Dawlish Genealogical Records
Dawlish Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A name index attached to original images of baptism registers. Records document parents' names, date of baptism and/or birth, residence, occupations and more.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, essentially recording births, but may also include places of residence and occupations.
A name index, connected to digital images of baptism registers, the primary source for birth documentation before 1837. They may record the date a child was born and/or baptised, their parents' names, occupations, residence and more.
A searchable database of 2,225,292 records, linked to original images of baptism registers. The records provide proof of parentage, occupations, residence and other details.
Dawlish Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. They typically record marital status and residence. Details may also be given on a party's parents, age and parish of origin.
Details on those who were married at the church between 1627 and 1915. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
A searchable database of 1,871,561 records, linked to original images of marriage registers. The records may include fathers' names, age, residence, occupations and more.
Transcriptions of over 270,000 marriages from most parishes in the county.
Dawlish Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They may detail the deceased's name, residence and age.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
A searchable database of 1,666,144 records, linked to original images of burial registers. The records may include date of burial and/or death, residence, age and other details.
Transcriptions of over 225,000 burials from most parishes in the county. Induces the deceased's age.
Dawlish Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A transcription of the Lady Day hearth tax for 1674 for the county of Devon.
Newspapers Covering Dawlish
A conservative newspaper covering business, family, legal and other news in the Exeter district.
A politically independent newspaper, covering the affairs of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. It includes family notices.
A short regional paper covering local occurrences, business news, family notices and more.
A liberal newspaper covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. It includes family notices.
Original images of a regional newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Devon area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
Dawlish Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to 295,609 wills of people who lived in or were connected to Devon. The wills they reference can contain a great deal of genealogical information.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
An index to thousands of probates and administrations granted by the Diocese and Archdeaconry of Exeter, covering parts of Devon & Cornwall.
An index to over 300,000 Devon wills, admons and inventories from 550 sources. Index contains name, abode, occupation, type of document, year of probate, court, notes and document reference.
Dawlish Immigration & Travel Records
A detailed investigation into motivations for Devonians choosing to stay or migrate from the county, with particular attention to labour, religion and family ties.
A lengthy article detailing the practice of moving the needy poor between parishes. Contains examples of settlements, removals and examinations.
The story of a ship heading to Quebec from Plymouth that sank off the coast of Cornwall, killing 194 passengers. Includes information on the crew, passengers and others connected with the event.
An overview of emigration from north Devon to the Americas, with particulars of some who made the journey.
A calendar of prisoners brought before the quarter sessions, with details of their crime and punishment. Contains entries for individuals who were transported.
Dawlish Military Records
Various military lists published in the Exeter Flying Post, particularly lists of deserters, which may list age and physical description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Devon, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Devon, with some service details.
Names from a presumably predominately Devonian war memorial in the former Bible Christian church at Swansea.
Dawlish Court & Legal Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing those who swore loyalty to King George I after the Jacobite Atterbury Plot.
A calendar of cases to be heard before the quarter session that are indictable by nature,.
Two calendars, one of those licensed to carry out trade and the other those brought before the session for cursing.
Dawlish Taxation Records
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A transcription of the Lady Day hearth tax for 1674 for the county of Devon.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Dawlish Land & Property Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
Maps delineating fields in Devon, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
Dawlish Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
Dawlish Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Devon's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Memorials of a select number of headstones in Devon.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Dawlish Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Dawlish Histories & Books
A detailed investigation into motivations for Devonians choosing to stay or migrate from the county, with particular attention to labour, religion and family ties.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
A general and parochial history of the county, with sections for each parish.
Numerous articles covering the history of the country, its principle settlements, notable persons, castles and more.
A detailed overview of Devon in 1850, extracted from a directory of that year.
Dawlish School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Dawlish Occupation & Business Records
Background information on women employed by the mining industry in Devon & Cornwall. Includes a database of over 25,000 women and oral histories.
Lists of gamekeepers from the North Devon Journal.
Lists of gamekeepers from the The Western Times.
A series of newspaper articles listing gamekeepers in Devon.
Transcripts of newspaper articles listing the particulars of apprentices who absconded from their master.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Dawlish
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Dawlish Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Three works compiled from 16th and 17th century sources that record Devon families who had the right to bear a coat of arms.
A list of men found by William Camden to have unsubstantiated claims to coats of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Devon's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Dawlish Church Records
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
Prior to civil registration in 1837, the parish registers of Devon are the most common place to turn for details on births, marriages and deaths.
