WILTSHIRE. (KELLY's Southwick, a Structure of Iron Erected As a Chapel of 2,312 Acres of Land and 7 of Water;
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40 NORTH BRADLEY. WILTSHIRE. (KELLY'S Southwick, a structure of iron erected as a chapel of 2,312 acres of land and 7 of water;. rateable value.,.., ease to St. Nicholas, was destroyed by fire Dec. 22, 1897; £5,212. a new chapel of stone is now (1903) in course of erec- Sexton, Henry Jones. tion. The Baptist chapel, built in 1779, and enlarged in Police Constable, '.Dhomas Wheele!", Southwick 1803 and 1831, will hold 400. T'here is an almshouse for Roadhill eccles~astical parish will be found under B- fou!" poor persons, with a monthly allowance of 18s. each, separate head. founded in 1810 by Archdeacon Daubeny, who also built, Post, M. 0., S. B. &; A. &; I. O. - Mrs. Ann Brookman.. in 1818, the vicar's poor house for 6 poor pe,rsons. A sub-postmistress. Letters through Trowbridge, ar,river charity of £3 was given by Mrs. Rachael Long, in 1871, at 7 a.m. &; 6.45 p.m.; sunday, 7 a.m. &; are dis- to six poor families of this parish. The Rt. Hon. WaIter patched at 9 a.m. &; 6.45 p.m.; sunday, 9 a.m. Trow- H. Long P.C., M.P. of Rood Ashton House, is lord of bridge is the nearest telegraph office, 2 miles distant the manor. The principal landowners 8ire Winchester Post &; T. O. Southwick. Mrs. R'hoda Kite, sub- College, William John Munn, of Highfield, fiilperton, and postmistress. Letters through Trowbridge. North W. H. Laverlon esq. J.P. of Leighton House, Westbwry. Bradley is the nearest money order office. Letters: The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The area of North Brad- arrive at 7.40 a.m. & 7.10 p.m.; sunday, 7.30 a~m. ley is 1,723 acres, which is principally pasture; rat~able only; dispatched at 9.45 a.m. & 7.15 p.m.; sunday.. value, £6,429; the population in 1901 was 1,689-818 in 9.45 a.m. only. Postal o,rders are issued here, but< Bradley and 871 in Southwick, including Roadhill. The not paid population of North Bradley ecclesiastical parish in 1901 Wall Letter Box, Yarnbrook, cleared 8.40 a.m. &; 6.2Cl.f was 1,462. p.m. week day,s only Yarnbrook is a hamlet three-quarters of a mile south· SC'hools. east. Here is a Baptist chapel, built in 1873, to bold 200. Elementary (mixed), built in 1881, &; enlarged in 1894. Southwick tithing is li miles west. Here is a Baptist wit,h house for mistress, for 132 children; average' chapel, erected in 1815, and seating 200; and a Particular attendance, II2; Miss Mary Jane Smith, mistress Baptist chapel, erected in 1861, with IS0 sittings. South- Elementary, Southwick (mixed), erected, with master'& wick Manor Court, now a farm house, was the residence house, in 1867, &; enlarged in 1898, fOT 200 children;: of Archbishop Stafford; it is surrounded by a moat, and average attendance, 133; Adolphus Smith, masfer the ruins of the chapel may still be traced. The area is Carriers to Trov,1bridge pass through daily NORTH BRADLEY. Harrington John, gamekeeper to W. Barnes Thomas, steam rollers (Marked thus * postal address West- J. Mann esq. Brokerswood proprietor & contractor to. bury.) Hobbs Geo. carpentr. rate & tax coll the countY' & district coun- PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hobbs William, farmer ells; also thrashing machine pro- Davis Rev. Cornelius (Baptist) Hussey Samuel, boot repairer prietor & engineer Francis :Mrs. East Lynn Hutton William John, beer retailer Coombs William, farmer, Berryfield, Francis William, The Willows Jackson Rannah (Miss), farmer Deacon Job, farmer, Home farm Haycraft Dennis, Silverdale *Jeffreys William, farmer,Brokerswood Deacon John, farmer Long Misses, Broadleigh house Keevil Edward Frowd, farmer, Organ Doel Frederick, farmer, Pole's hole- Long Misses, The Laurels pool (resides Semington) Doel Job, farmer, Flaxfield Long Richard, Willow grove Kemp Frank, clerk, The Limes Doel John, road contractor & farmer., Long Solomon Knight William, farmer, Rank Green hill Merewether Rev. Wyndham Arthur Lane Thomas, farmer, Yarnbrook Forrest Frank, farmer Scinde M.A. Vicarage Moore Oharles, maltster Forrest William, farmer, Ashmore COMMERCIAL. Morfey Fredk. Geo. teacher of music Gerrish Simeon, farmer, Hogginton Adams Jonathan, miller (steam &; Pike Hy. jobbing gardener,Old Rectry Giddings Mark, farmer, Hooper's pool water) &; farmer, Yarnbrook Randall James, boot repairer Gile,s Elizabeth (Mrs.) (exors. of)" Axford