KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF DORSETSHIRE - 1895

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. PRESTON.. 139 WESTON. at Ward John (Mrs.), farmer Way William Collins, shopkeeepr White R C. & Co. stone merchants White Alfred H. shopkeeper Yeates William, beer retailer Head J. Ferrick J.P. Pennsylvania estl Guy Frederick, scripture reader Horne Major Edmund Garland, Portland prison, Waverley Stoneycroft Hodder Robt. farmer & gen. contractor Pangbourne WaIter, Sunnyside Ingram Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Pearce John, Stonecleave Leggett George John, beer retailer PhiIlips Frank Pearce James, linen draper Phillips Mrs. Littlecroft Pearce John, quarry owner, Portland Scriven John Pearce, Vesper lodge stone merchant & saw mill propr. CO~IMERCIAL. Turner Rev. Edmund (Bible Christian) Stonecleave. See advertisement Comben Robert Hinde, Post office Woodhouse Misses Pellett Frank P. Mermaid inn Comben Stephen, Prince Alfred P.H Rod Robert, quarry owner & stone Pearce Joseph, shopkeeper COMMERCIAL. merchant. See advertisement Walbridge Clarissa (Mr.s.), beer reBenfield William, boot warehouse Stone Shadrach, grocer tailer & blacksmith Hansford Job, greengrocer Tizzard Richard, shopkeeper Woolage WaIter, shopkeeper POWERSTOCK (or Poorstock) is a. parish, having a soil, ,rocky. The chief crops are wheat, barley, flax and &tation on the Bridport branch of the Great 1-Vestern rail- ,50me land in pasture. The area is 4,123 acres; rateable way, 4 miles north-east from Br~dport and 6 south-east value, £6,339; the population in 1,891, with the tithings, from Beaminster, in the Western division of the county, was 698, :includ~ng pa,rt of Melplash. hundred of Eggard'on, but chiefly in the, liberty of PDwer- Wytherstone is a. tithing, 1 mile north-east of Powerstock, Beaminster union, BridJport petty sessional div':'- stock; here is an extensive cutting on the Bridport railsion and county court district, rural deanery of Bridport way. There is no church, but the Jiving is a decayed (Bridport portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of sinecure rectory, yearly value £100, in the gift of the Salisbury. The church of St. Mary has been well re- trustees of the late Henry Oompton esq. and held since stored at a cost of aIbout £2,200: it is a building of 1849 by the Rev. Paulet Mildmay Compton, who is also stone, the original part is Ear:y Norman, con'sisting of a rector of and resides at Ma,pperton. The inhabitant9 chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, and an embattled have church rights in Powerstock parish. western tower, containing 5 !bells and a chiming clock, . ., . and also a handsome south doorway: the chancel con- '~O~ ~TIQiN IS a tIthmg 111 that pa~t of the tains six good stained: wind>ows: the original chancel arch pa1'1sh whIch D.S In the hundred of Eggardon, I mIle north. is still 'preserved and ~s a ~ighly ~nteresting ~xample. of WEST MILTON is a hamlet, in the parish and liberty the Ear~y: ~orman perIOd; It~ caP.ltals ar~ enflche? WIth of Powerstock, locally in the hundred of Eggardon, 1 mile characterIstlc sculpture an~ Its. pIllar~ WIth a var~ety of west, on the river .A:sker. St. Mary iMagdalene's, a arlllbesque ~atterns: the.re 1S a 'beautIful south porch of chapel. of ease to Powerstock church, and erected in rec~nt erec.tlOn, but. the mner d?orway formed part of the 1873, is an edifice in the Early English style, consi,sting anCIent edifice; thIS doorway I~ surroundoed by a large of chancel, nave, ,baptistery, and' a small tower, containand elaborate arrangement Df mc~es flanked by p~ne~led ing one bell: all the windows are £tained. Here is also and crocketed buttresses and p"nnac1es; the prmcapal a Weilleyan chapel panel contains a figure of the Virgin and Child: in the . under walls of the tower are ,some remains of sculptured NETTLEOOMBE and Castle !:Mill form a tithing, in the l!tones which be:ong to the Early Norman period: there parish and liberty of Powerstock, locally in the hundred are 5 bells, 3 and 5 were cast by. Thomas Bilbie in 1772; of Eggardon, 1~ miles 'S{)uth: it contains a fine old manor the tenor 'bell weighs 27 cwt.: the interior of the edifice house, called I1'IappercoIllibe, nO'W a farm house, divided is furnished with modern fittings, among which is a fine into two portions. Here is a small Wesleyan chapel. The brass eagle lectern and a handsome panelled pulpit en- railway station is in tlhis' tithing. rkhed with sculptured effigies of iSt. Peter, St. John and Loscombe, a pDrtion of this parish, now forms a part of the Virgin: there are 350 sittings. rrhe register dates the ecclesiastical parish of MeIplash. from the year 1568. The living is So vicarage, with West >Sexton,Job Dawlbney. MiltoIII annexed, average tithe rent-charge £171, joint Post Office. Job Dawbney, ·sub-postmaster. Letters are gross yearly value £3°3, net £237, with 85 acres of g.:ebe received from iMelplash KS.O. at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched and· residence, in the gift of the Dean and Ohapter of at 5.30 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not Salisbury, and! held since 1889 'by the Rev. Charles Lloyd paid. Bridport is the nearest telegraph office &I Mel. Sanctuary M.cA.. of Keble College, O~ford, who is' also pIash is the nearest money Drder office rector ci North Poorton. The poor's land produces £25S. Wall Letter Boxes: ,West lMilton, cleared at 5.55 p.m. yearly for bread. !Here was formerly a market. There daily, sundays excepted; Nettlecombe, cleared at 5.15 iIS at the extremity of the Roman road from Dorchester p.m. & South Poorton, cleared at 5 p.m 0. hill named Eggardon, which cDntains two National 'School (mixed), for 122 children; average atiRoman camps: the hill is partly in Powerstock tendance, 1°7; with residence for master, built in parish and partly in that of Litton, and is 820 1849 on a site given by the late ~lr. R. Shepherd, of feet a:bove the sea level. rrhe Earl of Sandwioh is Milton; an additional school was built in 1873; William lord of the manor and! the principal landowner. 'The soil Hilling, master is varied; limestone, sandy loam, clay and cha.:k; sub. Rai:way Station, Edmund Dale, station master POWERSTOOK. Smith Frederick, farmer, Whetley Pitcher John, farmer Hazledine Rev. William Clough RA. Stone Giles,higgler &market gardener Read Lot, road contracto! (curate) Walberton John, boot & shoe maker Stevens Harry Alfred, mIller (water), Sanctuary Rev. Charles Lloyd :M.A. Wil.es Absalom,Three H~rs~ Shoes P.H corn dealer & farmer (rural dean), Vicarage Wnxon Sam, farmer, Kmg s farm Stone John Roper,wheelwt. & cl1rpentr Sanctuary Mrs. Merriott WEST MILTON. NETTLECO~mE. COMMERCIAL. Beaton John Bridge William Biles George, thatcher, Whetley Wrixon Misses Hine Oscar Biles Herbert, thatcher Chilcot. Lewis COMMERCIAL. Chilcot Wm. miller (water) & farmer Clarke R. Stanley, Court house Birch Francis, farmer Cousins Benjamin, shopkpr. Loscombe Chilcott Lewis, farmer Chalker James, farmer Curtis James, farmer, Wytherstone Crabb Stephen, higgler CousinsJoseph, basket maker Curtis John, farmer, Wytherstone Crawford Charles, jun. farmer Draper Thomas, dairyman Dawbney Job, sexton & post office Dawbney Wm. Red Lion P.H.& farmer Fooks Fredk. farmer, Mappercombe Gale George, farmer Gillham Fredk. farmr.Lower House fm Gale Frances (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hansford Frederick, butcher Hyde George, market gardener Gale James Danford, wheelwright, Hansford Virtue (MLs), a5sist.overseer Knight Hannah (Mrs.), higgler blacksmith & builder Hawkins WiIliam, farmer Northover John & Sons, carriage & Greening- Hy. beer ret:r. & gardl'lner House Tom,farmr. builder & contractr wa,g'g'on builders,; &; at Bridp<A1't Legg WilIiam, thatcher Leaf William, blacksmith Pile John, farmer, Lynch farm Sampson William WaIter, farmer, Miller Alfred, dairyman, Sth. Poorton Pitcher George, farmer Mappercombe Smith Aaron, farmer Pitcher Hannah (Miss), dress maker Score Rchd.& In. farmers &; landownrs ];tRESTON lis a pretty village and parish, on the coa.st mouth union and county court district, rural deanery of of Weymouth Bay, and on the road from Melcom'be Regi£ Dorchester (WeymQuth portion), archdeaconry of Dorset to Wareham, 2~ mi:es "West from Broadway station on and! diocese of Salislbury. rJ.'Ihe church olf St. Andrew is the Weymouth and Abbotsbury branch of the Great an ancient fabric Df stone, in the Perpend'icular style, Western railway, 2~ miles north-east from Weymouth, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, north ,porch and in the Sonthern division of the county, Culliford Tree square embattled western tower, containing 4 bells: there hundred, petty sessional division of Dorchester, Wey- is an antique font: the church has been restored and

140 PRESTON. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S COMMERCIAL. Arnold -, dairyman Bailey Albert, baker, Sutton Poyntz Bailey Chas. prov. dealer,SuttonPoyntz Brown Rebecca (Miss), harness maker Cleall In. .A.lfd. dairyman,Wyke Oliver Corben J ane (Mrs.), beer retailer Daw .A.lbert, market gardener two handsome stained ;windows erected: there are 300 gical Association in 1871. !Major John Gollop is lord of sittings. The register dates from :the year 1693. 'l'he the manor and principal landowner. The soil is heavy living ,is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £195, clay; subsoil, varlOU5. The chie.f crops are grass, wheat gross yearly value £263, net £208, including 3 acres of and! !barley. The area is 2,609 acres of land and 70 of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Salis- water; ratea.b:e value, £4,82$; the population in 18g1 'bury, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Edward John was 678. Lambert Barthelem<>n Henslowe LL.B. of Emmanuel Sutton Poyntz, half a mile north, was a liberty or free College, Camlbridge. The Wesleyans have a chapel here. manor of the Poyntzes, an ancient famJily in the western In a meadow by t,he stream 'below the church, are the parts; Weymouth is supplied with water from a spring remains ()f a Roman villa, consisting 0If the foundations rising in this hamlet. Reginald Joseph Weld esq. is lord of the walls of two small rooms, and of a well preserved of the manor a.nd chief landowner of Sutton Poyntz. ties-gelated pa,vement, which occupied originally an area Parish Clerk, Charles Miker. 18 fee,t square; the materials used are small cubes of p()st Office. Miss Oaroline Fooks, sub-postmistress. hard chalk, burnt earth or brick, and umber; the pat- Letters arrive lirom ,Weymouth at 7.30 a.m. & 3.20 tern consists of a central ornament, slightly resembling a p.m.; &; dispatched at 10.50 a.m. & 6.25 p.m.; sunTudor rose, in a square, on each side of which run two days, 10.25 a.m. The nearest money order &; telegraph guill()Ches or ca.Kes, with a rectilinear figure between office is at Weymouth them: and on the south side there is besides a row of National School (mixed), built in 1850, for 130 children; heart-shaped figures: it was discovered 'by Mr. Medhurst, avera.ge attendance, 96; Miss Elinor Jennings, misin 1842, and permanently uncovered for the inspection, tress; Miss Flora Thorne, irufants' mistress a.t the congress at Weymouth, of the British Archreolo· Coastguard, William Richard Mitchell, chief officer PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fooks Caroline (Miss), Post office attended, Weymouth, tues. & fri.; Critchley-Salmonson .A.lfd. Chalbury 10 Fooks Thos. blacksmith,Sutton Poyntz Dorchester, sat.; also general conDavis Col. John, Southdown cottage Galpin James, carrier, Sutton Poyntz ttractor, timber merchant & saw Davis William Il. Southdown cottage GoldriIlJgGioo.mrkt. grdnr.SuttonPyntz mills; Sutton Poyntz Henslowe Rev. Edward John Lambert Guppy John, Ship inn & collector of Miller Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Barthelemon LL.B. (vicar), Vicarage poor rates Sutton Poyntz Mullett Theophilus, Myrtle cottage Guppy Joseph, butcher &; grocer Mitchell William Richard, chief officer, Harrison Wm. wheelwt.Sutton Poyntz Coast Guard station Holleyoak John Bird, market gardener, Oliver Frederick, farmer Laurestine cottage Pooss Henry, farmer Lake John, carrier Pope Henry, farmer, Sutton Poyntz Macey William, farmer, North Down Puckett In. dairyman, Sutton Poyntz farm, Sutton Poyntz Puckett In.Jas.beer ret.Sutton Poyntz Meech Barnard Henry,miller (water) & Randall Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper corn factor; the trade supplied in Scutt Charles J.P. frmr, Wyke Oliver . large or small quantities; markets Summerfield Frank, beer retailer PUDDLEHINTON (or Piddlehinton: in old times 1889 by Rev. John Edward Hawksley..Eton College, who variously called Hyne Piddle or Honey Piddle, Hyne Pud- own the manor, and Mr. W. Mayo, are the principal landdIe, Pyne Pydelee, Pydelhenton, and Pudelhynton) is a. owners. The soil is light loam on chalk. The chief crops parish and compact village,in a valley on the river Trent or are wheat, oats and barley. The area is now 2,872 acres, Piddle,5! miles north-by-east from Dorchester stations, on being an ins:rease of about 600 aeres, taken in 1885 by the London and SouthWestern and GreatWestern railways, Local Government Board Order, from the parish of Pudand 4! south-east from Cerne, in the Southern division dletown; rateable value, £2,536; the population in 1891 of the county, liberty of Puddlehinton, petty sessional was 388 in the civil, and 339 in the ecclesiastical parish, division, union and county court district of Dorchester, mainly depending on agriculture. rural deanery of Whitchurch (Bere Regis portion), arch- Muston is I mile south-east; Holcombe, I mile southdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church west of the church. of St. Mary is a very ancient flint lIind stone structure in Deputy Parish Clerk, Richard Lockett. the Perpendicular style; it was restored and enlarged in Post & Telegraph Office.-Mrs. Mary Rose, sub-post1868 at a cost of £1,200, and consists of chancel, nave, mistress. Letters are received from Dorchester by aisles, north porch and southern embattled tower, sur- mail cart about 6 a.m. & via Cerne, 4 p.m.; dispatched mounted by pinnacles and containing 5 bells; there are at 7. 10 p.m.; no delivery or dispatch on sundays. some brasses of the early part of the 17th century one, Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest of the Rev. Thomas Brown, who held the living 27 years, money order office is at Pydel Trenthide has an inscription in Latin verse; there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1539. The living is a Wall Letter Box, cleared at 7.15 p.m. week days only rectory; average tithe rent-charge, £282; gross yearly National School (mixed), built in 1862, & enlarged in value, £357; net, £280, including 40 acres of glebe and 1890, for 85 children; average attendance, 80; Mrs. residence, in the gift of Eton College, and held since Cecilia Cleal1, mistress Astell Maj.-Gen. Charles Edward J.P. Drake Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Read Thomas, dairy farmer West lodge George James, tailor Riggs Joseph, farmer, &; collector of Hawksley Rev. John Edward, Rectory Jeanes Stephen, farmer poor's rates &; overseer, Manor farm Mayo Mrs. The Laurels Lockertt Richard, saddler Rose Mary (Mrs.), shopkpr. Post off Burch Arthur. farmer, Muston. (Let- Lovelace Jas.&Son. farmers, East frm Saint Henry, carpenter teI'ls through Puddletown) Masters Thomas, boot maker Smith Frederick, carpenter &0 Caddy Reuben, New inn &; farmer Mayo Wil:liam, farmer, Little Pidd1e Way John, blacksmith PUDDLETOWN (m Piddletown) is an extensive glebe, in the gift of W. E. Brymer esq. M.P. and held parish and small town on the river Piddle, 5 miles north- since 1868 by the Rev. Frederick Earle Freeman M.A. of east from Dorchester stations, on the London and South Exeter College, Oxford. Here is a Congregational chapel, Western and Great Western railways, in the Southern with minister's residence attached. Reading and recreadivision of the county, liberty of Puddletown, Dorchester tion rooms were erected here in 1870 at the sole cost of petty sessional division, union and county court district, the late J. Brymer esq. The houses are mostly compacb rural deanery of Whitchurch (Bere Regis portion), arch. and well built, with a few good shops. A market was held deaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church here formerly, but it has been for a long time disconof St. Mary is a large stone structure, principally in the tinued. The fair is held on October 29th; the fair was ~rpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north granted by Henry VIII. and the document bears the aisle and south transept, otherwise called the Athelampton signature of Thomas Cromwell, vicar-general under Henry' aisle or chapel, north and south porches, and an embattled VIII. In 1638 Dr. Bradish, who was vicar of the parish, western tower with pinnacles and clock and containing 5 left the sum of £100 to buy a rent-charge of £6 yearly, wlls; the Norman font is wrought with trelliswork and which amount is expended in the purchase of greatcoats foliage, and is very ancient; there are several effigies of for six labouring men, 20S. is divided to four poor widows, the Martin family, and numerous altar tombs and brasses, :md the residue for the purchase of Bibles, which are given all in the Athelampton aisle; it has a splendid chestnut to cottagers' children who can read. Dr. Henry Dawnay, roof, which is much decayed; there are 480 sittings. also vicar, left 1;30 (probably about the middle of the last The earliest registers date from the year 1538 for mar- century); the mterest is expended in the purchase of l'iages and burials, and 1547 for baptisms, but they are gowns for poor women. Boswell's charity produces not quite perfect until a much later date. The living is a £14 lIS. 8d. annually, and was left in the year 1868 for vicarage; average tithe rent-charge, £387; gross yearly bedding, clothing and coals to be given to the poor and value, £.po; net, '£313, with residence and 12 acres of second poor of all denominations. Near Heedless Wil-

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. PUNCKNOWLE. 141 liam's Pond are the remains of a cross. Ilsington House, Northbrook is a quarter of a mile north. There a~ near the church, is the seat of William Ernest Brymer many barrows on the downs. esq. M.P., M.A., J.P. who owns a great portion of the Parish Clerk, William Hardy. parish, and is also lord of the mllinor; it is a handsome Post, M. O. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity k mansion, with pleasure grounds tastefully laid out in a Insurance Office.-Thomas Burde'11, sub-postmaster. park of 24 acres. The soil is sandy; subsoil, chalk; ther(\ Letters are received by mail cart from Dorchester; is much heath and moor land, with good shooting. The delivered at 7 a.m. & 2 p.m.; dispatched at 10 a.m. & chief crops are barley, turnips and pasture land. The 7.15 p.m. Box closes at 6.45 p.m area is 7,653 acres; rateable value, £6,7II; the popula- Schools. tion in 1891 was 1,028 in the civil and 1,077 in the ecclesi- National (mixed), with residence for master, were erected astical parish. in 1864, at the sole cost of the late J. Brymer esq. for Waterston is a hamlet, about 2 miles west, and belongs 170 children; average attendance, 110; Robert J. chiefly to the Strangways family, of which the Earl of Atkins, master Ilchester is the head. Waterston House, a farm, is a Infant, for 80 children; average attendance, 50; Miss . b 'ld' f h Id . h Jane Gaps, mistress very anCIent stone Ul mg, one 0 tea est III t e Carriers.-G. H. Stephens & Hy. Caundle, to & from county. Dorchester, daily, at 9.15 a.m.; others pass through Ilsington is a tithing, I~ miles south. on Dorchester market days PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Gale Charles, dairyman ILucas Joseph, beer retailer AIlner Misses Gover William, grocer & provision Palmer Isaac, dairyman, Druce Brymer William Ernest M.P., M.A., dealer, draper, outfitter & dealer in Parsons Silas, head gamekeeper to W. J.P. Ilsington house; 8 St. James' boots & shoe!! E. Brymer esq. M.P. Druce Well ho street & Carlton club, London SW Gray Lydia (Mrs.), grocer & draper Paul John Domett, farmer, Lower Dowden Thomas Edward, Square Greening Ralph, bla<lksmith &c Waterston; & at Woferton farm, Freeman Rev. Frederick Ear:e M.A. Hardy. Eliza (Mr.s.), beer retailer Cha,rminster (vicar) Hardy William, builder Paynter Robert, farm bailiff to W. E. Romer Geo. Wood, Ilsington lodge Hewlett William, baker & grocer Brymer esq. M.P Homer Thomas Alner, Myrtle oottage Homer Geo. Wood, frmr.Ilsington Idg Pearce Charles, butcher Shaw Rev.Albt. CourtneyM.A.(curate) Hopkins Henry, dairyman, Ilington Powell John, head gardener to W. E. Young James farm dairy Brymer esq. M.P COMMERCIAL. Hull William ShetJer, farmer, Druce Reading Room & Library (William Antell John, shoe maker Jeorrett Jo'hn, farmer Toms, librarian) Arnold Wm. Hy. baker & confectioner Johnson Wm. AlIen, frmr. Stafford pk Rowland Robert, shoe maker Besent Joseph, dairyman, Ra.stings Kellaway Jsph. dairyman, Norris mill Stainer Thomas, Royal Oak P.H Brett John, market g-ardener Kingman Mark, dairyman, Duck dairy Stephens Geoflge Rumphrey, grocer, Brown Anne (Miss), la<le ma.2zHigh st Kingman Thos. dairym.an, Norris mill bacon curer, flour & provision merBurden Thos. postmai>ter, Post office Kingman WalteJ.' In. farmer, Duddle . chant, boot & shoe warehouse &; DalisQn Bernard E., M.B.Edin. sur- Lakln Edward. King's Arms hotel earrier, Zoar, AthelhamptQn road geon, & medical officer & public vac- &; posting hou$e Stickland H. & Son, plumbers &c.; cinator, Puddletown district, Dor- Lane Albt. Hy. frmr. Troy Town frm & at Blandford chester union, TIsington lawn Longman Willlam. carpenter, Thomas Herbert, beer retailer Davis Annie (Miss), dress maker builder, undertaker & wheelwright Toms William, registrar of births &; Dodge George, head gamekeeper to Legg William L. coal dealer deaths for Puddletown sub-district W. E. Brymer esq. M.P.TheKennels Light John T. police consta,ble Wellman Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper DUJ1JIllan Theophilus' Bartlett, maltst~r Oldfield George, land stewa,rd to W. Wellman Thomas, baker & farmer Gillingharn George William, saddler &; E. Brymer esq. M.P. & surveyor, Wellspring Thomas, shoe maker harness maker Estate office Whittle Mary Ann & Sons, bakers PULHAM is a small village and parish, on the river College, Oxford. There is a charity of £3, derived from Lidden, 7 miles south-west from Sturminster Newton land left in 1823, called the Monkwood Hill charity, which station, on the Midland and South Western Joint railway, is distributed in money at Ohristmas to the second poor; 6 north-east from Ceme, 8 south-east from Sherborne, also £100 in 21 per Cents. left in 1831 by the Rev. - and 13 north from Dorchester, in the Western division Parsons, the dividends of which are distributed to the of the county, hundred of Buckland Newton, petty ses- Sunday school children by the rector in clothing. The sional sub-division and union of Cerne, Dorchester county parish is divided into two manors, called East and West, court district, rural deanery of Whitchurch (Ceme por- John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby esq.M.P.of Sherborne tion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. Castle, being lord of the Eastern manor and T. F. Ralsey The church of St. Thomas a Becket is a Gothic structure esq. M.P. lord of the Western manor, and they are the of stone, with chancel, nave of four bays and aisles, south chief landowners. The soil is clay and sandy loam; porch, and western embattled tower with 4 bells, the subsoil, clay and gravel. The land is chiefly in pasture. fourth bell having been added by the present rector in The area is 2,370 acres; rateable value, £3,000; the 1884; it was thoroughly restored in 1870, partly from the population in 1891 was 266. designs of the Rev. F. ,C. Hingeston-Randolph, rector of Parish Clerk, Michael Kettle. Ringmore, Devon, all the windows being filled with stained Post Office.-Mrs. Ellen Richards, sub-postmistress. Let. glass; there is a good organ; the east window is in ters received through Dorchester, arrive at 8,30 a.m. & memory of the Rind family; there are 230 sittings. The 5 p.m.; dispatched at 4.25 p.m. Postal orders are register dates from the year 1734. The living is a rec- issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order tory; gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge, £400. & telegraph office is at Buckland Newton average, with residence and 44 acres of glebe, in the gift Church of England School (mixed), built in 1872, with of T. F. Halsey esq. M.P. and held since 1874 by the Rev. residence for mistress, for 60 children; average attendFrederick Edward Tyrwhitt-Drake M.A. of Pembroke ance, 38; Mrs. Emily Cole, mistress Tyrwhitt-Drake Rev. Frederick Edwd. Ford WaIter, farmer, Grange farm Warr Elisha, farmer, Pellwell farm M.A. (rector), Rectory Hole Wm. fa,rmer, Rartmoor farm Warr George T. boot maker Dowding A~bert, dairyman Kellaway WilliMll, Halsey Arms P.H Warren Ohristopher, farmer, East Drake Albt. farmer, Lipgate farm Mitclheil Thos.O.ca.rpenter & shopkpr Pulham farm Drake Ernest; farmer, Oannings oourt Wareham JO'sh. blacksmith & wheelwt Warren John, dairyman PUNCKNOWLE is a parish, bounded on the south by the font is probably Norman, the bowl ornamented with the English Channel, 4! miles from Abbotsbury terminal intersecting cable moulding, and stem, formed of the instation, on 'the Weymouth and Abbotsbury branch of the verted capital of a large circular column, which has a Great Western railway, and 6! miles south-east-by-east bold face and foliage sculptured on it; the tower is from Bridport, in the Western division of the county, probably Norman, the ascent of which is by a large cirDorchester petty sessional division, hundred of Ugges- cular turret at the south-east angle; over the keystonecombe, Bridport union and county court district, rural towards the nave is a date, 16 N. 78., R.M.; on the north deanery of Bridport (Abbotsbury portion), archdeaconry of wall is a mural monument of freestone composed of two Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Mary columns w~th foliated capitals supporting a pediment 0111 is a small stone fabric in the Early English style, consist- which are the arms of Napper; this monument was ing of chancel, nave, and aisles, short tower with a very erected by Sir Robert Napper, knight and baronet, in low conical spire and 3 bells by Purdue, on one of which memory of his father and mother, Ann, and his mother-inis a curious inscription; with the exception of the north law, Katherine, A.D. 1691; the helmet and gauntlets of wall of the nave and tower, this structure has been a knight of the Napper family still hang in the church rebui~t at different times during the present century; over the south door; in 1891 the north aisle was added

142 PUNCKNOWLE. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S and there are now ISO sittings. The register dates from the year 1630. The living is a rectory; average tithe rent-charge, £190; gross yearly value, £~48; net, £163 ; with 39 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Col. Kemeys Tynte, and held since 1892 by the Rev. St. John Frederick Cha.rles Methuen RA. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. Puncknowle Knoll is a steep rocky hill, on which is a summer house, forming a landmark for mariners. At Bexington is a coastguard station, in charge of a chief officer. George Morton Mansel esq. J.P. (retired Lieut. R.N.), is lord of the manor and principal la.ndowner. The soil is clay; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2,040 acres of land and 120 of water and foreshore; rateable value, £2,057; tbe population in 1891 was 427. FRIVATE RESIDENTS. Mansel George Morton J.P. Puncknowle manor Methuen Rev. St. John Charles RA. Rectory Stevens Mrs Parish Clerk, Robert Woadden. Post Office.-Thomas Chainey, sub-postmaster. Letter. arrive through Dorchester via Abbotsbury at 8,45 a.m.; dispatched at 5.25 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order &; telegraph office is at Abbotsbury County Police Station, William Freak, officer in charge Coastguard Station, Bexington, Wm. Ribbey, chief officer Parochial School (mixed), with residence for master, built in 1851, for 130 children j average attendance, 72; in 1884 a new class-room was added j Alfred E. Bending, master; Mrs. Bending, mistress Carrier to Bridport.-Thomas Churchill, wed. &; sat. re· turning same days Clark & Son, wheelwrig-hts & builders Northover Alfred, builder, carpenter Coombs Susan (Mrs.), Bull P.R & wheelwright Cox George, farmer Northover Frederick. Crown P.R Frederick Devenish Edmnd. Wm. miller (w8lter) Northover Henry, gardener to George Eveleigh George James, rabbit dealer, Morton Mansel esq assistant overseer &; tax collector Palmer Robt. farmer, West Bexington Fry Robert, farmer Ribbey William, chief offieer Coast· COMMERCIAL. House John, farmer, Manor farm guard station, Bexington Chainey Thomas, post office Laver James, farmer Stevens Ellen (Mrs..), grocer, draper Cheney John, blacksmith Laver John, farmer & outfitter Churchill Thomas, carrier Manuel Thomas, crib maker Thorner In.machine ownr. Jubilee cob PURBECK ISLAND lies in the south-east of the ICorfe Castle, Church Knowle, Langton Matravers, Worth county and contains the following parishes, which see:- Matravers, Steeple, Studland! and Swanage. PYDEL-TRENTHIDE is a parish and very pleasant tower is an inscription in oldEnglish characters,datedI487; vinage situated in a valley and plentifully supplied with "Est. Pydel Trenth' villa. in Dorsedie comitatu. Nascitur water, having some excellent springs in its neighbour- in illa quam. rent. vicariatu." The Manor House, the hood, ,vhich feed the Piddle or Trent river, and extend- property of Winchester College, is in the village, and is in~ nearly 2 miles on the Dorchester road, 8 miles north surrounded by fine pleasure grounds and gardens; it is from Dorchester stations on the London and South- occupied by Mrs. Bridge. The neighbouring hills comWestern and Great Western railways, 3 east from mand some very extensive views, the English Channel, Cerne and 16 south-west from Blandford, in the Isle of Wight and CorIe Castle being distinctly seen from Western division of the county, liberty of Pydel- them on a fine day. The principal landowners are Trenthide, petty sessional division and union of Edmund Barkworth esq. and Winchester College, who Cerne, county court district of Dorchester, rural deanery are lords of the manor. The soil is gravelly j subsoil, of Whitchurch (B3re Regis portion), archdeaconry of chalk. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The Dorset and diocese 01 Salisbury. The church of All area is 4,487 acres; rateable value, £3,541 j the popuSaints, situate at the extreme north end of the parish, lation in 1891 was 673. is an ancient edifice of stone, probably dating from the Parish Clerk, William Mitchell. 13th century, and consisting of chancel, nave and aisl~s, Post M. O. &; T. 0., S.R, Express Delivery. &; Annuity s~uth pOTch, and a lofty embattled westerJ.l towe~ WIth &; Insurance Office.-Mrs. Emily Thirza Standfield, pmLacles and 5 bells.: there are several .staIJ.l~d wm~o~s sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Dorchester by . III memory o.f the ~n~ge and B:;,rkworth faIDlhes j wIthm mail cart at 7 a.m. & via Ceme at 3 p.m. &; are the commumon ra.I1s IS a. beautIfully.carved stone monu- dispatched at 9. 20 p.m. week days only ~ent .to John BrIdge esq. of the CIty of Lon~on, who Wall Letter Box, Lackington cleared at 5 p.m. week dIed Ill. the year 1834: the ~h~rch was beau:tifuIly re-- days only , stored III 1853, and has 350 .sI~tmg:s. T~e regIster dates National School (mixed), built by the Bridge family & t:0m the year 1650. The hvmg IS a VIcarage, average presented to the parish by the late J. E. Bridge esq. tI!he Tent-charge £79, gross ye~rly val~e £194, .net £93, J.P.: it has been considerably enlarged under the WIth 109 ,acres of glebe. and :esIdence, III th~ gIft of th~ provisions of the Elementary Education Act, for 220 Dean and Chapter of .~J.hche~ter\ and held .smce 1894 bJ children; average attendance, 96 ; the interest of the Rev. Roger WIlham Hammond Dah~on. M.A. of Harding's charity, amounting to £8 10S. yearly, is M~rt?n College, Oxford. In 1892 the EccleSIastICal Com- appropriated towards the annual expenses & is assisted mI~sIoner~ granted the. sum of .£1,000 toward~ the cost by a government grant· J. C. Dunn master of illlprovmg and enlargmg the VICarage. Here IS a chapel ,.' '.. for Wesleyans (built in 1894), and one for Baptists (built Volunteer FIre Bnga?e, managed by a commIttee of eIght in 1876) at Lackington, which is the southern part of the pe~sons. The en~me was prese~ted by the late J .E. parish. Here are several barrows. This parish is called BrIdge esq~ DaVld Drake, supermtendent sometimes Piddletrenthide,sometimesPuddletrenthide,and CaTriers to Dorchester.-Nehemiah Spicer, to &; from less frequently PydeI-Trenthid'e j on the west face of the daily; William Roper, to &; from daily Barkworth Edmund J.P. South house Caddy Edwin J. baker &; confectioner, Jacobs Ohas. Fras. Henry, dairyman Bridge Mrs. Manor house Golden Grain bakery Masters Robert, miller (water), Dalison Rev. Roger William Hammond Ohaldecott Wm. boot &; shoe maker Church end M.A. Vicarage Ohinn Charles, Five Bells P.H Mitohell Robert Corry, blacksmith Davis Rev. In. (Baptist), Lackington Collier William, miller Payne &; Sons, poultry dealers &c Noble Richard, West house Cox Cecil, oowkeeper & butcher Pope Charles, New Inn Old James Davis Frances Ann (Mis.s), dress makr Prior J. farmer White John, Sunny cottage Davis Mary Charlotte (Mrs.), farmer, Read Joseph &; Sarah (Miss), People'. COMMERCIAL. Lackington house stores Baker Albert, grocer & pork butcher Drake David, Green Dra~on P.R Roper William, carrier Baker Herbert William, baker Gillingham Goorge William, saddler SpiceI' Nehemiah, carrier Barkworth Edmd. farmer, South ha Grove John, farmer, West cottage Standfield Emily Thirza (Mrs.),grocer, Benger Geo.European inn, Laddngton Groves Oharles William & Son, whole- draper &; boot wareho. &; post office Billett Arthur, boot maker sale &; retail seedsmen Symes Charles, grocer Billett James, rake maker Homer Thos. farmer, Dole's Ash farm Symes George Robt. mason & fanner Bollen Job, draper &; grocer House Elizh.(Mrs.),shpkpr.&;dres9 ma Topp Geo. farmer, Southcombe farm Ohaldecott James. farmer Hunt Wm. blacksmith &; wheelwright Wightman Thos. butcher & farmer RADIPOLE is a parish and pleasant village.in a. valley Salisbury. The churoh o~ St. Mary was formerly the on the banks of the river Wey, 2 miles north from Wey- mother church to Melcombe Regis: it is a Gothic sOOM mouth and 5 south from Dorchester, in the Southern building and consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, division of the county, hundred of Culliford Tree, petty transepts and south porch and western turret: the roo: sessional division of Dorchester, Weymouth union find of the church was restored in 1893: there are 300 sitcounty court district, rural deanery of Dorchester (Wey- tings. The register dates from the year 1813. The mouth portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of earliest registers, commeJlCing in 1674, are kept at St.

DIRECTq)RY.] DORSETSHIRE. EHAFTESBURY. 143 1,338 acres; rateable value, 1881 was 1,322 and in 1891 included in the municipal COMMERCIAL. Mary's, Weymouth. The living is a chapelry annexed to is in pasture. The area. is the rectory of Melcombe Regis, average tithe rent-charge [15,565; tlie population in £208, joint net yearly.value £280, with residence, in the 1,782, of which 1,240 are gift of Simeon's trustees, and held! since 1889 by the Rev. borough of Weymouth. John Lovell Gwatkin Hadow M.A. of Trinity College, Parish Clerk, Thomas Downton. Oxford. Part of the parish is within the borough of Weymouth and a great number of residences have been Wall Letter Box cleared at 8 a.m. & 4 p.m. Letten erected here. Here is a mineral spring, or spa. The arrive at 8 a.m. from Weymouth. The nearest money principal landowners are J. Thresher esq. Richard ffolliott order & telegraph office is at Dorchester Road town Eliot esq. the trustees of the la·te James Lithgow esq. sub-office, Weymouth and Col. R. O. F. Steward. The soil is yellow clay; ~ational Scliools (mixed), built in 1855, for 50 children; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat and much land average attendance, 39; Mrs. Mary Ford, mistress (For other Names of Residents see Steward Col. Richard Oliver Francis Hatton William, shopkeeper Weymouth.) J.P. Nottington house' Hayward Alfred Andrews, dairyman, Oomyn Edwd. Wltr. B.A. Hillcrest, Wills John, South view, Spa rood Beaumont house, Spa road Spa road Jesty & Son, road surveyors, farmers, Eliot Rohd.ffo1liotlt D.L.,J.P.Westmead COMMERCIAL. government contractors&contractors Gale Fredk. William, 2 Icen villas Bagge Legg, miller (water), Higher to urban district councils, Mount Jesty Benjamin, Rocky Knapp & Lower mills Pleasant Luckham Frank, Sunny side, Spa road Emery SI. Durdon, farmr. Manor frm Jesty Benj. contractor, Rocky Knapp Montagu Commander A. S., R.N. The Ford Oharles, shopkeeper Miller Tom John, dairy, Redlands Meadows Garrett Francis, builder, Roman road Ridout Caroline (Mrs.), dairy, Mount Ratcliff Wm.Edwd.Windermere,Spa rd Gill Ohas. proprietor of sulphur baths Pleasant Thresher John J.P. Corfe hill Harris John, carpenter Steven!! Amelia Ann (Mrs.), beer reer RAMPISHAM is a parish and village, 3 miles south £75 yearly, for d,istribution in money and kind, derived from the Evershot station at Oileywell on the Weymouth from land and Consols. A small brook runs through the branch of the Great Western railway, 7 east from Bea- parish. In 1799 a. tesselated pavement was found here. minster and 12 north-west from Dorchester, in the The principal landowners are Arthur Martin esq. J.P. o~ Western division of the county, Dorchester petty sessional the :Manor House, who is lord of the manor, the Earl of division, hundred of Tollerford, Beaminster union, Brid- Sandwich and Charles Crew esq. The soil is clay, flint port county court district, rural deanery of Bridport and peat; subsoil, clay and gravel. The land is prin- (Bridport portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of cipally in pasture for dairy purposes. The area is 2,052 Salisbury. The church of St. Michael and All Angels, acres; rateable value, £2,941; the population in 1891 which has been rebuilt, is a Late Perpendicular building was 25I. of stone, consisting o£ chancel, nave of f?ur bays, aisles, Uphall is half a mile north-west; Higher Wraxall, 1 north porch and embattled tower with pinnacles, and mile south-east· Higher and Lower Kingcombe, 2 miles containing 5 bells, on the south sid'e: the east window south-west. ' is stained, and there are memorial windows on either side Parish Clerk Joseph Ellis of the chancel to members of the Rooke family, and some '.' . brasses: a stained window was given to the church in Post Office.-~rs. EdIth Sorrell, sub-pos~lllistre~s. Let1893 by Arthur Martin esq. in memory of his elde~t ters are receIved through D?rchesteI' VIa CattIstock ~t son: in the churchyard are the. remains of a very 7. 20 a.m. & 1·55 p.m.. & d;spatched' at 5.50 p.m. In ancient cross: there are 200 sittings. The register summer &; 5·30 p.~. In WInter on week days only. dates fro mthe year 1574- The living is a rectory, Postal orders are Issued here, but not paId. .The with that of Wraxhall annexed, net yearly value nearest money order offices are at Evershot & ~faIden £315, with 125 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift Newton; tele,graph office at Evershot of St. John's College, Cambridge, and held since 1894 by National School (mixed), built in 1864, for 90 children, the Rev. Joseph Pulliblank M.A. of St. John's College, with class room added in 1894 to accommodate 30; Cambridge. There are charities of the value of about average attendance, SI; :Miss ~Iary Spiller, mistress Brett Mrs. Beater William, farmer Jenkins Matthew, farmer, Uphall Martin Arthur J.P. Manor house Burbidge Geo. farmer, Common farm Jenkins Wm. (Mrs.),frmr.Broomhl.frm Pulliblank Rev. Joseph M.A.(Reotory) Cornish John, shoe maker Kingston Wm. frmI'. Higher Coomb Dunford John, thatcher Samson Wm. frmr, Mount Over farm Ellis William, farmer Smith Cha,s. Aug. Tiger's Head P.H BarUett George, wheelwright Hallett Alfred, blacksmith Sorreil Edith (Mrs.), shpkpr. Post off RYME INTRINSICA (or Ryme) is a parish, in the RD. of St. John's College, Cambridge. In this parish liberty of the same name, 1 mile west from Yetminster is an eminence called Court hill, on the site of which station on the Weymouth branch of the Great Western formerly stood a royal seat. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, railway, 61 miles south-we,st from Sherborne and 5 S<luth as Duke of Cornwall, is lord: of the manor and principal from Yeovil, in the Western division of the county, landowner. Tlie soil is clay; subS<lil, clay and rock. Sherborne petty sessional d'i~sion and union, Yeovil The chieii crops are corn, mangolds and turnips. The county court district, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Sher- area is 1,162 acres; rateable value., [r,253; the populaborne portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of tion in 1891 was 170. Salisbury. The river Elsford flows to the west of the Elsford is half a mile west Caswell half a mile south parish, forming the boundary between the ?ounties ~f wa,s by Local Government'BoarJi O;der on March 25: Somerset and Dorset. The church of St. HIppolyte, IS 1886 transferred from Yetminster to this parish. a stone building, in the Norman style, consisting of ' . . chancel, nave, south porch and embattled we,stern tower Pansh Clerk, Ge.orge Harnson. with pinnacles, containing 3 bells and a clock: there are Wall Letter Box cleared! at 5.20 p.m 100 sittings. The register dates from the year 1682. Letters through Sherborne, arrive at 9 a.m. The nearest The living is a discharged rectory, average tithe rent- money order office is at Yetminster &; telegraph office charge£I33,gross yearlyvalue[I87,net[I40,with2oacres at Yetminster railway station of glebe and residence, in the gift of H.R.H. the Prince of National School (mixed), for 60 children; average attenWales, and held since 1891 by the Rev. William. Thorp dance, 30; Mrs. Kirkup, mistress Thorp Rev. William. RD. Rectory Eyears Geo. wheelwright, Prince's pI Pomroy William John, b1acksmith COMMERCIAL. Jeffery Samuel, farmer Smith Edward, grocer Backholler John, butcher Northcote James, farmer Whittle Abel & Son, farmers & Collis Thomas, farmer Pitman James, shoe maker millers (water) SHAFTESBURY. SRAFrrESBURY, a corporate and market town and muni- it is in the Northern division of the county, petty sescipal borough, on the Wiltshire border, is 102 miles from sional division 3Jld union of its name, hundred of Monkton· London, 28 north-east from Dorchester, 22 south-west up-Wimborne, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Shafte&bury from Salishury, 15 east-north-east from Sherborne, 8 por'tion),arlfudeaconry of Dorset and diocese of SaliSbury. east from Sturminster and 12 north-oost from Blandford ; The town is said to be mentioned as a borough in tha

144 SHAFTESBt'RY. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S Domesday Survey (1086), but was nrst incorporated, se- The churchyard of the Holy Trinity contains tJir~& cOrding to Hukhins (Hist. Dorset, 1774, and later ed.), handsome avenues of lime trees, shading most of the by Queen Elizabeth. The earliest known charter is that walks through the burying ground and approaches to the of Jas. I. granted in 16°4, and conftrmed by Chas. n. church. Under the provisions of the "Municipal Corporations The parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Peter are consoliAct, 1835" (5 and 6 Wm. IV., c. 76), the corporation was dated. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge reformed, and now consists of a mayor, fOUT aldermen £129, gross yearly value £187, net £161, with resiand twelve councillors, who also act as the Urban Sani- dence, in the gift of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and held tary Authority. The iborough returned two members to since 1885 by the Rev. lFrederick Ehlvers. Parliament in 23 Edw. I. (1294-5), and continued to dD The church of St. James, in the liberty of Alcester, SD until the passing 00 the" Reform Act, 1832" (2 and which is that part of the old parish of St. James noi 3 Wm. IV., c. 45), by which the number was reduced to within the municipal limits, is a handsome structure, one, and <by the" Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885" (48 chiefly Decorated, of greenstone, with Bath stone dressand 49 Vict., e. 23), ,the r6ilresentation was merged in ings, rebuilt in 1866-67, at a cost of £3,35°, raised by that of the Northern division of the county. The nearest sUlbscriptions: it has 'achancel, nave, aisles and vestry railway station is Semley, 3 miles north-east, on the square embattled western tower of 65 feet, with four Salisbury and Yeovil branch of the South Western rail- pinnacles, a clock and 6 -bells; the chancel is paved with way, opened May 2, 1859, affording communication with encaustic tiles: the aisles are divided from the nave by Portsmouth, Southampton, London, and also the West four arches resting on clustered piers with carved capi. and North of England. iShaftesitmry is a very ancient tals: there are tWG entrances, one through the base of town, and is said to be the Caer PaIadUl: 0If the Britons, the tower at the westeNl. end and the other by a porch its present name being in part derived from the A. S. on the north side: the front of the pomh is a moulded "'Sceaft," the point of a hill: Roman coins have been arch carved with capit~s on clustered Purbeck marble found here: an a1bbey, with a nunnery of the Benedictine shafts, with richly moulded bases: at the east end or order, was established here 'during the Saxon period: the north aisle is an organ: the pulpit is of oak, elathe site has been ascertained, but scarcely any remains borately carved: a stained memorial window was placed of the 'buildings are now extant: it was, however, once in the chancel in 1884, and there are several other stained a p:ace of great resort for pilgrims, and is said to have windows: the interior is fitted with open benche,s and had 'some of the richest endowments in England. King will seat 440 people. The register dates from the year Edward the Martyr, murdered at Corfe Castle by his 15'59. 'The living is a rectory, tithes commuted at £400, mother-in-law Elfrida, A.D. 978, was buried here. King average £296, gross yearly va:ue £297, net value £230, Canute died in Shaftesbury on the 12th November, 1035, with residence, in the gift {)of the Earl of Shaftesibury, and was buried in Winchester. In 1861 a stone coffin, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Richard Thurlow M.!. containing a ,skeleton, and having also therein lUl! abbot's of Trinity 'College, DU1blin, chaplain of Shaftesbury union crosier and gold ring, was discovered whilst some ex- and -surrogate. cavations were being made on the site 01 the old abbey. The parish. has, in addition to the churchyard, St. Shaftesbury is situated on an eminence, the approach John's burial ground or Bury Litton cemetery, the site to which is by a steep ascent: its elevation, 700 feet of the old church of St. J ohlll's, all traces of which are above the sea level, affords it a fine bracing air. The now obliterated: this is at llibout 1'50 feet above the level supply 'Of water is derived !from a large Teservoir under- of the main part of the parish. ground, pumped by steam power into an upper reservoir, The Society of Friends have a meeting house in St. whence the whole town is supplied. The streets are JMIles's street which has about 100 sittings. lighted with gas by a company. Some of the hGuses are A Congregational chapel was completed in 1858 on the very ancient, but the upper portion of the town is site of the former chapel, erected in 1662: it is a handmodern, and contains a large number of good houses, some building of Bath stone, ·supported by four massive with excellent shops, hotels, banks and other buildings: Corinthian columns of the -same: it will seat from 400 t{) many of the old: !buildings have been r6illa:ced by a better 500 persons, and the expense, £1,300, was raised by class of houses, and the streets have been much im- voluntary contributions. proved. 1St. James', or the lower portion of the town, The Wesleyan MethOOist chapel, Parsons Pool, erected consists chiefly of small tenements. A little to the south in 1766, and rebuilt in 1827, will soo.t 300 persons. and west from the, Holy Trinity church is a delightful The B:rethren meeting house, Salisbury ,street, erected promenade called the Park, sheltered from the north in 1886, will hold 250 worshippers. winds by a row of trees, partially extending over the rI'he Town Hall is a. handsome edifice, built at the exwalk: the view over the adjacent plains from this spot pense of the late Marquess of Westminster: a tower, is most pleasing: this walk is Qne of the connections be- containing a good clock, was added in 1879 by the COftween the higher and lower portions of the town, and poration, at Q cost ()of £264. contains the Russian trophy gun mounted on its car- The Temperance Hall, in Bell street, was' opened in the riage; it has re'cently been continued by a path called year 11878, at a cost of £775: it is a building of brick and Pine walk to St. John's hill. stone, and contains in addition to the Gffices &C. a The borough formerly comprised parts or the parishes spacious hall, 52 feet long by 26 wide, which is used far of Holy Trinity, St. Peter and St. James, which, by order I, temperance meetings and lectures and will hold about 500 of the County Council have been formed into cne parish, l persO!l1s; an ante-room was added in 1883 at a further I called Shaftesbury, under" Local Government Act, 1894'" cost of £60. Here were :formerly twelve churches; there are now The I Company of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Dorsetonly three St. Peter, the Holy Trinity and St. James. shire iRegiment, have their armoury in Bell street. St. Peter. the most ancient of the churches, is a build- The trade of the town is derived principally from the ing of stone and stands in the High street, the archi- supply of the neighbouring agricultural villages, and tecture of which shows that it was Ibuilt in the latter Ifrom the sale of cheese and butter, the produce of the' part of the 15th century: the interior had succumbed to superior ,grazing land in the vicinity. the influence of time to suoh an extent that it wa.s pro- The market da,y is Saturday. A handsome Marketnounced unsafe: it has not been in constant nse since house, 270 feet long, was erected at the sole expense of 1878, and· has only been used !for service for a -few months the late Marquess of Westminster, in which no tolls are in the ,summer of 18,86: since then the tower has been taken. thoroughly r6ilaired at a cost of about £700; a further The fairs are held on the Saturday ibeJfore Palm Sunsum D'f albout £250 is still required' to complete the day, on the last Saturday in August, and 23rd of Novwork: it has nave and square western tower, which con- ember, for sheep, cattle, cheese and agri'cultural produce, tains a peal of 6 of the sweetest toned bells in this and pleasure. county; they are of great age: this venerable relic of A. Clerical Lilbrary, for the use of the neighbouring ecclesiastical note is of interest to antiquaries. The re- clergy, was established, with the assistance of the late gister dates from the year 1623. Dr. Bray: this is kept in the vestry-room of Holy Trinity The Holy Trinity church, in Bimport street, wa·s re- church, under t·he care of the rector, but of la,te years built on the old site in 1842, chiefly in the Early Eng- is not much used. lish style: it is a handsome specimen of this kind of A Literary Institute, with news-room and library, was architecture, and consists of nave, aisles and large north established in 1852, under the patronage of the late Marand south galleries, with choir at west end, north and quesi! of Westminster; in 1894 there were 90 memsouth porches alIld a square emlbattled western tower, bers and 50 lady subs'cribers; and it is well supplied 100 feet tin height, with pinnacles, and contains 6 bells: with newspapers and periodicals, and has a library of the splendid organ was presented at the opening of the aJbout 3,5°0 volumes, which is now open as a circulating church Iby the late George Thomas esq.: it has a good library to other than members. east window, and will ,seat 834 people. The register The Westminster Memorial Cottage Hospital, in the dates from the year 1695. Park road, was built of local stone with Bath stone dresS"-

