• DIRECTORY. J DORSETSHIRE. COMPTON VALENCE • 73 OOMPTON ABBAS. Ryall Alfred, shopkeeper Barnes Richard, farmer, & assistant Witt Emest, farmer, Wj])is farm overseer for Fontmell Magna, Poy­ Kay Rev. Thomas George Brierley stock farm · L.Th. (rector), The Rectory TWXFORD Bridle Stephen, farmer (Letters are delivered from Shaftes· Day William, blacksmith COMHEBCIAL. bury direc11.) Foot Alfred (Mrs.),farmer,Baker's fro Alford Henry Thomas, carpenter Baker James, farmer, Crocker's farm Bideout EmiJy (Mrs.), shopkeeper Burridge Lot, blacksmith Barni!s Ohas. Hy. farmer, Gumms frm Tapper John, fa.rmer, & registmr of Butt Meshach Geo. farmer, Tucker',. Barnes Jem, farmer, & deputy regis- births & deaths, Fontmell sub-dis­ farm ; & at Gore farm, Ashmore trar of births & deaths, Fontmell trict, Shaftesbury union, Burden'a Goldie George, farmer, Manor farm sub-district, Shaftesbury union, farm Goldie William, farmer,Gourd's farm Twyford farm COMPTON AB::SAS WEST (or West Compton) is gift of Lord Wynford, of Warmwell, Dorchester, and a parish, 3 miles south from Maiden Newton station on held since zgro by the Rev. William Hewitson B.A. of the Weymouth section of the Great Western railway, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Close to the par!sh is and 9 west-north-west from Dorchester, in the Western the site of a British village. John Donnet Paul esq. division of the county, Oerne hundred, Dorchester petty Lord Wynford and Miss Phelps are the landowners. sessional division, union and county court district, rural The soil is sand; subsoil, gravel and chalk. The deanery of Bridport (Abbotsbury portion), archdeaconry chief crops are corn with some land in pasture. The of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury; Compton Abbas area is 857 acres i rateable value, £663; population in derives its adjunct from having once formed part of the 19n, 42. possessions of Milton Abbey. The church of St. Michael Letters from Dorchester, through Maiden Newton, which is a small modern building of stone in the Early English is the nearest money order & telegraph office, 2 miles -style, and consists of chancel, nave, north porch and one distant, arrive at 8 a.m bell, hung in the porch: the chancel was rebuilt in 1858, Wall Letter Box, cleared 5.50 p.m. summer; 4.50 p.m. and the rest of the church in r867, and opened Oct. 3, winter 1867; there are 102 sittings. The register dates from Wall Letter Box, at Rectory, cleared in summer at 6 the year 1538. The living is a rectory, consolidated p.m. & in winter at 5 p.m with the chapelry of Wynford Eagle, joint net yearly The children of this parish attend the school at Wyn­ value £217, with residence and 2 acres of glebe, in the ford Eagle Hewitson Rev. William B.A. (rector), House Frederick Osm~nd, farmer, COMMEBCIA.L. Rectory Eggardon & Manor farms Fry Frederick, dairyman Slade William, dairyman NETHER COMPTON is a parish on the Somerset- and canon of Salisbury. Here is a Congregational shire border, 3 miles north-east from Yeovil Junction chapel, founded in 1662, seating 250. A charity of £6. station on the main line of the London and South yearly is available for the second poor of the parish. Western railway, 3 north-west-by-west from Sherborne, Col. John Robert Phelips Goodden T.D., D.L., J.P. is and 3 east from Yeovil, in the Northern division of the lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The county, hundred, petty sessional division and union of soil is light loam; subsoil, clay. The land is chiefly Sherborne, county court district of Yeovil, rural pasture. The area is 936 acres; rateable value, £1,353; deanery of Shaftesbury (Sherborne portion), arch- population in 19II, 245 in the civil parish and 362 in deaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The the ecclesiastical parish. church of St. Nicholas is a small building in thP STALEN adjoins Nether Oompton on the east; Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north COURT ASH is half a mile south-east; CHORLOCK transept, south porch and an embattled western tower, HILL, 1 mile north-east. with