Winterborne Kingston
Throughout the 19th century postal and commercial directories were common, they usually list most tradesmen and farmers in a parish as well as the wealthier residents 'of independent means'. Below you will find extracts from the descriptions and name entries for the following years:-
1848 1859 1865 1867 1875 1880 1885 1889 1898 1903 1920 1931
Kelly's
Directory 1848
WINTERBORNE
KINGSTON (or KINGSTON WINTEBOURNE) is a parish, in the hundred of Bere
Regis 6½ miles south -south -west from Blandford, in 1841 567 inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual currency annexed to the vicarage of Bere Regis, in the
jurisdiction of the peculiar court of the dean of Salisbury, and the patronage
of Balliol College, Oxford, the Rev. Carrington LEY, MA is the incumbent, and
the Rev. Edward PICKARD, Cambridge, BA Curate. The Church, dedicated to St
Nicholas is an ancient edifice, with a square embattled tower. Here are places
of worship for Independents and Wesleyans.
Traders
ARNOLD
William, shoemaker
BALLAM
Benjamin, shoemaker
BILES Phillip, shoemaker
BRETT
John, beer retailer& bricklayer
BURGESS
John, farmer
HENVILLE
Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright
HUSSEY
William, farmer
KEYNES
Joseph, butcher & farmer
LITTLE
William, farmer
MOWLAM
Robert, blacksmith
RICHARDS
Henry, farmer
SATCHELL
Josiah, beer retailer
SNOOK
John, beer retailer & butcher
Kelly's
Directory 1859
WINTERBORNE
KINGSTON (or KINGSTON WINTEBOURNE) or chapelry in Bere Regis hundred,
Blandford Union and county court district, Whitechurch deanery, Dorset
archdeaconry, and Salisbury bishopric, 6½ miles south - south - west from
Blandford containing in 1851 584 inhabitants, and 2,508 acres. The living is a
perpetual currency annexed to the vicarage of Bere Regis, in the jurisdiction of
the peculiar court of the dean of Salisbury, and the patronage of Balliol
College, Oxford, the Rev. Carrington LEY, MA is the incumbent. The Church of St
Nicholas is an ancient edifice, with square embattled tower. The register of the
chapelry began in 1508 but is imperfect between the years 1599 and 1613 and
between 1675 and 1696. Here are laces of worship for Independents and Wesleyans
and there is a day and Sunday school in the village. Here are many barrows.
Traders
ARNOLD
William, shoemaker
BALLAM
Benjamin, shoemaker
BALLAM
Thomas, shoemaker
BESANT
Thomas, farmer
BESANT
William, farmer
BRETT
John, Greyhound Inn & bricklayer
BURGESS
John, farmer
DOVE
Susan (Mrs), baker, shopkeeper & postmistress
FOWLER
Joseph, farmer
HENVILLE
James, blacksmith
HENVILLE
Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright
KEYNES
Joseph, farmer & butcher
LITTLE
William, farmer
MILLER
Robert, proprietor of agricultural machine
MOWLAN
Robert, blacksmith
RICHARDS
Henry, farmer
RICKETS
Charlotte (Miss), shopkeeper
SATCHELL
Josiah, beer retailer & shopkeeper
SNOOK
John, beer retailer
Kelly's
Directory1865
WINTERBOURNE
KINGSTON, a chapelry in Bere Regis hundred and Blandford union, 6½ miles S.S.W.
from Blandford, contained in 1861 589 inhabitants, and 2,608 acres. The living
is a chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of Bere Regis, in the patronage of
Balliol College, Oxford; the Rev. Carrington Ley, M.A., is tho incumbent. The
church. (St. Nicholas) is an ancient structure, with a square embattled tower.
Here are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans; there is also a day
and Sunday school.
Postal
Regulations. —Mrs. Susan Dove, receiver. Letters received from Blandford at 11
a.m.; dispatched at 3 p.m.: Sundays, arrive at 10 a.m.; dispatched at 10"40
p.m. The nearest money-order office
is at Bere Regis. Post town, Blandford.
Commercial
ARNOLD William, Shoemaker
ARNOLD William, farmer and proprietor of steam engines & agricultural machines.
BALLAM Benjamin, shoemaker
BALLAM Thomas, shopkeeper
BESENT Thomas, farmer
BESENT William, farmer
BRETT Mrs. Charlotte, Greyhound Inn
BURGESS John, farmer
DOVE Mars. Susan, baker, shopkeeper, and postmistress.
