DORSET 1865 - HARROD & CO POSTAL & COMMERICAL DIRECTORY
TOLPUDDLE is a parish and village in the Dorchester union, and hundred of
Piddletown, and contains 2,039 acres; 7 miles N.E. of Dorchester, 4 N. of
Moreton station, and 15 S.W. of Wimborne. The church (St. John) is built
of very small stone, has a towerr and four bells. The living is a vicarage,
value 240 pounds, with residence, in the patronage of The Dean and Canons
of Christ Church, Oxford; The Rev. George Lloyd Nash is the incumbent.
There is a small Wesleyan chapel. The river Piddle bounds the village
southward, and supplies a flour mill. A commodious National school was
erected through the munificence of E. St. John, lord of the manor. The
population in 1861 was 401.
POSTAL REGULATIONS: Letters are received from Piddletown through
Dorchester. The nearest money-order office is at Piddletown. Post town,
Dorchester.
PRIVATE
Bullen, Mr. John
Crane, Mr. James
Homer, Mr. Thomas
Nash, Rev. George Lloyd, M.A.
COMMERCIAL:
Brown John, Crown Inn & Manufacturer of sacks, sacking, rick cloths, rope, line and twine and grocer
Brine Charles, boot and shoemaker
Bullen Samuel, builder
Crane James, farmer
Crocker John, dairyman
Hammett William and John, stonemasons
Homer Thomas, farmer
Runyard Mrs. Jane, dairy
Roper Benjamin, parish clerk
Spicer George, miller, Tolpuddle mill
Spicer Mrs, mistress of National school
Way Thomas, blacksmith and farrier
Woodsford William, beer retailer and shopkeeper
Woodsford William, jun., draper and tailor