[Dorset.] West Stafford. Post Office

[DORSET.] WEST STAFFORD. 658 POST OFFICE annexed, joint annual value £5I7, with good residence, in house at Louvain, in Belgium, by the French, soon after the gift of J. S. W. S. E. Drax, Esq. ; the Rev. Henry the breaking out of the French Revolution. There is a Broughton Vizard, :M.A., is the incumbent. The Primitive chapel annexed to it. Here was a priury, a cell to the Methodists and Independents have each chapels here; the Abbey of Preaux, in Normandy, founded in the reign of latter has also an Infant school. In 1728 Dr. Sloper founded Henry I., but afterwards considered part of the cell of and endowed a school for instructing the poor children of Monk Toftes, in Norfolk, belonging to the same house. In Spettisbury and Charlton Marshall ; there is also a bequest the neighbourhood are the remains of a fortification, in which by Bishop Hall for supplying the poor with Bibles. There many coins and other relics of the Saxons have ileen found; is a National Infant school in the village. Here is the it is called 8pettisbury Ring, or Crawford Castle. The Convent of St. Monica, belonging to the Canonl?sses of St. population, in 185I, was 660, and the acreage is 2,148. Augustine. The nuns came here from Ahnesbury, in Wilt- This place, when the Dorset central railway is completed, shire, where they had retired after being expelled :from their will be a. railway station. PRIVATE REiHDENTS. Bailey Charles, beer retailer Lamperd Joseph, gardener Agar Rev. William S. [Roman Catholic Clarke Sarah & Emily ( 1\'Iisses ), butchers Maekrell William Tory, farmer priest] Dash wood William, shopkeeper Meacher Thomas, dairyman Baskett Robert, esq Davis Joseph, corn miller Rabbetts Josiah, baker & confectioner Bramall Sergeant Wm. Convent cottage Downton SarahStone(Mrs.),shopkeeper Rawlings Joseph, farmer Mackrell William Tory, esq Gillingharo John, M.R.c.v.s. veterinary Roper Robert Kyne, shopkeeper Parmiter Mrs. l\Iary surgeon & shoeing forge Sampson Henry, carpenter & wheel- Poynter Mrs. Elizabeth [prioress], the Groves Stephen, iarmer wright Convent Hicks Miss, mistress of the Independent Shorey Robert, boot & shoe maker &; Torkington Rev. Charles iufant school shopkeeper Trant Henry, esq Horner Sarah (:Miss), National infant Simes Michael, boot & shoe maker Vizard Rev. Henry B. M.A. [rector] schoolmistress Simes Robert, sub-post.master Hunt Robert, grocer & draper Stevens Charles, carter COMMERCIAL. Keynes George, farmer Stevens William, blacksmith Abbott 'Vm. beer retailer & shopkeeper Knight Benjamin, builder Strange Christopher John, farmer & Ames George,tailor,draper&shopkeeper Knight George, builder cattle dealer Ames Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Knight John, carpenter &wheelwright Thorne William, Drax Arms inn PosT 0FFICE.-Robert Simes, receiver. Letters arrive CoACHES & carriers pass through the village daily, sunday from Blandford at 6·30 a.m.; dispatched 6·20 p.m. The excepted, from Blandford to ~Wimborne railway station, nearest money order office is at Blandford returning to Blandford the same day 'WEST STAE'FOKD, or STAFFORD WEsT, in the 1ancient style of architecture; the interior is neat, and over Dorchester county court district, a pretty village near the the porch is the date I640. The living is a rectory, value river Frome, 2~ miles south-east of Dorchester, and I43 £303, with residence, in the patronage of John Floyer, Esq., from London, in the hundred of Culliford Tree, Dorchester who resides at West Stafford House; the Re-v. Reginald union, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, and Smith is the incumbent. Here is a Parochial school for deanery of Dorchester, contained in I85I, 229 inhabitants, <'hildren of both sexes. and 98! acres. The church, with small square tower, is of Floyer John, esq. Stafford house Goldring Charles, shoemaker Rolls James, shopkeeper Smith Rev. Reginald, B.A. Rectory Goldring· John, grocer & beer retailer Ryall Gideon, farm bailiff Veizey Joseph, esq Greening Henry, blat'ksmith Stroud Samuel, carpenter&builder COI\IMERCIAL. Hicks Emma (Miss), Parochial S<'hool Veizey Joseph, farmer Cozens Elizabeth (Mrs.), miller, Lewell Kellaway Thomas Smith, farmer Letters are received by foot post from Elsworth Joshua, dairyman, Lewell Lock James, dairyman Dorchester, which is also the nearest Flower George, farmer, Lewell Lock