Parish of Marnhull
POSTAL and 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 1862 J G Harrod's.& Co's Postal & Commercial Directory |
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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. |
MARNHULL is a parish and village, distant 6
miles W. from Shaftesbury, 9 E. from Sherborne, 3 E. from Stalbridge,
and 3 N. from Sturminster Newton, in the division and union of
Sturminster Newton. The living is a rectory; the tithes have been
commuted for £1,033, independent of 26 acres of glebe land and
residence; R. W. Kennard, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. Robert Bruce
Kennard is the incumbent. The church (St Gregory) is a spacious edifice,
chiefly in the Early English style; it has a handsome square tower,
containing five bells. The Wesleyans have a chapel here; there is also a
Roman Catholic chapel; the Rev. William Casey is the priest. There is a
Parochial School, supported by the Rector, and another in connection
with the Roman Catholic chapel. Nash Court, 1 mile N., the residence of
W. B. Davies, Esq., is a fine mansion, containing several paintings by
Vandyke and other masters. The population in 1861 was 1,444, with about
3,751 acres of land. Entry from the 1895 Kelly's MARNHULL is a
parish and large scattered village on the navigable river Stour, 3 miles
east from Stalbridge and 3 miles north from Sturminster Newton railway
on the Midland and South-Western junction railway and 7 miles west from
Shaftesbury, in the Norther division of the county, hundred, petty
sessional division and union of Sturminster Newton, county court
district of Shafttesbury, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Shaftesbury
portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of
St Gregory is a building of stone, chiefly in the Early English style.
It has a chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch, with a
handsome square embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing five
bells and clock; the nave roof is a very fine specimen of the Tudor
type: in 1882 the chancel was rebuilt at the expense of the
rector; in 1887 two of the bells were recast and the whole re-hung at
the same time and a clock was placed in the tower; there is a memorial
window erected by the Misses Senior, to their parents; the stained east
window, and another in the chancel, were erected by the late Rev. R. B.
Kennard, rector 1858-95 to his first wife, who died 1 Jan. 1878, and
there is another given by Mr. John Hunt as a memorial to his wife who
died 13 Feb. 1894: there are 650 sittings. The registers date from the
year 1559. The living is a rectory, tithes commuted for £1,030, average
£779, net yearly value £535, with 26 acres of glebe and residence, in
the gift of St Catherine's College, Cambridge. Here are Wesleyan,
Congretionalist and Primitive Methodist chapels. There is a Catholic
church dedicated to St. Mary, which took place in 1832 of the chapel
which had been removed from Stour Provost to Nash Court in 1725: this
church in 1884 was transferred by Dr. Vaughan , Bishop of Plymouth, to
Austin Canons, who have added a chancel and built the adjoining Priory
and College of St Joseph in 1886: it was again transferred in August
1891 to the Oblates of the Sacred Heart: the present Prior is the
Rev. Louis Feron and Rev. A. Constant Dodard parish priest. Here are two
breweries, two maltings, a corn mill and several stone quarries; also a
steam butter factory owned by Mr Richard March. There are coal and
clothing clubs and a needlework guild. Nash Court, the residence of
Capt. Edwin Greenwood Hardy, 1 mile north, is the property of the
trustees of the late Rev. R. B. Kennard MA lords of the manor; it was
formerly the property of John Hussey Esq. and had been in possession of
his family since the time of Charles II, and is a fine mansion in the
Elizabethan style. Lord Stalbridge and Frederick King Esq., are the
chief land owners. The soil is clay, sand and rock; the subsoil is
limestone and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and peas.
