Teignmouth, or rather the two Teignmouths, distinguished by East and West, situated near the afflux of the Teign, which rises in Dartmoor.

There is a market every Saturday at West Teignmouth for poultry, butchers’ meat, and fish of various kinds, and the inhabitants have a privilege of supplying themselves with this article before any is sold to the dealers. Teignmonth-house is one of the best here; but there are several other elegant dwellings. The church, nearly in the centre of the town, is in the form of a cross; its roof is supported by the ramifications of a wooden pillar running up the middle, erected at the expence of a Mr. Martyn, commonly called Golden Martyn. The altar-piece is of massy stone, very curiously sculptured, but the niches in the same have been long since deprived of the images that filled them. There are three galleries in this church, the last erected in 1812; and here are several neat monuments. The number of Dissenters is not many, though a neat Dissenting chapel has been erected in the parish of East Teignmouth.

To visit Shaldon, it is only necessary to cross the Teign by a ferry. Several lodging-houses have lately been built in this charming village. Among the walks about it, that upon the beach is most frequented.

The bathing-machines at Teignmouth, twelve in number, are ready at six o’clock in the morning, and the conductors are in attendance till one or two in the afternoon.

Mrs. Hubbard’s hot-baths, near Spring-gardens, have every accommodation attached to them, and attendance from seven in the morning till ten at night. The public library, reading, billiard-room, and printing-office, is kept by Mr. Croydon. It is a new and elegant building, and its various departments are fitted up with every possible convenience. Besides books, music, and drawings, are here let on hire, and here may be read the Western Luminary, Exeter Flying Post, Wooliner’s Gazette, the Plymouth and Dock Telegraph.

Inns: The London Hotel, Mrs. Hubbard. The Globe Tavern on the Strand, Mr. William Parker. — The Post-office is at the west end of the town. The mail goes out every evening at half past six; arrives in Teignmouth at seven; and the letters are delivered out every morning at eight o’clock. Pleasure-boats may be hired here, as may also jaunting cars for land excursions; coaches also run almost every day in the week to Exeter: to these vehicles may be added donkeys, sedan-chairs, bath-chairs, waggons, and single horses.

In addition to the balls, the theatre, &c. some novelty, if not entertainment, is afforded to the visitors in seeing this mode of fishing, and the costume of the women, perfectly a la Hollandaise.

The trade of Teignmouth consists chiefly in the export of pipe and potters’ clay dug in the vicinity, and conveyed to Liverpool in vessels from 80 to 800 tons burthen.

Some of these vessels freight home with coals, while others take salt, and proceed to Newfoundland;

from thence with fish to the markets of Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean. The Newfoundland trade is carried on with great spirit at the place. Nothing has tended more to improve the healthiness of this spot, than the canal cut by the late James Temple, Esq. which has drained the marshes, and prevented the poisonous miasmata from coming down the river in the shape of fogs. In fact, agues were so common before at King’s Teignton, that the inhabitants were scarcely ever free from their attacks.

In the lodging-houses here the lodgers are expected to find themselves bed and table-linen. The range of houses distinguished by the names of Spring-gardens, Courtenay-row, Wellington-row, the Strand, Regent’s- place, and Holland’s-row, are considered the most desirable situations, from their vicinity to the promenade, bathing-place, public library rooms, theatre, and Wellington's Waterloo boarding-house. The population of East and West Teignmouth at present consists of about 4000 persons: fish may be had here in the highest perfection every day. It has been said of Devon, that in this county the "polished gentleman" more frequently occurs than any where else throughout the island.

The Den, or fashionable promenade, commences from Mr. Cove’s beautiful cottage at the extremity of East Teignmouth to the ship-yards, and terminates west, extending nearly a mile. It runs parallel with the beach to the point opposite Shaldon, where it forms a curve; and seats here enable the pedestrian to await the arrival of the passage-boat close to the cottage ornee of Mr. Kendal, which commands a full view of the estuary of the Teign. Looking up the river on either side, richly cultivated grounds present themselves, adorned with beautiful villas, amongst which stands Teignmouth-house, the residence of J. Baring, Esq., and the left with the pleasant hamlet of Shaldon. Returning by the rooms, and continuing on from the east end of the Den, we have a view of the residence of Dr. Tayleur; and passing the marine cottage of Captain Wight, a path leads into the Dawlish road, and about half a mile further on is the hamlet of Holcombe. In fine, the walks and rides in the more immediate vicinity of Teignmouth are delightfully pleasant: but the smooth yet firm sands, close to the water’s edge, are peculiarly adapted to invalids, and for the enjoyment of the sea-air in its utmost purity. Here no boats are hauled up, no fishermen’s nets spread, nor any obstructions to walking or riding on this beach, as horses with pillions may be procured for ladies, &c.