A series of questionnaires detailing the ecclesiastical predicament of around 250 parishes in Devon.
A transcript of documents recording those who contributed to the rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
A history of the Bible Christians, a denomination of Methodists, in Devon and Cornwall.
Biographical Directories Covering Dawlish
A series of folk tales and detailed biographies of Devonshire men and women.
Biographies of notable Devonians from the Norman period up to the end of the 17th century.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Dawlish Maps
Maps delineating fields in Devon, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
Maps delineating fields, forests and other land plots in east Devon. Apportionments not included.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Dawlish Reference Works
A series of articles on Devon surnames, including a dictionary of Devon surname definitions.
A guide to locating Devon wills in light of losses incurred during World War II.
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Dawlish, which from a small fishing cove has risen in a few years to a state of comparative elegance. At first it was resorted to by a lew invalids, who wished for more retirement than they could enjoy at places more frequented; but the mild and genial softness of the air, and the natural attractions of this place, could not long escape general notice. Among a number of good houses here, a singular imitation of a Gothic structure, erected by Sir William Watson, is particularly distinguishable. It has a kind of arcade in front, with columns and pointed arches, decorated with escutcheons and fret-work pinnacles, and stands in a garden upon one of the cliffs, commanding a view for a considerable way, both towards Teignmouth and the opening of Torbay. Other new houses have also been built upon the cliffs, intended as lodging-houses of a superior description. The bathing-machines here are numerous and well conducted; and the beach in the front of the lodging-houses has a gentle descent to the sea, which is generally pure and clear. Though there is no regular market, by a frequent communication with Exeter and other towns, the place is pretty well supplied.
The late improvements at Dawlish have rendered it one of the most fashionable watering-places on the coast. Public rooms and a library have been built. A canal has been formed through the centre of the town, and several ranges of new houses have been erected. There is a beautiful walk under the rocks to Mount Pleasant. In Dr. Downman’s Poem on Infancy, the following apostrophe appears:
"O Dawlish, though unclassic be thy name,
By every muse unsung; should, from thy tide,
To keen poetic eyes alone reveal’d,
From the cerulean bosom of the deep,
(As Aphrodites rose of old) appear Health’s blooming goddess, and benignant smile On her true votary; not Cytherca’s fame,
Not Eryx, nor the laurel boughs that wav’d On Delos, erst Apollo’s natal soil,
However warm enthusiastic youth
Dwelt on these seats enamour’d, shall to me
Be half so dear. To thee will I consign
Often the timid virgin to thy pure
Encircling waves; to thee will I consign
The feeble matron; or the child on whom
Thou mayest bestow a second happier birth
From weakness into strength. And should I view,
Unfetter’d, with the firm sound judging mind,
Imagination to return array’d
In her once glowing rest, to thee my lyre
Shall oft be tun’d, and to thy Nereids green,
Long, long unnotic’d in their haunts retire'd.
Nor will I cease to prize thy lovely strand,
Thy towering cliffs, nor the small babbling brook, Whose shallow current laves thy thistled vale."
DAWLISH is a town, and attractive watering-place and parish, with a station on the Great Western railway, and is 11 miles south-by-east from Exeter, 3 north from Teignmouth and 206 from London by rail, in the Mid division of the county, Exminster hundred, Teignbridge petty sessional division, Newton Abbot union and county court district, rural deanery of Kenn and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. Under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), section 1, sub-section 3, the civil parish of Dawlish has been divided into two, the urban portion called Dawlish East and the rural Dawlish West. The town, which since the commencement of the present century has risen from a small fishing village to a place of considerable importance, is delightfully situated on the coast of the English Channel, in a beautiful valley opening to the sea, and bounded on the west by gently rising hills, and the air is considered particularly mild and salubrious, and the bathing being easy of access, on a firm and gently shelving sandy beach, this place is a great resort for sea-bathers and invalids at all seasons of the year: the old village stands some considerable distance inland, but the modern town is built on each side of a beautifully even lawn of considerable extent, with a small stream, called the “Dawlish water,” running through its centre into the sea, and crossed by several bridges.
The “Local Government Act, 1858,” was adopted here February 3, 1860, but under the provisions of the Act of 1894 (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73) the town is now governed by an Urban District Council of 12 members, and has a splendid supply of good water, obtained from Thornes and conveyed through mains to the reservoir at the Old Burrows and thence by gravitation into the town; the works, erected at a cost of £13,000, belong to the District Council. The gas works are the property of the Dawlish Gas & Coke Co. Limited. The Great Western railway passes through on an embankment, under the cliffs, and has a station on the beach: there is a coastguard station on the east cliff.
