East Orchard
TRADE & POSTAL DIRECTORY'S
Kindly transcribed for the OPC Project by Dorinda Miles
Extract from Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire 1867
EAST ORCHARD is a parish, in the petty sessional division of East Shaston, Sixpenny Handley hundred, union and county court district of Shaftesbury, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, and rural deanery of Shaftesbury, 3 ½ miles south-west from Shaftesbury, 5 north-east from Sturminster, and 10 east from Sherborne. The church is a new stone building. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry of Margaret Marsh annexed, in the gift of the Vicar of Iwerne Minster, and held by the Rev Eldon Vaughan Chappel, M A.
The population in 1861 was 227; acreage 860.
Parish clerk, Richard MOGGRIDGE
Letters received from Shaftesbury, which is the nearest money order office.
National School, Miss MARSHALL, mistress
COMMERCIAL
BASTABLE Elizabeth (Mrs) farmer
BENNETT Alfred, farmer
BUTT Samuel, dairyman
GULLIVER Lemuel (Mrs) farmer
HART Keziah, shopkeeper
HUNT Cornelius, hay and corn dealer & farmer
HUNT Harry, farmer
LAURENCE Philip, shopkeeper
MATCHAM Thomas, blacksmith
MAYO James, farmer
MILES William, farmer
ROBERTS Martin, farmer
SHUTE George, farmer
TAPPER Henry, farmer
TUCKER Luke, farmer
Extract from Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire 1880
EAST ORCHARD is a parish, in the petty sessional division of East Shaston, Sixpenny Handley hundred, union and county court district of Shaftesbury, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, and rural deanery of Shaftesbury fourth portion, 3 ½ miles south-west from Shaftesbury and 4 north-east from Sturminster station.
The church of St Thomas is a modern stone building, in the early English style and comprises chancel, nave south porch and bell turret with 1 bell, and has an organ and will seat 150 people.
The register dates from the year 1785. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Margaret Marsh, yearly value £200, in the gift of the Vicar of Iwerne Minster, and held by the Rev Eldon Vaughan Chappel, M A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. Here is a Weslyan chapel. Thomas Bower esq is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the rev. J Penruddock and sir Richard G Glyn bart.
The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, blue clay. The land is heavy pasture. There are numerous apple orchards and cider is manufactured. The area is 860 acres; rateable value £2,084: the population in 1871 was 244.
Parish clerk, Richard MOGGRIDGE
Letters received from Shaftesbury, which is the nearest money order office. Wall letter box at the school, cleared at 4.20pm week days only.
National School, Miss Emily SQUIBB, mistress
BARTER Levi George, Great house
CHAPPEL Rev. Eldon Vaughan M A (Vicar), Vicarage
BASTABLE George farmer
COX James, farmer & cowkeeper
HUNT Cornelius (Mrs), hay and corn dealer & farmer
HUNT Frank, farmer
HUNT Edwin, farmer
MATCHAM Thomas, blacksmith
MAYO John, farmer
MOCKRIDGE John, shopkeeper
POLDEN Ambrose, shopkeeper
ROBERTS Martin, farmer
ROSE Samuel, farmer
SHUTE George, farmer & cowkeeper
STAY Robert, farmer, registrar of births & deaths & collector of poor rates
TAPPER Henry, farmer
TUCKER Luke, farmer & cowkeeper.