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Parish of Motcombe |
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DIRECTORIES
1851 1865 1895
1935 |
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Hunt's Trade Directory 1851 MOTCOMBE
- a large village 1 1/2 miles N.W. from Shaftesbury.
The Church, St. Mary, a modern erection, is in the perpendicular
style, surrounded with a square tower; the living is united to that of
Gillingham.
A new Church has also lately been erected at Enmore Green.
At Motcombe is a large school upon the National plan, built and
supported by the lord of the manor, the Marquis of Westminster; this
nobleman has a fine mansion here, called Motcombe House.
The parish, with the hamlet of Enmore Green, comprises 4780
acres, and in 1841, had 1560 inhabitants. |
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Baverstock,
Mrs Case,
Mr George, Enmore Green Parsons,
Mr John Westminster,
Marquis of, Motcombe House A'Court;
Susanna;
farmer Aish;
John;
farmer;
Enmore Green Arnold;
William;
market gardener;
Enmore Green Bartley;
Charles;
farmer Bartley;
George;
shoemaker Bartley;
George;
farmer Bartley;
Jnr. George;
farmer Bartley;
Jas.;
butcher & famer Bartley;
Rice;
butcher Bartley;
Walter;
butcher Benjafield;
Frederick;
farmer Benjafield;
Henry;
farmer;
Coward St. Benjafield;
Uriah;
farmer Blandford;
William;
grocery&c.dealer Brickell;
Charles;
market gardener;
Enmore Green Brickell;
James;
market gardener;
Enmore Green Brickell;
William;
farmer;
Enmore Green Broadway;
Edward;
builder Broadway;
William;
boot & shoemaker Caple;
Edward;
boot & shoemaker;
Enmore Green Case;
Jnr. George;
cheese dealer;
Enmore Green Chinn;
William;
tailor;
Enmore Green Coombes;
Joseph;
farmer;
Sherborne Causeway Cox;
John;
carpenter & grocer;
Enmore Green Cox;
jnr. John;
carpenter;
Enmore Green Cox;
Josiah;
carpenter;
Enmore Green Curtis;
Charles;
blacksmith Davis;
Robert;
grocer;
Enmore Green Doggrell;
William;
farmer Dore;
James;
corn dealer;
Enmore Green Dowding;
John;
farmer Dyke;
Mrs Henrietta;
beer retailer Extance;
Mrs Elizabeth;
grocer &c. Flower;
Robert;
farmer Garrett;
John;
blacksmith;
Enmore Green Goddard;
George;
farmer Goddard;
William;
farmer Goulden;
Charles;
"Fountain Inn" & mason;
Enmore Green Gray;
James;
cheese dealer;
Enmore Green Green;
Charles;
beer retailer Holloway;
Thomas;
farmer Honeyfield;
Robert;
farmer Hunt;
Lazarus;
farmer Huse;
Jas.;
blacksmith;
Enmore Green Kimber;
Ambrose;
cowkeeper &c.;
Sherborne Causeway King;
Thomas;
grocery dealer Knapton;
Benjamin;
farmer Lear;
Humphrey;
farmer;
Sherborne Causeway Lear;
John;
boot & shoemaker Lazenbury;
Henry;
carpenter & wheelwright;
Sherborne Causeway Marten;
Charles;
woolstapler & cheesedealer;
Sherborne Causeway Maskell;
Uriah;
builder Mells;
William;
farmer Miles;
Edward;
market gardener;
Nettlebed;
Moore;
Mrs Barbara;
grocer &c. Moore;
George;
boot & shoemaker Moore;
Meshach;
blacksmith & parish clerk Morgan;
Robert;
farmer;
Sherborne Causeway Norton;
Thomas;
cowkeeper & grocer Parsons;
John;
cheese dealer;
Enmore Green Pond;
Thomas;
farmer;
North Hayes Read;
John;
farmer Ridgeley;
George;
cheese dealer;
Enmore Green Scammell;
Francis;
farmer Scammell;
George;
farmer Scammell;
Mrs Mary;
farmer Seymour;
William;
carpenter &c Sharpe;
John;
farmer Smith;
James;
baker;
Enmore Green Spinney;
Robert;
blacksmith Stacey;
John;
farmer Stevens;
Mary;
farmer Timmins;
Samuel;
grocery &c. dealer Ullett;
Samuel;
land agent & agent to M.Westminster;
Pensbury House West;
John;
farmer;
North End;
West;
Mrs Mary;
farmer William;
William;
farmer;
North End;
Wortley;
James;
farmer Young;
George;
farmer;
Forest;
Young;
Samuel;
farmer;
Donhead Lodge |
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J. G HARROD & Co. Postal & Commercial
Directory of Dorset & Wilts 1865 |
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MOTCOMBE
is an extensive
parish in the borough and union of Shaftesbury, from which it is distant
2 miles, and 4 from Gillingham. The church (St. Mary) is in the
Perpendicular style, with square tower; it is a chapelry annexed with
others to Gillingham. The Rev. Henry Deane, of Gillingham, is the
incumbent; and the Rev. James Charles Warrington Rogers, B.A., curate.
