DlliECTORY.] DORSETSHIRE. CRANBOR~E. 65, ofSalisbury. The church of St. Mary, an ancient structure £5,159; the population in 1891 was 623, including 65 of stone, in the Tudor style, with traces of Gothic work, in ToIler Whelme. was, with the tower, rebuilt in the 15th century; it was Parish Clerk of Corscombe. Thomas Davies. again rebuilt and refitted in 1746 in the barbarous taste Benville is 11 miles south-east; Pinnys, or Tolle-r of the period with the exception of the north porch, a Whelme, 2! miles south. very interesting feature, which was happily left intact: TOLLER WHELME is' an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1876 the church was restored and enlarged, mainly at August I, 1871, from Corscombe. The church of St. 1he expense of G. Troyte-Bullock esq. and it now con- John was erected in the year 1870, at the expense of sists of chancel, naV3 of five bays and south aisle, em- the late William Pope esq. and is a small edifice of battled western tower, with pinnacles, and has a good stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel peal of 6 bells: there is a carved pulpit of Caen stone and and nave, with an embattled western tower and 4 small marble, given by tlie late George Bullock esq. in 1883, as bells: the east and two other windows are stained, and a memorial of his wife, who died in the yearr866: thereis there are sittings for about 60 persons. The register also a fine stained east window to the memory of Edward dates from the year 1871. The living is a perpetual Bel'keley Troyte LL.D. and a stained west window: curacy, net yearly value £"4°, in the gift of the Rev. there are 226 sittings. The register dates from the year W. J. P. Pope, rector of Godmanstone, and held since 1595; part 13 not legible. The living is a rectory, 1891 by the Rev. Robert Reid Arthur Doolan B.A. rector average tithe rent-charge £-463, gross yearly value £442. of Corscombe. The population in 1891 was 65. net£430,with 52 acres of glebe land and residence, in the Post & M. O. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.- gift of F. R. Cope esq. of Arm,agh, and held since 1884 Thomas Davis, sub-p.ostmaster.. Letters through by the Rev. Robert Reid Arthur Doolan RA. of Caius Dorchester via Evershot, arrive at 8.55 a.m. & 3 p.m. ; Colle.ge, Cambridge, who IS also perpetual curate o! dispatched at 4.20 p.m. The nearest telegraph office Tollerwhelme. A reading room, furnished with papers is at Evershot. and periodicals, for the use of the men and boys, is 'Van Letter Bux, at Benville, cleared at 5 p.m. summer established in the village, and supported by the rector. & 4.25 p.m. winter Two fairs are held in the year at ToIler Down, in this Letters for Toller Whelme, arnve from Beaminster parish, on the 18th of May and the 7th of September. R.S.O. by messenger at 9 a.m. Nearest post office George Troyte iChafyn-Grove esq. is lord of the manor, at Hooka and owns a large portion of the parish. The other National School, built in 1872 & enlarged in 1893 for landowners are the Rev. William Pope, of Godrrianstone, 120 children; average attendance, 102; under govern- the Earl of Sandwich and Mr. WiIliam Snaydon. The ment impection, to whioh a benefaction of £10 yearly,. soil varies, and the land is principally used for dairy the gift of the late Dr. Troyte, is at present paid; purposes. The area is 4,918 acres; rateable value, Mrs. Sarah Pine, mistress CORSCOMBE. Gillingham Robert, farmer, Hill farm Sherrey Thomas, farmer D I R Rt R 'd A th BAR t Hawkins George, saddler Snaydon William, farmer & landowner-- KOO ~ Mev.. e1 r... ec ory Holloway In. farm-er, Norwood farm Turner Samuel, farmer ooilc t rS Holloway In.Thos. frmr.Merryland fm BENVILLE. M ver on Mrs H t ,xTill' N. urs 'y lam, ew Inn Brett Mrs COMMERCIAL. Legg James, farmer Campbell Hon. Ivan D.L. Manor ho .. Bagg John Legg, jun. miller (water) Legg Henry, butcher Cox Richard, farmer Barge Richard, baker Marks Thomas, blacksmith Holloway Richd. farmer, Benville farm. .... Barrett Blalreley, builder Me~h Jas. Matt.frmr.