The number of houses in Totness is 846, most of them in one street, nearly three quarters of a mile in length, terminated on the east by a bridge over the Dart. The number of inhabitants is stated at 3128.

The serge manufacture here, in the weaving department, is performed by women; the spinning by machinery in the same manner as cotton. This town being at the head of the navigation of the Dart river, vessels of thirty or forty tons burthen may come up with the springtides. About a mile above the bridge, the ordinary flow of the spring tides being eight feet, a salmon weir is extended directly across the river. At this dam or weir, a powerful mill-race is taken up to serve a corn and fulling mill, constantly employed in washing and fulling the pieces manufactured in the town. The corn mill is a valuable acquisition to this part of the country.

About two miles from Totness is Sharpham, the delightful residence of Edmund Bastard, Esq. situated on the declivity of a hill embosomed in wood. The views from the house, which is an elegant building of freestone, are extremely picturesque.

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TOTNES is an ancient municipal borough and market town, head of a union and county court district, in the Southern division of the county, and hundred of Coleridge, petty sessional division of Stanborough and Coleridge, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter, and is picturesquely situated on the western bank of the river Dart, on the opposite bank of which, and formerly in the parish of Berry Pomeroy and hundred of Stanborough, is Bridgetown, a handsome suburb of the town, added to the borough by the “Municipal Corporations Act of 1885,” and now, under the provisions of section 36 of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), included in the parish of Totnes. Totnes has a station on the Great Western railway, with extensions to the quay, 222 ¾ miles from London via Bristol and Exeter, and 196 by the old coach road, 24 east-by-north from Plymouth, 23 south-by-west from Exeter, 9 west-south-west from Torquay, 10 north-west-by-west from Dartmouth and 5 from Paignton. The line from Totnes to Ashburton, which follows the valley of the river Dart, thus connecting the towns upon its banks, here joins the Great Western system, the stations and distances being:-Staverton, 3 ½ miles; Buckfastleigh, 7; Ashburton, 9 ½.

The town is situated in the fruitful district called the South Hams, or garden of Devonshire, which abounds in rich pastures, meadows, corn fields and orchards, and being placed on a hill, enjoys a remarkably pure atmosphere: the main street, which rises from the margin of the river Dart, is about three-quarters of a mile in length, and is continued to the summit of the steep acclivity, passing along the brow of the hill and commanding a fine view of the valley and the windings of the river. The upper stories of many of the houses in High street project beyond the lower ones, and, being supported on columns, form spacious covered piazzas for foot passengers. The fine scenery of the valley of the Dart and the beauty of the surrounding country will always secure for Totnes and its neighbourhood a good resident population and a continual influx of visitors.

The town is connected with its suburb of Bridgetown by a stone bridge of three arches, built in 1828, at a cost of £12,000, the tolls on which were abolished November 1st, 1881; steps descend from the bridge to a small island, which was laid out in walks and planted with trees and shrubs for the use of the public, at the expense of the late Duke of Somerset.

In ancient records Totnes is called Totton (a contraction for Tottonia), Totonie and Totneis. The Roman road or Fosseway, which traversed this county into Somerset, and thence to other parts of the kingdom, began here.

King John, in 1205, granted the burgesses a charter, afterwards confirmed and extended by Edward I. Henry VII. and other monarchs. A charter was also granted by Elizabeth, 31 Aug. 1596, under which the Corporation consisted of a mayor, a recorder, fourteen burgher-masters, councillors and an indefinite number of burgesses, including a select body called “The Twenty-men,” the mayor, recorder and ex-mayor being justices of the peace for the borough and parish; this charter continued in force until the passing of the “Municipal Corporations Act of 1835” (5 and 6 Wm. IV. c. 76), under which the Corporation consists of a mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors. Under the “Public Health Act of 1875” (38 and 39 Vict, c. 55), the Corporation have the sole control in all matters relating to local government. The 500th annual election of a mayor took place Nov. 9, 1876. A commission of the peace has been granted, but the borough has now neither recorder nor quarter sessions. The municipal borough comprises the whole of the parish of Totnes and the manor of Bridgetown, formerly in the parish of Berry Pomeroy, the latter being added to it by the “Municipal Corporations Act of 1835.”