There is a church at Enmore Green, with square embattled tower
rising from the centre; the Rev. George Glover, B.A., is the curate.
Here is a National school. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists
have chapels here: the latter have a chapel also at Motcombe.
Attached to the church at Motcombe is a large school called the
Marchioness of Westminster's school.
The Marquis of Westminster, who has a handsome seat here, is lord
of the manor. This is a
great cheese district. Drinking
fountains have been recently built at the expense of the Marquis of
Westminster at Motcombe and two at Enmore Green.
Population in 1961, 1,433; acreage, 4841 |
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MOTCOMBE
Westminster,
Marquis of, Motcombe House Commercial Bartley,
George, Farmer, Red House Bartley
, James, Beer Retailer, Bartley,
Rice, Cattle Dealer, Bartley,
Walter, Farmer & Cattle dealer, Woodsend Farm Benjafield,
Frederick, Farmer, Froglane Benjafield,
Uriah, Farmer, Short's Green Blakiston,
Mrs Ann, National school Mistress, Blakiston,
Arthur, National school Master, Blandford,
William, Grocer, Bristol,
James, farmer, Northays Farm Broadway,
Alpheus, Shoemaker, Broadway,
Edward, Carpenter, Davidge,
Jeremiah, Farmer, Doggerell,
William, Farmer & Coal Carrier, Goddard,
George, Farmer, Goddard,
Mrs Wm., Farmer, Meatyard Green,
Mrs Martha, Beer Retailer, Hiscock,
James, Farmer, Pain's Place Hole,
William, Tailor, Holloway,
Thomas, Farmer, Honeyfield,
Robert, Farmer, Woodwater Farm Hunt,
Silas, Tailor, Jenkins,
George, Farmer, Kingsettle Farm King,
Alfred, Gamekeeper to the Marquis of Westminster, Knapton,
Benjamin, Farmer, Lear,
Matthew, Shoemaker, Lyon,
John Radcliffe, Land Agent & Agent to the Marquis of Westminster,
Pensbury Hse Martin,
James, Thatcher, Maskell,
Uriah, Builder & Farmer, Coward Shute Miles,
Edwin, Market Gardener, Nettlebed Mells,
William, Farmer, Allotment Farm Moor,
Meshach, Smith & Parish Clerk, Morgan,
John, Farmer, Larkinglass Farm Parsons,
John, Carpenter & Wheelwright, Scammell,
Francis, Farmer, Beetles Green Scammell,
George, Farmer, Coppelridge Scammell,
Henry, Farmer, Culver House Scammell,
John, Shoemaker, Seymour,
William, Carpenter & Wheelwright, Sharp,
John, Farmer, Wolfridge Spinney,
Robert, Smith, Stacey,
John, Farmer, Fernbrook Farm Timmins,
Samuel, Grocer & Baker, Tucker,
William, Farmer, White House Farm West,
Cornelius, Farmer, Corner Farm West,
Mrs John, Farmer, North End Williams,
William, Farmer, North End Young,
George, Farmer, Lodge Farm Young,
Samuel, Farmer, Forest Farm Enmore Green , Aish,
John, Esq, , Glover,
Rev. George, B.A., Curate, Martin,
Charles, Esq, , Commercial Brickell,
Charles, Esq, Market Gardener, Brickell,
Giles, Provision Dealer, Brickell,
James, Market Gardener, Brickell,
Richard, Farmer & Publican, Fountain Inn Brickell,
William, Cheese Dealer, Broadway,
John, Shoemaker, Burr,
Job, Horse Dealer, Case,
George, Farmer, Chinn,
William, Tailor & Shopkeeper, Chubb,
Samuel, Contractor, Farmer & Butter Dealer, Cox,
Josiah, Carpenter, Dore,
James Baldwin, Corn Dealer, Gray,
James, Cheese Dealer, Gray,
James, Market Gardener, Gray,
Noah, Market Gardener, Hellier,
Stephen, Butcher, King,
Thomas, Shopkeeper, New,