The parish church of St. Michael, which stands at the upper end of the town, nearly a mile from the beach, is a building of stone in the Later English style, and consists of a chancel with aisle, transepts, nave, aisles, porches, north vestry and an embattled western, tower with pinnacles, containing 6 bells, all recast in 1784 from a previous peal of 5: in 1889 a new organ, was erected at a cost of £1,200: the ancient screen and rood loft were removed at the beginning of the present century: the east window is a memorial to Sophia and Isabella Hoare and Carlotta A. Strickland, and is dated 1876: the west window to Jane Vaughan Forbes, d. 1869: in the chancel aisle is one to the Rev. Orlando Manley B.A. 15 years vicar here, erected by the parishioners in 1884; and there are others to the Greenup family, 1836—7, Edmund Ortt, 1856, and Caroline Ware, 1885: there are monuments to Sir William Grant kt. Master of the Rolls, 1801—17, who died here 25th May, 1832; Capt. George Anson Byron R.N. d. 1793; and John Schanck, a Scotch admiral and naval architect, d. 6th March, 1823, and two others by Flaxman: the church, was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1824, at an expense of £4,000, and again extensively restored in 1873—8, at a cost of £7,000, the chancel and transepts being entirely rebuilt and the interior reseated; a further restoration was carried out in 1896, when the galleries were removed, the windows raised and reset, the exterior of the nave renovated and the roof repaired: in 1897 the tower was restored in memory of the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, and in 1899 the interior was cleaned and renovated, and the north wall of the sacrarium decorated with mosaic and opus sectile, the total expenditure from 1895 to 1899 was £3,313: the church will seat 800 persons. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1652; marriages, 1627; burials, 1654. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £375, with residence and 3 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and held since 1895 by the Rev. William Powell Alford M.A. of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
St. Mark’s church, situated in the lower and central part of the town, was erected in 1850, at a cost of £2,500, of which sum Charles Hoare esq. contributed £1,800, and £1,000 towards its endowment: it is a building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, vestry, north porch and a tower at the north-west angle, with spire, containing a clock and one bell: the aisle and vestry were built in 1883, at a cost of £2,000, and an organ was presented by Mrs. Nosworthy, of the Newlands, in 1885: the east window is stained, and in the chancel is a memorial window to Charles Hoare esq. d. 1851, and Frances, his wife, d. 1853: the pulpit is a memorial to Frances Dorothy Somerset, and was erected by her children in 1885. The services here are conducted by the clergy of the parish church.
The Congregational church, in the Strand, erected in 1870 at a cost of £2,900, is a building of grey limestone, with Bath stone dressings, in the Early Decorated style, and has a tower with spire 100 feet high: the church will seat 600 persons: at the back are Sunday schools, erected in 1884 at a cost of £400.
The Wesleyan chapel, in Brunswick place, erected in 1860 at a cost of about £800, exclusive of site, is an edifice of stone: some alterations were effected in the interior in 1897 at a cost of £133: there are sittings for 400 persons. A large schoolroom was built in 1883 at a cost of £500.
The Primitive Methodist chapel, Park road, is a building of corrugated iron, with about 200 sittings.
There is a large service room for the Brethren in Lawn Hill.
The Cemetery, 4 acres in extent, was formed in 1882, and a mortuary chapel and lodge of red brick were erected in 1883—4, from designs by Mr. S. Dobell, architect, of Exeter: it is now under the control of a Joint Burial Committee of 9 members.
The Vestry Hall and Court House, Lansdowne place, erected about 1853, contains offices for the assistant over-seer and a large room used for board meetings, concerts and lectures, seating 300 persons; here the magistrates hold petty sessions on the third Thursday in the month, or more frequently if necessary.
The premises of the Dawlish branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association, situated in Brunswick place, and facing the Lawn, were erected in 1881 at the cost of the late Walter Tebbitt esq. of Brooklands, and form a structure of buff brick with red brick dressings in the revived Queen Anne style; they comprise a large hall, holding 350 people and containing a good organ.
The Masonic Hall, in Barton road, was erected in 1890.
There are also billiard, ball and assembly rooms, library and reading rooms, and a number of good lodging houses.
Two weekly newspapers are published here: “The Dawlish Times,” 1862, on Friday, by Mr. Alfred Samuel Cornelius, and “The Dawlish Gazette,” 1887, on Saturday, by Mr. John Eunson.