Totnes enjoyed the privilege of sending two members to the House of Commons from 1295 to the passing of the Reform Act of 1867 (30 and 31 Vict. c. 102), by which it was disfranchised.

The commissioners of the river Dart have greatly improved the navigation, upon which they have expended large sums of money since 1833: vessels of 200 tons burthen can now come up to the wharves near the bridge. The supply of water for the inhabitants, which is abundant and of excellent quality, is obtained from the Broomborough estate, the proprietor of which, centuries ago, gave this right to the town of Totnes: two reservoirs were constructed near the town about the year 1865, and a main laid throughout the principal streets of the borough, and thence across the bridge to supply Bridgetown; an additional supply has been recently obtained from Bowden, and new reservoirs built at Bridgetown and Bowden. The Gas Works, near the Grove, are the property of a company.

The earliest notice of the existence of a church in Totnes is in a charter of Judhel de Totnais (a Norman baron, to whom the Conqueror granted the borough), by which he grants the church, referred to in the charter as “ecclesiam Sancte Marie de Toteneo,” to the great Benedictine abbey of SS. Sergius and Bacchus, at Angers. This church appears to have been rebuilt and consecrated by Bishop Bronescombe in 1259: it was again rebuilt about 200 years afterwards, Bishop Lacy in 1432 granting an indulgence of 40 days to all who contributed to the work.

The existing church of St. Mary is a fine building of stone in the Early Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, large south porch with parvise, and a lofty tower with rich buttresses and octagonal pinnacles, containing 8 bells, all cast in 1732, except the fifth and tenor, which were recast by John Pender esq. M.P. for Totnes in 1863; the fourth bell was recast in 1897 at the expense of Alderman T. C. Kellock, on the occasion of his being for the fourth time mayor, and the remainder were rehung by public subscription: in the south wall of the chancel is a hagioscope and on the north side a fine rood turret with stone staircase leading to the rood loft; in the base of the turret are the remains of two piscinae: the chancel is inclosed by a very fine stone rood screen and two parclose screens, erected, it would appear, in 38 Henry VI. (1459—60), when the Corporation (who up to the year 1836 had the control of the church) made an order that the chancel should be divided from the church with freestone, as the cathedral church at Exeter was; this screen, which far exceeds that of Exeter in beauty and elaborate detail is 60 feet in length, and is rich in tracery, niches and tabernacle work, but is groined on the west side only: the parclose screens exhibit designs of rather unusual character: the whole was restored by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A. and his sons: the Corporation stalls, which are handsomely carved, were erected in 1636, and stood in front of the screen; they now face the entrance transept: in the south aisle are the remains of a Perpendicular tomb to Walter Smith, ob. 1555: under the tower arch is a marble monument with kneeling effigies to Christopher Blackhall, ob. 1635, and his four wives, which formerly stood on the south side of the chancel, but was moved during the restoration to its present position: over the outer doorway of the south porch are three mutilated shields, of which the uppermost has the appearance of being the town arms: the inner doorway has over it the remains of a saint’s niche and a shield with the arms of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (1420—75): in the parvise over the south entrance are stored about 300 volumes of books, which originally formed the lecturer's or preacher’s library; these were in part purchased with sums of money given or left for the purpose or were gifts made in the 17th century: there is also a stone pulpit, enriched with tracery and shields of arms, and an ancient Bible and prayer book, presented in 1690 for the use of the mayor by Lady Anne Seymour, relict of Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Castle, and contains an inscription signed by her: a reredos of carved oak was erected about 1883, by T. C. Kellock esq. of Highfield, as a memorial to his wife, her sister and her mother, Mrs. Plumer: a massive brass lectern has been given by Mr. Roberts in memory of the Rev. Jas. Walrond Burroughs M.A. vicar 1838—88: new east and west windows have also been inserted: about half way up the tower are three niches containing figures, the centre figure being supposed to represent Bishop Lacy, and under it in raised letters are the words, “I made this tore”; in the niche on the right hand side is a robed figure, which may possibly represent Prior Stoke, of the Priory of St. Mary, Totnes, who subscribed £10 towards the erection of the tower; the figure on the left, which is much dilapidated, appears to be that of a soldier with crossed legs: at the east end of the church, in the yard, is a large buttress pierced by an archway, the origin and purpose of which formed the subject of much discussion in “Notes and Queries” for 1850; but the buttress has lately been much altered: the interior of the building has been restored since 1886 in accordance with the designs of the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A.: the church was re-opened January 30, 1889, after being again restored at a cost of £15,000, chiefly defrayed by Mrs. Roberts, of London, a native of Totnes, to whom a memorial window has since been erected: the organ was restored and placed in the north chapel in 1896. The register dates from the year 1557. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £260, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Exeter, and held since 1893 by the Rev. Thomas Henry Elliott M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin and surrogate; the rectorial tithes and glebe, 74 acres, formerly belonged to Totnes Priory, but are now the property of the Duke of Somerset; only 693 acres are tithable and pay a yearly tithe of £280.

