Directories
Transcribed by Alex Nicole
1831 1851 1889
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831.
BUCKHORN-WESTON, a parish in the hundred of REDLANE, Sturminster division of the county of DORSET, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Shaftesbury, containing 327 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at #10. 1. 3., and in the patronage of Lady Stapleton. In the chancel of the church is an ancient statue, supposed to be that of the father-in-law of Gascoigne, Lord Chief Justice in the reigns of Henry IV. and V.; the gallery is said to have been painted by Sir James Thornhill, who resided in a neighbouring parish.
Hunt & Co.'s Directory of Dorset, Hants, Wilts, Som, 1851.
BUCKHORN WESTON, a village 4 miles E.S.E. from Wincanton (Somerset) and 8 half W.N.W. from Shaftesbury, it has a handsome church in the Norman style, the living of which is a rectory. The parish comprises 2,080 acres, and had in 1841 a population of 460.
Surname, Forenames, Occupation.
ASHFORD, James, farmer.
COOMBS, Meshach, carpenter &c.
CROSS, Thomas, cooper.
DYKE, John, dairyman.
FLOWER, John, farmer.
GATEHOUSE, John farmer.
GODWIN, Geo. 'Stapleton Arms' & butcher.
GREGORY, Elias, boot & shoemaker.
HANNAM, David, baker.
HERRIDGE, John, farmer.
HELLYER, Mary, farmer.
HINE, John, blacksmith.
KNIGHT, James, farmer.
LAMBERT, Charles, farmer Weston Quarry.
LANNING, Job, farmer.
LOADER, Caleb, farmer.
LOADER, Caleb jun, farmer.
LUSH, Thomas, farmer.
MARSH, William, grocery dealer.
PERRETT, Alfred, blacksmith.
PICKFORD, Samuel, farmer.
RAYMOND, William, farmer.
READ, Geo., carpenter and wheel-wright.
SHEPPARD, John, school.
SHUTE, William, wheelwright.
STRONG, Thos., boot & shoe maker.
WARE, William, beer retailer.
Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire, 1889
BUCKHORN WESTON is a scattered parish on the Somersetshire border, 4 miles south-east from Wincanton, 8 half west-by-north from Shaftesbury, and 4 west-by-south from Gillingham railway station, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Red Lane, Shaftesbury petty sessional division, Wincanton union and county court district, rural deanery of Shaftesbury, archdeaconry of Dorset and diocease of Salisbury. The river Cale forms a portion of the southern boundary of the parish. The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of stone, which was thoroughly restored in 1872, principally Early English, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, north aisle, added in 1872, south porch, and square embattled western tower, surmounted by pinnacles and containing 6 bells: the pavement is of encaustic tiles, and the fittings of pine: there are the remains of a roof-loft and a tomb with recumbent male figure: the church has sittings for 300 persons. The register dates from the year 1657. The living is a rectory, tithe commuted at £310, with 60 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Sir Francis Stapleton bart. and held since 1877 by the Rev. Wyndham Charles Hardy HUGHES-D'AETH M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Oxford. Here is a chapel for Primitive Methodists. Here is a reading room supported by voluntary contributions. There is a stone quarry at Weston. Sir Francis STAPLETON bart. who is lord of the manor, and Mrs. FANE are the chief landowners. The soil is clay; sub-soil, blue clay. The land is principally pasture. The area is 1,632 acres; rateable value, £4,123; the population in 1881 was 517.
Smallsford half a mile north-east; Dunster, a quarter of a mile south.
Parish Clerk. John GODDARD.
SUB-POST Office. - Robert SHUTE, receiver; received at 7.40 a.m. & 6 p.m.; dispatched at 6 p.m. week days only.
Letters through Bath. Templecombe is the nearest money order & telegraph office.
A School Board of 5 members was formed March 20, 1880; J. Feltham, Bayford, clerk to the board & school
attendance officer. The National School was transfered to them & will hold 120 children; average attendance, 62;
Miss RICHARDS, mistress
HUGHES-D'AETH Rev. Wyndham Charles Hardy M.A. Rectory
LOADER Caleb, Weston house
LUSH Mrs
VALE James
COMMERCIAL.
BARTLETT Mrs. farmer & landowner
BURTON Samuel, shopkeeper & baker
CROSS Thos. cooper, farmer & landowner
DOWNS Job, farmer Caggeypole
EASTMAN Arthur, dairyman
FLOWER Jn. farmr & landowner, Weston hl
GILLARD -, Stapleton Arms P.H
GREGORY Elias, shoe maker
GREGORY William, shopkeeper
HERRIDGE Walter, The Crown P.H
HINE George, blacksmith
HOLLOWAY John, farmer, Hartmoor
HONEYFIELD John, farmer & landowner, Hope & Manor farms
HUNT Walter, farmer
LAMBERT John, farmer
LOADER Caleb, farmer & landowner, Weston house
PICKFORD Saml. farmer, Harding's farm
READ John, farmer & cattle dealer
READ Nathaniel, machinist & farmer, Tunnel head
READ Noah, wheelwright & farmer
RICHARDS Jas. farmer & landowner
SHUTE Nathaniel, farmer, New house
SHUTE Robert, shopkpr. & shoe ma
STRONG Alicia (Mrs.), shopkpr & shoe ma
TANSWELL Henry, beer retailer & farmer
WARREN Jsph. frmr. & landownr. Pelsham