a history
Curry Rivel: Accidents: … On Monday last, Mr. Thomas Cuff, of Burton Pynsent was thrown from his horse in Sedgmoor and the animal rolled on him. He was attended by Dr. Hughes and Dr. Tims, under whose care he is progressing. Mr. Cuff was severely shaken, and one of his shoulders was injured. …
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Woodland: The little village of Woodland, in the Hundred of Haytor, Deanery of Ipplepen and Archdeaconry of Totnes, is about three miles distant from the town of Ashburton. … (description of ownership of the manor )… Lake, Levaton and Gurrington are estates in this parish; Lake appears to have been bought by Thomas Pynsent, Gurrington by Thomas Culling and Levaton by William Dyer, at the time of the dismemberment of the manor (1658) … (Woodland parish cut out of Ipplepen in 1536, the Parish Church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist) … In the chancel are many gravestones and several mural tablets belonging to the Dyers, and on the south, there is an ornamented slab bearing the following inscription: “In memoriam Thomae Pynsent de Lake Generosi, qui obit decimo tertio die Maii A.D. 1690. Aet suae 75.” Above are the arms of Pynsent, gu; a chevron engrailed between 3 estoiles of six points az. In the tower, the arch of which has been lately opened, we noticed a very ancient parish chest, coeval with the date of the church. … (ongoing description of Church and parish) … The parish extends over 1,606 acres and the census of 1871 shoed a populated of 160 people: Chas. Worthy, late 82nd Regt. Ashburton, 24th April 1874.
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