Electoral Registers 1888-1890
Transcribed and donated to the OPC Project by Sue Thornton-Grimes
| NORTHERN DIVISION OF DORSETSHIRE | |||||
| Copy of the REGISTER of Persons entitled to Vote at any Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the above Division of the County of Dorset which shall take place in and for the said Division, during the year commencing on the First Day of January….. | |||||
| IWERNE COURTNEY POLLING DISTRICT (District J) | |||||
| PARISH OF EAST ORCHARD | |||||
| Year | Number | Name of Voters in full, Surnames being first | Place of Abode | Nature of Qualification | Description of Qualifying Property |
| OWNERSHIP VOTERS | |||||
| 1888 | J 1 | Barter, Levi George | Orchard Villa, St Mark’s road, Wyndham Park, Salisbury | Freehold House and Land | Great House, William Bugg, tenant |
| J 2 | Bastable, George Thomas | East Orchard | Freehold Land | Late John Bastable’s | |
| * | Bower, Thomas Bowyer | 21, Collingham road, London | Freehold Houses | East Orchard | |
| * To POLL at GILLINGHAM | |||||
| J 3 | Chappel, Eldon Vaughan | East Orchard | Rent-charge in lieu of Tithes | Arising from Lands in East Orchard | |
| * | Devenish, Robert | Charminster | Freehold House and Land | East Orchard, Elizabeth Ann Hunt, tenant | |
| * To POLL at STURMINSTER | |||||
| J 4 | Matcham, Thomas | East Orchard | Freehold House and Land | Self, occupier | |
| * | Penruddock, Frederick Fitz Patrick | Claremont, Coombe Down, Bath | One third share for life in Freehold Houses and Land | Swain’s Coombe and Bowling Green Farms | |
| * To POLL at SHERBORNE | |||||
| J 5 | Start, Henry Richard | 16, Portman Square, London | Freehold Rent Charge | Issuing out of the Lands of Long Mead, George Lemon, tenant | |
| J 6 | Tuffin, Andrew | Sutton Waldron | Freehold Houses and Land | John Lodge and Samuel Mockridge, junior, tenants | |
| OCCUPATION VOTERS (other than Lodgers) | |||||
| 1888 | J 7 | Bradley, Thomas | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane |
| J 8 | Brockway, Walter | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| J 9 | Bugg, William Henry | East Orchard | Land and tenement | Great House farm | |
| J 10 | Foot, Robert | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | White gate | |
| J 11 | Frances, Frederick | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| J 12 | Garrett, John | Margaret Marsh | Land | Jubbers | |
| J 13 | Herridge, Sidney | East Orchard | Dwelling-house (successive) | Green lane, Stour Provost, and Parsons lane | |
| J 14 | Hiscock, John | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| J 15 | Hull, Mark Reuben | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| J 16 | Hunt, Augustus Henry | East Orchard | Land and tenement | Swainscombe | |
| J 17 | Hunt, Edwin | East Orchard | Land and tenement | Parsons lane | |
| J 18 | Hunt, James | Manston | Land and tenement | Willis | |
| J 19 | Jesse, John | Hartgrove | Land | Part Hartgrove farm | |
| J 20 | Lemon, Henry | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| J 21 | Lemon, Thomas | East Orchard | Land and tenement | Long mead and Coal pits | |
| J 22 | Lodge, George | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Burts | |
| J23 | Lodge, William | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| J 24 | Mayo John George | East Orchard | Land and tenement | Scotts | |
| J 25 | Mockridge, Samuel | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Drove lane | |
| J 26 | Mogridge, John | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| J 27 | Moore, Charles | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| J 28 | Moore, Harry | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Sturminster Road | |
| J 29 | Moore, Harry | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Sturminster Road | |
| J 30 | Moore, John | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| J 31 | Mullins, William | East Orchard | Dwelling-house (successive) | Parsons lane and late Gulliver’s | |
| J 32 | Ridout, Walter | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Swainscombe | |
| J 33 | Roberts, John | East Orchard | Land and tenement | White Gate farm | |
| J 34 | Shute, George Frederick | East Orchard | Land and tenement (joint) | Trap Door farm | |
| J 35 | Shute, Jordan | East Orchard | Land and tenement (joint) | Trap Door farm | |
| J 36 | Stacey, James | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| J 37 | Stay, Joseph Robert | East Orchard | Land and tenement | Hartgrove farm | |
| J 38 | Stokes, Stephen | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| J 39 | Tapper, Henry | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| J 40 | Tucker, Luke | East Orchard | Land and tenement | Bowling Green farm | |
