• [DORSET.] TONEll'S PUDDL-g. 868 [POST OFFICE • 5 rr: TONER'S PUDDLE (or TURNER'S PUDDI,E) is a ton, esq., of Moreton House, and held by the Rev. Henry parish. in the South Blandford petty sessional division, hun­ Peere Williams-Freeman, M.A., of Brasenose College, Ox­ dred of Hundred's Barrow, union and county court district ford. Children ofthis parish areapprenticed from Frampton's of Wareham, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, Charity of Moreton. Henry Frampton, esq., is lord of the and rural deanery of Whitchurch, situated about 5 miles from manor and sole landowner. 'l'he soil is of a chalky nature; Moreton railway station, 7~ north-west-by-westfrom Ware­ the subsoil is chalk. The chief crops are wheat and bal'lry. ham, 132~ from London, and 1 mile south-west from Bere The parish comprises 1,983 acres, of which 1,157 acres an: Regis. 'I'he river Puddle flows through this parish. The heath; gross estimated rental, £B55; rateable value, £761 ; church of the Holy Trinity is an ancient structure. with and the population in 1871 was 128. challcel, nave, square embattled tower, and 2 bells. The Parish Clerk, Thomas Legg. register dates from the year 1743. The living is a discharged rectory, a peculiarofthe Dean ofSalisbury, yearly value, with Letters are received through Dorchester. ~ere Regis is the Aft'puddle (which was united in the year 1849 by order of nearest money order office Her Majesty in Council) £220, in the gift of Henry Framp- CARRIER TO DORCHESTER.-JamesJoiner, every sat Hooper William, farmer I Joiner James, carrier I Randall Benjamin, farmr.Snellingfarm

TURNWORTH is a parish, in Blandford union and wood, M .A., ofTrinity College, Oxford. There is a Parochial county court district, forming, with the parishes of Belchal­ school. Turnworth House is the seat of Mrs. Parry Okeden, well and Shillingstone, a detached portion ofthat part of the and is now occupied by Mrs. Fort. Mrs. Parry Okeden is hundred of Cranborne whicll is in the West Shaston petty lady of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is chalk. sessional division, being locally in the hundred of Pimperne, The crops arechiefly !l-rass for sheep. The area is 1,560 acres; diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, and rural gross estimated rental, £1,171; rateable mIne, £ 1,OH; the deanery of Whitchurch, 5 miles west-by-north from Bland­ parish contained 151 inhabitants in 1B71. ford. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a small edifice~ THORNCOMB is a hamlet. with a square embattled tower, and was originally built in Parish Clerk, Thomas Knight. the 13th century, and, with the exception of the tower, was • rebuilt in 1869, in memory of the late William Parry Oke- den, esq.: the style is Early English. The register dates from Lettffs from BJandford, Thomas Knight, receiver, at 9.15 1552. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £180, with resi- a.m.; dispatched, 4 p.m. The nearest money order office dence and 22 acres of glebe, in the patronag'e of the Bishop is at Shillingstone of Salisbury, and held by the Rev. Alft'ed Samuel Little- Parish School, Miss Laura Legg, mistress PRIVATE RESIDENTS. ILittlewood Rev.Alfd. Saml. M.A.[vicar] IButt John, shopkeeper Fort Mrs. Turnworth house Tory John Edward Tory John Edward, farmer