The church of St. John the Evangelist, BRIDGETOWN, a chapel of ease to the parish church of Berry Pomeroy, was consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter in July, 1888, and is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave and a tower at the north-west angle with pinnacles, containing a clock and one bell: it was built in 1832 by the late Duke of Somerset K.G., P.C. for that part of Berry Pomeroy parish which forms a suburb of and is within the borough of Totnes: there are sittings, for about 400 persons. The register of baptisms and burials dates from 1840.

At Follaton House, the seat of S. E. G. Cary esq. J.P. there is a Catholic chapel, attached to and served from Buckfast Abbey.

The Baptist chapel, in Fore street, erected in 1877, is a plain edifice of stone; the Baptist chapel in Plymouth road was erected in 1866. The Congregational chapel is in Station road; a new Wesleyan chapel in Fore street is now (1901) in course of erection, and is a building of granite with stone dressings and intended to seat 350 persons.

The Cemetery, in the Plymouth road, formed in 1856, extends over an area of 3 acres, and has a mortuary chapel; it is under the control of the Corporation.

The Fire Engine Station, in High street, erected in 1900, has one steamer and one manual engine, with the usual life-saving appliance; the brigade consists of 12 men and a captain.

The Guildhall, standing on the north side of the church, was formerly a portion of the priory of St. Mary: in the main hall are preserved the old stocks; here also is a large oil painting by William Brockedon, a native of Totnes, representing a scene from the poems of Ossian. The list of mayors is complete from 1377 to the present time.

The municipal insignia include two maces, a mayor’s chain and badge and borough and mayoral seals. The maces, of silver-gilt, and 3 feet in length, form a pair, and are alike in every respect, the design being somewhat unique: the shafts, which take the baluster shape, are much enriched with projecting bands and knops, highly ornamented; round the head and within four compartments inclosed by conventional foliage, appear the borough arms and the national emblems crowned: the circlet bears crosses and fleur-de-lis alternately and from the former rise the arches of the crown; these maces are traditionally said to have been presented to the town by Sir Richard Lloyd kt. M.P. for Totnes, 1754—9, and subsequently a Baron of the Exchequer. The mayor’s chain and badge, provided by public subscription, were presented to the Corporation in 1875; the chain, of gold, 41 inches in length, consists of links bearing shields, each surmounted by a civic crown; the centre link is flanked on either side by a mace and from it depends the badge displaying the borough arms wrought in gold and enamel: shoulder links were recently added, one bearing the arms of the ancient priory, and the other the arms of the Duke of Somerset: the borough seal, dating from the 15th century, presents a triple-towered gateway, between two keys erect, all within a legend: the mayor’s seal is similar, but of smaller size, and there exists the matrix of a seal finely executed and of a date earlier than either of these: the Corporation also possess a loving cup of silver, about 9 inches in height, said to have been presented by Sir Edward Giles kt. M.P. for Totnes, 1620—1 and subsequently, but the hall marks indicate the date 1693—4: the mayor and ex-mayor wear robes of scarlet cloth trimmed with purple velvet.