A.H., Auctioneer, Farmer & Brickmaker, Norton,
Thomas, Farmer, RICKABY,
MISS, Establishment for Young Ladies, Minerva House Soppitt,
James, Road Surveyor & Architect, Wright,
William, Boot & shoemaker, SHERBORNE CAUSEWAY, Commercial Brine,
Thomas, Farmer & Coal Carrier, Coombes,
J., Farmer , & at St. James Shaftesbury Coombs,
John, Farmer, Duncliff Farm Courtney,
Thomas, Farmer, Lazenbury,
Henry, Carpenter, Moore,
George, Shoemaker, Stacey
, John, Farmer, Wright,
William snr., Boot & shoemaker & Shopkeeper |
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1895
Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire MOTCOMBE
is
a large scattered parish, 2 to 3 miles south west from Semley station on
the London and South Western railway, and 2 north from Shaftesbury, in
the Northern division of the country, hundred of Sixpenny Handley,
Shaftesbury petty sessional division, union and county court district,
rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Shaftesbury portion), archdeaconry of
Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The
church of St. Mary was rebuilt in 1846 of green sandstone in the Early
English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles divided from the nave
by five arches, south porch, and an embattled western tower containing 6
bells, hung in 1887 at a cost of about £300, two of which were
presented by Lady Theodora Guest, and the remaining four by the
parishioners in 1888-9 heating apparatus was furnished and pipes laid
for lighting the church with gas: the church affords about 400 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1676.
The living is a vicarage, with Enmore Green annexed, average
tithe rent-charge £280, joint gross yearly value £304, net £256, with
residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, and held since 1892
by the Rev. Sydney Dugdale M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Here are chapels for Wesleyans with 380 sittings, and Primitive
Methodists for 200 persons. The
whole of the parish is well supplied with water, the source of which is
a spring rising on the range of hills close to Cowherd's Shute and
conveyed to various parts of the parish through pipes laid down at the
expense of the late Elizabeth Marchioness of Westminster.
The charities for distribution amount to £70 yearly.
Here are numerous apple orchards and cider is manufactured; this
is likewise a great cheese district; market gardening dairy farming and
brick making are carried on in this parish; there is a milk and cream
factory conducted by Messrs. large butter factory conducted by Mr.
Charles Prideaux, who also deals extensively in milk, cheese, bacon,
eggs, poultry and all kinds of dairy produce, and employs a large number
of hands. Motcombe House,
the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Stalbridge P.C. is a handsome red brick
mansion in the Tudor style, with Ham Hill stone dressings, erected in
1894 under the direction of Messrs. George and Peto, architects: it is
situated in charming park-like grounds, planted with rhododendrons and
well wooded. Lord Stalbridge is lord of the manor and principal landowner.
The soil is clayey; subsoil, clay.
The land is principally in pasture.
