Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Great Duryard, Exeter

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'...A noted dyer of Exeter....Sir Thomas Jifford is said to have built Great Duryard House, when he died, in 1703.'[1]


1807 Mansion house advertised to be let with lawn of 12 acres and pasture land of 14 to 84 acres.[2]

1813 House for sale - the property of Miss Smith.[3]

1849 House with 18 acres for sale - gentleman about to leave the area.[4]

1853 House for sale with walled gardens and 18 acres.[5]

1861 Resident is William Barnes

1892 Resident is William Barnes

1897 Resident is George Gerard Longden

1900 Legal case over bad drains at the house.[6]

1902 Resident is George Gerard Longden

1903 Property for sale.[7]

1910 Resident is Captain Herbert Durrell Terry

1919 Resident is Rudolf Wissmann

1923 Resident is W. R. H. Chappel

1930 Resident is Frederick Coleman Hunter



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Sources of Information

  1. Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams - Monday 31 July 1876
  2. Exeter Flying Post - Thursday 10 September 1807
  3. Exeter Flying Post - Thursday 23 September 1813
  4. Exeter Flying Post - Thursday 31 May 1849
  5. Exeter Flying Post - Thursday 03 March 1853
  6. Tiverton Gazette (Mid-Devon Gazette) - Tuesday 03 July 1900
  7. Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Friday 08 May 1903