Parish of Hinton St Mary

POSTAL & COMMERCIAL DIRECTORIES

 

From the early 19th century, until well into the 20th century, the publication of postal, street and commercial directories was a common occurrence. From the mid 19th century these publications gave a description of each parish as well as listing all the farmers, tradesmen and nobility/gentlemen of the parish. It was Kelly's Directory that came to dominate the market and this one continued to just beyond 1950. The parish description below is taken from the 1895 Kelly's.

Directories for 1895 and 1935 are transcribed from original books in my possession. Other directories are transcribed  from a photocopy of the directory kindly provided by the Dorchester Reference Library. 
Lynda Small, January 2003.

Hinton St Mary is a parish and village, near the river Stour, I mile north from Sturminster station on the Midland and South Western Junction railway and 8½ south-west from Shaftesbury, in the Northern division of the county, petty sessional division, hundred and union of Sturminster, Shaftesbury county court district, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Sturminster Newton portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St Peter is a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, and with the exception of the square tower was rebuilt in 1846; it consists of a nave, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 3 bells; the church contains a monument of the Freke family dated 1655: a grant of £40 in aid of the rebuilding of the church was made by the Incorporated Society for promoting the Enlargement, Building and Repairing of Churches and Chapels, on condition that the seats for 178 persons should be free and unappropriated for ever; there are 234 sittings. The registers date from the year 1581. The living, formerly a chapelry of Iwerne Minster, is now a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £29, gross yearly value £244, net £240, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Iwerne Minster, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Edward Acton BA, of Merton College, Oxford. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. There is a charity of about £8 yearly, derived from land in the parish of Sturminster Newton, left by a member of the Freke family, originally for the purpose of apprenticing children, but now partly applied to education and partly in relief; also a charity called 'Poor's Money', being the interest on £27, which is distributed amongst labouring men of the parish every four or five years. The Manor House is the residence of Lieut.-Col. John Mansel. Lieut.-Gen. A. H. L. Fox-Pitt-Rivers is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is clay and limestone; subsoil rock. The crops are wheat, barley and roots, and some land in pasture. The area is 982 acres; rateable value £2,093; the population in 1891 was 252.
Hewstock is half-a-mile south, and Cut Mill half-a-mile north-west, on the Stour.
Post Office. Enos Kennison, sub-postmaster. Letters through Blandford arrive 7 a.m.; dispatched 6.15 p.m.; sunday, letters arrive 7 a.m.; dispatched 6 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Sturminster Union.
National School (mixed), for 70 children; average attendance, 41; the school & teachers house were built in 1841, at a cost of £400; Alfred Richard Clarke, master.

           1855 Kelly's Directory

NICHOLL Charles J Rev. Vicar  
Traders        
APPLIN John   pig dealer Traders
APPLIN Joseph   National Schoolmaster Traders
BARTER Mary Ann (Mrs) grocer & postmistress Traders
BICKNELL Henry   farmer Traders
HAMES Roger   farmer Traders
HAMES Junr. Thomas   farmer Traders
HAMES Senr. Thos.   parish clerk & farmer Traders
HARRIS George   wheelwright Traders
HARRIS Joseph   blacksmith Traders
HART Rosanna (Mrs) beer retailer Traders
HUNT Matthew   farmer Traders
JEFFERY George   miller Traders
KERLEY Thomas   blacksmith Traders
LANGLEY Cordelia (Mrs)   grocer Traders
MITCHELL Daniel   White Horse Traders
SENIOR George   farmer Traders
SENIOR William   farmer Traders
SEYMOUR Andrew   farmer & pig dealer Traders
SEYMOUR Henry   boot & shoe maker Traders

           1862 Harrod's Directory

HARVEY R R Esq      
Commercial        
APPLIN John   pig dealer Commercial
BARTER Mary Ann Mrs   grocer Commercial
BARTER Mary Ann Miss postmistress Commercial
BICKNELL Henry   farmer Commercial
DAY Jane Anne   mistress of National School Commercial
GREEN George White Horse Inn Commercial
HAMES Roger   farmer Commercial
HAMES Thomas   farmer Commercial
HAMES Thomas , jun   farmer Commercial
HARRIS Joseph   carpenter Commercial
HART Esau   boot & shoe maker Commercial
JEFFERY George   miller Commercial
KEARLEY Thomas   blacksmith Commercial
SENIOR James   farmer Commercial
SENIOR Mrs   farmer Commercial
SEYMOUR Ambrose   farmer Commercial
SEYMOUR Henry   boot & shoe maker Commercial

           1867 Kelly's Directory

HARVEY Robert R Esq. Manor House    
NICHOLL Charles Iltid, Rev. BA incumbent  
RAKE George Mr.      
Commercial        
ADAMS Charles   White Horse Inn Commercial
APPLIN John   dealer Commercial
BARTER Mary Ann (Mrs) grocer Commercial
BICKNELL Henry   farmer Commercial
HAMES George   farmer Commercial
HAMES Robert   farmer Commercial
HAMES Roger   farmer Commercial
HAMES Junr. Thomas   farmer Commercial
HAMES Senr. Thomas   farmer Commercial
HARRIS Joseph   blacksmith Commercial
HART Esau   boot maker Commercial
HUNT Robert   miller Commercial
KERLEY Thomas   blacksmith Commercial
MARTIN William   shopkeeper Commercial
SENIOR James   farmer Commercial
SENIOR Mary (Mrs)   farmer Commercial
SEYMER Ambrose   farmer Commercial
SEYMOUR Henry   boot maker Commercial
WALTERS Charles   dairyman Commercial
WEBBER Sarah (Mrs)   shopkeeper Commercial
WILLIAMS Robert   shopkeeper Commercial