There are two circulating libraries, Cann’s, in the Strand, and W. H. Smith and Son’s at the Railway station.
The Dawlish and District Club, established in 1380, has about 60 members, and is open to gentlemen visitors. The principal hotels are the London, Royal and Albert.
There are two branch banks, the Capital and Counties Bank Limited, in the Strand, and the Devon and Cornwall Banking Co. Limited, Brunswick place.
A regatta is held annually in August or September, and a pleasure fair on Easter Monday.
The early closing day is on Thursday.
The Dispensary, in Queen street, established in 1855, is endowed with £18 annually, given by the late William Cosens esq. of Langdon House, and otherwise supported by voluntary subscriptions: there is also a Cottage Hospital, established in 1871, and removed to premises in Luscombe terrace in 1880, at a cost (including land) of £1,000: the interior is well fitted up and contains 8 beds and 2 cots; the yearly average of in-patients is 60, and of out-patients, 200.
Dawlish Infirmary, established about 1896, has at present 14 beds, and is entirely supported by voluntary contributions.
The charities, amounting to £5 yearly, are chiefly distributed in bread, but £1 12s. 8d. a year is given in prizes to the children attending the schools.
Luscombe is the beautiful seat of Peter Arthur M. Hoare esq.; attached to the house is an elegant private chapel, designed by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A.; Starmore House is the residence of Mrs. Brown; Langdon House, of William Parr esq. and Oaklands, of Edward Herbert Bayldon esq. J.P. Peter A. M. Hoare esq. who is lord of the manor, Sir Robert H. S. D. Lydston Newman bart. of Mamhead Park, the Earl of Devon, Viscount Halifax F.S.A., A. E. F. Pidgley, R. B. Ferris, Henry Tothill, Elihu Edward Brand, William Parr, F. Ermen, E. H. Bayldon J.P. Weston Joseph Sparkes, R. F. Ellis, J. and W. Carpenter esqrs. and Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Nosworthy and Mrs. Diana Eales are the chief landowners. The area of the urban district and Dawlish East parish is 1,500 acres; rateable value, 22,013; the population in 1901 was 4,003; the area of Dawlish West parish is 3,868 acres; rateable value, £7.414; the population in 1901 was 678.
By Local Government Board Order 16,546, which came into operation March 25, 1885, detached parts of the parish of Kenton, amounting to 739 acres, were added to the original parish of Dawlish.
Cockwood, Middlewood and Westwood form an ecclesiastical parish taken from Dawlish civil parish.
Petty Sessions are held at the Court house, Vestry Hall, the 3rd Thursday in each month at 11 a.m.
The only place in the petty sessional sub-division is Dawlish.
VOLUNTEERS
1st Volunteer Battalion (Exeter & South Devon), Devonshire Regiment (H Co.), Lieut. Philip Gray Waterfield, commanding.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services
St. Michael’s Parish Church, Rev. Wm. Powell Alford M.A. vicar; Rev. H. B. W. Hammond & Rev. Guy Arrott Browning B.A. curates; 11 a.m.. 3.15 & 6.30 p.m.; holy communion alternate Sundays at 8 & 11.45 & 11 а.m.; Wed. & Fri. matins & litany, 11 a.m..; other days, 9.45 a.m.
St. Mark’s Church, 8 & 11 a.m.. & 3.15 & 6.30 p.m.; daily 5 p.m.; holy days 8 a.m..; holy communion 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays at 8 a.m..; Thursdays & holy days at 8 a.m.
Congregational, Rev. Herbert John Cheatle B.A. 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.
Plymouth Brethren, 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. & Thur. at 7.30 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Rev. William Holland, 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.
Wesleyan Methodist (Teignmouth Circuit), Rev. W. Bell LL.B. & Rev. Benjamin) Isaac Kingsbury Cowling, 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.
Shaftesbury Hall, Brunswick place, 8 p.m.
Salvation Army, Sundays, 8 & 11 a.m.. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily except Friday at 8 p.m.
A School Board of 7 members was formed Oct. 26, 1874; Henry Leatt Friend, 3 Priory terrace, clerk to the board; George Gay, 2 Church house, attendance officer.
Board School, erected in 1871 & enlarged in 1874, for 700 children; average attendance, 190 boys, 170 girls & 169 infants.