FOWLER Joseph, farmer
HENVILLE James, blacksmith
HENVILLE Joseph, blacksmith
HENVILLE Thos, carpenter, wheelwright
HENVILLE Walter, carpenter
KEYNES Joseph, farmer and butcher
LITTLE Edward, farmer
LITTLE Henry, farmer
MILLER Robert, proprietor of agricultural machines
MOWLAN Robert, blacksmith
RICHARDS Henry, farmer, auctioneer, and land surveyor, Abbott's Court.
RICKETS Miss. Charlotte, shopkeeper
SATCHELL Mrs. Elizabeth, baker, shopkeeper and beer retailer
SNOOK John, beer retailer
Kelly's
Directory 1867
Commercial
ARNOLD William, Shoemaker and beer retailer
BALLAM Benjamin, shoemaker
BALLAM Thomas, shopkeeper
BESENT Thomas, farmer
BURGESS John, farmer
DOVE Mars. Susan, baker, shopkeeper, and postmistress
CHAMBERS Harriet (Mrs) shopkeeper
FOWLER Joseph, farmer
HENVILLE James, blacksmith
HENVILLE Thos, carpenter, wheelwright
KEYNES Joseph, farmer and butcher
LITTLE Edward, farmer
MILLER Robert, proprietor of agricultural machines
MOWLAN Robert, blacksmith
RICHARDS Henry, farmer
RICKETS Miss. Charlotte, shopkeeper
SATCHELL Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeper
SMITH John, Greyhound
SNOOK John, beer retailer
Kelly's
Directory 1875
The
area is 2,508 acres; rateable value, £2,979, the population in 1871 was 508.
Parish
Clerk, John WELLSTEAD.
.
POST
OFFICE —Mrs. Susan Dove, receiver. Letters received from Blandford at 9.10
a.m.; dispatched at 4.20 p.m.; Sundays at 9.105 a.m. despatched at 10.10 p.m.
The nearest money order office is at Bere Regis.
National
School (mixed), Miss Margaret WHITE mistress, Miss Georgina Bricknell, infants'
mistress.
CARRÉ
Rev. Francis William B. L.L.B. (curate)
Commercial
ARNOLD
Geo, threshing machine owner
ARNOLD
Jane (Mrs.) beer retailer
BALLAM
Benjamin, shoemaker
BALLAM
Caroline (Mrs), shopkeeper
BARNES
Ambrose, Greyhound
BECK
Thomas, dairyman, Abbots Court
BESANT
Edward, farmer
CAVE
Edward Wm, farmer, Abbots Court & Sturminster Marshall
CHAMBERS
Harriet [Mrs] shopkeeper
DOVE
Susan (Mrs) Greyhound
HENVILLE
James, blacksmith
HENVILLE
Noah, carpenter & wheelwright
KEYNES
Thomas, farmer
LITTLE
Edward, farmer
PARRY
Wm, farmer Muston
RICKETS
Maria (Miss), shopkeeper
WELLSTEAD
William, shopkeeper
Kelly's
Directory 1880
The
area is 2,508 acres; rateable value, £2,671, the population in 1871 was 508.
Parish
Clerk, John WELLSTEAD. .
POST
OFFICE —Mrs. Susan Dove, receiver. Letters received from Blandford at 9.10
a.m.; dispatched at 4.20 p.m.; Sundays at 9.105 a.m. despatched at 10.10 p.m.
The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Bere Regis.
National
School (mixed), John BERRY, master
LAMBERT
Rev. Henry Charles, B. A. (curate)
Commercial
ARNOLD
Geo, threshing machine owner
BALLAM
Benjamin, shoemaker
BALLAM
Caroline (Mrs), shopkeeper
BECK
Thomas, dairyman, Abbots Court
BESANT
Edward, farmer
CAVE
Edward Wm, farmer, Abbots Court
CHAMBERS
Harriet [Mrs] shopkeeper
CUTLER
Elizabeth (Mrs) Greyhound
DOVE
Susan (Mrs) Greyhound
HENVILLE
James, blacksmith
HENVILLE
Noah, carpenter & wheelwright
JEANS
Sarah [Mrs] beer retailer
KEYNES
Thomas, farmer
LITTLE
Edward, farmer
PARRY
Wm, farmer Muston
RICKETS
Henry, shopkeeper
WELLSTEAD
William, shopkeeper
Kelly's
Directory 1885
WINTERBORNE
KINGSTON (or KINGSTON WINTEBOURNE) is a parish, in the Eastern division
of the county, Wareham petty sessional division. Bere Regis hundred, Blandford
union and county court district, Whitchurch rural deanery first portion, Dorset
archdeaconry and Salisbury diocese, 6½ miles south -south -west from Blandford,
and 2 north from Bere Regis. The church of St. Nicholas is an ancient edifice,
in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, and north aisle, with a
square embattled tower: it was restored by public subscription in 1873, from the
designs of the late G. E. STREET R.A. when the north aisle and a memorial window
to Mrs. MICHEL were added: there are also two stained windows in memory of the
BESENT family. The register began 1598, but is imperfect between the years 1599
and 1613 and between 1675 and 1696. The living is a chapelry, annexed to the
vicarage of Bere Regis, joint gross yearly value £535, with residence, in the
gift of Balliol College, Oxford, and held since 1876 by the Rev. John Frere
LANGFORD M.A. of that college, who resides at Bere Regis. Here is a
Congregational and also a Wesleyan chapel. The principal landowner's are J. C.