pinnacles, containing a clock and 5 bells: the Parish Clerk, John Hart. chancel, which is of an earlier date, in the Decorated -style, is separated from the body of the church by a Post, M. 0. & T. Office. Arthur Oollings, sub-post- small but elegant stone screen of zsth century work: master. Letters arrive by messenger from Sherborne there are several stained windows in the chancel: there at 7 a.m. & 1.45 p.m.; dispatched at 12.5 & 5·55 are 235 sittings. The register dates from the year p.m. ; sundays, delivery 8 a.m. ; dispatch zo.so a.m 1538. The living is a rectory, with the rectory of Over Wall Letter Box, Court Ash, cleared at 12.15 & 6.20. Compton annexed, joint net yearly value £321, includ- p.m. ; sundays, II.I5 a.m ing 70 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Col. County Police Station, Eden Charles Cox, constable J. R. P. Goodden, and held since 1884 by the Rev. Elementary School {mixed), built in 1848, with resi­ Edward Wyndham Goodden, of Merton College, Oxford, dence for master, fo':' 70 children; George Fooks,mast PBIVATE RESIDENTS. Davis & Studley, farmers,Lower farm Studley Joseph Emanuel, see Davi• Farquharson Mrs. The Cottage Foot Sydney Austin, frmr.Middle frm & Studley Goodden Rev. Canon Edward Wynd- Kendall George, farm bailiff to Col. Vaux Richard Hy. Griffin's Head P.H ham (rector), Rectory Goodden T.D., D.L., J.P Willis Henry John (Mrs.), farmer, COMMERCIAL. Masters George, farmer, Bucklers Stirling farm Dalley Sarah Ann (Miss), grocer Spiller Reginald George, builder OVER COMPTON is a parish, on the borders of Edward Wyndham Goodden, of Merton College, Oxford, Somersetshire, 3 miles west from Sherborne station on and canon of Salisbury, who resides at Nether Compton. . the main line of the London and South Western railway, Compton House is the seat of Col. John Robert Phelips and 3 east-by-north from Yeovil stations on the Great Goodden T.D., D.L., J.P. lord of the manor and prin­ Western and London and South Western railways, in cipal landowner. The soil is light loam; subsoil, clay. the Northern division of the county, hundred, petty The chief crop is corn with some land in pasture. The sessional division and union of Sherborne, county court a.rea is 688 acres; rateable valuef £1,326; population • district of Yeovil, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Sher­ In I91X, I1J. borne portion), arch deaconry of Dorset and .diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Michael is a small build- j .BA.BYLON HILL is I mile south-we~t. ing of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of Parish Clerk, John Hart . .chancel with chapel,. nave, southkporcdh, abnd an emhbattled Wall Letter Box, Higher farm, cleared at . p.m. western tower, contaming a cloc an 4 e11 s: t e tower week days only 5 45 is 63 feet high, and is built of Ham Hill stone : the east window and three others are stained: there are :J40 sit- Letters arrive from Sherborne at 7.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. tings .. The register dates from the year 1 62 6. The living The nearest money order & telegraph office is at is a rectory, annexed to that of Nether Compton, joint Nether Compton net yearly value £321, with residence, in the gift of Col. The children of this place attend the school at Nether John R. P. Goodden, and held since 1884 by the Rev. Oompton

Goodden Col. John Robert Phelips Dodd Robert, miller (water) 1 Stacey Henry. farmer T.D., D.L., J.P. Compton house Farr William,private gardener to Col. Wareham Waiter, gamekeeper to Col. COli!IIERCIAL. · I J. R. P. Goodden T.D., D.L., J.P I J. R. P. Goodden T.D., D.L., J.P •Oorry William, farmer Perry Albert, farmer . COMPTON VALENCE (or East Compton) is a north from Dorchester, in the Western division of ths small agricultural village and parish, 4 miles south from county, liberty of Frampton, Dorchester petty sessional Maiden Newton Junction station on the Weymouth division, union and countv court district, rural deanery lbranch of the Great Western railway, and 8 west-by- , of Dorchester (Dorchester portion), archdeaconry of