DIRECTORY.] })ORSETSHIRE. SHAFTESBURY. 145 ings, at a cost of £~,ooo, raised' by subscription, in memory of the late Marquess of 'Vestminster, and was opened by the BishC1> of Salisbury on March 16th, 1874: ()ver the arch of the front entrance is a fine oriel window with cusped heads, and pierced open parapet, and this is surmounted by a gable, in the face of which are the Westminster arms, carved in bold relief: the lower portion consists of convalesoents' room, drug store, bath :room, larder, kit'Chen and scullery; and on the upper floor are two wards, four single wards, and nurses' rooms: the hospital contains twelve Ibeds, and one bed for accidenlis was .added in 1'8-84: the number of inpatients treated in 1893 was 85. The charities of this town are numerous and valuable. In Sailisbury street are some remarkably handsome almshouses, of very ancient foundation, for men and women, intended 'to hold 10 moo and 16 women; both men and women have an allowance of six shillings per week each; the men's almshouses have been restored, and are a good JSpecimen of Tudor architecture. rr'he late Marquess O'f Westminster gave £5,000 in 1865 to these charities for t'he benefit of the women; and £1,000 was added in 1862 by George Wilkins esq. late of this town. There are a few other minor charities. The population of the civil parishes in 1891 -w-as:- Holy Trinity, 907; St. Peter's, 801: St. J ames's, 950, inc:uding 69 officers and inmates in t'he workho-use. The area of the parishes are, Holy Trinity 353 aoCre~; rateable value, £2,795. ,St. James's, 1,798 aeras; rateable value, £4,361; and St. Peter's, 72 acres; rateable value, £2,722. The population of the municipallborough in 1891 was: ~Holy Trinity (part of), 797; St. Peter (part of), 790; aOO St. James (part of), 535; theBIe three are now combined in one parish named. Shaftelsbury. The area. of the borough is 156 acres. A portion of the parish' of St. James beyond the borough has been formed into" parish named Alcester, the remaining portion and the extra. municipal parts of Holy' Trinity and St. Peter have been addoed to and merged in the parish of Cann. Little Down is a hamlet, three-quarters of a mile north, consisting of a few houses and one farm. Parish Clerks, St. Peter's and Ho~y Trinity, Eli BrickeH; St. James'·s, John Hayter. Corporation. 1'894-95. Mayor-Councillor Alfred Thomas Carpenter. Ex-Mayor-Councillor Wi1liam Goodwin Whitehead. Aldermen. I ~James White I ~Wi1liam Thomas Buckland Borough Petty Sessions are held at the Town Hall on the third monday in each month at II a.m. & when necessary for the dispatch of business Public Es,tablishments. County Court, His Honor James Hooper M.A. judge; Charles Hodson Kent, registrar; Herbert Stowell, high bailiff. The court is held at the Town hall on monday' DORSET 10 Borough Magistrates. The ~iayor and the Ex-~layor Clerk, Oharles Thomas RObins, Bell street Councillors. !Carpenter Alfred Thomas *Dean Robert !Elsey George *Whitehead Wm. Goodwin tPowell Francis tBaker William Henry !Wescott James tHacker George *Burbidge James tNorton John *Davis George William tYoung Frederick W Marked thus t retire in 1895. Marked thug. * retire in 1896. Marked thus t retire in 1897. }larked thus retire in 1898. The ordinary meetings of the corporation are held quarterly, viz. on the first wednesday in February, May & August &; the 1st of November Elective Auditors, Thomas Smith & Thomas Pinney !Adam Wilkinson :M.D. tJoseph New Officers of the Corporation &; Urban Sanitary Authority. Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Arthority, John Kingsley Rutter, Bell street Treasurer, Geo. Cheers Chaloner,National Provincial Bank Medical Officer of Health, Robert Henry Sawyer, Cann Borough Surveyor &; Sanitary In!!pector, Wltr.Genge,Cann Clerk to School Attendance Committee & Attendance Officer, William Lillington Chitty, Cann Collectors of Rates, Alfred William Woodcock, Angel square, fOT St... Peter's & St. James'; Thomas Pinney, High street, for Holy Trinity Town Crier, William Samuel Oram, Parson's pool Sergeant-at-Mace, Henry Morgan, High street On sundays from 8 OFFI!CI.1L EST.A.BLlISfu\ilENTS, LOOAL INiSTITUTIO:NS &C. Post, M. O. & T. 0., S..R, Exp~ss Delivery &; Annuity Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall as appointed, &; I~surance Office, HIgh street. Postmaster, George alternately with Gillingham, at II a.m. The following Chnstopher Mynett. places are included in the petty sessional division:- Dispatch of Mails.-Week days London &; Salisbury, Ashmore, Caun, O)mpton .A.Jbbas-, Footmell Magna, 10 .a.m.; London, North of En~land, Southampton &; Bourton, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, Iwerne SaliS'bury, 12.15 p.m.; Bath, Bnstol, West of England, ,Minster, Kington ':Magna, Margaret Marsh, Melbury South Wales, Gloucester, Berks, Oxon, Wilt·s (except .A!bbas Motcombe Orchard East Orcha·rd West ShasSal'iS/bury).. 6.30 p.m.; S<n~thampton, Dorset, I!a?ts, ton Holy Trinity: Shast-on St. Peter, Silton, Shaston I'sle of 'hght &; Channel I;ha~ds, 6.30 p.m.; GIlhng- St. James, Stower East, Stower 'Vest, Stower Provost, ham, 6.30 p.m.; London, SalIsbury &; all parts, 8.30 Sutton Waldron, Todber p.m.; with extra M stamp till 8,45 p.m. SundaysLondon, Sa,lisbury &:, Southampton, 6 p.m.; Bath, Bristol ltic. 6.20 p.m Deliveries. Week daY5 From London k all parts, 7.15 &; IO a.m.; aM parts, 3 p.m. On sundays only one delivery at 7.15 a.m Office is opoo OIl! week days for sale of stamps, postal orders &C. from 7 a.m. t{) 9 p.m Money Order, Savings Bank, Inland' Revenue, Insurance &; Annuity business :is transacted between 7 a.m. &; 9 p.m Telegrams from ,8 a.m. to 8 p.m. a.m. to 10 a.m Parcel mails dispatched at 12, 6 & 8.30 p.m.; delivered at 9 a.m. &; 3 p.m Town Sub-Post, :M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, St. James's.-Misg. Marion Louisa Brickell, subpostmistress. 'Cleared at 9.40 1& n.s a.m. & 6 & 8 p.m.; sundays, 5.35 p.m Wall Letter Boxes. Salisbury street, cleared at 9.50 a.m. 12 n{)on, 6 & 8.30 p.m.; sundays, 5.45 p.m. Gold Hill cleared at 9.45 &; II.55 a.m. 6.IO & 8.20 p.m.; sundays, 5.40 p.m. High street, cleal'ed at 9.55 a.m. 12.5 noon &; 6.5 & 8.30 p.m.; sundays, 5.55 p.m. Belle Vue, cleared a,t 9.15 &; II.50 a.m. 6 &; 8.15 p.m.; sundays, 5.10 p.m County il\Iagistrates for ShaJtesbury Petty Sessional Division. Du Boulay John esq. D.L. Donhead hall, Donhead Stal1bridge Rt. Hon. Lord P.C. Motcombe ho. Shaftesbry Wolverton Lord, Iwerne minster. Bland,fo-rd Glyn Sir Richard George 'hart. Gaunts house, Wimborne Grove Sir Thomas Fraser bart. D.L. Ferne, Salisbury Benett-StaIllford John Montague esq. pyt house, Tisbury Best 001. George, Charlt{)n house, ShaJfteS'bury GordO!tl Charles William esq. Wincomlbe pk. Shaftes'bury Grove Waiter John esq. Ferne house, SaliSibury Guest Thomas Merthyr esq. RA. Inwood, Hens'tridge, Blandford Hornby Oapt. Geoffrey Stanley Phipps, Sandley house, Gillingham Howard Col. Samuel Lloyd: D.L. .Ashmol'e manor, Dorset Hughes-Gibb E. esq. Tarr.ant Gunville, Bla.ndford Manger Alfred Thomas esq. Stock Hill house, Gillingham Noel Capt. Gerard Thomas, Sedge hill, Shaftesbury Pelly Sir Harold bart. Thorngrove, Gillingham Ray J. Fred e.q. Thorn grove, Gillingham Swinburne-Hanham John Castleman esq. Manston house, Blandford Troyte..Ohafyn-Grove George esq. D.L. North Coker hous-e, Yeovil Wilkinson Adam esq. Shaftesbury Clerk to the Magistrates, Robert Sad:er Freame,Tout hI

146 SHAFTESBURY. DORSETSHIRE. Workhouse, St. James's, is of stone, built in 1840, to hold 200 inmates; Rev. Richard Thurlow :M.,!. chaplai¥; George Osbaldeston Genge, master; Adam Wilkinspn :\LD. medical officer; Mrs. Elizabeth Burlton, matron &; school mistress; Miss EIIen Mary Burlton, nUfse School Attendance Committee. Meets as occasion requires, at the Workhouse. Clerk, James Burbidge, Bell street, Shaftesbury Attendance & Inquiry Officers, the Relieving Officers • in each month, with the exception of September, in which month there is no court held. The district comprises the following places in Dor&et :-Ashmore, ~llnn, otherwise Shaston St. Rumbold, Bourton, Bourton West, Caundle Stourton, Compton Abbas, East Orchard, East Stower, Fifehead Magdalen, Fontmell Magna Gi11ingba.m, Hammond, Iwerne Minster, Man- &ton, Marnhull, Margaret Marsh, Melbury Abbas, )lotcombe St. James (Shaftesbury), Silton, Stalbridge, Stower Provost, Sutton Waldron, Todber, West Orchard &; West Stower; &; the following in Wilts:- Rural District Council. Alvediston, Anstey, Berwick St. John, Berwick St. Leonard, Cricklade, Chilmark, Donhead St. Andrew, Meets at Workhouse monthly at I p.m. Donhearu St. :Mary, East Knoyle. East Tisbury, Fonthill Clerk, James Burbidge, Bell street, Shaftesbury Bishop, Fonthill Giffard, Hindon, Mere, Pertwood, Treasurer, Theodore Lovell de Behr, Wilts &; Dorset Bank Sedghill, Semley, Stourton (with the hamlet of Gasper, ~fedical Officer of Health, Robert Henry Saw}'er, Cann in Somerset), Sutton Manderville. Swallowcliffe, Tef- Sanita.ry Inspector &; District Surveyor, Wltr.Ge-nge, Cann font Evias, Teffont Magna, Tollard Royal, Wardour, Public Officers. West Knoyle, We-st Tisbury &; ZeaIs Assessor of Taxes, James Burbidge, Bell street For Bankruptcy purposes this court is included in that Assis,tant Overseers &; Collectors of Taxes, for St. Peter's of Salisbury, Frederick Aston Dawe,s, Oity chambers, &; St. James's, Alfred WiIIiam W<Jodcock, I Angel sq.; Salisbury, official receiver ,. Th ' Hi h Certified Bailiffs under the" Law of Distress Amendment for Holy Tnmty, omas Pmney, 11 g street Olerk to the C<Jmmissioners of Income, Property &; Land Act," Herbert Stowell, high bailiff, Shaftesbury county Taxes, Mervin Alford, Salisbury street court; William Thomas Buckland, Parson's pool, Certifying Factory Surgeon, Robt. Hy. Sawyer, Canq Shaftesbury; George Henry Gtltehouse, Enmore green, Lessee of S'tteet Market Tolll;l, S. W. Oram, Parson's pool. near Shaftesbury Inspector of Police, George Louis EHord, Bell street 'County Police Station, Bell street, George Lauis Elford, inspector, I sergeant & 9 constables Places of Worship, with times of Services. Fire Engine Station, Bell street; Herbert Stowell, capt.; Holy Trinity Church, Bimport street (consolidated with Edward James :Morton, lieut. &; about 16 men St. Peter's, High street), Rev. Frederick Ehlvers, Inland' Revenue Office, Haines lane, Bartholomew A Crow, rector; 11 a.m. &; 6.30 p.m.; children's service at 3 officer p.m. 3rd sun. in the month Literary Institute, Bleke street, Right Hon. Lord Stal- St. James' Church, Rev. Richard' Thurlow M.A. rector &; bridge, president; Herbert H. Hacker, sec surrogate; John Hayter, clerk; 11 a.m. &; 6.30 p.m.; 1farket House, High street &; Bell street 1st sunday in the month at 3 p.m. ; 7.30 p.m. on wedTemperance Hall, James Wescott, hon. sec. &; treasurer, nesday during Advent &; Lent Bell street Friends' Meeting House, St. James' street, 10.30 a.m Town Hall, William Samuel Oram, keeper Cungregational, Muston's lane, Rev. James William Westminster Memorial Cottage Hospital, Park road, I Pointer; 11 a.m. &; 6 p.m.; wed. 7 p. m Adam Wilkinson M.D., F.R.C.S.E. &; Charles Silvester Wesleyan, Parson's pool, Rev. William P. Ellis &; Rev. Evans M.A., M.B., B.C. hon. medical officers; Rev. Thomas Pinfield; 10.30 a.m. &; 6 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m Frederick Ehlve:r.s, hon. chaplain; Theodore Lovell de Brethren's Meeting House. Ebenezer hall, Salisbury st.' Behr, hon. treasurer; WiIliam L. Chitty, hon. sec. f 11 a.m. &; 6,30 p.m.; mono &; thurs. 7.30 p.m ' :Miss L. Wand', matron Primitive Methodist, St. James' st. 10.30 a.m. &; 6 p.m Volunteers. Schools. 1st Volunteer Battalion Donetshire Regiment (I Co.), The Endowed Grammar School stands on the eastern ~mourYJ Bell street; Colour-Sergt. Geo~ge Hacker, outskirts of the town, in the parish of St. Peter's on In command; Sergt. Wm. EdWfaJI'd Mozley mstruct& an elevated &; extremely healthy position: it was built Shaftesbury Union. in 1878, in the Queen ~ne style of architecture: the The union comprises the following parishes :-Alcester, school has b~en reorga:llz.ed under a scheme sanctIOned Ashmore, Buckhorn Weston, Caun, O>mpton Abbas, by the CharIty, C~mmlsslOne~s, &; was opened January East Orchard, Eas.t Stower, Fontmell Magna, GiIling~ :879: .new bmldmgs hav~ been erected f~r 60. boys, ham, Iwerne Minster, Kington Magna, Margaret Marsh, mcludmg 15 boo.rders, 'WIth .head .master s reSIdence Melbury Abbas, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Stower attached: ther~ .IS. an extensIye .crlcket field.- of ab?ut Provost. Sutton WaIldron, Todber, West Orchard, West four acr~s adJommg the. bmlding; two FoundatIOn Stower. The population of the union in 1891 was Sch~l~r~hlps, each of .the annual val~e .of £4, &; two 11 840' area 37 247 acres' rateable value at Lady dav Exh,IbItIOns on the Blmport FoundatIOn, each of the 1895 181 168 " • , annual value of £3, tenable at the school for two years, Board day, ~t the Workhouse, at 11 a.m. alternate thurs are a~arded every.August. The Right Ho~. Lord Clerk to the Guardians &; Assessment Committee, James StalbT1dge P.O. chQlrman of the governors, H. C. Burbidge, Bell street, Shafte,sbury Forrester, clerk. to the governors; Pryce Thomas TayTreasurer, Theodore LO'Vell de Behr, Wilts &; Dorset Bank 101' M.A. cla.sslcal honours Exeter Co,uege, Oxford, Relieving Officers &; O>Ilootors to the Guardians, No. I head master Leonard R. Treasure, certIficated second d 'st . t H G N rt S I' b t t master; Chnstopher John Thurlow, student roaster 1 nc, enry eorge 0 on, a IS ury s ree, N t' 1 ( . d) St J 'b 'It' 8 f Shaflesbury" No. 2 district WiIliam Edward Hiscock a I?TIa mIxe, . ames, m 1U I 73, or 220 East Stower" , c~lIdren ; average atten~ance, IS?; S~muel ,Ro~ert Vaccination Officer~, J.obn Tapper, Twyford; Henry T F~sher, master; ¥rs. El~zabeth FIsher. lI~fan!s mut. George Norton, Salisbury street, Shaftesbury; &; Wm. :NatIOnal (~oys &; ~rls~, ]~hmport st~eet! built m 1871 : Edward Hiscock, East Stower 134 boys &; 134 gIrls, (mfants) l;lUil~ 1U 1847 ~or 122: Medical Officers &; Public Vaccinators, FontmeU district, average attendance, 100 boys, 91 gIr~8 &; 9? mfants, Charles Silvester Evans M.A., M.B., B.C. Shaftesbury; G~orge :earson B~rter, ma.ster; ,Mis,s Ehza Baker, GilIingham district, Theophilus Woods, Wyke street, mIstress, Mrs. Emily Gale, mfants mIstress Gillingham; Shaftesbury district, Adam WilkinMn Conveyance. M.n., F.R.C.S.E. Bell street, Shaftesbury Omnibus fr?m the <;trosvenor Arms hote~, to & from Superintendent Registrar, James Burbidg.e, Bell street, Semley raIlway .statlO~ to ,meet all the trams ~xcept the Shaftesbury; deputy, Ernest Yates, Bimport street, 7·3 a.m. up tram, which IS only met by appomtment Shaftesbury Carriers. ltegistrars of Births & Deaths, Fontmell sub-district, Ashmore Bealing, from 'Mitre,' sat interim registrar, John Tapper, Twyford; Gillingham Berwick St. John-Jenkins, from 'Crown,' sat sub-district, William Edwardi His cock, East Stower; Donhead-Ingram from 'Mitre,' sat.; Isgar, froQl 'Rose deputy, Albert Foote, High street, Gillingham; 'Shaftes- & Crown'; Jenkins, from Grosvenor hotel, sat bury sub-district, Henry Georgoe Norton, Salisbury st. East Knoyle Snook, from' Crown,' sat Shaftesbury; deputy, Benj. Hill Norton, Enmore,Green Ebbes'borne O>ombes, from' Mitre,' sat Registrars of Marriages, Yervin Alford, Salisbury street, Fontmell Magna-Chick, from 'Mitre,' sat Shaftesbury; deputy, Alfred! \V. Woodcock, Angel King-ton Magna-Lanning, from' Rose &; Crown,' sat square, Sliaftesbury; WiIliam Edward Hiscock, East London-)fitcheIl &; Sons (goods agents to South-Western Stower; deputy, Albert Foote, High st. Gillingham; railway), to &; from Semley station, daily; Petty &i John KinO'sley Rutter, Bell street, Shaftesbmy' reO'is- Son (agents for Sutton &; Co.), Bimport tering officer for the Society of Friends 'b Ludwell-Ingram, from 'Mitre,' sat

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. SHAFTESBURY. 147 • • PRIVA.TE, BEIHDE~'l'iI. Abbott Miss, Oaklands Andrew John, Alcester cottage Ayres John Charles, Abbey house Bennett Ernest Wm.Thos.Bimport ho Bennett Mrs. Bimport house Bragg John, Angel square Brown Mrs. Barton Hill house Brown The Misses, Bellevue Buckland William Thomas, Ivy house, Parsons Pool Burbidge James, Bell street Chaloner Goorge Cheers, Bank house, The Commons Cox Mrs. Lawn Muse, Bell street de Behr Theod{)re Lovell, Bank ho. High street Downs Miss, 3 Bimport street Dunn Miss, Grosvenor house Ehlvers Rev. Frederick. Rectory ElIis Rev. William P. (Wesleyan), Wesley house, Bell street COMMERCIAL. A'Barrow WiIliam, cattle dealer, Salisbury street Ackland Thomas, ironmonger, 35 High street Alford Mervin, registrar of marriages &; accountant clerk to the commissioner of t'cu;:es, Salisbury street Alford William, saddler, 37 High street Alien George F.S.I. land agent & agent to the Right Hon. Lord Stalbridg-e &; <Ythers, Estate offices Ancient Order of Forestel1S (Court" City Palladur," No. 3'468, J. E. Ernest J ohnson, sec.), Ship hotel Arsprey George,umbrella maker & shopkeeper,St.James's Atkinson Wm. Joseph, printer &; stationer, 42 High street Baker Joseph, farmer, St. James's Baker Samuel, cycle maker, Salisbury street Baker William Henry, earthenware &; marine store dlr. 47 &; 49 High street Ball SHas, cow leech, Bell street Barnes Bros. family drapers & silk mercers, millinery & mantle show rooms, dress making (good fit &; style); special attention given to wedding &; mourning orders, Bell street Barnes Gideon, outfitter, 4 Muston's lane Barnes William John Cross, baker &; corn factor, Bell st Bell & Freame, solicitors, Tout hill Bennett Ernest Wm. Thomas, solicitor, Bell street Bird John, farmer, St. James's Barley Robert Wm. brewer & Grosvenor Arms hotel BrickeIl Aaron, cheese dealer, St. J ames's Brickell Ann (Miss), dress maker, St. James's street BrickeIl Eli Charles, tailor, Bimport street Brickell Thomas, market gardener, Salisbury street Brockway Joseph, haulier, St. James's Brown John, market gardener, Love lane Buckland William Thomas, coal merchant & auctioneer, Parson's pool Burbidge James, clerk to the guardians & school attendance &; assessment committees & supt. registrar of Shaftesbury union, clerk to the highway board, rural district council & Stower ...Provost school board & assessor of taxes for Shaftesbury; office, 42 Bell stl'e,et Burden J ames, baker & corn factor, 6 Salisbury street Burr James, hors~ dealer, Cottage green Burr Stephen, horse dealer, Bimport street Burridge, Kent &; FOTrester, solicitors, Bell .street Carpenter Alfred Thos. commercial travlIr. Barton hill Case George, farm bailiff to Mr. James L. Jeffery, Coles farm, St. James's Case Henry George, farmer, Guy's Marsh farm & shopkeeper, St. James's Chaloner George Cheers, manager of the National Provincial Bank of England & borough treasurer,TheOmmn Cheater Alberb William, tailor, 48 Salisbury street Cheater Stephen, baker & grocer, 38 Salisbury street Cole &; Son, watch makers &; jewellers, 44 High street Collins Thomas, plumber &C. Gold hill Coombs Joseph, farmer, Cherry Orchard, St. James' County Court (Charles Hodson Kent, registrar), Town hall; offices, Bell street Crow Bartholomew A. officer of inland revenue,Haime's la Dans Geol'ge William, builder, 46 Salisbury street Dean Albert, grocer & pork butcher, St. James's Dean Charles, Sun & Moon P.H. Gold hill , Marnhull-Bugg, from I Mitre,' sat Stalbridge-Bu~g, from ':Mitre,' sat Melbury Abbas Bealing, from' Mitre,' I!at Stower-Bugg, from' Mitre,' sat Mere' Hooper, from ~King'8 Arms,' sat Todber-Bnggf from 'Mitre.' sat; Semley-Mitchell & Sons, from their house daily Tollard~Neale, from' Star,' sat r Elsey George, The Priory Robins ~arleSl Th~as, Bell street Evans George Silvester M.A., M.R, Rutter Miss, Sunnyslde, St. James's B.C. Castle Hill house Smith Rev. Canon John, Palladur Forrester Hugh Carl RA Smith Miss, Bell street Franks Misses, St. John's cottage Stephens Rev. Garnault Henry Nol'- Freke George, Palladur house rnlLIl M.A. (curate of Motcombe), Freke Mrs. Mcester house Enmore Green pal"sonage Hardy George, The CedarSl, Angel la Stevens Edward, St. James street Harding Rudolph, Bleke street Stratton James, The Old Reetory, Harrison Mrs. Keke street St. James'S1 1mber Harry, Union cot. Alcester Taylor Henry ltobert Hawkins, Vale 1mber Mrs. T. Bart<m hill view, Salisbury street Johnson In. Edwd. Ernest, 28 Bell st Taylor Pryce Thomas M.A. (head Kent Charles Hodson master), Grammar school Kersley Mrs. 9 Bell street Thurlow Rev. Richd. M.A. (surrogate).. MellSl Mrs. Breach cottage,St. James's St. James' l'ectory Mills Miss. I The Park Treasure Leonard R.(assis,tant master)" Mite-hell Mrs. St. James's street Grammar school Norton Henry George, Sarum oot- Warren Thomas Henry, Tout hill tage, Salisbury street Wilkinson Adam M.D., F.R.C.S.E. kc-.. Oborne Frederick Wm. Parson's pool Bell street Pointer Rev. James William (CongI'e- Williams Mrs. 26 Bell street gational), The Manse Young George, 7 Bell street Dean Herbert, Hand-in-Hand P.H. St. James's street Dean John, market gardener, St. John's hill Dean Robert, builder, 3 Salisbury street & de Behr Theodore Lovell, manager tt) the Wilts & Dorset Bank, High street Denbeigh Peter, travelling confectioner, Bimport street Dorset Friendly Society (steward for the Shaftesbury branch, Alfred William Woodcock), Angel square Dorset Health Association (Shaftesbury centre) (Right, Hon. Lord Stalbridge, president; Miss S. A. Dunn, hon. sec.; Miss Alice Campbell, dist. nurse).15 Bell st Dowding Elizabeth Ann (Mrs.), Crown inn, High street Dowland Benjamin, confectioner, 55 High street Dunham Jonas, tailor, 2 Haimes lane Dunn Sarah Ann (Miss), principal of Grosvenor House high school for girls Durrell John, blacksmith, Park lane Elford George Louis, inspector of police, Bell street .Elkins Edwin, insurance agent, 4 St. J ames's street Elsey George (established ! century), steam biscui~ manufacturer & confectionery works, manufacturer of fruit syrups, lime juice &; british cordials; patentee of' the Crown machine for mixing & kneading dough for bread making, 13 High street Evans Charles Silvester M.A., M.B., B.C. surgeon, hon. medical officer to the Westminster Memorial Cottage Hospital &; medical officer & public vaccinator for Fontmell district, Sha:ftesbury union, Castle Hill house· Farris John, agricultural implement manufacturer &c. The Belle Vue iron works Feltham John, travelling draper, 12 Angel lane Foot Robert. tailor, 462 Salisbury street Forrester Hugh Carl RA. (firm, Burridge, Kent &; Forrester), solicitor, clerk to the governors of Lush'. endowed school, Bell street Freame Robt. Sadler (firm, Bell &; Freame), solicitor &; commissioner for oaths &; clerk to the justices for thedivisions of Shaston & Sturminster Newton, Tout hill;. &; at GiIlingham Fricker Alfred, Gro-svenor coffee tavern, Salisbury street Galpin Ellen (Miss), dres9 maker, 20 Salisbury street Garrett Geo. Wm. beer retailer & farmer, St. James's Gatehouse John, saddler &; harness maker, 5 Bell street Genge Geo. Osbaldest{)n, master of workhouse,St.James's: Gibbs Ed'win George, farmer, BIynfield farm, St. James's Gray John, market gardener, Tanyard lane, St. James's Green John, parish common ranger, St. James's Griffin Arthur Ernest, surgeon-dentist, Parson's pool Grosvenor Arms first-clai1is family &; commercial hotel &; posting house (Robert WiIliam Borley, proprietor); headquarters of Cyclist Touring Club Grosvenor House High School for Girls & Kindergarten (Miss Dunn, principal), assisted by resident governesses &; visiting masters; prospectus &; reference on application; terms moderate Hacker George, ironmonger, High street Harding Ann (Mrs.) &; Son, plumbers &; glaziers, High sf; Hardy Leonard, baker, Haimes lane Hardy Sidney Edgar, cabinet maker, Haimes lane Hatcher Emanuel, dairyman, St. James's Hayter Charles, coach builder, High street Hayter John, builder & shopkeeper, St. James's DORSET 10·

148 SHAFTESBCRY. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S Highman George, cabinet maker, Bimport street Highman Harriet Ann (Mrs.), see Ship hotel Highman Thomas, coach builder, St. James's Hill James E. fancy draper &; toba~conist, 25 High street Hillier Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, St. James's street Hillier Frank, butcher, St. James's street Hillier George, watch &; clock maker, Salisbury street Hillier George, coach painter, St. James's Hillier James, jobbing gardener, 6 St. James's street Holloway Christopher, outfitter, 3 Bell street Hooper James Almer, draper, High street Hopkins Geo.farmer,TheCottage &; Church frm.St.James's Hull Charles &; Sons, ironmongers &; smiths, Salisbury st Hunt Charles, boot maker &; fruiterer, 29 High street Hunt Thomas, ironmonger, St. James's Imber Harry, wholesale &; retail family butcher, purveyor &; sausage maker; pickled tongues &; corn beef always on hand; recommendation respectfully solicited, The Commons 1mber Harry, wholesale &; retail family butcher &; purveyor; pickled tongues &; corn beef; neighbourhood supplied daily; recommendation respectfully solicited; Mitre &; Union cottage, Alcester Inland Revenue Office (Bartholomew A. Crowe, officer), Haines lane Johnson G. K&; Son,cabinet makers &; auctioneers,High st Johnson Harry &; Hester E. (Mrs.), butchers, Muston's la Kent Charles Hodson (firm, Burridge, Kent &; Forrester), solicitor &; commissioner for oaths, registrar of the county court, Bell street .Kersley &; Co. wine &; spirit merchants, importers &; bonders, ale &; stout merchants &; bottlers, The Wine &; Spirit vaults .Labrum Richard Newman, grocer &; agent for W. .&; A. Gilbey Lim. wine &; spirit merchants, 16 High street Lamb Brewery Lim.(Harry Morgan, agent),The Commons 'Langford Edward M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon, Park ho .-Literary Institute (Rt. Hon. Lord Stalbridge, president; Herbed H. Hacker, sec.), Bleke street Lodge Charles, confectioner, painter &;c. St. James's Lodge Charles, grocer, Salisbury street Long Frederick Joseph, grocer, 56 High street -Lush's Endowed Grammar School (Pryce Thomas Taylor M.A. head master) Market House, High street &; Bell street Miles Alfred, baker &; grocer, 32 Salisbury street Miles Jeremiah, boot &; shoe maker, 10 High street .Minerva Middle Class Boys' School (Thomas Henry War- ~en F.S.Sc. principal); a thorough, practical, business education is offered at a moderate price; great attention to shorthand, bookeeping &; commercial arithmetic; situation, from 600 ft. to 700 ft. above sea level; Tout hill Mitchell &; Son, agents for the L.&; S.W.Railway,Haimes la ,Morgan William &; Co. silk mercers, linen &; woollen drapers, merchant tailors &; hatters, dress &; mantle making establishment, millinery show rooms &;c.High st _Morgan Charles, smith, Bimport street Morgan Harry, hair dresser, The Commons ],lozley Sergt. Wm. Edward, drill instructor I. Co. ISt V.B. Dorset Regiment, 35 Bell street :Mynett Geo. Christopher, postmaster, Post office, High st .National Provincial Bank of England Lim. (branch) (Geo. Cheers Chaloner, manager); open from 10 till 3, 10 till I on wed. &; 10 till 4 on saturdays, The Commons; draw on head office, II2 Bishopsgate street within,London E 0 :.New Joseph, plumber &; glazier, The Commons Norris George, shopkeeper, 33 Bell street Norton &; Son, butchers, 54 High street Norton Edwin James, plumber, glazier, decorator &; paperhanger, Bell street Norton Harriett (Miss),fancy repository &; patent medicine vendor, 22 High street Norton Henry George, registrar of births &; deaths for Shaftesbury sub-district, &; relieving &; vaccination officer for Shaftesbury district,school attendance officer, Shaftesbury union, collector to the guardians, Sarum cottage, Salisbury street Norton Thomas Edmund, baker, 52 High street Oborne Frederick Wllllam, coal merchant, English timber merchant, saw mill proprietor, builder &; contractor, cement merchant, box maker &; hire contractor; office &; works, Belle vue &; Malthouse lane Oborne George, Mitre inn; good accommodation for cyclists &; touring parties; good stabling, High street Odd Fellows (Manchester Unity) (James Westcott, sec.), Ship hotel Odd Fellows (Manchester Unity)(juvenile branch)(William J. Short, sec.), Town hall Oram William Samuel, town crier, bill poster &; town hall keeper, Parson's pool Peach John, hair dresser & tobacconist, 9 Salisbury street Petty &; SOD, agents for Sutton &; Co. carriers, Bimport Phillips Charles, market gardener, 14 Coppice street Plnney Thomas, general printer, bookseller, fancy sta. tioner &; news agent (parcels from London daily), &; assistant overseer &; collector of rates for the parish of Holy Trinity, II High street Pitman William, carpenter, St. James's Powell Francls, general draper, silk mercer, hosier, haberdasher &; carpet warehouseman; millinery,mourning &; dress making establishment; merchant tailor, livery &; breeches maker, woollen draper &c. 12, 28 &; 30 High street Primrose League (W. L. Chitty, hon. sec.), Town hall Richards Fred A.P.S., L.P. dispensing chemist; medicinel promptly forwarded by post free, 14 High street Roberts George, hawker &; market gardener,St. James's st Robins Charles Thomas, solicitor &; commissioner for oaths, &; clerk to the borough magistrates, Bell street Russell Mark, boot maker, 13 Coppice street Rutter &; Rutter, solicitors, Bell street Rutter Clarence Edwin, solicitor, see Rutter & Rutter Rutter John Kingsley (firm, Rutter &; Rutter), solicitor &; town clerk, Bell street Seymour John, Knowle's Arms P.H. Salisbury street Shaftesbury Coffee Rooms (John Bourne, manager), Parson's pool Shaftesbury Cricket Club (H. C. Forrester, sec.); head quarters, Grosvenor hotel Shaftesbury Gas &; Coke Co. Lim. (Ernest Yates, sec. &; manager), office &; works, Bimport street Shaftesbury Mineral Water Co. (Jas. Stratton &; Sons), mineral water manufacturers, High st. &; Barton hill Ship Family &; Commercial Hotel & Posting House (Mrs. H. A. Highman, proprietress) ; good stall stabling; well· aired beds; an ordinary every sat. at 2 o'clock; billiards &;c.; High street Short Philip (successor to R. Ball &; Son), coach &; carriage builder; carriages &;c. bought, sold or exchanged on commission; repairs neatly executed; workshops, Angel square Sibley Henry, coach wheeler, 34 Salisbury street Silcox Edwin James, King's Arms P.H. Bleke street Smith Elizabeth Dennis (Mrs.), grocer, 12 Bell street Smith Robert Isaac, corn factor, 17 Salisbury st.&; High st Smith Thos. ironmonger, gunsmith &; seedsman,27 High st Snook Mary Jane (Miss), dress maker, 59 High street Snook Eliza (Miss), fruiterer, 65 High street Spong Charles, provision dealer, 2 Bell street Stainer George, shopkeeper, St. James's Stainer William, pork butcher, 27 Salisbury street Stevens George, builder &; contractor, Haimes lane Stickland Emma (Mrs.), ironmonger &; china dealer, 53 High street Stl)well Herbert, high bailiff of the county court &; sheriff's officer, Layton cottage Strange &; Sons, boot makers &; leather sellers, 18 High street &; Church lane Strange Joseph :\files, farmer, Barton hill Stratton James &; Sons, wholesale grocers &; provision merchants, High street Studley Thomas Arthur, Star inn, High street Tanswell Phillip, shoe maker, 43 Salisbury street 'rapper Mary Ann (Miss), dress maker, 241 High street Tapper Thomas, hair dresser, 24 High street Taylor William, hawker, St. James's Temperance Hall (Jas. Wescott, hon. sec. &; treas.), Bell st Townsend John William, cycle maker, 58 High street Trowbridge & Son, upholsterers &; cabinet makers, 41 &; 43 High street Tucker Gideon, shopkeeper, St. James's Tuffin Sarah Ann (Mrs.), milliner, I High street Upcraft Robert, farmer, Cliff house, St. James's Usher Mary Ann (Mrs.), Two Brewers inn, St. James's Volunteer Battalion (1st) Dorsetshire Regiment (I Co.; Color Sergeant George Hacker, in command; Sergt. Wm. Edward l\Iozley, drill instructor), Armoury,Bell st Wareham Charles, boot &; shoe maker, St. James's Wareham George, tailor, 21 Salisbury street Warren Thomas Henry F.S.Sc. principal Minerva Middlo Class Boys School, Tout hill Water Works (John Freer, manager), Barton hill Watts George Edwin, Fox &; Hounds P.ll. St. James's Watts William Edward, wine &; spirit merchant, Commons Wescott J ames, coal merchant &; assistant overseer for tho parish of Cann &;c. 23 Salisbury street Westminster Memorial Cottage Hospital (Adam Wilkin· son M.D., F.R.C.S.E. & Charles Silvester Evans M.A., 1.LB., B.C. hon. medical officers; T. H. de Behr, hon. treasurer; Wm. L. Chitty, hon. sec. j Miss L. Wand, matron), Park road White James &; Son (established upwards of a century), woollen drapers, tailors &; hatters; waterproof clothing &; liveries on the shortest notice, High street

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. SHERBORNE. 149 White James Augustus, auditor to the Shaftesbury Gas I on wed.; 10 till 4 on sat.; High st.; draw on Glyn. Co. High street Mills &; Co. London E C Whitehead William Goodwin, family grocer, tea dealer & \Vingrave Thomas, shopkeeper &; shoe maker, 15 High at provision merchant; country orders receive prompt Woodcock Alfred William, assistant overseer &; collector of attention; vans deliver weekly; agent for the British &; taxes for St. Peter's &; St. James'., deputy registrar of Mercantile Life &; Fire Insurance Co. High street &; marriages, I Angel square Bimport street Woodcock Frederick, watch &; clock maker, Angel square Wickham Henry James, shoe maker, The Park Woodrow Herbert, tea agent, Muston'slane Wightman David, 26 High street Wright Almira (Mrs.), boot dealer, 30 Salisbury street Wilkinson Adam M.D., F.R.C.S.E. surgeon, &; hon. medi- Wright Robert, insurance agent, St. James's street cal officer to the Westminster Memorial Cottage Hospi- Wright Sylvester, farmer &; dealer, St. James's tal, &; medical officer &; public vaccinator to Shaftesbury Wright 'I'homas, horse dealer, St. James's district, &; medical officer to the workhouse, Bell street Yates Ernest, deputy superintendent registrar of births. Wilmot Bessie (Miss), dressmaker, II Haimes lane deaths &; marriages, Bimport street Wilmot George, chimney sweeper, Magdalene lane Young Elijah, shopkeeper, Bimport street Wilts &; Dorset Banking Co. Lim. (branch) (Theodore Young Frederic ·W. Rose &; Crown P.H. &; brewer, High st Lovell de Behr, manager); open from 10 till 3; 10 till Young Samuel, dairyman, Little London, St. James's SHAPWICK is a village and parish, on the river Stour, remains of a cross and half a mile north-east is the curious 3 miles north-west from Baileygate station on the Midland British camp named Badbury Rings. Here King Edward and South Western Joint railway, 5 west-by-north from the Elder once encamped. Walter Ralph Bankes esq. is Wimborne, and 5 south-east from Blandford, in the East- lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is light ern division of the county, hundred of Badbury, petty loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, sessional division and county court district of Wimborne, oats and turnips. The area is 2,683 acres; rateable value, Wimborne and Cranborne union, rural deanery of Pim- £2,604; the population in 1891 was 355. perne (Blandford portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and Parish Clerk, Enoch Muncton. diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Bartholomew is Strawbarrow and other barrows are near; Hemsworth an ancient and beautiful stone structure in the Early is 3 miles north-by-east; Kingsdown 2 miles north-east. English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisle, north and Blandford Down is one mile and a half north. south porches, with low western clock tower, containing Lower Hemsworth and Dean Farm were in 1886 trans~ 4 bells; it was thoroughly restored in 1879-80 at a cost of ferred by Local Government Board Order from this parish £1,300, Fredk. Keith Rogers esq. of London, being the to Wit,champton. architect; it has 20~ ~itti!1gs.. The register dates from Post Office.-Pharoah Felham, sub-postmaster. Letters' t~e year 1559· The bv~g IS a VICarage: gros.s yearly value i through Blandford, arrive at .7.30 a.m.; dispatched .at tl~he ren~-charg~ £425, a:verage',£322, net Income, £274,: 4.30 p.m. Postal orders are Issued here, but not paId. With resId~nce, In the gIft of Walt~r Ralph Bankes esq. I The nearest money order &; telegraph office is at Spet- and held SInce 1883 by the Rev. RIChard Paget Murray I tisbury M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, and F.L.S. . ... . Here is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists. In Parochla.l School (mIxed), WIth reSIdence for mIstress, for the time of Henry Ill. there was a market. A small 100 chIldren; average attendance, 65 priory was founded here in 1414. In the village are the Carrier to Blandford.-William Frampton, saturday Murray Rev. Richard Paget M.A., Bennett Charles Henry, shopkeeper Guy William, blacksmith F.L.S. (vicar) Cave Edward WiI:iam, jun. farmer, Joyce Thomas Davis, farmer &; baker, Adams Henry Joseph, dairyman Bishop's farm White mill Andrews Emma Lucy (Mrs.), dairy Fe:hamPharoah,grocer & smith,Post off Pike Evans, wheelwrig-ht Andrews Wyndham, dairyman Frampton George, shopkeeper Rawlins Jane (Mrs.), farmr. Barford Ball George, boot &; shoe maker Frampton Wm. shopkeeper &; carrier Tory Henry Jos.eph Saunders, farmer. Bartlett Arth. SI. farmr.New Barn fm Guy James, Anchor P.H Priory farm SHE !{ 13 0 R N E AND C.A.STLETON. SHERBORKE is a market and union town, on the south- gamated the Benedictine priory of Horton with Sherern side of a hill, on the river Yeo, and on the borders borne, which then became an abbey, and was rebuilt, of Somersetshire, with a. station <m the London and only the western doorway of the north nave aisle, and South Western railway, 18 miles north-north-west from part of the adjoining wall being suffered to remain; this Dorchester,6 east from Yeovil, II north from Cerne, 2! bishop erected the piers of the central tower, the south-west from Milborne Port, and 1I8 from London eastern chapel of the north wing of the transept and by rail, in the Northern division of the county, hundred the south porch, the choir being arranged under the and petty sessional division of its name, county court tower, with a rood loft: in the 13th century the Lady district of Yeovil, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Sher- chapel was rebuilt, and in the 15th century cloisters borne portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of were erected on the north side, and the present west Salisbury. By the Act 14 and 15 Vict. c. 98, parts of doorway built by Abbot Ramsam: in 1436 the church Sherborne and Castleton were <Xlnstituted a Local was partially consumed by a fire, of which some traces Government district, and the town was governed by a are still left; Abbot Bradford rebuilt the presbytery, Local Board until the establishment under the "Local forcing the townsfolk to contribute, and eastenl tranGovernment Act, 1894," of the present Urban District septal chapels were added, and the choir aisles ext~nded Council. In 1863 the portions of the two parishes not to form other chapels: after 1459 the remains of the included in the old Local Board district were added to Norman triforium and clerestory of the nave were rethe Sherborne highway district. The town is lighted moved, and a new clerestory iu the 15th century style with gas by a. company, and the supply regulated by was substituted, the south aisle refaced and new winthe Urban District Council. dows inserted; the aisles were vaulted in 1475 and the The original Castleton parish is now merged into Norman base story rebuilt. The abbey was surrendered Sherborne; and a new Castleton parish has been formed March 18, 1539, in the time of the twenty-third abbot, comprising the portion beyond the urban district of there being then eighteen monks, with a revenue of Sherborne. £682 yearly. After the Dissolution the church was sold Sherborne was for 370 years a cathedral city, having Ito the inhabitants by Sir John Horsey, knight, of Clifton been constituted the head of a bishop's see in 705 by Maybank, the grantee of the Crown, for 100 marks Ina, king of the West Saxons: in the year 905 the see (£66 13s. 4d.), in place of the dilapidated parish church was divided into several portions, one of these being of All Hallows, situated at the west end of the minster. formed into the bishopric of Wilton, the seat of which I and subsequently taken down. was sometimes at Ramsbury: Herman, lIth and last The existing church consists of choir and presbytery bishop of Wilton, on the death of Elfwold, became 26th I of three bays, with aisles and clerestory and five chapels, bishop of Sherborne, and having united the two sees, nave of five bays with clerestory, aisles, transepts. transferred them to Old Sarum about 107.s, whence the' south porch and a central tower of two stages: the see was removed to Salisbury by Bishop Poore in 1218. choir and presbytery, Perpendicular, have peculiar fanBetween II22 and II39 Bishop Roger of Salisbury amal- , traceried vaulting. richly gilt, and decorated with shields

ItO SHERBORXE, DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S of arms and foliage work; some of the bosses of the The total length of the church is 200 (once 241) feet; groining are carved with a fiery arrow, indicating the Iwidth, 60 feet; length of the transept, 95 feet; height, manner in which the church was set on fire: portions of I about 60 feet. The remains of the abbey buildings now stone traceried screens divide the choir from its aisles, i form part of the Sherborne School: the abbey has and under the south -tower arch are remains of a cano- sittings for 1,600 persons. The register dates from the pied ch:mtry: the stalls and canopies have been re- year November, 1538. The living is a vicarage, average stored: the east window exhibits in its glass the three tithe rent-charge £152, gross yearly value £35 2 , net orders of Martyrs, and the clerestory windows are £140, with residence, in the gift of John Kenelm Digby stained: the reredQs,of Caen stone, designed by Mr. R. Wingfield-Digby esq. M.P. and held since 1868 by the C. Carpenter, is enriched with carvings of "The Last Rev. William Hector Lyon M.A. of Trinity College, CamSupper" and "The Ascension," executed by 1"orsyth; bridge, canon and prebendary of Salisbury, vicar of eastward of the presbytery is the Lady Chapel, ori- Castleton, rural dean of Sherborne portion, &; surrogate. ginally of three bays, and 80uth of it the chapel of St. In 1884 a monument to George Digby WingfieldMary le Bow, both of which until lately formed part of Digby, of Sherborne Oastle, in the form of an Eleanor the head master's house: on the floor of the presbytery cross, was erected in the Abbey yard, on the site of the is a brass with inscription, placed over the grave 01 old town hall, and stands on octagonal steps. The base Ethelbald and Ethelbert, brothers of King Alfred the is of Ham Hill stone, moulded and with traceried Great: in the choir i8 a brass to the 2nd Earl Digby, I panels; the upper part is of Ketton stone, and is beauwho died May 12, 1856, when the earldom became ex- : tifully moulded and carved and adorned with small tinct; there is also a. memorial to Beatrix (Walcot), Ishafts and pinnacles and flying buttresses, surmounted wife of John, first Earl of Bristol; she died in 1658. I by a crocketed spire, rising altogether to the height of The north choir aisle contains a fragment of the tomb 29 feet. The details are in ~trict keeping wilh the a?bey. of Abbot Clement, 1163, dug up in the churchyard about IAt the south-west angle IS a bronze figure of BIshop 1860; it includes the head of the effigy and a portion 01 ~dhelm, founder 01 the abbey; .on the north-west of a pastoral staff, and is encircled by an inscription: I Bl~hop Roger; on ~he north-east IS Abbot Bradfor~, the .Bishop Roger's chapel, so-called, Early English, and now IbuIlder of the mam part of the. present Perpe~dlCular used as a vestry, is entered from this aisle, and con- wO!k; and on the sonth-eas~ SIr WaIter Ralelgh, the l\;ains monuments collected from the nave and choir: the bUIlder of Sherborne Castle; m the centre of the south Wickham chapel adjoins it on the west, and is entered side, in a circular panel,. is a medallion portrait,. in from the north transept: the ceiling is vaulted, and the br?nze, of the late Mr. ~lgbf ~nd below a plate ~th .south and east walls are relieved by arcading; in this shIeld of arms and a!1 mscrIptIOn: On the west SIde ·chapel is the restored tomb of Sir John Horsey, knight, are the 811"mS of the diocese of Salisbury, (In t~e north 1546, and son, 1564. Attached to the south choir aisle ! thos~ of the abbey, and on the eas.t those of SIr WaIter is the chapel of the Holy Sepulchre, with a groined roof R;alelgh. The work has been carrIed out from the de. ;snd piscina: St. Catherine's or the Leweston chapel is SIgns of Messrs. Carpenter and IIl~elow, of London. .also vaulted and contains a canopied tomb, with effigies There is a Catholic church dedicated to the Sacred 1-0 John Lewston esq. 1584, and Joane his wife, 1579, Heart and St. Aldhelm, in Westbury. ·erected by Sir John Fitzjames, knight; a~d the tor~b I Union Congregational chapel. Long street, founded in .of Abbot John My~r 011 Mere (1504-35), WIth effigy III 1662, has 300 sittings. t black marble, bearmg a pastoral statf. P'd B t' t h I Abb 1 to d . .. . rOVI ence ap IS cape, ey ane, res re ID .In the north transept, ,!hlch IS boldly .gromed, and 1884, has seats for 130 persons. ·displays the finest bosses m the church, IS placed th£ . . ()rgan, erected at Easter, 1856, at a cost of £1,106. and The Wesleyan chapel, near Th~ Abbey, has. 800 slthngs., repaired in 1878 at a cost of £300, raised by subscrip- The ~ret~ren have a meetmg room m Halfmoon tion; the south transept has a roof (If Irish oak, with street; It will seat 120 persons. gilt bosses, brought here from Ireland by the Earl of A Cemetery of about 6 acres, near Horsecasees, was "Bristol: the very fine stained window illustrating the Te formed in 1856, at a cost of £4,000; it contains two Deum, was designed by A. W. Pugin; here is a marble i mortuary chapels and is under the control of a Burial monument by J. Noel to John, third and last Earl of Board of 9 members. Bristol,. who died S~p.tember 12, !6g8; a~d tab~et. to Shel'borne was formerly a place of note for the woollen two chIldren of Wllham Lord DIgby, WIth mscrIptlOn manufacture, on the decay of which button and lace by Pope. making were carried on, which have been succeeded by The nave, five bays in length, Perpendicular, has a very ,silk mills; these are now in a flourishing state, are fine vaulted roof, described at length by the Rev. J. L. Ifurnished with improved machinery, and employ a large Petit, in the Arch. Soc. Pub. 1850; the north aisle 1'e- number of hands. tains ,fou~ De?orated win~ows;. in the south or St. The market days are Thursday and Saturday. The Mary s aIsle, IS a memonal wmdow to George !"ledd fairs are held on May 8, July 18 and 26, for cattle and Butt esq. formerly M.P. fo~ W~ymouth, and a natIve of sheep, and a large fair, well known as Pack Monday F~ir, Sheroorne, presented by his WIfe. on the first Monday after the loth of October. The piers and arches of the tower are Norman, and Technical schools of science and art have taken the' broader fr<;>m no.rth to sou;th, than from east to west: place of the Macready Literary Institution, and J. A. ~he tower Itself IS. P.erpendlcular, the upp~r st~ge rec~d- }i'fooks esq. is secretary. There is also a reading room in IDg on. a set-off;. ~t IS at present 109 f~et m heIght. WIth Cheap street, in connection with " Church of England two ~ndows, dIVIded by buttresses, ID each fa~e, bu~ Young Men's Society, and an Institute in connection was ID 1885-86 completely ~estored f~om the deSIgns of with the Wesleyan body was established in 1887. There Messrs. Carpenter and Inge.ow, architects, at a .cost of is also a club for Young Women. about £4,000: much of the work has been rebUIlt, and . . ... .' the parapet entirely renewed, with twelve crocketed Tho charItIes dIstrIbuted III mo?~y ond kl?d ~mo~t pinnacles, instead of the former six, in accordance, it to £19? yearly. There are charltI.es for dISt:I?ubon , is believed, with the original design of Abbot Bradford. a~ountmg to about £120 yearly, whIch are admllllstered The tower contains a clock and 10 bells, of which the eIther by t~e parochIal officers or by a body o~ tr~stee~, tenor, weighing 62 cwt. 23 lb. and recast in 1865, was and are g~ven. to the P?or by annual dl~trlbutlOn ID brought from Tournay and presented to the church by m.oney, or m klI~d, followmg as nearly as CIrcumstanceS Cardinal Wolsey and has the inscription, wIll allow the WIshes of the donor. , The Yeatman Memorial Hospital was erected in 1865, "By Wolsey's gift I measure time for all, in the higher part of the Abbey Precinct at a cost of" To mirth, to grief, to church, I serve to call." about £4,262, and a new wing added in 1869, at a cost 'rhe first and second bells were added by subscription of £5°0 : this is a monument to .the late Rev. Harr~ in 1858 as a testimonial to the munificence of the late 1".arr Yeatman, of. Stock House, chaIrman .of .qua:ter ses Mr. Digby; here is a180 a sanetus bell, a fire bell of Slons, and w.as raIsed by a ge.ne:al subscrIptIOn ~n ~her1652 with the inscription: borne and m the .cou~ty: It IS sup~orted prmclpally by voluntary contrIbutIOns, and contams 24 beds;· the "Lord quench this furious flame, number of patients in 1893 was, in-patients, 154; outArise, put out the same." patients, 255. The navo and transepts were restored in 1851, at a The HO!'lpital of SS. Jo~n. the Baptist .and Evangel~sl cost of £13,868, under the direction of Mr. R. C. Car- was fo~n~ed by tha ~enedlctmes {In the SIte of an earlier penter, and the choir in 1858, by Mr. W. Slater, at an AugustIlllan house, In the 7 Hen. IV. 1405-6, aud reoutlay of £17.847: and of the total amount nearly founded by Robert Kevill, Bishop of Salisbnry, in 15 Hen. £18,000 was given by the late George Digby Wing~eld- VI. 1436-7. The oldest portion~ ar.e the chapel, with its Digby esq. and about £8,000 by the last Earl DIgb~·. ante-chapel, the hall and dormItOrIes: the chapel has a

DIREC1fORV.] DORSETSHIRE. SHERBORNE. 151 south window of ancient glass: the ant9-chapel opens into Trendle street and th'3 doorway is flanked by bold niches, once containing figurel of the patron saints: the room used for the meetings of the hospital masters contains a fine triptych, representing the miracles of Our Lord, removed from the chapel: the domestic buildings are separrted from the chapel by a Perpendicular arch, inclosing an ancient oak. screen: the buildings were enlarged in 1858, and the chapel restored and reseated in 1861 under the direction of Mr. Slater: divine service is held daily in the chapel, the vicar of Sherborne being chaplain: considerable sums of money have been bequeathed to the hos'pital at different times, including 8 benefaction of £4,000 left in 1865 by Mr. James Short. The hospital masters consist of twenty brethren, out of whom are elected a master, sub-master, steward and wardeIt. There are 27 inmates, 18 males and 9 females. The manor of Sherborne went with the bishop's see till the reign of Elizabeth, by whom it was alienated and given to Sir WaIter Raleigh. Sherborne Castle, the seat of John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digbye"q. M.P. was originally built by Sir WaIter Raleigh, who erected the body of the house, on which, over one of the windows, appears his arms and the date 1594. After his attainder it passed to the ancestors of the present possessor, and the two wings were added by George Digby, 2nd earl of Bristol K.G. after the Restoration: it i~ in the Elizabethan ,style, and in plan resembles the letter H: the apartments are decorated with some fine paintings, among which may be particularly mentioned the famous picture on canvas, representing the procession of Queen Elizabeth to St.Paul's after the destruction of the Spanish Armada; there are also several fine portraits of the great Sir Kenelm Digby, and many other family portraits. A good description of the castle is furnished by Pope, who says :-" The house is in the form of the letter H, the body of which was built by Sir WaIter Raleigh, and consists of four stories with four six-angled towers at the ends. These have since been joined to four wings, with regular stone balustrades at the top, and four towers more, that finish the building. The windows and gates are of a yellow stone throughout, and one of the flat sides towards the garden has the wings of a newer architecture, with beautiful Italian window frames, done by the first Earl of Bristol, which, if they were joined in the middle by a portico covering the whole building, would be a noble front. The finest room is 8 saloon 50 feet long, a parlour hung with a very excellent tapestry of Romans, which was a present from the King of Spain to the Earl of Bristol in his Embassy there." William lIT. was received here on hi!' way to London in NOTembel', 1688, after landing at Torbay. The dairy has a tesselated Roman pavement, discovered at I"enthay Common. A fine lake, bordered with trees and shrubs, separates the house from the castle ruins; there are numerous swans and other fowl. In the upper park there are fine herds of deer, numbering over 2,000. The park extends over an area of 470 acres and has five lodges at Sherborne, Castleton, Crackmore, Haydon and Gainsborough Hill. The surrounding country is very fertile. and varied with woods and hills. A splendid view [s obtained from the hill known as "Jerusalem," the summit of which is covered with pines and other trees planted by the lland of Pope. The area of the parish of Sherborne is 6,446 acres of land, of whif'h half is meadow and orchard land, and SI of water; rateable value, [lo,oB2; the population ot Sherh,)rue in 1891 was 5,690, includil1g i4 officers and inmates in the workhouse and: 25 in Ye~tman's hospital;t rof the urban district, 5,001. . Castleton is a parish, reconstructed out of the original parish, and is a suburb of Sherborne, adjoining the. eastern part of the town. All thehouses III the parish except about 12 were pulled down at the time the Salisbur)' , and Yeovil railway was made, in order w 1~llVe room for' an approach to the castle. The church of St. Mary Mag~ dalene is a small building of stone,' consisting of nave of four bays and aisles, and a western bell' turret -con... bining one bell: the material for the building is supposed to have been taken from the castle ruins: there are 2~0 .sitt~ngs. . The register dates from the year 1715. The hvmg 181 a VICarage, gross yearly value £81, in the gift of J. K. Digby Wingfield-Digby esq. and held since 1854 by the Rev. Wm. Hector Lyon M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, vicar of Sherborne. John Earl ()t· Bristol, by will in 1698 gave the sum of £100 for distri- .. bution, annual produc~ £4.. Jonathan Beaton gave, by will October 30, 1717, a shilling per week to buy penny white loaves, to be given in the parish church every Sunday, producing anually £2 12S. 'fhis place takes its name from an ancient castellated re!lidence of the bishops of Sherborne (originally built as a f9rtresS' by Bishop Roger-the-RiclJ., chancellor to Henry 1. and Bishop of Sarum, 1197-40): it was a well·choseu position for d~' fenct!. being protected by a large mere on the north, now a meadow, and commanding the ridge of hillSl on the south, and the valleys in its proximity on the north and west: during the Civil War it. was held fo't Charles I. by the Marquess of Hertford, but after being defended against the parliamentary forMa under Failiax for 8ix~ teen day!f, by Sir L. Dives, the governor, it 'Was surrendered August 15, 1645, and dem'llished bY' order of the Parliament in October of that year: it covered an area of 4 acres, and was originally octagonal in plan: the gat.chouse, of three stories, covN'ed with ivv, rem~in a5 well a~ the ruins of the keep, oStateapartmeIits, chapel llnd hall: at the east end of th!) court yard is a deep we~l. John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby esq. M.P. is lord of the manor, and the whole parish };Ielongs to him. The area is 59 acres of land and 12 of water rateable value. £589; the population in 1891 was 51. , Sexton, Henry Cooper. Overcoombe ill a. tithing, 2 miles north-west; Pinford. 8 tithing, :2 miles north-east; Nethercombe, a quarter of a mile north; Westbury is a quartetl of 81 mile· south; Hail, a quarter of a mile ,I>outh-west; ~:aatcl)mb, 2 miles north; Lenthay" I mile south-wesb. Abbey Organist, G. E. Lyle esq. Abbey Verger, George King, parish &l vicar's. OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL Th"STITUTIOXS &c. Post, :M. O. &; T. 0., S. R, Express Dolivery & Am:uit,y &; Insurance Office, Cheap street.-George StableI', post~aster. Open week da.ys for sale of stamps, registratIOn of letteu &c. 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; sundays, 7 to 10 a.m. Money order, savings bank, governmen\ annuity & insurance business: &;; issue of licenses, issue &; payment of postal orders & revenue stamp office, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Telegraph business, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; sundays, 8 to 10 a.m Inward Mails. Town delivery, 7 &; 10.15 B.m. & I, & 7.10 p.m Outward Mails. Sherborne Town deliveries, 6.10, 8.30, 9.30, 10, &; 11.40 a.m.; 12.30, 1.4°, 2.20, 5.50, 6.45, 7.20,& 7.45 p.m. Sundays: First town delivery 7 a.m.; Sherborne rural deliverieg 7 a.m.; London (night) & all parts 5.40 p.Ill . Parcels Mails, 11.30 a.m. & 12.30, 1.30, 5.30, 00.4-5, 7.30 &; 8. p.m Town Sub-Office, Long str~et.-Box cleared 6 & 11.30 a.m. & 1.30 &; 6.35 p.m.; sundays, 5.30 p.m County Magistrates for Sherborne Petty Sessional Division. GoOO.den Col. John Robertl Phelips D.L. Compton house, Sherborne, chairman Batten Herbert Butler esq. D.L. Hollands, ¥eovil Clayton Albert esq. Bradford Abbas, Sherborne Di~by John Kenelm Digby Wingfield- esq. M.P. SherbOllle Castle, Sherborne . Di~by Major William G. Digby Wingfield-. Chetnole house, Sherborne Ffooks Thomas esq. Totnell, Leigh Gordon George Henry esq. Sherborne McAdam Maj. Jas. In. Loudon, Greenhill ho. Sherhorna Sawbridge-:Erle-Dra~.Wanley Ellis: esq. Holnest -park..) Sherborne . f\ WaIler Maj.-Gen. William Noel~ Grosvenor 10. Sherbol"n~ Williams Arthur Scott esq. Yetminster Clerk to the Magistrates, John Trevor-~vie&. PettY' Sessions are held. at tha Police court every monday & thnrsday noon. The following places Rre included in {fie Petty Sessional division :-Beerhackett, Bradford Abbas, Castleton, Caund;e Bishop, Oaundle MaTsh, Caundle Purse, Chetnole, Clifton Maybank, Folke-cumAlllweston, Haydon, Holnest, HolweU, Leigh, Leweston, Lillington, Longburton, Nether Comptolll, North Wootton, Oburne, Over Compton, Ryme Intrin8ecl,lo. Sherborne, Stockwood, Thornford, YetIllinste.r .