Joseph, farmer, Brokerswood Reading Room (F. W. Bristow, sec) Royal Oak P.R. & butcher Bown Gerald, farmer, Pound farm Sainsbury John, grocer Green James, farmer,Norrishill (postal" Bristow David, farmer, Park *Sainsbury Lmbrt. beer rtlr.Brokrswd address Westbury) Brookman Ann (Mrs.),stationr.Post off Sawyer Lewis, farmer Greenhill Jsph. farmer, Mutton's mrsh. Butcher Mary (Mrs.), frmr.Woodmrsh *Sevier Joseph, farmer, Brokerswood Holland Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker Oase William, relieving officer No. 2 Skinner Henry, farmer, Willow grove Holland George, farmer district &; registrar of births & Stafford William }<'rancis, butcher Holland Job, shopkeeper deaths, &; vaccination officer for Turner Frederick, baker, Yarnbrook Holland William, smith Bradley sub-district,Westbury union Watts Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Runtley Job, carpenter Cook Alfred, smith, Yarnbrook Watts Edwin, New Ring of Bells P.H. JackSDn Joseph, farmer, Hooper's poor Crisp Edward, Rising Sun P.H & brewer Jones Alfred, carpenter & wheelwrght Culverhouse Arthur, dairyman Weaver Louis, cattle dealer, The Firs Kite Elizh. (Mrs.), shopkpr. &; post oft' Culvershouse Jane (Mrs.), Old Ring of Webb Rbt. carpntr. & beekpr. Yarnbrk Lifeley Benjamin, farmer, Greenfield BeUs P.H Lifeley John, farmer, Pole's hole *Doel Alfred, beer retlr. Brokers wood SOUTHWICK. Lucas Annie (Mrs.), laundres~ Elms Martha (Mrs.), laundress, (Marked thus * postal address Road, Marsh~a~ Job, farmer, Dunkirk Woodmarsh Bath.) May Wl1ham, farmer, Park farm *Farr George, farmer. Brokerswood Barnes Thomas, Beech house Reakes Christopher William, farmer,. Francis Edward, farmer, Home farm Deacon Miss J ordanleigh Court farD?- . Francis Letitia(Mrs.),frmr.Cutteridge Forrest Frar:rr Townsend W~l1~am, f~rm~r, HoggmtoIl' Franeis Sidney(Mrs.),frmr.Druces frIll Reakes Christopher T?wnsend ,,:"llll~m, New mn, & farmel': F~ancis Wm. Keevil, farmer,Overcourt Robinson Rev. Wm. Fothergill RA. Vmcent BenJamm, farmer, Gro:es GlddinO's. "'.Geo farmer & cheese. factor (curat)e, PopIar8 house WWebb11 ThHedley Geo.S.Fleur-de-L1S P.IL Glles George farmer & daIryman e somas, I wan mn Green Frank, Long's Arms P.B. COMMERCIAL. Weston Edwd. In. carpenter & painte:r> Yarnbrook Amer George, farmer, Pound farm Wilkins John, farmer, Road common. Hall Elizh. Ann (Miss), dress maker Bennett Bessie (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wi~del1 Ephraim, carpenter Hall Rachel (Miss), dress maker Bennett John, stone mason *"mdell James, farmer, Roat:!. com BRATTON is a parish for all purposes, formed in 1894, stained windows: the church was Testored, reseated and it having been an ecde-siastical parish since 1845, out 01 newly roofed in 1860, at a cost of about [900, from de Wes.tburr, and is situated among the downs on the signs by Mess,rs. Scott and Wyatt, architects, and will :road from Welltbury to Devizes, It miles west from seat 200 persons. The registeT dates from i·he year 154~' Edington station on the Westbury and Patney branch of The living is a vicarage, net yea.rly value £300, including. the Great Western railway and 3! miles east-by-norlh from 3! acres of glebe, with residence, in 1Ihe gift of the vicar Westbury station on the Salisbury branch of the Great of WestbUTy, and held since 1897 by the Rev. Robert Western railway, in tllle Western division of the county, Stephen Jacob, Theol. Assoc. of King's {J{)llege, London: petty sessional division of Westbury, Westbnry union and the vicarage house was e,rooted in 1863, ab s cost of county court district, Tural deanery of Wylye (Heyt6B- [1,600, on ground given by the Marquess of Bath. Here bury portion), archdeaconry of Sarum and diocese of are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels. The Public Hall, Salisbury. The branch of the Great Western railway built in 1889, is used for concerts and meetings, and. frem Patney to Westbury Junction passes about half a will seat ISO people. Th9l'e is an iron foundry, where Olile north of the village. The church of St. James is I agricultural implements 8re manufactnred. The Mar of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chan- I guess of Bath, who is lord of the manO'1', William H. Sea eel, nave of four bays, transepts, aisles, and an embattled gram esg. of Bratton House, and Charles N. P. Phippg, western tower containing 6 bells: there are several esg. of Chalcot, are the principal landowners. The soil.