The area is 4,837 acres; rateable value, £10,811; the population
in 1891 was 1,309. |
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MOTCOMBE Stalbridge,
Right Hon. Lord P.C.,M.A.,J.P., Motcombe House, 12 Upper Brook
Street.W.London, Brooks' Club. S.W.London Benjafield,
Nathaniel, Short's Green Farm, Dugdale,
Rev. Sydney M.A. , Rectory, Hiscock,
Arthur, , Jenkins,
George, , Prideaux,
Charles, , Siboth,
Theodore, Pensbury, COMMERCIAL Bartley,
George, , shopkeeper & cowkeeper Benjafield,
Nathaniel, Short's Green Farm, auctioneer/valuer/hse, estate,land,
insurance & gnrl commission agent,cake & manure mrcht, breeder
pedigree shorthorn cattle & Berkshire pigs Blandford,
William, , grocer Bracher,
Cornelius, , basket & chair maker Bristol,
William, Whitehouse Farm, farmer Coward,
Arthur, , shopkeeper Coward,
Charles, , shoemaker Doggerell,
Enos, Corner Farm, farmer Fricker,
James, , carpenter Gray,
Elijah, , brick manufacturer Harris,
Arthur, , carpenter & builder Hiscock,
Alfred, Frog Lane Farm, farmer Hiscock,
Arthur jnr, Manor Farm, farmer Hiscock,
Sidney Albert, North Hayes, farmer Hiscock,
Thomas, Thanes Place, farmer Hole,
Sidney , , hairdresser Hole,
William, , tailor Hunt,
Henry, Dunedge Lodge, farmer &
Wolfridge Farms, Inkpen,
Edwin Thomas, Royal Oak P.H., & farmer Jones,
Lucy Mrs, , laundress King,
William, Haines Farm, farmer Lodder,
Thomas, Woodwater Farm, farmer Martin,
Albert, , head gardener to Right Hon. Lord Stalbridge Martin,
Thomas, Guest's Farm, farmer Moore,
George, Withie's Farm, farmer Moore,
Meshach, , blacksmith Parsons,
Thomas, , carpenter & shopkeeper. Post Office Pike,
Ernest J, Waterloo Farm, farmer Pitman,
William, Elm, shopkeeper Prideaux,
Charles, Beetle's Green, wholesale provision merchant, bacon/butter
factor/cheese factor etc etc Prideaux,
Charles & George Edward, Milk & cream factory Ricketts,
Charles, Culverhouse Farm, farmer Rutley
, Albert, Peak's Farm, farmer Shute,
Jas. W., Lock's Lane Farm, farmer Spinney,
Fredk. & Arthur, , blacksmiths Trowbridge,
Charles, Fernbrook Farm, farmer Tucker,
Arthur, Allotment Farm, farmer Tuffin,
Robert Lanwarne, Red House Farm, farmer Williams,
Charles, North End, farmer Woodford,
Hubert Adolphus, Larkinglass Farm, farmer Woodford,
Osmond William, Cowherd Shute, farmer Young,
George, Coppleridge Farm, farmer Young,
James, Forest Farm, farmer ENMORE
GREEN
Gatehouse,
George Henry, Rock Villa, King,
Mrs, , Norton,
Thomas, New Road, COMMERCIAL Adams,
Moses, , cheese dealer & shopkeeper Bown,
Frank, , milk seller Bown,
Henry, , coal haulier Bown,
Mrs Henry, , laundress Brickell,
Albert, , carpenter Brickell,
Charles, , market gardener Brickell,
Mrs Giles, , shopkeeper Broadway,
Mrs Elizabeth, , carriage propr. Burr,
Job, , horse dealer Case,
William, , pig dealer Chubb,
George, , mason Gatehouse,
George Henry, , auctioneer Gray,
James, , market gardener Hansford,
Charles, , furniture dealer Hatcher,
Orpheus, , shopkeeper Hopkins,
Frank, , cabinet Maker Martin,
Austin Charles, Pains Place Farm, farmer Miles,
Edwin, , nurseryman & florist Miles,
Henry Robert, Post Office, grocer, Moore,