The trade of Teignmouth consists of some commercial intercourse with Newfoundland, the exportation of clay, and the importation of coal, carried on chiefly in craft built at the place, where there are conveniences for launching vessels of 100 tons.

Lord Clifford, by his deputy, holds a court-baron, or court-leet, for West Teignmouth once every year; at which court a jury is regularly nominated, two constables deputed and sworn, and a portreeve chosen, who is invested with considerable authority.

The great tithes, and the tithes of fish, in Teignmouth, belong to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The greatest part of the town is freehold, and has been considerably improved since it became a watering-place.

Teignmouth is a place of considerable antiquity, and is remarkable for the landing of the Danes, in 970, in their first expedition against England. In the reign of Queen Anne, a great part of the town was burnt by the French: the inhabitants, however, by means of a brief, were soon after enabled to rebuild one of the streets, which they called French-street, in memory of the calamity.

The company who visit Teignmouth as a watering- place, principally resort to East Teignmouth, where the theatre and public rooms are situated. The former was built upon a piece of ground given by Lord Courtenay, and opened for the first time in 1802.

Here are two inns, the Globe and the Hotel; from the former, a coach sets out and returns the same day thrice a week for Exeter.

There formerly was a market held on the Sunday at West Teignmouth, but discontinued in the reign of Henry III. by order of the sheriff. It has ever since been held on the Saturday. Salmon, salmon peal, sea trout, whiting, mackerel, and many other kinds of fish, are taken in great plenty here.

The number of houses in East and West Teignmouth are 749, and the inhabitants 3980.

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TEIGNMOUTH is a seaport on the south coast, a market town and prescriptive borough, with a station on the South Devon section of the Great Western railway, 14 miles south from Exeter by rail and 15 by road, 6 east-by-north from Newton Abbot, 8 north-north-east from Torquay and 191 from London by road and 209 by rail, in the Mid division of the county, Exminster hundred, Teignbridge petty sessional division, Newton Abbot union, Newton Abbot and Torquay county court district, rural deanery of Kenn and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter.

The Great Western railway, after winding along the estuary of the Exe and a part of the coast, passes through nearly the centre of the town, and thence along the north bank of the river reign to Newton Abbot, Totnes and Plymouth, thus affording ready and constant communication with those places, as well as with Exeter, Bristol, London and other parts of England.

The town is of considerable antiquity, having sent members to the Council at Westminster in the reign of Edward I.: it is not incorporated, but is governed by an Urban District Council of 12 members, formed in December, 1894, under the “Local Government Act” of that year (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), which takes the place of a Local Board, established April 8, 1859. St. Nicholas parish and part of Stoke-in-Teignhead were annexed to Teignmouth in 1881 under the Act 44 and 45 Vict. c. 99, for urban purposes.

Teignmouth is situated on the coast of the English Channel and on the north bank of the mouth of the river reign, partly on and around the base of a triangular point of land which projects halfway across the estuary, and on the acclivities of the hill which rises from this point to the north-west and commands extensive views of the river and the sea; it consists of the parishes of East and West Teignmouth, formerly separated by an open stream, which is now covered over; these form separate manors, for each of which courts leet and baron are held annually, when portreeves and other officers are appointed. Although the town is irregularly built and some of the streets are narrow and ill-paved, it contains some good shops, several fine terraces and many good residences; at is lighted with gas from works in Bishops Teignton road, about three-quarters of a mile from the town, and well supplied with water from works at Combe vale, both of which were established June 7th, 1836, and are now the property of the Urban Council.

