Trade Directories
Transcribed by Dorinda Miles from photocopies of the directory
provided by the Dorchester Reference Library.
Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire 1848
Alton Pancras is a small village, 8 miles north from Dorchester, 2 miles east from Cerne and 18 south-west from Blandford, in the division and Union of Cerne and diocese of Salisbury. The living is a vicarage, value £120, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Robert Shittler, B.D. The church is a small plain Gothic structure, in bad repair; is expected, on account of the numerous springs, to be pulled down, and rebuilt on a different site. Here is a small National School, Miss Louisa Lacy, mistress. Population, 300; acres, about 2,200.
MILLER Mr Michael
SHITTLER Rev Robert, B.D. [Rector]
BROWNE John, beer retailer
COOMBS William, mason
DUNNING Thomas, miler
HAWKINS Charles, yeoman
KENT John, yeoman
MASTERS William, carpenter
Letters received through Blandford
Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire 1855
Alton Pancras is a parish and small village, 6 miles north from Dorchester, and 2 miles east from Cerne, in the division and Union of Cerne and diocese of Salisbury. The living is a vicarage, value £120, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Robert Shittler, B.D. The church, dedicated to St Pancras, is a small plain Gothic structure, in bad repair; is expected, on account of the numerous springs, to be pulled down and rebuilt on a different site. Here is a small National School, Mrs Elizabeth Sims, mistress. Population, in 1851, was 282; acres, about .2,200.HOLCOMB is half a mile north-west.
GENTRY
MILLER Michael Esq
SHITTLER Rev Robert, B.D. [Vicar]
COOMBS William, bricklayer
DRAPER William, dairyman
EDWARDS Thomas, miller
HAWKINS Charles, farmer
KENT John, farmer
MASTERS Alfred, shopkeeper & shoemaker
MASTERS William, carpenter
SIMS Elizabeth
(Mrs), schoolmistress
Letters received from Dorchester via Piddletown. The nearest money order office is at Cerne Abbas.
Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire 1859
Alton Pancras is a parish and small village,8 miles north from Dorchester, and 2 east from Cerne, in the division and Union of Cerne, Dorchester county court district, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, and deanery of Whitchurch. The living is a vicarage, value £120, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Augustas B Handley, B.A. The church of St Pancras, is a small plain Gothic structure, in bad repair; is expected, on account of the numerous springs, to be pulled down and rebuilt on a different site. Here is a small National School, Mrs Elizabeth Sims, mistress. Population, in 1851, was 282; acres, about 2,200. HOLCOMB is half a mile north-west.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
HANDLEY Rev Augustus B, B.A. [Vicar]
MILLER Michael Esq
COMMERCIAL
COOMBS William, bricklayer
DRAPER William, dairyman
EDWARDS Thomas, miller
HAWKINS Charles, farmer
KENT John, farmer
MASTERS Alfred, shopkeeper & shoemaker
MASTERS William, carpenter
KINGSBURY Miss, schoolmistress (as printed)
Letters from: Dorchester, via Piddletown. The nearest money order office is at Cerne Abbas.