DIRECTORY.] HAMPSHIRE. lUNGWOOD. 399 ford Bryant, Wombome, in 1621 ; Admiml Thomas Unett Phillipson Turner-Turner esq. is built of Pur­ Brown, of ffinton, who in x667 gavil an annuity from beck stone, completed in I878, and situated on the banka lands at Ohmstchurch; John Dodington, in 1638, who of the river Avon, about 2~ miles south of Ringwood: it is left Jruds at Fordingbridge, now the property of Sir surrounded by p.i.cture!Sque grounds, and commands an Edward HU!lse bart. by whom tJhe root-charge ils paid to attractive prospect ; it forms the site of a former the paris4leos in succes.slion. Oh:ci~topher Garrett, who building, which, together: with the estate, was pnr­ in 1621 gave. an alUluity of 2os. for clot!hing, from a farm cLased by the late Mr. Turner-Turner from the Earl of ®led "Bradford farm;" a.nd Jl()hn Lyne, who gave Malmesbury, whose property :i.t adjoins. nron~ey fur a monthly se·rmon, and obher money for the The principal landowners are Edward John H. E. Morant poor ont of an estate called "Waterman's." Benefac­ esq. of Brokenhurst Park, who is lord of the manor; John ti<Jn, were. also left by Thicihard Lyne, in 1722 ; Jane 1\Iills esq. of Bisterne, the Earl of Normanton and~- E. U. Bureh, in x66o and I672; Willia.m Clarke, of this town, P. Turner-Turner esq. in 1883, and the widow of William BalldWii.n, of Ring­ The &ail is partly light and part heavy; sub90il. ;wood, in I 844. g:TsveL The chief crops ar-e wheat, barley, oats, turnips Ri.ngwood was occupied by the Romans a.s a military and swedes. The al"eQ of the pe:r:iJ.sh of Ringwood is post. Jameos, Duke of Monmouth, after his defeat at Io, 144 acres of land and 221 of water; rateable value, t.h~ bMitle of Sedgem.oor, noo.r Bridgwater, 5 July, I685, £2o, II3; the population in x8gr was 4,028, including 49 was brought to Ringwood, having been captured at a ofiioers and inm&tes in the workhouse. place called "the Island," not fur from thllis town. B1sterne is a chapeJ.ry annexed t<J the pe.risb of Ring­ The Manor House, the property and residence of Mrs. wood, and will be found under a separate head. Hay Morant, is pleasantly situated north of the town. Idaho, the seat of Capt. Arthur Heneage Loyd, is a. man­ Orowe is a hamlet, 2 moles routh-east, and has a sion constructed of Oregon pine logs, after the design of Wesleyan chapel, with a burial ground attached. the Idaho state building in the Chicago Exposition: it Ktingslbon hamlet, 2 miles south-east, has a Oongrega­ stands on an eiUinence in a pine forest of 550 acres, and tional chapel Wlith schools atJtached. <:Ommands very fine views of the surrounding country. Poulner hamlet, xl miles north-eoa.st, is on the South­ St. Ives, the seat of William James Russell esq. Ph.D., ampton road, and conltalins a Bapliis.t chapel. Othe-r F.R.S. is beautifully situated on a. hill one mile south-west pLaces in the parush are ..hhley, Wa.ttensford and Moor- from the town, in pa.rklike grom1ds of 6o acres. town. ' The Avon Castle Hotel, the property of John Edmund Parish Clerk and Sexton, James Dawkin.s. OFFIOI.AL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOOA.L INSTITUTIONS &c • • l'o .. t, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B., Express Delivery, Hul•e Edward Henry esq. 'Breamore house, Salisbury Parcel Post & Annuity & Insurance Office.-George Lee Kemp-Welch John esq. So}lley park, Winkton R.S.O Pearfce Polden, postmaster. Delivery takes place at 7 King John e.;;q. !ford house, Christchurch a.m. ro a.m. & 5·45 p.m. Boxes close at II.S a.m. I.IS Meyrick Sir George .A.ugustus Eliott Tapps-Gervis-, Hin- & Io p.m. Letters are dispatched at II. rs a.m. 1.30 ton Admiral, Christchurch & u.ro p.m. Sundays, delivery, 7 a.m.; box closes Io Mills John esq. D.L. Bisterne, Ringwood p.m. Money orders granted k paid from 9 a.m. to 8 Moore William West'by esq. Higham, Bournemouth p.m. (except sundays). The office is open for telegraph Neave William Reynolds esq. Elmhurst, Fordingbridge business on sundays from 8 till IO a.m Stansfeld Maj.