Most Common Surnames in Dawlish
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Exminster Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hill | 38 | 1:119 | 1.16% | 5 |
| 1 | Harris | 38 | 1:119 | 0.98% | 1 |
| 1 | West | 38 | 1:119 | 5.11% | 124 |
| 1 | Pike | 38 | 1:119 | 3.52% | 68 |
| 5 | Baker | 37 | 1:123 | 1.26% | 6 |
| 6 | Moore | 36 | 1:126 | 2.18% | 26 |
| 7 | Williams | 35 | 1:130 | 0.92% | 2 |
| 7 | Cox | 35 | 1:130 | 2.78% | 47 |
| 7 | Westcott | 35 | 1:130 | 5.06% | 140 |
| 10 | Andrews | 30 | 1:151 | 2.28% | 42 |
| 10 | Cole | 30 | 1:151 | 1.43% | 13 |
| 12 | Wood | 29 | 1:156 | 1.96% | 35 |
| 13 | Martin | 28 | 1:162 | 1.06% | 8 |
| 13 | Ellis | 28 | 1:162 | 1.46% | 17 |
| 13 | Back | 28 | 1:162 | 10.37% | 426 |
| 16 | Cotton | 27 | 1:168 | 19.85% | 868 |
| 17 | Curtis | 26 | 1:174 | 4.76% | 196 |
| 17 | Bond | 26 | 1:174 | 2.54% | 74 |
| 17 | Wills | 26 | 1:174 | 1.67% | 30 |
| 17 | Dart | 26 | 1:174 | 3.57% | 128 |
| 21 | Lane | 25 | 1:181 | 3.00% | 107 |
| 21 | Blackmore | 25 | 1:181 | 2.15% | 56 |
| 23 | Stokes | 24 | 1:189 | 11.43% | 562 |
| 23 | Radford | 24 | 1:189 | 3.95% | 169 |
| 25 | Smith | 23 | 1:197 | 0.67% | 4 |
| 25 | White | 23 | 1:197 | 0.84% | 7 |
| 25 | Gilpin | 23 | 1:197 | 12.57% | 663 |
| 28 | Cornelius | 22 | 1:206 | 16.67% | 899 |
| 29 | Mayne | 20 | 1:227 | 6.54% | 372 |
| 29 | Tarr | 20 | 1:227 | 6.33% | 355 |
| 31 | Brooks | 19 | 1:239 | 1.99% | 90 |
| 31 | Crook | 19 | 1:239 | 4.09% | 237 |
| 31 | Shapter | 19 | 1:239 | 14.07% | 874 |
| 31 | Tripe | 19 | 1:239 | 31.67% | 1,692 |
| 35 | Edwards | 18 | 1:252 | 1.18% | 32 |
| 35 | Davis | 18 | 1:252 | 1.36% | 41 |
| 35 | Ford | 18 | 1:252 | 1.09% | 28 |
| 35 | Cann | 18 | 1:252 | 1.71% | 71 |
| 35 | Voysey | 18 | 1:252 | 9.63% | 647 |
| 40 | Brown | 17 | 1:267 | 0.77% | 12 |
| 40 | Lovell | 17 | 1:267 | 6.34% | 431 |
| 40 | Hoare | 17 | 1:267 | 3.51% | 225 |
| 40 | Friend | 17 | 1:267 | 2.70% | 163 |
| 40 | Ferris | 17 | 1:267 | 4.90% | 322 |
| 40 | Underhill | 17 | 1:267 | 5.12% | 336 |
| 40 | Coombe | 17 | 1:267 | 3.35% | 210 |
| 40 | Helmore | 17 | 1:267 | 23.94% | 1,509 |
| 48 | Morris | 16 | 1:284 | 4.44% | 314 |
| 48 | Richards | 16 | 1:284 | 0.72% | 11 |
| 50 | Evans | 15 | 1:302 | 1.21% | 50 |
| 50 | Allen | 15 | 1:302 | 1.71% | 102 |
| 50 | Knight | 15 | 1:302 | 1.32% | 59 |
| 50 | Townsend | 15 | 1:302 | 3.69% | 271 |
| 50 | Holman | 15 | 1:302 | 2.56% | 179 |
| 50 | Burch | 15 | 1:302 | 8.15% | 656 |
| 50 | Kerswell | 15 | 1:302 | 6.61% | 519 |
| 50 | Lamacroft | 15 | 1:302 | 51.72% | 2,729 |
