Parish of Maiden Newton
Postal and Commercial Directory's
Kelly's
Directory of Dorsetshire 1898
Curtis Charles
Grantham Misses
Hankey Rev. Montagu M. A. ( rector & canon & prebendary Salisbury Cathedral & rural dean of Bridport no1.)
Hurden Andrew
Pardy Mrs.
Rendall William
Warren Mrs.
Commercial
Bishop John, coal merchant
Bishop William, farmer
Brown John, music & musical instrument dealer
Brown Evan Harold, stationer
Brunt Mark Benj. farmer higher farm
Chalker Henry, farmer & lime merchant
Chard Mark, beer retailer
Chard William, cooper
Chilcott Edward, farmer
Collins George, boot & shoe maker
Cox Chas. plumber & tinplate worker
Crabb James, baker & pork butcher
Dorset ( Queen’s Own ) Yeomanry Cavalry ( A Squadron, comprising A, B, D, field troops) (Squadron-Sergeant-Magor Thomas Henry Gabbutt, drill instructor).
Fox Lewis Charles, beer retailer
Freke Thomas Templeman, grocer
Gale George, beer retailer
Gale William, carpenter
Hodges George, beer retailer
Hurst James, grocer, Post office
Jessop Robert J, tailor
Kellaway George, farmer Cruxton
Kingman Mark, dairyman, Crockway
Lane Thomas, blacksmith
Liddon James, corn merchant
Long William, relieving, vaccination & school attendance officer, No 2 district, Dorchester Union
Meadway & Sons, butchers
Morris John, grocer & draper
Nantes Chas. Geo.solr.; & at Bridport
Newton Hall ( John Brown Proprietor )
Nobbs Alfred H, boot & shoe maker
Nobbs Frederick W, Railway Commercial Inn & posting house
Read Charles, White Horse Inn & railway refreshment rooms, & agent for Great Western Railway Co.
Rendall William, surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, Maiden Newton district, Dorchester Union, & medical officer of health, Western division, Dorchester rural council
Roberts M, (Mrs) brass & iron founder, Tollerford iron works
Roberts Mark, carpenter
Samson Giles John. auctioneer
Scriven William, builder & building materials dealer & coffee rooms
Stickling Joseph, saddler & ironmonger
Swatridge Alfred Wm. miller (water)
Symes Frederick James & Burridge Emma (Mrs) dairymen
Taylor Walter Wm. baker & grocer
Trump Daniel, Jeweller & fancy dealer
Tuffin James, grocer
Vaisey James, draper
William Mary (Mrs), district nurse
Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited ( Williams & Co.’s agency) ; open Mon. 11 to 3 (John Brown agent); draw on London & Westminster Bank Limited, London E C
Wyatt James William, farmer Notton
Wyatt John James, farmer Cruxton
Parcel Post & annuity & Insurance office,- James Hurst, sub-postmaster. Letters are received by mail cart from Dorchester & delivered at 7 am & 1.30 pm ; dispatched at 5.15 am & 7.15 pm.
Dorset ( Queen’s Own ) Yeomanry Cavalry, A squadron.
comprising A, B, D Field Troops; Hon. Maj. J. K. D. Wingfield- Digby M.P. commanding; A Field Troop, Capt.E. G. Troyte Bullock; Regtl.-Sergt- Major, F. Wood; B Field Troop, Capt. T. A. Colfox; Surg.- Capt. W. Rendall; D Field Troop, Major J. K. D. Wingfield Digby M.P.; Troop - Sergt. - Major, E. T. Pye
County Police Station, George Butson, sergeant in charge
National School ( mixed ) built in 1841, for 100 children & enlarged in 1865 & 1870 for 200 children; average attendance 140; John Brown, master
Railway Station, Edwin C. Beard, station master.