The Den, or Dene, is a grass plot running parallel with the sea and forming a fine promenade of more than half a mile in length: on the Den is a small lighthouse, erected in 1844—5 by the Harbour Commissioners. From the Den runs a pier, which exceeds 700 feet in length, and is built on cast iron screw piles; the abutment and centre of the pier are furnished with seats, and besides a cloak room there are shops and a saloon at the Den end, and at the pier-head is another saloon.

The pier is the property of the Devon Steamship Co. Limited, who also own the Exmouth and Paignton piers. This Company has two fine steamers, which call daily at the pier from May to October, and also make trips along the coast. The steam launch “Melita” also makes hourly trips at popular rates. Concerts are held on the pier twice daily throughout the summer months, under the management of Mr. James Baird, the pier master.

The town has two commodious quays-the Old and the New. The Old quay, the property of the reign-mouth Quay Co. has been considerably enlarged, and is connected with the Great Western railway at its western end; there is also a Custom House and a Coast-guard watch house. The harbour is safe and extensive and regulated by the Harbour Commissioners, who are now (1901) carrying out works for the security of the point at the entrance to the harbour, and for the improvement of the navigable channel. The Customs port extends from Langstone point (the limit of Exeter port) to Galmpton point (limit of Dartmouth).

Teignmouth is connected with the village of Shaldon by a ferry over the reign, and also by a bridge of 34 arches, 1,671 feet in length, constructed of wood and iron, from designs by Roger Hopkins, engineer, at a cost of £20,000, and opened for traffic June 8th, 1827.

The number of sailing and steam vessels that entered the port of Teignmouth, from British possessions and foreign countries, with cargoes and in ballast, including their repeated voyages, in 1901 was 481, of 56,863 tonnage. The number of vessels registered under Part I. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, as belonging to the port December 31, 1900, is given at 21 of 2,335 tons. The number of fishing boats registered under Part IV. of the same Act was 33, giving employment to 202 men and boys. Fishing boats and their implements are distinguished by the letters T.H.

The total value of the imports for the year 1901 was £69,393, and of exports £20,833.

Teignmouth gives the title of baron to the Shore family.

St. Michael’s parish church, East Teignmouth, in the Dawlish road, close to and overlooking the sea, is a cruciform building of stone, rebuilt in 1822—23 in the Norman style, and consists of chancel, nave of six bays, aisles, small transepts, south porch, vestry (enlarged in 1885), and a western tower, begun in 1887 and completed and opened in 1889, in commemoration of the Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria: the tower, 113 feet 6 inches in height, is a handsome structure of local stone with Hamhill dressings in a mixed Gothic style; it is surmounted by four crocketed pinnacles, and contains a clock, given by Miss E. M. Stooks, of Teignmouth, and 8 bells with chimes, hung in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, at a cost of about £800: the chancel, built in 1875, is in the Early English style, has a reredos of carved oak inlaid with mosaic and retains double sedilia: the stained east window is a memorial to Lucinda Diana, wife of the late John Whidbourne esq. J.P. of Gorway, d. March 23, 1855, and there are others to Samuel Cousins, d. Sept. 29, 1876; Samuel Cousins, Julia, his wife, and two children, erected by Julia Cousins in 1882; William Fripp, of The Grove, d. Dec. 24, 1871, and Frances, his wife, d. May 17, 1879; Elizabeth Fripp, late of The Grove, erected in 1901; to Elizabeth Jane Maitland Strachan, d. Jan. 4, 1891, and Augustus John Maitland, erected in 1899: there are also brasses to Henry Wilham Atkinson and Laura, his wife, d. 1850, and to Roger Willcocks, d. 1876: in 1885 a brass lectern was presented in memory of Richard Marsh Marsh-Dunn esq. d. 1884, by his widow and three children: the ancient screen, existing in 1822, has now disappeared: the church was re-seated in 1881—2, and renovated internally, the galleries being taken down, at a cost of £1,264: a new font was provided in 1885, at an expense of £100: the west end and the tower were rebuilt in 1888—9, at a cost of £3,050, and there are 850 sittings. The register dates from the year 1665. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £146, with 8 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the vicar of Dawlish (to which parish it was formerly annexed), and held since 1884 by the Rev. James Veysey M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. James’ parish church, West Teignmouth, is a large octagonal edifice of stone, with slender iron pillars supporting a richly-vaulted roof, surmounted by an octagonal domed lantern, and has a south porch and a low tower of Norman date, the only remaining fragment of the ancient church, containing 8 bells hung in 1879, and a new clock, with three dials, placed in the tower in 1896, which strikes the hours and chimes the quarters: the east window was erected at the cost of Charles Stirling esq. of Buckeridge, to Mary Elizabeth, his wife, d. Dec. 10, 1863: a stained window was presented in 1892 by Mr. Frederick Drake, of Exeter and Teignmouth, and in 1895 another was placed in the south porch to Mr. William Bragg, of West Teignmouth: there are several mural tablets and a brass to the Rev. William Laidlay M.A. vicar here 1871—76, d. Oct. 27, 1883: the south porch was erected in 1868 by the Rev. Joseph Birch M.A. late vicar, and a memorial to Fanny Lea, his wife, d. April 2, 1868: there is a handsome brass lectern, given by Mrs. Desbrisay: the marble font was given anonymously in 1900, and the pulpit of marble and alabaster was presented in the same year by the Rev. Charles Wyncoll, a resident in the parish: in 1891 the church was re-pewed; in 1892 the galleries were partly removed and the church redecorated, and in 1893 a new choir vestry was erected at a cost of £758: the church affords sittings for about 1,200 persons. The register dates from the year 1700. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £280, with residence, in the patronage of five trustees, and held since 1877 by the Rev. James Metcalfe M.A. of Christ’s College, Cambridge.

