East
Stower
EXTRACTS FROM TRADE & POSTAL DIRECTORIES
Transcribed by Cassandra Gotham
Entry
from Harrods 1865
East Stower or East Stour, is a parish and village, in
Shaftesbury union, hundred of Red Lane, and borough and union of Shaftesbury,
distant 4 miles W. from Shaftesbury, and 2 S. from Gillingham, and 11 from
Sherborne. The church (St Mary) is
in the Norman style, with embattled tower rising from the centre. The living is
a curacy, annexed, with West Stower and Motcombe, to the vicarage of Gillingham,
joint annual value £1,313,
held by the Rev. Henry Deane, B.C.L. Here is a National school. The population
in 1861 was 426 ; acreage 1,675
Postal Regulation.-Letters are received through Blandford,
which is the post town. Gillingham is the nearest money-order office.
LONG Joseph, Esq.
MILLS Rev. William, curate
STACEY Mrs.
WHITE Mrs.
COMMERCIAL
ALFORD Miss, beer retailer
BASTABLE Wm, beer retailer
BRIDLE George, smith
CROSS John, carpenter and cooper
DAVIS Robert, farmer, Holdings farm
EDWARD John, shoemaker
GODWIN Mrs., dairywoman
GODWIN Walter, auctioneer and farmer
GREEN Wm., bailiff to the Rev. H. Deane
HILL George, smith
HISCOCK John, farmer
HOW Charles, farmer
HUMBY Wm., King’s Arms inn & farmer
KIDDLE James, carpenter and wheelwright
KIDDLE William, shopkeeper
STONE Charles, baker and shopkeeper
STONE Silas, basket maker
STONE Silas, chairmaker
East
Stower
Entry
from Kellys 1880
EAST STOWER (or Stour) is a parish and village within the
parliamentary borough of Shaftesbury, in the hundred of Red lane, Shaftesbury
union, county court district and petty sessional division, diocese of Salisbury,
archdeaconry of Dorset and rural deaconry of Salisbury first portion on the high
road from Shaftesbury to Sherborne and Yeovil, 4 miles west from Shaftesbury and
2 miles south-west from Gillingham railway station : the river Stour passes
through this parish. Christ Church was built on the old site in 1841 : it is
cruciform building in the Norman style, and consists of chancel, nave and
transepts, with large square embattled town rising from the centre and has three
galleries and contains an organ, a stained east window and six other small
stained windows. The register dates from the year 1584. The living is a chapelry,
annexed with West Stower and Motcombe to the vicarage of Gillingham, joint
yearly value 1,313£, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury and held by the Rev
Henry Deane B.C.I. of New College, Oxford; the Rev. Sidney Coleridge Smith is
curate. Here are a small chapel for Baptist, a Wesleyan chapel and a Temperance
Hall. Lord Wolverton in lord of the manor. Elizabeth Marchionese of Westminster,
Lord Wolverton and the Rev. Henry Deane are the principal landowners. The soil
is clay, subsoil, marl and stone. The land is chiefly in pasture. The area is
1,875 acres; rateable value, £3,434 ; the population in 1871 was 497.
Parish
Clerk,
William Hayter
Sub-Post
Office—William Kiddle, receiver. Letters through
Gillingham, which is the nearest money order office. Letters arrive at 8.35
a.m.; dispatched at 5.35 p.m. week days only.