The area is 3751 acres; rateable value £8,812; the population in 1891
was 1,415. |
| ENTRIES FROM 1855 KELLY'S DIRECTORY | |
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CASEY,
William Rev., priest HUNT,
James Mr., 3 entries illegible COMMERCIAL ANDREWS,
Jeremiah, farmer ANDREWS,
John, Nash Farm, farmer ANDREWS,
Samuel, farmer AUSTIN,
James, beer retailer & shopkeeper BARNES,
Mrs, catholic schoolmistress BASTABLE,
illegible & shopkeeper BASTABLE,
illegible, BASTABLE,
John, beer retailer BURT,
Elizabeth (Mrs), draper BURT,
Matthew Henry, chemist & shopkeeper COOMBES,
Thomas, Thornton, farmer CURTIS,
Charles, ???? DAVIS,
Henry, ??? DAVIS,
Alexander, wheelwright DREW,
John, farmer & cattle dealer DREW,
Maria (Mrs), maltster FIFETT,
Thomas, school & post master FLYNN,
Bernard, inland revenue officer FRAMPTON,
Emanuel, shopkeeper GALPIN,
John, farmer GALPIN,
John, tailor GALPIN,
William, Crown, HANN, Joseph, butcher HARDING, Thomas, carpenter |
HARRIS,
Stephen, wheelwright HATCHER,
Edmund, farmer HATCHER,
George, farmer, miller & cattle dealer HATCHER,
James, pork butcher HATCHER,
Joseph, bootmaker HATCHER,
Richard, farmer HINE,
John, smith HORDER,
John, tailor & shopkeeper HOUSE,
James, 'Lamb' , HUNT,
George, farmer HUNT,
John, farmer HUNT,
John, relieving officer HUNT,
Thomas, farmer HUNT
Senr., William, farmer HUNT
Junr., William, farmer JENNINGS
& BAKER, Burt & William, brewers, maltsters and farmers JOHNSON,
John, stonecutter LAMBERT,
George, stonecutter MEAD,
Charles, cooper MOORE,
William, mason 4
entries illegible SMITH,
Robert, farmer TWIDEN?,
William, Master of Parochial School WARREN,
Levi, cooper, parish clerk WHITE,
Samuel, illegible WILLIAMS,
George, illegible YOUNG, Henry, illegible |
| ENTRIES FROM HARROD'S DIRECTORY 1865 | |
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CASEY, William
Rev, priest DAVIES, W. B.
Esq., Nash Court HATCHER, Sarah,
Mrs HUNT, James Mr. HUSSEY Esq.
(Prop), John, Esq. KENNARD, Robt.
Bruce, Rev. MA, rector LITTLEHALES,
Charles Esq., Burton Street, COMMERCIAL ANDREWS, Ambrose,
farmer ANDREWS, James,
shopkeeper ANDREWS, James,
farmer ANDREWS, Jeremiah,
farmer ANDREWS, John,
Nash Farm, farmer ANDREWS, Samuel,
farmer AUSTIN, James,
beer retailer & baker BARNES, Charles,
stonemason BASTABLE, Elijah,
beer retailer & shopkeeper BASTABLE, John,
blacksmith BASTABLE, Thomas,
smith BOWN, John, farmer BOWN, John,
shoemaker BUGG, Charles,
farmer and tallow chandler BURT, Matthew,
chemist & shopkeeper CREES, James,
Thornton, farmer DEAN
, Alexander, Crown, and
wheelwright DOWDING, William,
dairyman DREW, Edwin, baker DREW, John, farmer
& cattle dealer DREW, Mrs Maria,
malster DYKE, Mrs, farmer FIFETT, Thomas,
school & post master FRAMPTON, Emanuel,
shopkeeper GALPIN, Henry,
farmer GALPIN, John,
farmer GALPIN, John,
tailor HANN, Thomas,
butcher HARDING, Chas.,
plumber, glazier & painter HARRIS, George,
Breech Farm, farmer HARRIS, Stephen, wheelwright |
HATCHER, Edmund,
farmer HATCHER, James,
cheese factor HATCHER, Miss
Anne, Catholic School Mistress HINE, John, smith HORDER, John,
tailor & shopkeeper HOUSE, John,
farmer & dealer HOUSE, James,
farmer & dealer HUNT, James, Yard
Grove Farm, farmer HUNT, John, farmer
& relieving officer HUNT, Thomas,
farmer HUNT Senr.,
William, farmer HUNT Junr.,
William, farmer JENNINGS &
BAKER, brewers, maltsters and farmers JOHNSON, John,