&assist. overST Jeanes Oliver, Talbot inn Bugler In. farmer, New House farm Mintern Job, blacksmith Legg Frederick, farmer Chard Henry, farmer Patten Eli, farmer, Court farm Strong Charles butcher & farmer Childs Joseph, road contractor Pine Jonat-han, collector, relieving & ' Cockram James, grocer vaccination officer & registrar of TOLLER WHELME. Cox George, farmer births & deaths for the Beamins,ter Cox Bernard, farmer Day Fredk. farmer, Weston farm union Hansford Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Frampton John, farmer, Oatsley farm Reyland Robert, jun. shopkeeper Pipsford farm CRANBORNE is a town and large parish, compris- £63, joint gross yearly value £138, net £120, with resi­ ing the town and three hamlets, on the borders of dence, in the gift of the Marquess of Salisbury K.G. Wiltshire and Hampshire; the town is 4 miles north and held since 1888 by the Rev. Frank Hugh Fisher M.A. from Verwood and 4 north-west from Daggons Road of Jesus' College, Cambridge. The Wesleyans and stations, on the Salisbury and Dorset branch line of the Primitive Methodists have each a chapel. This parish ,­ London and South Western railway, 10 north~west from formerly was the largest in the county, extending as it. Ringwood, 100 from London and 10 north from Wim- did from north to :south nearly 13 miles; in 1894 it was borne, in the Eastern division of the county, petty divided into three separate parishes, respectively Cran­ sessional division and county court district of Wimborne, borne, Alderholt and Verwood; Cranborne now includes· -:: hundred of its name, Wimborne and Cranborne union, Boveridge, Daggons, Holwell and Blagdon, mostly scat-· rural deanery of Pimperne (Wimborne portion), arch- tered, and, although styled hamlets, having no distinc-­ deaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The Chase, tive character to entitle them to such an appellation. formerly belonging to Lord Rivers, was disfranchised Salisbury Hall, opened in 1894, which will seat about 300',. in 1830; the river Crane' flows through the parish. The persons, is used for meetings, concerts &c. Petty ses­ church of SS. Mary and Bartholomew (once attached sions for the Cranborne sub-division of Wimborne are' to a monastery, founded about the year 980) is a build- held at the Foresters' Hall, Cranborne, once a month, . ing of stone in mixed styles, from Norman to Perpen- for list of magistrates and places in the division, see dicular, one of the oldest, as well as one of the largest Wimborne. A fair is held annually, on the 6th off" in the county: it contains a chancel (rebuilt in 1875 by December, for pleasure. Here iSI a charity, called. the Marquess of Salisbury), nave, aisles with six bays, Hutchin's, for providing greatcoats, in December, for a.;, north porch, with a Norman doorway and large square number of poor men; and another charity was in 183r embattled western tower containing 8 bells, 2 of which founded by John Miles, to give 3s. 6d. weekly each to­ were added in 1890: it has been repaired and reseated four poor men and four poor women in this parish. At with open benches, at an expense of upwards of £700, Boveridge are almshouses for five aged persons, who raised by a loan on the security of the rates, and by sub- have each a weekly allowance of Ss. Cranborne is a scription: 1Ij clock was placed in the tower, at an expenlle place of great antiquity, and was of 80me importance of £150, and an organ was added in 1880, at a cost of in the Roman and Saxon times. On the Castle Hill, a £4°0: the west window is filled with stained glass, little south of the town is a circular fortification, with a to commemorate Bishop Stillingfleet, who was born here well near it, both supposed to be of Saxon origin. The in 1635; the subject representing the bi~hop in the family of Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, take their centre, with figures on either side of St. Dunstan and second title af Viscount Cranborne from this place. The Abbot Parker; the cost, about £140, defrayed by snb- manor house is an ancient building, supposed to have scription: the stained south window is a memorial to been erected about the 12th century, but considerable the late John Tregonwell esq. (d. October 12th, 1885), additions and alterations were made in the reign of and in the north aisle there is a fine monument (repaired Henry VII. King John is said to have visited here ai by the Earl of Malmesbury in 1817) to Sir Edward Hooper different times. The property was given to the Cecils and family: there are 450 sitting-so The register dates by James I. and has been restored by the present Mar~ from the year 1602. The living is a vicarage, with the quess of Salisbury; the west wing was added in the reign chapelry of Boveridge annexed, averag9 tithe rent-charge of James I. or Charles I. and it is considered that Inigo DORSET 5.