1839    Thorne Manor owned by Mr. John Vowler.
1861    Ann Earl was the last person in England to be put in the stocks. Magistrate John Vowler said he was at a loss to know how to prevent her from standing on her head for a glass of gin and doing cartwheels for a glass of beer.
1877    1877-80. John Vowler was chairman of the Holsworthy Rural Sanitary Authority.
1896    Trustees of John Vowler’s widow sold Chilsworthy National School house and teachers house to the Rector and trustees for £105.

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