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I am also indebted to Peter and Freda Tout, and also to John Usmar for giving me unrestricted access to their previously published works on Witheridge to assist me in the compilation of this history of our village, and with it their permission to reproduce freely any of that material. Illustrations originally created by Jenny Bidgood for the 'Book of Witheridge' are reproduced here with her kind permission.

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Bibliography

Devon, W.G. Hoskins, 1954 Rev. 1992
The Making of the English Landscape, W.G. Hoskins, 1969
The Parish Chest, W E Tate, 1969
The Book of Witheridge, Tout, Tout and Usmar, 2003
The Old Poor Law 1795-1834, J D Marshall, 1968
The Poor Law in Nineteenth-century England, Anne Digby, 1982
Health in a North Devon Parish in the 19th Century (paper by John Usmar)

Directories

There are quite a number of directories available for Devon for the 19th century and containing descriptions of each village, a list including the incumbent of the church, parish officers, farmers and others. The number of tradesmen etc listed is variable. The later directories have more details and by the 19th century often include residents as well. Not all directories are in alphabetical order and it is important to remember that they are at least a year out of date.

Those consulted for Witheridge are either from copies I have on disc, from old copies of the original directory available to the archive, or those that are now available online.

1850 Directory (White's)
1866 Directory (Kelly's)
1878 Directory (White's
1883 Directory
1893 Directory (Kelly's)
1894 Directory (Tiverton and District)
1902 Directory (Kelly's)
1906 Directory
1914 Directory
1919 Directory (Kelly's)
1924 Directory
1930 Directory

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