order 16,546, the ecclesiastical district of Cofton, 
including Cockwood, Middlewood, Westwood, Eastdon, 
the Warren and Week, amounting to 739 acres, was taken 
from this parish and added to Dawlish, March 25, 1885. 

Parish Clerk, .vacant. 

Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B., Express Delivery, 
Parcel & Annuity & Insurance Office. (Railway Sub- 
Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Devon added). Miss 
Elizabeth Kingdon, sub-postmistress. Letters by mail 
cart from Exeter arrive at 5.40 a.m.; 9.1 a.m. by 
T.P.O. (to callers only) & 3.25 p.m.; dispatched at 
10.50 a.m. & 4.30 & 7.25 p.m. ; box closes at 7.10 p.m. ; 
Sundays at 7.10 p.m. 

Wall Letter Boxes, Mount Pleasant, cleared at 8 a.m. & 
5.35 p.m. week days; Sundays, 8.30 a.m.; Cofton, 
cleared at 10 a.m. & 6.20 p.m. ; Sundays, 9.45 a.m. ; 
Eastdon, cleared at 7.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; Sundays, 8 a.m 

THE WESTERN COUNTIES IDIOT ASYLUM. 
The foundation stone of this building was laid on April 9, 
1874, by Lady Anna Maria Oourtenay; it is built of 
grey limestone, relieved by dressings of buff brick & 
Bath stone, in the Early English style, & was opened 
in June, 1877 ; it consists of a central block with north 
& south wings, the central block comprising the ad- 
ministrative department & the residence of the super- 
intendent ; the northern wing is appropriated to boys & 
the southern to girls ; the dining hall, a fine apartment, 
is too by 20 feet in area, and contains an organ, the 
gift of friends of the children; considerable additions 
were made in 1896, so that the asylum is now available 
for i'8o boys & 90 girls ; the entire cost has exceeded 
32,000 ; the institution is supported by the payments 
for the maintenance of the patients, augmented by volun- 
tary contributions ; Sebastian Coseng Snow, treasurer, 
Exeter Bank, Exeter; Edgar Richard Senhouse laps- 
comb L.R.O.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. medical officer; 
Ernest William Locke, resident superintendent & sec. ; 
Mrs. Alice L. Mayer, matron 

SCHOOL. 

Board (formerly National) School, transferred to the Daw- 
lish Board in 1875, & an infants' school & master's resi- 
dence erected in 1876, for 150 children ; average attend- 
ance, 30 boys, 38 girls & 30 infants ; William Passrnore 
Towill, master ; Mis* Caroline Emma Towill, infants' 
mistress 

Railway Station, Alfred Hitchcock, station master 
Carriers to Exeter. Mark Capener, every day. but thura. 
returning the same day, from the ' Bull ' ; & Louii 
Carjlake, every day, returning tain* day 

DEVOS 41* 



fi44 fcTARCROSS. 

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. 

Anning Mrs 

Baker Edward John 

Besley Mrs. Hnrpridge 

Bishop Richard Preston, The, Cottage 

Bond Rev. Edward Copleston M.A. 

(vicar), The Vicarage 
Brown Cul. Wm. Thomas, Elm court 
Colley Mrs. Staplake 
Cookson Mrs. Regent house 
Davey George 

Drew Jn. Gould B.A. Northbrook ho 
Dunsford Mrs 
Euan John S 
Grace Edwin, Strand 
Hooper Mrs. Southbrook house 
Jennings Mrs 

Lipscomb Edgar Richard Senhouse 
Locke Ernest William 
McClaughlin Mrs 
Martin Thomas, Ilex house 
Monro Alexander Aylmer 
Muller William Charles, Soho house 
Orpen Rev. Edward Chatterton M.A. 

Exeleigh ; & Devon & Exeter club, 

Exeter 
Pitt Miss 
Preist Daniel 

Russell Vincent, Grove lawn 
Splatt George Laskey 
Thomas Mrs. Staplake Mount 
Towill William Panmore 
Wollacott Edward. Faleide 
Youlden William Paryem Weeks 

COMMERCIAL. 