The Market House was erected in 1848 at a cost of about £12,000. The weekly market is held on Saturday at 3 p.m. and is abundantly supplied with all kinds of provisions. Markets for the sale of cattle are held on the 1st Tuesday in every month, and on the 3rd Tuesday, except in May and October. The annual fairs are on May 12th and October 28th, when those dates fall on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, and when they do not, on the following Tuesday. Here is an extensive brewery (the property of Messrs. Walter and Phillips) and a cider factory, carried on by Messrs. John Symons and Co. Limited. The imports are chiefly coal, culm and timber, and the exports are corn, cider and other agricultural produce.

The South Devon subscription library, established in 1810, is at 12 High street, and contains over 5,000 volumes, many being works of reference; it is a proprietary library vested in trustees and managed by a committee of trustees and subscribers.

There are branches of the Devon and Cornwall Bank, Fore street, and the National Provincial and Naval Bank in High street, and an agency of the Devon and Exeter Savings Bank.

The Commercial hotel, High street, The Seven Stars hotel, on The Plains, and The Seymour hotel, Bridgetown, are well-appointed houses and have excellent assembly and public rooms where balls and concerts take place: there are also several good inns.

The Dart Vale harriers are kept in the neighbourhood, and within easy distance there are also packs of fox hounds; fish abound in all parts of the river, especially between Totnes and Dartmouth, where it widens into a broad estuary with several creeks. The Weir of the Totnes Mills, contiguous to the railway station, is a favourite resort of anglers, and is a famous place for trout as well as salmon; the water is of good quality and the fishing excellent. A salmon pass was placed in Totnes Weir about 1897 by the Board of Conservators of the river Dart.

Races are held annually at the beginning of September and are usually well attended.

Here is stationed the C company of the 5th (The Hay Tor) Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.

Two weekly newspapers are published here by Messrs. Mortimer Bros.-the “Totnes Times and Devon News,” issued on Friday evening, and “The Western Guardian, ’’ issued on Wednesday: a “River Dart Guide,” containing a full description of the scenery and general objects of interest in a trip down that river; “An Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Berry-Pomeroy Castle,” and other guides are also published by this firm.

Totnes Cottage Hospital, erected in 1901, at a cost of about £2,000, and opened by the Duchess of Somerset, 17th May, 1901, is a spacious building of Ted brick, with stone dressings, in the Gothic style. It contains 9 beds and 2 cots, operating room, bath room and lavatories for each ward with hot and cold water; there is also a mortuary; the grounds are well arranged for the use of the patients.

Thomas Martin, of Totnes, in 1690, left property at Barnstaple, which was sold and the interest of the purchase money is distributed in money and kind. Capt. Short, who died at Bath in 1825, left £2,950 Consols, the annual dividends to be given away in £10 annuities to very poor men and woman born and residing in Totnes. Mr. Frederick Bowden, in 1889, invested £1,000, the interest of which is distributed in the same manner. Jn. Phillips, of Totnes, conveyed two fields to trustees, who should apply the rents to the benefit of a charity school for poor boys and girls. The present trustees of the Totnes Municipal Charities are the Rev. J. Powning B.D. of Totnes, Messrs. S. E. Cary, W. Condy, T. C. Kellock, J. E. L. Lloyd, E. M. Tucker and S. H. Vibert.

Brutus’ Stone is a large boulder of granite fixed in the pavement outside No. 51 Fore street, just above the Station road and on the right-hand side of the street, going towards the East gate, on which tradition alleges that Brutus of Troy stepped at his landing here; this tradition has been referred to by various writers, one of whom, John Prince, author of the “Worthies of Devon,” was vicar of Totnes from 1676 to 1681.

It has for a long period been customary on the proclamation of a new sovereign for the mayor to make the proclamation from this stone.

Among distinguished natives of Totnes may be mentioned William Brockedon, topographer and artist, born 13th October, 1787; Benjamin Kennicott D.D. divine and orientalist, and canon of Ch. Ch. Oxford, born 4th April, 1718; Edward Lye, Saxon lexicographer, born 1704, and William John Wills, Australian explorer, born 1834.

On the Plains is an obelisk, erected by public subscription, August, 1864 in honour of William John Wills, who with Robert O’Hara Burke first crossed the Australian continent in 1860, but perished in returning, June 28th, 1861.