stonecutter KENDALL,
Christopher, carpenter & wheelwright KENDALL, James,
boot & shoe maker LAMBERT, George,
stonecutter LASSETTER,
William, Blackmore Vale Inn, drill sergeant, Q.O.Y.C. LONGMAN, Emanuel,
farmer MEAD, Charles,
cooper MEAD, Thomas,
cooper MOORE , William,
mason PARHAM, John,
brewer & dealer ROSSITER, Thomas,
butcher ROSSITER, William,
farmer SENIOR, Thomas,
Lush's Farm, farmer SENNECK, Mrs Jane,
mistress of National School SEYMOUR , Alfred,
, builder SHARP, Thomas,
butcher & dealer SHARP, James,
butcher SHUTE, Stephen,
farmer SIMS, Thomas,
Lush's Farm, farmer SLY, James, farmer
& miller SMITH, Robert,
farmer WARREN, Levi,
cooper and parish clerk WHITE, Samuel,
grocer & draper WILES, John, mason WILKINS, George, carpenter |
| ENTRIES FROM KELLY'S DIRECTORY 1867 | |
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CASEY,
William Rev., priest DAVIES,
Mrs., Nash Court, DAVIS,
Edward Mr., HATCHER,
Mrs, HUNT,
James Mr., Bay Tree Cottage HUSSEY
Esq. (Prop), John Esq. J.P., KENNARD,
Robt. Bruce, Rev. M.A., rector TURNER, Mrs, Clock House, COMMERCIAL ANDREWS,
James, farmer ANDREWS,
James, farmer ANDREWS,
Jeremiah (Mrs), shopkeeper ANDREWS,
John, farmer ANDREWS,
John, Nash Farm, farmer ANDREWS,
Samuel, farmer ANDREWS,
George, shopkeeper ARNOLD,
Charles, stone mason BARNES,
Elijah, beer retailer & shopkeeper BASTABLE,
George, basket maker BASTABLE,
John, blacksmith BASTABLE,
Thomas, blacksmith BEWSEY,
John, farmer BOWN,
John, shoe maker & farmer BUGG,
Charles, farmer & tallow chandler BURDEN,
John, shopkeeper BURT,
Matthew Henry, chemist & shopkeeper CREASE,
farmer CREASY,
Henry, basket maker DEAN,
Alexander, Crown, and wheelwright DEAN,
Robert, farmer DOGGRELL,
Thomas, Blackmore Vale Inn, DOWDING,
Henry, dairyman DREW,
Edwin, baker DREW,
John, farmer & cattle dealer DREW,
Maria (Mrs), malster FIFETT,
Thomas, school & post master FRAMPTON,
Emanuel, shopkeeper GALPIN,
John, farmer GALPIN,
John, tailor HANN,
Elizabeth (Mrs), butcher HARDING,
Charles, plumber, painter, etc HARDING,
Michael, plumber |
HARRIS,
George, Breach Farm, farmer HARRIS,
Stephen, farmer HATCHER,
Edmund, farmer HATCHER,
James, cheese & butter factor HINE,
John, blacksmith HORDER,
John, tailor & shopkeeper HOUSE,
James, farmer HOUSE,
John, cattle dealer HUNT,
James, Yard Grove Farm, farmer HUNT,
John, farmer & relieving officer HUNT,
Junr., William, farmer HUNT,
Senr., William, Ashley Farm, farmer JARVIS,
Joyce, basket maker & beer retailer JENNINGS
& BAKER, brewers, maltsters and farmers JOHNSON,
William, builder KENDALL,
Christopher, wheelwright KENDALL,
James, boot & shoe maker KENDELL,
Ann (Mrs), shopkeeper LAMBERT,
William, stone cutter LASSETTER,
Wm., drill sergeant, Q.O.Y.C. LONGMAN,
Emanuel, farmer & quarry owner MEAD,
Charles, cooper MOORE,
Emanuel, stone mason MOORE,
William, stone mason PARHAM,
John, Walton Elm, brewer & maltster PRICE,
John, shopkeeper & beer retailer PRICE,
John, farmer ROSE,
William, beer retailer ROSSITER,
Thomas, farmer ROSSITER,
William, farmer SENIOR,
Thomas, farmer SEYMOUR
, Alfred, builder SIMS,
Thomas, farmer SHARP,
James, butcher SMITH,
Robert, farmer WELCH,
Stephen, King's Mill, miller WHITE,
Samuel, grocer, draper, tailor & outfitter WILES,
John, stone mason WILKINS,
George, carpenter & builder WOODROW,
Daniel, carpenter & builder
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