Announcements & advertisements in regional newspapers mentioning Thorncombe residents
Transcribed and donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Kim Parker
Extracted from Paul Mansfield's index of names appearing in the Sherborne & Yeovil Mercury 1773-1778
and the Taunton Courrier 1810-1815. Please see www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk for the complete index.
SHERBORNE & YEOVIL MERCURY 1773-1778
1773
04-Oct; Bragge Richard - Thorncombe nr Chard: house to let
1774
11-Apr; Bragge Richard – Thorncombe: sale of house Chard
11-Jul; Chick Robert - Chard and Thorncombe yeoman: debts
11-Jul; Wilkins Hannah - Thorncombe and Charcombe starchmaker: debts
18-Jul; Chick Robert - Chard and Thorncombe yeoman: 2nd notice
18-Jul; Wilkins Hannah - Thorncombe and Charcombe thatch maker: debtor
25-Jul; Chick Robert - Chard Thorncombe yeoman: 3rd notice
25-Jul; Wilkins Hannah - Thorncombe and Charcombe starch maker: debts
1775
16-Oct; Easton Ann - Fowlers Park tenement Holditch Thorncombe: sale
06-Nov; Barns Amos - Grighay Farm Thorncombe and Hawkchurch: to let
1776
08-Jan; Russell William - deceased Holditch Thorncombe: estate sale
08-Jan; Paul Robert - tenant Holditch Thorncombe: estate sale
18-Mar; Milverton James - deceased 'Sadborow Mill' Thorncombe: to let
25-Mar; Barns Amos - 'Westford' Thorncombe: land sale
27-May; Chick Charles - tenant Holeditch Court Farm Thorncombe
24-Jun; Dummett Samuel - Thorncombe 'Lower Holditch': sale
24-Jun; Phillps John - 'Lower Holditch' Thorncombe: sale
1777
27-Jan; Russel William - decd Holditch in Thorncombe: tenement sale
03-Feb; Russell Thomas - Holeditch Thorncombe: estate to let
03-Feb; Newber John - Holeditch Thorncombe: estate to let
23-Jun; Moore Christopher - Marlen Thorncombe: harrier sale
22-Dec; Gibbs Rev George - instituted to vicarage of Thorncombe Devon
22-Dec; Hood Samuel - previous incumbent decd Thorncombe
29-Dec; Gibbs Mr - vicar curate wanted Thorncombe
1778
05-Jan; Gibbs Mr - vicar Thorncombe Devon: curate wanted
28-Sep; Dummett Samuel - Thorncombe sale of Lower Holditch
28-Sep; Phelps John - tenant 'Lower Holditch' Thorncombe: for sale
07-Dec; Langford William - 'Portway' Thorncombe: to let
07-Dec; Bowzing Thomas - under tenant Thorncombe: to let
TAUNTON COURRIER 1810-1815
1810
27-Dec; Alford John - Thorncombe 26 flax dresser: militia deserter
1811
03-Jan; Alford John - Thorncombe flax dresser 26 militia deserter nav
14-Mar; Squire William - bailiff Ford Abbey House Thorncombe: timber
1812
05-Mar; Hitchcock Samuel of Thorncombe married Jane Hardyman of Axmnster
30-Jul; Chaffey Richard - Maudlin in Thorncombe: errata
08-Oct; Welch John of Southchard married Mary Greenhem at Thorncombe
1813
25-Feb; Bowditch Mr - 'Westford Farm' Thorncombe: sale
15-Apr; Welch Mrs - 'Hewood' Thorncombe: for sale
1814
06-Jan; Biddlecombe Joseph of Thorncombe married Mary Phillips
06-Jan; Farranton Robert married Mary Hallett at Thorncombe
06-Jan; Frost Mrs - age 84 died Thorncombe Devon
01-Dec; Aplin Joseph - Thorncombe agent for Commercial Hall Wine
1815
22-Jun; Gey John married Jane Rendall at Thorncombe
13-Jul; Aplin Joseph – Thorncombe: Commercial Hall Wine Co agent
27-Jul; Adams R - Thorncombe House: dau Sarah Tytherleigh died