National School, Miss E. STONE, mistress
COURTNEY Edward, Bellevue house
DOWDING William
SMITH Rev. Sidney Coleridge (curate)
COMMERCIAL
ANTELL Thomas, shopkeeper
BASTABLE Joseph, White Horse
CADDY Barnabas, farm bailiff to the Rev. Henry Dean
CHAPMAN James, farmer, Pennymoor
DAVIDGE E. (Mrs.) farmer
DAVIS Robert, farmer, Hill farm
DAVIS Tom, farmer, Church farm
GODWIN Walter & Son, auctioneers & frmr
GRAY Hannah (Miss), dress maker
HANN Bennet, The Crown
HANDSFORD George, shopkeeper
HAYTER William, basket maker
HILL Richard George, blacksmith
HISCOCK William Edward, registrar of births, marriages & deaths,
relieving officer & inspector of nuisances
HONEYFIELD William, farmer
HOWE Ellen (Mrs.), farmer
HUNT John, miller & farmer
KIDDLE William, blacksmith, carpenter & wheelwright & post
office
MAIDMENT William, baker
MARTIN Charles, King’s Arms
PERRETT John, carpenter
PERRETT Joseph, farmer
RAWKINS Thomas, farmer
STONE Matthias, basket & chair maker
East
Stower
Entry
from Kellys 1895
East Stower or (Stour), is a parish and village, through which
the river Stour flows, on the high road from Shaftesbury to Sherborne and Yeovil,
3 miles south from Gillingham station, on the London and South Western railway,
4 miles west of Shaftesbury, in the Northern division of the country, hundred of
Redlane, Shaftesbury petty sessional division, union and country court district,
rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Shaftesbury portion,), archdeaconry of Dorset and
diocese of Salisbury. Christ Church was built in the Norman style, and consists
of chancel, nave and transepts, north porch, with large square embattled tower
rising from the centre, containing 3 bells, and has three galleries and contains
an organ, a stained east window and sic other smaller stained windows; there are
300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1584. The living is a chapelry,
annexed with West Stower to the vicarage of Gillingham; average tithe
rent-chard, 1,146£ ; joint gross yearly value, 1,152£; 318£, in the gift of
the Bishop of Salisbury, and held since 1891 by the Rev. Sidney Edmund Davies
M.A. of Worchester college, Oxford, rural dean of Shaftesbury, and surrogate,
who resides at Gillingham. Here are a small chapel for Baptists a Wesleyan
chapel and a Temperance hall. The Right Hon. Lord Stalbridge, P.C. and Lord
Wolverton, who is lord of the manor, are the principal landowners. The soil is
clay; subsoil, marl and stone. The land is chiefly in pasture. The are is 1,678
acres ; rateable value, £2,900 ; the population in 1891 was 444. Parish Clerk,
Fred Kiddle
Post Office.- William Kiddle, sub-postmaster, Letters though
Gillingham, which is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Letters
arrive at 8.5 a.m.; dispatched at 5.45 p.m. week days only. Postal orders are
issued here, but not paid
Wall Letter Box, cleared at 5.50 p.m. on week days only
National School (mixed), with furnished rooms for mistress, built
in 1872, for 90 children; average attendance 70 ; Miss Annie Elizabeth Wingrove,
mistress.
BAKER John, Grosvenor villa
DEANE Mrs. Clay hill
DOWDING William
COMMERCIAL
BARTLETT Jn. Farmer, Pennymoor frm.
BLACKMORE Jn. Farmer, Bullen’s farm
BRIXAY John, mason
CADDY Barnett , farm bailiff to the exors. Of the Rev. Henry Deane
CHAPMAN James, farmer, Manor farm
COOMBES Henry, blacksmith
COX George, White Horse P.H.
DAVIS Robt. farmer & assist. Overseer
DAVIS Tom farmer, Church farm
HANN Bennett, butcher & genl. dlr
HANSFORD & Son, shopkprs. & bakers
LODDER Jas. Farmer & miller (water), Highbridge mill
HISCOCK William Edward, registrar of births, marriages & deaths
& relieving, vaccination & school attendance officer & collector to
the guardian for Gillingham district
HONEYFIELD Wm. farmer, Brock’s farm
HONEYFIELD Wm. jun. farmr. Cole’s st
KIDDLE Wm. Sen. Shopkpr. Post office
KIDDLE William Richard & Fred, blacksmiths & wheelwrights
KING Alfred, shopkeeper
MAIDMENT Elisha, baker
MAIDMENT Frederick John, contractor
MAIDMENT Thos. James, wheelwright
MARTIN Jane (Mrs.), King’s arms P.H.
PERRETT Edwin, carpenter
PERRETT Joseph, farmer, High grove
PIKE Charles, farmer
PIKE, Harry, shopkeeper
RAWKINS Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
WHITMARSH Charles, Crown P.H.