152' SBERHORNE. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S Rural lJistrict Council. Meets at Board Room in the Workhouse every first board day in each month, at 12 noon. Clerk, Samuel Jelfs, Cheap street Treasurer, Alfred John Drewe, Wilts & Dorset Bank, Cheap street Medical Officer of Health, William Henry Wi}Jiams L.R.C.P.Lond. The Cedars, Long street Sanitary Inspector, Isaac H. B. Conway, Thornford Public Officers. Certifying Factory Surgeon, William Henry WilliamB, L.R.C.P.Land. Long .streflti Clerk to the Lieutenancy of the County &:, Clerk of the Peace & to the County Council, E. Archdall Ffoob, Green hill Commissioners of Land Taxes, J. K. D. Wingfield-Digby esq. M.P. &:, H. G. Gordon esq. J. R. P. Goodden esq. Major J. J. L. McAdam, A. Clayton esq Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes & Highway Bc.ard, Samuel J elfs, Cheap street Coroner to the Hundred of Sherborne & the Castle there, Horace Nutt, Cheap street Clerk to the Burial Board & Vestry Clerk, C. L. O. Bartlett, .Abbey close Superintendent of Police, John Simpson Surveyor of the Highways, G. Vincent, Thornford Town Crier, Robert Simmonds, Acreman street Places of Worship, with times of services. Abbey Church, Sherborne,1 8 & 11 a.m.; 3.15 & 6. 45 / Rev. Canon WiIliam Hector p.m. ; daily at 8 a.m.; wed. Lyon M. A. vicar; Rev. 7.30 p.m.; wed. & iri. II.30 > John Augustus Mayo M.A. a.m I & Rev. Arnold Edward St. Mary Magdalen, Cas- Wm. Manvell RA. curates tleton, II a.m. & 6,45 p.m) St. Paul's Mi~sion Church, Coombe, Rev. Wi[iam Hector Lyon :M.A. vicar; Mr. H. Ne-wlyn, lay reader; 1'1 a.m. i& 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.15 p.m Ohurch of the Sacred Heart & St. Aldhelm (Oatholic), IWestibury; 1;undays, mass II a.m. evening service &; !benediction, 6.30 p.m.; week days, mass 7 a.m.; wed. bened'iet.ron, 7 Ip.m.; Holy days of obligation, 7.30 a.m. &; ben.edicition 7 p.m.; Rev. Louis Dynodt, priest Baptist (Providence), Abbey lane; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m 'Congregational (Union), Long street, !Rev. Joseph Ogle. Coldhal'bour; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m Wesiley841, Abbey, Rev. Jame9 H. MarqUl3nd & Rev. John W. Denham (Millborne Port); 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.1$ p.m The Brethren, Halfmoon street Undenominationftl Chapel, WestJbury Schools. Sherborne School was re-founded as a Free Grammar school 'by letters patent of Ed'ward VJ. May 13th, 1550. In 1554 the gO'Vernors acquired the Lady Chapel, the Chapel of St. Mary-:e-Bow, the Chaepter house, & other ,buildings belonging to & stllnding on the north side of rtbe .Aib-bey Church; Q part. of the Lady Chapel has been converted into a residence, 1& now occupied by one of the masters. This builiding was, about 1850, re-conveyed fo-r the sum Otf £3,000 to the late G. D. W. Diglby esq. who then erected for the school a new headmll/ster's residence. The old s'Chool room was built in 1676, on t·h~ site of the Abbey school house; it contained a statue Off Edward VI. now in the dining hall: to the left are the Bell buildings, a block ill dormitories & other apllrtments. On the west side of the court are the Digby buildings, consisting of a library &c. & chapel, placed at right angles to each other; the former was the guesten-hall of ·the aib'bey, the latter was the albbot's hall: both have fine open oak roofs: the chapel stands on a vaulted. Norman c!oi.ster leading to the class rooms & studies: it WflS consecrated Feb. 11th, 185'3, & has sax stained winoows: there are three smaller school rooms &; forty studies-, constructed from 8. portion of the abbey formerly used illS a silk mill. ~ut presented to the gavemors by the late Earl Digby In 1853, & restored from designs by Mr. R. C. Carpenter, at a cost of £5,000. In 1879 a new l!c'hool room was opened, which together with a lavatory & cloister, now occupies the west side of what is known as th~ Great Court. There are eleven class-rooms, besides a chemical la1boratory &:, lecture room, drawing ,schools, i& museum, particulady rich in Dorset fo~sils. There is also a fine armoury, fives courts & a large swimming balth, & 3 minutes walk from the school a cricket ground of 15 acres. The 'head master's house ,..8.1 Ur!:lan District Council. Offices, Greenhill. day, 2nd tuesday in each month. Members. W. N. Waller, chairman. W. Heitland-Blake Louis Henry Ruegg WilIiam Seymour Adam Stewart William Henry Williams Boald Major-General WaIter H. Baxter William Hooper Brown John H. Dalwood J. Dean E. B. Dlngley William Henry Gover ClerJt, Edward Archdall Ffooks, Greenhill Treasurer, Alfred John Drewe, Wilts &; Dorset Bank, Cheap street Medical Officer of Health, Horace Nutt, Cheap street Surveyor &; SanItary Inspector, Thomas Farrall Newland Collector, CharleS' Edward Farrall, Abbey chambers Public Establishments. Cemet-ery, Charles L. O. Bartlett, clerk to burial board; Henry Banbury, keeper, Lenthay lane County Police Station, at Digby road, John Simpson, lIuperintende.nt, &; 3 constables Fire Brigade Station, Castleton, W. H. Daxtel", captain, & 13 men· Inland Revenue Office, Westbury, T. P. O'Oonnor, officer Yeatman Hospital, Maj.-Gen. W. N. Waller, hon. sec.; Rev. W. H. Lyon, hon. chaplain; William Henrv Williams L.R.C.P.l.ond. & J. F. L. Whittingdale M.B. medical officers Yeomanry Cavalry. Dorset (Queen's Own) (A Squadron), J. K. D. WinO'fieldDigby M.P. captain; Sergt.-M'ljor E. J. Pyle: drill instructoQr Volunteers. Dorsetshire Regiment, 1St. Volunteer Battalion (G Co.), Drill hall, Acreman street, Major W. H. Williamll; W. H. Buter &; W. B. WiHman, lients.; Arthur McAvitt, drill instructor; Rev.Canon W. H. Lyon M.A. actin~ chaplain Cadet Corps, Sherborne school, W. B. Wildman, hon.capt Sh3rborne Union. The union comprises the following parishes, viz :-Beel' Hackett, Bradford Abbas, Castleton, Caundle Bishop, Caundle Marsh, Caund,le [Purse, Ohetnole, Cliafton, Maybank, Folke, Goathill, Haydon, Holnest, Holwell, Leigh, Leweston, Lillington, Long Burton, Kether Compton, North Wootton, Oborne, Over Compton, 1'0intington or Poyntington, Ryme Instrinsica,Sandford Orcas, Sherborne, Stockwood, Thornford, Trent and Yetminst£'r. The populatIOn ot the union in 1891 was 12,:!R"'· area, 40,813; ratoob:e value, £87,000 Board day, thnrsday, fortnightly, in the board room at the union, 11 a.m. Clerk to the Guardians &; Assessment Committee, Saml. Jelfs, Cheap street Treasurer,Alfred In.Drewe,Wilts &; Dorset Bank,Cheap st Collector, Charles Edward Farrall, Abbey chambers Relieving Officers: Northern district, Thomas Wilkins, Newland ; Southern district, William Condon Tulk, Folke cottage, Sherborne Vaccination Officers. Thomall Wilkins, Newland; &; Wm. Condor Tulk, Folke cottage, Sherborne Medical Officer, Sherborne &:, districts, J. F. L. Whitting~ dale M.B. Long stree, Sherborne Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Korth-west district, Horace Nutt M.R.C.S.Eng. Cheap street, Slierborne; Sherborne district, J. F. L. Whittingdale M.B. Long street, Sherborne; Southern district, William Henry Williams L.R.C.P.Lond, Cedars. Long street, Sherborne Superintendent Registrar, Samuel Jelh, Cheap !ltl'l.'£'t; deputy, C. L. O. Bartlett, Abbey close, 8herhol'ne Regois·trars of Births &:, Deaths: Sherborne sub-district, Thomas Wilkins, Newland, Sherborne; deputy, Chss. Ford, Cheap street, Sherborne; Yetmin"tel' !-lull-district, William Condon Tnlk, Folke cottage, Sherborne; deputy, Mrs. Tnlk ReJristrar of Marriages, Irwin M. McGann, Cheap street, I Sherborne; & deputy, .Adam Stewart. Cheap street Workhouse, Horsecastles, is 8 building' of stone, built in 1837 to hold 240 inmates, Rev. Wilfrid Roe, chaplain; William Henry Williams M.R.C.S. lDl'dieul aml'pr; William Pearce, master; Mrs. William Pearce, matron School Attendance Committee Clerk, Samuel Jelh, Cheap street Attendance &; Enquiry Officers, The Relieving Officers

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. SHERBORNE. 163 PREP.ARATORY SOOOOL. erected in 1802, at a cost of £4,5°0. 'fhe school has four exhibitions of £40 a year to the universities, ten· able for four years; one being given each year: the governing body consis.ts of 16 members, of whom 3 are ex-officio, 5 representative, & 8 co-optative: there are 18 masters, 5 of whom are in holy orders: the number of Iboys at present is 200, inclusive of the preparatory school: the income from the endowment is about £'800. Governors.--Chairman, the Lord Bishop of Lon~on; the Lord-Lieutenant of the County 00. Dorset, the Lord Bishop of Sali.sbury, the Vicar of 8herborne, ex-officio; Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, Lord Olinton, the Lord Bishop 0If London, J. R. P. Goodden esq., W. R. Phelips esq. representative; T. Ffooks esq., J. Hoddinott esq., C. L. O. Bartlet.t esq., T. Penny esq. J. K. D. W. Di,g'by esq. M.P. Major McAdam, co-optative; clerk, Mr. Jocelyn A. Ffooks Head Master, Rev. Frederick Brooke Westcott M.A. late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge As'Sistant 'Mas-ters Rev. Alexander Wood M.A. Rev. In. B:anch M.A.. Thoma.s Ward Wilson ~LA. William Beauchamp Wildman M.A. Charles Herbert Hodgson M.A. !Henry Robinson King M.A. Rev. William Worthington PoO'le-Hughes RA. Francis Aston Binns M.A. Thomas Alifred' Bell RA. Rev. Henry Dunkin M.A. Robert Crosthwaite M.A. Music, C. Regan A.R.A.~l.; drawing, H. Hudson; Lalboratory Demonstrator, A.. E. Bell F.C.S.; Medical Attendant, J. Whittingdale RA., l\LB., l\I.R.C.S.Eng.; ma.tron of the Sanatorium, Mis~ We'blber; Instructor in Gymnastics, Sergeant Taylor; 1W0rk-shop, J. Bishop; School Custos, Cbarles Scott Foster's Grammar School, Hound street, built in 1874, for 120 children (endowed school) head master, A. P. Irwin; assistant master, Edward Husbands Abbey, National, built in 1855, at the cost of £2,500, for 600 children; average attendance, 380 (boys 150, girls 130 &; infant3 100); William John Ingram, master p Miss L. Phillips, mistress British (mixed), Long street; erected for 250 children; average attendance, 200; John Pooley, master Digby, for girls, upper elementary, founded in 1743, for 100 children; average attendance, 63; &; ha's a grant from William Lord Digby; Miss Clarke, mistress lrufants', Newlands, built in 1854, for 200 children; average attendance, 100; Miss Delve, mi-stress Convent school (boarders &; day school) (Catholic), Mapperton house, \Vest'bury Newspapers. Dorset &; Somerset Standard (Chaffin Wm. M. &; Sons, proprietors; puJblished thursday), Cheap street !Railway Station, Thomas Somerfield. station master Carrier. W. SawteH, agent 100 Button &; Co. Carriers to A:weston, Pulham &; Holwell-Young, 'Half Moon,' tues. thurs. &;; sat. 5 p.m Buckland-PauHey, 'Mermaid,' tues. 1& thur.s. 4 p.m Buckland-Wa.tts, 'Mermaid,' tues. &; thurs. 4 p.m Bishop's Caundle Young,' ~fermaid,' thurs. 4 p.m Cerne, Middlemaxsh &; Longburton-Fox, 'Weigh-bridge,' thurs. 3 p.m Chetnole, Leigh &;; Yetminster-Brake, '~Iermaid,' mono 3 p.m StalJbridge, Stourton &; Bishop'.s Caundle-Bugg, 'Castle,' Head Ma,ster-William Heit:and Bla.ke ~LA. Jesus Col- thurs. 4 p.m lege, Camlbridge Sta1bridge, Stourton, Millborne Port &; Yeovil-Mogg &; Assistant Master-H. A. CounseH RA. Hertford College, Senior,' HaLf Moon,' tues. &; frL 6 p.m Oxford Stallbridge, Henstride &; )1i}borne Port Bugg, , Castle,' Drawing---:B. Hudson tues. &; fri. 4 p.m PRIVATE RESIDE~TS. Dougla9 James, Greenhill :McAdam Major James John London Adams Miss, Cold harbour Douglas Mrs. TantaHon, Westbury J.p. Greenhill house Andrew Henry, Acreman street Drake Miss. Greenhill McEnery William, Semington house Ashford Edmund Bechinoe. Westbury Dunkin Rev. Henry M.A. (modern Manvell Rev. Arn'Old Edward William Atkinson T. R. Bainton house language master), Sherborne school (curate), Greenhill Auber Mrs. Long street Dyer Henry. Long street Marqnand Rev. James H. (Wesleyan), Bailey Alexander, Newland house Dynodt, Rev. Louis (Oath.). Westbury The Manse, Newland Bamford Rev. -, Long street Farrall Ohaa. Edwd. Abbey chambers Martin Frederick James, Newell house Beliben Robert, Di~by road FarraH Thomas, Waterloo cottage Mayo Rev. John Augustus (curate), Bell A. E., F.C.S. (laboratory demon- Fergusson Chas. Albt~Bank ho.Long at Cheap street strator), Sherborne school Ffooks Edwd. .A.rchdalI, Ferrnain Miller Mrs. Acreman street Bell Thomas Alfred RA. (assistant Ffooks Jocelyn Albert, Newland villa Miller Reader, Bristol road master), Sherborne sehool Flooks Joseph, Edington hOt Cheap st Miller Thomas Ifenry, Castle farm BartlettChas.Leftwich,Oldfield,Long st Frith Edwd. Gainsboro' hOt South at Mitchell Mrs. Oombe Bennett Frederick, Greenhill Garstin J. H. Hill view, Long street Newlyn Henry, Acreman street Bennett Samuel, Long- street Gartell Joseph R. Newland Newport. Mrs. Green hill Benbhall Mrs. Newland Gates Alfred, Westbury Nie:sen Mrs. Long street Binns Fraucis Aston M.A. (modern Gent Henry William, Westibury Noak Miss, Green bill language master), Sherborne school Gill Albert. Newell hill Nutt Horace, Brooklyn ho. Cheap st Birch Mrs. Cheap street Gillard Wm. Salter. Cold harbour Og-le Rev. Joseph (Congregational), Blake Mrs. Acre hOt Acreman street Glyn General Sir Julius Richard The Manse, North road Blake Mrs. New Well water K.C.R Sherborne house, Newland O'Sullivan Colonel George L. GreenhiU Blake William Heitland M.A. (head Gordon Col. Cha.s. Vincent, Eastfield Palairet Charles. Red house, Long s\ master, Sherborne preparatory Gordon George Hy. J.P. The Beeches Parsons Daniel, Cheap street school), Acreman house Grantham Reading- Thomas, Castleton Parsons Misses, Thornbank, Long st Blanch Rev. John M.A. (mathematical Gwyther Julian, CastIeton Pasley William H. Castleton master Sherborne schl.),The Retreat Hancox Sergt.-Maj. Wm. 'We~tbury Pearce Mrs. Long street BogIe Mrs. Long' street Handover George aaude, Newland Pedd~e Miss, Long street Bosworth Mrs. Long street Henning Frank C. Newland Penny Thomas. Acreman street Brett Benj. Westfield, Horsecastles Hill Benjamin, Greenhill Pettitt Hankey Smith, Newland Brown Wm.Booper Master,Cold harbr BilIary Mrs. Cheap street Poole Miss, Cornhill Burt Naboth Henry, Long street Roddinott Miss, Cheap street Poole-Hughes Rev. Wm. Worthington Campbell Archibald, Cornhill Roddinott James, Newland RA. (assist. master),Sherborne schI Chandler Saml. Whitty RA. Long st Hodgson Charles Herbert M.A. (ftS- Pooley John, Long' Sltreet Ohapman Mrs. Westbury mstant master of Sherborne lOch'))'.), Pragnell William Geo. Oastle gardens Olapin Rev. AIfd. ChaoS. M.A. Green hI Abbeylands. Cheap street Raymond Edward, Park View villa Clark Franois E. Westbury Hudson Henry (drawing master), Regan Charles J. Newland Coleman Charles Reuben,Hound street Sherborne school Rolls John, Long- street Counsell H. A.,RA.(assistant master), Husbands Edwd. (assistant ma.ster of Rueg~ Louis Hamilton. Westbury Sherborne preparatory school Foster's Grammar sohl), Hound st Rueggo Louis Henry. Westbury Coward Mrs. New:and Irwin Artlmr P. (head master of Fos- Sandford Arthur Wi'ls, Priory house Cracker Mrs. Oborne road ter's Grammar sehoo!), Hound st Sandford Miss, New Cot.tage, Long st Cross George, Westbury Jelfs Samuel, Oheap street Saunders Rev. George Eveleigh M.A. Crosthwaite Roibert M.A. (physical King Henry Robinson M.A. (assistant Melbourne h<Jus-e science master), Sherborne school master). Sherborne school Sawtell Jas. H. Overvale. Newland Dawe Miss, Hound street Kite James. Long street Sawtell Josep'h C. Overvale. Newland Di!!,by John Kenelm Digby Wingfield- Leware Samuel, Westbury Sawtell Walter, Overvale, Newland M.P., J.P. Sherborne castle Ly<Jn Rev. Canon William Hector Sawtell A. T. Long street Dingley Alfred, Homemead, Long st M.A.. (vicar &; rural dean), Vicaragl' Scott John ·Webber. Mar!'ton road Dingley Edward, Acreman street Lyle George Edwin, Westbury cot Scott Mrs. orth Syde. Long street

154· SBERBORNE. DORSETSHIRE.. [KELLY'S Seymour Berbert John, Oheap street Upimll Henry, Bristol roal! Sherrin Thomas, Abbey grange UpsaH Mn. '8. Cheap street Somerset Mrs. Sydney villa Vincent Tom Ears, Half Moon street Spiller Misses, Long street WaIler Major-Gen. William Noel R.A., Spiller Mrs. Newland J.P. Grosvenor lodge Stabler John, Westbury Watts Mrs. Hound street Staoey Miss, Cheap street Westcott Rev. Frederick Brooke M.A. Stewsrt Adam, Oheap street (head master of Sherborne school), Stokes George l"rederick, Newiand School house Symes Edwin, Long street White Thomas W. R. Gas works Trevett Isaac O. Acreman street Whittingdale John Flasby Lawrance Tuffin Alfred' Oheap street B.A., M.B. Long street Tulk George,' Long street Wildman William Beauchamp M.A. Upsall George, Trendle street Abbey house • Williams Mrs. Cheap street Williams Wm. By.The Cedars,Long Ht Williamson-Sampson H.Ludborne hall, South street Wilson Thomas Ward M.A. (assistant master Sherborne school), School house, Green hill Wilton Joseph, Yoovil road Wood Rev. Alexander M.A. (mathe. matical master Sherborne school), Uphouse. Newland Woolmington Mrs. Cheap street Wright Mrs. Newland r COMMEBCI.1L. Adams Abel John, grooer, Che!IJp s~ree~ Adams Caroline A. (Miss), floris,t, Cheap street Ad-ams R()Ibert, wa,tch maker, Cheap street Andrews Mary (Mrs.), dres's mak~r, Hound street A.n.~tey Samuel, baker & confectioner, Cheap streeft Atkinson T. R., M.R.C.R surgeon, Bainton house B8lker Jane 'CMI's.), Plume of Feathers P.R. & dining rooms, HaLf Moon street Bannister John Pitt, furni!!hing &. builders' ironmonger, Ha1f Moon street Bames Albert E. hosier & shirt maker, Cheap itreet Harratt John, professor of music, Long street Barrett William, builder, Westbury Bartlett &, Son, solicitors, Abbey close Bartlett ChaI'les L. O. (firm. Bartlett &, Son), solicitor &, commissioner for administering oaths in the Supreme court & perpetual commissioner, vestry clerk, clerk to /burial board, & deputy superintendent registra.r &, steward to the a.lmshouses, Abbey close Bartlett Edward W. solicitor, Abbey close Bartlett Thomas Charles (firm, Bartlett & Son), solici- . tor &; clerk to the governors of Lord Digby's school for girls, Abbey close Baxrer Walt. H. brewer &; ma:tster, Dorsetshire brewery, Long street Bazaar, fancy goods importers, Oheap stree! Beaton Sam.uel, music seller, Cheap street Bellien &, Son, ironmongers, china dealers &C. 5, 6, 7 &, 8 Parade Belben RObert H. st-eam shipping agent, Parade Bennett Fredk.booksellell'. stalti(lIler &, printer, The Parade Betten Alexander, !builder, CoIdharbour Betten lsabella (Miss), grocer, Coldharbour Blnnle-Clark Arthur Waiter, Digby hotel Bishop J. workshop, Sherborne school . Blake Brot-hers, glove manufacturers, Cheap street Boll John Henry, -carriage builder, &ee Hill & BoH Bowley Thomas, crioket; professional. Sherborne school Bown Ernest Charles Feaver, farmer, Acreman street Bradd'ord &; 'SO'llS, coal merchants (Thomas H. Webb, manag-er), Station Brid:e Thomas, assurance agent (Pearl), Hound iltreet Brine Robert, tinplate worker, Long st·reet Brooks & Son, leather merchants, Westbury; & boot makers, HaM Moon street &, Church lane Brown Eliza (Mrs.), Castle hotel, street Bull George Frederick, brewers' traveller, Long street Burt Naboth Henry, manager of the Somerset Trading Co. Station Butt Thomas, assi~tant to H.:\!. in&pector of schools, Ooldharbour Caines Alfred, builder, Hound street Caines George Gri8'toek, butcher, Trend:e street Cave !Henry, cutler, Hound street Chaffin William :M. &; Sons, printers &; photographerll, Chea.p street Chandler 'Samuel Whitty B.A. conveyancer, Long street Chant &, SGns, chimney sweepers, .AJb'bey street Child, EdiWin, coffee tavern & cycle agent, Long street ChUlbb John, wOl'kin~ cutler, Graenhill Church of England Young Men's Society, H. Newlyn, sec Churchill Richard, inspector of weights & measures, Acreman road Cole .& Son, watoh makers & photogr8lphers. Parade Co:eman &, iSon, fishmongers, Chea.p street Collins Israel Gent, ca,binet maker, Cheap street ConstItutional Club (In. Newman Taylor, sec.), Cheap s,t Convent School (boarders &, day sdhool), Mapperton ha. Westbury Cook George A. (IMrs.), millin~r, Newland Cook Isaac, Iboot maker, West!bury Coombs James, tailor, Hound> street Cooper Robert Henry, farmer, 1Vyke farm Cornock William, dairyman, c:.atcombe Dairy house County Police St-ation (John Simpson, P;1lJpt.), Digby I'd Cox Henry, grocer &, ,boot dealer, Long street Cox Richard, commercial traveller, Hound street Crocker Alfred, grocer &, provision deaJ.er, rI'rendle street Crocker Amy (Mi'ss), dress &, mantle maker, Long street Crocker J ames, hair dre~ser, Hound street Croft Walter, builder, Newland Cross Frank, carpenter, Greenhill Crump Brothers, grocers, &, agents for W. & .A.. Gilbey Lim. wine Ai:; spirit merchants, Oheap street Dalwood John H. chemist, Cheap street Dalwood John Hall, soda water manufacturer, Steam aerated water works Davies John Trevor, solicitor Ai:; commissioner for ad· ministering oaths in the Supreme court, derk to the just-ices &, deputy coroner for the South-Eastern divi· sion of the county (Somerset), office, Cheap street Davis Job, carbinet maker, Green hill Davis John, Crown inn, New-well-water Davis Thoma~ Dowding, auctioneer &, plumber, Chea,p at Dawe Mary (Miss), drlllper &, mi:liner, Cheap street Dawson Emily Eliz.a.betoh (Mrs.), confectioner, Cheap st Day FrarnciS' William, plumJ1>er, Acreman street ' Dicker William, farrier, Hound street Digby Estate Office (Rawlence &, Squarey, stewards) Dillis'ton Ellen 'Mary (Mrs.), The Religious Tract; &; British & Foreign B~ble Societies' Depot, Long. stree~ DingIer .&, Sons, drapers, milliners &; out.fitters, Half Moon ~treet Dodge Angustull, boot &, shoe dealer, Parade Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry Cavalry (A Squadron) (J. K. D. Wingfield-Digby M.P. capt.; Sergeant-Major. Pre, drill instructor) Dorset &, SGmerset Standard (The) (Chaffin William M. &; Sons, proprietors), Oheaop street Douglail James, llolicitor, Green hiM Down William, wheelwright, New-we:I-water Drayton Thomall Freeman, painter &, decorator, Oheap st Drewe Alfred John, manager to the Wihs k Dorset Banking Co. &; treas. to Sberborne union, &; urban &,. rural district council, Cheap street Dunford George, farmer, Coom'be farm Dnnning JlIIIues, grocer, Long street Durrant Henry, grocer &, prO'Vision merchant, Cheap st Dyer Henry, tailors' cutter, Long street Eason Harriet (Mrs.), dress maker, Soutb street Ed'gar Emma (~rs.), apartment·s, Newland EdmundJs Charles, beer retailer, Westlbury Ed'munds George, g-rocer &i provision merchant, Cheap st Elliott Brothers, cabinet makers &, carvers, Newland Farrall Oharlll'8 Edward, auctiGneer & a.ppraiser, archi•. teet, surveyor & :rate coll~ctor to t'he urban district council, Abbey chambers Farra.ll Thomas, auctioneer, Ilrchitect, builder, surveyor' Ai:; sanitary inspector tD the ul'ban district council" Newland FerguS'soot ChaI'les A1Ib9rt, manager of National Provincial Bank, Long I'ltreet FIooks E. A: & J.. A. solicitors, Green bill Ffoo~s Edward Ar~hdall (firm, !Ffooks E. A. &I J. A.), soIi'citor i& commission~r, clerk of th~ peace, of the County Conncil &, to the urban district oonncil,' Green hill Flooks J ocelyn Allbert (firm, Ffooks E. A. &I J. A.)', soli· citor &, commissioner & clerk to t.he governor!! of SherIborne school, Green hi] Fire Bri~ade ('W. H. Baxter, capt.), Calltlet<ln Flooks Thomas Hawse, pharmaceutical chemist, Cheap at Florence Edwin J. grocer, Cheap street Folkes Sergeant-~fajor W. lki:l instructor or cadet corps, Sherborne school Foot & Son, corn &, seed mercha.nts, Half Moon street Foot Samuel, coach builder, Corn hiM Ford ICharles A~(red, baker &; pastry cook, fruiterer &I restaurant, Cheap fitreet Ford Sarah Jane (~rs.), 1Yoolmington hotel, South stree'

DIRECTORY.] 1>bRSETSHIRE. SHERBORN"E. 155 School (A. P. Irwin, head master), Miles Thomas, GeO'I'ge inn, Cheap street Miller Thomas Henry, farmer, Castle farm Minifie Charles J ames, accountant, Newland :Minifie George, hair dresser, perfumer &; tobacconist, Half Moon street MitcheU Albert, stone mason & house decorator, Long 8t Moody WiIliam, greengrocer, South street Moore William L. butcher, Cheap street Nash Henry George, draper, Cheap street Na.tional Pr()Vineial Bank of England Limited (Charles Albert :Fergusson, manager), Long street; draw on head office Newport Samuel, stationer, We.stbury ~ewport ·Wm. Jas. grocer & newsagent, Cheap street l'orman Vernon A. saddler, Cheap street Nutt Horace M.R.C.8.Eng. surgeon, medical officeit' & public vaccinailiO'I', North West district &; coroneT & medical officer of health to the urban district council, Brooklyn house, Cheap street Otton Wm. John, grocer, wine &; spirit mer. Cheap st Park Mark, chimney sweeper, Newland Parsons J'ames & Ma["k, butchers, Cheap street Pa.rsons George, tailor, Coombe Parsons Sidney C. White Hart inn, Cheap street Pasley William llenry, wholesal~ ironmonger, Cheap at Pearce WilIiam, master of the union People's Supply Stores(JoethroCorbin, mgr.), The Parade Pope A:exander, emigration agent, Long street Pra,gnelI Edwin, Half Moon hotel (commercial), head quarters of the C. T. C. Half Moon street Pragnell John Edward, furester, Castle yard Priddle George-, shopkeeper, Newiand Priddle Selina (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Hound street Prince & 'V3Il'eham, fishmongers, Cheap street Read Joseph, engineer, Westbury Reeves Alfred, tailor, Green hill Reeves. John, working jeweller, Cheap street Regan Chas.A.R.A.M. music instructor, She-rborne sch! Rodman Richard, music instructor &; lay preacher (Wesleyan), Acreman street RoUs Fanny (Mrs'.), milliner, Long street Rolls John, tea dealer, Long s,treet Ruegg Louis H-amilton, new,spaper reporter, 'Vestbur} St. Swithin's Laundry (Wm. Buckland, propr.),Newland SawtelI Brothers', book, catalogue & general printers, Yeovil road Sa;wtell Wa.lter, butcher, Cheap street 8cott Char:es, school custos, Sherborne school Scott John Weber, etone mason, Marston road Scott Martha (Miss), laundress, Coldharbour Seager Brothers, glove makerSi, Coldharbour Seymour Herbert John, solicitor, Cheap street 8eymour Willlam, wine &; spirit meTchant &; mineral water manufacturer, Green hill Shepherd Rose (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Coldharbour Sherborne Cemetery (Charles L. O. Ball'tlett, clerk to the burial board; Henry Banbury, keeper), Lenthay la Sherbo-rne Coal, Timber, Corn & Cake Co. Limited, Cheap sotreet & South street Sherborne Drapery A Outflttlng Stores (Phillipl & Handover, proprietors), Half Moon sot. &. South st Sherborne Gas Light & Coke Co. (The) (Thomas William Richmond White, manager &; sec.), Gas works Sherborne Golf Club (T. W. WilsQn, sec) Sherborne Hwdware Stores (ThomaS' Harden & Trevett, proprietors), South street She:rborne School (Rev. Frederick Brooke Westcott M.A. head mS3ter) , Sherborne Shirt &. C()llar Factory, Long street Sherborne Technical School of Science & Art (J. A. Ffooks, sec.), Newland Sherren George, ~dler, Cheap street . Shipp Ada (Mrs.), Swan hotel, Cheap street Shipp Sidney H. butcher, Cheap street Short Ffled, drapers' traveller, Long street Short John Henry, grocer & pork butcher, Long street Shutter Henry, farm-er, Darkhole Shutter WaIter, farmer, Hyle farm Simmonds John William, accountant, house agent & rent collector, Newland Simmonds Robert, town crier, Acreman street Simonds Ernest, carpenter, Cheap street Simpson John, superintendent of police, Digby road Sly John, beer retailer, Horsecastles Somerfield Thom:as, etation master Somerset TDsding Co. (N. H. Burt, manager), Station Spiller Reginald Frank, tailor, Cheap street St6Ibler George, postmaster, Cheap street Stacey John, Digby Hotel Tap P.H Stagg & Son, boot makers, Cheap street 8tagg Emms (Mrs.), dining rooms, Church lane Foster's Grammar Hound street Frislb)"s boot warehouse, St. John's buildings Frith Edward, butcher, Half Moon street Garrett EdlWin, commercial traveller, Cheap street Gent Jeremiah Watts, boot maker, Long street Gill Alfred, dairyman, Back lane GolIedge Charles Hedworth M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon, Long street Goodland Oharles; fruiterer, Cheap street Goo~and & Son, nurserymen, Newland uosney AdaJ;Il, photogrttpher & picture frame maker, Half Moon street Gover William Henry, grocer, Half Moon street Qrantham Reading Thomasl wine & spirit merchant, Cheap st·reet Griffith Goorge William, fancy dealer, Hound street Grimes & Co. musical instrument sellers, Cheap itreet Guppy Thomas Charles, builder, Brist-ol road Guy Harriet B. (Miss), ladies' outfitter & baby linen warehouse, Cheap silireet Gwyt.her & Bays, solicitors, Long street Gwyther Julian, solicitor, see Gwyther &. Hays Hallett Edwin John, painter, Hound street Hallett 8al'a'h (Mrs.), dres's> & mantle maker, York ho. Loo.g street Hamlblin Daniel, builder, Acreman !treet Hamblin Levi, tailQr, Long' street Hams William, farmer, Clatcombe farm Harvey John, taxidermist, Coombe Hebditch Henry, plaste,rCll', Newland Hicks Elizabeth (Mrs.), laundress, North road Hi11 & Boll, carriage builders, South street Hill Charles, Half Moon street Hill JanH~s C. coach builder, Greenhill Hill Mary (~Irs.), boarding house, Parkview cottage, Hound street Hodges Edward, pianoforte tuner, Kewell hill Hadges George, blacksmith, Westbury Hodges Charles Herbert, M.A. assistant master, Sherborne school, Abbeylands Hooper Fredk. Thos. hair dresser & taxidermist,Cheap 8t Hooper Jane ("Mrs>.), beer retailer, Co:dharbour Hunt Emily (Mrs), laundres~, Long street Hutchings Edward, Black Horse hotel, Long street Hutchings Richard Hug-h, beer retailer, Bristol road Inkpen Alfred, tailo'!.", Combe In:and Re.venue Office (Thomas P. O'Connor, officer), Westbury Internat.ional Tea Co. (Frank O. Taylor, mgr.), Cheap 8t Ireland Mary (Mrs), staoy maker, Hound street Ireland Rhoda (~Ir3.), dress maker, Newland Ireland William, plumber, Che3p street Jeffery William O. beer retailer, Long street Jelfs Samuel, clerk to the guardians &; union assessment & school attendance committees &; superintendent registrar of 8herborne union, clerk to the commission€'r of taxes & rural district council & highway board, Cheap street Keats & Sons, beer retailer3 & greengrocers, Parade Keech Joseph, shoe maker, Cheap street Kendall Samuel, jeweller & general dealer, Cheap street Kennell Joseph, beeT' retailer, Westbury King Charles, farmer, Nether Combe King WillJiam, bllicksmith, YCQvil road Kingston Ann (Mrs.), Antelope hotel, Green hill Lamb & Son, The Dairy, Ch~ap street Lambert George, boot maker, Hound itreet Lazenbury .Tames, dyer, New1and Lemon & Sons, tailor!t & breeches makers, Cheap street Lord Digby's girls' school; Miss Clark. head mistress, Westbury Lawman Charles, tailor, C11eap street Lyle George Edwin, profes'sor of music, Westbury cot McAvitt Arthur, drill instructor to 1st Dorsetshire Regiment, Acreman street . McEnery William, surgeon L.K.Q.C.P.Irel. 8emington ho McGann IrwiI1 M. bookseller & stationer & registrar of marriages, Cheap street Maidment Wm. Charles, plumber &; painter, Acreman st March Robert, beer retailer, Newland Marden CuthOOrt, baker, Newland J Marks George, baker & confectioner, Cheap street Mams Thomall, boot maker, Horsecastles Masters Geo. Hy. dentist (attends on thurs.), Cheap et Matcham George, basket maker, Corn hill Ma.lthewSi (h-Mrge, carpenter, Coldhll.r:bour I M:ayhew Louisa (Mrs.), agent for Pu1!.ar's dye works, Westbury Miles Robert, fishmonger,Long street Miles Samuel, beer retailer, Newland

156 SHERBORNE. DORSETSHIRE. [ KELLY'S Welsman Thomas, baker, Newland West Surrey Central Dairy Co. (Alfred Gates, manager), South street White Thomas William Richmond, manager & sec. of the gas works Whittingdale John Flasby Lawrance RA., M.B.Cantab. surgeon, medical officer to Yeatman Hospital &; medical officer & public vaccinator Sherborne district of Sherborne union, Long street Williams Thomas, registrar of births Jet deaths for the Sherborne district, & relieving officer, Northern district, &; vaccination & school attendance officer, Newland Williams William Henry M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. surgeon, certifying factory surgeon, sen. surgeon tG Yeatman Hospital & medical officer, Southern district, & medical officer of health to the rural district council, The Cedars, Long street Willis &; Sons, hay salesmen &; farmers, Westbury Willmott J. & R Lim. silk throwsters (Samuel Lemare. manager), Sherborne silk mill Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited (bTanch) (Alfred John Drewe, manoger), Cheap street; draw on London & Westmin1ster Bank Limited, London E C Wiscombe George, Mermaid hotel, South street Woolmington Bros. brewers, Cheap street \Vride George, Greyhound inn, Cheap street Yeatman Hospital (Maj.-Gen. William Noel WaIler, hon. sec.; Wm. Hy. Williams L.R.C.P.Lond. & J. F. L. Whittingdale RA., M.B. & M.R.C.S. medical officers) Yeatman Charles, baker & beer retailer, Westbury Yelland George Henry, waggon builder, Westbury Young M. A. & Caleb, furniture removers, Bristol road Young Caleb, farmer, Butterwick Young Caleb, grocer & post office, Long street Young WaIter, farmer & contractor, Bristol road Young William, farmer, Barton farm Young Women's Club(The)(Miss Parkin,matron),Westbry Stewa;rt Adam, glove manufacturer, Bristol road Ste-wart WiIiiam, grocer, Green hill Stubbings James Woolme,r, fashionable boot & .hoe maker, Cheap street Sutton & Co. (James H. C. Sawtell, agent), Cheap atreet Sydenham Hugh, cabinet maker, Cheap street Taylor Sergeaut John Newman, gymnastic instructor, Sherborne school, Green hill Toop John, bath chair proprietor & servants' registry, Trendle street Town Hall, at the Digby hotel Tuffin Richard, confectioner, Church lane Tulk Wm. Condon, relieving officer for the Southern district Sherborne union, vaccination officer & registrar of births & deaths for Yetminster sub-district, Folke cot Tutt Alexander, Crass Keys P.H. The Parade Upsall William, watch maker, Cheap street Venn James, boot maker, Hound street Vincent Tom Ears, tea & coffee dealer, Half Moon street & The Parade Voisey John, plumber, Westbury Volunteer Battalion (18t) Dorsetshire Regiment (G. Co. Hon. Major W. H. Williams, V. D. commandant; W. H. Baxter & W. B. Wildman, lieuts.; Arthur McAvitt, drill instructor), Drill hall, Acreman street Wakeham Edward John, tailor, Cheap street Wareing James, dyer, Hound street Warr Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, Long street Warr Richard, plasterer, Yeovil road 1Varr Walter, hair dresser & tobacconist, Half Moon street W£.rren Charles, shoeing & general smith, Newland Warren Samuel, tailor, Cheap street Watkins Thomas, saddler, Bristol road Webb Thomas H. manager to Bradford & Sons, ooal merchants, Acreman street Webber Ann (Mrs.), laundress, North road Webber Miss, matron of the Sanatorium, Sherborne school Wells David, shopkeeper, Hound street SHILLINGSTONE (or Shilling Okeford) is a parish since 1891 by Rev. Charles James Marshall. Here is a and village on the river Stour, and on the road from Wesleyan chapel. In the centre of the village there are Sturminster Newton to Blandford, with a station on the the remains of an old cross, another in the churchyard, Midland and South Western Joint railway,s! miles north- and the base of a third on the Blandford road. Viscount west from Blandford, 4 south-east from Sturminster New- Portman is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The ton, II south from Shaftesbury and 123 from London b, soil is clay, chalk and gravel; subsoil, Portland oolite, rail, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of sand and clay. The land is chiefly in pasture, with some Cranborne, petty sessional division and union of Stur- wheat, barley and roots. The area is 1,685 acres; rateminster Newton, Blandford county court di~triet, rtlral able value, £3,527; the population in 1891 was 546. deanery of Whitchurch (Milton portion), archdeaconry White Hill is I mile south-east; Gainscross, 2 milea of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of the south-east. Holy Rood, a. building of stone, has a plain ex~erior; it Parish Clerk, Tom Stone. consists of chancel in the Early English style, nave of three Post, M. O. & T. 0., S. R, Express Delivery & Annuity &:; bays, north aisle, south porch and a fine embattled west- Insurance Office (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should ern square tower, containing a clock and 5 bells, one of have RS.O. Dorset added).-Henry Martin, receiver. which bears the date 1622 and the inscription, "Geve Letters arrive at 6 a.m. & 1.15 p.m.; dispatched a' thankes to God:" the north aisle, in the same style as 12.40, 6.55 &; 7.25 p.m the chancel and nave, has recently (1889) been added and Church of England School (mixed & infants), with resithe church entirely reseated, the cost being defrayed by dence for master, built in 1855, enlarged in 1875, &:; subscription; there are 400 sittings. The register dates again in 1894, & will now hold 130 children, 80 mixed &:; from the year 1654. The living is a rectory, tithes com- So infants; average attendance, 1°4; Edward Diprose, muted for £300 yearly, average £228, net income £266, master; Mrs. Beatrice Diprose, infants' mistress with 73 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of and held Railway Station, Robert AIDes, station master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Ames Robert, station master Jackson William, tailor Andrews Richard James Bown Edwin, boot &; shoe maker Lawrence l\Iary Ann (Mrs.), farmer Ch M Candy Robert, hay dealer Melmoth Edwin, carpenter Co~P;:~e; rs Chamberlain Edward, farmer Paine Daniel, saddler Dayman Miss Courag-e Henry, carpenter Reading Room (James Gentry, sec) Forbes Major Lachlan J.P COoxrtWLaltter'Ffrmdr. OLladmOb H.ouse farmd RRo°bffins HGeorge'f thatcher Gould Mrs a 0 re J x mn; goo ey enry, armer Huon Rev. Huon Smith (curate) commercial accommodation; parties Sedlen Jane (Mi5's), farmer Marshall Rev. Charles James (rector), provided: for Sedlen John, coal merchant Dart Lot Fred, carpenter & undertkr Short Alfred James, tailor Rectory Smith William John Dominy John, farmer Smith John, farmer Dowding John, Seymour Arms inn Snow John & Co. coal merchants Taskers George R . Warren Thomas Blaithman Gentry James, machinist & ironfndr Sticklen Sarah Jane (Miss),NewOx mn Gentry Horace George, grocer Stone Tom, blacksmith COJ,lMETICIAL. Giilingham Ann (~Irs.), farmer Trowbridge Henry, mason &; shopkpr Adams George, baker Hart Robert, boot maker Warren Thomas Blaithman, farmer SHIPTON GORGE is a parish 21 miles south-east £346, net £270, with 44 acres of glebe, in the gift of Lt.- from Bridport terminal station on a branch of the Great Gen. J<'ox-Pitt-Rivers, and held since 1887 by the Rev. Western railway, in the Western division of the county, James Lethbridge 'I'empler l\LA. Caius College, Camhundred of Godderthorne, Bridport union and county bridge, and who resides at Burton Bradstock. Shipton court district and petty sessional division, rural deanery Hill is a high hill, on which are the remains of an ancien' of Bridport (Bridport portion), archdeaconry of Dorset camp. 'fhe Earl of Ilchester is lord of the manor and and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Martin was principal landowner. The soil is various, chiefly clay and rebuilt in 1862, the tower being the only portion of the limestone; subsoil, limestone and clay. The chief crops old structure, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of are wheat, barley and oats, and some land is in pasture. chancel, nave, north aisle, embattled western tower con- The area is 1,528 acres; rateable value, l1.729; the taining 3 bells and south porch; there are 220 sittings. population in 1891 was 318. The register dates from the year 1675. The livin~ is a On Hammerdon Hill is a barrow, three quarters of a chapelry, annexed to the rectory of Burton Bradstock, mile east. average tithe rent-charge £312, joint gross yearly value Parish Clerk, Gearge Hawkins

DmECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. SPETISBURY. 157 Bedford Frederick, watercress grower Clark William, Drax Arms P.R Dashwood William, shopkeeper Dew Charles, dairyman to Mr. Louis Strange Dowding Charles, farm bailiff to Thomas Mackrell esq • Green Edward, boot maker Saunders Richard', carrier Stone Joseph Richard Tucker, farmer, :Manor house Symes Richard, black'smith Symonds George, dairyman, Middle Sturthill Walden Geo. sen. farmer, St. Lukes Wa:den Geo. jun. farmer, St. Lukes National School (mixed), built in 1862, for go children; average attendance, 60 ~"all Letter Box, cleared nt 4 p.m. week days only. Letters arrive thrJUgh Bridport by foot post at 9 a.m. Bridport is the nearest money order & telegraph office COMMERCIAL. Hansford Job, farmer, Home farm Baker Andrew A. Masons' Arms P.H Han.g.ford Thomllis, farmer Bartlett Henry, farmer & builder Hawkins Geo.shopkeeper &parish c1rk Flood Robert, dairyman Hawkins Walter, shoe maker Foot Eber, shopkeeper Knight Benj. farmer, Higher Sturthill Foot Francis, farmer (dairy) Mennel John, New inn Gale James, carrier Nortlhover Lavinia (Mrs.), farmer Gale William, carpenter Rus-sell George, farmer SHROTON, see Iwerne C<lurtna.y. SILTON is a small parish, on the river Stour and on 160 people. The register dates from the year 1653. The the Somer;;etshire border of the county, 3 miles north- living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £244, gross west from Gillingham station, on the London and South yearly value £357, net £288, with residence, in the gift Western railway, 3 south-east from Mere, and 7! north- of G. Troyte-Chafyn-Grov8 esq. and held since 1877 by west from Shaftesbury, in the Northern division of the the Rev. }<'rederick Radclyffe Sidebottom M.A. of Durham county, hundred of Redlane, Shaftesbury petty sessional University. George Troyte-Chafyn-Grove esq. is lord of division and county court district, Mere union, rural the manor and principal landoWllar. The soil is loam; deanery of Shaftesbury (Shaftesbury portion), arch- subsoil, marl. The land is chiefly pasturage. The area deaconry of Dorset ond diocese of Salisbury. The church is 1,257 acres; rateable value, £1,923; the population in of St. Nicholas is a Gothic structure of stone on an 1891 was 212. eminence, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and Wall Letter Box, cleared at 6.20 p.m. on week days only south aisle, which is connected with the nave by four arches resting on cylindrical piers, with square embattled Letters arrive at 7 a.m.; should be addressed Silton (Dorwestern tower with pinnacles containing 4 bells; the set), Bath. The nearest money order & telegraph church contains an organ; there is a fine monument of office is at Bourton Judge Wyndham, a justice of the Common Pleas in the National School (mixed), with residence for mistress, reign of Charles n. also eight handsome stained windows, built in 1870, for 60 children; average attendance, 35; of which two are memorials tu former rectors; it will seat Miss Eliza Holloway, mistress Bridges Edward, Silton lodge Biggin Nathaniel, farmer Read Henry, shopkeeper & carpenter Sidebottom Rev. Frederick Radclyffe Cock Samuel, farmer & road contractr Roberts Bros. farmers, Feltham farm, M.A. Rectory Cox George, miller (water) & farmer, & millers (water), Waterloo mill Silton mill Roberts Edward, farmer COMMERCIAL. Dunn Charles, farmer, Park farm Roberts Thomas, farmer Baker Henry Joseph, farmer Dunn Eliza (Miss), farmer Spearing Geo. farmer, Wyndham frm Biggin George, farmer Harris Albert, farmer, Silton farm SPETISBURY is a parish and pleasant village, on the name of Black! Canons, and had houses in every the river Stour, over which there is a bridge of 9 county of England: a few years ago some members of arches connecting this place with Tarrant Crawford, this order landed in England, and have taken up again with a station on the London and South Western and the work of their predecessors: there is a good church, Midland (Somerset and Dorset) joint line of railway, 3 erected in 1830, attached to the priory, open to the miles south-east-by-south from Blandford, I I north- public, where ceremonies a.re carried out in all the west from Poole and 120 by rail from London, in the splendour of the Catholic ritual: in the lady chapel is Northern division of the county, hundred of Loose- an ancient rood screen of four panels, on which are barrow, Blandford petty sessional division, union and painted figures representing "Our Lady, Jesus Christ, county court district, Whitchurch rural deanery (Mil- a saint, and a Bishop," it was discovered a few years ton portion), Dorset archdeaconry and Salisbury diocese. ago at Whitford, near Axminster. Rere is a hall let for The church of St. John the Baptist is of flint and stone public meetings. In the neighbourhood are the remains in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of a fortification, in which many coins and other relics of three bays, north aisle, south porch and embattled of the Saxons have been found: it is called Spetisbury western tower containing 5 bells, and was rebuilt (with Ring, or Crawford Castle. The principal landowners are the exception of the tower) in 1859: there is a monu- W. E. Sawbridge-Erle-Drax esq. of Rolnest Park, who is ment in the north aisle to John Bowyer, d. 1599, and lord of the manor, and Thomas Mackrell esq. The soil an old hour glass dating 1700: there are 220 sittings. is a light and chalky loam; subsoil, chalk and gravel. The register dates from the year 1705, but is very in- Crops, wheat and barley. The area is 12,136 acres; <:omplete. The living is a rectory, with the chapelry rateable value, £2,938; the population in 1891 was 562. of Charlton Marshall annexed, average tithe rent-charge Parish Clerk, John Knight, jun. {,342 , joint grosS! yearly :value [,642 , n~t £300! includ- Post, M. O. & T. 0., S. R, Express Delivery & Annuity lng 177 a?res of glebe, WIth reSIdence, I~ the gIft of W. & Insurance Office.-Robert Hunt, sub-postmaster. E. SawbrIdge Erle-Drax es~. and held smc~ ~886 by the Letters arrive from Blandford at 6.30 a.m. & 1.10 Rev. ~amuel Arthur Wal~er. ~r.A. of Tr~mty College, p.m.; dispatched at 1.20 & 5.55 p.m. (to Bath & West Cambr~dge. Here are PrImItIve Meth?dlst and Con- of England, 6 p.m.) & 7.10 p.m.; sunday, 12.25 p.m gregatI~nal chapels, the. former erected m .1842 and en- Wall Letter Box, Rectory, cleared at 1.25 & 6.5 p.m. larged m 1862. A parIsh room, ~rected ID 1891 , ~ear week days; 12.35 p.m. sundays , th~ r.ectory, at a cost. of £160, IS a corrugat.ed Iron Police Constable, Samuel Symes b~dmg used for parIsh. purposes, an~ durmg the Endowed School. In 1728 Dr. Sloper founded & en- ~ter .months as a ~eadlllg and recreatIon room, ~o dowed a school for the poor children of Spetisbury & which IS attac~ed lIbrary of 100 volum~s. There IS Charlton Marshall, which was further endowed by Dr. here a Catholic PrIOry of .Canons reg~ar. the house, Hall, Bishop of Bristol: this school was formerly held formerly called the ManSIOn House, m ~800 passed in a barn, but in 1862 So brick building, with house from F. Fane !Jo Mrs. Tu~s~all, who bought It for £3,150 for master, was erected for 150 children; average for the English Augustmlan Canon~sses, who a .few attendance, 120; Alfred Ainsworth, master; MrS. years bef?re had returned from Louvam: they. remamed Agnes Ainsworth sewing mistress :here untIl 1861, when they removed to theIr present. .' .. -1lriory, near Newton Abbot, Devon; the house was then RaIlway StatIon, Thomas Wm. Parmlter, statIOn master occupied by the nuns of the ancient order of Brigittines : Carriers.-Foyle, from Blandford to Wimborne every in 1887, the nuns having taken another house, the pre- day; returning to. Blandford the same day; Joseph llent owners, the Canons Regular, bought it for their Rowland, to Blandford daily; Bartlett, of Wareham, ecclesiastical students: this order was well known in passes through to Blandford on sat. & Day, of Bere England before the Reformation, and its priests went by Regis, on tues Allaria Rev. Anthony D.D. (prior), Big-gins Rev. Gilblert (sub-prior), The Priory The Priory Brendon Maj.-Gen. Algernon, Spetis- O'Connor Rev. Joseph, The Priory bury house Soube1"brille Edward, The Gables Ilrowne George Harrington, Charlton Walker Rev.Sam1.ArthurM.A.Rectory Barrow COMMERCIAL. Freke Mrs Angel lsaac, farm bailiff to Henry Lanning Israel, Stour cottage Tory esq

Gillingham Henry Robert, veterinary Knight John, wheelwright surgeon &. shoeing forge Langford George, baker &. shopkeeper Green Jame.s, shopkeeper &; baker Lush Stephen, coal dlr_ &; jjhopkeeper Hunt Robert, whole'sale &. famHy McAllister Charles, farm bailiff to grocer, provision factor, draper, F. Styring esq outfitter &. post office, The Peoples' Meatyard Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer Supply store's Ridout William, haulier 153 SPETISBURY. DORSETSHIRE. [ KELLY'S Reading Room (Israel Lanning, hon. sec) 1 Robinson George, boot &; shoe maker Sampson Elizh. (Mrs.), Railway inn Strange Louis, farmer, Middle farm. Wellen Charles, shopkeeper ' ... ~EST STAFFORD (or Stafford West, with Frome portion of Floyer's charity of £9 3s. 4d. yearly, being Billet) is a parish and pretty village, near the river the dividend on the third part of a capital sum of Frome, 2~ miles south-east from Dorchester stations on £1,000 Consols, left by the will of the late Rev. William the London and South Western and Great Western Floyer, is distributed in money among the poor aged and railways, in the Southern division of the county, hundred infirm inhabitants of the parish. Stafford House is the of Culliford Tree, Dorchester union, petty sessional divi- seat of George William Floyer esq. RA., J.P. lord of sion and county court district, 'rural deanery of Dor- the manor and pincipal landowner. The soil is black chester (DorchesteT' portion). archdeaconry of Dorset loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats and diocese of Salisbury. The ~hurch (supposed to be and barley, with much pasture. The area is 995 acres; dedicated t<J St. Mary) -is 8. bdilding of stone, consisting rateable value, £2,038; the popUlation in 1891 was 206. of chancel, nave, north porch and a small embattled Parish Clerk, Samuel Seymo~r. western square tower containing 3 bells: over the porch is the date 1640, in which year it is supposed to have Post Office.-George Rolls, Bub-postmaster. Letters been rebuilt: there are 150 sittings. The register dates arrive from Dorchester at 7·15 a.m. &. 3 p.m. &; disfrom the year 1558. The living is a. rectory, average patched at 8.20 a..m. &. 5.50 p.m.; sundays at 9 a.m. tithl) rent-charg<3 £ 203, gross yearly value £282, net. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Dor- £250 , including 40 acres of glebe, with residence, in the chester is the nearest money order &. telegraph office gift of George W. Floyer esq. and held since 1836 by Parochial School (mixed), with residence for mistress, the Rev. Reginald Southwell Smith M.A. of Balliol Col- for 45 children; average attendance, 38; Miss Jane lege, Oxford, canon and prebendary of Salisbury. A Raynold, mistress Floyel: George William RA., J.P. Flower William Reginald Applin,frmr Phillips William, shoe maker Stafford house GoldTing George, dairyman Rolls George, shopkeeper &. beer reHoman Rev. Claude S. RA. (curate), Goldring Rosalie (Miss), beer retailer tailer, P()St office Talbot Hayes &. overseer &. collector of taxes Smith Edward John &Claude Bryant, Smith Rev. Reginald Southwell M.A. Howard William, dairyman farmeI's, Frome Billet (canon of Salisbury It rector),Rctry Old George, blacbmith Stroud George Clarke, builder STALBRIDGE is a market town and parish, on the branch of the river Stour near the Somersetshire border of the county, having a station on the Somerset and Dorset (Midland and South Western Junction) railway, S mihs north-west from Sturminster Newton,s east from Milborne Port, 7 east from Sherborne, 10 southwest from Shaftesbury and 1:14 from London by rail, in the Northern division of the county, Brownshall hundred, Sturminster petty sessional division and union, Shaftesbury county court district, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Stalbridge portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church, a building of stone chiefly in the Later Perpendicular style, and named St. .Mary, stands on a commanding position at the north end of the town, and is a conspicuous landmark in the Vale of Blackmore, and consists of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, north and south transepts, organ chamber and vestry, south porch and western embattled tower, with pinnacles, containing 6 bells and a clock: it was considerably enlarged in 1840, and the tower was entirely rebuilt in 1868, at a cost of £2,000, by the late Rev. H. Boucher, of Thornhill: the church underwent an entire restoration in 1878 under the direction of T. H. Wyatt, the galleries being then remGved, the who:e church reseated with open benches, the organ placed in a new chancel aisle, and the length of the nave increased by one bay; the whole cost amounted to about £2,800: there are 500 sittings. The register dates from the year 1690' The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £1,201, average £897, net income £350, 1Vith 47 acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of Oorpus Christi college, Cambridge, and held since 1890 by the Rev. Charles Edward Seaman M.A. formerly scholar of that college. Here are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels. There is a charity derived from money in the hands of the Charity Commissioners, called Boucher's charity (founded by William. Boucher esq. in 1818 and considerably augmented by his son, the late Rev. H. Boucher), which produces an income of about £70 a year, and is devoted to the maintenance of three pensioners, resident in the parish and members of the Church of England, preference being given to those living in Thornhill tithing. A market is held every alternate Thursday, and the fairs for cattle are on the 6th of May and 4th of September. In the centre of the town is an ancient sculptured market cross of the 14th century, and although much weatherworn it is still in a fair state of preservation. Robert Boyle, an eminent chemist and philosopher, lived here. Stalbridge Park lies on high ground in th~ north-west of the town and commands extensive views of the surrounding country: there is now no residence, the old manor house, belonging to the iMarq11ess of Anglesea, having been pulled down about 1820. Lord Stalbridge P.C. is lord of the manor and principal landowner, and takes his title from this place. The soil is chietly limestone; subsoil, limestone and gravel. The land is chiefly in pasture. The area is 5,867 acres; rateable value, £11,327; the population in 1891 was 1,705. Thornhill is s manor and tithing in the parish of Stalbridge, from which town it is a mile and a half south, near the Lidden: this was the birthplace of Sir James Thornhill, the eminent painter, whose ancestors had resided here for centuries previously, but his father becoming involved in diffi'culties, the estate passed into the hands of others, but after the lapse of some years Sir James Thornhill became the purchaser, and pulling down the old mansion, desi~ned and erected the present one, now the property of General Sir William Parke K.C.B., J.P. who has made some extensive alterations. To commemorate the accession of George 1. to the throne, Sir James Thornhill erected an obelisk in the park, which was partly blown down in 1836, but rebuilt by the late Rev. H. Boucher in 1874. Gomershay is s tithing, 2 miles east; Weston, a tithing, one mile and a half south-west. Parish Clerk, John Greenstock. Post, M. O. &; T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery &; Annuity &. Insurance Office.-Mrs. Eliz;abeth Galton, SUb-postmistress. Letters arrive from Blandford at 7.30 a.m. &; 1.30 p.m.; dispatched at 1:2.20, 5.15 &; 7.45 p.w.; sundays,5.10 p.m Wall Letter Box. Westan, cleared at 9 a..m. &; 4.30 p.m Wall Letter Box, Thornhill, cleared at 4.30 p.m.; sundays, 8.10 a.m Public Establishments. Inland Revenue Office, ' Red Lion,' David Rolls Robertson Police Station, Solomon Elsworth, constable in charge Schools. National (boys), built in 1832, for 157 childr~; a.verage attendance, 66; William Smith, master National (girls), built in 1872, to hold 135; average attendance, 100; Miss J emima Greenstock, mistress Auxiliary, Thornhill (mixed), built in 1862, to hold 52; average attendance, 37; supported by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Wm. Parke KC.R, J.P.; Miss Mary Annear, mistress Auxiliary. Weston (mixed), built in 1864, to hold 40; average attendance, 31 ;supported by Lord Stalbridge; Miss Matilda. Wells, mistress Railway Station, Joseph A. Morris, station master Carriers. WaIter Moggo, to Sherborne, tues. Wincanton, wed. k Yeovil, fri Charles Bugg, to Sherborne, tues. thurs. &; fri.; to Shaftesbury, sat Valentine Dober, to Sherborne & Yeovil, fri

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. STEEPLE. 159 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Curtis Samuel, builder Lock John Frederick frmr. Sturt frm Bennett A. Charle,s, Grove house Curtis Waiter Edgar, farmer Lovell John (Mrs.), laundress Creed 1\Ir8 Dike Ann (Mrs.), baker, High street Lydford Alfred John, carpenter, ~ing Duffett Mrs Dober Valentine,wheelwright &carrier Mead Arthur, tailor Ensor Theodore Fras. Church Hill ho Dodd George, miller (water) Mead William, mason t Barris Miss Dorchester Old Bank (R. & R. Meader Charles, jeweller & general Barris Samuel, We.ston' Williams, Thornton, Sykes & Co.) hardware dealer Loder M118. Gold street (branch), open tuesday & thurs- Mogg Waiter, farmer Moore Rev. Arthur Oliver (Congtnl) day, 10 to 3; (Frederick Giles Mogg Waiter, pig dealer I Parke Gen. Sir William K.C.B., J.P. Symonds, manager) ; draw on Moore Charles, seedsman, West mill Thornihill house Wil1iams Deacon & MaIl£b.ester' & Moore Thomas, farmer Parke William Alcock Whilbeck J.P. SaHord Bank Limited, London E C Morris Joseph A. station master Thornhill house Drew Agnes Emily (Miss), shirt Morr~sh Robert, farmer, Frith farm Pitman Mrs ma. stationer, newsagent & booksllr National Provincia[ Bank of England Seaman Rev. Chas. Edwd.M.A.(rectr) Eavi,s Edward, butc:ilier, High street Limited (lbranclh) (G. S. Rake, Urry James, Laurel bank Eav~s Henry, blacksmith manager); draw on head office, Walker James Duncan M.B., C.M. Emery Eliza. (M1'Is.), dres,s maker Bishopsgate .street, London E C Gold street Ensor Theodore Franc.is L.:&.C.J.>. sur- Oliver Linus, baker Warner Miss geon, & medical officer & public Par-$ons Charles, baker, High street ,COMMERCIAL. vaccinator for the Stalbridge dill- Par,sons Joseph, beer retlr. Weston 'Alien George, land agent to Lord trict of Sturminster Newton union Parsons Joseph, tailor Stalbridge &; others, Estate offices Flower Henry James, grocer, High st Parsons Saml.Lionel,architect & srvyr Blirnes Henry, farmer, Grove farm Ford Harry, tinplate worker PaI'sons William Samuel, organist Benjafield .A.lbrt. farmer, Bibbern frm Fudge John, farmer parish church Benjafield WaIter, cattle dealer Galpin Isaac, farmer Prldeaux Charles & George, Blake Samuel, farmer, Thornhill Galton Elizh. (Mrs.), grocer & post off cream, butter & milk factors Brook,s Henry, marine store dealer Gatehouse Jas. farmer, Gomershay Rabbetts Henry, farmer, Cook's farm Brooffis Richard, haulier Gawler EH, beer retailer, Thornhill Raymond & Sons, glove mnf1'lS.High st Brown Andrew, corn & seed merchnt Gillett Robert, butcher, High street Roberts EdwinJn.dairyman,Park dairy Brown Jacob, farmer, Barrow hill Gould Geo. farmer, Thornhill farm Robertson David RolLs, inlnd.rev.offcr Bugg Charles, carrier Green Elias, teacher of music,High st Scammel Charl.es Eastable, farmer. Bugg Edwin, farmer, Waterloo Green George, farmer, Gold street Ryals farm , Bugg Elizh (Miss), grocer, High st Green Samuel, farmer, Weston Senior James, corn dealer Bugg Harry, farmer, Stallbridge park Habershon Henry, carpenter, furni- Smith Clifforo, draper Bugg Jane (Ml's.), farmer, Common ture dealer & shipping agent Snow John & Co. coal merchants Burden James, painter Harris Albert, cabinet maker Somers .Arthur '\Vm.drymn.Gomershy Burge Caleb, baker Harris Harry Philip, farmer, Weston Stalbridge Gas Co.(Chas.Stewart,sec) Butt John, farmer, Hargrove Harris Simeon, grocer, Weston Stanbrook Chas. reading rm. High st Clarke Elihu, boot maker Hatcher Andrew, beer retailer Stewart Chas. clerk of the works to Clarke George, photographer Hedditch William, haulier 1 Lord Stalbridge P.C.,D.L.& suveyr Clarke Samuel, boot maker Hobbs George, grocer, Gold street Taylor Lucy (Miss), ladies' school, Cox Felix & Son, drapers & outfitters Hobbs Henry, tailor church hill Oreec'h Herbert (Mrs.), ladies' school, Hutchings Fanny (Mrs.), grocer Thomas James, shoe maker Ash mount Jearus John, blacksmith Tite Frances A. (Mis's), dress maker Creech Herbert, assistant overseer, Jones Edward, Stalbridge Arms P.R Tite WaIter, well sinker Crocker Oharles, wheelwright,Watrloo Keevill Oharles, coal merchant Turner Robert, pig dealer Curtis Alfred Henry, grocer, & agent Keevil Lucy (Mrs.),frmr.Gibbs marsh Turvey George, tinplate worker for Wo' &; A. Gilbey Limited~ wine &; Kendall Philip, Prudential insur.agent Vincent George Edmunds, saddler spirit merchants Lake WItr. Rolls, hair dres-ser,High st Vining Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper Curtis Edwin, farmer Lawrence James (Mrs.), Spire farm Walker James Duncan M.B., C.M. Curtis Jane. Turner (Mrs.), Swan Lemon Edwaro Wallis, solicitor & surgeon, Gold street P.R. High street commissioner to administer oaths, Williams Hy. .Amos, frmr.Hamwoods Curtis Richard, farmer, builder &; High street Wright Fred Will, Red Lion P.H. contractor, Home farm Loader lsaac, farmer, Grays farm High street STANTON ST. GABRIEL is a chapelry, on the sea average tithe rent-charge £584, WOss yearly value £650, COllSt, 4 miles west-by-s·outh from Bridport terminal net £274, in the gift of the EIshop of Salisbury, and station on a branch of the Great Western railway, and 5 held since 1886 by the Rev. Charles Druitt M.A. of east from Lyme, in the Western division of the county, Exeter College, Oxford, who resides at Whitchurch. parish and hundred of Whitchurch Canonicorum, Brid, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. port union, petty sessional division and county court dis- The land is held by numerous owners. The soil is trict, rural deanery of Bridport (Lyme portion), arch. gravelly; subsoil, gravel. The land is chiefly pasture. deaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church The area is 1,°52 acres of land, including 190 'Waste and of St. Gabriel, erected in 1841. I! miles inland, is a foreshore; rateable value, £793; the population in 18g1 plain stone building, without any architectural beauty, was 48. • consisting of chancel, nave, west porch, western turret Sexton, Charles Hodder. and one be~, and. is capable of. seating 108 persons:. the Letters are received' through Charmouth, arrive at 9.40 QId church IS a pIcturesque rum near the sea. coast. the a.m. which is the nearest money order & telegraph off old rood beam has been restored and fixed In the new . church. The register dates from the year 1825. The Nearest post office IS at Morecombelake, cleared at 4·45 living is annexed, together with the chapelry ot Marsh- p.m on week days only wood. to the vicarage of Whitchurch Canonicor'hm, The children attend the school at Morecombelake COMMERCIAL. Gillingham William, farm bailiff to Harris Hy. farmer, St. Gabriel's farm Brooks Wm. farmer, Stonebarrow Lieut.-Col. J. :B. S. Bullen, West-1Larcombe William, dairyman Chedd Eli, farmer, Ship farm bury farm; &; also at Manor farm, Lumbard Wm. farmr. Norchard frm Durrant Henry, farmr. Shedbush fm Catherstone Leweston I STEEPLE is a parish in the Isle of Purbeck, 3l miles vestry, and a tower containing 3_ bells: the south doorwest-by-south from Corie Castle station on the Swanage way is Norman: there is a memorial window to tb.e Rev. branch of the London and South-Western railway and 5 Nathaniel Bond and his wife and to the late G. H. Bond &<luth from Wareham, in the Eastern. division of the esq. M.P. for East Dorset: there are 120 Iilittings. The county, petty sessional division and county court dis- register dates from the year 1548: the entrie~ of the trict of Wareham., hundred 011 Ha-silor, union of Ware- Bond family can be traced! to the reign of Edward VI. ham and Purbeck. rural deanery of Dorchester (Purbeck The living- is a rectory, annexed to that of Tyneham, portion), archd-eaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. average tithe rent-charge £322, joint gross yearly value The church of St. Michael, situated near the centre of £435, net £180, with residence and 2'5 acres of glebe, the- parish, is an edifice of stone, mostly in the Perpen- 5 of which are in Steeple, in the gift of Nathaniel Bond dicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, esq. and held since 1889 by the Rev. Christopher Wordsand small north aisle near the east end of the nave, worth M.A. formerly fellow of St. Pe,ter's College, Cambelonging t() Oreech Grang~ forme,rly the burial place bridge, prebendary of Lincoln and also rector of East of the Lawrences, and another small south chancel aisle, Holme, who resides at Tyneham. The Rev. William belonging to the Blackmanstone farm, now used as a Davy Filliter M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, has been

160 STEEPLE. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S curate in charge of Steeple, Grange and East Holme since conical hill of the tertiary formation, is in the immediate 1893. Creech Grange, the seat of Nathaniel Bond esq. vicinity. This parish is principally the property of N. D.L., J.P. is in the Early Tudor style, partly rebuilt Bond esq. lord of the manor, and! Col. Pleydell-Mansel, of on the site and in the style of the old mansion, the two Smedmore, Kimmeridge. The soil on the south side of principal gables being surmounted by lions sejant the hill which divides the parish is strong clay, on the bezante, the old crest of Bond, and B similar lion over the north side it is gravelly subsoil, with a slight heather front door holds a shield with the arms of Bond: the upper soil. The crops are principally grass, with some south front was added during the reign of William Ill. corn. The area is 3,362 acres; rateable value, £1,553; whose bust is over the south doorway: the mansion is the population in 1891 was 314. The parish extends to most delightfully situated at the foot of the chalk downs the sea cliffs, and comprises 7 geological formations. and the grounds are well-wooded, and exceedingly 'Ve'st Creech is a hamlet, I mile north-west. picturesque. There is a chapel of ease (St. John the Evangelist) in the grounds of Oreech Grange, erected in Post &:. T. O. Creech.-Mrs. Harriet Smith, SUb~P08t1746,but not used till 1840 and it was consecrated in 1859; mistress. Letters through Wareham, arrive at 7·5 it was built from the ruins of Holme Priory in the ad- a.m. week days &:. sundays. Box cleared at 6.50 p.m. joining parish, and contains a very beautiful Norman II a.a.m sundays. Postal orders are issued here, but chancel arch, which was removed entire; the rest is of not paid. The nearest money order office is at Warehm modern constructillIl (1844): the chancel hag a. fine oak National School (mixed), built in 1840, for 70 children; reredos and stained window. Creech Berrow, a lofty average attendance, 70; Miss Emma Ricketts, mistress Bond Gerald Denis J.P. Oreech grange COMMERCIAL. Horlock Wm. farmer, West Creech Bond John 'Wentworth Garneys D.L., Burden Samuel George, farmer Nineham Robert, farmer, Lutton J.P. Creech grang.e Cooper John, farmer, Broad moor Smith Harriet (Mrs.), stationer, &r; Bond Nathnl. D.L., J.P. Oreech grnge Cure Thomas. blacksmith, Grange post office, Creech Bond Raymond Alured, Creech grange Gcringe William, dairyman, Lutton Smith John, shoe maker, Creech Burden Samuel George, farmer Horlock James, farmer St{)ckley Moses S. farmer Filliter Rev. William Davy M.A. Horloc~ John,farm bailiff to Nathaniel Taylor WaIter, head gamekeeper to (curate), Rectory Bond esq N. Bond esq STEEPLETON IWERNE (or Steepleton Preston) of University College, Oxford, canon and prebendary of is a parish, formerly considered extra-parochial, 41 miles Sarum, rural dean of Blandford portion, and also vicar north-north-west from Blandford station on the Midland of Stourpaine, where he resides. Steepleton House, and South-Western joint railway, Bnd contain~ only 10 standing in a park o~ 90 acres, is occupied by the Hon. houses, in the Northern division of the county, hundred :MIsses Pitt, who are the principal landowners and ladies of Pimperne, Blandford petty sessional division, union and of the manor. In a wing attached to the house is an county court district, rural deanery of Pimperne (Bland- orphanage for girls, with an average number of about II ; ford portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of it is under the superintendence of Miss Bamford, matron Salisbury. The ctmrch of St. Mary is a small edifice of and is supported by contributions·. The soil is ligh; stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel and loam; subsoil, chalk and gravel. The chief crops are nave, without either tower or steeple: there is 8 Norman wheat and barley. The area is 823 acres; rateable chancel arch: the chancel retains a pis~ina and there are value, £596; the population in 1891 was 61. four stained windows, two o~ which are .memorials to Parish Clerk Louis Whale. Horace 6th and las't Baron RIvers, who dIOO 31 March, ' . 1880: there are 60 sittings. The register dates from Lette.rs through Blandford, arrIve at 6.30 a.m. & abo~t the year 1755. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value 3 p.m. The. nearest money order &; telegraph office IS £95, net £81, in the gift of the Hon. Misses Pitt, and at Iwerne Minster. Letter Box cleared about 7. 15 p.m held since 1877 by the Rev. Robert Rowley Watts M.A. The children attend the school at Iwerne Courtnay. Pitt The Hon. Misses, Steepleton house I Roberts George Mulling, farmer, Everley farm STINSFORD is a parish, most delightfully situated and infirm inhabitants of the parish. Pitt-Strangways on the river Frome, which here abounds with trout, and charity of £12, derived from land left in 1737 and 1740 is I mile east from Dorchester stations on the London by Mrs. Mary Strangways and Mrs. Laura PiU, of .and South-Western and Great Western railways, in the Kingston House, is to assist in the schooling of children Southern division of the county, hundred of St. George, attending Bockhampton school. Darby's charity, of £X Dorchester petty sessional division, union and county yearly and £3 every third! year, is derived from money <court district, rural deanery of Whitchurch (Bere Regill left in 1655 by one Matthew Darby, for the apprenticing of portion), archdeaconryof Dorset and: diocese of SaIisoury. poor children of the parish. Kingston House, the seat of By an order of the Dorset County Council, dated the Mrs. FeIIowes is a fine mansion cased with Portland '23rd June, 1894, that portion o~ Holy Trinity parish, stone, in tEe Corinthian style; there is a good sheet of Dorchester, beyond the limits of that borough, on the water in front of the mansion. Stinsford House, the north-east, together with a small portion of t,he parish property of the Earl of Ilchester, is in the occupation of 'Of Fordington on the east of the borough, were added to LleweIIyn E. S. Parryesq. James Herbert Fellowes esq. this parish, the whole to be designated Stinsford. The of Mortimer Lodge, Mortimer, Berks, who is lord of the -church of St. ~ichael is a small ancient stone building, manor, the Earl of llchester and Reginald Thornton esq. partly in the Norman style, restored in 1883, consisting of BiTkin House, are the principal landowners. The soil of chancel, nave, aisles and! a small square western tower, is black loam upon gravel; subsoil, chalk and gravel. mantled with ivy, containing 3 bells: several stained The chief crops are corn, with 50me root crops; also -windows and a marble and Caen stone reredos- were pre- much pasture land. The area is 1,999 acres; rateable sented by the late Jame~ Fellowes esq. of Kingston value, £2,880; the population in 1891 was 278. Rouse: there are two fine monumental tablets of the The hamlets are Higher and Lower Bockhampton, Pitt family: the font of white marble was the gift or about 2 miles south-east, Kingston M>arwood, i mile southMrs. PiU; and the communion plate consists of a silver· OOISt, Upper Kingston, I north, and Bohmston, about !l gilt set, presented by Mrs. Strangways Homer, in 1737 east. and a smaller set, presented in 1819 by Mr. Floyer, who Acting- Parish Clerk, Stephpn Whittaker. 'Was then vicar: there are 190 sittings. The register Post Office, Bockhampton.-Mrs. Mary Bartlett, subdates from the year 1535. The living is a. vicarage, postmistress. Letters arrive at 6.30 a.m. &:. 2.30 p.m. gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £140, net from Dorchester &:. are dispatched at 6.30 p.m. Postal -income £120, with residence, in the gift of the orders a.re issued here, but not paid. Dorchester is the Earl of Ilchester, and h~ld since 1892 by the RbV. nearest money order &:. telegraph office Henry Mitcl1el1 B.A. of St. John's CoJ,}ega, cmnbridge. National School (mixed) Bockhampt~n, built in 1848, at 'Floyel's charity 0' £9 3s. 4d. yearly, being the the expense of Francis Martin esq. who also presented ·dividend on the third part of a capital Bum of £1,000 the ground, with residence for master &:. enlarged in Consols, was left by the will of the late Rev. WiIliam 1894, for 100 children; average attendance, 66; E. A. Floyer, for distribution in money among the poor, aged Dare, master; Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Dare, mistress Dunning Mrs. Riverside,Bockhampton Thornton Reginald J.P. Birkin house Hull Jas. Symes, frmr.High. Kingston -Fellowes Mrs. Kingston house Bartlett Ma.ry (Mrs.), grocer, Pos,t off Hull Jsph.Symes,farmr.Stinsford frJll Mitchell Rev. Henry RA. Vicarag6' Hardy Henry, builder, Higher Bock- Whittaker Stephen, boot maker,BockParry Llewelyn E. S. Stinsford h011Se hampton hampton STOCK GAYLARD (or Stoke) is 8 parish, bounded 4 south from Stalbridge, 5 'West from Sturminster Ne"- ·on the north by the river Caundle and inter~ec'ted on the ton, and 12 south-west fro:.n Shaftesbury, in the Northern "louth by the Liddon, 8 miles south-east from Sherborne, division of the connty, hundred of Brownshall, petty'

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. EAST STOKE. 161 sessional division and union of Sturminster Newton, The register dates from the year 1567. The living is a Shaftesbury county court district, rural deanery of rectory, tithes commuted at £157, average £u9, net Shaftesbury (Stalbridge portion), archdeaconry of Dorset income £132, with 42 acres of glebe and residence, in and diocese of Salisbury. This parish has, under the the gift of Mrs. Yeatman, and held since 1892 by the provisions of the" Divided ParisheS! Act," been attaich€d Rev. John Herbert Wilkinson M.A. of Queen's College, for civil purposes only, to the parish of Lydlinch. The Oxford, who is also perpetual curate of Caundle Stourton. church, named St. Barnabas, standing in the grounds of Stock House, the seat of :Major Arthur George Dugdale Stock House, was entirely rebuilt on the site uf the old R.A., J.P. is pleasantly seated in a park of 80 acres, well church and in the same form, by the Yeatman family, stocked with deer. Mrs. Charlotte Yeatman is lady of in memory of Harry Farr and Emms Yeatman, his wife, the manor and chief landowner. The soil is mostly clay; and wag, re-opened on the 23rd of April, 1885, by the subsoil, gravel. The land is chiefly in pasture. The Right Rev. Bishop Kelly D.D. acting as commissioner for area is 849 acres; the ratea!ble value is now included with the bishop of the diocese: it is a Gothic stone building, that of Lydlinch; the population of the ecclesiastical consisting of chancel, nave and south porch and bell parish in 1891 was 56. turret at the west end containing 2 bells: beneath a recessed Gothic arch on the south side of the nave is the Letters through Blandford, arrive at 9·35 a.m. & are colmonument of the founder, a stone effigy of a man, re- lected by the rural postman at 4.25 p.m. The nearest cumbent, c<>mpletely armed, supposed to be Sir Ingel- money order office is at Bishop's Caundle; & telegraph ramus le Waleys knt. who died about 1275, a Crusader office at Stalbridge or Knigoht Templar: there are sittings for 60 persons. The children attend the school at Lydlinch Dugdale Major Arthur George R.A.,I"Yilkimon Rev. John Herbert M.A. Bugg Anthony, farmer, Berry farm J.P. Stock house Rectory Coombs George, farmer, Ridge farm STOCKWOOD (or Stoke) is a parish, 21 miles north and Melbury 08mond have been annex€d; gross yEarly from Evershot station on the Wilts and Somerset section value of tithe (Stockwood) £188, average £149, with 35 of the Great Western railway, 8 south-west-by-south acres of glebe, in the gift of the. Earl of Ilchester P.C. from Sherborne and 8 south from Yeovil, in the Western and held since 1885 by the Rev. Robert Bradley Roe ~LA. division of the county, liberty of SuUon Poyntz, Sher- of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, who is hon. chapborne union and petty sessional division, Yeovil county lain to the Earl of Ilchester and surrogate, and resides court~ district, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Sherborne at Melbury Osmond. The Earl of Ilchester P.C. who is portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. lord' of the manor, and John Batten esq. are the principal The church of St. Edwold is a building of stone and is landowners. The soil is clay and chalk; subsoil, clay. one of the smallest parish churche~ in England; its The land is mostly in pasture. The area is 698 acres; dimensions being 30 feet long and' 12 feet 8 inches wide; rateable value, £899; the population in 1891 was 49. there is a very interesting western Norman bell turret Parish Clerk, John Brine. containinil' one bell. The register dates from the year Letters- through Dorchester, arrive at 8.30 a.m. The 1813. The living is a rectory, to which by Order in nearest money order & telegraphic office it at Evershot Council, August, 1888, the rectories of )Ielbury Sampford The children attend the school at Melbury Osmond Christopher Stephen, farmr. & butchr\Curtis Frank, farmer Gartell Robert, farmer Colley John, Rest & Welcome inn STOKE ABBOTT is a parish and village, 6 miles by the Rev. George Studley Sealy Vidal M.A. formerly north from Bridport terminal station on the Great ""-estern chaplain of that college. There is a Congregational railway, 2 west from Beaminster and 7 from Crewkerne, in chapel. Beaminster Union Hous-e is in this parish. The the Western division of the county, hundred and union principal landowners· are John Russ-elI Cox esq. William of Beaminster, petty s-essional division andl county court Colfox esq. of Westmead, Bridport, the Gollop family, district of Bridport, rural deanery of Bridport (Beamin- I :Ketherbury, and M. Story-Maskelyne esq. J.P. The soil ster portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of is sandy loam; subsoil, sandy loam. The chief crops Salisbury. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a stone are wheat and. barley. The area is 2,327 acres; rateable building, consisting of an Early English chancel, nave of value, £3,720; in 1891 the population wa.s 499, inclusive three bays, north aisle, south porch and a squa::-e western of 67 officers and inmate9 of the Beaminster union worktower with a peal of 5 bells, which chime every threp. house and infirmary. hours: it contains an ancient Norman font: on December Parish Clerk, John Hook Hann. 8, 1828, the church was struck by lightning: the church P t Offi Ed' ~r b t t Letters was restored im878 by .subscription,and a north aisle added os. cfe.- BWln .• tooreRs , SSUO -POtS mas er. .. 5 . th I fIlth t t t' d . d arrIve rom eamms er ... a 7.50 a.m. 0,:, 7·I ID e ptacde . o tah smha nolrb r.:anseSp; a s afICneh Wll1 tOhW p.m. ; dispatched at 5.45 & 7. 15 p.m. Postal orGen was erec e In . e c ance y rs. ymes, 0 armou, . d h b t t ·d Th t . f h h b d 1 t ....~·ll· Ud 1 are Issue ere, u no pal. e neares money m memory 0 er us an ; a so one 0 n 1 lam a d & t I h ffi . t B d'w' d esq. and Mary Anne, his wife; and the church was o~ er e egrap. 0 ce IS a .roa ID SOl' l'eseated with open benches: there are sittings for 210 NatIOnal School (mIxed), ere~ted ID 1858, & a class room persons. The living is a rectory, tithe commutation has be~n added for .IOO chlld;en; average attendance, £420 yearly, average £315, gross income £415, net £320, 72 ; MISS Mary Gallimore, mlstr~ss and 51 acres of glebe, with residence, erected in 1864; Carrier.-Charles Canterbury, to Broadwindsor & Crewin the gift of New College, Oxford, and held since 1892 kerne, every wed.; to Bridport, daily, except wed Vidal Rev. George Studley Sealy M.A. Galpin Charles, grocer Honeybun William, dairy Rectory Galpin Charlotte (Mrs.), farmer Lenthall In. farmr. Laverstock farm Garrett Eli, dairy, Horsehill Moores Edwin, baker, Post office COMMERCIAL. Grinter Henry, New inn Pavey John, farmer, Blacknay Anning John, Anchor P.H Hann Charles, shoe maker Rendell Rchd. dist. survyr. for Bridpt Bowditch John, miller (water), farmr. Hann .John Hook, builder, con- Slade Henry, flax dealer & cake & manure agt.Brimley mills tractor, cabinet maker, timber dlr. Smith Henry In. farmer, Chartnole Canterbury Charles, carrier blacksmith & waggon builder Woolmington Fanny (Miss), dress ma. Couch Henry, farmer, Coombe farm Hansford Edward, farmer, Yardley Woolm;ngton George, builder, Fry Joseph, farmer, Swilliotts Hecks Albt. Geo. farmr. Brimley frm carpenter, wheelwright & smith EAST STOKE is a parish, on the river Frome, which public subscription, at a cost of [1,056; in the chancel is is here crossed by two bridges, 3 miles west-by-south a stained window of three lights to the memory of the from Wareham, 2~ east from Wool station on the South Fyler family of Hethfelton; an old hexagonal font which Western railway, and 128 from London, in the Eastern belonged to the old church has been preserved and division of the county, hundred of Winfrith, county court mounted on seven pillars, by the Rev. Octavius Arthur district and petty sessional division of 'Wareham, union of Hodgson M.A. the present rector; there are 250 sittings. Wareham and Purbeck, rural deanery of Dorchester (Pur- The register dates from the year 1743. The livinig is a. beck portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of rectory, tithe rent-charge, £396; average, £3°0; net Salisbury. The church of St. Mary, a building of stone, income, £192, including 6 acres of glebe, with residence, was erected in 1828, in the Perpendicular style, and con- in the gift of Admiral Fitzroy, and held since 1874 by the sists of chancel, nave and west embattled tower, contain- Rev. Octavius Arthur Hodgson M.A. of Magdalen College, ing 2 bells; in the south porch is placed a marble tablet Oxford. Hethfelton, the seat of John William TownselIld to the Rev. William Buller, sometime curate of the parish, Fyler esq. D.L., J.P. occupies a commanding situation and of Leonora Sophia, his wife; the chancel and organ in beautifully wooded grounds, the timber and plantachamber were built and the church r!lseated in 1885, by tibn5 of which are considered exceptionally fine, and are DORSET 11

EAST STOKE. DORSEl'SHIRE. [KELLy'il fiery varied in character, including some fine specimens I West Holme is Q tithing, I! miles !touth-east; High\. vf the Cedar of Lebanon. Binnegar Hall is a large and wood, I mile south; Stokeford mile north-east, and elegant mansion in the Early Jacobean style, the property Rushton, t mi:e south-east, are hamlets here. . of Mrs. Farrer. Admiral FitzRoy of Parnham,Beaminster, Binnegar is a half of a mile north-east. is lord of the manor; Nathaniel Bond esq. of Creech . Grl:\nge, Steeple, is lord of the manor of Stokeford and I Bellhuish Far~ and Cottag~s a.nd St. And~ew'8 Farm .Binnegar. 'l'h~ principal landowners are Admiral Fitz- and Cottages, wIth a populatIOn of 49 was, In 1888, b.y Ray, John W. T. Fy:er esq. N. Bond esq. the Earl of I Loc.al Government Board Order, transferred fro;a thIe Eldon and Mrs. Drax. The soil. is sand and gravel; sub- : parIsh to West Lulworth, and at the same date Swmeham soil, mostly gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and I and ~orth and South .Bestwell was transferred to S~i oats. A great part of the parish is heath and plantations. IMartlIl (Wareham) parIsh. The parish comprises 4,593 acres of cultivated and heath: l)arochial School (mixed), with residence for the mistresll land and 38 of water; rateable value, £2,459; the popu- adjoining, built about 1855, for 100 children; average lation in 1891 was 499. attendance, 60; Miss Marion Buck, mistress PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Garratt Robert, blacksmith Farrer Mrs. Binnegar hall Hibbs John, grocer & postmaster Farrer Oliver Cooke J~P.Binnegar hall Bennett Henry, farmer, "West Holme Marsh Robert, shoe maker Fyler John William 'fownsend D.L.,IBennett Stephen, farmer, Rushton Miller John, farmer J.P. Hethfelton Bradfie:d John, miller ("\"\"ater) Peach Henry, farmer, Woolbridge Hawkesworth Major In. William Bain Dorey Geo. carpenter & wheelwright Simmonds Thomas, Black Dog P.H {late R.A.) J.P. Stokeford Edmonds hasc, farmer Stickland James, grocer &; baker Hodgson Rev. Octavius Arthur M.A. Grant R. &; Son, market gardeners &; Tuck John, farmer The Rectory florists, Longthorns Vincent Martpa (Mrs.), shopkeeper STOKE WAKE is a parish and small village, 5! miles At Rawlesbury, about haH a mile distant, is a large double south-by-west from Sturminster :Xewton station, on the camp. Charles Hambro esq. is lord of the manor and Midland and South Wegtern Junction railway, and 8! chief landowner. The soil is clay, greensand, gravel and "west from Blandford, in the ~orthern division of the loam; subsoil, chalk. The land is chiefly in pasture. The county, hundred of Whiteway, petty sessional division area is about 1,038 acres; rateable value, £1,291; the and union of Sturminster Newton, Blandford county court population in 1891 was 96. district, rural deanery of Whitohurch (Milton portion), White Hill is a quarter of a mile west; Park Gate, If archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The miles north-west. church of.All Saints is .a stone edifice without any architec- Parish Clerk, James Thoroe. tural deSIgn and conSIsts of chancel, nave of three bays, . north aisle, south porch and western turret with one The nearest post office IS at Woolland. Letters. from bell, and was rebuilt in 1872; there are 120 sittings. The Blandford &; by ~oot post from Woolland, arrIve at register dates from the year 1546. The living is a rectory; 8.30 a.m. &; are dIspatched from Woolland ~t 5. 2 0 p.~. average tithe rent-charge, £129; net yearly value, £ 109, The nearest money order &; telegraph office IS at Hase!- with 13 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of C. bury Bryan. Rambro esq. of Milton Abbey, and held since 1879 by the School (mixed), built in 1845, for 40 children; average ,"Rev. Henry William Steel M.A. of Jesus College, Oxford. attendance, 25; Miss Lilian Harris, mistress Steel Rev. Hy. William M.A. (rector) Norton Arthur, farmer jYeatman Charles, carpenter -Dob:e Hugh Bright, dairyman, &; frmrj Warren In. Summers,frmr.Stoke frm 'STOURPAINE is a parish, on the river Stour, from an eminence, called Hod Hill, is a fine and extensive which it takes its name, 3 miles north-west-by-north British camp, containing within it the vestige of a small ·;from Blandford station, on the Midland and South West- Roman work; the more ancient one of the Britons con· "ern Junction railway, in the Northern division of the sists of a double agger and fosse, the outer ramparts being county. hundred of Pimperne, BlandfordJ petty sessional in the form of a semicircle; the camp has five entrancesdivision, union and county court district, rural deanery two on the east, one on the west, one on the north and -of Pimperne' (Blandford portion), archdeaconry of Dorset one on the south; in the area, which extends over several ,and diocese of Salisbury. The church of the Holy Trinity acres, there are many circular depressions in the soil, is a building of flint and stone in the Gothic style, and surrounded by shallow trenches, which are from 12 to 15 was rebuilt in the year 1858 by the Rev. Charles Tufnell, feet in diameter; while some labourers were digging for then vicar, to whose memory a stained window has been stones within the inner camp, they discovered numerous erected; it has a chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle Roman relics, consisting of spear and arrow heads, fibulre, and south porch; the western embattled tower is square knives, pruning hooks, and a variety of other articles, with pinnacles; it was restored in the year 1871 and the with coins of the following emperors :-Augustus, bells rehung, a fifth bell being added, mainly by the late C:audius, Tiberius, Germanicus, Nero, Drusus and Mr. Charles Flower; in 1882 a new organ was erected at Caligula, from which it may be inferred that the Romans a cost of £250, a brass lectern presented by the Hon. herd a oomp on this hill from an early time. Viscount Misses Pitt, of Steepleton, and stained east and west Portman, who is lord of the manor, Lieut.-Gen. Foxwindows, the latter a memorial to the Watts family: Pitt-Rivers" and the Rev. Canon Sir Talbot Hastings There are 300 sittings. The register dates from Bendall Baker bart. M.A. of Ranston, are the principal the year 1631. The living is a vicarage; average landowners. The soil is a chalky loam; subsoil, chalk and tithe rent-charge, £86; gross yearly value, £260; gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The net, £196, including 9 acres of glebe, with area is 2,272 acres; rateable value, £2,164; the popula- , residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, tion in 18g1 was 4go. and held since 1867 by the Rev. Robert Rowley Watts M.A. Ash is a tithing half a mile north. of University College, Oxford, canon and prebendary of Parish Clerk, Elias Upward. Sarum, rural dean of Blandford portion, and also rector Post Office.-Robert Spinney, sub-postmaster. Letters of Steepleton Iwerne. The Wesleyan Methodists have a arrive from Blandford at 6.15 a.m. &; 2.15 p.m.; dischapel here. The church house, erected in 1893. at patched at 10.55 a.m. &; 7.30 p.m.; sundays, at 7.30 ,the sole cost of the present rector, is a red brick building, p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at consisting of large recreation room, which can also be Blandford '"Used for entertainments, library and reading room, and County Police, H. Beck, constable caretakerls' house adjoining; the premises have been National School (mixed & infants), erected in 1873 on a 'handed over in trust, together with an endowment of site given by the sixth &; last Lord Rivers, for 139 £500, in Consols, for their maintenance, to the Board of children; average attendance, 80; Alfred Wilkins, 'Finance at Salisbury for the use of the parishioners. On master; Miss Emily Harns, infants' mistress Barratt Mrs Domoney In. carpenter &; wheelwright Martin Henry, shopkeeper lIaggard Rev. Hugh (curate) Flower Charles Henry Phillip, farmer, Retter Giles, farmer, Laze11ton farm Lewis Robart France farm Rideout Henry, painter lVatts Rev. Canon Robt. Rowley M.A. Foot James, shoe maker Roberts Charles, farmer,Parsonage fIn (vicar & rural dean), Yicarage Foot John, smith Seager Wm. shopkeeper & beer retlr Foote William John farmer Spinney Robt. blacksmith, Post office COMMEI>CIAL. Haine William, shopkeeper WaI'Ten Wm.Bleathman,frmr.Manor fIn Ainsworth Charles, basket maker Jackson William Mackwood M.C.P. Wedmore Emanuel, shopkeeper Ainsworth Thomas, boot &; shoe makr boarding school Welstead Richard, blacksmith Ball John, White Horse P.H Kite Joseph, baker & grocer Woolland John, farmer, Ash Church Hous~ Legg David, butcher

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. STOWER PROVOST. 163 EAST STOWER (or Stour) is a parish and village, since 1891 by the Rev. Sidney Edmund Davies M.A. ofthrough which the river Stour flows, on the high road from Worcester college, Oxford, rural dean of Shaftesbury, and Shaftesbury to Sherborne and Yeovil, 3 miles south from surrogate, who resides at Gillingham. Here are a small Gillingham station, on the London aod South Western chapel for Baptists, a Wesleyan chapel and a Temperauce railway, 4 miles west from Shaftesbury, in the Northern hall. The Right Hon. Lord Stalbridge p.a. and Lorddivision of the county, hundred of Redlane, Shaftesbury Wolverton, who is lord pf th~ manor, are the principal petty sessional division, union and county court district, landowners. The soil is clay; subsoil, mar! and stone. rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Shaftesbury portion), arch- The land is £ijiefly in pasture. The area is 1,678 acres i.j deaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. Christ rateable value, £2,900'; the population in 1691 Wall 444- Church was built on the old site in 1841; it is a cruciform Parish Clerk, Fred Kiddle. building of stone in the Norman style, and consists 01 Post Office.-William Kiddle, sub-postmaster. Letter. charrcel, nave and transepts, north porch, with large . through Gillingham, which is the nearest money' order square embattled tower rising from the centre, con- & telegraph office. ,Letters arrive at 8•.r:; a.m.; die.. taining 3 bells, and has three galleries and contains an patched at 5.45 p.m. week days only. Postal orderlll organ, a stained east window and six other smaller stained are issued here, but not paid windows; there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1584. The living is a chapelry, annexed with Wall Letter Box, cleared at 5.50 p.m. on week days only West Stower to the vicarage of Gillingham; average National School (mixed), with furnished rooms tor tithe rent-charge,£1,146; joint gross yearly value,£r,152; mistress, built in 1872, for 90 children; average bttendnet, £318, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, and held ance, 70; Miss Annie Elizabeth Wingrove, mistress Baker John, Grosvenor villa Davis Tom, farmer, Church farm Kidd:e William Richard & Fred, black. Deane Mrs. Clay hill Hann Bennett, butcher &. genI. dlr smiths &. wheelwrights Dowd'ing William Hansford & Son, shopkprs. & bakers King Alfred, shopkeeper COMMERCIAL. Lodder Jas. farmer & miller (water), Maidment Elisha, baker Bartlett In. farmer, Pennymoor frm Highbridge mill Maidment Frederick John, contractor Blackmore In. farmer, Bullen's farm Hiscock William Edward, registrar of Maidment Thos. James, wheelwright" Brixay John, mason births, marriages & deaths & re- Martin Jane (Mrs.), King's.Arms P.R Caddy Barnett, farm bailiff to the lieving, vaccination &; -school at- Perrett Edwin, carpenter exors. of the Rev, Henry Deane tendance officer &. collector to the Perrett Joseph, farmer, High grove Chapman James, farmer, Manor farm guardians for Gillingham district Pike Charles, farmer Coombes Henry, blacksmith Honeyfi-eld Wm. farmer, Brock's farm Pike Harry, shopkeeper Cox Geor.ge, White Horse P.R Honeyfield Wm. jun. farm,. Cole's st Rawkins Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Davis Robt. farmer & assist. overseer Kiddle Wm. sen. shopkpr. Post office Whitmarsh Charles, Crown P.H STOWER (or Stour) PROVOST is a parish and vil- Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge, whO! lage, on the river Stour, 3! miles south from Gillingham are the chief landowners; a court leet is held biennially. station, on the London and South Western railway, 4£ The soil is a rich loam; subsoil, rocky. The land consistll west from Shaftesbury, and 6 north from Sturminster, principally of rich meadows, admirably adapted for dairy in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Red- pastures. The area is 2,730 acres; rateable value, £4,S7a l lane, liberty of Stour Provost, petty sessional division, the population in r891 was 700. union and county court district of Shaftesbury, rural Stower Row, a portion of this parish, is on the road deanery of Shaftesbury (Shaftesbury portion), arch- from Shaftesbury to Marnhull, and is 3 miles west from deaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church Shaftesbury. The church of .All Saints is of blue ragof St. Michael is a building of stone, in the Early English stone, with Bath stone' dressings, in the Early English atyle, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch, style, consisting of chancel, nave and one bell, and will and embattled western square tower, with 4 bells and seat 120 people; it was built and opened for service in striking clock with'Out fa.ce; there are three &tained 1868 as a chapel of ease to the parish church, and was windows; that at the east end was presented by the late consecrated, together with the surrounding burial ground, Rev. Henry James Slingsby, formerly rector, who also in 1878; a stained east window was placed in the year placed the old oak roof in the chancel, part of which was 1882 by subscription, to the Rev. Richard .A.rthur Francil . taken from the north aisle; the other window in the Barrett, late rector, and in 1883 another stained window chancel is to the Rev. Robert Abercrombie Denton, also a was given by Mr. James Stone, in memory of his sent former rector of this parish; the one in the west end was Stephen. placed in 1882, in memory of the Rev. Richard Ar~hur Stower Provost, Parish Clerk, John Coward. Fraucis Barrett, late rector; there are 300 sittings. The Stower Row, Clerk, Thomas Andrews. register dates from the year 1701. The living is a rectory, with that of Todber annexed, joint yearly value Letters through Gillingham, arrive at 8.30 a.m. Marntithe rent-charge £786, average £598, gross income £683, hull is the nearest money order &; telegraph office. net £492. with 41 acres of glebe and residence, in the Letters for Stower Row, through Shaftesbury, 'Which gift of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cam- is the nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive bridge, and held since 1878 by the Rev. William Henry at 9 a.m Whitting M.A. formerly fellow and dean of that college. Wall Letter Boxes, Stower Provost, cleared at 5·15 {l.m. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at New Yeate and on week days only, & one at Stower Row at 4.10 p.m. a Congregational chapel at Stower Row with 200 sittings. on week days & 11.35 a.m. on sundays .Archer's charity, arising from £228 4s. lid. £21 per A School Board of 5 members was formed 13 November, Cent. Consols, left in 1764 by the Rev. Benjl3min Archer, 1874; J. Burbidge, Bell street, Shaftesbury, clerk to then rector of this parish, is applied in education. There the board & school attendance officer is a qllalI'ry on the Manor fa.rm, producing sooille suita.ble Board School (mixed), with residence for master, built in for building purposes and road metalling, and one flour 1850, for ISO children; average attendance, no; Thoma. mill in the village. The manorial rights are vested in the Richard J efford, master STOWER PROVOST. :!\Ia.rley Thoma~, grocer Bastable William Robert, farmer, Dun.. Foot Henry Martin Edwin, butcher, Woodville cliffe Hall farm ' Hunt Miss Meatyard William, farmer Bridle George, dairyman Saffrey Mrs. The Cottage Myall Wyndham a.farmer, New Yeate Bridle James, farmer Shaw Rev.Jn.Wm.ArnoldB.A.(curate) Pike Edwin, stone mason Bl'idle Sidney, farmer Whitting Rev. Wm. Hy. M.A. Rectry Pike George, farmer Gurnow Jacob, watch maker COMMERCIAL. Pike Robert, wood dealer Guy George, carpenter & cowkeeper Ayles Tom, carpenter. Pike Robert, jun. farmer Hunt Martin, farmel" Bastable Joseph, blacksmIth Rake Edwin, butcher Hunt Thomas, carpenter Coward Henry, farmer Ralph John, farmer, Hawkers farm Jarvis James, hawker Coward John, farmer & parish clerk Sharp WaIter, farmer, Pigeon Ho.frm Kiddle Thos. wheelwt. bldr. &; farmr Gatehouse William, farmer, Vanners Kimbel Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Boskins William Henry, farmer STOWER ROW. Lodge Charles, farmel', Duncliff Hunt Charles, farmer, Shadehouse Mitchell Mrs Maidment William, shopkeeper Hunt Chas. Hy.miller(water) & frmr Martin George, shopkeeper Hunt Mary (Mrs.), farmer COMMERCllL. Meatyard Emanuel, farmr. King's fm Hunt Samuel, farmer, Manor farm Aish Robert, farmer Meatyard Jas. farmer, Sweet's farm Kendall Jasper, cowkeeper Andrews Thos. carpenter & parish clrk MyaH Elias, shoe maker Lunniss Hy. J oseph, Royal Oak inn .!.ndrews William, dairyman Pike Thos. cowkeeper, Blynfield gat6 DORSET 11·• •

