Also known as the Bishops Blaize
Going back to at least 1822 there was a public house known as the Bishops Blaize on the site of, what is now, the Market House Inn. The first record we have been able to find of the Market House Inn is 1878/9 prior to that it was listed as the Bishops Blaize, named after the patron saint of woolcombers.
We are assuming that the Bishops Blaize changed its name to the Market House when the market moved to High Street.
Timeline
| Date | Landlord | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1822 | John Wescombe (Bishops Blaize) | Pigots |
| 1839 | Agnes Wescombe (BIshops Blaize) | Pigots |
| 1839 Tithe Map | Plot 2521 is owned and occupied by Agnes Wescombe, this land is directly behind Plot 2520 which fronts onto High Street and is owned and occupied by Henry Goodhind. Both properties are described as House & GardenFrank Courtenay Matthews | |
| 1844 | Agnes Wescombe (Bishops Blaize) | Pigots |
| 17 May 1845 | “…. After Divine Service the Oddfellows again formed in procession, and having paraded the principal streets of the town with trumpets sounding and colours flying, they proceeded to the Bishop Blaize Inn, where about two hundred sat down to an excellent, in a large marquee which had been erected in a skittle alley for the occasion. T. Barnes Esq. officiated as Chairman. After dinner, about three hundred visitors joined the party ….” | Exeter & Plymouth Gazette |
22 April 1848 | “To be sold by Auction, by Mr Hart, at the Bishops Blaize Inn, Cullompton, on Saturday, the 6th May next, at two o’clock in the afternoon a DWELLING HOUSE & GARDEN, Situated at the North Upper end of Cullompton, at present in the occupation of James Lund…” | Western Times |
| 1850 | Agnes Wescombe (BIshops Blaize) | Whites |
| 1852-3 | John Tuckett (Bishops Blaize) | |
| 1861 Census Listed as Bishop’s Blaize | Board Joseph 42 Board Elizabeth 49 Board Elizabeth 23 Board Samuel 17 Board John 13 Board Walter 9 Board Eva 5 Duckett John 76 Father in law Frost Robert 52 Cousin Stone John 43 Lodger Stone Elizabeth 8 Lodger | |
| 8 Sept 1875 | “All the old licenses were renewed but the Chairman announced that in one or two cases there had been some doubt about granting the renewals, because of questionable management of the houses; against the landlord of the Bishop Blaize, Cullompton, there had been a charge of supplying drink to drunken persons, and the license had been endorsed. …” | Exeter Flying Post |
12 July 1878 | PETTY SESSIONS – Monday – Before W.C. RAYER, G.M. MARKER and T. TURNER, Esqs. – John WALTERS, shoemaker. was charged with stealing, on the 6th, 2cwt. 13lbs, of coal, value 1s 6d, the property of Mr R. FARRANT, of Growen Farm, Cullompton. Mr PAYNE, appeared for the defendant. Defendant was employed at the time of the offence assisting the Cullompton Railway Station unloading coal trucks, when he asked Edward BALE, a lad carting it away, to hold up a bag whilst he put in the coal. He gave the lad a half – pint of “half-and-half” to cart the coal to Cullompton, telling him to leave it at the “Bishop Blaize” (the name the New Market House was called for many years …… | Western Times |
| 1878-9 | Charles Grainger (Market House) | Whites |
| 1881 Census | Charles Grainger 36Innkeeper and carpenter Sarah Grainger 25 Florence Ann 4 William John 2 Elizabeth Wilcox 13 servant Thomas Mardon 50 boarder gardener | |
| 1889 | Charles Grainger | Kellys |
| 1891 Census | Grainger Charles 47 Carpenter Grainger Sarah 35 Grainger Florence 14 Grainger William 12 Grainger Ada 9 Grainger Nellie 5 Grainger Lottie 2 Seaistes? John 36 Lodger General Labourer Holmes? Charles 47 Lodger General Labourer | |
| 1911 Census | Arthur Denner 43 Innkeeper Adelaide Denner 48 Winifred Denner 17 Herbert Denner 12 Rhoda Denner 17 (visitor) |
