DIRECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. STANTON ST. QABlUE{... 1293 in 1818 and considerably augmented by his son, the late Rev. partly blown down in 1836, but rebuilt by the late Rev. H. H. Boucher), which produces an income of about £70 a year, Boucher in 1874- and is devoted to the maintenance of three pensioners. GOMERSHAY is a tithing, 2 miles east; W~TON, a tithing~ resident in the parish and members of the Church of England, one mile and a half south-west. preference being given to those living in Thornhill tithing. Parish Clerk, John Greenstock. A market is held every alternate Monday, and the fairs for POST, M. O. & T. 0., S. B. & .Annuity & Insurance Office.­ cattle are on the 6th of May and 4th of September. An Mrs. Maria Tite. receivE'r. Letters arrive at 7.45 a.m. & auction is held here, at the Repository, on a very extensive 1.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 12,30, 5.15 & 7.45 p.m. ; sun­ scale by Mr. Allan Benjafield, for the sale of cattle, pigs and days, 5.10 p.m sheep, every alternate Monday on market days. In the WALL LETTER Box, Weston, cleared at 9 a. m. & 4.30 p.m centre of the town is an ancient sculptured cross of excellent WALL LETTER Box, Thornhill, cleared at 4.30 p.m. ; sun­ workmanship and proportion; it is, however, much dilapI­ days. 8.10 a.m dated. Robert Boyle, an eminent chemist and philosopher, INSURANCE AGENT.-General, G. Dodd lived here. Stalbridge Park lies on high ground in the PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS :- north-west of the town and commands extensive views of Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry Cavalry (C or Blackmoor the surrounding country: there is now no residence, the Vale troop), Merth)'l' Guest, captain; Sergt.-Major Stan­ old manor house, belonging to the Marquess of Anglesea, I brook, drill instructor having been pulled down about 1820. Lord Stalbridge p.c., I Inland Revenue Office, 'Red Lion,' Herbert Dyer, officer 1.P. is lord of the manor and principal landowner, and takes Police Station, George Witt, superintendent, & I constable his title from this place. The soil is chiefly limestone; sub­ SCHOOLS :- soil, limestone and gravel. The land is chiefly in pasture. National (boys), built in 1832, for 157 children; average The area is 5,681 acres; rateable value, £II,6IO; the popu­ attendance, 70; William Smith, master lation in 1881 was 1,816. National (girls), built in 1872, to hold 135; average attendance, 100 ; Miss Garrett, mistress THORNHILL is a manor and tithing in the parish of Stal- Auxiliary, Thornhill (mixed), built in 1862, to hold 52; bridge, from which town it is a mile and a half south, near average attendance, 37; supported by Lt.-Gen. Sir Wm. the Lidden: thIS was the birthplace of Sir James Thornhill, Parke K.C.B., J.P. ; Miss Cew, mistress the eminent painter, whose ancestors had resided here for Auxiliary, Weston (mixed), built in 1864, to hold 40; centuries previously, but his father becoming involved in average attendance, 31; supported by Lord Stalbridge; difficulties, the estate passed into the hands of others : after Miss Mary Ann Stowell, mistress the lapse of some years the estate was again in the market, Railway Station, Joseph A. Morris, station master and Sir James Thornhill became the purchaser, and pulling CARRIERS:- down the old mansion, desiglled and erected the present WaIter Mogg, to Shcrbornc, tues. Wincanton, wed. & one: it is now the property of General Sir William Parke Yeovil, fri K.C.B., 1. P. who has made extensive alterations in it. To Charles Bugg, to Cerne, mono ; to Sherborne, tues. thurs. commemorate the accession of George I. to the throne, Sir & fri.; to Shaftesbury, sat James Thornhill erected an obelisk in the park, which was Valentine Dober, to Sherborne & Yeovil, fri Brown Mrs. C Dober Valentine, wheelwright & carrier Mead Arthur, tailor Bumett A. Charles, Grove house Dodd George, miller (water) Mead William, mason Creed Mrs Dorchester Old Bank (R. & R. Williams, Meader Charles, jeweller &; general Ensor TheodoreFras.ChurchHill house Thornton, Sykes & Co.) (branch), hardware dealer Fergusson Charles Albert; Bank open monday & friday 10 to 3; Mogg WaIter, baker & farmer Jarrom Mrs (l"rederick Giles Symonds,manager); Moggs WaIter, pig dealer Masters Rev. Frederick George [Con- draw on Williams, Deacon & Co. Moore Thomas, farmer gregationalj London EC Morris Joseph A. station master Parke Gen. Sir William K.C.B., l.P. Drew A.,ones Emily (Miss), shirt maker, Morrish Robt. (Mrs.), faI'mI'. Frith frm Thornhill house High street ::.'fational Prm·incial Bank of England Scammel Mrs Drew Charles, saddler & seedsman Limited (branch) (C. A. Fergusson. Sing Rev. George HerbertM.A.