The Catholic church, dedicated to our Lady and St. Patrick, in the Dawlish road, originally founded in 1854. is a building of limestone, in the Gothic style, with presbytery attached, and was built in 1878 at a cost, including land, of £3,500: it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, lady-chapel, baptistery, west porch and a turret containing one bell: the organ was presented by Miss Duke in 1881, and there are three stained windows, a handsome high altar in Caen stone and several side altars: the church was decorated internally about 1897, when a painting by Father Dennis O.S.B, was presented: there are 250 sittings.

St. Scholastdca’s Abbey, Dawlish rd. is a convent belonging to a community of English Benedictine nuns, founded in 1662, at Dunkirk, France, but the community being imprisoned and finally driven out of that country in 1793, by the French Revolution, came to England, and settled at Hammersmith: in 1863 the present abbey was built, and a church erected and consecrated in 1864: the work of the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was established within its walls in 1875, and has been continued by day and night from that time: mass is said daily about 7 a.m.. and sung on Sundays and holy days about 9 a.m..: there is a side chapel, to which seculars are admitted: the abbey is a fine building of stone, situated some 300 ft. above the sea level, and commands a beautiful view over both sea and land; Miss Margaret Mary Florin, lady abbess.

The Baptist chapel, Fore street, erected in 1887, at a cost, including land, of £1,850, is an edifice of red brick, with freestone and white brick dressings, in the Gothic style: the interior is seated with chairs for 380 persons.

The Congregational church, Dawlish road, originally erected in 1790, was rebuilt of stone in 1883, in the Decorated style, at a cost of £3,700, and has 695 sittings.

The Wesleyan chapel, Somerset place, was erected in 1845, and will seat 650 persons.

The Primitive Methodist chapel, Willey lane, a red brick building with stuccoed front, was erected in 1877, at a cost of £860, to seat 200 persons, and is endowed with £20 yearly rising from the rent of three cottages in Parson street: the chapel was renovated in 1897.

The Brethren’s chapel, Bitton street, was erected about 1840, and will seat 350 persons.

A Cemetery for both parishes, about 1 mile from the town, near the Exeter road, was formed in 1856, at a cost of £2,500, and is under the control of the Urban District Council; it consisted of 2 acres of land and has two mortuary chapels: in September, 1873, two acres were added, at a cost of £800.

The Post Office, in Den road, and erected in 1886, from designs by Mr. F. Slocombe, is a building of red brick, with postmaster’s residence adjoining.

The Temperance Hall, with library and reading room, was opened in 1879, and has a lending library of over 1,300 volumes: it is supported chiefly by voluntary subscriptions.