TYNEHAM is a parish in fhe Isle of Purbeck, in the several of the barrows, which are very numerous in this South Blandford petty sessional division, hundred of Hai81or, neig-hbourhood, have been opened, and human remains, union and county court r1istrict of Wareham, diocese of pottery, and coal money, found ill them, a full description Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, and rural deanery of ofwhich is given in" Hutchins' lIistorr ofDorset," to which Dorchester, nearly 5 miles west-by-south from Corfe Castle, .Thomas Bond, esq., was a large contributor. Tyneham 6 south-hy-west .from Wareham station, and 131 from House, the residence of Thomas Bond, esq., J.P., is a hand­ London, bounded on the 80uth by the English Channel. The' some structure ot' Purbeck Ashlar, mostly built in 1583, but church of St. IVlary is n smnlI ancient edifice, and was pro- considerable alterations and additions were made by the late bably originally a chantry chapel belonging to Creech Rev. Wm. Bond in 1820; the entrance front has a porch Grange: it consists of a chancel, tiled, a na\,e and aisles: and three gables, all of good proportion. The Rev. N. Bond, there is no tower, but at the east end of the nave are two of Creech Grange, is lord of the manor; the principal land­ open arches containing 2 bells: itwasrepairedandenlar{o{cd owners are the Rev. N. Bond, Rev. John Hond, Edward by the late Rev. Wm. Bond: against the west wall of the Weld, e~q., and Mrs. House. This parish comprises about south aisle are two monuments of Caen stone, one to the 2,915 acres; rateable value, £1,647; and in 1871 contained memory of the Rev. Wm. Bond, late rector of Steeple with a popu!l:ltion of 269. Tyneham, and a canon of the cathedral church of Bristol; POVINGTOJll, a hamlet, and formerly a manor, belonged the other to ·Wm. Boud, esq., his eldest son, a magistrate of to theAbbey of Bee, in Normandy, and at the suppression the police court of the metropolis, and recorder of PooIe and was given by Henry V J. to St. Anthony's Hospital, London; Wareham; there are several other monuments: divine ser- by Edward IV. to Eton College; and afterwards by Queen vice was formerly performed in this parish only once on Elizabeth (A.R. 24) to Edward, Earl of Hertford, who sold each Sunday in the year, and on Ash Wednesday, Good Fri- thedemesnes and copyholdl:l to the tenants, and thus extin­ day, and Christmas Day; in 1848 Rev. William Bond, cou- guished the manor. sidering the increase of the population, gave the sum of EGLISTON, anciently a manOl' and hamlet, now consists £1,700 £3 per cent. Consols to the governors of Queen Anne's of two farms, known as North Egliston and South Egliston, Bounty upon trust to pay the dividends half yearly to the and a portion of Tyneham farm. rector of Tyneham, upon condition of his performing two WORTHBARROW HAMLET is 1 mile west; Baltinglon, full services, with a sermon, every Sunday, also Oil Good half a mile west; Whiteway adjoins Poving'ton, and was Friday and Chrh,tmas Day. The register dates from the anciently parcel of that manor. year 1581. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Parish Clm'h, Henry Stickland. Steeple,joint yearly value £533, in the gift of and held by the Rev. NathanielBond, ofCreech Grange, B.A., of (kiel Col- lege, Oxford; the Rev. William Truell, B.A., St. John's Letters through Wareham, which is the nearest money order College, Cambridge, is the curate, and resides at the rectory. office Some interesting antiquities have been found in this parish; National School, Miss White, mistress Bond Miss, Tyneham house ICooper William, farmer, Povington I MillerJoseph,shopkeeper,Worthbarrow Bond Thomas, .T.P. Tyneham house Farwell Thomas, grocer, Whiteway I Parmenter Sophia (Mrs.), farmer, TruelI Rev. William, B.A. [curate], Gover George, farmer, Egliston farm Whiteway farm Rectory Hull J ames 8. farmer, Baltington farm Spencer EJiza (Mrs.), beer retailer, Chilcott James, farmer, Povington Hull William, fiumer, Tyneham farm Worthbarrow •

UPWAY is a parish, and station 011 the Weymouth and ancient Gothic fabric, with ivy-mantled square tower, con­ Dorchester railway, in Dorchester petty sessional division, taining 4 bells and a clock: it has a nave and aisles, Waybyhouse liberty, Culliford Tree hundred, Weymouth separated by piers and pointed arches; also a chancel, in union and county court district, diocese of Salisbury, arch- which is a stained window, the gift of the late George deaconry of Dorset, and rural deanery of Dorchester, 4 miles Gould, of Fleet house, who also erected, in the year 1840, south-by-west from Dorchester, 144~ from London, and 4 a commodious school-room, which was enlarged in 1872 by north from Weymouth, pleasantly situated in a beautiful subscription. The register dates from the year 1600. The valley, open at the south, and sheltered by lofty hills at the living is a rectory, yearly value £380, with residence, in the west and north. The Dorsetshire Wey rises here, and patronage of the Bishop of Salisbury, and held by the Ven. presents a heautiful fountain, formed by one of the largest Robert Bentley Buckle, M,A., formerly fellow and tutor of springs in England; it rises at the foot of Windbatch Hill, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, formerly archdeacon of meanders through several villages, and empties itself into Dorset. There is a National school, supported by contribu­ the sea at Weymouth. The church of St. Lawrence is an tions. The Independents have a chapel here. The charities

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