164 srOWER PROVOST. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S Pike HaTry, farmer &, gamekeeper to Ralph Tom, farmer, Hill farm Stone James, farmer - Morrison esq. Wood cottage Ridout Charles, farmer, Wadmill frm Treasure John, shoeing &, gen. smith Ralph James, farmer, Yew Tree frm Ridout William, farmer Westover John, farmer Ralph John, farmer Roberts Thomas, College Arms P.H Wilkins George, farmer WEST STOWER (or Stour) is a small parish, and held since 1891 by the Rev. Sidney Edmund Davies pleasantly situated on the river Stour and high road M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford, rural dean of Shaftesfrom Shaftesbury to Sherborne and YeoYil, 4 miles bury, and surrogate, who resides at Gillingham. Here Bouth-west from Gillingham station on the London and are small chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists. South Western railway, and 5i west from Shaftesbury, J. K. D. Wingfield-Digby esq. M.P. of Sherborne Castle, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of is the principal landowner. The soil is sand and clay; Redlane, petty sessional division, union and county court subsoil, stone and gravel. The land is chiefly in pasture. district of Shaftesbury, rural deanery of Shaftesbury The area is 998 acres;. rateable value, £1,854; the popu- (Shaftesbury portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and dio- lation in 1891 was 158. oestj of Salisbury. The church of St. Mary is a stone Parish Clerk, Thomas Hoskins. Itructure, having an ancient Decorated chancel, a modern Letters through Bath, arrive at 8,3° B.m. Gillingham nave, south porch and a square embattled tower of is the nearest money order office; Sandley, Buckhorn Perpendicular date, containing 3 bells: it has an organ Weston, is the nearest telegraph office and a gallery at the western end. The register dates Wall Letter Box, cleared at 5.15 p.m. week days only from the year 1654. The living is a chapelry, annexed National School (mixed), built In 1870, for 50 children~ with East Stower to the vicarage of Gillingham, average average attendance, 30; Mrs. Constance M. Bown, tithe rent-charge £},146, joint gross yearly value mistress £1,152, net £318, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, Carrier to Wincanton.-Henry Hellier, wed. &, sat RusseIl Edward, Laburnam villa Dennett Alfd. Ship commercial inn Hoskins James George, teacher of COMMERCIAL. Harsent· James, shopkeeper music & poor's rate collector for Ayles In. Harry,farmer,StowerHill fm Hellier Hy. markt. gardnr. &, carrier Kington Magna Ay~es Stephen, frmr. Lit. Kington fm Hiscock Albert, farmer, Manor farm Hoskins Thos. shoe ma. &, parish clrk Brockway In. farmer, Townsend farm Hiscock William, farmer, Church fm Hutchings In. Hy. carpenter &'wheelwt Butler Geor.ge, farmer, Woolhouse fm Hopkins Geo. farmer, Cocking farm Shipp Edward, butcher &, farmer STRATTON is a parish and village, on the river hills. The trustees of the late Hon. Mrs. Henry Ashley Frome, and on the road from. Dorchester to Crewkerne, 3! and the Ecclesiasti~:d Commissioners are lr.rds of th& miles north-west from Dorchester stations on the London manor, and with Alfred Pope esq. of Dorchester, are the and South Western and Great Western railways, in the principal landowners. The soil is gravel; subsoil, chalk~ Southern division of the county, hundred of St. George, The chief crops are corn and some land in pasture. The Dorchester petty sessional division, union and county area is 1,683 acres; rateable value, £2,569; the popucourt district, rural deanery of Dorchester (Dorchester lation in 1891 was 329. portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salis- Grimston, I mile north-west, is a. hamlet with a stabury. The church of St. Mary is a stone building in the tion on the Great Western Railway. Perpendicular style, consisting of nave with small square Parish Clerk, Samuel Sprackling. western embattled tower containing 5 bells: on the south Post Office.-Mrs. Caroline Fever, sub-postmistress. Let· are three three-light windows with good tracery and ters arrive from Dorchester at 5.15 a.m. &, 3 p.m. fragments of stained glass in the heads: the church is (callers only) &, are dispatched at 8 p.m. Postal about to be restored: there are 150 sittings. The re- orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest gister dates from the year 1561. The living is a vicarage, money order &, telegraph office is at Charminster annexed to Charminster, tithes £20, joint gross yearly Wall Letter Box, Grimston, cleared at 7.40 p.m value £324, net £234, in the gift of the Bishop of Salis- A School Board of 5 members was formed 21 August, lJ.ury, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Jonathan Charles 1874; T. A. Pearce, Dorchester, Fordington, clerk to Prior, of Worcester College, Oxford, and chaplain to the the board Dorset County Asylum, who resides at Charm~n.ster. Board School (mixed), with residence for master, bum . Wrackleford House, the property and residence of Alfred in 1876, at a cost of about £900, for 61 children; averPope esq. situated I mile east of the village, and on the age attendance, 69; Joseph Broune, master; Mrs. high road to Dorchester, is a Georgian mansion, plea- Ellen Broune, mistress I!antly situated near the river Frome and a range of low Railway Station, Grimston, Richard Tucker, station mast Kellaway Mrs Chick Thomas, farmer, :Manor house Meech Samuel, farmer Newbury Miss Chick William John, farmer Pardey Albt. Wm. Royal Yeoman P.R. Pope Alfred, Wrackleford house(letters Davis Richard, farmer miller (water) &, farmer, Grimston through Bradford Peverell) Dunn Thomas, farmer Pidgeon Reuben, dairyman Symes William, Albany cottage Fever Caroline (Mrs.), Post office Randall John House, Bull P.H Greenslade Philip, farmer, Langford; Rigg'ls Samuel Geo. farmer, Grimston COMMERCIAL. &, at Sydling St. Nicholas Shepardl Amos,shopkeeper &, wheelwrt Anon Samuel, sh<:lpkeeper Lock Harry, farmer Shiner John (Mrs.), farmer BridLe John, maSoOn Marsh Henry Tom, miller (water) Trott Joe, dairyman. Grimston STUDLAND is a parish and very picturesque village, three small lancet lights, is apparently of the Decorated '6mbowered in trees, 3 miles north from Swanage ter- period, and is a memorial; there is also another window minal station on a branch of the London and South in the south wall of the nave, to W. G. H. Bankes, who Western railway, about 5 miles east-by-north from died at Lucknow from wounds received in action, April Corie Ca!>tle, and 10 east-by-south fr:Jffi Wareham, in the 6, 1859: the circular font is Norman, and the tower Eastern rlivi'lion of the county, petty sessional division contains 4 bells, one of which is inscribed" Drawe neare and county court district of Wareham, hundred of Row- to Goa," and bearing date 1065, evidently an error for barrow, union of Wareham and Purbeck, rural deanery 1605; the other bells are dated 1730: in 1883 the church of Dorchester (Purbeck portion), archdear:onry of Dorset was repaired, under the direction of Mr. G. C. Crickmay. and diocese of Salisbury. The parish is situated at the architect; during the restoration traces were found of eastern extremity of the Isl" of Purbeck, and is bounded what appeared to be Saxon work: there are 160 sittings. on the north by Poole Harbour, on the east by Stud- The register dates from the year 1532. The living is a land Bay, and on the south-east by Swanage Bay. Stud- rectory, average tithe rent-charge £102, gross yearly land Bay affords excellent anchorage for ships drawing value £162, net £130, including 62 acres of glebe, with 15 or 16 feet of water, but is open to the east and south- resiclenc'l, in the gift of John C. Mansel-Pleydell esq. east winds. The church of St. Nicholas, a building of and held since 1892 by the Rev. Frederick Swift Alges. Purbeck stone, and a nearly perfect specimen of the There are a number of barrows on Studland Common, Norman period, consists of a chancel, nave, south porch and a very remarkable insulated block of iron-stone, and central tower with pinnacles: the erection of the called Agglestone, about 80 feet in circumference and tower, which has never been finished, was supposed to nearly 20 in height, surrounded by an artificial morass; have been relinquished through the sinking of the chan- Puckstone is another similar curiosity. The principal eel arch; the nave is a plain building of rubble work, landowners are W. R. Bankes esq. of Kingston Lacy, and with ashlar quoins; the chancel consists of one bay of William M. Calcraft esq. of Rempstone Hall. The soil graining, and the tower has groining of the same charac- is various; subsoil, principally chalk. The chief cropS ter, but more lofty: the arches are of the horseshoe are barley, oats and wheat. The area is 4,804 acres'of character, which, with the circular heads of some of the land and 3,010 of water and foreshore; rateable value, piers, indicate the very Early Norman, supposed to have £1,752; the population in 1891 was 310 in the ecclebeen derived from the Moorish: the east window, of siastical, and 432 in the civil parish.

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. STURMINSTER NEWTON. 165 Carrier (passing through). Stickland J ames, Bankes Arms hotel Studiland Brickworks, Samuel Samways, manager Thorne William, laundryman Tubb (Mrs.) Tamar, ,shopkeeper White Alfred, farmer White J.oseph, dairyman, ULwell Wright Robert Wilson, apartments Park, Mrs. Parke, and Thomas Mackrell esq. are lords of the manor and principal landowners. Tp.e soil is light loam; subsoil, clay. The chief crop!! are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 3,851 acres; rateable value, £5,391; the population in 1891 was 806. Coombe Almer is a tithing, 2 miles south; Westler, I mile west; Higher and Lower Henbury, I! miles BOuth· east and 2! miles from Wimborne. Sexton, John MulIett. Post, M. O. O. & S. D. &; Annuity & Insurance Office.- Henry Legg Reeves, slJb-postmast~r. Letters arrive by foot post from Wimborne at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 5.45 p.m. The nearest te:egraph office is 3i Bailey Gate railway station A School Board of 5 members was formed 31 January. 1874; T. Gomer, Church street, Wimborne, is clerk to the board Board School (mixed), built in 1832, at a cosh of £400, et converted into a board school in 1874, for 144 children, 8:verage attendance, 1I0; Joseph John Hinton, master Railway S.tation (Bailey Gate), Nathaniel Meech, station master . Goathorn is 3 miles north-west, and a quay on Poola orders IJre issued here, but not paid. Swanage is the Harbour, from which large quantities of clay are nearest money order office &; telegraph office shipped; Redhorn, 2 north; South Haven, 3 north; Wall Letter Box (near the Bankes' Arms), cleared at 6 Forked Down End, I mile south-west. p.m. week days &; 10.30 a.m. sundays Sexton, John Marsh. Post Office.-George King, sub-postmaster. Letters School (mixed), built about 1845, for 70 children, are received &; dispatched through Wareham, via average attendance, So; Mrs. E. Eastham, mistress Corfe Castle, arrive at 8.10 a.m.; sunday, 8,45 a.m.; Coast Guard Station, chief officer, Jeremiah Dempsey . dispatched at 6.5 p.m.; sunday, 10.30 a.m. Postal &; 5 JUen Alges Rev. Frederick Swift (rector), Churchill Job, farmer, Greenland Rectory Churchill Mark, farmer Horlock Thos. Chinchen, Studland fm Guy Hobert, farmer Mal'lShall George, Manor house Hatchard John, carpenter Hor:ock Thomas Chinchen, farmer, COMMERCIAL. Studland farm Brooks EdwardJ, artist, Combe house King George, shopkeeper, Post office Churchill Albert, farmer, Wadmore &; apartments STURMINSTER MARSHALL is a village and pari'lh, on the river Stour, with Q station on the Somerset and Dorset (Midland and South Western Junction) railway called Bailey Gate, from which is a loop line to New Poole Junction, thence to Poole, and is 4 miles west from Wimborne, 6 south-east from Blandtord, and II7! from London, in the Eastern division of the county, second hundred of Cogdean, petty sessional division and county court district of Wimborne, Wimborne and Cranborne union, rural deanery of Whitchurch (Poole portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and dioces~ of Salisbury. The church of St. Mary is an ancient structure of stone, partly Norman, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, and south porch, with square embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 4 bells and clock, and has been restored: there are 468 sittings. The register dates from the year 1563. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £89, gross yearly value, £219, net £150, including glebe, with residence, in the gift of Eton College, and held since 1877 by the Rev. James Cross M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. Here are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels. There is a bequest of about £16 annual value for distribution among the poor. Henbury House is the residence of Mrs. Parke. George Onslow Churchill esq. of Alderholt Blandford &; Wimborne Thomas FoyIe, daily . Cave Edward William, Stour vale Corbin Thomas, dairyman Meatyard William,Churchi:I Arms P.R Cr{)~s Rev. James :M.A. (vicar) Cosser Elizabeth (Mrs.),frmr. Coombe &; coal dealer Everett Mrs. Parkfield cottage Eldon Charles, dairyman ~Ieech Nathaniel, s·tation master, Flower Thomas, Cotmans Foot Jane (Mrs.), farmer Bailey gat.e station Mackrell Thomas. Newton Frampton Robert Geo. Red Lion P.H Parrett. Barbara (Mrs.), shopkeeper Parke Charles Ethelston J.P. Vinep Gi~bert William, thatcher &; cowkeeper Porter Joseph,farmer (Lettel'''' through close, Henbury house Habgood Henry, boot &; shoe make.r Lytchett Matravers, Poole) .parke Mrs. Henbury house Hapon Henry, shopkeeper Read Henry. shopkeeper COMMERCIAL. Head Henry, Black HOl'Soe P.H. & Reeves Hy. Legg, wheelwt.& post office ilaker John, boot & ,shoe maker builder &; contractor Smith Sidney, farmer, Crumpetts Bartlett Elias, farmer, Coombe farm Head Tom, farmer (Letters thronghL:rtchett ~.Iatravers. Bartlett William, blacksmith Joy Frederick, harness maker PooIe) Boun William, beer retailer Marsh Jacob, grocer &; as'Sist. overseer Tory Henr:v Joseph Saunders, dairy {lave Robert, farmer, Almer farm Martin William Cha,s. frmr. Moor crt farmer, ~ewton house STURMINSTER NEWTON (Castle) is a market and union town and parish, on the banks of the river Stour, which, flowing through the vale of Blackmoor, empties itself into the sea at Christchurch, in Hampllhire; it has a station on the Somerset and Dorset (Midland and South Western Junction) railway, 108 miles from London, 10 north-west from Blandford, 12 west from Sherborne, 5 south-east from Stalbridge and 8 'South-west from Shaftesbury, in the Northern division of the county, petty sessional division and hundred of 'the same name, Blandford county court district, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Sturminster Newton portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The 'Church of St. Mary was built by one of the last abbots of Glastonbury, in 1486 (of the old church, anterior to that date, there is no existing re'Cord): in 1827 it was almost entirely rebuilt and considerab;y ~nlarged 6t the sole expense of the Rev. T. H. L. Fox, late vicar, and is 8 building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel with aisles, nave of three bays, aisles, transept, south porch, and a western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells; its height was increased at the time ()f the repair of the church: the stained east window was erected in 1865 as a memorial to William Loftus Lowndes; the west window, erected in 1886, is 8 memorial to Mrs. Lowndes, and was designed and executed by Miss Lowndes: in 1884 the church was relIeated and the interior restored at a cost of £600: there are 580 sittings. The register dates from the year 1681. The living is a vicarage, tithes commuted for £775, average £579, net income £510. with residence and 79 acres of glebe, in the gift of Lieut.-Gen. FoxPitt-Rivers, and held since 1862 by the Rev. Richard Lowndes· M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, canon and prebendary of Salisbury, and surrogate. There are the following Nonconformist places of worship, 'With their respective number of sittings :-The Primitive Methodist 250 and the Wesleyan 300, each with Sunday schools: attached to the former a minister'!! residence has been erected at 8 cost of £440' There is al!!o a chapel for Primitive Methodists at Broad Oak to seat 60 persons. A cemetery of I! acres, situated at the Bridge, was formed in 1882 at a cost of £1,200, one acre being given by Lieut.-Gen. Fox-Pitt-Rivers free of cost: it contains one mortuary chapel, and is under the control of a burial board of 12 members. There is 8 market every alternate Monday, chiefly for cattle. A repository !!ale is held here on a very extensive scale by Mr. Allan Benjafield, for cattle, pigs and sheep every alternate Monday. Messrs. Senior and Godwin also hold 8 sale for store cattle, pigs and sheep every Monday. The fairs are held on the 12th of May and 24th of October. Marsh's charity of £16 Ss. yearly, is partly applied to the apprenticing of a boy and girl and partly given to the poor attending parish church; Moore's, of £9 128. distributed in money; and another of £4, distributed in bread at Christma!!l; Rutchin's, intelrest of £ 105 9S. 3d. stock, with 14 acre!! of land, producing about £14, laid out in coals yearly; also a charity of the Misses Dashwood of £200, tIre interest of which i. distributed in fuel yearly. On the Newton side of the river are the ruins of an old Saxon castle, within a valIum and ditch, seated on !\. hill: the ground-plan waR in the form of the letter D. Lieut.-Gen. A. H. L. FoxPitt-Rivers is lord of the manor and chief landowner.

166 STURML~STER NEWTON. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S Arrivals. 7 a.m II.30 p.rn A. court leet is held annually in the month of October. The soil is partly clay ana partly loam; subsoil is clay and gravel. The land is chiefly in pasture, with some barley and roots. The area of Sturminster Newton Castle is 4,498 acres of hOld and 48 of water; rateable value, £10,153; and the population in 1891 was 1,863, including 66 offi()ers and inmates of the workhouse. Newton tithing is divided from Sturminster by the river Stour, which is crossed by 6 bridge of 6 arches. Bagber is a. tithing 2 miles west, on the road to Sherborne. Parish Clerk. John Rose. Post, M. O. & T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery & Annuity & Insurance Office (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have ~.S.O. Dorset added. Jesse Meader, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive & are dispatched Dispatch. London & all parts .••.•.•.• 12.30 p. m Ditto ditto _ 6.15 " Bath & West of England... 7.40" . London & towns on the London & South Western Railway, dispatched at 8 p.m.; North of England & Foreign, 8 p.m Local letters to callers only at 6.40 p.m Box cleared for the surrounding villages lLt 6 a.m Sundays, one dispatch only, at 6.40 p.ro Wall Letter Box at Bagber cleared at 5.15 p.m.; Newton, 5.55 p.m Wall Letter Box, Butt Pond, cleared at 6 p.m.: sundays, I p.m Sub Post-Office, The Common.-George Upshell, sub' postmaster, Box cleared at 10 a.m. &5.5 p.m County ~agistrates for 'Sturminster Newton Petty Sessional Division. Bower Henry Syndercom'be esq. Fontmell Parvs, Blandford (chairm.1n) Portman ilIon. Claude Berkeley, Manor house, Ohi~d Okeford, Bland'ford Parke Gen. 'Sir William K.IO.B. Thornhill hOe Sta:bridge Dugdale Maj. Ar'th. Geo. Stock hOe StockGaylard,Sherbrne Forbes Major Lachlan, Shillingstone, Blandford Mansel Lieut.-Cool. John D. Hinton ,S,t. Mary, Blan<Lford Parke W. A. Whitbeck esq. Thorn'hill, Sta:bridge .Berrell Dalton Haskoll esq. Haddon lodge, Caundle Stour· ton, Stalbridge Swi'Iliburne-Hanham In. Castleman esq. ~fanston, Blndfrd Williams Montagae Scatt esq. Wooliand house, Blandford Clerk to the Magistrates, Robert Sadler Freame, Gil· lingham. Petty Sessions are held at the Police court on thursday, monthly, at II .a.m. The following places Bre induded • in the Petty Sessional division: Be:chalweH, Caundle Stourton, Child Okeford, Fifehead Magdalen, Fifehead Neville, Hammoon, Hanford, Heselbury Bryan, Hinton St. Mary, Ibberton, Iwerne Courtney, Lydlinch, ~anston, Marnhull, Oke.foMI Fitzpaine, Shilling Oke· ford, Sta,lbridge, Stock Gaylard, Stoke Wake, Sturminster & Woolland 'I Public Estab:ishments. Cemetery, The Br:dge, H. C. Dashwood, clerk to the burial board; Rodlber Thorne, keeper County Police Station, George Burden, inspector: the local force consists of I inspector & 2 constables .Fire Engi1j:e, Church lane, William Young. superintendent ,lnland :Revenue Office, Swan inn, David RoBs Robertson. :Marnhu:I. officer Stamp Office, Jesse ~eader, distributor & commissioner for receiving affidavits for e~changing spoiled itamp~ Sturminster Newton Union. •.... • JJoo.rd JDoots at the Union ev~ry aJternate we~nesday at 10·3°· Assessment Committee meets at the Union one wednesday . in the month a.t 10.30. the UniQn comprises the following parishes :-Caundle Sto!1rton, Child Okeford, Fifehead Magdalen, Fifehead Neville, Hammoon, Haselbury Bryan, Hinton St. Mary; ]bberton, Lydlinch, Manston, Marnhull, Okeford Fitz.. paine, Shillingstone, or Shi:ling Okelford, Stalbridge, !Stoke Wake, Sturminster Newton C3Istle &; Woolland. The population of the union in 1891 was 9,583; rate. llIble value in 1894, £71,463. Uerk to the Guardians & Assessment Oommittee, A. W. H. Creech Treasurer, Cam Sykes, Old Bank, Dorchester CoHectors to the Guardians, Relieving, Vaccination &. School Attend'3.nce Officers, Stalbridge district, John Hunt, Marnhull; Sturminster district, Arthur Rose. ISturminster Newton Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Child Okeford district, Decimus Canne, 'Child Okeford; Hinton district, Frank Horace Hudson L.R.O.P.'Lond.; Sturminster Newton; Stalbridge district, Theodore Francis Ensor L.R.C.P.Lond. Sta~bridge; Sturminster Newton distr:ct, John COIIllyns Leach M.D., B.Sc. The Lindens, Sturminster Newton Sll'perintendent Registrar, A. W. H. Creech: deputy, In. ,Comyns Leach M.D. The Lindens, Sturminster Newton Registrars of Births .,. Deaths, Stalbridge sub-diS'trict, John Hunt, Marnhull; deputy, WiMiam Hunt, Marn.. hull; Stunninster sub·district, R. E. Holdway, Child Okeford; deputy, Mrs. A:ice Holdway iRegistrar of 'Marriages, J:}hn Hunt, Marnhnll; deputy, William Hunt, IMarnhull Workhouse, Rev. E. Acton, chaplain; John Comyni Leach M.D. medical officer; George Keates, ma~ter; Mrs. H. Keates, matron: Miss Anoie K. Brooks, assistant matron. Children attend the National school School AttendantCe Committee. Meets at the Union one wednesday in every alternatlt month at 12.30. Clerk, A. W. H. Creech, Sturminster Newton Attendance, Relieving & Inquiry Officers, Sturmins"er Newton district, Arthur Rose, Stunninster Ne"\\ton; ::\IarnhuJ district, John Hunt, Marnhull Rural District Council. Meets at the Union one wednesday in every month at 12.30. Clerk, A. W. H. Creech, Sturminster Newton Treasurer, Cam Sykes, Old Bank, Dorchester Medical Officer of Health, J. Comyns Leach M.D., B.SC., D.P.H. The Lindens, Sturminster Newton Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, Thomas Taylor, Sturminster Newton. Public OfficeJ'ls. Clerk to Commis,sioner of Taxes & to the Burial Board, Henry Charles Dashwood Coroner for North Dorset & Publi() Analyst for the County & for the Poole & Weymouth Boroughs, John Comyn. Leach M.D., BSc., F.S.C., D.P.H. The Lindens Deputy Coroner, Frank Horace Hudson L.R.C.P.Lond. Sturminster Newton - Schools. National (boys, gir:s & iI'llfants), with residence for master, built in 1825, for 100 boys, 80 girls & 80 infants; average attendance, boy,s 60, girls 58, infanta 54; Charley Lay, master; Mrs. .Anoie Lay, mistre!s; Miss Sarah AckerPJ,an, infants' mistress N~tional, Bagber (mixed), with residence for mistr~, built in 1845, for 37 chlidren; aVea'age attendance, 29; Mi'ss E. Meaden, mistreslI Wesleyan (mi~ed), built in 11832, for 200 children &; enlarged in 18188 to' accommodate 30 extra.; average a~ tendance, 135; Walter H. Wilkins, ma'ster Railway Station, Somerset & Dorset Joint Line, Wi:.liatn Henry Owen, station tnaster pnlv.....TE :RESIDENTS. Barnett llenry Hancock, White lane Bell Mrll,. Portland cottage Detensoa Rev. Fredk. G. E.(Wesleyan) Pb.eeseman Mrs. Newton Coate FrederiC'k, Newton house CoIlins Mr~ Creech Arthur Gerrard, Newton Creech Mrs. Beech house Dashwood Henry Charles Duffett Samuel, jun Evans Rev. John Thomas Methodi,st) Newton Fisu George, Bagber Cl'Oodridge Miss Groves L. Luckham Guy Alexander, Newton HaHett Robert, River side Hames Mrs. Hockmeyer Johannes M.A. (Primitive (curate) Hudson Frank Horace, M.R.C.SInkpen William King lVilliam Knott Ambrose, sen. Hamgate house Knott Frank, Penny street Leach John Comyns M.D., B.Sc. The Lindens ' Lowndes Rev. Oanon Richard ~.!. (vicar &; surrogate), Vicarage Marlen Hen. In.Hopwood, The cottage

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. Sr{;RMI~STER NE~WTON. 167 Kewman Daniel Drake Susannah (Mrs.), stationer &. Pitt Edwin Geo. smith &; machinist, Ponting William, River side fancy dealer Market pI. ; &; at Red Lion yd.Newtn Rake George Sidney, Bank Duffett Edward, farmer, Puxey Pope Silas, shoe maker, Common Robinson George T. W. Bridge Duffett John, farmer, Common Potter Thomas,grocer &; assist.oversT Rogers Charles Henry, Rivers' corner Duffett Samuel, farmer Rabbetts George, farmer, Bagber Selway Miss, Fern cottage Elford Joseph Geo.refreshment rooms Rake George Sidney, manager of ~aSenior Harry Samuel, Bonsles house Elkins Thomas &; Son, livery stables tional Provincial Bank of England Short Mrs. (!;llis Frank, chemist Repository (Allan Benjafie.ld, aucSpencer Mrs. The Hermitage Fish Rebecca (.Miss), farmer, Bagber tioneer)(attends alternate mondays) Symonds· Fredk. Giles,Dorse.ts1hireBnk [?lavell George M.R.C.V.S.L. veterin- Rose Artihur, collector to the guarTarzewell James ary surgeon dians &; attendance, relieving &; in.. Taylor Thomas, Rose villa .I."'oe Francis, sawyer, Newton quiry officer for Sturminster district Thorne Henry IFox Louis, shopkeeper, Glue hill of Sturminster Newton Union Young Robert, Hive IFox William, farmer, Puxey Rose Charles, carpenter &; builder COMMERCIAL. IFry John, saddler Rose Charles, Red Lion P.H. Newton Adams Charles Porter, carpenter &; Fudge Henry, farmer, Common Rose Chas.Seymour, printer &; statnr wheelwright Fudge John, farmer, Tanyard house Rose Edwin Thomas, farmer, Newton. Adams Hen. marine store dlr,Newton Gentle William, tailor Rose John, tailor Andrews Eli, farmer, Bagber Gould William, farmer, Haydon Rose John, farmer, Hole lIouse farm Applin Thos. Edwd. farmer, Common Griffin Arthur Ernest, surgn.-dentist, Rose Joseph (Mrs.), farmer, Puxey Barfoot Ann (Miss), linen draper attends at C. S. Rose's, stationer, Rose )Iary ()lIrs.), furniture dealerBarnett &; Son, tailors &; drapers market day 12 till 4 Rose Tom (late J. Westcott),. Barnett Thomas William, ironmonger, Hallett Arthur Robert, jeweller butcher &; poulterer, established' ,.hina &; hardware dealer Harding Alban, carpenter to Lieut.- over 100 years; aU meat of theBeale William, shoeing smith, Bridge Gen. Fox-Pitt-Rivers, Newton finest quality, Market house Bennett Philip, farmer, Puxey Harding Gilbert, carpenter, Newton Rose 'WaIter, farmer, Road Lane farm Best Edward, tinplate worker Harding Philip Charles., shopkeeper Rowland Mat~hew, pig dealer,Common·. Burden George, inspector of police Harris Harry, farmer, Bagber Rowland Samuel, pig dealer, Glue hill Cake Charles, grocer &; general dealer Hawkins EUen (:Mrs.), linen draper Rowland Thomas,draper &; boot sellerCarpenter James, grocer &; baker Holmes Frederick, hair dresser Rowland Thomas Hy. insurance agentCemetery (H. C. Dashwood, clerk to Hopkins Charles, mason, Bag-ber Rowland Tom, pig dealer, Common the burial board; Rodber Thorne, Hudson Frank Horace M.RC.S. Eng. Sellers Julia EUen (Mrs.),Swan com" keeper), The Bridge L.RC.P. Lond. surgeon, medical mercial hotel Chapmlln Richard &; Son, White. Hart officer &; public vaccinator, Hinton Senior "" Godwin. auctioneers... family &; commercial hotel, brewers, district &; deputy coroner for North valuers &; estate agents; &; at Gi~- &; wine &; spirit merchants Dorset lingham Clarke Samuel, tinware dealer Inkpen Thomas, town crier &; bill Senior Harry Samuel F.S.I. (firm Cluett Kate &; Susan (Misses), re- poster &; sawyer Senim &; Godwin),auctioneer,valueTfreshment rooms Inkpen Tom, grocer &; baker &; estate agent Cluet,t Adam, farmer Inkpen WaIter, mason &; builder, Sherring Louisa{Mrs.)Rivers'Al'IIlsP,a:- Cluett Arthur George, brick &; tile 'Church street Short Fred George, butcher maker, Bagber .Teffery Jas. &; Edwin, farmers,Bagber Short Rose (Miss), milliner Cluett Hen. Ro,se &; Crown inn,Bagber Knott Ambrose,ladies' tailor,Market pI Slade William James, hairdresser, tu·· Cluett John, haulier &; farmer Knott Ann (Mrs.), farmer bacconist &; perfumer Cluett Wm. dairyman &; frmr.Bagber Knott Frank, builder &; building ma- Snow John &; Co. coal merchants Coate Frederick, yeoman, Newton ho terial dealer. See advertisement Spicer Harry, farmer CO'Jmbes Charles, boot &; shoe wareho Knott George, farmer, Newton Stanley Fanny (Miss), dress maker Coombes Edwin, baker Knott Herbert,saddler &; furniture dlr Stevens James, carpenter &; millwrght CoombeSJ Geo. farmer, Woodlands frm Knott John, tailor Strange James &; Son, grocers, &;. Coombes' William, blacksmith, Bagber Knott Sydney, roille,r (water), Newton agents for W. &; A. Gilbe~~ Ltd. Cowley Theophilus, builder Knott WiUiam (Mrs.), farmer wine &; spirit merchants Creech Arthur Gerrard, steward &; Leach John Comyns M.D.,B.Sc.,D.P.H_ Strange Frank, boot &; s·hoe maker agent to Lieut.-Gen.Fox-Pitt-Rivers surgeon, coroner for North Dorset, Sturminster Gas &; Ooke 00. Limited" Creech Arthur W. H. clerk to Stur- public analyst f,or the county &; for (Arthur Wm. Herbert Cree-ch, see., minster rural district council, clerk the Poole &; Weymouth boroughs, &. Sturminster Newton Castle InlltitJ1te' to the guardians &; assessment medical officer &; public vaccinator (Samuel Duffett, hon. sec) \. &; school attendance committees, &; for the Sturminster Newton district, Symonds Frederick Giles, manager of superintendent registrar of Stur- medical officer to the workhouse, the Dorehescter Old Bank minster Newton Union, sec. to Gas medical officer of health to the Taylor Harry James, road surveyor k- &; Coke Co. Ltd. hon. sec. to Tech- rural district council &; deputysuper- hon. sec. to Sturminster Castlenical Education committee &; land int.endent registrar, The Lindens . Football club agent Lemon Edward, farmer,Rivers' corner Taylor Thomas, road surveyor &; saniCreech William Harry, solicitor Lemon Henry, tailor &; outfitter tary inspector to the rural district Crew Albert, pork butcher LleweUyn Wm. Price, grocer &; baker council, Bridge street Dashwood Henry Charles, solicitor &; Lydford James, shoe maker Teed Henry, tailor commissioner for oaths &; clerk to Marsh Henry, chimney sweeper Thorne Henry, auctioneer, appraiser, burial brd. &; commissioner of taxes Meader Je.sse, watch &; clock maker, surveyor &; commission agent; agent Davidge Tom, carpenter jeweller, silversmith, srtationer,post to the Roya.l Exchange &; Employers' Dawe Thomas, farmer, Bagber office &; stamp distributor Liability Assurance Corporation.Ltd Dawkins James, beer retailer, Glue hI Miller James, corn &; seed merchant Topp John, brush maker,Rivers'cornr Day Charles, dairyman &; frmr.Bagber Morris William, confectioner Topp John, picture framer Dent, Allcroft &; Co. (branch), glove National Provincial Bank of England Topp Theophilus, pig dealer,Glue hill manufacturers Limited (branch) (George Sidney Tucker Thos. coal,cake &:; manure meT Dorchester Old Bank (branch)(R&:; R Rake, manager); draw on head Upshell George, shopkeeper &; pos.t Williams, Thornton, Sykes &; Co.) office, Bishopsgate street, London office, Common (Frederick Giles Symonds,mngr.); Newman Joseph, tailor We-stcott John, farmer draw on Williams Deacon &; Man- Nuth Albe-rt William, butcher We-stcott William, builder chester &; Salford Bank, Ltd. Lon- Owen William Henry, station master Wheeler In.teachr. of music,Church st don E C Paviour &; Co. linen &; woollen drapers White Henry William, beer retailer Dowling George, Ilull inn, Newton Phillips Tom. Benj. plumber &; glazier Young Ann (M"r.), draper Drake Job, boot &; shoe maker Pope Alfred, shoe maker Young William, grocer Drake John, farmer BUTTON WALDRON is a parish on the high road Newton portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of from S.hafteSlbury to BlandfoM and Poole, 4 miles east Salisbury. The church C'St. Bartholomew) was comp-~eted from ShiHingstone station on the Somerset and Dorset in 1847 on land given by Lord Alington: it is built on lIll (:Midland and South We,stern Junction) railway, 5 scuth acclivity near to the old site, in the Decorated Gothic from Shaftesbury, and 7t north !from Blandford, in the style, and consists of ohancel, nave, north porch, w'ith Northern division of the county, hundred of Redlane, western tower and spire contain.ing 2 bells: the church Shaftesbury union, petty sessional division and county contains an organ: the entire expense of this structure court district, rural deanery of Shad'teSlbury (Sturminster W!rS borne by the then rector, the Ven. Ant-hony Hu.x-

168 BUTTON WALDROY. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans. The llIrea is 1,105 acres; rateab:e value, £1,299; in 1891 the population was 175. 'Sexton, Thomas :Martin. table (late archdeacon of Dorset) and Mrs. IIt'xtr.ble; "he architect was George Alexander esq.: it was derorated by the late Owen Jones esq.: there are I~O sittings. Whe register da~es from the year 1675. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £120, gross yearly value £171, net £130, with 34 acres of glebe ~md re- Letters through Blandlford, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & 4·45 llidence, in the gift of Lord A:ington, and held since p.m. Tlhe nearest money order & telegraph office is at 1871 by the Rev. Samuel Penro.e Downing B.A.. of Iwerne Minster. 'Wall Letter Box, cleared at 4- 20 Oaius College, Cambridge. Lord Alington is lord of the p.m. &; 7 p.m. on week days & 4 p.m. on mndays manor and principal landowner. '.Dhe soil is various, National School (mixed), with residence for mistress, chalk, green sand and clay; subsoil, principally chalk. built in 1,848, for 40 children; average attendance, 21 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Roberts Peter, farmer Downing Rev. Samuel Penrose RA. Drew William Hy. farmer, Vale farm Tuffin Edwin, farmer Rectory Kerley Joseph, farmer Tuffin Thomas, pig dealer Lascelles Hon. Frederick Canning, Moore William, dairyman Whit·tle Morgan (Mrs.) &; WiIliam, Sutton Waldron house Roberts John, farmer farmers, Manor farm SWANAGE is a rising watering place, seaport, parish. bui:ding. The register dates from tJhe year 1500. The and ra.ilway station and town in the Isle of Pm'beck, 10 living is lL rectory, average tithe rent-charge £435, gross miles south-east from Wareham, 6 south-east from Corfl" yearly value £5°3, net £388, with glebe (£12) and resiOast:e and 135 from London, in thl} Eastern division of dence, in the gift of W. M. Calcraft esq. and held since the county, hundred of Rowbarrow, petty sessional divi- 1887 by thl} 'Rev. Thoma!> Alfred Gurney M.A., LL.B. of lion and county court district of Wareham, union of St. John's OoJ1ege, Oambridge. There is a chapel of ease Wa,reham and Purtbeck, rural deanery of Dorches'ter at Herston named St. Mark's and a school in connection (Purlbeck p(}rtion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of with it; also a reading room, built in 1867. The W-esSalIsbury. The" Local Governmeut Act of 1858" (21 &; leyan C'hapel, erected in 1'8.86, in High street, at a cost 22 Vict. c. 98), was adopted July 1:5, 1873, and the town of £5,800, is a stone bui~ding in ilie Gothic style, and was governed by ,a Local Board until the" Local Govern- wi'll seat 600 persons. There is a Congregational chapel: ment Act, 1'894," estalb:kished the present Urban District also a mission hall, erected in 1872 by member!> of dif. Council; the Council also forms a burial board. Tht> ferent denominations, which is now used by the S'alvaline of railway in connection with the London and South ti(}n Army: the 'basement of this building is fitted up as Western railway at Wareham was opened in May, 1885. a. workmen's hall and reading room. A cemetery of It The port at Swanage is under the port of Poole. The old acres, at Nort'hlbrook, was formed in 1856 at a cost of part of the town consists of a narrow, irregularly built £1,000 and is under the control of the Urban District street of about a mile in length; the modern town has Council acting as a. burial board. The TO'WD Hall, in the been erected on the Durleston Park Estate, the property High street, is a sUlbstantial stone building, erected in of the late George Burt esq. a native of Swanage, who, 1883 by the late George Burt ei>q. a.t a cost of £4,500; with Sir John C. Robinson F.R.S. of Newton :Manor, tJhe front is a fine elevation with some handsome stone largely contributed to the improvement of the town. Two carving by Wren, formerly part of the front of Mercers' miles of roads are made and the drainage designed in the Hall, Ohearpside, London. The Mowlem InstitUJte, on ihe most perfect manner: the 9wa.nage 'Water Co. have an beach, was erected in 11863, at a cost of £1,100, entirely artesian well which insures an ample supp:y of pure defrayed by the late John Mowlem esq. of this town, and water, pumped by steam power to a reservoir 200 feet also endowed with £200, invested in £2£ per Cent. Con· a'bove the sea, supplying the whole property. The town so~s, for repairs and insurance, to which a sum 01 is lig'hted with gas by the Swanage Gas Co. The Royal £800 has been added by Messrs. Freeman and Burt, Victoria Hotel, visited by Her Majesty, then H.R.H. partners of the late John )lowlem esq. the founder: Princess Victoria, in 1835, and by the Prince of Wales. is the building is a .stone structure and was "establi~ed a good family hotel, with every comfort and convenience. for the improvement of the inhabitants in the arts conThe Ship Hotel for families and travellers is five minutes' nected with their callings and in the principles of science wa:k from the railway ~tation. Golf links 00 9 holes were and useful knowledge generally:" it has a library of formed in 1891 for the locM golf club. The bathing here 1,800 volumes, a hall for lectures, attached to which is is good, the sands .being firm, clean and with a uniform thl} reading room, well supplied with the London and slope at all states of the tide. There is a pier, at which local newspapers: tlhe current expenses are met by steamers plying between Poole, Bournemouth and Swan- annual payments of the subscri'bers and a nominal charge age call. and is between 700 and 800 feet in length. 'rhe to casual visitors, which entitIes them to full benefits of rides and drives in tlhe vicinity are beautiful. The daily the institute. A Freemasons' lodge meets here every vall'iation in tamperature is very sma], amounting only month, of which Mr. iMowlem was the first master. A to 10 deg.; the sunshine is greater than most parts of well-proportioned pillar in proximity to the institute England and: there is an entire absence of fog. To commemorates the naval vict<)ry King Alfred gained those fond of yachting and fishing, Swanage offers many over the Danes in the Bay of Swanage in 877. No. 5 attractions: good seaworthy boab and tackle can aI-ways Ba.ttery of the 1st Dorsetshire Artillery, Southern Divibe had. Swanage Bay is a good roadlstead in all ,,:yinds ex- si'On, Royal ArtilleTy, has head quarters in the town. An cept easterly, affording anchorage for vessels vf from 300 obelisk of Swanage stone at the entrance of the town i~ to 400 tons within the heads of Peverel :md Handfast to 'the memory of " A1ber't the Good." A clock tower in points; a breakwater i~ much needed, ~~hich would the grounds of Grove House and! a prominent object greatlr.add to tlhe ,sme.ty of the bay as a roadste3d: large from the bay was originally erected on the Surrey side quantItIes of stone bemg sent from here annually, both of London Bridge to the memory of ilie Duke of Wellby water and rail. Purbeckstone, the staple ('f th~l'I ing<ton, but the arrangements for the railway from Charneighbourhood, has for ages been an important artic:e of inO' Cross to London Bridge necessitating its removal, it exporb, and the trade in this respect is now reviving. w;s .presented by the firm of Mowlem and Co. to ;'vIr. Lobstel'9 are taken here. Docwra, who re-erected it in i'ts present position. There The church of St. MaTy was, with the exception of tJhe was formerly a trade in straw plait, giving employment tower, entirely rebuilt of stone in the years 1859 to 1860: to a numlber of women and children: it was made into it is a cruciform slrueture, in the Early English ~tyle, blliskets, mats 'and other fancy articles, but the trade in consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and fancy ,goods has consideraJbly revived of late years. tower; the latter is very ancient, Ilupp(}sed of Saxon Swanage Swimming Club was estab:ished in 1886 by origin, with mal8sive walls rising in four stag-~s to a the late Mr. George Burt J.P. height of 80 feet, and it contains a clock and 8 bells, 4 There are three oharities: viz., Toop's, a gift of £38, of which were hung in 1888, in memory oJ Mrs. Eliza- d'ate unknown, which is invested in £21 per Cent. Conbeth Burt, who died Jan. 6th, 1886: there are several 801s; the dividends are applied now in the circulation of good stained windows and tab:ets and brasses: on the relief and coal tickets amongst the deserving' poor: Dudsouth !>ide of chancel is a memoria'l window t,o Rear- ley's charity; this was a gifb of £45 by wiU from :Miss Admiral Sir Eaton S. Travel'S K.H. died 1'8.S8, and 00 Dudley, date unknown; this is a.lso invested in £21 per Anne Palmer, his w~fe, died in 1864; one in south tran- Cent. Consols and the dividends are applied in the same sept to John Mowlem, who died in 1868, another to Su- manner: Isaac Fryer's charity; this wa.s formerly an sanna Mowlem, d. 1849, and one to the infant childr~n of a.nnuity of £5 ,for the poor of Iringston, Swanage and George and Eliza.beth Burt; on the south sirle of nave. 'West Lu~worllh: the executors of Isaac Fryer's will were one in memory of Eliz8Ibetlh Sophia, wife of J. Davies directed to rpurcha'<e out of the personal estate of the BeweIl, who d~ed in 1880, and another in the north tran- testator a sum of £500 Oonso}s for the purpose of iecur8ept is in memory of Thomas Randell, d. 1869: there are ing these annuities. 600 sittings. The goround now med a'l the c~m~tery is A holiday bomt> and boarding house. in connection 8 little to the north of the church, detached from the I with the Young Women's Christian .issociat:on, has re-

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. SWANAGE. 169 , Treasurer, Reginald Thornton, Dorset Bank Medical Officer of Health, Albert 8tanley McCausland, Churchhill house Surveyor &; Sanitary Inspector, J. Sidney Senior, Park rd Collector, Samuel John Spencer Tatchell, High street Public Establishments. Cemetery, Northbrook, Thomas Randell, clerk to the board Coastguard Station, Peveril Point &; at Sunny Dale, Lieut. Coote R.N. inspecting commander; William Symes, station officer Cottage Hospital, George Cotes Delamotte M.R.C.S.Eng. &; Albert Stanley McCausland M.D. surgeons Mowlem Institute &, Reading Room, George Russell Wright, hon. sec.; George Turner, librarian Royal National Life Boat Iu;;titution, John Heysom, sec Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, Miss Colson, hon. agent Volunteers. . 1st Dor,setshire ..Artillery, Southern Division, Royal Artillery (No. 5 Ba.ttery); armoury, Church hill; Capt. R. G. Pinder, commander; Sergt.-Maj. Dennis, drill instructor Public Officers. Admiralty Surgeon &;" Agent, .Albert Stanley McCausland: M.D. Church Hill house Assistant Overseer,Samuel John SpencerTatchell,High st Registrar of Births, Deaths &; Marriages for Swanage District, George Cotes Delamotte, Osborne house Medical Officer &; Public Vaccinator to Swanage District of Wareham &, Purbeck Union, George Cotes Delamotte, Osborn house Town Crier, Robert Hardy, High street Places of Worship, with times of services. St. Mary's Church, Rev. Thomas .Alfred Gurney M.A., LL.B. rector; 8 &; II a.m. &; 6,30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m. fri. II a.m St. Mark's Chapel of Ease, Herston, II a.m. &; 6.30 p.m Congregational, Rev. Thomas Steer; II a.m. &; 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m Wesleyan, Rev. S. Birt Coley; II a.m. &; 6.30 p.m Wesleyan, Herston, II a.m. &; 6,30 p.m.; 7.IS p.m. tues Schools. A School Board of 5 members was formed 28th Feb. 1894, S. J. S. Tatchell, cl~ll"k to the- bOlarrdt Board (mixed), built in 1835, for 196 children; average attendance, 197; Harry Powell Padmore, master New SchOOls are now (189S) in the course of erection, one for 300 children and one for 150 infants Board (infants'), built in 183S, for 104 children; average attendance, 102; Miss Workman, mistress National, Herston (mixed),built in 1867,for 120 children; average attend:ance, 95; Miss Jordan, mistress Railway Station, Geo. Francis Parsons, station master Water Conveyance.-The Steam Packet Co.'s steamers , Telegraph' &, 'Comet' leave here in the summer months for Poole every mono thurs. &; sat. at 6 p.m. In the summer, steamers ply daily to Poole &; Bournemouth, &; make excursions to Weymouth &; the various places of interest in the neighbourhood Phippard Mrs. Rose Bank cot. High st Pix Rev. Hy. M.A. Minterne, Park rd RandeTI Mrs. Hig-h street Randell Thomas RA. High street Robinson Sir John Chas. F.S.A. Newton manor; &, 107 Harley street, London W Rohrs Mrs. 7 Gordon villas Seavill :Mrs. Shore villa Shearman John, Peveril house Simpkins Fredk. Ju.Parkhurst,Park rd Slade Jas. Robt. Darlston ho. Park rd Slater Robert, Waverley, Park road Smith Benjamin Figgus, Park cottage South Miss, 5 Gordon villas Steel Mrs. W. Robertson, Glencoe Steer Rev. Thomas (Congregational), Manse, Gilbert road Tomes George WaIter, Court hill Tomes Mrs. Court hill Trenchard Mrs. I Belvedere Turner George, Woodstock, Park road Ward Edward, Pevenl cottage Weeks George, Rockhill, Stafford road White :Kathan Chinchen, High street PRIVA.TE RESIDENTS. Delamotte Mrs. Sutherland, Clllny cres Edrnonds J. S. Clairmont, Purbeck Aldridge Mooring Henry, Craig-y-Don, Terrace road Ban Accord road Elliott Cornelius, High street Anderson Kenneth L. M., J.P. Cluny Everett Festus, Iona viI. Park Ter. rd Andrews J ames, The Bank Farebrother Lloyd, Irnham Baker Thomas G. Kenwyn Gillingham Mrs. Taunton house Bartlett Rev. Leach, Beach cottage Gurney Rev. Thos. Alfd., M.A., LL.B. Bechervaise Miss, Rose Bank cottage, The Rectory High street Hardy Miss, Huon Pine, High street Bond Mrs. Harberton Haynes John, Steinberg, Stafford road Bower Nicholas, The Moorings, Park I'd Hayson Rev. Nathl. (non-Officiating), Burt Frank, 1 Gordon villas 5 Grosvenor road Burt Frederick, Farnleigh Hunt Miss, 6 Grosvenor road Burt Henry Weeks, Court hill Hunt Miss Maud, Lindisfarne Burt John Mowlem J.P. Purbeck houie Kent Miss, Springfield Burt Misses, Purbeck house McCausland Albert Stanley M.D. Burt Mrs. Park road Church Hill house Clifton James Edward, Old Bank house Moss Mrs. Sea View cottage Coley Rev. S. Birt (Wesleyan), Melita, Mowlem In. Ernest, De Mowlem villa Park road Mowlem Mrs. De Mowlem villa Colson :Miss, Belvedere Nash Wm. G. Elmhurst, Park road Cosens Capt. W. B. Eaton villa, Pur- Paine Henry, Gilbert road beck terrace Palgrave Sir Reginald Francis Douce Cosins G. D. 2 Gordon villas K.C.R Hillside, Peveril road Delamotte George Cotes, Osborne ho Phippard Miss, Cliff cottage cently (1895) been open.ed lilt I Park road, by two ladies who reside tfrlilre, for the use of business employees, governesses, {lhris·tian workers and others needing rest and change. ,On Peverel Jloint is the coastguard station, with Il battery commanding the bay. Jutting out from t,his point into the sea is a dangerous ledge of rocks: a lifeboat has been estaiblished here, and a light-house erected at .Anvil Point, near Durlston Hea.d, by the Trinit.y Board. It is about midway .between the Portland and, Need~e liglMs, and lifelboats are also stationed respectively at Poole, Chapman's Pool and Kimmeridge. Pux1beck Rous'e is the residence of the iMisses Burt. Newton Manor, the seat of Sir John Charles Robinson F.S.A. and formerly that of the Cockrams of Newton and Whitecliff, was held by them till about 1830, and came into the posS'ession of the pre.sent owner in 1872. rl'he home, built of Purlbeck stone and at various times, contains some fine rooms, with carved oak and stone chimney pieces and panel:ing, and a dining hall with open tim:ber roof. In the house is an extensive collection of works (Jif art, brought together 'by the present owner. T.he house is surrounded by fine elm trees, and the surrounding grounds are emJbellished with statues and orn3lIllental fragments, including two fine ISth century well-heads from Venice, and a~ inscribed RDman altar from .Aquileia. The chief landowners are the 'Earl of Eldon, who is lord of the manor, Captain Rogers George Burt, ihe trustees of the late George Burt, Sir J. C. Robinson }<~.S.A. of Newton manor, and John Ernest Mowlem esq. rrhe area is 3,09'5 acres of land and 163 of foreshore; ratellJble value, £10,313; the population in 18g1 was 2,6]4· Of the outlying farm houses the most ancient are Wihitecliff, suwosed to have been formerly a residence of King Jdhn, It miles north, and Godlingston, forme"rly attached to a monastery, I! mees north-west; parts of the remains are of great antiquity; the farm buildings of Godlingston are very complete. Herston lis a hamlet, half a mile west; Tilly Whim, a remarkable ancient quarry in the face of the cliff, is distant I! miles south. Parish Clerk, William Henry Tomes. Post, M. O. &, T. 0., S. R, Express Delivery &, Annuit)' &, Insurance Office. ISub-Office (Letters sihould have S.O. Dorset added).-George Hor:ock, postmaster. Letters arrive from "Wareham; deliv.eries commence, week days, at 7.IS a.m. &; 3.IS p.m.; sundays, 7.15 a·.m. only. Letter box cleared for dispatch, week days,8.50 &; 10 a.m. 12 noon &; 7.20 p.m.; sundays, 4.20 p.m. Telegraph busines's', 8 a.m to 8 p.m.; sundays, 8 to 10 a.m. [Money orders &; savings bank from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m Wall Letter Boxes', H'erston cleared at 6'45 p.m. &; Church iHill cleared at 7 p.m. on week days only Urban District Council. Offices, Eligh street. Day of meeting, 2nd monday in each month. OIerk, Thomas Randell, Town haZ.l COMMERCIAL. Andrews J ames, manager of Dorsetshire Bank,The Bank Arney Elizabeth (Miss), laundress, High street Atkins Jacob, apartments, High street Barber Frederick J. pork butcher, High street Bartleet Jesse, apartments, Brooklyn

