DIRECTORY.) DORSETSHIRE. POYNTINuTON. 169 ' ley. oats and some land in pasture. The area is 4,u5 NETTI.'EOOMBE and Castle Mill form a tithing, Il acres; rateable value, £5,127 ; the population of the miles south, in the parish and liberty of Powerstock,. civil parish in 190I, with the tithings, 631, and of eccle locally in the hundred of Eggardon. Here is a W es siastical parish, 664, including parl of Melplash. leyan chapel, built in 1838, and seating 8o persons_ There was formerly a castle here, the foundations of WYTHERSTONE is a tit.hing, I mile north-east of which can still be traced. The Tailway station is in Powerstock ; here is an extensive cutting on the Bridport this tithing. railway. There is no church, the living is a decayed Loscombe, a portion of this parish, now forms a part ot sinecure rectory, yearly value £62, in the gift of Hen. the ecclesiast.icaJ. parish of Melplash. F. Compton esq. of Minstead, Lyndhurst, Rants, and Sexton, William Gale. held since 1906 by the Rev. Alfred Charles Harvey • Earle, who is also rector of and resides at Mapperton. Post, M. 0. & T. Office. Ernest BenJamm Wyatt, sub- The inhabitants have church rights in Powerstock postmaster. Letters are received from Melplash,. parish. Dorset, at 7·45 a.m.; dispatched at 5 5 p.m.; no sunday delivery SOUTH POORTON is a tithing in that part of the Wall Letter Boxes: West Milton, cleared at 6 p.m. parish which [s in the hundred of Eggardon, I mile north. daily, sundays excepted; Nettlecombe, cleared at 5·35 p.m. & South Poorton, cleared at 4·35 p.m WEST MILTON is a hamlet, I mile west, in the parish and liberty..()£ Powerstock, but locally in the hundred of Elementary School _(mixed), built in 18'73, for I20 chil Eggardon, and on the Mangerton river. St. Mary Mag dren; average attendance, 8o ; William Hilling, master dalene's, a chapel of ease to Powerstock church, and Elementary School (infants), built in I849, on a site. erected in I873, is an edifice in the Early Engli.sh style, given by the late Mr. R. Shepherd• f-or 70 children;; consisting of chancel, nave, baptistery, and a small tower, average attendance, 30; Miss Ellen Attoe, mistress containing one bell : all the windows are stained. The County Police Station, Francis George Vatcher, con tower of the former church is still standing. Here is !!table, Nettlecombe also a W esleyan chapel, built in r89r, and seating 150 Carrier to Bridport, Richard Woodcock, wed. & sat persons. Railway Station, Henry Samuel James, station master POWERSTOCK. Wrixon Sam, farmer, King's farm Lucas Mrs. Well house Murray Miss J. D. The Homestead Wyatt John, farmer, Manor farm ~icholson Capt. Hugh Blomfield J.P_ Mappercombe manor Rickman Rev. Willia.m Francis M.A. WEST MILTON. COMMERCIAL. (vicar), Vicarage Beaton Mrs. Spickhatch house • Tadman Rev. Ernest James B.A. Crawford Mrs. Prospect place Bartlett Charles, carpenter, under (curate), Merriott cottage Crawford 'l'homas Waiter taker, wheelwright & •blacksmith COMMERCIAL. ~orthover William County Police Station (Francis Geo... Biles George, thatcher, Whetley Wrixon Miss Vatcher, constable) Crawford Charles, farmer, Mapper- Biles Herbert, thatcher & farmer COMMERCIAL. combe farm Chilcott Wm. miller (water), farmer Brown John, farmer, Lynch farm Gale Amelia (Miss), shopkeeper & landowner Chubb Louis farmr.LowerHouse farm Greening Henry, beer retailer Daniel, Kitson & Pim, SUI'geons (at- Crawford Ch~rles farmer Hallett Horace, dairyman tendance mon. _2 p.m. & fri. 3.30 Fone Randolph, dairyman Hansford Ellen (Miss), shopkeeper p.m.); & Beammster Garland William baker Legg William, thatcher Gale John Cousi~s, stone mason Knight John, hiimler Sampson William Waiter, farmer, Hansford Fredenck, butcher Marsh Thomas vV. fa.rmer Corfe farm Mappercombe Hansford Virtue_ (Miss),a~sis!.o':erseer Pitcher George, farmer, Church farm Score Richard, farmer & clerk to .PanshCouncil,Lmd1sfarne Pitcher Sarah Snow (Miss), apartmts House Gabnel B .. farmer, Whetley Read Henry, carrier Studley .A.rthur E. dairyman Woodcock Richard, carrier House ~ ~ons, bmlder~ & farmers Rowe Frederick Wm. Red Lion P.H Leaf Wdbam, blacksmith Stone John Roper wheelwright SOUTH POORTON. Marlow Mary C. (Mrs.), Three Horse Wyatt Frank farn;er Shoes P.H ' Bartlett Jas. C. farmer, Bottom farm Walberton William boot & shoe maker NETTLECOMBE. Gale Frederick, road contractor & shopkeeper ' Bi:ch Mi_ss. Glyde William P. dairyman Way Thirza (Miss), shopkeeper Br1dge William POXWELL (or P