| 58 | Howard | 14 | 1:324 | 2.09% | 146 |
| 58 | Payne | 14 | 1:324 | 1.94% | 131 |
| 58 | Hooper | 14 | 1:324 | 0.75% | 19 |
| 58 | Lake | 14 | 1:324 | 1.43% | 84 |
| 58 | Monk | 14 | 1:324 | 12.07% | 997 |
| 58 | Luscombe | 14 | 1:324 | 1.26% | 62 |
| 58 | Knapman | 14 | 1:324 | 2.41% | 183 |
| 58 | Cridge | 14 | 1:324 | 30.43% | 2,022 |
| 58 | Pessell | 14 | 1:324 | 82.35% | 3,822 |
| 67 | Harvey | 13 | 1:349 | 0.97% | 40 |
| 67 | Stone | 13 | 1:349 | 1.00% | 44 |
| 67 | Carpenter | 13 | 1:349 | 2.97% | 254 |
| 67 | Johns | 13 | 1:349 | 1.11% | 55 |
| 67 | Squire | 13 | 1:349 | 1.46% | 99 |
| 67 | Dodge | 13 | 1:349 | 18.31% | 1,509 |
| 67 | Slocombe | 13 | 1:349 | 8.61% | 788 |
| 67 | Towill | 13 | 1:349 | 20.31% | 1,617 |
| 67 | Pudner | 13 | 1:349 | 20.00% | 1,602 |
| 76 | Hart | 12 | 1:378 | 2.43% | 219 |
| 76 | Davey | 12 | 1:378 | 0.60% | 15 |
| 76 | Edmonds | 12 | 1:378 | 4.96% | 481 |
| 76 | Hutchings | 12 | 1:378 | 0.98% | 51 |
| 76 | Pearse | 12 | 1:378 | 1.33% | 96 |
| 76 | Lethbridge | 12 | 1:378 | 2.49% | 226 |
| 82 | Wright | 11 | 1:412 | 1.31% | 105 |
| 82 | Ball | 11 | 1:412 | 1.15% | 86 |
| 82 | Bishop | 11 | 1:412 | 1.56% | 137 |
| 82 | Potter | 11 | 1:412 | 1.53% | 134 |
| 82 | Bowden | 11 | 1:412 | 0.59% | 19 |
| 82 | Snelling | 11 | 1:412 | 23.91% | 2,022 |
| 82 | Morrish | 11 | 1:412 | 2.37% | 236 |
| 82 | Cockram | 11 | 1:412 | 2.30% | 228 |
| 82 | Southwood | 11 | 1:412 | 5.05% | 544 |
| 82 | Murch | 11 | 1:412 | 3.24% | 329 |
| 82 | Tapper | 11 | 1:412 | 4.93% | 530 |
| 82 | Dunsford | 11 | 1:412 | 6.43% | 704 |
| 82 | Venton | 11 | 1:412 | 9.48% | 997 |
| 82 | Harvest | 11 | 1:412 | 91.67% | 4,730 |
| 96 | Collins | 10 | 1:454 | 1.09% | 93 |
| 96 | Matthews | 10 | 1:454 | 0.98% | 77 |
| 96 | Knowles | 10 | 1:454 | 3.40% | 390 |
| 96 | Lucas | 10 | 1:454 | 3.48% | 405 |
| 96 | Ash | 10 | 1:454 | 1.71% | 180 |
| 96 | Way | 10 | 1:454 | 1.58% | 161 |
| 96 | Jewell | 10 | 1:454 | 1.47% | 142 |
| 96 | Jarman | 10 | 1:454 | 5.81% | 700 |
| 96 | Merchant | 10 | 1:454 | 11.24% | 1,251 |
| 96 | Lear | 10 | 1:454 | 3.42% | 397 |
| 96 | Hatcher | 10 | 1:454 | 33.33% | 2,686 |
| 96 | Hore | 10 | 1:454 | 4.31% | 501 |
| 96 | Vicary | 10 | 1:454 | 2.51% | 281 |
| 96 | Clerk | 10 | 1:454 | 66.67% | 4,095 |
| 96 | Sercombe | 10 | 1:454 | 3.21% | 361 |
| 96 | Hockaday | 10 | 1:454 | 5.71% | 691 |
| 96 | Hawking | 10 | 1:454 | 7.25% | 853 |
| 96 | Border | 10 | 1:454 | 16.39% | 1,675 |
| 96 | Avant | 10 | 1:454 | 62.50% | 3,944 |
| 115 | King | 9 | 1:504 | 0.90% | 79 |