i70 SWANAGE. DORSETSHIRE. • Bartlett William R. apartments, Gilbert road Beer Emily (Mrs.), fancy straw worker. High street Beer George Henry, baker. High street :Best Ann (Mi1ss), apartments. 2 Grosvenor road Bick Walter John, watch maker, High street Biggs 'l'homas Strange &; Co. wine &; spirit merchants, High street &; 3 King Alfred plac~; &; at Dorchest.er Billett Frederi(~k, bla~ksmith, Herston ;Billows George Henry, gasfitter, Institute road ;Bondfield .John Warren. stone merchant, Herston Bondfield Martha (Mis's), apartments, 3 Exeter place Boult James, saddler &; harness maker, High street Brown Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Herston Jlrown J oseph, shopkeeper &; pony traps on hire, Nelson house, High street Brown William, fishmonger, High street Brunsden Ted, pier master Buck Abel,apartments,2 Marine vils.&; Beachcroft,Park rd Budge &; Slade, solicitors, Durlston house, Park road; &; at Wareham lJurges8 Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments, Hill View house, High street Burt &; Burt, stone merchants. coal &; timber merchants &; contractors; kerbmg, chauneling &; paving; stone worked for building purposes Burt George, apartments, Court hill Burt Henry OharJes, groc~r, baker &; agent for W. &; A. Gilbey Lim. wine &; spirit merchants, Victoria ter Cemetery (Thomas Randell, clerk to the burial board), Northbrook Chapman J ames, Figure Head coffee tavern, High street Chinchen &; White, .stone merchants et '(!uarry OWllers. High street &; Purbeck quarries Chinchen Fanny Kirk (Mrs.). The Grove privat'3 hotel Clark Richard, manager Ship hotel (family, commercial &; tourist), High street Cleall Frederick John, plumber &; gasfitter, 2 Belvidere Clifton James Edward F.R.I.B.A. architect &; surveyor, Old Bank house Coleman James, apartments, Park road Colleau Priscilla (Mrs.), ,straw basket maker, Station I'd Collins Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments, 6 Stafford road Collins William, apartments, Clifton house Colonial Meat Supply Stores (Harry Plommer. ~anager), Station road Cooper William Henry, apartments, Peverill villa Corbet Edwardl apartments, Herston Cosens &; Co. LImited (Weymouth, Bournemouth, Swanage &; Torquay Steamship Co.); local pgent. William Cosens, The Beach Cottage Hospital (George Cotes Delamotte M.R.C.S. Eng. &; Albert Stanl~y McCa~sland M.D. surgeons) Courtney Edward, blacksmith, Herston Cross Philip. watch maker & jeweller, restaurant &; tobacconist, High street Curtis Walter, Anchor hote~ &; fly proprietor, High street Davis J ames A. corn &; coal merchant Ill; refreshment rooms, The Wharf Dawe Samuel, tailor, High street Day William, greengrocer. Church road Delemotte Geurge Cotes M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeon, medical officer &; public vaccinator to the Swanage district of W~reham & Purbeck union, surgeon ta police, Swanage district, &; registrar of births. deaths &; marriages, Osborne house Dixon William, confectimer, High street Dorsetshire Bank (branoh) (R. &; R. Williams, Thornton, Sykes &; Co.) (James Andrews, jun. manager); draw on Williams Deacon &; Manchester &; Salford Bank Lim. London EC Dorsetshire (ISt) Volunteer Artillery, Southern Division. Royal Artillery (No. 5 Battery, Capt. R. G. Pinder, commander; Sergt.-Major Dennis. drill instructor), Armoury, Church hill Dowland John, Black Swan P.H. High street Durlston Park Building Estate (John Watkinson, agept), Park road Edgar George, gas &; water engineer. John Wesley'. cottage, High street Edmonds Charles. shopkeeper, Herston Edmonds Frederick William, apartments, &; fly proprietor, Stafford road Edmunds Charles Chinchen, dairyman, 4 Victo:ria tar Edmunds James, master mariner, Olive cottag-e Everett Festus, apartments, Iona viI. Purbeck Ter. I'd Eyers William, beer retailer, High street Eyers William. jun. chimney sweeper, Fern house Farwell Annie (Mrs.), milliner &; costumier, 'Ia,Station I'd Farwell William, farmer, I Handfast terrace Frisby Joseph, boot &; shoe manufacturer, 7 Station road Galpin William, hair dresser, Church hill Gillingham Henry, boot &; shoe maker, High street Grant Marina (Mrs.), farmer. Court farm Guy William, farmer, Belle vue Haine8 Henry, apartments, Gilbert road Hardy Fred, apartments, Court hill Hansford William, La Belle Vue restaurant, Durlston pit Hal'uing Mary Ann (Mrs.), apartments, Cluny crescent Hardy &; White, coal merchants, Institute road Hardy :Frank, apartments, Montrose Hardy Mary (Mrs.), apartments, High street Hardy Reuben. builder &; brick maker. Grosvenor road Hardy Robert, bill poster &; town crier, High street Hardy Thomas, coal merchant (see Hardy &; White), &.. apartments, I Grosvenor road Hardy William Masters. builder, High street Harris Barbara (Mrs.), grocer, Herston Harvey Alice (Miss), apartments, Reata, Park road Hawkins Herbert Cresar L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon, Park road; &; at Cone Castle Hay Rose (Mrs.), boarding establishment, Sunnydown Baysom Henry, Royal Oak P.H. Herston Haywm Jlmes, toy dealer, Institute road Haysom John, Purbeck hotel, High street Haysom Joseph, New inn, High street Haysom Le'WioS, aparts. Ethelberg honse. Mowlem road Haysom William, stone mason, Railway yard Hayter Charles. apartments, Cliff road Hibbs David, apartments, White house HIll &; Churchill. booksellers, stationers.- &; Berlin 'Wool repository, 2 Station road Hill Amy (Mrs.), apartments, Durlston c'Jttage Hillier Annie (Mis8), ladies' school,S Park road Hillier Jamee Thomas, jun. organist Hixson E. L. (Mrs.), house agent, High street Hixson John, boat proprietor, High street Hixson Thomas, pleasure boat proprietor, Sea Side cot Hobbs George, jun. architect, surveyor &; auctioneer, Station road; &; at Wareham Holt I"rank &; Emily, tobaeconists &; confectioners, 3 Station road Holt William, plumber &; painter, High street Honebon John, confectioner &; pastrycook, nr. Railway £tn Hook John Samuel, aparts. &1 cab proprietor, !'ork house Hopkins Timothy, fishmonger. High ~treet Horlock George, postm3stel' &; stationer, High street. &; coal merchant &; farmer, Institute road Hunter Maria (Mrs.). apartments, Park road Jovce Thomas Eastman, smith, Kewton • Kin~ &; Son, mineral water manufacturers, Herston Kitcatt Alfred, cab pr0prietor, Belvidere cottage . Kitley lVilliam Robt. hairdresser & tobacconist, Hi/!3 st Linnington Richard, apartments, 4 Grosv~nor terrace Linnington 'Ym. builder, & aparts. Alpha cot. Park rd Linnington William, jun. builder, Her~ton LukeI' Frederick, apartments, 4 Grosvenor road :McC&usland Albert Staniey M.D. surgeon, medical officer of health to the urban district council &, admiralty· surgeon &; agent, Church Hill house Malpas Orlando, tailor &; outfitter, Station road; &; at Wareham Manvrell Henry, apartments, 2 Bridga houses Man""ell Peter, apartments, 2 Grosvenor terrace Marsh Henry, boot maker, Cowlease Masterman Henry, shoe maker, Jubilee terrace, Herston Masters Amelia. (Mrs.), apartments, West End cottage Masters J o!>l"ph, apartments. Stra.tford. !louse Ma!lter.~ Maria (Mrs.), laundress. ~orthbrook M~dler rrederick, Globe P.H. Herston Meikle William. farmer, GOdlingstone ~i ..11181l Oeorge, apartm('nts, Braw-3ry house, J'al'k f(a~ Mellish William Joseph, dairyman, Station road, Millward William, grocer &; draper. High street Mowlem Institute, Circulating Library, Lecture &; Rilidr ing Room (George Russell Wright, hon. sec.; Ge~rge Turner, librarian), Institute road Natt George, apartments, X Bridge hollse.& Norman Frederick, grocer, Court hill Padmore Thomas, national 8choolma.sten Parry Samuel, oil &; colourman. High street Parsons Frederick. cab proprietor, Hawthorn,Institnte rd Parsons George Francis, station master, Ra,ilway ~tatiot) Parsons John. apartments, Peveril point Parsons J oseph, a.partments, &; ,surveyor sa.nitary inspector to the urban district council, Beach view ) Parsons Joseph, jun. builder, &; aparts. Blenheim,Parlt rd Payne William, apartments, High street . Penney Ernest Alfred, White Swan P.H. High street Phippard Joseph, stone mason, High street Pittman Keith, apartments. Brighton house, Park road Police St~tion (James Collins, lergeant), High street' J Pouncy WaIter, photographer, High st.; &; at Dorchester

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. SYDLING ST. NICHOLAS. 17'1 Purchase Thomas, apartments, De Mowlem villa Randell Thomas RA. solicitor, clerk to Swanage urban district council & sec. to Swanage Pier Co. High street Rawles John, corn dealer, Somerley place Rawles John" miller (water), Swanage mill Reading Room (George Collins, sec.), Her.ston Ridout James, baker, High street Rose Brothers, watch makers, High strept Royal National Lifeboat Institution (Job Haysom, sec) Saul George Percy D. estate agent, architect & surveyor, 1 Station road Savage E. (Miss), stationer, High street Shiner Caroline (~Iiss),apartments,Emmadale,Stafford rd Shiner Elizabeth (Mrs.), bathing tent proprietor Shipwreckt'd Mariners' Society (Miss Colson, hon. agent) Slade James Robert, solicitor, seEll Budge & Slade Smith Samuel James< &; Son, drapers &; provision mer· chants, High street Smith Ann (Mrs.), toy dealer &; fancy repository,High 8t Smith Charles, blacksmith, High street Smith Emma. (Mrs.), apartments, Court hill Smith George, dairy, Prospect dairy Smith Henry Samuel, farmer, Whitecliff farm Smith James. blacksmith, Mill pond Smith Job, general furnisher, High street Smith Sarah (Mrs.), apartments, 5 Stafford road Spencer Mary (Mrs.), apartments, 3 Grosvenor terrace Spicer Lot, Railway hotel, Station road Squibb George, shopkeeper, High street Squires Annie (Mrs.), Eeedsman, Church hill Stevens Thomas &; Sons, stone merchants, Herston Stickland Thoma.s, grocer, High street Stockley Thomas, fruiterer, greengrocer &0 fishmonger, 'Market house Strong William, Ye Old bakery, Hi~h street Summers Charles, fly proprietor, Hig-h street Summers Eliza (Mrs.), greengrocer, Market place Summers Frooerick William, builder, High street Summers John, cab proprietor, Court hill Sutton &; Chaffey (Misses), apartments, :a Stafford road Swain Elizabeth (Mrs.), apartments, Sunnydale villas Swanage, Bournemouth &; Weymouth Steam Packet Co. (Cosens &; Co.) (local agent, Capt.W. Cosens),TheBesch Swanage Constitutional Club (branch) (Earl of Eldonj president; George Percy D. Saul, sec.), Drill hall Swanage Gas &; Water Works (John Watkinson, manager), Park road Swanage Pharmacy (Randell &; Son), Victoria terrace Swanage Pier Co. (Thos. Randell, sec.),Town hall,High st Tatchelf Ry.Thos. grocer &:; draper, High st. &; Institute rd Tatehell Samuel John Spencer, boot warehouse &; rate collector to Urban District Council, High street Thompson Edwin, dairyman, Brook dairy Thurston Wm. apartments, Westmoreland, Cluny crescn' Tomes Albert, apartments, 3 Staffordi road Tomes William Henry, apartments, &; verger of St.Mary's church, Mount Scar villa, Queen's road Town Hall, High lItreet Turner George, apartments, Woodstock house Turner Sarah (Mrs.), apartments, 4 Seymour place Vincent Isabella C~fiss). Royal Victoria family hotel Vye Geo. Red Lion P.H. &:; corn merchant, High strert Vye John, family butcher, Market place &; High street Watkinson John, manager of Gas &; Water Co. Park road Weeks Carorine (Mrs.), stationer, High street Weeks Elizabeth (~rs.), apartments, 3 Park road Weeks Georgoe, waggonette proprietor, Court hill 'Wellstead Fredk. jun. builder &; contractor, IQ Eluon ter White Hy. Walter, builder &; contrador, Mount Pleasant White John Davis, apartments, &; bathing machine pro.. prietor, Woodford villa White Nathan Chinchen, stone & coal merchants, see Hardy &; White Williams Robert, apartments, Grosvenor road Woodrow Edimund, shoe maker, Jubilee terrace, Hel'ston Wright Rev. Thomas- Russell, Purbeck college, Park rd Y. W. C. A. &; Holiday Home (Misses Wilson & Southworth, resident secretaries), Park road • SWYRE is a pari!lh bounded on the south by the £1 12S. yearly is for fuel. The Duke of Bedford is lord >English Channel, 4 miles' north-west from Abbotsbury of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is clay; fltation on the Weymouth and Abbotsbury branch of the subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and Great Western railway and 6 south-east from Bridport, oats. The area is 1,081 acres of land and 65 of water in the Western division of the county, hundred of and fore shore; rateable value, £975; populatiun in 1891 Uggescombe, petty sessional division of Dorchester; Brid- was 154· port union and county court district, rural deanery of Parish Clerk, John Bishop. Bridport (Abbotsbury portion), arohdeaconry of Dorset Letters from Dorchester via Abbotsbury arrive at 8.30 and diacese of Salisbury. The church of the Hol~' a.m. Abbotsbury is the nearest money order &; teleTrinity is a building of stone in the Early English l!tyle, graph office and consists of chancel, nave, north porch and tower Pillar Letter Box cleared at 5.20 p.m. week days only containing 2 bells: a vestry was added in 1885, at the A School Board of 5 members was formed 9 October. lSole expense of the Rev. Orlando Spencer-Smith :M.A. 1874; R Bryant. Berwick, clerk to the board j William rector 1878-88: there are 120 sittings. The register Tucker, Burton Bradstock, attendance officer dates from the year 1754. The living is a rectory, Board School, with residence for master, built in 1851, average tithe rent-charge £111, gToss yearly value £136, for 40 children; average attendance, 31; Geo. Collins, net £130, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of master; Mrs. S. H. Collins, mistress; a new clan Bedford, and held since 1894 by the Rev. Frederick Orton room was added in :1885 M.A. of Oaius College, Cambridge. Rawlin'9 charity of Carrier to Bridport.-Mary )Iannel, wed. &; sat Orton Rev. Frederick M.A. Rectory Clean Samuel, dairyman, Berwick Northover William, shopkeeper Bryant Benjamin, farmer, :Berwick (Letters through Bridport) Symes Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer (Letters through Bridport) Northover Henry. mason Symes Horace Leonard, farmer SYDLING ST. NICHOLAS and UPPER SYDLING. S'YDLING ST~ :NICHOLAS iSl a parish, villa~ and The chief crops are Wheat, barley, oats and roots. The liberty, 8 miles north-west from Dorchester, and 2~ area is 5,028 acres; rateable value, £3,27°; the popunorth·east from Maiden Newton junction titation on the lation in 1891 wall 56J Weymouth branch of the Great Western railway, in the Upper Sydoling is a tithing of Sydling St. ~icholal>, a Western division of the county, Cerne union and petty mile north, containing about 80 inhabitants. sessional division, Dorehester county court district, rural Fifehead Sydlin~ is a tithing I mile north, containing deanery of Wh~tchurch (Cerne portion), archdeaconry of about 40 inhabitants. Ellston Hill is Il miles north; Dorset and diocese of Salisbury-: a tributary of the river Hill Barn, 2 miles north-by-east j Ball Barrow, 1 mile Frome flows through the parish. The church of St. north-west. . Nicholas is & building of stone in the Perpendicular style, Parish Clerk, Georg-e Critchell. consisting of chancel, nave, s.outh tra?sept~ north porch Post, M. O. &; T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery &; Annuity a~d. an embattled we·stern tower, WIth pmnacle~, .con- &; Insurance Office.-Joseph Sherry, sub-potltmaster. tammg peal of 5 fine-Ilcned bells: ther6 are 34~ ~IttIJ.lgS. Letters receiyed from Dorchester at 7 il.m. &:; 2.30 p.m. T.he re~ster date.& from the year. 1565.. The l~vlllg IS. a (callers only) &; are dispatehed at 9.30 a.m. &; 6.30 ~carage, net year"y value £140, WIth reSIdence, m the gIft pm. sunday 9 30 a m of the governors of Winchester College. The Rev. Hy.John ..• ,.: . Freake Van M.A. of Caiug. College, Cambridge, has been Free School, endow~d wlt.h the mterest of {,50o, left by curate in charge since 1892 • Here are Wesleyan and Con- Johu Baker, of this paflsh; the school WIll ~old about gregational chapels. The manor belongs to Winchester Col- I~O children.; average attendance, 66; MISS A. R. lege, who are also the principal landowners: a court leet Rlchards, IDlstress is held once a year, in the month of )lay, at the Grey- Carriers to Dorchester. James Wiltshire, wed. &; lOat.; hound inn. The soil is· light upon chalk; subsoil, chalk. Robert Kellaway, wed. &; sat Dunning Mrs. East house Van Rev. Henry John Freake M.A. Billett Ridhard, shopkeeper Eglington Harry Stanley (curate in charge) Chard William, carpenter Pole Beginald Chandos J.P.• M.F.H. COMMERCIAL. Critchell Robert, thatcher Court house 1Beviss Henry, farmer Dubben Charles, boot &; shoe maker

172 SYDLING ST. NICHOLAS. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLy'e Sherry Jsph. grcr. &draper,Post office Spriggs Robert, miller (water) & bkr Stroud Philip Thomas, farmer Symonds Giles, auctioneer & farmer Thomas Frederick, shoe maker Vine Job, farmer Wiltshire James, shopkeeper & carrier Wyatt John, farmer, Upper Sydling Dubben Samuel Geo. miller &:; baker Kella.way Robert, Hit or Miss P.H. & Dunning J ames, farmer carpenter & carrier Eglington Harry Stanley, steward to Miles Esau, builder & farmer R. C. Pole esq. J.P Morris Tom, Greyhound P.H Gifford Caroline (Mrs.), farmer Newbury Charles, farmer Greenslade Philip, farmer, Huish Newman Joseph, blacksmith Hawkins Geo. farmer, Upper Sydling Northover William, blacksmith, Upper Jones William, huntsman to R. C. Pole Sydling esq. J.P Ssunders Matthew Bird, farmer SYMONDS:BURY is a. parish and pleasant village, soil is clay and sand; subsoil. rock. The chief crops arll beautifully situated amid three lofty hills. I! miles west- wheat, barley, oats and grass. The area is 3,825 acres north-west from Bridport terminal station on a branch of land and 100 of water and foreshore; rateable value, of the Great Western railway, in the Weste,rn division of £7,284; the population in 1891 was 1,186, of which 136 the county, hundred of '\Yhitchurch Canonicorum, Drid- are included within the municipal borough of Bridport. port union, county court district and petty sessional Miles Cross is half a mile south, on the road from division. partly in the municipal borough of Bridport, Bridport to Lyme Regi~; Watton. 2 miles south-east; rural deanery of Bridport (Bridp<>rt portion), al'ch- Higher Eype, I mile south; Lower Eype, It miles south; deaconry of porset and diocese of Salisbury. The church and Broad Oak, 2 miles north, are hamlets. At Broad of St. John the Baptist is an ancient cruciform ed'ifice of Oak is a chapel of ease, erected in 1865, consisting ot • stone, in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave and chancel, with one bell; and hold 120. nave, transepts, south porch and a square central em- Parish Clerk, Joseph Ballard. battled tower containing 5 bells and a clock: William Letters, are received from Bridport, which is the nearest Gulston, bishop of Bristol, d. 1864, is buried in the money order & telegraph office, at 8 a.m. Wall Letter church: there are 450 sittings. The register dates from Box in the churchyard wall, cleared at 8 a.m. & 6 p.m. the year 1558. The living is t\ rectory, average tithe daily, Bund'llys excepted rent-charge £6°7, gros;; yearly value £862, net £660, with Wall Letter Box, Broad Oak, cleared at 9.30 a.m. week residence and 120 acres of glebe. in the gift of Hpnry days only Syndercombe Bower, of Fontme11-Parva, and held since Wall Letter Box, Lower Eype, cleared at 9.30 & 6 p.ll. 1881 by the Rev. Frederick Webster Maunsell ~r..A. of week days only Trinity College, Dublin. The chapel o~ ease of St. Peter. Endowed School (mixed), under the control of trustees. built in 1865, situate at Eype, is a building of stone, in A former rector, the Rev. ~Ir. Raymond, left in 1865 the Early 'English style, and consist!! of chancel, nave, £3,000 to build & endow a school, of which £1,5°0 was north aisle, south-wE'st porch, with one bell. £18, arising expended in 1868 in building t\ hand'some & large school from land, is distributed yearly in blankets- to the poor capable of holding 225 children. with residence for the of the parish. The Earl of llchester P.C. who is lord maoster, & the remainder invested as an endowment; of the manor, Henry Syndercombe Bower esq. and John average attendance, 150; William Turton Kennett. Symonds Udal esq. are the principal landowners. The master; )1n. Kennett, mistres& I'RIV.A.TE RESIDE)iTS. Burton Fredk. London inn, West road Legg Thomas, farmer, Shute's farm (Marked thus t receive their letters tChubb George, flax mer. Broad Oak Miller Geo. dairyman, Highr.Moorbath through Beaminster R.S.O.) Easton James, shopkeeper Patten Frederick, farmer, Watton Angel Mrs. West road tElliott Esau, farmer. Broad Oak Payne Louiaa (Mrs.), apartments, Bond Arthur. Manor !house Elliott Thomas, dairy, Watton Lower Eype Edmunds Mrs. Providence cottage Elswood William, farmer, Down house Pitfield George, farmer, Higher Eype Hanham William, Little Vearse Forsey'rhos. boat builder, Lower Eype Scadden William, blacksmith, West rd Holmes Rev. Samuel RA. (curate), Forsey William, carpenter, Miles cro!!s Silk William, shoe maker, New street Rose cottage Gape Waiter, New inn, Lower Eype Slade William, dairyman, North end Matthews Henry, Jubilee house tGibbs Joseph, assistant overseer, Smith William, dairyman, WOTmstall l\:[aunsell Rev. Frederick Webster M.A. Moorbath Sprake Frederick, farmer, Bidlake Rectory tGibbs William, farmer, Moorbath et Sprake Robert, machinist, West road Pitfield George, Higher Eype Brighthay Symonds Daniel John, farmer COMMERCIAL. tHedditch Hy. frmr. Broad Oak farm Tuck Thomas, thatcher, West road tBartlettGeo.thatcher,HigherMoorbath tHedditch Robt. frmr. Higher Dinhay Warren Robert, refreshment rooms, tBromfield John, farmer, New house Hull Abraham, farmer, Vearse farm Lower Eype tBromfield John, jun. farmer, Lower Huxter Giles, farmer, Atram tWheller Samuel, shopkpr. Broad Oak Dinhay Legg &; Morey, farmers, Creep farm Woodbury Samuel, farmer, LowerEype TARRANT eRAWFORD (or Preston Crawford) is <id cross. In 1228 Richard Poore, successively bishop of a parish taking its name from the river Tarrant, which Chichester, Salisbury and Durham, who was born, died here joins the Stour, I! miles north-by-east from Spetis- and was buried here, rebuilt and re-endowed the Cisterbury station on the Somerset and Dorset (~Iidland and cian nunnery, in honour of the Blessed Virgin and All South-Western joint) railway and 3! south-east-by-east Saints; originally founded here in the time of Henry 1. from Blandford, in .the Eastern division of the county, by Ralph de Kahaynes, lord of the manor of the neighhundred of Badbury, petty sessional division of Wim- bouring village of Keynston; at the Dissolution it! borne, union and county court district of Blandford, rural reTenue was estimated at £239 lIS. IOd. Joan, Queen ~eanery of Pimperne (Blandford portion), archdeaconry of Alex. H. of Scotland nnd sister of Henry rn. was of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. buried here in 1238. Wanley EIEs Sawbridge-Erle-Drax Mary is an ancient stone and flint structure, in the- Early esq. of Holne.st park, is lord of the manor and principal En~lish style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch landowner. Soil, light clay; subsoil, chalk and gravel. and western tower containing 3 bells: there are sittings Crops, wheat and barley. The area. is 543 a~res; ratefor 160 persons: the church is- now (1895) about to be able value, £390; the population in 1891 was 41. rest<>red'. The register dates from the yea! 1737· The Parish Clerk Tom Carte.r. living is a donative, gross yearly value £40, in the gift ' . of Wanley Ellis Sawbridge-Erle-Drax el!q. and held since Letters through Blandford arrIve at 8 a.m..& :3 p.m:; 1891 by the Rl'v. Edward Highton M.A. of St. Catharine's the nearest money order & telegraph office IS at Spetl8- Colle,ge, Cambridge, who is also rector of and resides at bury Tarrant Keynston. In the village are the remains ot an The children attend the school at Tarrant Ke~'nston Drake John Wm. frmr. Tarrant abbey I Atkins George, dairyman TARRANT GUNVILLE is a parish, 6 miles north- chancel was re-arrang-ed and an organ added~ east from Blandford station on the Midland and South- there 8,re 370 sittings, 288 being free. The Western joint railway, in the Northern division o~ the register dates from the year 1719. The living is a 'County, hundred of Cranborne, petty sessional division, rectory, tithes commuted for t\ rent-charge of £49°, union and county court district of Blandford, rural a.verage £367, net income £338, with residence and abunt deanery of Pimperne (Blandford portion), archdeaconry :l~ acres of glebe, in the gift of University College, Oxof Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. ford, and hl'ld since 1889 by the Rev. William Henry ~arv is a structure of st<>nl', in the Perpendicular IItyle, Hitchcock M.A. of that college. Eastbury House, of consistinsr of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, south which but one wing now remains, was erected by Lord porch and a square western embatt·led tower, surmounted ~l€lcombe, !rom designs by Sir J. Vanbrugh 1724-38 at by pinnacles, containin!!" 3 bells: it was rebuilt in 1845, the cost of £14°,000: it is the seat of Mrs. Farquharson. with the exception of the tower, in 1885 the floor of the The ~Ianor House, adjoining the church, is a substantial chancel was repaved 'With encaustic tiles: in 1890 the residence, restored! by the late owner, H. R. Farquharson

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. TARRA:NT LAUNCESTON. 173 Sexton, George Walters. Post, M. O. &; T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery &; Annuity &; Insurance Office.-George Sims, postmaster. Letten arrive from Blandford at 8.5 a.m. &; 1.30 p.m.; dispatched at 10.10 a.m. &; 5.10 p.m.; sundays at:. II.5 a.m. Parish School (mixed), built in 1874, for 70 children; average att.endance, 45; Miss Mary A.RAnst)', mistress Carrier to Blandford.-Frederick Ridout, wed. &; sat Bugg Chas. farmer, Marlborough farm Gray William, farm bailiff to Lord &; at Manor farm, Tarrant Hinton Wolverton, Harbins Park farm Carter Wm. dairy farmer, Stubhmptn Green Edward, boot maker Chapple Frederick Henry, dairyman Harding James, head gamekeeper to to Mrs. Farquharson Mrs. Farquharson Downe George, Bugle Horn P.H Hill Charles Roger, frmr. &; landowner Dunn Benjamin, farmer, Dungrove Hutchings George, dairy farmer Evans John B. head gamekeeper to Kerley Bennett, carrier :Francis Hughes-Gibb esq. J.P Lane Wm. carpenter &; wheelwright COMMERCIAL. Fanner Henry, land steward to Mrs. Lloyd Joseph, farm bailiff to Mrs. FarAnsty Aaron, beer retlr. Stubhampton Farquharson quharson, Bussey Stool farm Bishop George, farmer Fletcher Charles, farm bailiff to Fras. Ridout Frederick, carrier Bryant Edwin, head gardener to Fras. Hughes-Gibb esq. Glebe farm Sampson Martin, blacksmith Hughes-Gibb esq Gatehouse Lavinia (Mrs.), cowkeeper Sims George, shopkeeper, Post office TARRANT HINTON is 8 parish on the road from of rectors' from I31f. The living is a rect<lry, average Blandford to Salisbury, and on the river Tarrant, 4! tithe rent-charge £264, gross yearly value £349, net miles north-eaSili from BlandfOO'd station on the Midland £289, including 83 acres of glebe, with residence, in and South Western Junction railway, in the Northern the gift of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and held division of the county, hundred of Pimperne, Blandford since Jan. 1891 by the Rev. Alfred Stilgoe Newman petty sessional division, union and county court district, M.A. of Pembroke C"ollege, Cambridge. The remains rural deanery of Pimperne (Blandford portion), arch- of a Roman villa have been discovered, and spear-heads, deaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The fibulre and Roman coins have occasioIlJ8lly been turned church of St. Mary is: an edifice of stone in the Per- up. The trustees of the late Henry Richard Farquharson pendicu.kl.r style, consisting of chanOOl1, with north esq. M.P. are lords of the manor and the principal chapel, nave of three bays with south aisle and small landowners. The soil is light; subsoil, chalk. The north aisle and south porch, with a square embattled chief crops are wheat and barley. The area is 2,277 western tower containing 3 bell 81, one of which buried acres; rateable value, £1,892; the population in 189I in a neighbouring field during the time of the Common- was 213. wealth, haSl an inscription and the date 1640: on tlie Parish Clerk, William Atwell. north side of the chancel is an Easter sepulchre of Post Office.-Harry Spinney, sub-postmaster. Letters the reign of Henry VIII. with If Latin inscription: in arrive from Blandford at 7·45 a.m. &; 2.5 p.li.; disthe south aisle is, a Norman piscinaj the font of patched at 10.40 a.m. &; 5.35 p.m. Postal orders are Purbeck marble is also Norman: in 1891-2 the church issued here, but not paid. Tarrant Gunville is the was thoroughly restored, new roofed and reseated at nearest money order &; telegraph offic.e a cost of £850, under the direction of Mr. A. W. N. Police Cons·table, James Staunton Burder, architect, of Loughborough, and was reopened National School (mixed), built in 1849, for 100 children; on St. Thomas' day, 1892: there are 150 sittings. The number on books, 35; average attendance, 34; Mrs. register dates from the year 1545, and theTe is a list Sarah Ann Applin, mistress Newman Rev. Alfred Stilgoe M.A. Applin Hy. Rd. Prod. Insurance agent Giles Walter, farm bailiff to John Rectory Bugg Oharles, farmer, Manor &; North Sprake esq COMMERCIAL. farms &; Marlborough farm, Tarrant Inkpen Samuel, Crown inn &; baker Adlem Henry, farm bailiff to Charles Gunville Spinney Brothers, blacksmiths Bugg esq Hobbs Frederick, shopkeeper TARRANT XEYNSTON is a parish, 2 miles north- the gift of Arthur Mills esq. of Efford Donn, Bude, by-east from Spetisbury station on the Somerset and and held since 1.891 by Rev. Edward Highton l\LA. Dorset (MidJand and South Western Junction) railw;a~, of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, who is also 3! south-east-by-east from Blandford and 5i north-west incumbent of Tarrant Crawford. The Primitive Methofrom Wimborne, in the Northern division of the county, dists have a small chilllpel here, in which divine service hundred of Pimperne, Blandford petty sessional division, is held once on sundays. Sir William Henry Smithunion and county court district, rural deanery of Marriott bart. J.P. of The Down House, Blandford, Pimperne (Blandford portion), archdeaconry of Dorset is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Soil, and diocese of Salisbury: it is on the western bank of light loam; subsoil, chalk. Crops, wheat, barley and the small river TaTI'ant, which falls into the Stour oats. The area is 1,018 acres; rateabLe value, £1,502; sonth of the parish. The church of AH Saints, rebuilt the population in 1891 waS! 260. in 1853.. with the excep~ion of the tower is of flint and Buzbury is a large double camp to the north. Nooir stone m the PerpendIcular style, and has chancel, it are three barrows. IlalVe, north aisle of three bays, with octagonal piers, S t F d . k Mill south porch and embattled western tower C<lntaining ex on, re eI'lC er. one bell: there are also two coats of arms, of stone, Post Office.-Mrs. Mary Ann Barnett, SUb-postmistress. of the Highly family of Upton, found undeI' one of the Letters throuj;{h Blandford ail'rive 8 a.m. &; 1.20 p.m. ; church pews, al stained window, and in the chancel a dispatched at 1.25 &; 5. 15 p.m. Postal orders' are brass memorial tablet to a former rector: there are issued here, but not paid. Spetisbury is the nearest about 300 sittings. The register dates from the year money order & telegraph office 1737. The living is a, rectory, gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £395, average £295, net income Pall'ish School (mixed), built in 1853, with house for £320, including 53 acres of glebe, with residence, in mistress, for 60 children; average attendance, 30 Highton Rev. Edwardl M.A. Redtary Barnett Mary Ann (Mrs.), butcher, Mowlam Job, shopkeeper Llewhellin George William, Brookfield Post Qffice PIke George, carpenter, whe.elwright, TOOd Lt.-Col. Fdk.Wm.Keynston ldge Bugg Frederick John, famler undertaker &; blaeksmith Goobey Edward, cowkeeper,Sun.nyside Strange WaIter John, miller (wa.ter), COMMERCIAL. ~fartin Henry, grocer &; farmer farmer &; corn mer. Keynston mills Balch Hannah (Mrs.), dairy, Lop hill Meatyardi William Henry, dairyman Trice James, True Lover's Knot P.H TARRANT LAUNCESTON is a parish, on the and di<>cese of SaJisbury. He,re is no church. The' river Tarrant, 5i miles north-oo'st from Blandford living is a chapelry annexed to the vicarage of Tarrant station on the :Midland and South Western Junction Monkton, tithe rent-chaorge £50, joint gross yearly railway, in the Northern division of the county, value £126, including 3~ acres of glebe, in the gift of hundred of Pimperne, Blandford petty sessional division, James John Farquharson esq. and held since 1889 by union and county court district, rural deanery of the Rev. William Frederick Adye M.A. of St. Mary Pimperne (Blandford portion), archdeaconry of Dorset HaJI, Oxford, 'Who resideSl at Tarrant :Monkton. Blande~q. ~I.P. and at present the residence of Francis HughesGibb esq. J.P. The trustees of the late H. R. Farquhar~on esq. ),!.P. are lords of the manor and principal landowners. The· soil is light chalky loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are oats and barley. The area is 3,431 acres; rateable value, £2,643; the population in 1891 was 369. Shubhampton, half a mile north from Tarrant Gum"iIle, Bnd Eastbury, are tithings. PlUV.\TE :RESIDENTS. Farquharson Mrs. Eastbury house Hitchcock Rev. William Henry M.A. Rectory Hughes-Gibb Francis (barrister 9f the Inner Temple &; J.P. for Dorset &; Cardigan), Manor house; &; Reform club, London S W

li4 TARRA~T LAU~C~STO~. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S ford race-course is in this parish, which ha,s long been Parish Olerk, William Thornhill. disused; horses are trained here by Mr. Walters, of Letters through Blandford arrive at 8.45 a.m.; the Pimperne. On the Down are barrows. Jame.s John nearest te:egraph & money order office is at Tarranll Farquharson esq. of Langton House, is lord of the Gunville about I! miles distalnt manor and sole landowner. The soil is light; 1mbsoil, chalk and flint. 'fhe chief crops are wheat and oats. Wall Letter Box cleared at 10·5 a.m. & 5. 15 p.m. on The area is 1,644 SlOres; rateable value of Tarrant week days; & 9·45 a.m. on sundays Launceston, £888; the population in I8g1 W&! 61. I The children attend the school at Tarrant Monkton Butler John, farmer TARRANT :M:ONKTON is a parish, on the river was erected about 1890. Rere was formerly a very Tarrant, 4! miles east-north-east from Illandford station la,rge mona.stic establishment, oonnected with Tewkeson the Midland and South Western Junction railway, bury abbey, whence the derivation of the name Monkton. in the Northern division of the county, hundred of On the Down are several ba.rrows. There is a Wesleyan Monkton-up-Wimborne, Blandford petty sessional chapel. James John Farquharson esq. of Langoon division, union and county court district, rural deanery House, is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The of Pimperne (Bliandford portion), archdeaconry of Dorset soil is light chalky loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief and diocese uf Salisbury. The church of All Saints crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2,180 is an ancient edifice of stone and flint in mixed styles, acres; rateable value, £1,181; the population in 1891 consisting of chancel, nave, south tl'3nsept, north porch was 219. and square western tower containing 3 bells: the church Parish Olerk, William Tho.rnhill. was restored in 1873: there are 250 sittin~s. The Post Office. Samuel Inkpen, sub-postmaster. Letters register dates from the yeoo- 1689. The livmg is a through Blandford arrive at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched discharged vicarage, with the chapelry of Tarrant 10 a.m. &; 5 p.m.; 8und3ry, 9.25 a.m. The nearest Launceston al11nexed, tithe rent-cha.rge £50, joint gross money order & telegraph office is at Tarrant Gunyearly value £126, including 3! acres of glebe, with ville, about 2 miles distant residence, in the gift of James John Farquharson esq. and School (mixed), built in 1859, for 70 childxen; average held since 1889 by the Rev. William Frooerick Adye attendance, 45; Mrs. John Gard. mistress M.A. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford: the vicarage house Carrier to B:andford. J ames Tanswell, wed. &; Sl!,t .Adyc Rev. Wm. Fredk. M.A. Vicarage Goulding- Albert, farmer Small Wl1ham, shopkeeper COMMERCIAL. Herrmgton AlbeI't E. dairyman, Manor TdnE~ell James, Langlton Arms P.lL Bugg Harry Rorace, fal'mer,Manor frro Fanu dairy &; carrier Churchill Thomag, cowkeepel" Inkpell S. baker &; shopkeeper, Post off Ta.II!lweIJ Silas, shoe maker Gard John, blacksmith &; wheelwright Jesty Willia.m, farmer, Luton farm Waters James, faJl1Der TARRANT RAWSTON is a parish, on the river value £276, net £218, including 32 acres of glebe, in the Tarrant, 3~ miles east-by-north from Blandford station, on gift of Sir W. H. Smith-Marriott tart. and held sinc~ tha Midland and South Western Junction railway, in the 1877 by t.he Rev. James Penny M.A. of St. John's College, Northern division of the county, hundred of l'imperne, Cambridge, who is also rector of Tarrant Rushton, where Blandford petty sessional division, union and county court he resides. Sir William Henry Smith-Marriott bart. of district, rural deanery of Pimperne (Blandford portion), the Down House, Blandford, is lord of the manor and arehdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. ,The principal landowner. Soil, light loam; subsoil, chalk; church of St. :Mary is a small edifice of flint and stone, chief crop, wheat. The area is 685 acres; rateable value, possessing no architectural pretoensions, consisting of £467; the population in 1891 was 49. chancel, na~e, tran.septs and south porch, without either Parish Clerk and Sexton, John Sibley. tower or spIre, havmg a bell chamber over the porch con- . . taining one bell; there are go sittingll. The register Letters through Blandford, w~llch IS the nearest money dates from t,he year 1815. The living is a discharged order & telegraph office, arrIve at 9 n.m. &; I p.m rectory, average tithe rent-charge £210, gross yearly The children attend the school at Tarrant Rushbm Cossins John, farmer, Rawston farm I James Frederick, haulier &; coal dealer • TARRANT RUSHTON (or Rushton) is a parish on and a tablet of brass with marble frame, to Captain the river Tarrant, 3'! miles easll from Blandford station,on Smith, who died 1885; there are sittings for 120 persons. the Midland and South Western Joint railway, in the Ea.st- The register dates from the year 1700. The living is a ern division of the county,hundred of Oranborne,petty ses- rectory with Tarrant Rawston annexed, average tithe sional division of Wimborne, Illandford union and county rent-charge £210, joint gross yearly value £276, net court district, rural deanery of Pimperne (Blandford £2t8, with 68 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. Sir William Henry Smith-Marriott bart. and held since The church of St. Mary is an ancient cruciform building 1877 by the Rev. James Penny M.A. of St. John's College, of flint and stone, the architecture being chiefly of the Oambridge. The rector has a fine collection of fossils tl::irteenth century, and consisting of chancel with Norman peculiar to the county. Here was formerly an hospital, arch, nave and north and south transepts, the former in or charity, dedicated to St. Leonard, which was granted the Early English style, south porch and bell chamber to the prior of Ohristchurch Tynham in the reign of containing one bell; it contains some old stone tracery, Edward Ill. The principal landowners are Lord Alington, notably a sculptured slab over the entrance, three perfect who is lord of the manor, and Sir William Henry-Smithhagioscopes, of the Decorated period, one in the north Marriott bart. of Down House, Blandford. The soil is transept and two between the nave and chancel; the light loam; subsoil, chalk. Ohief crops, wheat. The piscina, also of the same period, is in good preservation, area is 2,073 acres; rateable value, £1,386; the populahaving a beautiful cinque-foiled heading under an ogee tion in 1891 was 177. arch; the church, which has a singularly pretty interior, Abbey Orofts, with a population of 7, wa3 by Local underwent restoration from 1878 to 1887, and during the Government Board Order, transferred to this parish from progress of the work the capital of a Norman piscina was Tarrant Orawford. disoovered in a state of good preservation; in the chancel Parish Olerk, John Sibley. arch .were also found two earthenware v~ssels, and the Letters through Blandford which is the nearest money remams of what was once a cross, conSIdered to have order & telegra h office ~rrive at 9 a.m. & I p.m served as the cover of a tomb; the altar stone, removed p, at the Reformation, is still preserved in the vestry; the Wall Letter Box, near the Rectory, cleared at I &; 5.30 chancel has three stained windows, one being to the p.m.; sunday I I a.m memory of the Rev. Francis A. Smith, d. 1877; in the Parish School (mixed), for 46 children; llverage attendsouth transept is another to Miss Isabella Wilson, d. 1887, ance, 30; Miss F. Smith, mistress Penny Rev. James M.A. Rectory Jame.s Frederick, miller (water) Andrews James, farmer, Preston farm Senior Herbert, .farmer, Crook farm THORNCOMBE is a parish, on the borders of hundred of Whitchurch Canonicorum, rural deanery of Soxrersetshire and bounded on the north by the river Bridport (Lyme portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and Axe, 3 miles east-south-east from Ohard Junction station, diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Mary, Ibuilt in on the London and South Western railway and 7 north- 1867, at a cost of about £4,000, is a fine stone building in east from Axminster; it originally formed part of Devon- the Perpendicular style, embattled throughout, and conshire, but was annexed to Dorset by the Acts 2 & 3 sists of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south transept William IV. cap. 64, and 7 &; 8 Vict. cap. 61; it is in the and western tower, containing 5 bells; the south transept Western division of the county, union and county court was built at the sole expense of the late Mrs. Bertram district ofAxminster, petty sessional division of Bridport, Efans, of Forde Abbey; there is a monument to Sir

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. THORNFORD. 11~ Thomas Brook knt. d. April 10, 1447, and three memorial 1 tower of three stories,with splendid oriels on the two upper windows to the Rev. Charles Egerton and Mary his wife, floors and an embattled parapet; the monastic kitchen is and John their son; and the stained east window, placed still in use; the abbey was surrendered :March 8, 1539, b1 in 1893, is a memorial to Col. Bragge, Margaret, his wife Thomas Chard, abbot, titular bishop of So:buria and coad.. and Adela, their daughter; there are 400 sittings. The jutor of Exeter ; the 14th century gateway and conventual register dates from the year 1540. The living' is a vicar~ barn remain; some parts of the interior of the abbey are age, averege tithe rent-charge £379, gross yearly value ornamented with splendid and valuable old Flemish tapes.. £453, net £360,with 46 acres of glebe and residence,in the try, including five of Raphael's famous cartoons; thl' gift of Capt. John Arthur Bragge, of Sadborow, and held existing buildings, with modern additions form the seat .inee 1875 by the Rev. Charles Albert Bragge ~.A. of of Wm. Harbert Evans esq. D.L., J.P. and contain some Trinity College, Cambridge, and rural dean of Lyme noble apartments, Holditch Court, formerly the resi~ portion. The vicarage house is of ancient date, and when dence of the Brook family, is now a ruin, and the chapel alterations Were being made some years ago, 8 medireval has been desecrated and is used as a barn; the castle keep stone chimneypi:ece was found embedded in the wall, end is and the ivy-clad tower still remain. Sadborow, the seat now placed in the study. Here is a. meeting house for of Capt. John Arthur Bragge J.P. is an extensive modern the Plymouth Brethren, built 1881. Petty sessions are mansion and commands a fine view of the surtounding held here at the school house every two months on a country. Capt. Bragga is lord of the manor, and holds Saturday, at which the magistrates for the Bridport a court leet every year, on the second Friday in October, division sit. The Village Hall, erected in 1889 by Miss at the "Golden Lion." The principal landowners are Sarah B. Evans of Forde Abbey, in commemoration of the Capt. B~agga and Wm. Herbert Evans esq: T~e soil i. Queen's Jubilee, will hold 120 people. Forde Abbey, on ch~eHy lIght clay and stone brash;. subSOil, Hmt. The the banks of the Axe, unlike the neighbouring ab~ey of chIef. crops are wheat, barley, turmps and apples. rr:he Newenham, was preserved from total destruction, and ~rea IS 5,331 acre.s; rat.eable va~ue! £7,963; the populatlOn exhibits at this day the remains of a splendid building m 1891 was 941 , mcludmg the tIthing of Beerhall. converted into a princely residence; . the abbey was Pt&; MOO S B &; A ·t &; I Offi6 _ founded May 3, II35, by Adelicia, daughter of Baldwin de os ...,.. nnm y nsurance e. B · " b Alb d th· f W·II· th C Henry George Fowler, SUb-postmaster. Letters through TIOnllS y re a, e mece 0 1 ll1JIl e onqueror; Ch d . t 8 d' t h d t k 't I f th O' t· d ·d f th" t ar , arrIve a ·40 a.m.; 1spa c e a 5 p.m. wee 1 was a so o. e IS erclan or er,.an o~e 0 e g!ea er days only. Chard Junction railway station is the nea,.., Abbeys," bemg valued at the DISsolutIOn, accordmg to t teleg aph ffi - I Dugdale, at £374 IOS. 6d. and according to Speed, at es r· 0 ca £381 10S. 6d. yearly; the bones of the founder, and many Schools. of the early mem~ers of the Courtenay family, some?f The Free School was founded by the Rev. Thomas Cook, wh~m :were mumficent benefactors t? the abberl he in 1734, for eleven children; the funds, about £2 ros. ~uned m the vaults of the church, whICh was ded1ca~ed yearly, derived from Ashcombe farm, Wayford, SomerIII 1239, and measured 295 by 60 ~eet; the chu!ch, of which set, are now given to the National school t~ere 3:re now no remaI?S, c~ns1sted of chOIr, transepts, l'Iational, Thorncombe, rebuilt in 1875, for 140 children; WIth aIsles. and Da!e WIth aIsles; the abbey ~nd so~e average attendance, 73; Richard Rowley, master lands, near It were gIven by Henry VIII. a~ the. DIssolutIOn National, Holditch, built in 1875, for 60 children; average to RIchard P.ollard esq. and after passmg mto several attendance, 45; & supported, in part, by)Vm. Herbert hands came, ID 16-l9, to Edmund Pndeaux esq. who was Evans esq. ; Mrs. Lock, mistress Attorney-General under the Protectorate, and who was . . . . probably the means of preserving the building at that BEERH.ALL was a ~Ithm.g, conslstmg o.f the fan;ns of period; the cloisters, on the north side of the church are Bee!hall and Easthay, ID thIS county, now lI~cluded ID the in part extant, and include, in the east alley the chapter pa~Ish of Th?rncombe, b~t formerly belong~ng to Devon~ house (n65-90), with an east window of the 15th century, shIre, of. whIch county It was ll: J?art until annexed to and north of it the vaulted common house of twelve bays Dor~etshIre by t~e ;Acts 2. & 3 W1lham IV. cap. 64 & 7. & (II90-12OO) below the dormitory, the latter being now 8 y1ct. cap..61; It IS 2 mIles south fr?m Cha:rd JunctIOn divided into various apartments; the north alley retains rail'Yay sta.t1?~ and 5 e~st from Axmmster, ID the .petty its vaulting, and here was the old refrectory; on the west sessI?nal dIVISIOn of Brldport and .Thorncombe, umon of aide was the hospitium; the portion of the cloisters now !,-xmmster, hundred of Cerne. . "::his plac~ has been taken perfect has windows divided by buttresses and filled with ~nto ~horncombe under the dIVIded ParIshes Act. The Perpendicular tracery; the parapet is enriched with mhabltants of Beerhall atten~ the church at Hawkchurch. quatrefoils and a series of 42 heraldic shields; the vaulting Capt. John Arthur Bra~ge IS lord of the manor. The is of plaster work and the whole was erected by Thomas landow,n~rs are Mrs. Chichester and J ..C. ~azelot esq. Chard, the last abbot; extending westward is the new The sOI.I1S stone brash and clayey; subSOIl,.Hmt and clay. refectory, 55 by 28 feet, built by the same abbot; it has ,!he chIef crops are wheat, barley and turmps. The area a carved panelled ceiling, decorated in gold and colour IS 441 acres. and is lighted by tall mullioned square-headed windows; Letters for Beerhall through Hawkchurch, which is the the eastern half is now divided into three stories, occupied nearest post office, arrive at 9 a.m.; the nearest telll~ by nrious apartments;· the west wing was designed by graph office is Chard Road station &; money order office lnigo Jones, and adjoining his porch is So Perpendicular is at Thorncombe Bra,gge Capt. J. Arthur J.P.Sadborow Cross Sidney, farmer, Maudlin farm Lumba,rd John, farmer, Tuck mill Bragge Rev. Charles Albel"t M.A.(vicar Dare Robe.rt, faTlller, Synderford Marley ChM"les A. farmer, Holditch & rural dean), Vicarage Dark Charles, thatcher Ma.uley R.farmr.& dairyman,Westlea.rs Cross Matthew, Chaffeigh Dorset & Somerset Dairy Co. (Neil Meech William, farmer, Laymore Evans WillillJIl Herbe,rt F.R.G.S., Thurgerson, manager); &; at Broad- Morgan Charles .Anhur M.R.O.S. surM.A., D.L., J.P. Forde abbey windsor, Beaminst.er geon, medical officer &; public vac~ Morgan Charles Arthur, Greenhill Down A. Gold.e,n: Fleece P.H. Holditch cinllltor, No. I2 district, .AxminSlt~ North Frroerick C. Beere Ebdon Samuel, mason union, Greenhill Trenchard Hugh, Chaffeigh cotrtag81 Fowler Henry George &; Son, drapers Phelps Goorge, mason Wise John Owen, Ferndale & grocers, Post office Pinney Elimbe'th George, (Mrs.), Fowler Hy.miller(water),WeS'tford mill farmer, Forde Grange, farm COMMERCIAL. Foxwell Mark &; Son, farmers Poole John, farmer, Caggins, Holditch Aplin Joseph Thomas, farm'M',Holdi'tch Foxwell Mark, jnn. miller (water), Potter Thomas, farmer, Synderford" &; Bentley J.ohn Culverwell, fanner,Gribb Sadborow mill Schoolhouse farm, &; Thorncombe fm Bentley Wm. Jeffery, fa,rmer, Holditch French Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopke.eper Powell Rt. Rowe, farmer, Holditch crt Berry James, farmer, WorkhQuse farm French John, bOOlt maker Stoodley Albion, grocer &; ba.ker Boon Thomas, shoe maker, Gribb Gibbs Tom, blacksmith Stoodley Champ, cowkeeper, Gribb Bragg Elizbl. (Mrs.),cowkeepr.Vembery HaHett Jose-ph, farmer, Holditeh Vickery Henry, farmer, Elmare Bragg James, farmer, Broadbridge Hook John, Royal Oak P.R Vincent JlIJIles, farm bailiff to W. H Dragg John. (Mrs.), farmer, Yawlin~3 Hurford Peter, farmer, Yew Tree farm Evans esq. Forde Abbey fa.rm. Bridle Nun, dairyman, Gashay Hussey George" shopkeeper &; mason Virgin Daniel, farmer, Westiord Cook George, blacksmith Lawrence John. farm bailiff to Captain Way WillillJIl, Squirrel inn, Laymore Coombes Thomasl builder J. A. Bragge, & dairyman, Grighay Welch Alfred, Crown inn Cox .l'.iJred. Golden Lion P.H Loud Eli Pinney, farmer, Hewood Welch Charles, farmer, He-wood Cox John, assist. overseer &; col. of taxes Love Samuel, grocer Welch Hannah (Mrs.),shopkpr,Hewood Cross Matthew, farmer, Ohaffeigh Lumbard .Ambrose, frmr. Beer Hall fm Wheaton Fredk. cattle dlr. Abbey View , THORNFORD is a parish, 2 miles north from Yetmin- east from Yeovil, in the Northern division of the county, ster station on the Weymouth branch of the Great West- Sherborne hundred, union and petty sessional division, ern railway, 3 south-west from Sherborne and 5 south- Y~ovil county court district, rural deanery of Shaft~sbury