-Gen. Henry Hamer, Manton, Marlborough Chri~tchurch Road Sub-Office.-Edward Merritt, sub­ road, Bournemouth postmaster. Box cleared 8 & ro a.m. & 12.45• S & 8.15 Thompson Henry e!q. Ashburne. Fordingbridge p.m. ; sundays, I2. IS p.m Thomson John Robert M.D. Monkchester, Bournemouth Wall LP-tter Box, Poulner, cleared g. 15 a.m. & 7· 30 Turner-Turner John Edmund Unett Phillipson esq. Avon p.m.; sundays, II.30 a.m castle, Ringwood Wall Letter Box, Spring gardens, cleared 9·35 a.m. & 7·45 VMl Frederic esq. Mansfield, Ringwood p.m. ; sundays, 9·35 a.m Venner Col. Leonard Sid-ebottom, St. Rode. Bournemth Railway Station, cleared at 8.so & II.45 a.m. 2, s.IO & Viney Thomas Gould esq. Flaxfield, Fordingbridge 8.ro p.m. ; sundays, 8.45 a.m The Chairmen of the Rural District Councils in the divi­ Southampton street, 7.15 & 10.30 a.m. & 12.30 & 7.50 sion are ex-officio magistrates p.m.; sunday, II-45 a.m Clerk to the JI.Iagistrates, .A.rthur Howland J ackson, Wall Letter Box, Lower Kingston, cleared 1-30 p.m. week Market place days only Wall Letter Box, A.shley, cleared 8.45 a.m. & 7.40 p.m.; Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall the first wed­ sundays, 8 a.m n-Qsday in every month except October; in Septemhel' the first & last wednesday at II a.m. The following O:mnty Magistrates for the Ringwood Petty places are induded in the division: Aslhl<3y Walk, Sessional Division. Breamore, Broomy, Burley, Charford (North), Char­ Esdaile William Clement Drake esq. Burley :!\Ianor cottage, ford (South), Christchurch, Damerham, Ellinghalll, Ringwood, chairman of division Fordingbridge, Hale, Harbridge, Holdenhurst, Ibsley, 'Malmesbury Earl <lf, D.L. Heron court, Christchurch Martin, Ringwood, Rockborne, Sopley, Toyd &; Alien­ Normanton Earl of, D.L. Somerley, Ringwood ford, Whitsbury & Wood Green ~anners Lord, Avon Tyrrell, Ringwood FitzHarris Viscount, Heron court, Christchurch Ringwood Rural District Council. Douglas The Hon. Edward William D.L. Heather Lea, Meets at Union Workhouse on alternate Mon. at 3 p.m Christchurch Foley Adml. The H{)n. Fitz-Gera:d Algernon Charles, Clerk, George Pritchard Brown, The Furlong Packham, iF<Jrdingbridge Treasurer, Herbert Arthur Fyson, National Provincial Heathcote Sir William Pe1'c9V'al bart. Redver•, Bournmth Bank, Hig'h street Hulse Sir Edward hart. B.A., D.L. Breamore ho.Salisbry Medical Officer of Health, Henry Geary Dyer l\I.D. 8hute Gen. Sir Charles Cameron K.C.B. Dinsdale, Nallsion house Bournemouth Sanitary Inspector & Surveyor of Highways, Henry Dear Bond William Henry esq. Fryern court, Fordingbridge Holloway, Southend house Cavendish~Bentinck W. Geo. esq. Highcliffe, Ohristchurch Ringwood Union. Oxlper-Dean James Edward esq. Littledown, Christchurch Board day, a'!.ternate monday a& the Wmkhouse at 2 p.m Coote Eyre esq. West park, Rockbourne, Fordingbridge Elwes Capt. George Robert, Bossington, Bournemouth The Union compri•es the following parishes: Broomy, Eyre Major Frederick Hussey Daniel, The Lawn, Mudc- Burley, Ellingham, Harbridge, Ibsley & Ringwoi'ld. The ford, Ohristchurch population in 189r was 5·545; area, 3·4>935 acres; netcher William Morris esq. Burley Beacon, Ringwood rateable value, £30,573 G'!.llOwlly Major-Gen. John Mawby Clossy, Egmore, East Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Geo. Cliffe, Bournemouth Pritchard Brown, The Furlong G. rrett Lient.-Col. Algernon Robert, N ethercourt, Treasurer, Herbert Arthur Fyso~, National Provincial Bournemouth .Bank, High street Goff Major Gerald Lionel Joseph, Hale pk. Salisbury Relieving & Vaccination Officer for the Union, William Haggard Jarnes esq. Pine hurst, Bournemouth Silke, Christchurch street Hankinson Thoma;s Jam~s esq. Eastbury, Bournemouth 1 Medical Officer & Puhlic Vaccinator, Henry Geary Dyer Holloway John Edward esq. Fairlight, Christchurch M.D. Mansion house H per Edmund Huntly esq. Woodend, Christchurch Superintendent Registrar, George Pritchard Brown, The Hul:.e Charles Westrow esq. Breamore ho. Salisbury Furlong; deputy, Henry Dear Holloway, Southend hG .