Anning Jsph. Percy, farmer, Tiverlnd 
Anning William, farmer, Cofford frm 
Assembly Rooms (Charles William 

Hamerton, proprietor) 
Bazley Henry, assistant overseer & 
rate collector, school attendance 
officer & agent Commercial Union 
Fire & Life insurance, Hope cottage 



DEVONSHIRE. 

Bowerman Henry H. tailor 
Browning John, boot maker & china 

& glass dealer 

Callaway Mrs. Emma, laundry 
Carnall John, gardener to Mrs. 

Thomas, Staplake mount 
Carslake Louis, carrier 
Chown William, Ship inn, & butcher 
Coles John Bailey, builder, contractor, 

carpenter & joiner & stone mason 
Coombe William, Alexandra Hotel P.H 
Crews William, coal & potato merchnt 
Crispin Harry, head attendant at the 

Asylum 

Crispin John Edwin, baker & grocer 
Cruse Henry, master mariner 
Drew John Gould B.A. solicitor, 

Northbrook house 
Elliott James, blacksmith 
Farley William Henry, gardener to 

the Rev. E. C. Orpcn M.A 
Fiiield Mary (Mrs.), dress ma. Strand 
Fletcher Emily (Mrs.), laundress 
Ford Michael Albert, basket maker 

to the Asylum 
Gale William (Mrs.), market gardnr. 

2 Rose cottages 

Greenslade Louisa(Mrs.),refshmt.rms 
Gribble Susan (Miss), apartments 
Hamerton Charles William, Courtenay 

Arms hotel 

Harding Caroline (Mrs.), baker 
Haydon William Jn. frmr. Staplake 
Henton William Henry, wheelwright 
Hill William, fanner, Venn bridge 
Hooper & Tupman, grocers &c. see 

Starcross Co-operative Stores 
Kerswell Charles, shoe maker to the 

Asylum 
Kingdon Elizabeth (Miss), stationer, 

Post office 
Lipscomb Edgar Richard Senhouso 

L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. sur- 
geon, medical officer & public 



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vaccinator, Kenton district, St. 
Thomas union, & medical officer to 
the Western Counties Idiot Asylum 
Locke Ernest William, resident supt. 
& sec. Western Counties Idiot 
Asylum 

Morrish Ernest John, carpenter 
Mortimore Geo. gardnr. to the Asylum 
Palfrey Frederick Vowler, contractor 
Parkhouse Wm. coal & manure inei 
Payne Henry, apartments 
Pearce Edward, boat owner 
Reynolds Walter, mason 
Reynolds William, mason 
Rowe Frank, chemist & drggst. Strand 
Howe George, general dealer, Folly cot 
Rowe Marwood & Geo. wheelwrights 
Ruth Wm. Geo. H. insurance agent 
Sercombe John & Sun, basket makers 
Serle George, boat owner 
SheppardRobt. Ingram, boot & shoe ma 
Shoemack Edward, market gardener, 

i Hose cottages 

Starcrass Co-operative Stores- 
(Hooper & Tupman, proprietors), 
grocers & provision dealers 
Starcroiss, Kenton & Powderham Cot- 
tage GardenSoc.(J.G.D.rew, lion. sec) 
Steer William John, apartments 
Tupman Frank, grocer &c. see Star- 
cross Co-operative Stores 
Venn Mary Ann & Elizabeth (Misses), 

drapers 

Voysey Jessie Payne (Miss), dress ma 
Wedlake John, master tailor to the 

Asylum 
Westcott Brothers, market gardeners, 

Southbrook gardens 
Western Counties Idiot Asylum 
(Ernest William Locke, resident 
supt. & sec) 

Whitton Frank, Railway hotel 
Wood Sophia (Miss), apartment*

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