• DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. CHESILBORNE. 6!l £90, and residencP, in. the gift of Sir Henry Peto bart. to Oct. 15. The soil is strong and sandy, very fertUe; an•t held since 1907 by the ReY. Frederick Tracey M.A. subsoil, varied. The chief crops are roots, wheat, bar of Exeter College, Oxford. There are remains of a large ley, oats and gras!!. The area is 785 acres; rateable Roman encampment. A reading and recreation room value, £1,094; the population in rgoi was u3. was erected in the village in 1897, by Sir Henry Peto Sexton, John Perry. bart. fr()lil designs by the late Mr. George Vialls Winyard's Gap is a quarter of a mile north-east. F.B.I.B.A. Chedington Court, built in 1840 by the late W. T. Hady esq. and since much enlarged by the Post & T. Office.-William Bartlett, sub-postmastN. present proprietor, is a fine mansion of stone in the Letters are received through Misterton, Somerset, at Tudor style, standing in a park and gl'ounds of 31 8.40 a.m. & 2.2o p.m. & dispatched at 10.30 a.m. k acre'!, which· contains the source of the river Parret: 6.45 p.m. ; no dispatch or delivery on sundays. South the river Axe also talies its rise on the Court estate, in Perrott is the nearest money order office Banks' coppice: it is now the seat of Sir Henry Peto Elementary School (mixed), built in 185o & enlarged in bart. D.L. who is the principal landowner. The woods 1900, for so children; average attendance, 33; Mis11 and grounds, which afford very fine views of the sur- Ed:th Wilkins, mistress rounding country, are open to the public from April 15 County Police Station, Joseph James, constable PlUVA'l'E RESIDENTS. Birkinshaw Harry, head gardener to Keech Thomas, Winyards Gap inn Peto Sir Henry hart. D.L. Cheding- Sir Henry Peto hart Masters Ectgar, farmer, Manor farm ton court Caddy Arthur, dairyman Reading & Recreation Room (William Tncey R~v. Fredk. M.A. (rector), Caddy John, hurdle maker Gray, sec) Rectory !!'orsey T. Ellen (Mrs.), farmer, Rockett Reuben Jsph.frmr.Woodcocb COMMERCIAL. Lower farm StickJey Samuel, estate carpenter to Bartlett William, boot maker & shop- Giles Albert John, gamekeeper to Sir Henry Peto bart keeper, Post office Sir Henry Peto bart • EAST CHELBOROUGH (or Lewoombe) is a Corn. the Hon. Gerald Fitzmaurice Digb_J. R.N., J.P. parish and small village, on a branch of the river Ye<1, 3 and called Lewcombe House) is still called Lewcombe, miles south-east from Sutton-Bingham station, on the and is 1 mile north-east from East Chelborough. main line of the London and South Western railway, 7 Within the parish is the J~ite of an ancient castle, on a oorth-eost from Beaminst61', and 6 south from Yeovil, hill called Castle hill, which is seen from a great in the Western division of the county, hundred of distance. Corn. the Hon. Gerald Fitzmaurice Digby Tollerford, Bridport petty sessional division, Beaminster R.N., J.P. is lord of the manor and principal land onion, Yeovil county court district, rural deanery of ownPr. The soil is stone brash; subsoil, clay. The Bridport (Beaminster portion), orchdeaconry of Dorset land is principally in pasture for dairy purposes. Thtt and diocese of Salisbury. The church (not dedicated) area is 94-4 acres ; rateable value, £1,ogo ; the popula- is a small but ancient edifice of stone, in the Early tion in 1901 wao; 69. English style, consisting of chancel, nave and a small Sexton, William Groves. western turret, containing one be:I: there are so sittmgs. Wall Letter Box, clPared at 7. 40 a.m. & 4.15 p.m. week: The register dates from the year 1682. The living is a days only t·ectory with West Chelborough annexed, joint net in- come £ 2 61, with residence, in the gift of George Troyte- Letters are received from DorchE.'ster, via Evershot, at Chafyn-Grove esq. and held since I886 by the Rev 8 a.m. & 3-IO p.m. Letters for LPwcombe are de- Edward Richard Godley, who resides at West Chel- livered via Melbury Osmund, through Dorchester, & borough. The ancient name of the parish was Lew- arrive about 8.30 a.m. The nearest money order & . combe, of which East Chelborough was a hamlet; that telegraph office is at Evershot, z! miles distant part of the parish which contains the Glebe farm and 1.'he children of this place attend the schools at Halstock- the Rectory House (now the property and Tesidence of & Evershot Digby Corn. the Hun. Gerald Fitz- Cannon Edmund Henry, farmer, Napier Herbert, head gamekeeper to maurice R.N., J.P. Lewcombe ho Home farm Com. the Hon. G.F. Digby R.N.,J.P Banbury Edward Thomas, farmE>r, Groves William, head gardener to Pearce Henry, farmer, Hor>~ey W()od farm I Corn. the Hon. G.F.Digby R.N.,J.P Ridout Thomas Charles, farmer
WEST CHELBOROUGH i~ a parish 4 miles north- the gift of George Troyte-Chafyn-Grove esq. and held \Vest from Evershot station on the Weymouth branch of since 1886 by the Rev. Edward Richard Godley. 'rhe the Great \Vestern railway. 6 north-ea;:t from Beaminster principal landowners are George Troyte-Chafyn-Grove · and B south from Yeovil, in the Western division of the esq. of North Coker, who is lord of the manor, and Crew countv. hundred of TollerfMd, Bridport petty sessional J ennings Crew e!lq. ()f East Chelborough. The soil is division, Beaminster union, Yeovil county court district, various; subsoil, chalk and green eand. The area is rural deanery of Bridport (Beaminster portion), arch- 578 acres, principally used as dairy land; rateable deaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church value, £szB; the population in 1891 was 62. of St. Andrew is a building of stone in the Gothic style, Parish Clerk William Raison consisting of chancel and nave, and an embattled tower, ' · with pinnacles, on the south side, containing 2 bells: Letters through Dorchester, via Evershot, arrive at 8.20 the font is Norman: the church was rebuilt about 1640, a.m. & 3.30 p.m. Wall Letter Box cleared at 9 a.m. and restored in r894 by the patron: there are so sittings. & 3·55 p.m. on week days only. The nearest money The register dates from the year r666. The living is a order & telegraph office is at Evershot, 2~ miles distant 1·ectory annexed to F.ast Chelborough, joint net yearly The children of this place attend the schools at Con- value £z6I, including 29 acres of glebe and residence, in combe & Evershot Calvert Mr'l Dawe William, farmer, Ewings Williams Ambrose Vincent, farmer, God:ey Rev. Edward Richd. Rectory Perham Fredk. farmer, Manor farm I Hemlock farm Lucy Hubert CHES:IL, see Portland. CHES:ILBORNE is a parish and small village, 8 glebe and residence, in the gift of A. E. L. Fox-Pitt miles nurth-ea:,;t from Dorchester stations, on the Great Rivers esq. and held since 1909 by the Rev. Charles \VeMtern and London and South Western railway, 8 Watts Whistler, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and north-west; from Bere Regis and II south-west from M.R.C .. S. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, erecte