Mrs Eliza, , blacksmith Norton,
Benjamin Hill, , insurance agent Norton,
Edmund Thomas, farmer Pickford,
Frederick, Fountain Inn, publican Rutley
, Bernard, Laurel Cottage, farmer Whitmarsh,
James, , shoemaker Whitmarsh,
Mrs Martha, , laundress Wright,
William, , shoemaker SHERBORNE CAUSEWAY Young,
Frank, , Bartley,
Samuel, , farmer Brine,
Henry, Duncliff, farmer Brine
, John, , haulier & contractor Brine,
Thomas, , farmer & egg/butter merchant Courtney,
Thomas, , farmer Lear
, Thomas, Willcott's Farm, farmer Lear
, William, Causeway Farm, farmer Mould, John, , shopkeeper |
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Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire 1935
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PRIVATE
RESIDENTS Buchanan;
Sydney ; Hines Farm House;
Hobbs;
Gilbert George;
Laven Lodge;
James;
Mrs; The
Firs; Prideaux;
Charles; The
Grange; Tuffin;
Mrs; Red
House; Watkins-Jones;
Rev. David John. M.A. L.Th.;
hon C.F. (Vicar); The
Vicarage; COMMERCIAL
marked
thus* farm 150 acres or over;
; Alexander;
Cyril Jas.; ; farmer Bristol;
Alfred; North
End Farm; farmer Cobby;
Jack; South
& West Wilts Hunt. Shafts. 49;
1st whip & kennel huntsman *Collis;
Nelson Victor; Shorts Green;
farmer *Coombs;
Frederick;
Frog Lane; farmer Coombs;
William; North
Hayes; farmer Coward;
Arthur; ;
shopkeeper England;
Howard Edgar; ; baker *Garrett;
Bros; Fernbrook.Shaftesbury
131; farmers Gibbs;
Claude Ivo Bertie;
Culverhouse;
farmer Greenwood;
George; ;
grocer Harris;
Sydney John; Guest Farm; farmer Hayden;
Howard Edgar; ; grocer Hiscock;
Roland Henry; Cowherd Shute;
farmer Hiscock;
Thomas Henry; Thanes Farm;
farmers (exors. of) *James;
Alex.; Wolfridge;
farmer Legg;
Charles; ;
motor car proprietor Maidment;
Charles; ;
boot repairer *Netherway;
F.T. junior; Dunedge Lodge;
farmer *Palmer;
Jn. Feltham; Larkinglass;
farmer Parsons;
John & Son;
Sunnyside; farmers Pike;
William George;
; farmer Prideaux;
C. & G. Ltd. Shaftesbury 4 & 100;
; dairymen Prideaux;
Charles Shaftesbury 4a;
The Grange;
farmer Salisbury;
Clement; East
Coppleridge; farmer Sellars;
Ernest M; ; saddler Shute;
Cecil; East
Coppleridge; farmer Snook;
Jn. Feltham; Withies Farm;
farmer Spiller;
Albert; Meadow
Farm; farmer Stacey;
William Lambert & Son;
Barn House;
motor car proprietor Stainer;
Mrs Elizabeth. Shaftesbury 35;
; stationer/Post
Office Stainer;
Henry. Shaftesbury 35;
; builder/decorator/undertaker
etc Stainer;
Henry Claude; ; clerk
to Parish council Thomas;
Arthur R.S.S.; A.F.C.L.; ;
blacksmith/cycle repairs.Champ.farrier x 3 White;
Ernest M; Manor Farm; farmer Willis;
Stanley; Beetle's
Green; farmer *Young;
G.J. & E.F. Shaftesbury
75; Forest
Farm; farmers SHERBORNE
CAUSEWAY Hatcher;
Charles; ;
Arnold;
Albert T.; ; cycle
repairer Gaunt;
H.C. & SON;
Causeway Café & Garage;
Duneman;
Eli; ;
firewood dlr. Filmer;
Mrs Annie; ; refreshment
rooms Gregory;
Frank Gordon. Shaftesbury 172;
; refreshment
rooms/ Post Office Lear;
George Thomas; Woolcott's Farm;
farmer Loder;
Frederick Charles;
Hunt's Farm;
farmer Netherway;
Frederick Thomas;
; farmer Pike;
Stanford H.; Butterprint Farm;
farmer |