East Stoke

In Kelly's Directory

Transcribed and donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Kim Parker

 

1848

EAST STOKE, a parish in the Hundred of Winfrith, and Union of Wareham and Purbeck, and Wareham division of the county, situated 4 miles west-by-south from Wareham, and on the river Frome. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Salisbury, and incumbency of the Rev. Charles Fox. The church is a small modern structure, with nave, chancel and square embattled tower. The parish comprises about 5,800 acres of cultivated and heath land; the population, in 1841, was 590. The London and South Western railway passes through this parish.

FOX Rev. Charles

FYLER James Chamness, esq., Haffleton

SEYMOUR James, esq., Binegar

 

TRADERS

COBB Samuel, shopkeeper

FOOKS Henry, farmer, Bellhuish

GARRATT Robert, blacksmith

HOPKINS William, farmer

JARVIS John, farmer, Woolbridge

PITT William, farmer

RAWLINGS Joseph, farmer, West Holme

SMITH Thomas, ‘Black Dog

Letters are received through the Wareham office

 

1880

EAST STOKE is a parish in the hundred of Winfrith, union of Wareham and Purbeck, county court district and petty sessional division of Wareham, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset and rural deaconry of Dorchester third portion, 3 miles west-by-south from Wareham, 2-1/2 east from Wool station on the South Western railway and 128 from London, situated on the river Frome, which is here crossed by two bridges. The church of St. Mary was erected in 1830, and consists of chancel, nave, and west tower: in the south aisle is place a handsome marble tablet to the Rev. William Buller, sometime curate of the parish, and of Leonora Sophia, his wife. The register dates from the year 1743. The living is a rectory, the commuted rent-charge is £386, in the gift of Lady Oglander, and held by the Rev. Octavius Arthur Hodgson M.A. of Magdalen College, Oxford. Heffleton House, the seat of John William Townsend Fyler esq. D.L., J.P. occupies a commanding situation in beautifully wooded grounds of about 1,100 acres, the timber and plantations of which are considered exceptionally fine, and are very varied in character, including some fine specimens of the Cedar of Lebanon. Binnegar Hall is a large and elegant mansion in the Elizabethan style, the property of Oliver Cooke Farrer esq. J.P. Lady Oglander is lady of the manor. Nathaniel Bond esq. D.L., J.P. is lord of the manor of Stokeford, Rushton and Binnegar. The principal landowners are John W. T. Fyler esq., D.L. N. Bond esq., the Earl Eldon and Lady Oglander. The soil is sand and chalky loam; subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. A great part of the parish is heath and plantations. The parish comprises about 3,233 acres of cultivated and heath land; rateable value, £3,188; the population in 1871 was 613.

 

WEST HOLME is a tithing, 1-1/2 miles south-east; Highwood, 1 mile south; STOKEFORD, half a mile east; BESTWALL, 3 miles east, and RUSHTON, half a mile south-east, are hamlets here.

BINNEGAR is a quarter of a mile north-east.

Parish Clerk, John Hibbs.

Letters through Wareham, which is the nearest money order & telegraph office

Parochial School, Miss Bertha Hunt, mistress

 

FARRER Oliver Cooke J.P., Binnegar hall

FARRER Mrs., Binnegar hall

FYLER John William Townsend J.P., D.L., Heffleton house

HAWKESWORTH Capt. John William Bain, J.P., Stokeford

HODGSON Rev. Octavius Arthur M.A., The Rectory

BAKER Aaron, farmer, Heffleton

BENNETT Henry, farmer, West Holme

BENNETT Stephen, farmer, Rushton

BRADFIELD John, miller

DOREY Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright

GARRATT Robert, blacksmith

HIBBS John, grocer & postmaster

LONGMAN William, farmer, Bellhuish

MARSH Robert, shoe maker

MILLER Isaac, farmer

MILLER John, farmer

MILLER Walter, The Black Dog, carpenter etc.