Follaton House, the seat of Stanley Edward George Cary esq. J.P. is a handsome mansion in the Italian style, about a mile west of the town and includes a domestic Catholic chapel: Broomborough, a mansion in the Elizabethan style, is the seat of Henry Paige esq.: Bowdon, the property of Sir Robert Harvey D.L., J.P. of Dundridge, is now (1901) the residence of Gerald Francis Yeo esq. F.R.S.; it was formerly the seat of the family of Giles, mentioned in Prince’s “Worthies of Devon,” and is a rectangular building of stone, chiefly dating from the reign of Queen Anne, and incorporates the remains of a far older house, probably erected in the time of Edward II. at which period it was held by John de Bowden.

Totnes was anciently a walled town, and had originally four gates, of which only two, the east and north, now remain. The East gate, which divides Fore street and High street, has been very much modernized: it formerly consisted of two arched portals, one for carriages, inclosed with gates, and a smaller one for foot passengers: the room over this gateway has a fine carved and coloured frieze in the Early Renaissance style, and over the chimney-piece are heads, said to represent King Henry VIII. and Queen Anne Boleyn: the apartment is wainscoted with linen-pattern panelling. The East gate has an illuminated clock on either side, and the room over the gateway is used as a leading room. In Domesday Book, Totnes is described as having 95 burgesses, besides 15 without the walls, and is said to be subject to the same services as Exeter, and never to be taxed but with that city. The barony of Totnes was part of the demesne of Edward the Confessor, but was afterwards given by William the Conqueror to Judhael, or Joel de Totneis; on his banishment by William Rufus, the barony was transferred to Roger de Novant, and was subsequently held by the Cantilupe and Zouch families: on the attainder of Lord Zouch it was given by Henry VII. to Sir Richard Edgcumbe, whose grandson sold it to Lord Edward Seymour, an ancestor of the present owner, the Duke of Somerset. The castle, which for many generations was the seat of the barony, was in ruins at the time Leland visited it in the reign of Henry VIII. except the walls and the great tower or keep, the outer walls of which are still standing; a portion of the castle moat is also intact and some of the tower walls remain; from the top of the keep magnificent views can be obtained of the surrounding country: the ruins are finely mantled with ivy, and the grounds around them are prettily laid out, and by the liberality of the late Duke of Somerset have been thrown open as a public promenade. During the reign of William the Norman, Joel Fitz Alured de Totneis founded a priory here, near the site of the present church, as a cell to the Benedictine abbey of St. Sergius and St. Bacchus at Angiers: at the Dissolution it contained six monks and had an estimated yearly income of £124: the remains include the refectory, precinct wall, abbott's gate, still house and a large Perpendicular gatehouse. The cloister garth inclosed a square of 124 feet: its site is now partly occupied by the Guildhall and other buildings.

The Duke of Somerset is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are S. E. G. Cary esq. Henry Paige esq. Mrs. Farwell, T. C. Kellock and John Pethick esqs. Sir Robert Harvey kt. D.L., J.P. Miss Durant of Sharpham, Peter F. S. Amery esq. of Ashburton, the Misses Taylor, A. M. Champernowne esq. J.P. and John Fleming esq. J.P. of Bigadon.

The area of the original parish was 1,051 acres, but by the addition of Bridgetown, also a portion of Dartington, is now (1901) 1,483 acres; rateable value, £17,579; the population in 1891 was 3,377, including 9 officers and 210 inmates in the workhouse, but including Bridgetown, 4,016; and in 1901 was 4,034.

Petty Sessions are held at the Guildhall every second Monday at 11 a.m.. & first Monday at Kingsbridge.

The following places are included in the petty sessional division: Blackawton, Buckland Tout Saints, Charleton, Chivelstone, Churchstow, Rodbrooke, East Allington, East Poutlemouth, Kingsbridge, Loddiswell, Mallborough, Morley. Sherford, Slapton, Stokenham, South Pool, Stoke Fleming, South Milton, South Huish, Thurlestone, West Alvington, Woodleigh (Kingsbridge division), Ashprington, Berry Pomeroy, Buckfastleigh, Cornworthy, Dartington, Dean Prior, Diptford, Dittisham, Halwell, Harberton, Little Hempston, North Huish, Rattery, South Brent (Totnes division.)

