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[.] . 828 [POST OFFICE • . square tower. The register dates from 1651. The living is a barley ann roots. The soil is clay, chalk and ~ravel. The rectory; the tithes have been commuted at £270, with resi area is 1,752 acres; gross estimated rental, £4,Y68 6s. M.; dence, in the giftof W. E. Brymer, esq., M.P., and heM by the rateable value, £4,396158. Od.; the population in 1871 was Rev. John George Brymer, M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford. 902. There is a National school, supported by subscription. Parish Clurk, Pedro Pethen. Hall's charity, consisting of the interest of £500, and Jltlrs. Abbott's charity, of the intereRt of £200, annually, ar~ divided, in blankets aud clothing', amongst the second poor, Lettersfrom Blandford. is the nearest mone)' or those who do not receive parish relief. On Hamilton Hill order office are the remains of a largoe Roman camp. Dillon Trenchartt, National School, G. C. Fleming', master &. organist; Miss esq., is lord of the manor. E. C. Ker Seymer, esq.; M. Ayles, infants' mistress Dillon Trenchard, esq., and H. S. Bower, esq., are chief CARRIERS TO BLANDFORD.-James Roberts, saturday; landowners. The crops are chiefly grass, with some wheat, Edwin Chamber~, monday, wednesday & saturday Bower Henry Symbercume, FontmeIl Churchill Edward, dairyman Monk Misses, day school Bowt:r Rev. Henry T . .T.P. Fontmell Crew Henry, carpenter Parsons John, beer retailer Erymer Rev. John Geo. M.A. [rector) Curme Decimus, surgeon Parsons Josiah George, baker Curme Decimus DilfeyWilliam Henry, groeer & draper Pethen Joseph, shoe maker Fendall Lieut.-Col. William Foot George, farmer Rossiter John Mamoth, farmer Goddard Joseph Goddard Edward, grocer & draper Rossiter 'Robert, beer retailer Goodridge Mrs Goodfellow John, tallow chandler Shepherd George, sawyer lIarris George Hall Henry, shopkeeper Spicer Christopher, beer retailer Peach Misses Harris John Martiu, painter & plumber Streets Charles, grocer Strange Mrs Harvey Lemuel, baker &. grocer Streets 'I'homas, tailor Young Misses Holdway Robert, farmer Stroud William, farmer Holdway Robert E. relieving officer Turner Thomas. butcher COMMERCIAL. Hopkins C. E. farmer, Manor farm Warren Richard, farmer Adams Charles, Union inn Little James, builder Watts William, boot & shoe maker Applin Charles, grocer & draper Lowman Walter, brick & tile maker Woolfry John, blacksmith Baverstock Geor~e, farmer Matcham Charles, shoe maker Wooltry WiIliam, Bakers' ArrM Brown Louisa (Mrs.), dairy Mogg John, farmer

OXEFORD FITZPAINE is a parish and village in made here. Lord Rivers is lord ofthe manor and chiefland­ tbe hundred, petty sessional division and union of Stur- owner. The soil is a deep sandy loam. The crops are­ minster Newton, county court district of BIandford, rural chiefly grass, witb some wheat, barley, and roots. The deanery of , archdeaconry ofDorset, and diocese area is 2,633 acres; goroes estimated rental, £4,968 6s. 9d. of Salisbury, 1~ miles from the Shillingston railway station, rateable value, £4,396 15s. 2d. The population in 1871 '1 miles north-west from Blandford, and 4 south-east from was 701. . The church of St. Micbael is an FIDDLEFORD is a hanJlet, chiefly iu this parish, but old building, with a square tower, and has been thoroughly partly in the parillhes of and Sturminster restored. The register dates from 1533. The liVing is a Newton: it lies on the Blandford road, between Shilling· rectory; the tithes have beeu commuted for a rent-charge stone and Sturminster Newton, and is equidistant about 2 of £490, with residence and glebe of 74 acres, in the gift of miles from the churches of each. Lord Rivers, and held by the Rev. John Henry Phillips, Parish Clerk, Louis Loder. :B.