MANSEL-PLEYDELL Esq. D.L., JP. who is lord of the manor, J. S. W. S. E. DRAX
esq. and the Rev. N. BOND B.A., J. P. The soil is chalky loam, subsoil chalk.
The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley.
The
area is 2,508 acres; rateable value, £2,671, the population in 1881 was 520.
Parish
Clerk, John WELLSTEAD.
.
POST
OFFICE —Noah HENVILLE, receiver. Letters received from Blandford at 8 a.m.;
dispatched at 5.10 p.m.; Sundays at 10.15 a.m. The nearest money order &
telegraph office is at Bere Regis.
National
School (mixed), with residence for master, enlarged in 1876, for 150 children;
average attendance, 100; John BERRY, master
Traders
TALBOT
Rev. Percival B. BA. [Curate]
Commercial
ARNOLD
Chas, threshing machine owner
BALLAM
Benjamin, shoemaker
BECK
Thomas, dairyman, Abbots Court
BESANT
Edward, farmer
CAVE
Robert, farmer, Abbots Court
CHAMBERS
Harriet [Mrs] shopkeeper
HENVILLE
James, blacksmith
HENVILLE
Joseph, bootmaker
HENVILLE
Noah, carpenter & wheelwright
JEANS
Sarah [Mrs] beer retailer
KEYNES
Thomas, farmer
LITTLE
Edward, farmer
PARRY
Wm, Burgess, farmer Muston
RICKETS
Henry, shopkeeper
WELLSTEAD
Edmd, wood dlr & hurdle ma.
WELLSTEAD
William, Greyhound P.H.
Kelly's
Directory 1889
WINTERBORNE
KINGSTON (or KINGSTON WINTEBOURNE) is a parish, situated on the
Winterbourne brook, 6½ miles south -south -west from Blandford and 6 miles west
by south from Bailey Gate Station in the eastern division of the county. Bere
Regis hundred Wareham Petty sessional division, Blandford Union and county court
district Whitchurch rural deanery Bere Regis portion, Dorset archdeaconry and
Salisbury dioceses. The Church St
Nicholas and ancient edifice of stone and flint, in the early English style
consisting of Chancel, nave and north aisle, with a square embattled western
tower containing four bells.........joint gross yearly value £467, with
residence, in the gift of Balliol College, Oxford, and held since 1886 by the
Rev. William FARRER M.A. of that College who resides at Bere Regis. Here is a
Congregational and also Wesleyan chapel. The principal landowner's are J. C.
MANSEL-PLYDELL Esq. D.L. J.P. who is lord of the manor Mrs. Erle DRAX and
Nathaniel BOND Esq. J.P. The soil is chalky loam; subsoil chalk. The chief crops
are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2,513 acres, rale able value £2,572 the
population in 1881 was 520.
Post
Office - Noah HENVILLE, receiver, letters received from Blandford at 7 am,
dispatched at 5.15pm: Sunday at 10.5am. The nearest money order and telegraph
office is at Bere Regis.
National
School (mixed) with residence for master enlarged in 1876 for 150 children,
average attendance 99, John BERRY, master.
Rev.
Chas. Fras. Long MA curate
Commercial
ARNOLD
John, road contractor
BERRY
John, schoolmaster
CHAMBERS
Harriet (Mrs), shopkeeper
HENVILLE
James, blacksmith
HENVILLE
Joseph, bootmaker
HENVILLE
Noah, carpenter, & wheelwright
JEANS
William, beer retailer
KENT
George, farmer, Abbots Court
KEYNES
Anne, Christian and Mary, farmers
KEYNES
George, assistant overseer
LITTLE
Edward, farmer
MILLER
Mary (Miss) shopkeeper
PARRY
Wm Burgess, farmer (Muston)
PLUMBER
Edward, carrier
Reading
Room (John BERRY sec)
RICKETTS
Henry, shopkeeper
STACEY
Tom Tucker, farmer
THORNE
Robert, carpenter, builder, wheelwright & undertaker
WELLSTEAD
Edmd, wood dir & hurdelman
WELLSTEAD
William, Greyhound P.H.
