Hunt & Co.'s Directory 0f Dorset, Hants, Wilts, Som, 1851
Transcribed by Mervyn Wright
WEST PARLEY , a village about 5 miles S. E. from Wimborne. The living is a rectory. The parish comprises 3407 acres, and had in 1841 a population of 254.
Buller Rev. Henry John, Rectory Horlock, Edward, ‘Horns'
--------- Porter, Edward, Farmer
Barnes, Elias, Farmer Porter, William, Farmer
Cosser, George, Dairyman Reeks, George, Farmer
Cripps, Mrs Sarah, Farmer Saunders, William, Blacksmith
Elliott, Ethelbert, Farmer