| 115 | Mitchell | 9 | 1:504 | 0.59% | 33 |
| 115 | Lee | 9 | 1:504 | 0.50% | 21 |
| 115 | Adams | 9 | 1:504 | 0.55% | 29 |
| 115 | Saunders | 9 | 1:504 | 0.89% | 78 |
| 115 | Frost | 9 | 1:504 | 1.16% | 115 |
| 115 | Heath | 9 | 1:504 | 1.46% | 167 |
| 115 | Burrows | 9 | 1:504 | 3.04% | 386 |
| 115 | Salter | 9 | 1:504 | 0.81% | 61 |
| 115 | Ware | 9 | 1:504 | 1.53% | 178 |
| 115 | Shephard | 9 | 1:504 | 11.39% | 1,388 |
| 115 | Northcott | 9 | 1:504 | 1.13% | 113 |
| 115 | Dalley | 9 | 1:504 | 22.50% | 2,249 |
| 115 | Litton | 9 | 1:504 | 9.68% | 1,205 |
| 115 | Horsford | 9 | 1:504 | 27.27% | 2,557 |
| 115 | Cosens | 9 | 1:504 | 90.00% | 5,368 |
| 115 | Penaligon | 9 | 1:504 | 100.00% | 5,765 |
| 115 | Powerlan | 9 | 1:504 | 100.00% | 5,765 |
| 133 | Turner | 8 | 1:567 | 0.47% | 25 |
| 133 | Phillips | 8 | 1:567 | 0.46% | 23 |
| 133 | Marshall | 8 | 1:567 | 1.13% | 136 |
| 133 | Mills | 8 | 1:567 | 0.97% | 108 |
| 133 | Hawkins | 8 | 1:567 | 0.80% | 82 |
| 133 | Harding | 8 | 1:567 | 0.75% | 70 |
| 133 | Tucker | 8 | 1:567 | 0.22% | 3 |
| 133 | Nicholls | 8 | 1:567 | 1.20% | 151 |
| 133 | Sanders | 8 | 1:567 | 0.40% | 14 |
| 133 | Bryant | 8 | 1:567 | 1.92% | 263 |
| 133 | Wyatt | 8 | 1:567 | 1.02% | 114 |
| 133 | Parr | 8 | 1:567 | 1.93% | 264 |
| 133 | Buckland | 8 | 1:567 | 10.96% | 1,473 |
| 133 | Dawe | 8 | 1:567 | 1.16% | 141 |
| 133 | Tozer | 8 | 1:567 | 1.04% | 120 |
| 133 | Tonkin | 8 | 1:567 | 6.02% | 890 |
| 133 | Veale | 8 | 1:567 | 2.18% | 305 |
| 133 | Morey | 8 | 1:567 | 6.30% | 932 |
| 133 | Rackley | 8 | 1:567 | 34.78% | 3,174 |
| 133 | Cardew | 8 | 1:567 | 17.39% | 2,022 |
| 133 | Pillar | 8 | 1:567 | 6.25% | 926 |
| 133 | Full | 8 | 1:567 | 4.76% | 721 |
| 133 | Horsham | 8 | 1:567 | 6.20% | 916 |
| 133 | Cutcliffe | 8 | 1:567 | 7.62% | 1,082 |
| 133 | Loveys | 8 | 1:567 | 9.09% | 1,262 |
| 133 | Narramore | 8 | 1:567 | 9.88% | 1,358 |
| 133 | Splatt | 8 | 1:567 | 15.38% | 1,843 |
| 133 | Quantic | 8 | 1:567 | 57.14% | 4,290 |
| 133 | Coombstock | 8 | 1:567 | 100.00% | 6,268 |
| 162 | Jones | 7 | 1:648 | 0.37% | 18 |
| 162 | Lewis | 7 | 1:648 | 0.60% | 57 |
| 162 | Scott | 7 | 1:648 | 1.13% | 165 |
| 162 | Bennett | 7 | 1:648 | 0.42% | 26 |
| 162 | Dunn | 7 | 1:648 | 0.81% | 103 |
| 162 | Reed | 7 | 1:648 | 0.59% | 53 |
| 162 | Dean | 7 | 1:648 | 2.48% | 414 |
| 162 | Skinner | 7 | 1:648 | 0.49% | 37 |
| 162 | Hobbs | 7 | 1:648 | 1.57% | 250 |
| 162 | Peters | 7 | 1:648 | 1.72% | 269 |
| 162 | Robins | 7 | 1:648 | 1.30% | 200 |
| 162 | Gay | 7 | 1:648 | 2.13% | 342 |
| 162 | Farley | 7 | 1:648 | 1.93% | 310 |