Kelly's
Directory 1898
WINTERBORNE
KINGSTON (or KINGSTON WINTEBOURNE) is a parish, situated on the
Winterbourne brook, 6½ miles south -south -west from Blandford
..............The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2,559
acres, rale able value £2,131 the population in 1891 was 500.
Post
& M. O. O., S. B. & Anfiuty & Insurance Office- Robert THORNE, sub-
postmaster. Letters received from Blandford at 7 a. m. & 2.50 p.m;
dispatched at 9.45 a. m. & 6.15 p.m. Sundays arrive 7.20 a. m. The nearest
telegraph Bere Regis, 2 miles distant.
Pillar
letterbox Muston cleared at 9.30 a. m. & 6 p. m.; Sundays 9.30 a. m.
Police
Station, James LOVELACE, constable in charge.
National
School (mixed) with residence for master enlarged in 1876 for 150 children,
average attendance 100, John BERRY, master, Miss Amy BERRY and Miss Cath WATTS
assistant mistresses.
Carriers:
Blandford - Edward PLUMBLEY wed. & William SHEPPARD sat. Charles DAY on Fri.
BELLAIRS
Rev. Clement, curate
Commercial
ARNOLD
John, road contractor
BAILEY
George, grocer & baker
BERRY
John, schoolmaster, assistant overseer
HENVILLE
Joseph, shopkeeper
JEANS
William, beer retailer
JOINER
Elias F. bootmaker
KENT
George, farmer, Abbots Court
KEYNES
Anne, Christian (Misses), farmers
KEYNES
George, assistant overseer
LITTLE
Owen, farmer
MANUEL
Walter, Greyhound P. H.
PLUMBLEY
Edward, carrier & farmer
Reading
Room (John BERRY hon. sec)
RICKETTS
Joseph, farmer
ROGERS
Robert, farmer, Muston
SHEPPARD
William, carrier
STACEY
Tom Tucker, farmer
THORNE
Robert, carpenter & wheelwright
WELLSTEAD
Owen & Walter wood dealers and hurdle makers
WELLSTEAD
William, dairyman
Kelly's
Directory 1903
WINTERBORNE
KINGSTON (or KINGSTON WINTEBOURNE) is a parish, situated on the
Winterbourne brook, 6½ miles south -south -west from Blandford
..............The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 2,559
acres, rale able value £2,079 the population in 1901 was 390.
Parish
Clerk; John WELLSTEAD
Post
& M. O. & T. O., T. M. O., E. D., P. P., S. B. & A & I. O.
e- Robert THORNE, sub- postmaster. Letters received from Blandford at
7.10 a. m. & 2.40 p.m; dispatched at 9.45 a. m. & 6.10 p.m. Sundays
arrive 7.10 a. m.; dispatched at 10.15. a. m. The nearest telegraph Bere Regis,
2 miles distant.
Pillar
letterbox Muston cleared at 9.30 a. m. & 5.50 p. m.; Sundays 9.30 a. m.
Collector
of Taxes H. GALTON, 13 Hight Street Christchurch
Elementary
School (mixed) with residence for master enlarged in 1876 for 150 children,
average attendance 76, John BERRY, master, Miss Clara FARQUHARSON
& Miss Ada RICKETTS, assistant mistresses.
Carriers:
Blandford - Mrs. Eliza RICKETTS, tues. & Edward SHEPPARD thurs. & sat.
NEWMAN
Rev. Wm, Arth, B. A., curate
Commercial
ARNOLD
John, road contractor
BAILEY
George, grocer & baker
BERRY
John, schoolmaster, assistant overseer
BURGESS
Frederick, farmer, Muston
COLLINS
Frederick. Wm. Greyhound P. H.