| J 41 | Weeden, James | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| J 42 | Young, George | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| OWNERSHIP VOTERS | |||||
| 1889 | 1 | Barter, Levi George | Orchard Villa, St Mark’s road, Wyndham Park, Salisbury | Freehold House and Land | Great House, William Bugg, tenant |
| 2 | Bastable, George Thomas | East Orchard | Freehold Land | Late John Bastable’s | |
| * | Bower, Thomas Bowyer | 21, Collingham road, London | Freehold Houses | East Orchard | |
| * To POLL at GILLINGHAM | |||||
| 3 | Chappel, Eldon Vaughan | East Orchard | Rent-charge in lieu of Tithes | Arising from Lands in East Orchard | |
| * | Devenish, Robert | Charminster | Freehold House and Land | East Orchard, Elizabeth Ann Hunt, tenant | |
| * To POLL at STURMINSTER | |||||
| * | Penruddock, Frederick Fitz Patrick | Claremont, Coombe Down, Bath | One third share for life in Freehold Houses and Land | Swain’s Coombe and Bowling Green Farms | |
| * To POLL at SHERBORNE | |||||
| 4 | Start, Henry Richard | 16, Portman Square, London | Freehold Rent Charge | Issuing out of the Lands of Long Mead, George Lemon, tenant | |
| 5 | Tuffin, Andrew | Sutton Waldron | Freehold Houses and Land | John Lodge and Samuel Mockridge, junior, tenants | |
| OCCUPATION VOTERS (other than Lodgers) DIVISION ONE - Persons entitled to vote both as Parliamentary Electors and as County Electors | |||||
| 1889 | 6 | *Bastable, George Thomas | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Orchard water |
| 7 | Baverstock, Frederick | Child Okeford | Land | Fontmell brooks | |
| 8 | Bradley, Thomas | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| 9 | Brockway, Walter | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| 10 | Bugg, William Henry | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Great House farm | |
| 11 | *Chappel, Eldon Vaughan | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | The Vicarage | |
| 12 | Feltham, George | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| 13 | Foot, Robert | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | White gate | |
| 14 | Frances, Frederick | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| 15 | Garrett, John | Margaret Marsh | Land | Jubbers | |
| 16 | Hiscock, John | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| 17 | Hull, Mark Reuben | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| 18 | Hunt, Augustus Henry | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Swainscombe | |
| 19 | Hunt, Edwin | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Parsons lane | |
| 20 | Hunt, James | Manston | Land and Tenement | Willis | |
| 21 | Jesse, John | Hartgrove | Land | Part Hartgrove Farm | |
| 22 | Lemon, Henry | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| 23 | Lemon, Thomas | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Long mead | |
| 24 | Lodge, George | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Burts | |
| 25 | Lodge, William | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| 26 | Mayo John George | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Scotts | |
| 27 | Mockridge, Francis Richard | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Meads house | |
| 28 | Mogridge, John | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| 29 | Moore, Harry | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Sturminster Road | |
| 30 | Moore, John | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| 31 | Mullins, William | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Gullivers | |
| 32 | Ridout, Walter | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Swainscombe | |
| 33 | Roberts, Henry | East Orchard | Land | Near Trap Door farm | |
| 34 | Roberts, John | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | White Gate farm | |
| 35 | Rossiter, John | Child Okeford | Land and Tenement | Late Mitchells | |
| 36 | Shute, George Frederick | East Orchard | Land and Tenement (joint) | Trap Door farm | |
| 37 | Shute, Jordan | East Orchard | Land and Tenement (joint) | Trap Door farm | |
| 38 | Stacey, James | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Bleeks gate | |
| 39 | Stay, Joseph Robert | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Hartgrove farm | |
| 40 | Tucker, Luke | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Bowling Green Farm | |
| 41 | Weeden, James | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near Bowling green | |
| 42 | Young, George | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| FONTMELL MAGNA POLLING DISTRICT (District I) | |||||
| PARISH OF EAST ORCHARD | |||||
| OWNERSHIP ELECTORS | |||||