| 162 | Pascoe | 7 | 1:648 | 2.93% | 490 |
| 162 | Beal | 7 | 1:648 | 10.45% | 1,576 |
| 162 | Ley | 7 | 1:648 | 1.28% | 198 |
| 162 | Lyne | 7 | 1:648 | 6.48% | 1,058 |
| 162 | Early | 7 | 1:648 | 28.00% | 3,006 |
| 162 | Cundy | 7 | 1:648 | 6.25% | 1,026 |
| 162 | Gover | 7 | 1:648 | 8.64% | 1,358 |
| 162 | Caseley | 7 | 1:648 | 9.33% | 1,447 |
| 162 | Matters | 7 | 1:648 | 11.67% | 1,692 |
| 162 | Bearn | 7 | 1:648 | 36.84% | 3,545 |
| 162 | Scadgell | 7 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 6,891 |
| 162 | Hamsay | 7 | 1:648 | 100.00% | 6,891 |
| 187 | Wilson | 6 | 1:756 | 0.90% | 147 |
| 187 | Jackson | 6 | 1:756 | 1.38% | 256 |
| 187 | Russell | 6 | 1:756 | 1.56% | 290 |
| 187 | Spencer | 6 | 1:756 | 2.48% | 481 |
| 187 | Pearce | 6 | 1:756 | 0.46% | 43 |
| 187 | Walsh | 6 | 1:756 | 5.04% | 975 |
| 187 | Kay | 6 | 1:756 | 23.08% | 2,930 |
| 187 | Milne | 6 | 1:756 | 25.00% | 3,095 |
| 187 | Brook | 6 | 1:756 | 1.43% | 260 |
| 187 | Dyer | 6 | 1:756 | 0.67% | 97 |
| 187 | Coles | 6 | 1:756 | 0.66% | 95 |
| 187 | Manning | 6 | 1:756 | 0.80% | 122 |
| 187 | Paul | 6 | 1:756 | 2.20% | 424 |
| 187 | Curry | 6 | 1:756 | 6.25% | 1,172 |
| 187 | Tuck | 6 | 1:756 | 4.62% | 905 |
| 187 | Blackman | 6 | 1:756 | 18.75% | 2,606 |
| 187 | Steer | 6 | 1:756 | 0.65% | 94 |
| 187 | Brock | 6 | 1:756 | 1.43% | 260 |
| 187 | Mumford | 6 | 1:756 | 3.17% | 636 |
| 187 | Tyrrell | 6 | 1:756 | 17.65% | 2,503 |
| 187 | Corner | 6 | 1:756 | 9.09% | 1,586 |
| 187 | Soper | 6 | 1:756 | 0.82% | 127 |
| 187 | Barley | 6 | 1:756 | 50.00% | 4,730 |
| 187 | Wellington | 6 | 1:756 | 2.45% | 473 |
| 187 | Mullin | 6 | 1:756 | 42.86% | 4,290 |
| 187 | Dolman | 6 | 1:756 | 60.00% | 5,368 |
| 187 | Newberry | 6 | 1:756 | 4.03% | 797 |
| 187 | Rendle | 6 | 1:756 | 1.20% | 217 |
| 187 | Cruse | 6 | 1:756 | 7.89% | 1,427 |
| 187 | Bidgood | 6 | 1:756 | 2.69% | 530 |
| 187 | Gerry | 6 | 1:756 | 2.36% | 461 |
| 187 | Gidley | 6 | 1:756 | 2.05% | 397 |
| 187 | Honour | 6 | 1:756 | 100.00% | 7,664 |
| 187 | Yard | 6 | 1:756 | 18.75% | 2,606 |
| 187 | Annear | 6 | 1:756 | 18.75% | 2,606 |
| 187 | Toppin | 6 | 1:756 | 100.00% | 7,664 |
| 187 | Kernick | 6 | 1:756 | 13.95% | 2,133 |
| 187 | Stoyle | 6 | 1:756 | 6.38% | 1,195 |
| 187 | Lambshead | 6 | 1:756 | 9.84% | 1,675 |
| 187 | Malls | 6 | 1:756 | 100.00% | 7,664 |
| 187 | Newband | 6 | 1:756 | 100.00% | 7,664 |
| 187 | Woolworth | 6 | 1:756 | 100.00% | 7,664 |
| 187 | Shewton | 6 | 1:756 | 100.00% | 7,664 |
| 187 | Savinon y Zoyaga | 6 | 1:756 | 100.00% | 7,664 |