Little Bredy

Harrod's Directory 1865

Photographs of Little Bredy Church courtesy of Trevor Toogood ©

BREDY (LITTLE) is a chapelry annexed to Long Bredy, in the hundred of Uggescombe, distant 7 miles W. by S. of Dorchester, containing 1,636 acres. The whole of the estate belongs to Robert WILLIAMS,Esq., of Bridehead house. The mansion of Bridehead is one of the finest in the country. The chapel is dedicated to St. Michael. The Rev. Henry Storks EATON, M. is the curate. The population in 1861 was199.

Postal Regulations,-- John TABOR, receiver. Letters arrive by foot post from Dorchester at 8am.; dispatched at 7pm. Dorchester is the nearest money order office and post town.

PRIVATE

EATON Rev. Richard Storks, M.A.               

WILLIAMS Robert, Esq., Bridehead house

COMMERCIAL

LEGG John, dairyman

LEGG  Richard, dairyman

COX Job, shopkeeper

PALMER William, tailor

ROPER Morris, farmer

TABOR John, steward to R. Williams, Esq.

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