DIBllO'rOBY I J . BTNOON'. 116 H II.MARTON. Gaisford Henry, dairyman, Spelmans Henly Miss Hayward Wm. Pierce, Hilmarton ldg Hiscocks Wm. Jn. farmer,Manor farm Simpkins Mark Henry, New Zealand Payne Rev. EJward Waiter \Valshaw Hobbs Emma (Mrs.), Duke inn, wine & COMMERCIAL, Payne, Vicarage spirit merchant & farmer Bishop Joseph (Mrs.), baker COMMERCIAL. Hobbs George Nelson, brewer & farmer Eattell Edward, farmer Archard James, tailor Keevil John, farmer, Rodwell Eattell George, farmer Baker William, farmer, Marsh farm Mail John, stone mason, Clevean.:~y Eattell Luke (Mrs.), fal"IImmer Bicknell Charles, farmer, Cowage farm Pincott Bros. farmers, Clev~ancy Eattell Tom, farmer Blackman Edward, gamekeeper to Sir Pincott Wm.Chas. frmr.Cleveancy ho Eattell William, estate earpenter Jn. Dickson-Poynder bart. M.P. Pen Reading Room (Chas. Albflrt Smith, Lewis Jasper, gamek~eper to Sir J. P. Bodman Benj. farmer, Littlecot frm hon. sec) Dickson-Poynder bart. M.P. New B(llter William, farmer, Catcomb frm R11mming Thos. assessor & collector of Ze3lamt Bryant James, estate carpenter taxes & assist. overseer, & carpentr Read l\Iary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Comley George, blacksmith,Cleveancy Rumming- William, farmer Taylor Fred, grocer & wholesale but~r Ferris Jas. farmer, Whitcomb farm Stevens Robert, blacksmith & potato dealer & general haulier Ferris Thomas Messiter, farmer, Cor- Wiltshire Jas.baker & grocer, Post off & carrier, New Zealand ton farm Wright Is>lac, farmer, Beversbrook ho Taylor James, shoe maker Fry Fred, farmer,Lower Littlecot frm Tugwell John, haulier, New Zealand Godwin Herbert Maundrell, hrmer, GOATACRE. Wilkins Adam, farmer Lower Pen farm Bridges Charles, Fair View house Wiltshire James, farmer HILPERTON is a parish and pleasant village, on the mansion in the Elizabethan style, standing in a pa1k of road from to Melksham, 1! miles north-east 24 acres, is the seat of Mrs. Clark. The land belongs from Trowbridge station on the Salisbury branch of the principally to the Rt. Hon. Waiter Hume Long P.C., Great Western railway, 4 south-west from ~Ielksham, !II.P. of , who is lord of the manor, and 3 south-east from Bradford, in the Western division and Sir W. R. Brown D.L., J.P. of Highfield. The soil of the county, hundred and union of l\lelksham, petty is clay ; subsoil, gravel, shallow rock and clay. The sessional division and county court district of Trow­ land is chiefly in pasture. The area is 1,202 acres; bridge, rural deanery of Potterne (Bradford portion), rateable value, £3,706; the population in 1891 w'l<; archdeaconry of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury. The I,OII. Kennet and .Avon canal passes through the parish, and By Board Order 16,493, datt>d has a whad at Hilperton Marsh. The village is lighted March 24, 1884, detached parts of and Wh'ld­ with gas by the British Gas Light Co. Limited from don, and by Order 16,494, of the same date, part of works at Trowbridge. The church of St. J\Iichael is a Great Hinton parishes were added to Hilperton. plain building of stone in the Decorated style, consisting Hilperton Marsh is a hamlet half a mile north~we•t of chancel and nave (rebuilt in 1854), south porch, and (letters shDuld be addressed Hilperton Marsh, Trow­ a 14th century western tower, with spire, and containing bridge). a clock and 4 bPlls : a new vestry and choir stalls were added in 1892: there are four stained windows, and a Parish Clerk, Alexander Fillis. very ancient Saxon or Early Norman font: the church Post & Telegraph & Express Delivery Office.-Her- affords 200 sittings. The register dates from the year bert J C. Fare, sub-postmaster. Letters are re- I694· The living is a rectory, with that of vYhaddon ceived through Trowbridge, arrive at 6.25 a.m. & -t·25 annexed, joint net yearly value £299, with glebe (£126) p.m.; sunday, 6.25 a.m.; & are dispatched at IO a.m. and residence, in the gift of the Rt. Hon. ·w. Hume & 7·35 p.m. ; sunday, 10 a.m. Postal orders are issued Long P.C., M.P. and held since 1888 by the Rev. here, but not paid. The nearest money order office is Samuel Theodore W~o~ B.C.L., M.A. of Christ Churc.h, 1 at Hilperton road, Trowbridge Oxford. . St. Mary s-I?