The Masonic Hall, in the Hollands road, is a plain gabled structure of limestone, at which are held the meetings of the following lodges:-The Freemasons’ Lodge, “Benevolent,” No. 303, warranted in 1794; a lodge of Mark Masters, “Benevolent,” No. 316 and a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. The secretaries are:-“Benevolent” lodge, Mr. J. U. Valentine, Somerset place; Mark lodge, Mr. R. C. Musgrave, Bank street; Chapter, Mr. F. C. Hallett, Brunswick street; William Robins is curator of the building.

The Science and Art School, in Orchard gardens, was instituted in 1885, and is carried on in connection with the Art Department of the Board of Education, South Kensington; it has a general room, painting and modelling rooms and a well-equipped art library for the use of students.

The Urban District, Council has a fire brigade of 11 men; the whole system of water supply is under high pressure, but the Council acquired during 1897 by purchase a steam fire engine at a cost of about £400.

The East Devon and Teignmouth Club, established in 1869, is situate in the centre of Den crescent, facing the sea; the building, which is of stone, was erected in 1820 as Assembly rooms, and contains a spacious ball-room, 70 feet long, and billiard and other rooms: it is now the sole property of the club, which now (1901) numbers about 130 members, and is open to visitors on certain specified terms.

The Constitutional Club, established in 1887, occupies premises on the Den, facing the sea, comprising two billiard, reading, smoking, card and other rooms, well fitted up and has about 200 members.

The Young Men’s Christian Association has premises at 17 Orchard gardens: the house contains a large meeting-room, and library and committee and game rooms: the house and furniture are the property of the Teignmouth branch of the Y.M.C.A: the premises were opened July 25, 1900, and are vested in Dr. Hingston, of Plymouth, and Dr. Rudkin, Mr. M. Fraser and Mr. W. I. Norton, of Teignmouth, as trustees.

The Young Women’s Christian Association have rooms at 4 Orchard gardens.

The Useful Knowledge Society and Mechanics’ Institute, at the Athenaeum, was established in 1840, and has a lending library of 1,200 volumes.

A drinking fountain was erected near the Den in Nov. 1885, at the cost of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Wills, of Oak Lodge.

The present market was erected in 1883, but the original charter dates from 1253; the market for provisions is open daily; the building contains board room and offices for the Urban District Council and an arcade of small shops, the purchase of the freehold, charter and buildings amounting to £3,500.

The town has a factory for the jadoo productions, on the old quay. Fine pipe and potters’ clay are dug principally in the neighbouring parish of Kingsteignton and brought down the river in small craft and thence shipped to the Staffordshire and other potteries, to the extent of about 87,000 tons annually. The imports are principally coal, culm and wood pulp. The home fishery includes whiting, herrings, mackerel and pilchard, which are caught in the Channel, and salmon in the river.

There are maltings and breweries upon a small scale, and a shipbuilding yard, now the property of The Teignmouth Ship and Yacht Co. Limited; racing and cruising yachts up to 300 and 400 tons are constructed here on a patent slip.

There are three banks, also several circulating libraries and reading rooms, some good hotels, inns and a number of respectable and well conducted lodging houses. The Royal hotel is well situated, facing the sea; the London hotel is in Bank street. The Queen’s hotel is in Wellington street, and the Railway hotel opposite the railway station.

The Teignmouth Baths, in Carlton place, erected in 1883 by a limited company, at a cost of £2,500, are now the property of Mr. William Harry Haymes, and consist of hot and cold baths and a large swimming bath.

There are three local publications: the “Teignmouth Gazette,” published every Wednesday, by Sydney Arthur Croydon, Station road, contains a summary of local news, a directory of the town and neighbourhood, and a list of new arrivals; the “Teignmouth Times,” a similar publication, is published every Friday, by Edward James Cornish, Wellington street; and the “Teignmouth Post,” published every Friday, by Sydney Arthur Croydon, Station road.

The Teignmouth Hospital, in the Dawlish Road, was established in 1848, and in 1887—8 a new ward, called the “Victoria,” for 6 male patients, was erected at a cost of £500; the building is now available for 18 patients; the hospital also affords relief to about 1,600 out-patients.

