Weare Gifford, Deanery of Hartland

Chanter 225B, 830-831

1. Population and dissenters: Families forty five Dissenters none.

2. Public or charity schools: We have a Charity School endowed with Lands number as poor people think fit to Send there is care taken to instruct them.

3. Alms-house, hospital or charitable endowment: None.

4. Residence upon cure: I do not reside I reside partly at Hunshaw partly in Westleigh for ye benefit of {his} <my> health & ye education of {his} <my> children.

5. Curate: No residing Curate, Charles Jope is his name. Allowance fifteen Pound I had ye late Bishops letter for sorting of it during Pleasure & have never been forbidden.

6. Divine service at other churches: I do.

7. Frequency of divine service: Once every Sunday & Holidays.

8. Frequency of communion: Five times.

9. Number of communicants: Thirty.

10. Catechising of children: From June to September ye Parishioners do Send them.

11. Chapels or chapels in ruins: None.