-the-M~rsh, . a . chapel. of ea~e, Wall Letter Box, HilpertDn Marsh, cle3red at 10.25 a.m. e_re~ted m Oct. 188g, IS a plam b~dmg of .non, With & I. 0 & •25 .m.. sundays 10_25 a.m sittmgs for 100 persons. There IS a Baptist chapel, ~ . 4 7 P . ' ' . . . built in 1806 with 150 sittino-s and a Wesleyan chapel National School (mixed), erected m 1875• with residence built in 1sgo: and seating 30 ~.' Highfield, a large man~ for master, for 1_70 children; average atte~dance, 12~; sion in the Renais~ance style, is the seat of Sir William Albert James W1tcombe, master; Mrs. WitcDmbe,m1~t Roger Brown D.L., J.P.; Wyke House, an ancient Carriers to Trowbridge pass through daily 13all Mrs. Yew villa Fillis Alexander, smith Messiter Ann (Mrs.),beer retailer, Hil- Brown SirWm.Roger J.P.,D.L.Highfld Gibbs George, King's Arms P.H. perton Marsh Bush John Jones, The Grange Hilperton Marsh Miles Mary (Miss), dress maker Clark Hrbt.The Poplars,Hilpertn.Mrsh Grant George, farmer & hay & straw Miles Thomas, boot maker ClarkMrs. Wyke house,Hilperton Marsh merchant, Lower Paxcroft Mitchell John, jobbing gardener Dale Rev. George Richd.:M.A. (curate) Greenhill Reuben Usher, farmer, Orchard David, blacksmith Edwards Mrs. Hilperton house Hilperton Marsh Ovens Jesse, mason, Hilperton 1Iarsh Hargreaves Mrs. Oriel lodge Gumm Frederick, dairyman & farmer Pearce Jas. oowkpr. Hilperton Marsh Simun David Helps Emma (Mrs.), laundress Pike Amor, farmer, Church farm Wood Rev, Samuel Theodore M . .A.., Hiscock ·waiter Isaac, coachbuilder & PikE• Janv~;;, farmer, Hilperton Mar<:h B.C.L. Rectory wheelwright; spring traps, carts & Pinchin George, farmer, Manor farm vaus of all kinds; broad & narrow Rawlings Ell. win Samuel, baker COM¥ERCIAL. Y\l:eel waggons, Waggon works Scott Albert Eli, grocer & baker Baker Elizh. (Mrs.), baker & grocer Hudd James, seedsman & florist, Simons D,wid, baker, grocer, confec- Bird A. H. & S. ooal & corn mer- Hilperton Marsh tioner, corn & meal factor; whole- chants & barge owners, Wharf, Hil- Hunt Henry Jas. Lion & Fiddle P.H me.1l bi'eJd made daily perton Marsh Jones Mary (Mis.), beer retailer, Hil- Stokes Willia.m John, shopkeeper & Brown John Everett, builder & tinplate perhn 1\Iar!~h florist, Hilperton Marsh box maker Linzey Levi, plasterer Waiters Albert & Arthur, nursery- Bulson Mary (Mrs.), laundress Little John, farmer, Upper Paxcroft men, !'eedsmen & florists, Hilperton Clement William, tailor Longstreet Frederick, pig dealer nursPrie'> Fare Herbt. Joseph Cridland, grocer Manners Henry, beer retailer Wetherall Jas. Three Horseshoes P.H Feltham Samuel, farmer Matthews Charles, carpenter Wheeler Benj.carpenter,Hilpertn.Mrsh HINDON is a pansh, mostly comprised in one straight a bailiff and burgesses, and returned two members to street, nearly a quarter of a mile in length, on a Parliament, but was disfranchised at the passing of the gradual acclivity, on the high road from Salisbury to Reform. Act in 1832. On Holy Thursday, July 2nd, Taunton, 3! miles north-west from Tisbury station on 1755, two-thirds of the town were destroyed by fire. the Salisbury and Yeovil branch of the South Western The houses are built chiefly of stone, raised from the railway, 7 miles east from Mere, 16 west from Salisbury quarry at Tisbury, in this locality. The main street is and 8 north-by-east from Shaftesbury, in the Southern planted on each side with trees presented by Sir Michael division of the county, hundred of Downton, Tisbury Robert Shaw-Stewart bart. on the occasion of the and Mere petty sessional division, Tisbury union, Shaf- marriage of H.R.H. Prince of Wales, 10 March, 1863. tesbury county court district, rural deanery of Chalk The church of St. John the Baptist, built in 1871, at the (Tisbury portion), and archdeaconry and diocese of cost of Richard, late Marquess of "Westminster, on thP Salisbury. This was an ancient Parliamentary borough site of the old church, probably erected about 1555, is of by prescription, and possessed a local government, having I Chilmark stone with Bath stone dressings, in the Early W1LT.3. 8"*