           1875 Kelly's Directory

HARVEY Robert R JP Manor House    
RAKE George Mr.      
SENIOR Mrs      
Commercial        
TEESDALE Fras. Barlow Rev. MA vicar  
ADAMS Charles White Horse Inn   Commercial
APPLIN John   Farmer Commercial
BARTER Mary Ann (Mrs) grocer Commercial
BICKNELL Henry   farmer Commercial
HAMES George   farmer Commercial
HAMES Robert Cut Mill farmer Commercial
HAMES Roger   farmer Commercial
HAMES Thomas   farmer Commercial
HAMES Thomas John   farmer Commercial
HARRIS Joseph   blacksmith Commercial
HART Esau   bootmaker Commercial
HUNT Robert Cut Mill miller Commercial
KERLEY Thomas   blacksmith Commercial
MARTIN William   shopkeeper Commercial
SENIOR James   farmer Commercial
SEYMER William   farmer Commercial
WALTER  Charles   dairyman Commercial
WEBBER Sarah (Mrs)   shopkeeper Commercial

           1880 Kelly's Directory

HARVEY Robert R JP Manor House    
LAING Malcolm Strickland Rev. Vicarage    
RAKE Martin      
ROLLS George      
Commercial        
ADAMS Charles White Horse Inn   Commercial
APPLIN John   farmer Commercial
BARTER Mary Ann (Mrs) grocer Commercial
COMBES Charles   boot maker Commercial
FISH Frederick   farmer Commercial
HAMES Arthur Cut Mill farmer Commercial
HAMES George   farmer Commercial
HAMES John Rowland   farmer Commercial
HAMES Roger   farmer Commercial
HAMES Thomas   farmer Commercial
HARRIS Joseph   farmer Commercial
HUNT Robert Cut Mill miller Commercial
KERLEY George   blacksmith Commercial
MARTIN William   shopkeeper Commercial
MOORE Richard   farmer Commercial
PARSONS Henry   dairyman Commercial
SENIOR James   farmer Commercial
SEYMER William   farmer Commercial
WEBBER Sarah (Mrs)   shopkeeper Commercial

           1895 Kelly's Directory

ACTON Edward Rev. BA Vicarage    
MANSEL John Lt.-Col.  JP Manor House    
Commercial        
CHINN Harry White Horse Inn   Commercial
CLARK Alfred Richard   schoolmaster & teacher of music Commercial
HAMES George Burt's Farm farmer Commercial
HAMES Hannah (Mrs) Castlemans Farm farmer Commercial
HAMES John Rowland   farmer Commercial
HODDINOTT Edwin   carpenter & wheelwright Commercial
HUNT Robert Cut Mill miller (water) Commercial
KERLEY George   farmer Commercial
KING Joseph   baker etc. Commercial
MOORE Richard   farmer Commercial
PADFIELD Edwin   dairyman Commercial
PHILLIPS Edwin Rectory Farm farmer Commercial
ROSE Job   farmer Commercial
ROSE Samuel Daltons Farm farmer Commercial
ROSE Walter John   baker  Commercial
SENIOR Horace Howell Stearts Farm farmer Commercial
SEYMER William   farmer Commercial
WHITE William   blacksmith Commercial

           1935 Kelly's Directory

Private Residents      
BURRELL Charles Frederick Rev. Vicarage vicar Private residents
PITT-RIVERS George Henry Lane-Fox Capt. The Manor   Private residents
SPEARING Edard Jas. Seymour Cottage Private residents
STACKPOLE Mrs The Cottage   Private residents
Commercial ** indicates farms 150 acres or over  
STURGES Mrs Rectory Farm House Commercial
ALLEN Jn. Chas.   grocer Commercial
**BARTLETT Maurice Sidney Castlemans Farm farmer Commercial
BASTABLE Percy Geo.   gamekeeper to Miss Guest Commercial
BROWN Ernest Edwin White Horse Inn   Commercial
COWLEY Frank   agnt. To the Rivers Estate Commercial
**CREES Ernest   farmer Commercial
CREW Maurice L.L.C.M. teacher of music Commercial
DAVENPORT Raymond Twinwood farmer Commercial
DREW Albt.   baker Commercial
GALPIN Chas.   clerk of works, Estate building yard Commercial
HAMES Hedley Albert Cottage Farm farmer Commercial
HISCOCK Allan   estate carpenter Commercial
HODDINOTT Edwin   carpenter Commercial
HUNT Herbt. Wm. Cut Mill miller (water) Commercial
INNES Jas.   woodman to Rivers estate Commercial
INNES Regnld.   motor engnr. Commercial
KENISTON Adelane (Miss) shopkpr. & post office Commercial
ROSE Hubert   farmer Commercial
**ROSEVEARE Nicholas Barters Farm farmer Commercial
WARREN Wm.  Cricket Club hon. Sec. Commercial
WATTS Edwd. Daltons Farm farmer Commercial
WHITE Wltr. G   blacksmith Commercial

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