Mappowder
KELLY'S DIRECTORY 1907
Transcribed
from Kellys Directory of Dorsetshire 1907 by Trevor Penfold at PRO Kew 11th
January 2003
Mappower
is a parish and small village, on a feeder of the river Lidden, 7 miles
south-west from Sturminster Newton station on the Midland and South Western
Junction railway, 10 north-by-east from Dorchester, and 7 north-east from Cerne
Abbas, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Buckland Newton, petty
sessional division and union of Cerne, Dorchester county court district, rural
deanery of Whitchurch (Cerne portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of
Salisbury. The church of SS. Peter
and Paul is a small edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of
chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle, south porch, and a western tower, with
pinnacles, containing 5 bells: there is a memorial to a boy Crusader: the church
was restored in 1865, and has sittings for 120 persons.
The register dates from the year 1653.
The living is a rectory, net income of £215, with residence and 89 acres
of glebe, in the gift of the Crown, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Alfred
Roberts B.A. of Queen's College, Cambridge.
Here is a small iron Mission hall (unsectarian).
The curfew bell is rung here from October to Lady Day.
F.J.B. Wingfield-Digby esq. of Sherborne Castle, is lord of the manor and
chief landowner. The soil is clay
and gravel; subsoil, limestone. The
land is chiefly in pasture. The
area is 1,901 acres; rateable value, £2,422; the population in 1901 was 207.
Parish
Clerk, George Legg
Post
Office – James Gillard, sub-postmaster. Letters
from Sturminster Newton S.O. arrive at 8.30 a.m.; dispatch at 4.40 p.m.; no
delivery on Sundays. Haselbury
Bryan, 2 miles distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office
Elementary
School (mixed), built in 1870, for 50 children; average attendance, 33; Mrs.
Laura Gillard, mistress
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Mappowder
KELLY'S DIRECTORY 1923
Transcribed
from Kellys Directory of Dorsetshire 1907 by Trevor Penfold at PRO Kew 11th
January 2003
Mappower
is a parish and small village, on a feeder of the river Lidden, 7 miles
south-west from Sturminster Newton station on the London, Midland and Scottish
and Southern joint line, 10 north-by-east from Dorchester, and 7 north-east from
Cerne Abbas, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Buckland Newton,
petty sessional division and union of Cerne, county court district of
Dorchester, rural deanery of Cerne, archdeaconry of Sherborne and diocese of
Salisbury. The church of SS. Peter
and Paul is a small edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of
chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle, south porch, and a western tower, with
pinnacles, containing 5 bells: the font is of the 13th century, and a
pre-Reformation altar stone was discovered during the restoration of 1865: there
is a memorial to a boy Crusader: the church was restored in 1865 and again in
1921, and has sittings for 120
persons. The register dates from
the year 1653. The living is a
rectory, net yearly value £249, with residence and 89 acres of glebe, in the
gift of the Crown, and held since 1921 by the Rev. George Arthur Coleman, of St.
Aidan's. The curfew bell is rung
here from October to Lady Day. Arthur
Hugh Clough esq. is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, limestone.
The land is chiefly in pasture. The
area is 1,901 acres; rateable value, £2,924; the population in 1911 was 168.
Parish
Clerk, George Legg
Letters
from Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Haselbury
Bryan, 2 miles distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office
Elementary
School (mixed), built in 1870, for 50 children; Miss Searchfield, mistress
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Mappowder
Kelly's Directory 1935
Transcribed
from Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire 1935 by Trevor Penfold at PRO Kew 11th
January 2003
Mappower
is a parish and small village, on a feeder of the river Lidden, 7 miles
south-west from Sturminster Newton station on the London, Midland and Scottish
and Southern joint line, 10 north-by-east from Dorchester, and 7 north-east from
Cerne Abbas, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Buckland Newton,
petty sessional division of Cerne, rural district of Sturminster, county court
district of Dorchester, rural deanery of Cerne, archdeaconry of Sherborne and
diocese of Salisbury. The church of
SS. Peter and Paul is a small edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style,
consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle, south porch, and a
western tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: the font is of the 13th
century, and a pre-Reformation altar stone was discovered during the restoration
of 1865: there is a memorial to a boy Crusader: the church was restored in 1865
and again in 1921, and has sittings
for 120 persons. The register dates
from the year 1653. The living is a
rectory, net yearly value £460, with residence and 4 acres of glebe, in the
gift of the Crown, and held since 1921 by the Rev. George Arthur Coleman, of St.
Aidan's. The curfew bell is rung
here from October to Lady Day. John
Fisher esq. is a principal landowner. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, limestone.
The land is chiefly in pasture. The
area is 1,901 acres; the population in 1931 was 160.
Post
& Tel. Call Office. Letters
from Sturminster Newton. Hazelbury
Bryan nearest M. O. & T. office
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