William, dairyman J money order office STALBKJ:DGE is a market town and parish in Stur- Iwhich 1,326 in Stalbridge tithing; number of acres, 5,681. minster division and union, and Brown"'hall hundred, There is a market every alternate Monday, and the fairs tor Shaftesbury county court district, diocese of Salisbury, arch- cattle are held on 6th of May and 4th of Beptember. Robert deaconry of Dorst>t, and deanery of Shaftesbury, 15 miles Boyle dwelt here. north-west from Blandtord, 5 north-west from Sturminster, GoMER:,!HAY is a tithing, with 59 inhabitants, 2 miles 5 east from Milborne Port, 7 east from Sherborne, and 10 east; Thornhill, a tithing, with 266 inhabitatants, 2 miles south-west from Shaftesbury, situated on a branch of the west; Wei!ton, a tithing, with 250 inhabitantl'J, I~ mile river Stonr. The soil is of a rocky character. In the centre south-west. of the town is an ancient sculptured cross, of excellent work- THORNHILL is a manor and tithing in the palish of manship and proportion; it is, however, much dilapidated. Stalbridge, from which town it is I~ mile south, and 4 east This place had formerly hosiery and silk manufactures, but by-north of Sturminster, near the river Lyd. It was the they have disappeared. The church of St. l\Iary is an birthplace of Sir JaTlJes Thornhill, the eminent painter, ancient plain structure, with square tower; it has lately whose ancestors had resided here for centuries pre~iously, been repaired, and a gallery has been added. The living is but his father becoming involved in difficulties the estate a rectory, in the gift of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, passed into the hands of others: after the lapse of some value £I,2I3, with glebe land value £I50, and residence; years the estate was again in the market, and Sir James the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys is the incumbent. The Thornhill became its purchaser, and pulling down the old Independents and Wesleyans have places of worship, and mansion, designed and erected the present. To commemo there is a National school in connection with the church, rate the accession of George I. to the throne, he erected an supported by subscription. The Marquis of 'Vestminster is obelisk in the park; it was partly blown down in 183G. lord of the manor. 'fhe population, in 18-5I, was 1,90I, of The population, in 185I, was 2G6. Stalbridge. \ Bryant Mary(Mrs.),carpenter&shopkpr Franris George, beer retailer Badger Rev. Edwin, B.A. [curate] Bugg Edmund, beer retailer & carrier Tite Henry, boot & shoemaker Bisenti Rev. Antonio Bugg Elizabeth (Miss), glove maker French Lu<'y (Miss), dressmaker & ber- Collins Edwin, esq Burge Robert, farmer & seed merchant lin wool repository Frampton Rev. John [Wesleyan] Cl ark William, shoemaker FrenchLucy (Mrs.), berlin wool repositry Powys Rev. Littleton Chas.M.A.L rector] Collins Alfred, grocer & ironmonger Gal pin William, farmer, Common Webb Rev. Samuel B. [curate] I Collins Edwin, surgeon Gatehouse John, farmer, Gomershay COMMERCIAL. Cox Felix, linen & woollen draper Gillard Uriah, veterinary surgeon Andrews 'V m. farmer, Antioch farm Creed Frederick, farmer, Gray's farm Glyde William, grocer & chemist Anstey Richard, builder, carpenter &c Crew Charles, farmer, Cook's farm Green Robert, farmer Ash George, mason Crew 'Villiam, wheelwright& carpenter Green Samuel, farmer Barrow Henry & Rufu.,, farmers, 1 Crocker William, shoemaker Greenstock J olm, parish clerk Sturt farm 1 Curtis John, mason Gulliford Henry, farmer, Common Bartlett Isabella(Mrs.),cowkeepr.Comn Dawe Thomas, dairyman, Gibb's marsh Gulliford Lemeul, farmer, Gomershay Batten Henry, beer retailer Dike Franci'l, hollow turner HarrisAnn(Miss),pastrycook&confectr Bengcfield Eli, farmer, Gomershay Dike J ames, draper Harris Ann (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker Blake Thomas, land surveyor Drew Benjamin, saddler & harness makr Harris Frederick, l>eer retailer Brooks Josiah, grocer & draper Doffet John, boot & shoe maker Harris Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Brooks Robert, farrier Dyke George, plasterer Harris Robert, cabinet maker & jomer Brown John, beer retailer & butcher Eavis George, smith Harris Samuel, farmer, Frith's farm Brown J onathan, farmer Ex ten Waiter, master of National school Harris Samuel, farmer, W eston .

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