VOLUNTEERS

5th Volunteer Battalion (The Hay Tor) Devonshire Regiment (C Co.), Armoury, High street, Capt. F. K. Windeatt; Surg.-Lieut. J. L. Cuppaidge M.D. medical officer; Sergt. Frederick Green, drill instructor.

TOTNES UNION

Board day, Saturday, at 11 a.m.. at the workhouse.

The union comprises the following parishes:-Ashprington, Berry Pomeroy, Brixham, Buckfastleigh (East), Buckfastleigh (West), Churston Ferrers, Cornworthy, Dartington, Dean Prior, Diptford, Dittisham, Halwell, Harberton, Holne, Kingswear, Little Hempston, Marldon, Morleigh or Morley, North Huish, Paignton, Rattery, South Brent, Staverton, Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Dartmouth, Ugborough. The area of the union is 96,475 acres; rateable value in 1901, £237,638; the population in 1891 was 40,504 & in 1901 was 40,828.

The Workhouse, Plymouth road, is an edifice of stone, built in 1838—9, at a cost of £6,000, & will hold 382 inmates.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services

St. Mary’s Church, Rev. Thomas Henry Elliott M.A. vicar; Rev. Henry Benjamin Wilham Hammond, curate; 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; Fridays, 11 a.m.

St. John the Evangelist, Bridgetown, Rev Henry Stewart Prinsep M.A. Berry Pomeroy, vicar; Rev. Herbert Edward Egremont B.A. curate; 8 a.m.. 11 a.m.. & 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; daily at 10 a.m.

Catholic Church, Follaton, served from Buckfastleigh; mass, 9.30 a.m.

Baptist (open), Fore street; Rev. George David Evans; 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.

Baptist (select), Plymouth road; 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Station road, Rev. William John Betts; 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.45 p.m.

Wesleyan, Fore street (Buckfastleigh Circuit); Rev. John Currey; 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 8 & Wed. 7. 30 p.m.

Gospel Hall, High street; 11 a.m.. 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. & Thur. 7.30 p.m.; Sat. 8 p.m.

Totnes Parish Church Mission Hall, The Grove.

SCHOOLS

King Edward VI. Grammar School was founded in 1553, just after the dissolution of the religious houses, & formerly occupied a part of the Old Priory buildings; in 1636 Elisoeus Hele bequeathed lands in the parish of Harberton for its endowment: among the distinguished men here educated may be mentioned the learned antiquary Edward Lye (1704—67), the author of an Anglo-Saxon & Gothic dictionary, posthumously published in 1772; Dr. Benjamin Kennicott, the Hebrew scholar & collator of the Hebrew Bible (1718—83); Dr. Philip Furneaux, an eminent divine of the 18th century; John Bayly Somers Carwithen, the historian of the Church of England (1781—1832); Charles Babbage, inventor of the calculating machine & late professor of mathematics (1828—1871) at Cambridge; & many others distinguished in theology, literature & science: the school is now conducted in premises in Fore street, purchased in 1887 by the sanction of the Charity Commissioners & under the provisions of a scheme framed in accordance with the Endowed Echools Act & dated July 7, 1874; by this scheme the larger portion of the charity funds are held by the governors, who pay £200 yearly (less expenses) to the charity trustees & retain the balance for the purposes of the school: in 1897 the premises were extended & modernized & now include spacious school & class rooms, science lecture room & laboratories, workshops, gymnasium & playgrounds: the school house has been adapted for the reception of 30 boarders; Mr. Charles Frederick Rea B.A., B.Sc, headmaster; the governing body consists of 14 members.

Science & Art Classes, in connection with the Science & Art Department at South Kensington, were established here in 1872, & are now managed by the governors of the Endowed School.

A School Board of 5 members was formed January 31, 1871; Thomas Hunt Edmonds, South street, clerk to the board; offices, South street; J. C. Tucker, Fore street, attendance officer.

Board, Grove, built in 1865, for 180 boys & 146 girls & infants; average attendance, 90 boys, 78 girls & 80 infants.

National, North street, built in 1877 & enlarged in 1892, for 400 children; average attendance, 60 boys, 60 girls & 66 infants.

National, Bridgetown (mixed), built in 1835, for 100 girls & infants; average attendance, 77.