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On Saturday Next, September 17th, 1864, Pinsent & Co. will make their First Autumnal Display of Novelties in Millinery, Velvet Jackets, Mantles, Head Dresses, Etc. Etc.: Devonport, 14th September 1861 (sic).
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Wanted: An Apprentice to the Counting house, at Pinsent & Co.’s Market Street, Devonport.
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Births: Pinsent: September 11th, at Ker Street, Devonport, the widow of the late Mr. R. S. Pinsent, of a daughter, Stillborn.
[see also Western Daily Mercury: Saturday 17th September 1864]
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GRO0119 Devonport: Catherine Agnes Ross: 1830 – 1906
GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864
Carpets, Damasks, Blankets, Sheeting, and general Furnishing Goods, bought before the recent advances: Pinsent & Co., Devonport:
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Teign Valley Railway: Great Defeat of the Scheme: Yesterday afternoon at five o’clock, in pursuance of the requisition addressed to the Portreeves of Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel, signed by 75 of the inhabitants of those towns, a public meeting was held at the Town Hall in Newton Abbot, for the purpose of taking into consideration the existing railway communication between that town, Torquay and Exeter. There was a very large attendance of the inhabitants. … (list of gentlemen present) … (includes)… T. Pinsent … … (discussion and vote against a proposal for a new line to Newton) … …
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GRO0831 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1842 – 1889
Fashionable Arrivals at Torquay: … (a long list includes) … Mrs. Pinsent and family, Miss Pinsent
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Newton Races and Steeple Chases: First Day: … … These annual sports came off today on the Teignbridge racecourse, about half a mile from the town of Newton. The weather in the morning was fine, but in the afternoon the rain fell fast, which no doubt prevented a large number from being present, the attendance being exceedingly small as compared to last year. … (description of the event) … The committee were Messrs. Josiah Harris, James Cull, T. Pinsent, H. Budd, E. White, J. Adams, J. Quick, J. Millward, H. Magor, and R. Chapple …
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GRO0831 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1842 – 1889
Pinsent & Co. are now offering Carpets, Felts, Floor Cloths, Crumb Cloths, Mattings, Damasks, Muslin Lens Curtains, Counterpanes, Blankets etc. at old prices: N.B. plans taken and Estimates given free of charge: 31, 32, 33, Market Street, Devonport.
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To Innkeepers and Others: To be Let from Midsummer next, the Custom House Inn, Dartmouth, Apply to Mrs. Lear, Basket Maker, Dartmouth, or Pinsent and Co., Newton Abbot. …
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Railway Intelligence: Teign Valley Railway Bill: House of Commons, Wednesday: After the Despatch of our parcel yesterday: Mr. John Bowden, corn merchant, of Newton & Totnes, was examined by Mr. West on behalf of the South Devon opposition and said the real market of this district was Totnes, and the Buckfastleigh line would provide, in his opinion, all the accommodation that was necessary. The traffic of the district was really not such as to justify the construction of another line. The district was an exporting and not an importing one, and the natural vent for its produce was Newton … (continued discussion) … Mr. Michelmore, a landowner near Dart Bridge and proprietor of a very valuable estate consisting of orchards and pasture lands opposed the bill, and so also did Mr. French, Mr. Pinsent, and Mr. Wolston. These gentlemen all complained of the injury which would be done to their estates by the proposed line; and there was no such case of public necessity as required the sacrifice of their interests. In his opinion, there would not be traffic enough, upon the whole of the line, to pay the expenses of the first five miles out of Exeter. … … (continues) … … Mr. John Pinsent, of Newton, a maltster and coal merchant, of Newton, expressed his opinion that the proposed line was not needed, and that there was not enough traffic to support two lines of railway between Newton and Exeter and between Totnes and Exeter. The general feeling of the district, he believed, was that there was sufficient railway accommodation at present: Cross-examined by Mr. Clark: Did not attend the meetings in Chudleigh, Ashburton, or Buckfastleigh, at which petitions were adopted in favour of the line. … … (continues) …
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901