HENVILLE
Edward James, blacksmith
HENVILLE
Joseph, shopkeeper
JEANS
William, beer retailer
JOINER
Elias F. bootmaker
KENT
George, farmer, Abbots Court
KEYNES
George, farmer
LITTLE
Mary (Mrs), farmer
Reading
Room (John BERRY hon. sec)
RICKETTS
Eliza (Mrs), farmer & carrier
SHEPPARD
Edward, carrier
STACEY
Tom Tucker, farmer
THORNE
Robert, carpenter & wheelwright
WALLEY
William, dairyman
WELLSTEAD
Owen & Walter wood dealers and hurdle makers
Kelly's
Directory 1920
WINTERBORNE
KINGSTON (or KINGSTON WINTEBOURNE) is a parish, situated on the
Winterbourne brook, 6½ miles south -south -west from Blandford and 6 miles west
by south from Bailey Gate Station on the Midland............. joint net yearly
value £385 in the gift of Balliol College, Oxford. And held since 1919 by the
rev. B. Cuthbert Vere HODGE M. A. of that college, who resides at Bere Regis.
Here is a Congregational Chapel in 1845 with 130 sittings, and a Wesleyan chapel
in 1845. The principal landowners are Harry M. PLYDELL esq. who is lord of the
manor, and John W. BOND esq. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. There
is 2,559 acres; rateable value £2,156, the population in 1911 was 383.
Parish
clerk - Ernest BALLAM
Post
M. O. & T. Office - Robert THORNE sub-master. Letters received form
Blandford. Pillar letterbox at Muston.
Elementary
school (mixed) with residence for
mistress enlarged in 1876 for 150 children: Mrs FARQUHARSON, mistress.
Carrier
to Blandford -Edward SHEPPARD, Thursdays & CAVE Edward William Martin,
Abbott's Court.
Commercial
Marked thus * farm 150 acres or over
ARNOLD James, road contractor
BAILEY George, grocer &baker
*BESENT William John, farmer, southwest farm
*BURGESS Margt. (Mrs) farmer, Muston
BUTLER Fred, farmer
*CAVE Edward William Martin, farmer, Abbott's Court.
HENVILLE Edward James, blacksmith
HONEYBUN Frederick, dairyman
*HONEYBUN Geo. Farmer, northwest farm
JEANS William John, beer retailer
Reading Room (Thomas HENVILLE hon. Sec.)
RICKETTS Eliza (Mrs), farmer
SHEPPARD Edward, carrier
THORNE Robert, shopkeeper & post
WALLEY William, Greyhound, P. H.
Kelly's
Directory 1931
WINTERBORNE
KINGSTON (or KINGSTON WINTEBOURNE) is a parish, situated on the
Winterbourne brook, 6½ miles south -south -west from Blandford and 6 miles west
by south from Bailey Gate Station on the Midland.............
...........
Oxford, and held since 1931 by the Rev. Percy Wolryche Taylor M.A. of Lincoln
College, Oxford, rural dean of Bere Regis, who is also rector of Winterborne
Tomson, and resides at Bere Regis. There
is a Congregational chapel, built in 1845, with 130 sittings, and a Wesleyan
chapel, built in 1872. There is a
memorial erected in the village to the memory of the men of the parish who fell
in the Great War, 1914-18, and also a tablet in the church. The principal
landowner's are Mrs. ARNOLD- FORSTER J.P. and Mrs. PLEYDELL-BAILSTON, who are
ladies of the manor, and Rear-Adml. Hon. Reginald. Aylmer R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
O.B., D.S.O., J.P. The soil
is chalky loam; subsoil, chalk. The
chief crops are wheat, oats and barley.
The area is 2,559 acres; the population in 1921 was 314.
Parish
Clerk, Ernest BALLAM
Post,
M. 0., T. & T. E. D. Office. Letters through Blandford
Carrier.
—Reginald TOOP (Bere Regis), to Poole, mon. & Wimbome, tues
Private
Residents
(For
T. Ns see general list of Private Residents at end of this book)
(Sorry I do not have this book to look this up, if anyone else
does I would be interested in a copy; Jill)
CARLTON
Francis H. the Parsonage
CAVE
Edward. Wm. Martin, Abbott's Court
Commercial
Marked thus * farm 150 acres or over
ALNER Joseph. Farmer northwest farm
BAILEY * Son, grocer T. N. Bere Regis 46
*BESENT William Jr, farmer, southwest farm T. N. Bere Regis 12
*BURGESS Fras. Farmer, Muston
*CAVE Edward William Martin, farmer, Abbott's Court. T. N. Bere Regis 20X
DEAN Frederick. Dairyman
HENVILLE Thos, blacksmith
HONEYBUN Annie W. (Mrs) beer retailer
Reading Room (Sidney MILLER hon. Sec.)
RICKETTS Wm. farmer
SHEPPARD Edward, smallholder
THORNE Mary (Mrs), shopkeeper
THORNE Robert Jr, farmer
THORNE Robert, wheelwright and post office
WALLEY William, Greyhound, P. H.