Bratton Clovelly (or Clevelly) is a village and extensive parish, 3-1/2 miles south from Ashbury and North Lew station on the North Cornwall branch of the Southern railway, and 8-1/2 west-by-south from Okehampton, in the South Molton division of the county, hundred and petty sessional division of Lifton, rural district, county court district and rural deanery of Okehampton, archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a building of stone, in the Early English and later styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a fine embattled western tower, with a turret, containing 6 bells, all cast in 1767, and a clock, presented by Mrs. Manning in 1895; the nave is Early Decorated, dating from about 1375; the chancel and base of the tower are Early English; the font is Norman; two windows in the vestry contain ancient stained glass, including the arms of the Burnaby family; the other windows have modern stained glass as memorials to Thomas Ellis Manning and his relatives; the window in the tower is a memorial to Oliver Veale Pengelly, formerly of this parish; in 1891-2, the church was thoroughly restored and reseated in oak and a carved oak pulpit, erected at a cost of about £2,000, by the late Mrs. Manning, who also presented a richly-carved alabaster reredos, and relaid the chancel floor with highly-polished Devonshire and Irish marble as a memorial to her sister, Mrs. Mary Younge, who died in 1891; the screen was removed in 1820; the nave will seat 180 persons. The register dates from the year 1555. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £538, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Exeter, and held since 1919 by the Rev. Robert Kinninmonth Bennett. There are two United Methodist chapels here; one in the village and one at Boasley. A cattle market is held once a month. Henry de Bracton, a celebrated lawyer and judge (1185-1267), and author of “De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae,” the best of judicial classics, is supposed to have born in this parish. William and Thomas Brown esqs. Thomas Heggadon esq. George Gratton esq. and Mrs. Colin James are the principal landowners. The soil is chiefly clay and various loams; subsoil, clay and shillit. Wheat, oats and barley are grown, but the land is chiefly in pasture. The area is 7,254 acres; the population in 1921 was 454, and the ecclesiastical, 556.
By Local Government Board 16,406, a detached part of this parish was transferred to Broadwood Widger, in Launceston Union, March 25, 1885, for civil purposes.
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| Category | Surname | Given Name | Title | Suffix | Occupation | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Residents | Bennett | Robert Kinninmonth | Rev. | rector | Rectory | |
| Dane | Arthur Maurice Yate | Commdr. | The Bungalow, Broadbury | |||
| Dixon | James | Metherell Moor | ||||
| Fitch | Wm Fredk. | Little Metherell | ||||
| McConnell | Roderick A. H. | Lt-Commdr. | R.I.M. | Metherell Tower | ||
| Commercial | Abell | Cyril | farmer | Headstone | ||
| Adams | James | farmer | Langworthy Moor, Broadbury | |||
| Adams | Rd. | saddler | ||||
| Bassett | James | farmer | South Breazle | |||
| Blight | Aug. Jas. | farmer, over 150 acres | Ellacott | |||
| Blight | Jn. | farmer, over 150 acres | Bannadon | |||
| Bond | Geo. | farmer, over 150 acres | Brockscombe | |||
| Brown | T. | farmer | Eversfield & Home farms | |||
| Brown | Wm. | landowner & farmer, over 150 acres | Calehouse | |||
| Cutland | Albt. Jn. | parish clerk & rate collector | ||||
| Dawe | Samuel | farmer | North Wrixhill | |||
| Dennis | Edward W. | farmer, over 150 acres | Lower Voaden | |||
| Dennis | Geo. | farmer | Higher Fursden | |||
| Elworthy | Jn. | farmer, over 150 acres | Langworthy, Broadbury | |||
| Evely | Horace J. | grocer | ||||
| Fielding | Leroy | farmer | Bratton Town | |||
| Gratton | Geo. Hy. | landowner & farmer, over 150 acres | Boasley | |||
| Gratton | Thos. | farmer | East Reed | |||
| Gratton | Wm. | farmer | Metherell Farm | |||
| Hammond | Henry | farmer | Risdon | |||
| Hammond | Jn. | farmer, over 150 acres | Blackabroom | |||
| Hearn | Philip Hy. | landowner & farmer, over 150 acres | Swaddledown | |||
| Heggadon | Thos. | landowner & farmer | Ellacombe | |||
| Hill | Jn. | farmer & county instructor in farriery | Post Office, Broadbury | |||
| Horrell | Geo. | news agent | ||||
| Jackman | Roger | farmer | Millpark | |||
| Jones | Lawson | farmer | Wrixel | |||
| Jordan | Charles | farmer, over 150 acres | Redstone | |||
| Larkworthy | Norman | farmer | Reed | |||
| Lovell | Ellen | Mrs. | farmer | Higher Voaden | ||
| Lovell | Rt. | farmer | Menda | |||
| Luxton | Cecil V. | farmer, over 150 acres | Chelmsworthy | |||
| Medland | Wesley S. | shopkeeper | ||||
| Napper | Jn. | farmer | South Ville | |||
| Paige | Wm. | farmer | Moorstone | |||
| Palmer | Thomas C. | Clovelly Hotel | ||||
| Redstone | Wm. | blacksmith | ||||
| Rice | Fred. | farmer, over 150 acres | Northcombe | |||
| Roberts | Edwin | farmer | Bucketts | |||
| Smale | Alfd. | farmer | Grindhill | |||
| Soby | Albt. | farmer | Blagrove | |||
| Stacey | Shadrack | farmer | Court Barton | |||
| Strong | Thomas | landowner & farmer | South Barton | |||
| Vallance | Wilfrid | farmer | Lower Northcombe | |||
| Vanstone | Wm. | farmer | Grindhill | |||
| Westlake | Thos. | landowner & farmer | Grindhill | |||
| Wills | Victor | farmer | Hillside | |||
| Wivell | Saml. | farmer, over 150 acres | Burrow | |||
| Wonnacott | Walt. | farmer | Fursdon | |||
| Wood | John | farmer | ||||
| Woodman | Thos. | farmer | Littleburrow | |||
| Woodrow | Jn. | farmer | North Breazle | |||
| Woodrow | Thos. | farmer | Brockscombe | |||
| Wooldridge | Alfd. | farmer | Broadcroft |