| 1890 | I 129 | Barter, Levi George | Orchard Villa, St Mark’s road, Wyndham Park, Salisbury | Freehold House and Land | Great House, William Bugg, tenant |
| I 130 | Bastable, George Thomas | East Orchard | Freehold Land | Late John Bastable’s | |
| * | Bower, Thomas Bowyer | 21, Collingham road, London | Freehold Houses | East Orchard | |
| * To POLL at GILLINGHAM | |||||
| I 131 | Chappel, Eldon Vaughan | East Orchard | Rent-charge in lieu of Tithes | Arising from Lands in East Orchard | |
| * | Devenish, Robert | Charminster | Freehold House and Land | East Orchard, Elizabeth Ann Hunt, tenant | |
| * To POLL at STURMINSTER | |||||
| * | Penruddock, Frederick Fitz Patrick | Claremont, Coombe Down, Bath | One third share for life in Freehold Houses and Land | Swain’s Coombe and Bowling Green farms | |
| * To POLL at SHERBORNE | |||||
| I 132 | Start, Henry Richard | 16, Portman square, London | Freehold Rent Charge | Issuing out of the Lands of Long Mead, George Lemon, tenant | |
| I 133 | Tuffin, Andrew | Sutton Waldron | Freehold Houses and Land | John Lodge and Samuel Mockridge, junior, tenants | |
| OCCUPATION ELECTORS (other than Lodgers) DIVISION ONE - Persons registered both as Parliamentary Electors and as County Electors The Asterisk denotes that the Electors are not entitled to vote at Parliamentary Elections as Occupation Electors | |||||
| 1890 | I 134 | *Bastable, George Thomas | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Orchard water |
| I 135 | Bastable, William | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near trap door | |
| I 136 | Baverstock, Frederick | Child Okeford | Land | Fontmell brooks | |
| I 137 | Bradley, Thomas | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| I 138 | Brockway, Walter | East Orchard | Dwelling-house (successive) | Near bowling green and Gullivers | |
| I 139 | Bugg, William Henry | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Great House farm | |
| I 140 | *Chappel, Eldon Vaughan | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | The Vicarage | |
| I 141 | Edwards, James | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Drove lane | |
| I 142 | Feltham, George | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near bowling green | |
| I 143 | Foot, Robert | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | White gate | |
| I 144 | Francis, Frederick | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near bowling green | |
| I 145 | *Garrett, John | Margaret Marsh | Land | Jubbers | |
| I 146 | Hiscock, Charles | East Orchard | Dwelling-house (successive) | Hartgrove and East Orchard | |
| I 147 | Hiscock, John | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| I 148 | Hull, Mark Reuben | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| I 149 | Hunt, Edwin | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Parsons lane | |
| I 150 | Hunt, James | Manston | Land and Tenement | Willis | |
| I 151 | *Jesse, John | Hartgrove | Land | Part Hartgrove farm | |
| I 152 | Lemon, Henry | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| I 153 | Lemon, Thomas | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Long mead | |
| I 154 | Lodge, George | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Burts | |
| I 155 | Lodge, William | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| I 156 | Mayo John George | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Scotts | |
| I 157 | Mockridge, Francis Richard | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Meads house | |
| I 158 | Mockridge, Samuel Edwin | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Sturminster Road | |
| I 159 | Mogridge, John | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| I 160 | Moore, Harry | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Sturminster Road | |
| I 161 | Moore, John | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near bowling green | |
| I 162 | Mullins, William | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Gullivers | |
| I 163 | Radford, James | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| I 164 | Ridout, Walter | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Swainscombe | |
| I 165 | Roberts, John | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | White gate farm | |
| I 166 | Rossiter, John | Child Okeford | Land and Tenement | Late Mitchells | |
| I 167 | Shute, George Frederick | East Orchard | Land and Tenement (joint) | Trap Door farm | |
| I 168 | Shute, Jordan | East Orchard | Land and Tenement (joint) | Trap Door farm | |
| I 169 | Stay, Joseph Robert | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Hartgrove farm | |
