[DORSET.] WOTTO~ FITZPAINE. 892 [POST OFFICE .f- carried a light or beacon. The principal landowners are Ia mile and a half south-west; on St. Adhelm's Head are J. H. Calcraft, esq., who is lord of the manor, and the Ellrl quarries offreestone. of Eldon. The area is 2,645 acres; rateable value, .£1,993 ; Parish Clerk, James Bridle. the population in 1871 was 297. Letters through Wareham. Corfe Castle is the nearest EHMIT HILL, a large barrow, is situated on the cliff, money order & telegraph office Darby Rev. William [vicarJ Miller John, Square ~ Compasses, & Bradford John, dairyman Caines Thomas, farmer, Renscombe shopkeeper Bridle James, carpenter. shopkeeper & Havard -, farmer, Woody Hyde Smith Thos. Gover, farmer, Downshay parish clerk Lowe J ames, shoe maker Symes William, farmer, Weston

WOTTON FITZPAINE ie a parish, 3 miles north­ char~e commuted at £250 yearly, in the gift of, and held hy east-by-north from Lyme ReJ!is, and 2 north from Char­ the Rev. Forster Lewis, M.A., of 8t. John's College, Oxford. mouth, in the hundred of Whitchnrch Canonicorum, The small parochial school here is supported by the rector Bridport union and petty sessional division, Axminster and Mrs. Luttrell. Wotton House is the seat of Mrs. Luttrell, county court district, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of who is the lady of the manor and the principal landowner. Dorset, and rural deanery of Bridport: it is situated on a The soil is various, clay and gravel. The chief crops are small branch of the river Char. CONIG CASTLE and LAM­ wheat, barley and oats. The area is 1,679 acres; !l;ross lIERTS CASTLE, very lofty hills, about 2 miles from here, estimated rental,£2,013; rateable value, £1,766; the popula­ command fine views, Rnd have ancient intrenchments. The tion in 1871 was 252. church (dedication unknown) is ofancient date, in the Early Parish Clerk ~ Sezton, John Bridle. Decorated style; and consists of chancel, nave, north tran­ sept, and tower: itwas restored in 1872, at a cost of£I,700, -- partly by Mrs. Luttrell and partly by subscription, when the Letters through Charmouth, which is the nearest money north tramept, whi~h had been demolished about 200 years order office previously, was rebuilt and a vestry added. The register dates WALL Box cleared at 4.15 p.m. week days only from the year 1667. The living is a rectory, tithe rent~ Parochial School, Miss Mary Rowe, mistress Lewis Rev. Forster, M.A. [rector] Glyde Geo. farmer, Champenhayes farm RapseyJ esse,carpenter & wheelwright; Luttrell Mrs. Wotton house Henley William, blacksmith & at Charmouth Miller John, farmer, Spence farm Rowe Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper COMMERCIAL. Miller John, wheelwright, Pal·thay Baunders Charles, miller, Champell :Bridle J olm, blacksmith Miller Joseph, farmer, Nappfarm hayes mill Dare John, butcher, Bowshot Miller Stephen, farmer, Westover Swaffield John, farmer, Wotton farm Genge Benjamin, farmer, Guppy PowellChas. shopkeeper,Champenhayes Trivett John, dairyman

W:B.AXALL (or WROXHALL) is a parish and small year 1650. The living is a rectory, consolidated with Ram­ village, in Hridport petty sessional division and county pisham, joint yearly value '£444, and 30 acres of glebe, in courtdistrict, hundred ofEggerton,Beaminster union,diocese the gift of St. J ohn's Col1e~e, Cambridge, and held by the of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, unci rural deanery of Rev. Frederick John Rooke, M.A., of Oriel Collrgp., Oxford. Bridport,7 miles south-east from Beaminster, 11 north from The area i~ 9.'')2 acres; gross estimated rental, .£ I,220; rate­ Dorchester, and one mile and a half from Cattistock: the able value, .£1.086 ; the population in 1871 was 88. nearest railway stations are Evershot and Maiden Newton. Parish Clerk, J oseph Ellis, Rampisham The parish consists of one farm, the property of the trustees of the late J. Stein, esq. The church of' the Holy Trinity is a Letters through Cattistock from Dorchester. The nearest Blliall edifice, with bell turret. The register dates from the money order office is at Maiden Newton Andrews J ames, farmer I Greenhill J abez, dairy

