DIRECTORY ENTRIES
1859 | 1911 | 1923 | 1931 | 1935 | 1939
Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorsetshire 1859
Beer Hacket with Knighton
Beer Hacket, a parish in the hundred, union and division of Sherborne, 4 miles south-west from Sherborne, and 4 miles south-east from Yeovil station, on a small river, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, and deanery of Shaftesbury, contained, in 1851, 903 acres, and, with the tything of Knighton, 107 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, value £201, exempt from Visitation, a peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury, and in the patronage of Sir John Munden, and W.Helyar Esq., alternately; the Rev. Hugh Helyar is the incumbent. The church is dedicated to St Michael.
DUNFORD William, farmer, Beer Hacket
FARR Stephen, farmer, Knighton
GRABGER Henry, farmer
HOLLOWAY Robert, farmer
NOTLEY John, farmer
PATRIDGE John, farmer
REDWAY John, farmer, Knighton
RUSSELL John, dairyman
WHITTY John, farmer, Claypits
WINZAR John, dairyman, Knighton
Letters through Sherborne, which is also the nearest money order office.
Kelly’s Directory of Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands 1911
Beer Hackett with Knighton
COMMERCIAL
BUCKLAND Frederick, farmer, Knighton
BUCKLAND Sidney Jas. & Harry Albt., farmers, Higher farm, Knighton
BURRIDGE Thomas, farmer
JOLLIFFE Walter, farmer
MOORE Stephen, farmer
PARTRIDGE Peter, farmer
WHITTLE Wm. Collis, farmer, Trill farm
WILLS Hny., farmer, Lower Knighton
Kelly’s Directory of Dorsetshire 1923
Beer Hackett with Knighton
Beer Hackett is a parish, on a small stream which flows into the Yeo, 1 mile from Yetminster station on the Weymouth branch of the Great Western railway, 4 miles south-west from Sherborne and 5 miles south-east from Yeovil, in the Northern division of the county, county court district of Yeovil, hundred, union, and petty sessional division, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Sherborne, and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St Michael is a stone building in the early English style, consisting of a chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower containing 3 bells; the stained east window is a memorial to the Rev. Frank Newington B.A., vicar of Osmington, who died October 10, 1877: the church was rebuilt in 1882, with the exception of the tower, at a cost of about £1,100, and in 1897 the tower was rebuilt at a cost of £570: there are 100 sittings. The register dates from the year 1549. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £242, in the gift of A.S.Williams esq. and held since 1921 by the Rev. John Luck L.Th. of Durham University, who resides at Yetminster. The principal landowner is Major F.J.B.D.Wingfield-Digby D.S.O., D.L., J.P. who is lord of the manor. The soil is clay; subsoil, rock. The land is chiefly in pasture. The area is 918 acres, rateable value, £1,555; the population in 1911, including the tything of Knighton, 1 mile south-east, was 77.
Sexton Thomas Chamberlain
The children of this place attend the schools at Yetminster, Lillington, and Thornford.
Letters through Yetminster, via Sherborne. Yetminster, 1 mile distant, is the nearest money order and telegraph office.
COMMERCIAL
BOWDITCH Fred, farmer
BUCKLAND Frederick, farmer, Knighton
BUCKLAND Harry Albert, farmer, Higher farm, Knighton
BURRIDGE Thomas, farmer
HARVEY John, farmer
PARTRIDGE Jack, farmer
RABBETS Geo., farmer, Claypits farm
WHEELER William, farmer
WHITTLE Wm. Collis, farmer, Trill farm
WILLS Hy., farmer, Lower Knighton
Kelly’s Directory of Wiltshire and Dorsetshire 1931
Beer Hackett with Knighton
Sexton – Frederick Thomas CHAMBERLAIN
COMMERCIAL
Marked thus * farm 150 acres or over
BUCKLAND Frederick, farmer, Knighton
*BUCKLAND Harry Albt., Higher farm, Knighton
BURRIDGE Thos., farmer, Knighton
PARTRIDGE Jack, farmer
PERRETT Herbt., farmer
VENN Jn. Ernest, smallholder, Claypits farm
WHEELER William, farmer
WHITTLE Louisa (Mrs), farmer, Trill farm
WILLS Hy., farmer, Lower Knighton
Kelly’s Directory of Dorsetshire 1935
Beer Hackett with Knighton
COMMERCIAL
Marked thus * farm 150 acres or over
BUCKLAND Frederick Charles, farmer, Boyle’s School farm, Knighton
*BUCKLAND Harry Albt., farmer, Higher farm, Knighton
BURRIDGE Thos., farmer, Knighton
HARVEY Jn., farmer, Bridge farm
PERRETT Herbt. Jn., farmer, Lower farm
SHUTE Bertram Ernest, farmer, Trill farm
VENN Jn. Ernest, smallholder, Claypits farm
WHEELER Wm., farmer, Higher farm
WHITTLE Louisa (Mrs), farmer, Trill house
WILLS Hy., farmer, Lower Knighton
Kelly’s Directory of Dorsetshire 1939
Beer Hackett with Knighton
COMMERCIAL
Marked thus * farm 150 acres or over
BUCKLAND Frederick Charles, farmer, Boyle’s School farm, Knighton
*BUCKLAND Harry Albt., farmer, Higher farm, Knighton
BURRIDGE Thos., farmer, Knighton
HARVEY Jn., farmer, Bridge farm
PERRETT Herbt. Jn., farmer, Lower farm
SHUTE Bertram Ernest, farmer, Trill farm
VENN Jn. Ernest, smallholder, Claypits farm
WHEELER Wm., farmer, Higher farm
WHITTLE Louisa (Mrs), farmer, Trill house
WILLS Hy., farmer, Lower Knighton