176 THORNFORD. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S (Sherborne portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese residence, in the gift of J. Kenelm D. Wingfield-Digby of Salisbury; its situation is remarkably beautiful, over- esq. M.P. and held since 1876 by the Rev. Wilfrid Roxby looking the valley of the Yeo towards Sherborne on the B.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Here is a chapel east, and commanding views extending into Devonshire for Wesleyans. In the valley below this village, especially and the hill country of Dorset. The church of St. Mary near Bradford, Roman remains are frequently turned out Magdalen in the Perpendicular style and restored at a by the husbandmen, and in one field there is a considerable cost of about £1,500, consists of chancel, separated from portion of Roman tesselated pavement, apparently the the nave by an ancient carved stone PerpendIcular screen, floor of some of the offices of a villa. J. K. D. Wingfieldnave of three bays, north aisle, south porch, and em- Digby esq. M.P. is lord of the manor and principal landbattled western tower containing 3 bells; there is a owner. The soil is Oxford clay; subsoil, gravel. The beautiful stained window on the north side of the chancel chief crops are corn; some land is in pasture. The area in memory of the Rev. C. R. Dampier, a former rector, is 1,465 acres; rateable value, £2,410; the population in presented by his widow; another window has been added 1891 was 397. in the tower in memory of the late rector, R. H. Wingfield- Parish Clerk, John Gould. Digby; the east window is stained, and there is also a window in the north aisle to the memory of Mrs. Place; Post Office.-Robert HelIyar, sub-postmaster. Letters the reredos and pulpit are of stone, the former consisting through Sherborne, which is the nearest telegraph office, of five panels, filled with Dr. Salviati's mosaics, and the at 7·35 a.m.; dispatched at 6·5 p.m. Postal orders latter of eight panels of inlaid marble; there is a good are issued here, but not paid. Yetminster is the organ; the church has 220 sittings; at the entrance to nearest money order office the churchyard stands a stone and oak lych-gate, flanked School, with mistress's residence, founded by G. D. K. by yew trees. The register dates from the year 1677. Wingfield-Digby esq. in 1865, & is now under governThe living is a discharged rectory, a peculiar of the Dean ment inspection; the school will ho:d 106 children; of Salisbury, average tithe rent-charge £117, gross yearly average attendance, 80; Miss Elizabeth Widdicombe,. val~ £177, net £155, including 38 acres of glebe with mistress PRIVATE RESIDEKT;. Buckland OhsTles, ~hopkeeper & baker Hellyar Henry, mason Clay Maj.-Gen.Alex.Davidsn.Glebe cot Conway Isaa.c H. B. dish-ict surveyor Hellyar Louisa (Mrs), shopkeeper Cornish Henry James, Pyt house &; sanita.ry inspuctor Hellyar Robert, carpenter, Post office Game Miss COnUS'h H.Jas.breedeiI" of Jersey cattle Lane George, shopkeeper Place Gen. Alfred Fox. Drake James, corn dealer & farmer ~IOOire Arthur, farmer &; hay dealer Roxby Rev. Wilfrid RA. Rectory Drake Wlliam, farmer PaUen Geor~ King's Arms inn Sowerby Mrs Fooks Eli, carpenter Perham Thomas, farmer, Lake farm Ga.be Thomas, blacksmith Roberts Alfred, cattle d~ler COMMlmCI.H. Garre'tt SimOOl, tha:tch€ll" Roberts Harriet Francis(Mrs.),shopkpr Andrews John, builder Good Grorge, dairyman, Court house Ryall & Son, farmers Andrews JQse.ph, coffee tavern Goold Charles, farmer Vincent Geor~ road surveyor TINCLETON is a parish and compact village, on the liam Jaines Kendle M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge, north bank of the river Frome, 3 miles north-west from who resides at Woodsford. Clyffe, a beautiful mansion, Moreton station on the Bournamouth and Weymouth standing on an eminence half a mile north of the church, section of the London and South Western railway and 6 and commanding one of the most extensive views in the east from Dorchester, in the Southern division of the county, is the residence of Edward Leigh Kindersley county, Puddletown hundred, Dorchester petty sessional es/}. J.P. who is lord of the manor and so~e landowner. The division, union and county court district, rural deanery soil is light loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are of Whitchurch (Bere Regis portion), archdeaconry of wheat, oats and barley. The area is 886 acres; rateable Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. value, £1,320; the population in 1891 was 160, wholly John the Evangelist, a stone structure, erected in 1851, engaged in agriculture. in the Early Decorated style, on a site adjoining the old Clyffe was an ancient hamlet. church, consists of chancel, nave and north porch, and Parish Clerk, Thomas Crumpler. has a western turret containing a clock and 2 bells: a Post Office.-Miss Jane Langham, sub-postmistress. reredos was erected in 1889 by Mrs. Poreher, in memory Letters arrive via Puddletown from Dorchester at 6 of Charles Porcher esq. of Clyffe, also a stained window a.m.; dispatched at 6.55 p.m. Postal orders are in the chancel, to Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin issued h..,re, but not paid. The nearest money orderKindersley (d. 1879), by E. L. Kindersley esq. of Clyffe: &; telegraph office is at Puddletown there are 175 sittings. The register dates from the year S_chool (mixed), on the green, with residence for mis1610. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of tress, founded in 1840 by the late H. C. Sturt &; 'Voodsford, average tithe rent charge £281, Joint gross Charles Porcher esqrs.; the school will hold 81> yearly value £312, net £260, .with residence, in the gift children; average attendance, 31; &; is entirely BUPof Lord Alington, and held since 1877 by the Rev. Wil- ported by Mrs. Porcher; Mrs. Julia Acott, mistress Crane James Edwal'd, The Cottage Besent Chas.farmr.& ~sistant overseer House Albert, gamekeeper to E. L. Kind:ersley Edward Leigh J.P. Clyffe Besent Joseph, dairyman, Hastings Kindersley esq BegeD.t Tom, dairJman Hutchings Charles,faa'm bailiff to E. L. COMMERCIAL. Crumpler Thos. boot ma.&; parish. clerk Kindersley esq. Clyffe farm Beer J ames, hood gardener to E. L. Gordge Ann (Mrs.), dairy Langham J ane (Miss), shopkpr.ro~t, off Kindoo-sley esq House Ellis (Mrs.), farmer 'Yay Uriah, blacksmith TODBER (or Todbere) is a small parish, 4~ miles 1878: s piece of old stained glass has been replaced in north-east from Sturminster Newton station on the Mid- the east window: the communion table is formed of Ir land and South Western Junction railway, and 5 south- bevelled stone, found in the old floor, and from its size west from Shaftesbury, in the Northern division of the and mouldings was evidently the ancient altar stone; it' county, hundred of Redlane, Shaftesbury petty ses- is now supported on massive pedestals of oak: the oak sional division, union and county court district, rural pulpit has been restored, it being simple but elegant deanery of Shaftesbury (Shaftesbury portion), arch- work of the Caroline period: the old octagonal font deaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church, which has been mounted on a handsome step, is surdedication unknown, was rebuilt, with the exception of mounted by a carved oak cover. The register dates: the tower, in 1879, by Elizabeth Marchioness of West- from the year 1653. The living is a rectory, annexed to' minster, on the old site and in the original styles, that of Stower Provost, gross tithe rent-charge £786,. partly Early English and partly Perpendicular; it con- average £598, joint gross income £683, net £492, with. sists ot chancel and nave; the tower has been strength- 41 acres of glebe, in the gift of King's College, Camened and supported by buttresses at the S.E. and S.W. bridge, and held since 1878 by the Rev. William Henry angles, the base of the tower forming the entrance to Whitting M.A. formerly fellow and dean of that college,. the nave; 2 bells bearing date 1736-7, one of which was who resides at Stower Provost. The Right Hon. Lord recast in 1879: the north wall of the nave has been Stalbridge P.C. is lord of the manor, and the principal slightly projected, giving more space within, the chancel landowner. The soil is sand and loam; subsQil, greeli retains its old somewhat tiny proportions: a chancel sandstone, which is workl:'d for building purposes and arch of Bath stone gives dignity to the interior, and a metalling roads. The chief crops are wheat, oats, I!mall vestry has been added on the north side: one of barley and beans. The area is 372 acres; rateable the old Early English two-light windows has been re- value, £812; the population in 1891 was 138. placed in the north wall of the chancel, and filled with Parish Clerk, Jesse Abbott. I!tained glass in memory of Richard Pratt M.A. for 17 Letters through Blandford arrive at 9 a.m. Marnhull years curate of this church and Stower Provost, d. is the nearest money order & telegraph office

DiIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. TOLPUDDLE 177 COMMERCIAL. COMMERCIAL. Wall Letter Box, cleared at 4 p.m. week days &; I I .a.m. sundays Church of England School built in 1863, for 55 children; average attendance, 46; supported in part by the Right Hon. Lord Stal' (mixed), &:; school-house, bridge; Miss Mary Dacombe, mistress Andrews- William, farmer, Manor farm Hatcher Richard, cowkeeper, :Moorside illarnes John, farmer, lime burner, Meatyard Char:otte (Mrs.), cowkeeper .A.bbott John, shopkeeper quarry wrkr. & bldr. Parsonage frm Moore James, dairyman TOLLER FRATRU:M is a parish and small village, Lord Wynford, and held since 1882 by the Rev. William near the river Frame, 1 mile south-west from Maiden Lloyd James, of St. Aidans. Browne's charity of £15 Newton Junction station, on the Weymouth branch of yearly is for distribution. The parish formerly belonged the Great Western railway, and 9! north-west from to the brethren of St. John of Jerusalem, and thence Dorchester, III the Western division of the county, Toller- derived its name. Lord Wynford is lord of the manor fQrd hundred, Dorchester petty sessional division, union and the principal landowner. The soil is clay; subsoil, and county court district, rural deanery of Dorchester clay and gravel. The chief crops are corn and pasture. (Dorchester portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese The area is 500 acres; rateable value, £622; the parish of Salisbury. The church of St. Basil is a long narrow contained 30 inhabitants in 1891. building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting Parish Clerk, Lot Chard. of chancel and nave, without tower: there is a bell at Letters through Dorchester, by foot post from Maiden the end of the porch and an ancient font: there are 80 Newton, which is the nearest money order &; telegraph littings. The register dates from the year 1563. The OIffice, a.rrive at! 7 81.m.; collected. by foot post at li'Ving is a discharged vicarage, with the vicarage of residents' houses at 6 p.m Wynford Eagle ann-exed, average tithe rent-charge £I4I, The children of the parish a.ttend the school at Toiler joint gross yearly value £192, net £160, in the gift of Porcorum et Wynford Eagle James Rev. William Lloydi (vicar) I Studley Joseph Emanuel, farmer TOLLER PORCORUM (or GREAT TOLLER), with HIGHER and LOWER XINGCOMBE. TOLLER PORCORUM is a parish, on a tributary of the parish and Toller Fratrum, not receiving ailns or parish river Frome, with a station on the Great Western rail- relief, at the rate of Ss. each, whicn' is distributed on way (Bridport branch), 10 miles west-north-west from the day after Christmas day. The Earl of Sandwich is Dorchester and 150 from London, in the Western divi- lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil ..ion of the county, partly in the hundreds of Beaminster is strong clay; subsoil, clay and gravel. The land is and Redlane and Bridport petty sessional division, but chiefly pasture. The area is 3,144 acres; rateable value, chiefly in the hundred of Tollerford, Dorchester petty £3,540; the parish contained 417 inhabitants in 189I. tlessional division, union and county court district, rural Frogmoor, half a mile south-east, Barrow Land, 1 mile deanery of Bridport (Bridport portion), archdeaconry of south-west, and Woolcomoo, I! miles SiOuth, are hamlets. Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Higher and Lower Kingcombe (or Kentcombe) is a Peter, a building of stone, in the Norman style, has tithing belonging to Toiler Porcorum one mile northchancel, nave, aisles and two galleries, one erected at west. the expense of Mr. Brown for the s~hool childr~n, and Parish Clerk, Thomas Legg. a square embattled western tower With 4 bells: III 1891 the chancel was restored by public subscription: the Post Offi~e. Joseph Keech, sub-postmas~er. Letters east window and two others in the chancel are stained: are received from Dorchester, through MaIden Newton there are 200 sittings. The register dates from the office, at 7. 15 a.m. & 6 p.m. (callers ~nly), &; are disyear 1671. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent- patche~ at 6 p.m. Postal orders are Issued here, but charge £68, gross yearly value £134, net £ 104, includ- ~ot paid.. The nearest money order &; telegraph office ing 76 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Col. IS at MaIden Newton Robert Williams M.P. of Bridehead, and held since 1893 George Browne's charity of £2I was compounded for by the Rev. Frederick Wyldbore Wingfield-Digby M.A. of by Lord Wynford in 1874 for £900, £300 of which, Christchurch, Oxford. ToIler Porcorum, or Swine's with subscriptions & sale of old school, was used for ToIler, derives its distinguishing name from the great the erection of a National school, with master's resinumber of swine formerly bred here. George Browne, dence, in 1875, &; the balance, £600, put at interest in 1774, charged his farm of ToIler Fratrum with the towards its support payment of £15 yearly to the vicar of Taller Fratrum National School (mixed), built in 1879, for 120 children; for distribution among sixty of the most industrious average attendance, 75; Charles Hallet, master poor persons, settled parishioners and inhabitants of this Railway Station, John Ware, station master Durnford Charles DaviS' George, shoe maker Mintern William, shoe maker &; farmr. Liddon James, Hillside Dibben Jsph. Shepard, Old Swan inn Higher Kingcombe Wingfield-Digby Rev. Frederick Wyld- Gale George, farmer, High. Kingcmbe Pearce Joseph, police constable bore M.A. Vicarage Galpin Joseph, builder Wallbridge Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer Yeates Henry Goddard Charles, farmer, Manor frm Wallbridge In. frmr. Low.Kingcombe Yeates John Hardy Jonathan, shoe maker IWay John, farmer - Hiscock Joseph, farmer Whittle William WaIter, miller (water) House Thomas, farmer, Woolcombe &; baker Billen Tom, but-cher &; grocer Keech James, dairyman YeateSI Edwin Henry, farmer Churchill Jas. farmr.High.Kingcombe Legg Edward, bricklayer & farmer Yeates Oeorge, tailor, &i assistant Churchill SI. farmr. High.Kingcombe Legg John, stone mason overseer for Dorchester union Cleal Jesse, hurdle ma.Low.Kingcmbe Legg Thomas, bricklayer &c Yeates Henry, farmer, Frogmoor TOLPUDDLE (Tolpuddell or Tolpiddle) is a village leading to the rood loft: there are 240 sittings. The and parish on the river Trent or Piddle and on the road register dates from the year 1718. The living is a hom Poole to Dorchester, 5 miles north from Moreton vicarage, net yearly value "'2I2, with 11 acres of glebe station, on the Bournemouth and Dorchester section of and residence, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Christ the London and South Western railway, :md 7 north·east Chur"h. Oxford, and held sinc~ 1893 by the Rev. James from Dorchester, in the Southern division of the county, Lyon Bowley M.A. of Charsltly's hall, Oxford. There is a Puddletown hundred, Dorchester petty sessional divi- f;maU chapel used by Wesleyans. James Edward Crane '!lion, union and county court district, rural deanery of esq. of Tincleton, is the principal landowner. The soil Whitchurch (Bere Regis portion), archdeaconry of Dor- is light loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, set and diocese of Salisbury. 'fhe church of St. John barley and roots. The U'ea is 2,040 acres; rateable is s flint and stone building, in the Early English and value, £I,744; the population in 1891 was 288. Perpendicular .styles, and consists of large chancel, nave, Post Office.-William Hardy, sub-postmaster. Letters north aisles and north transept, or chapeh, south porch from Dorchester via. Puddletown, arrive at 6.45 a.m.; and embattled western tower. supported by buttresses, dispatched 6.55 p.m. Sundays 10.10 a.m. Postal 'Containing 4 bells: the whole of t;he church was restored orders' are issued here, but not paid. The nearest in 1855: all the windows in the ch.ancel are stained, money order office is at Puddletown, and telegraph three in the transept and one in the nave. The large office at A.ffpuddle stained window in the transept was erected in 1894 to National School (mixed), erected in 1857 by E. St. John the memory of Canon Nash M.A. late vicar. There is esq. fo.r 80 children; aV1eraga attendance, 62; Miss also a memorial oak chair presented by the parishioneri. Martha Elizabeth Scott, mistress The silver communion plate bears the date 1577. There Carriers to Dorchester. Josiah Pople, wed. &:; sat.; is a piscina, hagioscope and portions of steps originally & Alexander MacdonaJd, wed. thurs. & SQt DORSET 12

178 TOLPUDDLE. DORSETSHIR~.. [ KELLY'S Bow1ey Rev. Jas. Lyon M.A. Vicarage Hammett William, builder & contrctr Northover John, carpenter Crane Mrs. Southover house Hardy Wm. es,tate carpntr. Post office Pople Josiah, miller, baker' &; carriel" Homer Ernest, Manor house Homer Ernest, farmer, Manor house :3ymes David Legge, Crown inn Bullen Elizh. (Mrs.), gro. &; drapr.&c f eorrett Wm. farmer, Southover frm l'homas Edward, dairyman Hammett C1ara (Miss), shopkeeper Ylacdonald Alex. grocer &; cacrier Nay Charles, blacksmith , TONERS PUDDLE (or Turners Puddle) is a parish tithe rent-charge £160, net income £185, with 4 acre. on the river riddle, about 5 miles north-east from More- of glebe, in the gift of Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh-Fl'ampton. ton ,station on the Bournemouth and Dorchester line of ot Moreton House, and held since 1869 by the Rev. Henry the London and South Western railway, 7l north-west- Peere Williams-FI'Iejeman !M.A. of Brnsenose College, by-west from Wareham and 11 south-west from Bere Oxford, who resides at .A.ffpuddle. Children of thia Regis, in the Southern divisioIl of the county, hundred parish are apprenticed from 1"rampton'$ Charity of More.... of Hund['edsflarrow, petty sessional division f:ud (,ouIlty ton. Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton is lady of tha court district of Wareham, Wareham and Purbeck union, manor and sole landowner. The soil is a chalky loam; rural deanery of Whitchurch (Bere Regis l,ortion). arch- t,he subsoil is chalk. The chief crops are wheat and deaconry lIf Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church barley. The arda is 1,936 acres, of which 1,132 acres ar& of the Holy Trinity is an ancient structure of ,stone and heath; rateable value, £800; and the population in 1891 flint, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, consisting of I WJ,S 87. chancel, nav~, s.outh. porch and ,square emb.attled Parish Clerk Thomas Le . western tower, WIth plllnacles, contammg 2 bells: It was ' gg . restored in 1883, and has 80 sittings. The register dates Lette~s .through Dorchester, arrIve at 9.15 a.m. Ber~ from t.he year 1743. [['he living is a rectory, annexed I RegIS IS the nearest; money order &; telegraph office to that of .A.ffpuddle in 1849 by Order in Council, average I The children attend school at .Affpuddle Gordge Geo. farmer, Snelling farm I J oven Thos. dairyman,Brockfield dairy Hooper John Herbert, farmer Short Charles, dairyman TURNWORTH is a 'parish, 3 miles north from Shn- Bishop of Salisbury, and held since 1893 by the Rev. lingstone .station, on the Midland and; South Western Thorna.s Perkins M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge, and Junction railway, and 6 mileS! 'West from Blandford, in F.R.A.S. Turnw:Jrth House, the seat of Lieut.-Col. the Northern division of the county, Blandford petty Uvedale Edward Parry-Okeden J.P. lord of the manor sessional division, union and county court district, form- and sole landowner, is a handsome and commodi:lul ing, with the parishes of Belchalwell and Shillingstone, mansion, pleasantly situated in a. valley Md surrounded a detached portion of that part of the hundred of Cran- by scenery of a most picturesque description. The soil borne which is in th&. West Sha~on petty sessional is light; subsoil, chalk. The crops are wheat and oats, division, being locally in the hundred of Pimperne, rural and there is\ excellent pasture land in the neighbourhood. deanery of Whitchurch (Milton portion), archdeaconry 'l'he area is 1,176 acres; rateable value, £&)2; the papuof Dor,set and diocese of Salisbury. ThEl' church of St. lation in 1891 waSl JIl. Mary the Virgin iEt a small edifice of stone in the Early Thornicombe, a hamlet, 6 miles south-west, was by English style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays Local Government Board order transferred in 188] to and north aisle, with a. square embattl~d south-western Blandford St. Mary from this parish. tower containing 3 b.ells: it was o;iginally built in the Parish Clerk, William. Wills. 13th century, and WIth, the exceptIon of the towp.r was . rebuilt in 1869, in memory of William Parry-Okeden Post O~c~.r-Letters through Blandford, arrlV& at 8.. rS esq.: there are two stained wind6ws, and Some lIlemorial a.m•• dIspatched at 5 p.m.. Sundays at n ~.m., The tablets to the Okeden and Twinyboe families,: tp.e church ne~est ;money order office. 18 at Okeford Fltzpal~e, II affords 140 sittingS'o The register' dates. from t)J.e year ml~e~ distant" and the n~arest telegraph office IS ai 1573, and there is a list of vicars and rectors from ShI1hngstone, under 3 llllleS . th~ 14th century to this dataJ The living is a rectory, Parish School (mixed), built in 1869, with clock, &; house gross yearly value £139. net £'r20, with resi- for mistress, for 40 children; average attendance, 20; dence and 22. acres .of glebe, in the gift of the Miss Worthington, mistress • Parry-Okeden Lt.-Col. Uvedale Edwd. llolt Loqisl). (Mrs.), shopkeeper Tory John Edward, farmer J.P. Turnworth house Holioway Alfred John. carpenter Wheeler William, farm bailiff to Lt.... Perkins Rev. Thomas M.A.~ F.R.A.S. ~have William, head gardener, Turn- Col. U. E. Yarry-Okeden Rectory . worth house Wills Elizabeth (Mrs.). shopkeeper TYNEHAM is a parish. in toe Isle of Pnrbeck, The register dates from the year 1654. The living is bounded on the south 'by the English Channel, nearly 6 a rectory, annexed to toot of Steeple, average tithe miles west-by-south from Corfe Oastle, on the rent-charge £322, joint gross yearly value £368, nei Swanage branch of the London and South Western £180,·with residence end ~5 acres of glebe, 19 of which railway and 8 south-by-west from Wal'eham, in the are in Tynellam, in the gift of N, Bond esq. and held Eastern division of the county, hundred 'of Hasilor, since 1889 by the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth M.A. Wareham petty sessionlcl'l division and oounty court formerly fellow of St. Peter'Si College, Cambridge, canon district, Wareham and Purbeck union, rural deanery and prebendary of Lincoln and o.lso rector of East of Dorchester (Purbeck portion), archdeaconry of Holme. Some interesting IIllIltiquities have been found Dorset and diocese {If Salisbury. The church of St. in this parish: several of the barrows, which are very Mary is a small cruciform edifice of stone, a. great numerous in this neighbourhood, have been opened, portion being modern and the main ancient po-;rtion and human remains, pottery BlIld coal money found in having little of architectural character; it cOIlisists of a them, a full description of which iSI given in "Hutchins' chancel, nave, t:rensepts and west porch; the chaJJcel History of Dor~et," to which Thoma.s Bond esq. was being Early English and the sooth wall Dec01'ated and a large oontributar. Tyneham ;House, th~ residence there is a centrni bell.cot 'Contaiuing bens: the south of the BeV't John Bond M.A. i$ la structure transept was added by the. late 'Rev. WilliaIl1 Bond: ot :furbeck ~s:ljJ.lar, (comm\IDced j.n 1$67 tlnd mostly the north transept was ehant,.y chapel, belonging to built in 158.3,' but .considerable a[tel'ationsr and additions the manOir house: again~ the west "Wall of the south were mad~ b~ th~ la~ p'ev, Willia~ ~o~d in '1820; th& aisle are three monument!! 01 Qaen stone, one in menlOry east front has a porch: andI t.hree gable;'J. all of good of the Rev. WiRiam Bolid, fonper rector (If Steepl!! propOl·tiollt and a flew entr~c~ in corrtfspen~g style with Tyneham, and a 'Canon of the- Oathedral chuotch has been constr~eted on the north side. f There is no of Bristol; and the oWer ·to' Willia.m. Bond esq. his malllor. ,The pdncip~l l&ndowne~ are Nathanieo1 &nd eldest son, a police magishrate of the metropqlis llnd ~sq. Rev. John Bond M:.~: Reginald Joseph Weld esq. recorder of PooIe and Wa.foeham, ana th~ third to the and Miss nichards. Tb.e so~l is yery! ~arious, but Rev. Henry Bond, vicar M ·South Petherton and Thomas prilJ.cipally clay; subsoil, principal,ly chalk. The chief Bond esq. Barrister at 'law: there are also other crops Ill're barley, wheat and Qlltt81; there lis also some monuments:' divine! !!'eIl"vi<!eF was formerly performed very good pasture land" ['he- area is 2,840 acres of land in this parish only once bn each Sunday in the year, and 75 of water; rnteable value, £1,424; the popuand on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday Bnd Christmas 1ation in 1,891 was 260. :Day: in 1848 the Rev. William Bond, considering the Povington, one mile north, a hamlet, and formerly a increa,se of the population, gave the sum of £1,7°0 manor, was, soon after the Conquest, given by Robert to the governors of Queen .Anne's Bounty J1pon trust Fitzgera1d to the Abbey of Bee, in Nl;)rmandy, and at to palY the dividends half yearly to the rectQr of the suppression was given by Henry VI. to Eton Tyneham, upon condition of his performing two full CollegEl', and afterwards it oame by exchange to the lleJ'vices, with a sermon, &very Sunday, also on Good Crown, and was given by Edward VI. to the Duke of Friday and Ohriltma~ Day =- there lIIre 300 sittings.. Somerset; after his attainder Queen Elizabeth (A.R. 2 4)

DlRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. • UPWAY. 179 granted it to Edward, Earl of Hertford, who sold the 5 men. Baltington, half a mile west; Whiteway adjoins demesnes and copyholds to the tenants and thus ex- Povingoon, and was anciently parcel of that manor. tinguished the nuunor. Parish Olerk, FralIlcis Wilcox. Egliston derives its name from Eglin, its ancient Letters through Wareham, arrive at 9.30 a.m. Corfe owner, anciently 8 manor and hamlet; it now consists Castle is the nearest money order &; telegraph office of two farms, known as North Egliston, 1 of a mile north-east and South Egliston, 11 miles south-east Wal,l Letter Box cleared at 5.40 p.m.; sundays, and a portion of Tyneham farm 9·55 a.m WorbaTl'ow is a hamlet I mile south-west, at which Nationa~ School, built in 1856, for 60 children; average there is a coastguard stati{)n, with a chief officer and attendance, 36; Miss Matilda. Rose, mistress Bond Rev. John M.A. Tyneham house Chilcott William, farmer, Povington Mead George, farm bailiff to Nathl. Wordsworth Rev. Canon Ohristopher Cooper Thomas,gardener &; taxidermst Bond esq. North Egliston farm M.A. Rectory Cooper William, farmer, rovington Mores Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Chilcott Arth. farmer, Baltington frm j Hull William, farmer UPWA Y is a parish, situated in ft, beautiful valley, I bequest not known; in 1786 the money was vested in open at the south and sheltered by lofty hills at tte G. Gould esq. Mrs. Daniell's charity, dividends amount west and north, with a station on the Weymouth and to £8 1281. alIlnually to provide meat and bread for the Dorchester line of the Great Western railway, 4 miles poor at Christmas, will and codicil dated 1839 and south-by-west from Dorchester, 4 north from Weymouth 1849. The l~gacy of £300 was vested in the purchase and 141; from London, in the Southern division of the of £313 2S. Id. new consolicLa,ted 3 per Cent annuities. county, Dorchester petty sessional division, Weymouth Miss Catherine Barbara Jackson, who died 10 December, union and county court district, rural deanery of 1847, left £500 to the Parish Church of England Dorchester (Weymouth portion), archdeaconry of school; the money was inveSlted in the purchase 01 Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. £535 14S. 4d. Consols, the rector and churchwardens Lawrence is an alIlcient and picturesque edifice of stone, being trustees; the dividends are paid qnarterly to the oldest portions of which the tower and north aisle the school account. The Dorsetshire Wey rises here and . belong to the La~ Perpendicular period, and date from presents tit beautiful fountain, formed by one of the: about 1490: it con~sts of chancel, clerestoried nave, largest springs in England, often visited by King battlemented aisles. north porch and an embattled George Ill. for drinking the water during his stay .at western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and Weymouth; it rises at the foot of Windsbatch Hill.' 4 bells: the present chancel is but small: the east flows through several vilLages and empties itself into the' window is stained and contains some painted glass of sea at Weymouth. In a large Celtic harrow on Mr. John Flemish work, but the rest is modern: the west window Mayo's farm, skeletons and bronze and flint implements retains six fragments of its original glass: on the chrolcel have been discovered. Eastbrook is the residence of waJls are tba-ee quaint oak figures of Apostles, supposed to Maurioo Wm. Portman e'sq.; Westbrook of Arthur nbert have once formed part of a rood screen and until 18g1 esq. and Upway House, Gf Bruno Butler Bowdon esq. The affixed to the base of the pulpit: the north 8il'cade of parish of Upway is divided into three manors. The the nave has graceful piers, the capitals of which are I manor and tithing of Elwell, otherwise Ridgeway, of OOil'ved with twined wreaths of foliage: the south i which the Earl of llchester is lord of the manor; the arcade, erected in 1838, is an excellent copy of the f manor and tithing of Stottingway, of which the Proformer: the north aisle has oak wainscot of the 17th! curator and CommoIlGllty of Vicars of the Cathedral century: by the doorway is' a niche for a holy water Uhurch of Sarum are or claim to be lords of the manor; the stoup, and over the entrance lobby are the Royal Arms manor or tithing of Wabeyouse or Waybayeux or Wa,ybayof George Ill. carved in oak: the pulpit of carved oak, ard (the [atter giving the name to Bayard farm in the dates from the reign of Charles I. and is a fine 1 parish), of which Capt. Gould is lord of the manor. Dr. example of its- kind: the font is of Late Perpendicular Goodden, MisS! Miller and Capt. George Thomas Gould date but has been injudiciously scraped and cleaned: are the principal landowners. The soil is heavy clay in 1838 the church WB,S extensively repaired and, subsoil, clay and rock. The chief crops are wheat and altered, a clerestory being added to the nave, the south barley, and some land in pasture. The area is 1,785 aisle erected, the chancel remodelled, if not rebuilt acres; rateable value, £4,634; the population in 1891 and all the roofs renewed~ in 1891 the western 8t1ld was 752. north and south galleries were taken down, the organ Elwell is an adjoining tithing where the;re is a barrow., removed, the tower arch opened, the font raiSled on 6 Ridgeway takes its name from the Roman road. base of Portland stone and furnished with a cover, Parish Clerk Robert Rixton and the interior reseated with oak benches and chairs, ' . and there are now 300 sittings. The register dates Postf M. O. &; T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery &; Annuityfrom ~he year 1654. The living is a. rectory, average &; Insurance Office.-William Corbin, 15mb-postmaster. tithe rent-charge £'299, gross yearly value £370, net Letters arrive from Dorchester by mail cart a,t 5.20' £338, inoluding 42 acreSl of glebe with re.sidence, in a.m. &; 2.40 p.m.; dispatched at 9.30 a.m. &; a.IQ the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, 8t1ld held since 1889 p.m. by II\ail OOiI't by the Rev. Frederick Broke Howell M.A. of Merton Wall. Letter Box, near the mill, cleared at 7.30 p.m., , College, Oxford, chaplain to Earl Nelson. Here is a &; one at Eastbrook cleared '3'li 7.45 p.m Congregational chapel, in the Early English and Decor- National school (mixed), erected in 1840 by the late' ated styles, to seat 300 people; also a Wesleyan chapel George Gould &; enlarged in 1872 &; 1887 for 160- at Ridgeway, built in 1870, to ~eat 200 people. children; average attendance, 1°3; :Francis Thomas Charities: Mrs. Pa'yne's charity, principal £40, interest Willis, master; Misls Laird, assistant infants' mistress distributed by the rector and churchwardens, date of Railway Station, Richard Harry Dyke, station master PBIVATE RESIDENTS. Samson Miss, Elwell lea Grove's John, assistant overseer &; Barnes Mrs. Highclere Taylor Miss collector of ta.xes &; inspector or Bunes Mrs. Icen villa Thomas Mrs. Hill house nuisances to Weymouth rural saniBowden Burns Buner, Upway house Warren Charles, Elwell house tary authority Bullen Miss, The Haven COMMERCIA.L. Hansford Robert, dairyman Burney Frederick Atkins' John, builder Rare Charles, saddler Child Isaiah Charles, The Cottage Bilke Edward, boot maker Roward Charles, dairyman Dugard Mrs. Elwell place Bowditch Francis, butcher King William, shoe maker Griffiths Rev. Wm. M.A. (Cong) Bowditch Joseph Durden, baker Kingman Simon, farmer Rams Mrs Cake John, beer retailer Langford Hezekiah, beer retailer Rowell Rev. Frederick Broke M.A. Cheney Charles, market gardener Loveless Alfred, carpenter (rector) Christopher &; Son, nurserymen Lovell John, dairyman llbert Arthur, Westbrook Christopher Enoch Jas. shopkeeper Mayo John, farmer, Upway farm Jameson Mrs. Kirkdale Dorchester &; Weymouth Colportage MiliaI'd Thomas, apartments Lipscombe John Society (Henry Martin, colporteur) l'Iew Harry, market gardener ~Iallock Col. Henry A. Manor house Dowell Justinian, shopkeeper ewman Edward, dairyman ~{ayo John Eng:ish Tom, carrier Rogers Wa:ter, market gardener Miller Mi-ss Groves Fanny (Miss), ladies' boarding RopeI' Henry Dmden, stone merchant ~Iussell Daniel Mason, Spring cottage &; day school, Grove cottage Smith Edward, farmer Portman Maurice William, Eastbrook Groves Frank, apartments Strange George, builder, carpenter, :aop~r Mrs. Rose cottage Guppy William, market gardener whe~lwright It undertaker; painter, DORSET 12*

180 UPWAY. DonSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S paperhanger &; house decorator; Tizzard WaIt.er, Ship P.R "Yhite &; Sons, cabinet makers estimates for all kinds of building Trevett .Arthur, shopkeeper Willis John, market gardener work, Station road; &; at Broadway Trevett Frederick, coal merchant Wills George J. coal dealer VERWOOD is a parish, formed by the Local Govern- house, who is lord of the manor. The soil is sand. The ment Board in 1894, and is on the Hampshire border; as chief crops Ilre wheat and barley. 'l'he area is 4,591 an ecclesiastical parish, which was formed in 1887 from acres; rateable value, £1,900; the population in 1891 was Cranborne andWest Parley,it includesVerwood,Three Leg- 1,190. ged Cross and West Moors, as a civil parish it only takes in Sexton, Henry Trickett. Verwood and Three Legged Cross and is called the parish Post &; l\L O. 0., S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office, of Verwood; there is 8 railway station at Verwood, 4 Verwood.-John Trickett, sub-postmaster. Letters miles south-east of Cranborne, and one at West Moors, 4 through Salisbury, arrive at 8.30 a.m. &; 3 p.m.; dis. miles north·east of Wimborne, both on the Salisbury and patched at 6.30 p.m.; no sunday post. Telegrams are Dorset branch of the London and South Western railway, received &; dispatched at Verwood &; West Moors the latter being also on the main line; the parish is in railway stations. the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Cranborne, Letter Box, West Moors, cleared at 5.10 p.m petty sessional division and county court district of Wim- Wall Letter Box, Three Legged Cross, cleared at 6 p.m. borne, Wimborne and Cranborne union, rural deanery of week days only Pimperne (Wimborne portion), archdeaconry of Dorset Wall Letter Box, Verwood station, cleared at 7 p.m aDd diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Michael and Schools. All Angels is a structure of brick, in the Gothic style, oCcnsisting of chancel (enlarged and decorated in 1893), Mixed, built about 1840, with residence for teachers, to na~e, western baptistery (dedicated 29 Sept 1894), west hold 120 children; average attendance, 61; Isaac Ben· porch and a bell turret; in October, 1894, a memorial font well, master; Mrs. Benwell, mistress of marble, with a carTed oak cover, was placed in the British (mixed), built in 1877, for 100 children; attend· church; there are 210 sittings. The register dates ance, 72 ; William J. Wilks, master from the year 1840. The living is a perpetual curacy, net Three Legged Cross (mixed), to hold 60 children; average yaarly value £135, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, attendance, 31 ; Mrs. Tart, mistress .and held since 1887 by the Rev. Claud Brown M.A. of National (mixed), West Moors, built in 1859, with resi. Wadham College, 'Oxford. The vicarage house was built dence for mistress, for 100 children; average attend. in 1889-9°. At West Moors there is a School Church ance, 50; Miss Le Feuvre, mistress and a parsonage. At Three Legged Cross is an iron School &; school house are now (1895) being built at church, opened 13 Feb. 1893. There are Baptist, Congre- West Moors gational and Wesleyan chapeLs at Verwood, and Congrega- Railway Stations. tional and Primitive Methodist chapels at Three Legged Verwood, Frank P. Martin, station master Cross• .A fair is held here on Dec. 8th. The principal land- West Moors, James Hallett, station master owners are the Earl of Normanton, of Somerley, Ring- There is a conveyance from Verwood station to the 'Vie. 'Wood, Hants, and W. Rolles Fryer esq. J.P. of the Manor toria,' Cranborne, twice daily VERWOOD. Shearing Charles, blacksmith Independent Order of Oddfellows :Brown Rev. Glaud M.A. (vicar) Shearing James, potter (William P. Stickland, sec) \Feyer William R, J.P. Manor house Sims Robert, potter Joy John H. farmer, Woo1sbridge COMMERCIAL. Sims Seth, earthenware dealer Revell Andrew, besom maker Andrews Job, potter Standfield Geo., Albrt. &; Frank,frmrs Revell George, besom maker Andre-ws Joseph, hawker Stickland John, farmer Stickland Jesse, farmer, Woolsbridge Attwood Ric'hd. farmer,Eastworth frm T'horne Frank, gamekeeper to Capt. Stickland William Peter, public au· "1lacon George, farmer Burbage di'tor, insurance agent &; shopkeepr oCBailey Henry, cowkeeper, Pond farm Thorne John, farmer, Crab orchard WEST MOORS. Eailey Samuel, poUer Thorne Sam, farmer, Manor farm :Bailey Thomas, earthenware dealer Trickett John, shopkeeper, Post office (Lettens received through Wimborne.) Bailey William, blackismith Trickett Joseph, general dealer Bailey James, Railway inn Budden Lot, coal merchant, Station Wilks William J. schoolmaster Frampton George, shopkeeper Cor~in Thomas, shopkeeper &; beer ret THREE LEGGED CROSS. Hallett James, station master DavIs Mark, farmer .. Hatcihard George, farmer Ferrett Frank, potter (Letters receIved through Rmgwood.) Hatchard William, farmer Habgood Hy. Thos. brick ma.Station Gurney Rev. Wm. C., B.A. (curate) Pay Oharle.s, florist Henning Henry C. Albion P.H Barrett Robert, bricklayer Roe Fredk. W. frmr. Woolslope farm King Job, Hawker Crutcher Thomas E. hawker Strange Richard C. farmer Martin Frank P. station master Dyke Henry J. H.Travellers' Rest P.B WooLford Henry, farmer WALLDITCH is a parish, partly within the borough of . in the gift of Joseph Gundry esq. J.P. and held since 1887 Bridport, in the Western div~sion of the county, Godder- by the Rev. John Wynn Werninck, who resides at Bothen· ";j;horne hundred, Bridport petty sessional division, union hampton. Joseph Gundry of The Hyde, Bothenhampton, ,.and county court district, rural deanery of Bridport (Brid- and Lord Wynford, who is lord of the manor, are the -.'P0rt portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of principal landowners. The soil is sandy loam; subsoil, : Salisbury, one mile and a half east-by-south from Brid- rock. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The port. The church of St. Mary is a small stone building, area is 285 acres; rateable value, £1,15°; the population : in the Early English style; the church was rebuilt about in 1891 was 175, of which 67 are included ill the municipal 1863; it consists of chancel, nave of three bays, north borough of Bridport. aisle, south porch and western turret containing one bell; Parish Clerk, Samuel Swaffield. the aisle arcade is supWrted by octagonal piers with Letter Box, cleared at 4.40 p.m. on week days only. moulded capitals; there are three lancet lights at the Letters through Bridport, which is the nearest money , east end of the chancel; the original Norman font still order & telegraph office, arrive at 8.45 a.m remains; there are 140 sittings. The register dates from National School (mixed), with residence for mistress, . the year 1637. The living is a perpetual curacy, average built in 1850, for 80 children; average attendance, 30; tithe rent-charge £26, gross yearly value £180, net £171, Miss Emma Cornish, mistress - Brown Miss, Shute Haye Ackerman Joseph, farmer Fooks Frederick, farmer COMMERCIAL. Ackerman Stephen, shopkeeper Reading Room (Nathaniel Mose, sec) _Ackerman John, wheelwright Ash Robert, farmer Swaffield Samuel, mason &; parish clrk WAMBROOX: is a parish, at the extreme west of the r bells; there are 150 sittings. The register dates from the ..county, between the counties of Devon and Somerset, and year 1653. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent· >on the Wam brook, 2 miles south~westfrom Chard station charge £195, gross yearly value £200, net £155, with on the London and South Western and Great Western 29 acres of glebe and residence, in the i!\'ift of Arlmiral railways, s! miles north-west from Axminster, and 12 John William Dorville, of Great Malvern, and held since 1rom Lyme Regis, in the Western division of the county, 1895 by the Rev. Alfred Charles Clifford Spalding, of hundreds of Beaminster Forum and Redborne, Bridport Jesus College, Cambridge. The principal landowners and ·petty sessional division, Chard union and county court lords o.f the manor are the trustees of the late Richard ·district, rural deanery of Bridport (Lyme portion), arch- Thornton West esq. Stretham Hall, Exeter. The soil is '\leaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Salisbury. The church stone brash and clay; subsoil, flint and clay. The chief 'of St. Mary is a small plain edifice of stone, in the Per~ I crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 1,857 pendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave and Early I acres; rateable value, £1,928; the population in 1891 "'English north and south porches, with embattled western 1 was 231. 'tower, with one pinnacle, and containing a peal of 5 I Sexton, Abraham Beviss.

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIH.E. WAREHAM. 181 Pillar Letter Box, Higher Wambrook, cleared at 6.5 p.m. week days only National School (mixed), built in 1845, with house for mistress, for 70 children; average attendance, 50 j Mrs. Selina B. Denslow, mistress tax collector for Chardstock, Wam- Gear Ehzh. (Mrs.), farmer, Deerham brook &; part of Membury,Bartletts Jeffery William, dairyman &; bailiff to Beviss Wm. Salter,farmer, Linnington T. D. Eames esq. Cotley dairy Bowyer Eli, New inn Main William, farmer, Coombe's farm Collins Fredk.JBis.wheelwrght.&crpntr Norris Charles, farmer, Lancin Denslow Ann (Mrs.), Post office Thomas James, farmer, Oatlands Denslow John, blacksmith Wale John, farmer, Worthill farm Eames William Deane, farmer, Wam- Wilkins Thomas, farmer, Castlewood brook farm Post Office.-Mrs. Ann Denslow, sUb-postmistress. Letters arrive by foot post from Chard at 6.50 a.m.; dispatched at 5.55 p.m.; no arrival or dispatch on sundays. Chard is the nearest money order &; telegraph office Eames Edward, Broad Oak Eames John, Broad Oak . Spalding Rev. Alfred Charles Clifford, Rectory Stock The Misse,s, Beulah cottage COMHERCIAL. Beviss Abraham, registrar of births &; deaths for Coombe St. Nicholas &; assistant overseer &; inland revenue • WAREHAM . WAREHAM is a municipal borough with a station on the London and South Western railway, 125 miles from London, 17 south-east from Dorchester, 4 north-west from Corfe Castle, 8 south-west from Poole, and 6 south from Bere Regis, it is the head of a union, county court district and petty sessional division, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Winfrith, Whitchurch rural deanery (Poole portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The town is situated between the rivers Piddle and Frome, occupying a rising ground, near their outfan into Poole Harbour, and consists of four spacious and open streets, intersecting each other at right angles, its area being nearly inclosed by high artificial ramparts of earth, and covering about 100 acres; these ramparts are of remote antiquity, supposed to be of British origin, and now form a healthful recreation ground for the inhabitants. Wareham was a Roman settlement, as was Stoborough, and figures large!y in history,from the time of Canute to that of the Commonwealth. The space between the embankments and the present inhabited part has been converted into gardens, which are let by the lord of the manor at moderate rents. There is a substantial stone bridge of six arches crossing the Frame from South street, and connecting the county with the Isle of Purbeck, which was rebuilt about the year 1777. There is a salmon fishery in this river, but from the system of taking the fish out of season, on their ascending the river to ~pawn, it was nearly destroyed, but now under more stringent regulations has considerably revived; the tides flow as high as Holme Bridge, 3 miles above the town. In 1762 the town, with the exception of three churches now standing, was entirely consumed by fire. It is a borough by prescription, and possesses several charters, under one of which, granted by Queen Anne in 1703, the government of the town was vested in a mayor, recorder, and six capital, and 12 assistant burgesses, with a town clerk, and other officers, but under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1883 (46 &; 47 Vict. c. 18) a new charter was issued, July 16, 1886, and the corporation now consists of a mayor, four aldermen and 12 councillors, who also act as the Urban Sanitary Authority. 'fha bl'rough returned twn members to Parliament from the reign of Edward I. until the passing of the" Reform Act, 1832" (2 &; 31 Wm. IV. c. 45), which reduced the representation to one only, and under the provisions of the" Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 " (48 &; 49 Vict. c. 23) it was merged in the Eastern division of the county. There is an ancient court of record here, which has fallen into disuse, and is superseded by the county court. The town is lighted with gas by a company. This town contains three parishes :-Holy Trinity within, Lady St. Mary within and St. Martin's within. The churches of Holy Trinity and St. Martin are both standing, but neither of them are used for public worship; the latter, now covered with ivy and forming a very picturesque object in North street, is only used for the buriallCl of the mpmb~rs of one or two families. There are some traces of other parochial churches having existed in former times, called St. Michael, St. Peter and St. John, but the parishes have been consolidated with the others, and the only evidence of their existence is the name in the King's Books, which subjects the rector to a charge for first-fruits, tenths and land-tax. The church of St. Mary is very ancient; it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, with chapel, western porch and an embattled western tower, containing 8 bells, with vestry; the chapel in the south aisle is said to be the burial place of the Anglo-Saxon kings, and in it reposed for three years the remains of Edward the Martyr, who was murdered at Corfe Castle by Elfrida; his bones were then removed with much pomp and ceremon~' by St. Dunstan and a Tlumerous train of monks, to Shaftesbury; the nave ')f ~be church was rebuilt in .1841-42, and re-opened for public worship, Sept. 29th, 1842; the chancel contains a beautifwl wlldow, of the date of Henry VII. and the tower is a very handsome GothIc structure; near the west entrance is a font of the nth century, it is of lead, hexagonal in form, mounted on a solid base of Purbeck marble, and on the sides are carved figures, representing the Twelve Apostles in high relief; in digging for the new foundation of the nave, a fine sarcophagus, of Purbeck marble, was discovered, supposed to have been the receptacle for the body of Edward the Martyr; a slight groove surrounding the cist would imply that a metallic lid covered too remains on their being deposited, and which was doubtless removed by Dunstan; many singular inscription~, on old stones, built in with the former strud>nre, weTe also discovered; these, it is deeply regretteJ were wantonly destroyed or built into the walls of the nave; a few of the above have been restored; from a small portion of theold structure still remaining, and which has been converted into a vestry-room, it would appear as if the old' building was highly ornamented, and leaves the archreologist to regret that so nondescript an object as the new nave should have superseded the more artistic erection of the olden time; there is a monument to the Rev. John HutchiIliS, autho~ of the "History of Dorset," who waS' formerly rector here, and is buried in the chapel formerly used for the burial of the Anglo-Saxon kings. The church was restored in 1882 from designs by Coulson and Son, of Winchester; the nave was reseated and the western gallery removed; the church was re-paved with PooIe tiles and gas fittings introduced, the total expenditurewas about £2,000; in 1893-4, the chancel was rebuilt, at the cost of Mrs. Rodgett of Sandford house; the orga~. also the gift of Mrs. Rodgett, has lately been removed to an orgClin chamber, built at the sole expense of James B. Dugdale esq. J.P. ; the church will now seat 1,000 persons:... The register dates from the year 1762. The living consists of the rectories of Holy Trinitv, St. Martin and St. Mary, with the perpetual curacy of Arne annexed, average tithe rent-charge £375, joint gross yearly value £50Q, net £257, with 10 acres of gle'be and residence, in the gift of W. M. Calcraft esq. and held since 1888 by the Rev. Selwyn Blackett, chaplain to Wareham union and surrogate. A Catholic church, dedicated to St. Michael, at Westport, was erected in 1889; it is of Purbeck stone with Doulton dressings, in the Early English styl(', and consists of chancel and nave, and will seat about 200 persons. There are three chapels, viz. Congregational, in Chapel lane., seating 46o; Wesleyan, North street, seating 250; and Unitarian, South street, seating 250. A cemetery of about one acre, adjoining the church of St. Mary, was formed in 1882 at a cost of about £200, it contains Qne mortuary chapel and is under the control of a Burial Board of 9 members. The Town Hall and Corn Exchange, in the Market place, is a Gothic building of red brick, with stone dressings, having tower and clock; it is used not only by the corporation, but for other public meetings of the town and neighbourhood, and the sittings of the petty sessions of the borough and county justices; it contains a puLlic reading room. The head quarters of B Company 1st VoluntEer Bat. talion, Dorsetshire Regiment, are in South street. This town has long been noted for its extensive trade in potters', fire, pipe, tile and other kinds of clay, some thousands of tons of which are annually sent to Staffordshire, America, Stockholm, Belgium, France and other parts; the railway, laid down from the pits by the late Mr. W. J. Pike, with a gradual incline to the mouth of the river Frome, conveys the clay at a verv trifiinQ' cost; there is also an extensive brewery belonging to Messrs.