RANDALL William, farmer, Woolbridge

SMITH Samuel, farmer

STICKLAND James, grocer & baker

VINCENT Charles, shoe maker

VINCENT Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper

WHITE Henry, farmer, Highwood

 

1898

EAST STOKE is a parish on the River Frome, which is here crossed by two bridges, 3 miles west-by-south from Wareham, 2-1/2 east from Wool station on the South Western railway, and 128 from London, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Winfrith, county court district and petty sessional division of Wareham, union of Wareham and Purbeck, rural deanery of Dorchester (Purbeck portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Mary, erected in 1828, is of stone, in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave and an embattled western tower, containing 2 bells; in the south porch is placed a marble tablet to the Rev. William Buller, sometime curate of the parish, and of Leonora Sophia, his wife; the chancel and organ chamber were built and the church reseated in 1885, at a cost of £1,056; in the chancel is a stained window to the Fyler family of Hethfelton; the font, which belonged to the old church, has a hexagonal basin and was reset on a new shafted base by the Rev. Octavius Arthur Hodgson M.A. rector here 1874-98: there are 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1743. The living is a rectory, net income £206, including 6 acres of glebe, with residence, in the joint gift of the Misses Fitzroy and the trustees of the late Admiral Fitzroy, and held since 1898 by the Rev. Pierce Armar Butler. Hethfelton, the seat of John William Townsend Fyler esq. D.L., J.P. occupies a commanding situation in beautifully wooded grounds of 20 acres, the timber and plantations of which are considered exceptionally fine, and are varied in character, including some fine specimens of the cedar of Lebanon. Binnegar Hall, the property and residence of Mrs. Farrer, is a large and elegant mansion in the Early Jacobean style. Wilfrid H. Hudlestone esq. of 8, Stanhope Gardens, London S.W. is lord of the manor of East Stoke and Nathaniel Bond esq. D.L., J.P. of Creech Grange, Steeple, lord of the manor of Stokeford and Binnegar. The principal landowners are John W. T. Fyleresq., Nathaniel Bond esq., the Earl of Eldon, W. H. Hudleston esq. and Mrs. Ernle-Erle-Drax, of Charlborough Park. The soil is sand and gravel; subsoil, mostly gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. A great part of the parish is heath and plantations. The parish comprises 4,593 acres of cultivated and heath land and 38 of water; rateable value, £2,116; the population in 1891 was 499 in the civil and 581 in the ecclesiastical parish.

West Holme is a tithing, 1-1/2 miles south-east; Highwood, 1 mile south, Stokeford 1/2 mile north-east, and Rushton, 1/2 mile south-east, are hamlets here.

Binnegar is a half of a mile north-east.

Bellhuish Farm and Cottages and St. Andrew’s Farm and Cottages, with a population of 49 was, in 1888, by Local Government Board Order, transferred from this parish to West Lulworth, and at the same date Swinehame and North and South Bestwell was transferred to St. Martin (Wareham) parish.

Post Office – William Grant, sub-postmaster. Letters through Wareham arrive at 7.15 a.m.; dispatched at 6.45 p.m. Wool, 3 miles distant, is the nearest money order and telegraph office.

Parochial School (mixed), with residence for the mistress adjoining, built about 1855, for 100 children; average attendance, 59; Miss Marion Buck, mistress.

Wall Letter Boxes, Holme Bridge, cleared at 7.40 p.m. & sundays 1 p.m.; Binnegar, 6.55 p.m.; sundays 11.30 a.m.

 

PRIVATE RESIDENTS

BUTLER Rev. Pierce Arman (rector)

FARRER Mrs., Binnegar hall

FARRER Oliver Cooke J.P., Binnegar hall

FYLER John William Townsend D.L., J.P., Hethfelton

HAWKESWORTH Major John William Bain (late R.A.) J.P., Stokeford

HAWKINS George Henry (retired warrant officer Royal Navy), Serapis Cottage

HUDDLESTONE W. H., West Holme

 

COMMERCIAL

BARNES Ambrose, farmer

BASKET William Henry, Black Dog P. H.

BRADFIELD Thomas, miller (water)

BURDEN John, farmer

BURT James, farmer

DOREY George, carpenter

GARRATT Robert, blacksmith

GRANT R. & Son, market gardeners & florists, Longthorns

GRANT Richard, boot maker

HIBBS Alfred, farmer

MARSH Robert, shoe maker

MILLER John, farmer

MORRIS Henry, farmer, Woolbridge

NEWBURY John, farm bailiff to Oliver Cooke FARRER esq. J.P.

READER George, farmer

SELBY Henry, market gardener

STICKLAND James, farmer, Rushton

TETT Robert, farmer

VINCENT Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper

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