WYKE REGIS is a village and parish, one mile and a the year 1650. The living is a rectory, yearly value .£G23, llalf west from Weymouth, and partly within that borough, with residence, in the gift ofthe Bishop of Winchestel', and in the Weymouth union and county court district, petty held by the Rev. Henry Clarence Pigou, M.A., of University sessional division of Dorchester, and liberty of Wyke Regis, College, Oxford. Here is a Nationalschool, partly supported hundred of Cullitord Tree, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry by an endowment given by the late Mrs. Chamberlaine. Bel­ of Dorset, and rural deanery uf Dorchester, plea.'!antly situ­ field House, the residence of Samuel Pretor, eSIJ., .T.P., ated in a valley open to thfi sea from the south-west. This stands on an acclivity, and commands a fine prospect. place commands some fine views; to the south and east Wyke House, the residence of Col. Charles Swaffield• .T.P., Bre the Isle of Portland and the Portland Roads, with is a handsome modern villa. The Earl of Ilchester, who is St. Alban's Head in the distance: to the west is that lord of the manor, and Col. Charles Swaffield, J.P., are the par' of the sea called the We"t Bay, lInd to the north are a principal landowners. Soil, heavy; subsoil, clay. The variety ofvillages and lofty hills: from its very pleasant situa­ chief crops are wheat and barley. The area in acres ill 1702 ; tion it nai become the residence of many families. The gross estimated rental, £12,868; rateable value, £10,763; church of All Saints is a fine specimen of Gothic architec­ the population in 1871 was 2,365, of which 1,179 are in ture: it bas a"n embattled square tower (which, from its Weymouth. great height, serves as a usefilllandmark to vesselil passing Parish Clerk, Abel Whittle. up and down the. English Channel), one Gothic porch, chancel, nave, and aisles separated by cylindrical piers and • lofty arches: in the chancel are two handsome stained POST OFFICE.-Abel Whittle, receiver. Letters nrrive windows) presented by R. H. Swaffield, esq., and Mrs. from Weymouth at 7 a.m. & at 3 p.m.; dispatC'hed at Munro: the church contains some monuments and tablets, 7.45 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Wey­ and an orlJ;an: in the graveyard are several stones bearing­ mouth inscriptions to persons shipwrecked on this coast: this is Notional School, James Atkins, master; Mrs. Martha the mother church of Weymouth. The register dates from Atkins, mistress • PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Pigou Misses Bazell Charles, farmer, Lynch farm Austin Frederick, West Hill house i Pretor Samuel, J.P. Belfield house Bazell Geor~e, dairyman Benson Rev. Wm. John, West Hill cot Shetler William, Sandesfoot terrace Bowditch Harriet (Mrs.), butcher Chimmo Thomas, Quibo cottage Shirras James Wm. West Bay house Burbidge WiIliam, baker &. grocer Chimmo Capt. Wm. R.N. Westdown Wg Swaffield Col. Charles James O.•T.P. Churchill George, farmer Cole Capt. William, R.N. Clearrnount Wyke house . Collins Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper Fenoulhet Mrs. Cailtle Tarbutt Mrs. Clearmount . Dodson Thomas, brick maker Greaves Rev. Talbot Aden Ley, M.~. Tarver Thos. Walesby, 2 Sandesfoot ter Edwards Charles, gl'Ocer Portmore house Tllrver William, 3 Sandesfoot terrace EdwardtJ Edward, Albert inn, & stone Holland Charles, Belfleld park Tomlinson Rev. W. Markham house mason Jones Miss Warrington Mrs. The Cottage Ellis Frederick, market gardener Lyne! Rev. John, Sandesfoot house Wllliams Mrs Gard John, farmer, Goldcroft Lynes Thomas, Boulton villa COMMERCIAL. Gard Samuel, dairyman Miller Col. John, Powell villa Andrews Henry, beer retailer Gooden Georg-e, Royal Victoria inn l'igou Rev.Hen.Clarence, M.A. Rertory Bartlett James, butcher Hatcller EH, beer retailer

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