Extract from Kelly's Directory 1915
Transcribed for the OPC Project by Valerie Robbins
ALDERHOLT is a parish, formed in 1894 by the Local Government Board, and a village, 1 mile north-east from Daggons Road station on the Salisbury and Dorset branch of the London and South-Western Railway, 16 miles south-west from Salisbury, 14 north-east from Wimborne and 99 and a half from London, in the Northern division of the county, petty sessional division and county court district of Wimborne, hundred of Cranborne, union of Wimborne and Cranborne, rural deanery of Wimborne, archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury; the rivers Blackwater and Alder flow through the parish. Alderholt, Daggons, Crendell and Cripplestyle, formerly hamlets of Cranborne, were formed November 14 1849, into a district for ecclesiastical purposes. The church of St. James at Daggons, erected by the Marquess of Salisbury, is a building of local sandstone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, western porch, and a turret containing one bell; there are 150 sittings. The register dates from the year 1849. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £199 in the gift of the vicar of Cranborne, and held since 1913 by the Rev. Daniel Frederic Slemeck MA of Keble College, Oxford. There is a Congregational chapel at Cripplestyle, built in 1888, and seating 135, and one at Alderholt. Near Cripplestyle and elsewhere in the parish are tumuli. Alderholt Park, the seat of George Onslow Churchill Esq. JP comprises about 50 acres. The principal landowners are the Marquess of Salisbury KG., PC.,GCVO.,CB who is lord of the manor, and G.O. Churchill Esq JP. The area is 3,769 acres; rateable value £2,959; population in 1911 was 741 in the civil and 753 in the ecclesiastical parish.
Parish Clerk, Fred Hibberd.
Post, MO & Telegraph Office Alderholt – Jesse Titt Sub-postmaster
Letters through Salisbury via Sandle Heath
Wall Letter Boxes – Alderholt and Crendell
County Police, Robert Riggs, constable
Elementary School (mixed) built in 1847 & enlarged about 1874 & again in 1912 for 164 children; & is supported in part by the Marques of Salisbury; Percy Charles Bracher, master.
Railway Station – Daggons Road, William Mark Tennant, station master.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
| CHURCHILL Geo Onslow JP | Alderholt Park |
| Edwards Alfred O | Dendells |
| Fairlie James | The Oaks |
| Hibberd Mrs. K | Daggons Road |
| Hiscock Augustus, | Daggons Road |
| Kearl Charles | |
| Lush Mrs. | Hillbury |
| Newman Frederick George | Red House |
| Nicklen Miss | Ashcroft Cottage |
| Noyce Alfred | |
| Slemeck Rev Daniel Frederic MA (vicar) | The Vicarage, Daggons |
| Smith-Gordon Sir Lionel Bart | Alderholt Lodge |
| Stratton Jesse | Arden |
| Sturt Miss | Birch Hill House |
| Taylor George Claphan | Claremont |
| Watts Mrs | Alderholt Mill House |
COMMERCIAL
| Bailey Frederick Joel | Miller (water) |
| Brewer Tom | Farmer, Crendell |
| Brewer Wm David | Farmer, Fern Hill |
| Butler Alex | Farmer Harts Farm, Daggons |
| Daggons Road Brick Works Ltd. | Brick manufacturers, Daggons |
| Edsall Leonard | Blacksmith |
| Foster Arthur | Farmer, Cripplestyle |
| Fry Ann (Mrs) | Farmer Crendell |
| Fry George | Farmer and timber merchant, Crendell |
| Hayter Alex & Benj | Farmers, Warren Farm |
| Hibberd Fred | Farmer and parish clerk, Daggons |
| Hoddinott James Henry | Poultry dir |
| Hood Albert | Farmer, Bull Hill |
| Hood Henry | Farmer, Bull Hill |
| Kenchington Sidney | Woodman to GO Churchill Esq |
| Lane William | Farmer |
| Lockyer Edgar | Farmer, Crendell |
| Loder Thomas | Farmer, Mill Farm |
| Nicklen Edward | Grocer, Daggons Road |
| Nicklen Fran | Farmer, Gravel Pits Farm |
| Nicklen George | Farmer, Daggons |
| Nicklen James | Farmer, Home Farm |
| Palmer Kate (Mrs) & Sons | Grocers |
| Parsons Claud R | Farmer, Hill Farm |
| Philpott Edgar | Churchill Arms Public House, Daggons Road |
| Pressley Albert George | Farmer, Cross Roads Farm |
| Rake Shannon | Brick manufacturer |
| Rooke Charles | Carpenter |
| Rose George | Farmer |
| Rose James | Farmer |
| Rose Mary (Mrs) | Farmer |
| Scammel Mary (Mrs) | Farmer, Manor Farm |
| Shearing Daniel | Farmer, Hawk Hill |
| Shearing James | Carpenter |
| Sims Josiah | Farmer, Vale acre, Cripplestyle (postal address, Cranborne, Salisbury) |
| Stickland Henry George | Farmer |
| Titt Jesse | Cycle agent & post office |
| Wallace Richard | Coal and wood dealer |
| White John | Wheelwright Daggons |
| Zebedee Arthur | Farmer, Daggons |