[rector], Duffett Matilda (Mrs.), wheelwright manager); draw on head office, Rectory Eavis Henry, blacksmith Bishopsgate street, London EC Swayne Rev. William Shuckburgh M.A. Emery Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker OliveI' Linus, baker [curate] Ensor Theodore Francis L.R.C.P. sur- Parsons Charles, baker, High street geon, &; medical officer & public vac- Parsons Joseph, beer retailer, Weston COMMERCIAL. cinator for the Stalbridge district of Parsons Joseph, tailor A'Barrow Rufus, farmer, Sturt farm Sturminster Newton union Parsons Samuel Lionel, builder, con- AlIen George, land agent to Lord Stal- Flower Henry James, grocer, High 8t tractor & surveyor bridge & others, Estate offices Ford Harry, tinplate worker Rabbetts Henry, farmer, Cook's farm Batten Martha (Mrs.), New inn Galpin Isaac, farmer Raymond & Sons, glove manfrs. High st Eenjafield Albrt. farmer, Bibbern farm Gatehouse James, farmer, Gomershay Rose John James, dairym'ln, Marsh frm Benjafield AlIen, auctioneer; attends Gawler Eli, beer retailer, Thornhill Scammel Chas. Bastable,farmr.Ryals fm alternate mondays for sale of cattle, Gould George, farmer, Thornhill farm Sedlen Henry John, corn &; seed mer- Repository Green Elias, teacher of music, High st chant; & a1rSturminster Newton Benjafield Edwin, farmer, Gomershay Green George, farmer, Gold street Senior James, corn dealer Benjafield WaIter, cattle dealer Green Samuel, farmer, "Teston Smith Clifford, draper Brooks Henry, marine store dealer Habershon Henry, carpenter, furniture Snow John & Co. coal merchants Brooks Richard, haulier dealer & shipping agent Stalbridge Gas Co. (Alfred Taylor, sec) Brown Andrew, corn & seed merchant Harris Albert, cabinet maker Stanbrook Chas. reading room, High st Brown Jacob, farmer, Barrow hill Hams Mary Ann (Mrs.), grocer Stewart Charles, clerk of the l\orks to- Bryant Isaac (Mrs.), farmer, Spire frm Harris Samuel, farmer, Weston Lord Stalbridge P.c., D.L. & surveyor Bugg Charles, carrier Harris Simeon, grocer, Weston Taylor Alfred, assistant overseer Bugg Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer, High st Hatcher Andrew, beer retailer Thomas James, shoe maker Bugg Harry, farmer, Stalbridge park Hedditch Samuel, haulier Tite Anthony, well sinker Bugg Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Common Hobbs George & Henry, tailors Tite Franees A. (Miss), dress maker Burden James, painter Hutchings Fanny (Mrs.), grocer Tite Maria (Mrs.), grocer & stationer, Butt John, farmer, Hargrove Jarrom Mary (Miss), ladies' school, Ash Post office Clark WilIiam, shoe maker Mount Turner George, pig dealer Clarke Eli, boot maker Jeans John, blacksmith Turner Robert, pig dealer Clarke George, photographer Jeans Mary Ann (Mrs.), buteher,Highst Turvey George, tinplate worker Clarke Samuel, boot maker Jones Edward, stud groom to Lord Vickers Edwm, butcher, High street Cox Felix, draper & outfitter Stalbridge P.c., J.P. High street Vincent George Edmunds, saddler Cnrtis Edmund, farmer Keevil Luey (Mrs.), farmr. Gibbs marsh Vincent Tom Ears, grocer & tea &coffee Curtis Jane Turner (Mrs.), Swan P.H. Keevill Charles, coal merchant dealer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, High street Lake WaIter Rolls, hair dresser, High st wine & spirit mers; & at Sherborne Curtis Richard, farmer, builder & con- Lemon Edward Wallis, solicitor, High st Virg-oe Archibald,dairyman,Gomershay tractor, Home farm Loader lsaac, farmer, Grays farm Williams Hy. Amos, farmer,Hamwoods Curtis Samuel, builder Lovell John (Mrs.), laundress Witt George, police superintendent Dike Henry (Mrs.), baker, High street Lydford Alfred John, carpenter, Ring WrightFredWill, Red Lion P.H. High st STANTON ST. GABRIEL is a chapelry, on the sea sessionaldinsion and county court district, rural deanery of coast, 4 miles west-by-south from Bridport, and 5 east from Bridport Lyme portion, archdeaeonry of Dorset and diocese Lyme, in the Western division of the county, parish and of Salisbury. The church of St. Gabriel, erected in 1841, hundred of Whitchurch Canonicorum, Bridport union, petty Il miles inland, is a plain 8~one building, without anyarchi-