182 WAREHAM. DORSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S Panton &; Co. and there are brick and clay works at Sandford. The market day is Tuesday. There are two fairs, held on the Tuesday nearest the 17th April and nth Sept. both for cattle, which are generally well attended; there are also five cattle markets, commencing about I4-th February, and continuing every fortnight. There is an almshouse for six men and five women, endowed by John Strech egg. and rebuilt in 1741 by Henry Drax and John Pitt esqrs.: ea,ch of the eleven 8ilmspeople receive seven shillings weekly, besides a new gQwn or cloak, beef and coals at Ohristmas: this income is continually augmented 1f1'OID the increasing value of the estate. There are also charita;ble bequests, amounting to £75 yearly, arising from Oonsols and land left in 1828 by SIteplb.en Bird and otJhers, divided annually in sman .sums to about 200 persons. The Priory of SS. Mary, Peter and Ethelwold, founded by the Earl of Leicester, in the reign of Henry 1. as a cell of St. Benoit-sur-Leyr, near this church is still standing: it was originally fQunded by St. Aldhelm, who died A.D. 709; in the year 1880 a double piscina, octagonal in form and of Putbeck marble, was discovered in the wall on the S'outh side of the chancel. SandlfO'Td, the residence of Mrs. Rodgett, about 2 miles nortJh-east, is a very elegant mansion, in the Elizalbethan fl·tyle, built of white brick of the neighibQurhood with stone dressin·gs: it occupies an elevated site overlooking 'Poole Ha.rbour and Brownsea Island, and is well sheltered .by fir plantations. St. Martin's House, the residence of Freeland Filliter esq. is in North street. The principal landowners are W. M. Calcraft esq. of Rempstone Hall, who owns the manor, the Earl of Eldon, Mrs. Erle-Drax, D. ISturdy esq. E. SturdJ esq. and Mrs. Boolgett, of Sandford. The areas, rateable values and populations o'f the parishes are as follows: Rateable Pop. Acres. value. 1891. Holy Trinity, 2,609 of land &141 of foreshore £2,471 796 Lady St. Mary, 2,626 of land & 240f water 4,632 *1,668 St. Martin, 2,903 of land & 1,099 of foreshore 3,651 623 *ID'cluding 72 officers and iIltmates in the workhoThse. The area of the municipal borough is 25 I acres; the population in 11891 was: Holy Trinity (part of), 267; Lady St. Mary (part of), 1,513; St. Martin (part of), 361. Swineham, I mile east-by-nortJh, and North and South Bestwell, were, by Local Government Board Order, transferred from East Stoke to St. Ma'rtin parish in r888, and at tbe same date North and South Trlgon were transferred from St. Martin to Lady St. Mary. IStoIborough Uberty, in Holy Trinity parish, is on the SQutfu o.f the Frome, over which is So substantial stone br~dge to Wa.reham. Parish Clerk, Miss Hannah Kelsey. OFFIOI.A.L EST!ABLISH~, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS kc. 'Post &; M. O. &; T. 0 .• S. B. &; Annuity & Insurance Office, North street.----ijohn Budden Best, postmaster. 'Letters are delivered! from all parts at 7 &; ID.45 a.m. !&; 1.30 &; 6 p.m.; letter bQX closes for London &; forward at ID.30 a.m.; registered up to 10.15 a.m.; WeyI mouth &; Dorohester at 12.5 p.m.; registered up to 11.50 a.m.; for London and all parts, Southampton, and towns on S. W. Railway Voia Southampton, at 12.35 p.m.; registered up to 12.20 p.m.; London and forward, Bath, Bristol, West & North West ()f England, 5.15 p.m. &; for London &; all parts of the kingdom at IQ p.m.; registered up to '9.30 p.m.; sund'ay, dispatohed at 10 p.ro The office is open for sale of stamps &; registration of letters from 7 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.; sunday, 8 a.m. to ID a.m. Sale of Postal Orders, 7 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. Payment of Postal Orders, 9 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. Money Order & Savings Bank, &; Annuity & Insurance business &; lssue of Licences, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Telegraph business, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; sunday, 8 a.m. to ID p.m County Magistrates fQr Wareham Perty Sessional Division. Mansel Col. George Pleydell D.L. Smedm()re. Wa,reham chairman Eldon Earl of D.L. Stowell park, :Korthleach, Glous Ceml Lord Eustace Brownlow Gascoigne-, Lytchett Heath. Po()la Ande11Soo Kennm.h Lockwood MOO'Tison esq. Cluny,Swnge Benmnck WilIiam George Oavendish esq. M.P. 5 Rich,! mood terrace. Whitehall, London S W Bond GeraJid Denis esq. Creooh Grange, Wareham Bond John Wentworth Garneys esq. D.L. Creech Grange. Wareham Bond NatUlaniel egg. D.L. Oreech grange, Wareham Burt John Mowlem esq. Purheck house, Swanag-e I Oa)erlllft William Montagu esq. Rempstone hall, Warehan:l DugdaJe J'lLIIles Boardman esq. Sandford, Wareham I Farrer oOliver Oooke esq.Binnegar hall,EastStoke,Wareh'Ill Fet'herstl()TIihaugh-Frampton Harry Rupert esq. Moreton house, Dorchester Fetherstonhaugh-Frampoton Rupert Pennetfather esq. D.LI Moreton, Dorches1ier Fyler John Wm. Townsend esq. ·D.L. Hethfelton,Warehm Guest Montague John esq. D.L. Bere Regis, Wareham Hawkesworth Major John Wm. Bain, S'bokeford, Warehani Pickard-Camibridge Col. Jocelyn, Bloxworth house, Bere Regis, Wa.reham Plike La.wrence Warburton esq. Furze'brook, Churc~ Knowle, Warooam Badclyffe Charles James esq. Hyde house, Wareham And the Mayor &; Ex-Mayor for cases arising within the Iborough <Jterk to the Magistrates, Philip Edward Lionel Budge, North street Petty Ses'sions are held! alt the Town Han every alternate tuesday at 12 noon. The following p:'aces are included in the Petty ·Sessional division: AIDing-ton, Affpuddle, Arne, including Holy Trilllity (out) (Wal'eham), Bere Regis, Blatdhenwell, Bloxworth, East Bradle, Briantspudd:e, East Burton, East Ohald'On, Qbaldon Herring, oChurch Knowle, Coomlbe Keynes, Corie Oastle, Creech East, Creech Grange. Earlsmead &; Haymoor, Egglesron, Encomibe, Hel'stone &; Langton Matravers, East Holme. West Holme, Holworth, Hyde, Kimmeridge, iKlingsh'Old. Kingston, Kingston Winterborne. Lady St. Mary (Wareham), Langton Wallis, Longcotts, East Lulworth. West Lulworth. East Morden, West ~Iorden, Ml>reton, Ower, Povington, Rempstone, Rollington, St. IMartin (,Wareham), '8Ihitterton, Steeple. Stohorough, East Stoke. Studland, Swanage, Tonerspuddle, Tyneham, Whitecliff, Winlfrith Newtburgh,Wool, Worgrett &I Worth Matravers Corporation. x694-95· Mayor, Councillor John .A1bert Drew. Aldermen. . tWilliam Phillips Collihole I tJohn Samuel Drew §Freeland Filliter I §Stephen White Bennett Oouncillors. tJonathan Bennett tEdward Seymer Clark tJoseph Harris Bennett tGeorge Dicker tHy. F.Townshend Chambers *James Hollingham tGeorge Whittle *Richard JeanesMarshallsay !William Crocker *John Murley tJohn Albert Drew *George Edward Paul The Corporation meet a.t the Town Hall 1St'friday in each month. Marked thus t retire in 1895. Marked! thus t retire in 10896. Marked thus * re~ire in 1897. Marked thus § retire in 1898. Mayor's Auditor, Jdhn Murley Elective Auditors, Fredk. Bollam &; Albt. Edwd. Skewe5 Officers of the Corporation. Town Clerk, George Clavell Filliter, North street Treasurer, Reginald Douglas Thornton, Dorsetshire Eank Medical Officer of 'Health, Kilcoursie J ocelyn Oourtenay L.R.G.P. &; S.Edin. North street Surveyor, G6IOrge HoIbhs, jun. East street Sanitary Inspecoor, Oollootor. Town Sergeant &; Grier, John Bridle, Horse &; Hroom Wareham & Purheck Union. The union comprises the fQl:owing parishes :-Affpuddle, A,rne, indluding Holy Trinity (out) (Wareham), Bere Regis, BloxW'orth, Ohaldon Herring, Church Knowle, Coomlbe Keynes, Corfe Castle, East Holme, East LulwortJh. East Stoke, Kimmeridge, Langton Matravers, Morden, Moreton, Shitteroon tything, Steeple, Studland, Swanage. Toner's Puddle, Tyneham, Warehalll Llldy St. Mary, Wareham St. Ma.rtin, West Ludwortb, Winfrith Newburgh, WOQI &; Worth Matravers. 'l'be population in 1'891 was 16,580; area, 92,521 acres; rateable value in 18W, £75,fJ-28.

DIRECrORY.] DORSE'ISHIRE. W AREH.AM. 183 The Board meet alternate tuesday at II a.m. at Union house. . Clerk to the GuardUans & Assessment Committee, Freeland Filliter, North street Treasurer, Reginald D'Ouglas Thornton, Dorsetshire Bank Relieving & Vaccination Officers, No. I district, William tR. Marshman, South street, Wareham; No. 2 district, Wil:iam Bullen, Bere Regis; No. 3 district, William ITohn Randall, Code Castle Medical Officers & Pu'blic Vaccinators, Bere Regis district, Francis Daniel Lys, Bere Regis; Corfe Castle district, Herbert Cresar Ha,wkins, Corie Castle; Morden district, Krilcoursie J ocelyn Courtenay L.R.C.P. & S. .Edin. Nortlh street, Wareham; Swanage district, Geo. Cotes Delamotte, Swanage; Wareham No. I district, Kilcoursie Jocelyn .courtenay L.B.C.P. & S. Edin. North street, Warebam; Wareham No. 2 district, Hy. Francis Townshend Chambers L.RC.P. & S. Edin. Glebe house, N orlh street, Wareham; WinIrith district, James Bart:ett L.R.C.P.Edin. Winfrith Superintendent Registrar, F'reeland Filliter, North street, Wareham; deputy, Geurge Clavell Filliter, North st. Wareham Registrars o.f Births & Dealfus, Bere Regis sub-district. Wm. Bullen, Bere Regis; deputy, Samuel E. Bemister, Bere Regis; Code Castle sub-district, J ames Henry Willshire, Corrfe Castle; deputy, Edward Smith, CQrfl' Cas't:e; Swanage sub-district, George Cotes Delamotte, Swanage; deputy, George Hurlock, Swanage; Ware. ham sub-district, William. Robert Marshman, South street, Wareham; deputy, James William Tribbett, West street, Wareham Registrars of Marriages. Albert Laws, North stTeet,Wareham; deputy, Charles' Robert Moss, Mill street, Wareham; George Cotes ,Delamotte, Swanage; deputy, George Horlock, Swanage Workhouse, is a building of brick, built in 1835, to hold 207. The inmates present number (:889) 55; Rev. Selwyn B:.ackett, chaplain; Henry Francis Townshend -chambers L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. mediical officer;. Alfred Cotton, master; Mrs. Annie Cotton, matron School Attendance Committee. Clerk, Freeland Filliter. North street Attendance Officers, 1Villiam RiObt. Marshman,:Ware-ham; William Bullen, Bere Regis; WiLiam John Randall, Ulne Castle , • Rural District Council. - Meets at Town Hall on tuesdays at 3 p.m. for sanitary &; general purposes when necessary. Clerk, Freeland Filliter, North street Treasurer, Reginald D-ouglas Thornbon, Dorsetshire Bank Medical Officer of Hea:th, Francis Daniel Lys, Bere Regis 6anitary Inspector, William Watts Fookes, North street Public EstaJblishments. ·Cemetery, adjoimng the church, Fillit-er &; Son, clerks to !burial board, North street; .Andrew Woolfries, keeper County Oourt, His Hon'Or JMDes Jahn Hooper, judge; Freeland! Filliter, registrar & higm bailiff; George Claveil Filliter, deputy registrar; William Laws, as- -sistant bailiff. The court is held once in two months at the Town Hall: the district comprises the following parishes :-Lady Saint Mary, SMnt Martin, AfIpuddle, Arne, Bere Regis, Bloxworth, Chaldon Herring, Ohurch Kn'Owle, CO'omlbe Keynes, Corfe Castle, East Ho:me, East Lulworth, East Stoke, Kimmeridge, Langton Matravel's, Morden, Morelon, Steeple, Studland, Swanag~, Toner's Puddle, Tyneham, West; Lulworth, Winfrith, IW001 & Worth Matravers For Bankruptcy purposes this court is included in that of Poole; Frederick .A!ston Dawes, City chambers, Salisbury, official receiver Certified Bailiffs appointed under the "Law of Distress Amendment Act," George Hobbs, jun. East street, Wareham; William Laws, North street, Wareham County Police Station, South street, Henry Carter, superintendent; 3 sergeants & It oonstables Inland Revenue Office, Daniel J. O'Oallaghan. officer, West street StaIn1' Office, North street, John Budden C. Best, distlbtt' Town Hall & Corn Exchan~, Market place Volunteers. 1St Volunteer Battalion, Dorset:ihire Regiment (B O:Jmpany), South street, Oapt. Gerald D. Bond, commanding; Raymond A. Bond, Heut.; Sergeant Wm. Briers, drill instruci10T Public Officers. Clerk to the Commissioners of Land, Assessed & Income Taxes', Freeland Filliter, North street Clerk to River Frome Salmon Fishery ConservatoI'lS & to Wareham Highway Board. Philip Edward Lionel Budge', North street Surveyo.r of Highrways, W. W. Fook!s. N()rth street Places of Worship, with times of services. St. Mary's Church, Rev. Selwyn Blackett, rector; 10.30 a.m. &; 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m Catholio (St. Michael), Westport, Rev. Placid Wareing, • supel'lor CongregatiO'nlll'l. Chapel lane, Rev. William. Densham, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m Wesleyan, NortJh street, Rev. Amos Oleaver; 10.50 a.m. &; 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.11'5 p.m Unitarian, South 8'treet, served froID Poole, 6.30 p.m Sch()()l1s. .A. School Board of 5 members was formed Feb. 20, 1873; Edward Seymer Clark, West street, clerk to the board; John Bridle, North street, attendance officer Board Schools, West street, for 355 children; average attendance, f25Q; Edgar Smith, master; Miss Fanny Thomas, infants' mistress National, St. Martin's lane, built in 1885, for 400 children; average attendance, 210; Hy. Snelling, master; Miss Mary Elizabeth Vining, infants' mistress National, Stcyborough, built in 1875, for 100 children, average attendance, 8o; Miss Amelia Parker, mistres!s National, Sandford, built about 1875, for 100 children; average attendance, 75; Miss Emily Taylor, mistreS'S A new inJant school was added in 1892, for 60 children # Miss Alice Tay:O'r, intfants' mistress Railway Station, Edward Tinsley, station master Omnibus to &; from tJhe 'Red Lion' to meet every train Conveyance to Blandiford Bartlett &; Speed, from North street. sat Poole 'Bartlett &; Speed, from North street, moo. &; thUl'l PR",ATE RESIDENTS. Bartlett Miss, East street . Beale Mrs. The Priory Bear<Lsley William, 5 Bestwall villas Begley Rev. Carthage (Catholic), SI. Michael's retreat Bennett Miss, West street Eennett Stephen White, Bridge house Best Mrs. North street Blackett Rev. Selwyn (rector &; surrogate & chaplain to Wareham & Purbeck union), The Rectory,South st Cake Henry, S'tO'borough Card Charles Jame,s R.N. (retired paymaster-in-ohief), The Moorings Chambers Henry Francis Townshend, Glebe house, N'Orth street Clark Edward Seymour, West street Clark Mrs. West street Coakes Mark, East street Cooper ,WaIter, West street Courtenay Kilcoursie J ocelyn,North st Day Valentine, The Bank, North st Dicker George, West street Densham Rev. WiIliam (Congrega- Milledge Mrs. North stree~ tional), North street Murley John, North street Dr~w John Samuel, North street Pope James, The Bank, South street Duffy Ja.s. 4 Bestwall villa-s, East st Ridley Rev. Stuart OliveI' M.A.. Dugdale Jas. B'Oardman J.P.Sandford (curate), East street Faber Oharles L. Brewery house Rogel'iS Rev. Arthur B.A. (curate), 81;. Filliter Freelllnd, St. Martin's house, John's hill North street Rodgett Mrs. Sandford Filliter George Clavell, St. Martin's R'Odgett Mrs. Richard, Sandford house. North street Selby Misses, The Old Rectory Filliter Henry, East street Shaw John H. Camp cottage,Sandfrd. Florance Albert, North street Shephel'd Mrs. South street Fookes William Watts, North street Sherwood Rev. Louis (Catholic), St. Garland Henry J. Worgret Michael's ·retreat Gibaut WaIter (late Army Medical Skewes Aibert Edward, Elm house . Staff), Castle gardens Smith Miss, E8ISt street Hilditch William J . NOrth street Snelling Henry, South street Hobbs George, East street Sturdy Ed"Ward, Trigon hill Hobbs Georga, jun. East street ~Tuck Mrs. North street Kiernan Rev. Aidan (Catholic), St. Tuck Thomas, Ridge Michael's re-treat Wareing Rev. Father Placid (IlU. Limbert Mrs. Freeland ldg. Westport perior), St. Michael's retreat Lucas Miss, West street Welsh ~liss, I Have~ock ter.Northpor. ~ii:es James. Bellevue villa. 1Yestport, White George, ;3 t{)boroGgh

184 W.AREITAM. DonSETSHIRE. [KELLy'8 COYllERCI..lL. Andrews Sarah Ann (~Irs.), King's Arms P.H. Stoborough .Andrew3 Robert, cattle dealer & butcher, Stoborough \1aggs Frank, corn &; flour dealer, West street, &; miller (water), Wareham mills Darnes John, boot &; shoe maker, East street Bartlett & Speed, carriers, North street .Beer Mary }<'ooks (Miss), furniture dealer &; refreshment rooms, South street BennettBro<s. bakers & grcrs.East st.&; confctnrs. N(nth st Bennett Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper, West street Bennett Stephen White, brewer & maUster, South street Best Henry, blacksmith, West street Best John Budden, bookseller & statnr.Post office,North st Boatswain Henry, farmer, Redcliffe Bridle James, photographer, North street Bridle John, Horse &; Groom inn, town sergeant & crier &; school attendance officer, sanitary inspector & colledor to urban sanitary authority, St. John's hill Bridle Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Narth street Bromley James, brewers' traveller, Northport Budge & Slade, solicitors, North street Budge Philip Edward LiOflel (firm, Budge & Slade), solicitor & notary public, & clerk to county & borough magistrates, Wareham highway board & river Frome salmon fishery, North street Burden Edward, Castle P.H. & shopkeeper, South street Burgess William, hair dresser, South street .Burr Jsph.Seller,grocer & wine & spirit merchant,South st Cann Robert, corn & seed mer. &; coal merchant, South s~ Carter Henry, superintendent of police, Police station, South street Cemetery (Filliter &; Son, clerks to the burial board; Andrew Woolfries, keeper), adjoining the church Chambers & Courtenay, surgeons, North street Chambers Henry Francis Townshend L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. (Chambers & Courtenay), surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, Wareham No. 2 district, Glebe house, North street Christopher Frank, shoe maker, Norilh street Churchill Henry, builder, South street Churchill James, china &; glass dealer, South street Churchill John, fruiterer, North street Churchill Susan (Mrs.), New inn, Stoborough Churchill William, jun. photographer, East street Clapham George, traveller to Panton & Co. brewers Clark Edward Seymour, solicitor & clerk to the school board, South street Cleall Mary A. (Mrs.), plumber, painter &c. South street Cockram Charles, boot maker, Stoborough Collihole William Phillips, linen &woollen draper, South st County Court (F. Filliter, registrar & high bailiff; G. C. Filliter, deputy registrar; William Lawll, assistant bailiff), North Eltrooli Courtenay Kilcoursie Jocelyn L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. (Cham. bers & Courtenay), surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, Morden district & No. I Wareham district & medical officer of health to the borough, North street Cox Henry, fruiterer & fishmonger, West street Crocker William, outfitter, North street Crumpler James George,carpenter & wheelwright,Stoboro Crumpler John, jun. carver & gilder, West street Crumpler ~homas, baker, Stoborough Cull Harry, bicycle repairer &; agent, North street Curtis Jane (Mrs.), baker, West street Custard Edgar Brown, news agent, North strllet Davis Jane & Mary (Misses), butchers, \Vest street Day Valentine, manager of National Provincial Bank of England, North street Dicker George,grocer & provision mer.West st.&Market pI Diffey Bessie & Clara (Misses), dress makers, North iltreet Diffey George, shopkeeper, North street Dorey Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker, Stoborough Dorsetshire Bank (branch of) (R. &; R. WiIliams, Thornton, Sykes & Co.) (James Pope, manager), South street; draw on WilliamSl Deacon & Co. London Dory Ethelbert, boot & shoe maker, West street Drew Arthur & Albert, linen & woollen drapers &; ironmongers, South street Dugdale Ann (Mrs.), stationer & bookseller, South street Dugdale William Henry, saddler & harness maker,South st Dugdale William, butcher, North street Elmes & Son, coach builders, North street Fancy Abraham, farmer, Sandford Fancy Emmanuel, woodman to Mrs. Rodgett, Sandford Fenwick William, farmer, Sa.ndford farm FiIliter & Son, solicitors & clerks to the bUl'ial board, North street Fill!ter Freeland (firm, Filliter & Son), solicitor, commisSIOner for oaths & for taking the acknowledgments of married women, registrar of county court, clerk to the commissioners of taxes &; rural district council, &; clerk to the Guardians &; assessment, &:; school at\en«anc& co;mmittees & supt.registrar of Wareham union,North st Filliter George Clavell (firm, Filliter &; Son), solicitor &; commissioner for oaths, town clerk, deputy registrar of county court, deputy supt. registrar & deputy clerk to commissioners of taxes, &; clerk to the burial board., North street Florance Albert, medical dispenser to Chambers &; Courte• nay, surgeons Florance Isahella (Miss), dress maker, North street Fookes William Watts, architect & surveyor, &; county l~cal surveyor under Dorset County Council, district &. hIghway surveyor to Wareham &; Isle of Purbeck, highway board, sanitary inspector to rural district council &; assistant overseer for East Stoke, North street Foob John, thatcher, Stoborough 1"oot George, farm bailiff to Mrs. Rodgett, Sandford Ford James OliTer, Lord Nelson P.H. &; agent for Sutton & Co. carriers, &; cycle depot, North street Fordham Frederick, watchmaker, South street Freemasons' Lodge (No. 386) (John Budden Best, hon. sec.), TOlfll hall Fudge Edwin Arthur, Antelope inn, West street Fudge Mary (Mrs.), saddler & harness maker, East stre~ Galpin James, corn & flour dealer, West street Garland Henry Joseph, farmer, Worgret & Bestwell farmS' Gillingham Philip Parmiter, farmer & carpenter, Stoborough, &; coal dealer, The Quay Gover Mary (Mrs.), Duke of Wellington P.H. East street Griffin William, boot & shoe warehouse, South street Groves Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, &; Halfway Houseinn, Halfway house Harvell Henry, shopkeeper, East street Head Horace Alfred, baker &; grocer, Stoborough Hewlett Thomas John, New inn, The Quay Hibbs Frank, builder, East street Hi'bbs Fred, baker,North st. &; Temperance hotel,Northpd Hoare Sarah (Miss), King's Arms P.H. North street Hobbs George, jun. builder & borough surveyor &. auctioneer, East 8treet; & at Swanage Hobbs John Albert, practical watch maker, jeweller, goldsmith & optician & tobacconist, North street Hollingham & Bussey, tailoril, East street & West street Hooper James, tailor & woollen draper, West street Hordle George Henry, shopkeeper, West street Hunt Stephen, Fox & Lamb P.H. Holton Inland Revenue Office (Daniel J. O'Callaghan, officer},. West street Kelsey Hannah (Miss), parish clerk, South street Knapp Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Church lane Lane Henry Thomas, Angel P.H. Cold harbour Langford Elizabeth (Mrs.), Pure Drop P.H. West street Laws Albert, registrar of marriages, & clerk to the registrar of the county court, North street Laws John, builder, West street Laws William, builder, North street Lillington Richard, farmer, Stoboruugh Longman James, shopkeeper, West street Longman Susan (Miss), dress maker, Church street Lucas Emily (Mrs.), refreshment rooms, North street Lucas William George, farmer, Swineham Malpas Orlando, tailor &; outfitter, West st.; &; Swanngll' Marsh Alfred, carpenter, West street Marsh Thomas, dairyman, West street Marshall Rd. J eanes, family &; dispensing chmst.South sa Marshalsay Mary .Ann (Mrs.), dealer in wines & spirits &; grocer, South street Marshman William Robert, registrar of births & deaths, relieving&vaccination&;school attendance officer,South st Masterman William, boot & shoe maker, Chapel lane Meering Edwn, farm~r, Stoborough MoslI Chsrlell Robert, deputy registrar of marriages,Mill sf Murl(ly John, accountant, North street National Provincial Bank of England Lim.(branch)(Valentine Day, man.), North st.; draw on head office, London Newbury Jamp.s, blackemith, St. John's hill &:; Stoborougb Nicholas James, 3 Tuns P.H. East street Nichols Henry, gasfitter, South street Noyce Thomas, shopkeeper, Northport O'Callaghan Daniel J. inland revenue officer, West street Orchard George, greengrocer, West street Orchard Thomas, farmer, North Port Oxford Caroline (Miss), collector of poor, borough &; highway rates, North street Panton & Co. brewers, maltsters &; wine &; spirit merchnts Paul George Edward, linen &; woollen draper, West street Pearce & Keele, solicitors & commissioners jor GathB, Purzebrook, North street Pike llrothers, clay merchants Pinney Richard, farmer, Middlebere Police Station (County) (Henry Carter, supt.)\ S911th s, Pollard George, horse dealer, Mill lane

DIRECTORY.] DOHSETSHIRE. 5 WEYMOUTH AND J t MELCUMBE li.l£GIS. 185 Poole William, farmer, Sandford Pope James, manager of Dorsetshire Bank, South street Powell Thos. Page, port:and cement manufr. &; Corfe Castle lime &; Purbeck marble quarries, Cement works Prince John, blacksmith, Trinity lane Randall Giles, carpenter, West street Randall &; Son, pharmaceutical chemists, West street Randall George, farmer, Stoborough RasWey William, Black Bear hotel, South street Red Lion hotel, family &; commercial, posting in all its branches, omnibuses to every train, agent to L. & S. W. Railway Co. for Wareham &; the Isle of Purbeck; this hotel being only 23 minutes' ride from Swanage, will be found a comfortable resort for travellers; private apartments for families adjoining; Cornelius Frederick Yearsley, proprietor Richards Charles, shopkeeper, West street Richards Robert, haulier, East street Ridout Henry, farmer, Stoborough Salldford Pottery Co. stoneware manufacturers, drain pipe makers for sanitary purposes, stoneware sanitary appliances, terra-cotta et ,bricks (Jiohn H. Shaw, proprietor), Sandford pottery Sansom James Edward, shopkeeper, New street Scutt Georga Robert, shopkeeper, North street Selby Susan (Mrs.), laundress, North street Shepherd Emma (Miss), straw bonnet maker, West street Skewes .Albert Edward, boarding & day school for young gentlemen, Elm house Skewes Annia (Miss), private ladies' school, 6 nestwell villas, East street Skinner Susannah (Mrs.), farmer, North port Slade James Hobert, solicitor, see Budge &; Slade Smith Edgar, school master &; Ilec. to the Wareham Reading room, East street Smith Frederick Henry, chimney sweeper, Pound lane Snelling Henry, stationer & fancy repository, NJrth litreet Stockley William George, boot & shoe maker, Ea~~ street WARMWELL ill a village and parish, 31 miles southwest from Moreton station on the Bournemouth and Weymouth section of the London and South Western railway and 6 south-east from Dorchester, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Winfrith, Dorchester petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Dorchester (Weymouth portIOn), archdeacl'nl)' of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of the Holy Trinity is a 8Dlall fabric of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch, with low square western tower containing 4 bells; it was repaired and reseated in 1851; the chancel was rebuilt in 1881 at a cost of £1,300, defrayed by the Rev. E. Pickard-Cambridge, the rector, to whose wife a, beautiful east window has been inserted as a memorial; the tower was almost entirely rebuilt and the bells rehung in 1887 at the cost of Lieut.-Col. A. B. Foster; there are 120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1641. The living is a rectory, with tha,1l of Pokeswell annexed; average tithe rent-charge (Warmwell), £86; joint gross yearly Talue, £290; net, £200, including 55 acres of glebe in Warmwell, with residence, in the gift of Col. Jocelyn Pickard-Cambridge, and held since 1849 by the Strange William John Brown, hair dresser, North ~tl't'e-t Styring FrederiC'k, farmer, Rolton Sutton's Parcel Express (Jas. Oliver Ford, agent),:\orth lP' Symonds WaIter, boot maker, \Vest street Talbot Thomas, gamekeeper to Mrs. Rodgett, S::.-ndford Tinsley Edward, station master, & agent to the Hoyal Scottish .Aocident & Railway Passengers' Assilrance Cos. Railway station Town Hall &; Corn Exchange, Market place Tribbett James William, printer & stationer, West street UpshaIl George Thomas, blacksmith, Howard's lane Volunteer Battalion (1St) Dorsetshire Regiment CD Company, Capt. Gerald Dennis Bond, commanding; Raymond A. Bond, lieut. ; Sergt. Wm. Briers, criB ins~rl'tr) Wareham Co-operative Society (Edward Bull, ruauager), West street Wareham Gas Light & Coal et Coke Co. Limited (J. B. Best, manager; G. C. Filliter, sec.), North bl'id~e Wareham News Room (Edgar Smith, sec.),Corn exchang~J Market place; entrance, East street Wareham Working Men's Conservative Association (.Tohn Murley, hon. sec.); club room, West street Warren James, farmer, Northport Warren James Fenwick, butcher, South street Warren William Charles, Railway inn, Railway station Wellstead Daniel, common lodging house, North bridge WeIlstead George, general dealer, North street Wellstead Thomas, general dealer, West street White John, Rising Sun P.R. The Quay Whittle Frank Indo, farmer & sheep & cattle deal61',. Chichester house, East street Whittle George, ironmonger, 'West street Whittle James Richards, butcher, South street Wilcox Humphrey, boot & shoe maker, West street Wood Charles E. organist to St. Mary's church, South s. Woolfries Andrew, keeper of cemetery, West street Yearsley Cornelius Frederick, Red Lion hotel; privatEI' apartments for families adjoining Rev. Edward Pickard-Cambridge M.A. of Trinity Ha>ll.. Cambridge. Warmwell House is a mansion of stone in the Elizabethan style, erected in 1600, and is the residenoo of Henry J ephson esq. who is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is day; subsoil, chalk and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips. The area is 1,647 acres; rateable value, £r,336; the population in 1891 was 183. Watercombe is I mile south and Skippet, forming part of Watercombe, 2 miles north; Watercombe, formerly extra-parochial, is now a parish in Dorchester union, but ecclesiastically attached to Warmwell, with IQ houses,. 63 inhabitants and 378 acres, rated at £313. Parish Clerk, Frederick Farnham. Post Office.-Mrs. Mary Thorne, sub-postmistress. Letters received from Dorchester, arrive at 5.40 a m. & 3.15 p.ni. Box cleared at 7.10 p.m. Moreton railway station is the nearest telegraph office et Broadmayne the nearest money order office Wall Letter Box, Watercombe, cleared at 7.10 p.m School (mixed), with residence for mistress, erected in 1863, for .'l0 children; average attendance, 30; Miss: Sarah Fooks, mistress Jephson Henry, Warmwell house Pickard-Cambridge Rev. Edward M.A. (rector) Besant Oharles &; S<lD, millers (water) Best J ohn Morg~n, well down Saundel1s Chapman Watercombe farmer, Warm- 'Dhorne Mary (Ml"s.), sub-postmistress Travers Thomas, farmer, Skippet,. Thomas, farmer, Watercombe Wellman In. frror. Dick-o'-the-Bank$ WE\7MOUTH and ~IELCOMBE REGIS. WEYMOUTH and Me~combe Regis are parishes which form a seaside resort and seaport and a municipal borough, union and market town, the whole being l1SualIy known as Weymouth, which is hood of a county court district, in the Southern division of the county, Dorchester petty sessional division, hundred of Culliford Tree, rumJ deanery of Dorchester (Weymouth portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury, 8 miles lIouth from Dorchester, 20 SQuth-east from Bridport, 24 south-west from Blandford, 28 west-bysouth from Poole and 128 by road and 145! by rail from London. on the London and South Western railway, and the Wilts and Somers6t branch of the Great Western railway, the station being a commodious building at the north end of the town. By an Order in Council of 6th Decem\Jer,. 1801',. Weymouth was constituted a port, the limits to commence at Alban's Head, county of Dorset, being the W6'Sitern limit of the port of Poole, and to extend in a westerly direction along the coast of Dor,set to the western bank of the river Char in the same county, being the eGstern limit of the port of Exeter and to include the Island of Portland. The borough includes the parishes of Weym.outh and Melcombe Regis and parts of the parishes of Wyke Regis and Radipole. Weymouth is more ancient "'than Melcombe Regis, although the latter appoors to ha'"e enjoyed more privileges. Between the two 3.r(}se a g-re-at controversy; both enjoying like privileges, and both challenging tIle

186 { DORSETSHIRE. WEYMOUTH AND } MELCOMBE REGIS. particular immunities of the haven and each having overthrown the other, they continually commenced new suits; at last, ha.ving wearied the. Lords of the Council with their importunities, by the advice of William Cecil, the Lord Treasurer of England, they were amalgamated by Act of· Parliament, passed 13 Eliz. (157°-71), and this Act was confirmed in the reign of James I. and the corporate privileges which had boon allowed to lapse, were renewed in 1803 by George Ill. : by the "Municipal Corporations Act 1835" (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 76), the united borough was divided into two wards and the Corporation now consists of a mayor, six aldermen and 18 councillors: Weym~uth and Melcombe Regis each separately returned two members to Parliament, the former from 12 Edwd. Il. (1318-19) and the latter from 8 Edwd. Il. (1314-15); the united boroughs subsequently returned two members only until the pa.SoSing of the "Redistribution of Seats Act 1885" (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23), by which the representation was merged into that of the county. Melcombe Regis is situated on the northern side of the harbour, and takes its name from an old mill which formerly existed here: the second pad Regis, from its being part of a. royal domain. In the Norman survey, no mention is made of this place, it being then included in the parish of Radipole. Weymouth takes its name from the river Wey, over which there is s. bridge connecting it with Melcombe Regis, which wa.s reconstructed and widened in 1885. This town is .situated on the English Channel, at the western side of a beautiful and expansive bay, which forms a semicircle, making a sweep of upwards of 2 miles, sheltered by a range of hills to the north and the Isle of Portland to the south. The site of the town is supposed to have been known to the RomaIllS: its existence in the time of the Sax.ons is undoubted, and in the time of Edward Ill. it became a plaoe .of consequence: during the civil wars it fell alternately into the hands of the King and the Parliament, and subsequently to thi!l' period it sank gmdually into decay and was merely an inconsiderable fishing town, till it began to acquire celebrity as a fashionable bathing-pLace through its beautiful situation and its convenience for sea-bathing. The Duke of Gloucester afterwards visited it, siIld in 1789 George Ill. and his family made it their summer residence, and having experienced great benefit from its air and seabathing, frequently honoured it with their presence: from these circumstances the reputation of the town was restored, and in ilL few yea(l's it was rebuilt and enlarged to meet the demands of its numerous and distinguished visitors. The Harbour is protected on the 1l0uth-elllSt by a concrete breakwalter, extending about 500 foot in a northerly direction, from the Nothe fort; a pier partly of stone arnd partly of piling, forms the entrance to the north side of the harbour and the Nothe forms the south-west side; operations are being carried on to deepen the harbour, which at present has 12 feet of w,alter at low tide and 18 feet of water o.t ordinary spring tide, enabling vessels of 2,000 tons to enter the port. The backwater or estuary of the river Wey, is formed into Q lake by means of a dam, and a small island known as "Swan IsI'3Jld," in the centre has been converted into ai swannery and there are at present about 200 swans on the lake, the property of th" corporation. The Esplanade is a handsome terrace, fronting the sea, about a mile in length asphailted from end to end, and defended from the sea by ilL stone barrier; from this there is an easy descent to thel sands, of which the declivity is so gradual that at 400 feet from the shore the water is not more than knee-deep: benches and seats are pl'll,ced at convenient distances fur the use of invalids, who may sit aiIld enjoy the sea breeze, with a view of the extensive headlands to the east I3nd the English Channel and Isle of Portland to the south. At the south end of the esplanade is a pier constructed of stone on wood piles, running out 1,050 feet norther;y; at the end is an octagonal pavilion with promenade on the top: at the entrance to the t>ier are 1a:vatories and ladies' waiting rooms: daily marine excul'Slions are made during the summer m.onths by a service of steamers from this pier, which is also 81 favourite resort for morning walks. The town is well built, paved, and lighted with gas by a company, and well supplied with water by a company, who obtain it from a spring rising (\,t Sutton Poyntz in the parish of Preston, 4 miles ncrth-eaSJt, and conveyed by iron mains: the town has a police force. The principal houses front the sea; the streets in the town are narrow and of great antiquity; the [KELLY'S principal road to the town ha.s been planted with trees: large numbers of houses and streets have been planned and built in the north-east part of the town and a new suburb has sprung up (in the parish of Wyke Regis), on the opposite side of the backwalter, called Westham. rfhe church of St. Mary, Melcombe Hegis, r.-built in 1817, is a plain edifice of stone, consisting of cbancel, nave, aisles, gaJ1eries, west porch and a tower, in which a new clock WilLS placed in 1894: in U:e chancel is a beautiful altar-piece, The Last Supper, painted by Sir James 'fhornhill and one of his best effortSJ; be for some years represented this borough in Parliament; the church contains a fine organ, erected by subscription, and has a. full choir, and is capable of se-alting 2,3°0 persons, 500 seats being free. The' register dates from the yoor 1560. The living IS a nctory, with Radipole and Christ Church annexed, average tithe rent-charge £208, joint gross yearly value £338, net £280, with 3 acres of glebe and re.sidence, in the gift of Simeon's Trustees, and held since :U38g by the Rev. John Lovell GWlatkin Hadow M.A. (\f Trinity College, Oxford, and rural dean of Weymouth portion and 'surrogate. . Christ Church is a chapel of ease to St. Mary's and was bui:t in 1874 by public lIUbscription; it is 81 building of stone in the Gothic style, and has ..~hancel, naye, aisles, tower and clock and spir~ and a peal of 10 bells, which were the gift of Sir Henry Edwards, late M.P. for the borough: .there are 450 sittings. Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical pa'l'ish, formed in 1836 from the parish of Wyke Hl'gis: the church, which was erected at the sole expense cf the late Rev. George Chamberla.ine, of Wyke Regis, is a. plain building of stone without tower, in the Perpendbular style, consisting of chancel, nave, with eaSit and west transepts, and contains gallery: in the chailcel is a. bH,utiful painting, by Vandyke, of the Crucifixion: it. ha.s a full choir: the font is of veined I8Jabaster. white and brown, supported by four shafts of Devonshire marble on an alabaster base; it is octagonal in !Shape, in four of the panels being carved the symbols of the four Evangelists: there 9Jl'e several sta.ined windows: the church was restored, enlarged and beautified, and reopened in 1887, and in 1891 a handsome iron chancel screen wa.s erected: there Qire 800 sittings. The register dates from the year 1854. The living is 80 vicarage, yoorly value £185, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, and held since 1890 by the Rev. Lewen Burton Weldon D.D. of Trinity College, Dublin. The area i& 205 acres; the population in 1891 WW! 5,000. St. Nicholas' chapel of ea&e to Holy Trinity, in the Buxton road, is on iron structure and consisting of chancel, nave and a turret. containing one bell: there are 200 sittings. St. John's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1856 from the parishes of Melcombe Regis and Radipole: the church is a Gothic structure of stone, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles lIJld transepts, west and south porches, north-west tower, clock and .spire, containing one bell: it has a. fine organ ond several stained windows, and was opened in October 1854: the chancel was embellished in 1883 by the addition of a beautiful reredos in Caen stone and by mural deocoration: there are 950 sittings. The register dQtes from the year 1854. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £500, with residence, in the gift of the rector of Melcombe Regis, and held since 1854 by the Rev. John Stephenson M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge, canon and prebendalI'y of Salisbury and surrog-ate. .A Mission Hall, in connection with St. Mary's, was erected in 1.883, at a cost of £500; it is a red brick building, with bands and dressings of Broadmayne stone. A large Mission House of red brick, in connection with St. John's, was also erected in 1893 at .. cost of £2,000, end consists of readin~ and recreation rooms and an assembly room to hold about 450 persons. St. Martin's Mission church, in connection with Holy Trinity, is near the recreation grounds and ha·s 100 sittings. The Catholic church, dedicated to S1. Augustine, in the Dorchester rood, erected in 1833, is a building of stone in the Gothic style and lIfford~ 180 sittings. The Congregational church in' Gloucester street, erected in 1864: designed by R. C. Bennett esq. is an adaptation of Norman, with two spires 9 feet high, and will hold 700 persons. The Baptist chapel is in Bank buildings, erected in 1830 to seat 500. The Wesleyan chapel is in Maiden street, erected in 1870, to seat 800; it contains a. handsome altar-piece and a fine orgY,ln: there is a small We~lev!ln chapel in the Pairk, seating 108: the Hope Congregational chapel in Trinity

DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. { WEYMOUTH AND } MELCOMBE REGIS. 187 street, erected in 1862, enIa.rged and rebuilt in 1882, and will seat 7°0: the Primitive Methodists' in St. Leonard's road, built in 1876, will seat 240. A Cemetery was formed in 1856 at a cost of about £4,000, about a mile weilt-by-north-we~tfrom the town; an addition was made in 1892 at a cost of £2,7°0; the cemetery contains two mortuary chapels, and is under the control of a Burial Board of nine members. The Guildhall, in St. Edmund street, is a handsome building of Portland stone, with a. fine fa«;aje and Ionic pillars, containing a public hall, magistrates' room, police station and lock-up. In the magistrates? room are oil paintings of Sir Ohristopher Wren, who was member of Parliament for Weymouth in 17°°; and Sir JamBS Thomhill M.P. for Weymouth in 1721; also of King George III. and the Duke of Wellingt'on: the room contains a very ancient iron chest and an oak chair dated 1571. The old Town Hall of the borough of Weymouth stands at the end oil High street. The ~eneraJ. Market House is in St. Mary Istreet; it has 8. very handsome front; the market is held daily, and is well supplied with meat and vegetables and Tuesdays and Fridays are special market days. There are four banks: Stuckey's Bank, in Bond street; R:" and R. Williams, Thornton, Sykes & 00. (Dorsetshire Bank), in St. Mary street; Wilts and Dorset Bank, also in St. Mary street; and the Weymouth Old .Bank (Eliot, Pearce & Co.), St. Thomas street. Weymouth is the head quarters of the Dor!let (Queen's Own) Yeomanry Cavalry, forming part of the Portsmouth Yeomanry Brigade, of the ISt Dorsetshire Volunteer Artillery, Southern Division, Royal Artillery and the E Co. of the 1st Volunteer Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. The prosperity of the place depends mainly on its visitors; and since the railways have been extended to the town, the number of these has much increased. The exports are Portland stone, bricks, tiles and com; the imports are coals, timber and wines. Ship and boat building, sail and rope making and brewing are carried on. The Ale,xandra Gardens, to the SQuth of the town, adjoining the esplanade, is' an attractive pleasure ground, the property of the corporation, at the north l.nd of which is a marble statue. on a granite pedestal of Sir H. Edwards, forme.rly M.P. for the borough; at the north end of the esplanade are also other gardens, known as the Greenhill Gardens, laid out by Sir Frederick J ohnstontl bart. in 1872, and since maintained by him. A yacht club was formed in 1875, called the Royal Dorset Yacht Club, and the Lords of the Admiralty have granted permission to fly the blue ensign of Her Majesty's Fleet, with a burgee with the distinguishing marks of the club thereon-a blue cross with red edge and a crown in the centre on a white ground: their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke o~ 'Jonnaught K.G. joined the club as original members; the members now number 300, and about ISO of them belong to Dorset; the flag .officers are, commodore, Lord Stalbridge; vicecommodore, the Earl of Eldon; rear-commodore, Montague Guest esq.; the united tonnage of their vessels amounts to over 12,000. A Life Boat was presented to the bOi'ough in 1869, through the Royal National Life Boat Institution; and a new one in 1887 by E. Homan esq. of Finchley, who also gave £2,000, conditionally on the institution naming in perpetuity a boat to be called the Friern Watch. The Masonic Hall, in Frederick place, is a chaste building, e.rected in 1826; it is in the Ionic style, and contains all the necessary appliances for the order: an elegantly fitted banqueting hall was erected in 1880. Royal Victoria Jubilee Hall, St. Thomas street, erected in 1887, is a brick and iron building, the property of n limited company; it is 120 feet long and 91 wide, has a large stage and fit up, head and foot lights, and is let to theatrical companies, concert parties &c. &c.; the hall will seat 3,000. ' The Working Men's Club in Mitchell street, was huilt at the sole cost of Sir H. Edwards, late member for the borough; it is in the Romanesque style and contains a library of 1,200 volumes, lecture and reading rooms. Weymouth and County Club, on the Esplanade, established 1862, has 80 members. The Royal Baths, built for George Ill. are in St. l\!ary and St. Thomas streets; the entrance is through a lofty corridor, on each side of which are arranged the baths and retiring rooms. At the top of St. :Mary street is a life-size figure, on a granite pedestal of George Ill. standing and robed; it was erected to commemorate the 50th year of his reign. The Jubilee Memorial four-faced illuminated clock wu erected on the Esplanade, by public subscription, the clock being the gift of Sir Henry Edwards, formerly ~I.P. for the borough; it is on an iron pedestal 44 feet high. The principal hotels are the Imperial Burdon Hotel, Victoria terrace; the Gloucester Hotel, Gloucester row; Victoria Hotel, Augusta place; Marine Hotel; Golden Lion Hotel, St. Edmund street; and the Orown Hotel, St. Thomas street. The borough Fire Brigade consists of one superintendent, the whole of the police and five tumcocks of the Waterworks Company. No. I station is in St. Helen's lane and contains two hose cartll, stand pipes and hose fitted with instantaneous couplings, and fire escape and Tozer's patent hand pump; No. 2 station is in Chapelhay, and contains hose cart, stand pipes, ladders and hand pump. The Weymouth and Dorset County Royal Eye Infirmary was established in 1836; the present building was erect-ed by public subscription in 1872: it is a Gothic building of Portland stone, and will make up twenty-two beds: outdoor patients are relieved on Tuesdays and Fridays, nt 10 a.m.; the yearly average number of in-patients is about 180 and o~ out-patients about 970. A men's ward was added in 1889 at a cost of about £400. Patients lire also received from the adjoining counties of Rants, Wilts and Somerset. The Weymouth Royal Hospital and Dispensary was erected in ~872, and is a substantial building faced with red and black bricks; it will make up twenty beds; outpatients are relieved every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; the yearly average number oil in-patients is about 85, and of out-patients 1,75 I. The Weymouth Sanatorium, founded by the late W. Johnson Smith M.D. in 1848, for diseases of women and children, is a stone building and will make up twenty-five beds; out-patients (from all parts) are relieved every Tuesday and Friday: yearly average number of inpatients 1892-3 was 245, and of out-patients 1,205; 3 marble bust of the founder was unveiled in 1883, and stands in a niche in the entrance lobby; it is the work of Donald Ha.ggart, of Glasgow. A Port Sanitary Authority has been established, and an hospital erected in 1880 at Wyke Regis, at a cost of between £5,000 and £6,000: it i3 built of concrete and brick, and consists of five wards: each ward is isolated, and has room for 25 beds; the average yearly number of patients ift about 18. :Many legacies h~ve been left for the purposes of education, apprenticin$' and for the relief of the poor; there was a fund of 1,100, to be lent to young tradesmen for three years, which has been merged into other charities by order o~ the Charity Commissioners: there are several societies for clothing the poor; also charitable institutions and benevolent societies. In Wyke road are four almshouses, for the benefit of four poor widows of the borough of Weymouth, built in 1829, -by the Rev. - Cbamberlayne, with funds accumulated from 81 legacy left by Mr. Buxton. The rides and walks in the vicinity of Weymouth are very delightful and abound in beautiful scenery. To the west of the town, on an eminence, is a place called the Nothe and Look-out; infantry barracks are also situated here. A fort, in the shape of a horse-6hoe, stands on the cliffs and commands the bay from the east side of the Nothe. Further along tha cliffs are the ruins of Sandsfoot Castle, erected in the year 1533 by King Henry VII.; it is situated at the edge of the cliff, and is fa~t going to decay, part of it having fallen into the sea. The area. of the municipal b.orough is 453 acres; the population in 1891 was i3,866; of Weymouth parish, 3.591 including 179 in the infantry barracks and 160 officerl\ and inmates in the workhouse; Melcombe Regis parish, 7.626; part of Radipole parish, 1,240; part of Wyke Regis parish, 1,4°9, and 22 on ships in the harbour; the area of Weymouth parish is 77 acres, and of :Melcombe Regis, 102 acres; rateable value, Melcombe Re!;is, £43,551; Weymouth, £9,842, The population of the municipal wards in 1891 was: Melcombe Regis, 8,866 and Weymouth, 5,000. 'The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1891 was Holy Trinity, Weymouth, 5,000 and St. John the Evangelist, Weymouth, 3,654,

[KELLY'S Aldermen. John Groves James Eaton Hobens Alfred Dennis Corporation. 1894-95. Mayor, Thomas Henry Williams. Rowland Thomas George Boulter Welsford George Edward Eliot Councillors. Melrombe Regis Ward. Presiding Alderman at Ward Elections, Rowland Thom:tt John Bagg John Thomas Lovel! Henry Edgson Thomas Samuel Wallis Sidny Spark Milledge John Edward Crickmay Benjamin Morris Joseph Cooper Laver \ Andrew Graham Henry James Miller William Gregory Thomas Henry WilliaIll& County Magistra.tes for Weymouth Sub-Division of Dorchester Petty Sessional Division. Eliot Richd.ffolliott e-sqoRadipole manor,Weymth.chairmn Eliot George Edward esq. Bincleaves, Weymouth Head In.Merrick esq.,F.R.G.S.Pennsylvania castle,Portlnll Lawrie James Macpherson M.D. Greenhill McLean Allan M.D. Buxton, Weymouth Pretor Capt. Samuel Ashton, Belfield Scutt Charles esq. Preston, Weymouth Sparks Wm. esq. :Manor ho. Langton Herring,Weymouth Speke Hugh esq. Elwell lodge, Weymouth Tennant Maj.-Gen. T. B. E. Belvidere, We)'mouth Thresher John esq. Corfe hill, Radipole Clerk to the Magistrates, Arthur George Symonds, South street, Dorchester Petty Sessions are held at the Guildhall the last friday in every month at II a.m. ; summonses for this division are also issued at the offices of Andrews, Son k Huxtable, solicitors, Maiden street 2 p.m ••• ••• P.X. p.m. 10.0 10.0 a.m. 10.0 p.m. 12·35 1.20 1·3° 1.30 10.0 a.m. 9. 1 5 10.0 10·45 10.50 . Borough Magistrates. Abbott Thomas, I Southfield villas, Dorchester road Bagg John, Antwerp villas Bayly Edward, Clayland Dennis Alfred, Rodwell Fowler Simon J enkins, Trinity road Freeman Charles Joseph, Westbourne terrace HaUett W. T. St. Mary street Hopkins Benjamin, 6 Grosvenor road Howard Sir Richa.rd Nicholas, 'Greenhill house Milledge Zillwood, The Fernery Moorhead John MoD. I Ro)"al terrace, Esplanade . Morris Benjamin, St. Mary street Oakley Robert, St. Mary street Robens JaJ;Iles Eaton, 86 St. Thomas street 1I.15 a.m Robertson James, Brighton Rowe John Geach, Trelawny, Wyke Regis Simpson Reginald Palgrave M.D. 12 Gloucester ro,.., 2 p.m Esplanade I Talbot Robert Randall, Syward lodge, Dorchester Templeman Thomas John, Borough villas 7 p.m Thomas Rowland, Wellin~t{)n terrace Vincent John, Faircross, Wyke Regis Williams Thomas Henry, Augusta place Ba.m II.IS a.m Clerk, James Roward Bowen, I&;2 Maiden street Borough Petty Sessions are he14 at the Guildhall daily. at I1 a.m Commences at 7 a.m. DOHSETSHIRE. ••• ••• 9. 0 a.m. 5. 0 6.30 p.m. 900 3.50 401 5 3·45 4·45 4. 1 5 , 6.0 ••• 6.40 6.10" 6.40 6.10 7. 0 6.30 A.lI. p.m. 1·5 1.50 2.0 2.0 noon. 12.0 1I.20 5. 0 60 30 90 45 10.30 II.I5 TO Southampton . London, West· of England, Chippenham, Dorchester, I;outhampton & Yeovil , . Bath, Bristol, Dorchester &Swindon .. Southampton (Parcels only) . Isle of Portland , .. Bath, Bristol, North West of England, } Wales, Scotland & Ireland . Weymouth Town Delivery .. *London, all places in the United Kingdom, Foreign Countries, &c. General Night Mail . (For Parcels 8.45 p.m.) Sunday. Weymouth Rural District . do. Town Delivery ...•....•...... London, all places in the United Kingdom, "Foreign Countries, &c. General Night Mail . No despatch of Parcels. Yeovil . ~OIl<lOI1 ••••••••••• 6 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 p.m Un sundays there is only one delivery of letters &; no delivery of parcels Collections from Town Sub-Post Offices:- *Chapelhay, 9 &; 10.30 a.m.; 1.30, 3.25, 6.20 &; 8.20 p.m.; sundays, 8 p.m t*Dorchester road, 8.20 &; 10.20 a.m.; 1.5, 3.25, 6.5 &; 8 p.m.; sundays, 7.~5 p.m t*King street, 8,40 &; 10.35 a.m.; 1.20, 3,40, 6.20 &; 8.20 p.m.; sundays, 8 p.m *Lennox street, 8.35 &; 10.30 a.m.; 1.15, 3.35, 6.15 &; 8.10 p.m.; sundays, 8 p.m *Westham, 8 &; 10 a.m.; 1.15, 3.3. 6 &; 8 p.m.; sundays, 7.~o p.m Offices marked thus • transact Money Order, Postal Order &; Savings Bank business. Offices marked thus t transact Telegraph business in addition to the above. 188 Fourth Isle of Portland . Weymouth Town & District . London &; Bournemouth . Bristol, North of England, Midland Counties, North Wales, Scotland, Ireland & Bridport . Bath, Parts of North of England, North Wales, Scotland, Ireland & Dorchester . Weymouth Town Delivery . Bath, Bristol, Chippenham, Yeovil & } Dorchester , Isle or Portland . Fourth London, Bath, Bournemouth, Bridport, Bristol, Chippenham, Dorchester, Southampton & Yeovil . Delivery of Parcels. Including Parcels from }"irst All parts " Second London &; West of England •..........•.•. Third London, Dorchester, Portsmouth & Weymouth Rural District .. do. Town delivery . London, Bournemouth & Dorchester . * Letters bearing a late fee of one halfpenny may be posted at head office till 9.15 p.m. &; at Railway station till within five minutes of departure o~ night mail train Deliveries. Delivery of Letters kc. Including Letters from First All parts . Second London, North & West of England, Ireland, Scotland, Dorchester &places on the S.W. down lines . Third London, Dorchester, Isle of Portland, Southampton, Wareham, Bournemouth & Yeovil . I WEYMOUTH AND } i MELCOMBE REGIS. OFFICIAL ESTABLISIThfENTS. LOCAL IXSTITUTIO NS &C. Post. M. O. &; T. 0., S. B., Express Delivery &; InsuraIlce From all Town Pillar &; Wall Letter Boxes there are six & Annuity Office, 61 St. Thomas street collections -daily on week days &; one on sundays Dispatch of Letters &c. Attendance.-The Head Post Office is open on week days, for the sale of postage stamps, registration of letters It the delivery of letters "to be called for," & froUl private boxes, from 7.30 a.m. to 10 p.m. On su.trlays the office is finally closed at 10 a.m. except for telegraph business (see belOW), but the letter box remain'S open Telegraph business is transacted on week days from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. On sundays from 8 to 10 a.m. '" from 5 to 6 pom. only Money Orders, Savings Bank, Government Insurance It Annuity business transacted from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; &; on bank holidays, 9 a.m. t9 12 noon only. No business of this description on sundays, Christmas day &; Good friday Postal Orders are issued &; paid from 7 a.m. until IG p.m. week days only