A Sailors’ Home and Institute, with reading and mission rooms, was opened in 1881, and is supported by subscriptions.

A soup kitchen was erected in Willey lane in 1851, and rebuilt in 1887, at a cost of £150; it is open during the winter months, and is supported by voluntary contributions. Thera are also bread and coal funds for the relief of the poor, and halfpenny dinners are given to children.

The Risdon charity of £21 yearly is given to aged spinsters and widows who are not in receipt of parochial relief.

The Earl of Devon, lord of the manor of East Teignmouth, and Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, lord of West Teignmouth, are the principal landowners.

The population of the urban district, including Shaldon, in 1891 was 8,292, and in 1901 was 8,499. There are 72 acres of foreshore in East Teignmouth and 21 in West Teignmouth.

Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall, every alternate Monday at 11 a.m.. The following places are included in the sub-division:-Bishops Teignton, Shaldon, East Teignmouth, West Teignmouth.

VOLUNTEERS

1st Devonshire Volunteer Artillery, Western Division Royal Garrison Artillery (3rd Co.), head quarters, Brook hill, Capt. W. H. Whiteway-Wilkinson; Rev. R. J. Jones, acting chaplain; Sergt.-Major A. W. Ladbrook, drill instructor.

1st Volunteer Battalion (Exeter & South Devon), Devonshire Regiment (I Co.), Drill Hall, Somerset place Color-Sergt. Foster, drill instructor.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services

St. Michael’s Church, Dawlish road, East Teignmouth, Rev. James Veysey M.A. vicar; holy communion at 8 every Sunday & at mid-day on the 1st & 3rd Sundays in the month; morning service at 11; afternoon, 3.30; evening, 7; matins daily at 11 a.m..; evensong daily at 5.

St. James’ Church, Bitton street, West Teignmouth, Rev. James Metcalfe M.A. vicar; Rev. Joseph Symes Hyson M.A., F.R. Hist. S. curate; holy communion, 8.30 & 11 a.m.. & 3.30 & 7 p.m.; service, saints’ days, 11 a.m..; Wed. & Fri. at 11 a.m..; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Our Lady & St. Patrick Catholic Church, Dawlish road, Rev. William Dawson, priest; mass, 8.15 & 10.30 a.m..; catechism, instruction, 3.30 p.m.; rosary, sermon & benediction, 6.30 p.m.; daily, mass, 8.15 a.m..; rosary & benediction, Thur. 4.20 p.m.

St. Scholastica’s Abbey, Dawlish road, Rev. Adalbert Amandoline; daily, 8.45 a.m.. & 3 & 7 p.m.; week days, 3 & 7 p.m. daily.

Baptist, Fore street, Rev. Samuel John Thorpe; 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 6 p.m.

Congregational, Dawlish road, Rev. B. Stanley James; 11 a.m.. & 6.45 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Plymouth Brethren, Bitton street; 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. & Thur. 7 p.m. winter.

Primitive Methodist, Willey lane, Rev. William Holland; 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodist, Somerset place, Rev. John Wesley Bell LL.B.; 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Christian Brethren, Mulberry street; 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7 p.m.

Sailors' Home Mission Room; 6 p.m.; John Frederick Dunning, missionary.

Salvation Army Fort, Brunswick street, 7 & 11 a.m.. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 p.m.

SCHOOLS

Science & Art School, Orchard gardens, Walter Dunstan Finch, headmaster; Miss Edith Francis, assistant; Art Needlework: Miss Effie Garford; Honiton Lace: Mrs. W. D. Finch; Arthur Southey, hon. sec.

A School Board of 7 members was founded December 29, 1874, for East & West Teignmouth, Rev. James Veysey M.A. chairman; William Risdon Hall Jordan, 59 Bitton street, clerk to the board; George Goodman, Chelsea place, attendance officer.

Board (formerly National), Exeter road, erected in 1815 & rebuilt in 1859, for 164 boys, 167 girls & 130 infants; average attendance, 160 boys, 113 girls & 113 infants.

Board, Higher Brook street, built in 1879, for 121 boys, 12; girls & 180 infants; average attendance, 121 boys, 121 girls & 120 infants.

Catholic (mixed), Dawlish st. for 125 children; average attendance, 89.