| I 170 | Tucker, Luke | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Bowling green farm | |
| I 171 | Weeden, James | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near bowling green | |
| I 172 | Young, George | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| OCCUPATION ELECTORS (other than Lodgers) DIVISION THREE- Persons registered as County Electors but not as Parliamentary Electors | |||||
| 1890 | I 173 | Butt, Sarah | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Near bowling green |
| I 174 | Hunt, Elizabeth Ann | East Orchard | Land and Tenement | Henbury farm | |
| I 175 | Hunt, Maria | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Hartgrove | |
| I 176 | Stokes, Sarah | East Orchard | Dwelling-house | Parsons lane | |
| I 177 | Wright, Mary | East Orchard | Dwelling-house (successive) | Motcombe and Swainscombe | |
| STURMINSTER POLLING DISTRICT (District T) | |||||
| PARISH OF WEST ORCHARD | |||||
| Year | Number | Name of Voters in full, Surnames being first | Place of Abode | Nature of Qualification | Description of Qualifying Property |
| OCCUPATION VOTERS (other than Lodgers) | |||||
| 1888 | T 534 | Dibben, Isaac | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard |
| T 535 | Farnham, Frederick | West Orchard | Land and Tenement | Nash’s farm | |
| T 536 | Jeffery, Richard John | West Orchard | Land and Tenement | Manor farm | |
| T 537 | Jenkins, William | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 538 | Lemon, James | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | Cottage, Nash’s farm | |
| T 539 | Miles, William John | West Orchard | Land and Tenement | Mansfields farm | |
| T 540 | Mockridge, George | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 541 | Moore, Philip | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 542 | Perrett, Henry | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 543 | Plowman, Henry | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 544 | Plowman, Jeremiah | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 545 | Roberts, Elihu | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 546 | Roberts, Henry | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 547 | Roberts, Hezekiah | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 548 | Roberts, John | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 549 | Roberts, Thomas, junior | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 550 | Rose, John | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | Cottage, Nash’s farm | |
| T 551 | Stokes, Elijah | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | Lush’s | |
| T 552 | Stokes, John | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| T 553 | Tuffin, Frederick | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | Willis’ | |
| T 554 | Tuffin, George William | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| NO REGISTER AVAILABLE FOR 1889 | |||||
| FONTMELL MAGNA POLLING DISTRICT (District I) | |||||
| PARISH OF WEST ORCHARD | |||||
| OCCUPATION ELECTORS (other than Lodgers) DIVISION ONE - Persons registered both as Parliamentary Electors and as County Electors The Asterisk denotes that the Electors are not entitled to vote at Parliamentary Elections as Occupation Electors | |||||
| 1890 | I 616 | Dibben, Isaac | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard |
| I 617 | Farnham, Frederick | West Orchard | Land and Tenement | Nash’s farm | |
| I 618 | Jeffery, Richard John | West Orchard | Land and Tenement | Manor farm | |
| I 619 | Jenkins, William | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 620 | Lemon, James | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | On Nash’s farm | |
| I 621 | Miles, William John | West Orchard | Land and Tenement | Mansfield farm | |
| I 622 | Moore, Harry | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 623 | Moore, Philip | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 624 | Plowman, Henry | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 625 | Plowman, Jeremiah | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 626 | Roberts, Elihu | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 627 | Roberts, Henry | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 628 | Roberts, Hezekiah | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 629 | Roberts, Thomas | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 630 | Rose, John | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | On Nash’s farm | |
| I 631 | Sims, Alfred | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | West Orchard | |
| I 632 | Stokes, Elijah | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | Lush’s | |
| I 633 | Tuffin, Frederick | West Orchard | Dwelling-house | Willis’ | |