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. There is a -- National school. The Wesleyans and Primitive .Methodists Letters from Blandford. The nearest money order office is have places of worship here. There is a charity of between at ShiIlingstone £'15, and the interest of £20 derived from land, divided National School, Henry A. AlIison, master j Mrs. Anne every two years in clothing among-st the poor. Bricks are Allison, infimts' mistress Okeford Fitzpaine. Lambert Georgoe, butcher Thorne J oshna, boot &. shoe maker Loder Louis, carpenter Todd Alfred C. brick & tile manufactr. Phillips Rev. John Henry, B.A. [rector] Percy WiIliam, shoe maker & farmer Radclyffe Rev. W. F Phillips Benjamin, farmer Trent Matthew, farmer Todd Alfred C Phillips Edward, shopkeeper 'I'rowbridge Edward, carpenter COMMERCIAL. Phillips Joseph,g-eneral dealer & farmer Wareham James, grocer, draper & Allen Joseph, farmer Pope J oseph, tailor leather selle r AlIen Thomas, farmer Ridout Bliza(Mrs.),farmer Woolfi'yGeorge, Royal Oak Andrews Le\'i, farmer Ridout James, farmer Young Joseph, boot & shoe maker Barnes Henry, dairyman Ridout WiIliam, hay dealer & farmer Fiddleford. Broad George, farmer Ridout William, shopkeeper Cooke Alfred, miller Roberts George, farmer Adams PhiIIip Chas. brewer &. maItster Crew Thomas, blacksmith Rose Mary (Mrs.), farmer Caines James, Travellers' Rest Ford Thomas, farmer Rose Thomas, New inn, &. carpenter Cressey Slla5, f~llmonger Gee J ames, dairyman Ross Robert, farmer Rose Samuel, miller GolfGeorge, pig dealer Ross William, farmer, Southley Swain John, goamekeeper Hallett Joseph, farmer Sticklen WiIliam, cattle dealer Wilds WiIliam & Son, wool dealers & Hallett William, farmer Strange J ames, boot &. shoe maker farmers is a parish, in the petty sessional Bower, esq., is lord of the manor. The principal land­ division of East Shaston, Sixpenny Hafldley hundred, union owners are the Rev. J. Penruddock and ~ir Richard G. and county court district of Shaftesbury, diocese of Salis­ Glyn, bart. The soil is clay and gravel; mbsoil, blue clay. bury, archdeaconryof Dorset, and rural deanery ofShaftes­ The land is heavy pasture. There are numerous apple bury, 3~ miles south-west from Shaftesbury, and 5 north· orchards, and cider is manufactured. The area is 860 east from Sturminster. The church of St. Thomas is a new acres; grosil estimated rental, £2,239; rateable value, stone building, in the Early English style, and comprises £2,062; the population in 1871 was 244. chancel, nave, south porch, and bell turret with 1 bell, and Parish Clerk, Richard MOl!gridge. has an organ, and will seat 150 people. The register dates from the year 1785. The living is a vicarage, annexed to WALL LBTTER Box at the school, cleared at 2.30 p.m. that of l\1arg-aret .M arsh, yearly value £200, in the gift of week days only the vicar of , lmd held by the Rev. Eldon Letters received from Shaftesbury, which is :the nearest Vaugban Chappel M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. mOlley order office ,...... Here is a National school and a Wesleyan chapel. Thomas National School, Miss Elizabeth Marshall, mistress :Barter I.evi George, Great house Hunt Harry, farmer, hay &.com dealer Roberts Martin, farmer Chappel Rev. Eldon Vaughan, M.A. &. wazier ~Mrs.), Shute George, farmer & cowkeep€l' , [vicar], Vicarage Johnson Jane shopkeeper Stay Robert,farmer, registrar of births Bastable George, farmer LllurencePhilip,shopkeeper & blcksmith &. deaths &. collector of poor rates Cox James, farmer & ('owkeeper Martin Charles, dairyman ~ ~ Hunt Cornelius, hay &. corn dealer & l\latcham Thomas, blacksniith Tapper Henry, farmer farmer Mayo John, farmer Tucker Luke, farmer &. cowkeeper

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