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Compton
Abbas is a small parish in
Sixpenny Handley Hundred, West Shaston Division, in the Union and parliamentary
borough of Shaftesbury, seated at the foot of the Melbury hills, where stands
the ancient church of Gothic structure,. It is in the archdeaconry of Dorset,
diocese of Salisbury, patronage of Sir Richard Plumtre Glyn; the Rev. William
Samber Radley is the rector; value £340 per annum. Sir R.P.Glyn is lord of the
manor. Population 465; acreage 1516. Here is a barrow.
Twyford
is a hamlet 2 miles west; Bareknap 1½ miles west; Crockers 2½
miles west; West Compton half
a mile west.
Hadley Rev. William Samber (rector)
Hoffe Mr Philip Rideout
Baker John, parish clerk
Baker Thomas, farmer, Twyford
Beale John, farmer, Twyford
Feltham John, farmer
Gurd Joseph, farmer
Hannam John, farmer
Harding Thomas, wheelwright
Horder John, farmer
Horder Thos, carpenter & wheelwright
Hunt John, farmer, Twyford
Hunt Stephen, grazier & farmer, Twyford
Merefield
Wm, beer retailer, Twyford
Miles John, grazier & farmer, Crockers farm
Painter Edwd, brewer & timber merchant
Painter William, ‘Abbey Arms’
Perham Robert, farmer, Twyford
Pinney George, shoemaker
Pinney John, shoemaker
Read John, cowkeeper, Twyford
Spinney Robert, smith
Young John, farmer
Letters
through Shaftesbury, which is also the nearest money order office.
Coach
through to Blandford & Wimborne, Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
Coach
through from Blandford to Shaftesbury & Bath, Tuesday, Thursday &
Saturday.
Compton
Abbas is a small parish 3
miles south from Shaftesbury, and 9 miles north from Blandford, in Sixpenny
Handley Hundred, West Shaston Division, in the Union and parliamentary borough
of Shaftesbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, diocese of Salisbury and deanery of
Bridport, seated at the foot of the Melbury hills, where stands the ancient
church (St. Mary’s) of Gothic structure, which consists of a chancel, nave and
side aisle and 3 bells; date of register 1650. The living is a rectory, annual
value £207, with residence, in the gift of Sir Richard Plumtre Glyn and held by
the Rev. William Samler Hadley M.A. Sir R.P.Glyn is lord of the manor.
Population 465; acreage 1516. Here is a barrow. Here is a spacious school, in
which boys and girls are taught on the Pestalozzian system; Mrs Augusta Spinney,
mistress.
Twyford
is a hamlet 2 miles west; Bereknap 1½ miles
west; Crockers 2½ miles west; West
Compton half a mile west.
Hadley Rev. Wm Samler M.A. (rector)
Applin Joseph, farmer
Baker John, parish clerk
Baker Thomas, farmer, Twyford
Beale John, farmer, Twyford
Dibben William, farmer, Twyford
Feltham Abel, farmer
Feltham John, farmer
Hannan John, farmer
Horder John, farmer
Horder Thos, carpenter & wheelwright
Horder William, shopkeeper
Hunt Stephen, grazier & farmer, Twyford
Merefield
Nehemiah, carrier
Merefield
Wm, beer retailer, Twyford
Miles John, grazier & farmer, Crockers farm
Oliver John, shoemaker
Painter William, farmer
Painter William, Glyn Arms
Parham Robert, farmer, Twyford
Pinney George, shoemaker
Pinney John, shoemaker
Read Joseph, cheesemonger, Twyford
Ryall Reuben, gardener
Spinney Robert, smith
Tapper William, jun, farmer
Young John, farmer
Letters
through Shaftesbury, which is also the nearest money order office.
Omnibus
through from Blandford to Shaftesbury, daily, returning same day
Compton
Abbas is a parish in the
petty sessional division of West Shaston, union, county court district and
parliamentary borough of Shaftesbury, hundred of Sixpenny Handley, rural deanery
of Bridport, archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Salisbury, seated at the
foot of the Melbury hills, 3 miles south from Shaftesbury and 9 north from
Blandford. The church of St. Mary has been rebuilt, and was opened in 1868: it
is of stone, and consists of apsidal chancel, nave, north aisle and south porch:
the nave is divided from the aisle by two fine arches springing from a
cylindrical pier: it has square tower containing 4 bells: it is paved with
encaustic tiles and seated with open benches. The register dates from 1650. The
living is a rectory, gross yearly value £350, with residence, in the gift of
Sir Richard George Glyn, bart., and held by the Rev. Percival Hart Dyke M.A. of
Christ Church, Oxford. Here is a spacious National school, supported by Sir
R.G.Glyn, bart.; also a Wesleyan chapel. Sir R.G.Glyn, bart., is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is sand
and light loam: subsoil, chalk and stone. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
oats and beans. The area is 1516 acres; gross estimated rental £2711; rateable
value £2512; and the population in 1871 was 481.
Bereknap
is a hamlet between Compton Abbas and Twyford, consisting of a few houses, and a
small place of worship for Primitive Methodists.
Twyford
is a hamlet 2 miles west.
Parish
Clerk, William Horder
Post
Office, Thomas Horder,
receiver. Letters through Shaftesbury arrive at 7.30 am; dispatched at 4.20 pm
on weekdays only. The nearest money order office is Shaftesbury.
National
School, Miss Amelia
Ainsworth, mistress.
Mrs
Applin
Dyke Rev. Percival Hart M.A. (rector), Rectory
Feltham Abel
Tapper William
Baker John, dairyman
Beale Elijah, blacksmith & wood haulier, Twyford
Brockway William, shoemaker
Brown
Mary (Mrs), Glyn Arms
Burridge Charles, butcher
Burridge Lot, blacksmith
Chubb John, blacksmith, Twyford
Feltham John, farmer & dairyman
Haskell John George, farmer, Gourds farm
Holloway John Hall, farmer, Manor farm
Horder Henry John, farmer
Horder Thomas, carpenter, builder, wheelwright, & post office
Hunt Stephen, farmer & dairyman, Twyford farm
Longman Emmanuel, farmer, Twyford
Longman John, dairyman, Twyford
Martin Thomas, thatcher, Twyford
Miles John, farmer & dairyman, Twyford
Miles Julia (Mrs), farmer, Crockers farm, Twyford
Miller John, farmer & dairyman, Twyford
Palmer Alfred, cooper
Pinney John, shoemaker
Rose Silas, market gardener
Ryall Reuben, gardener, Twyford
Staples Sylvanus, farmer
Street John, shopkeeper
Tapper
William, farmer & dairyman, Burdens farm, Twyford
Compton
Abbas is a parish,
seated at the foot of the Melbury hills, 3 miles south from Shaftesbury, 5
½ miles south from Semley
station on the Salisbury and Yeovil branch of the London and South Western
railway and 9 north from Blandford, in the Northern division of the county,
hundred of Sixpenny Handley, petty sessional division of West Shaftesbury, union
and county court district of Shaftesbury, rural deanery of Shaftesbury
Sturminster Newton portion, archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The
church of St. Mary, built and opened in 1867, is of stone, and consists of
apsidal chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and square tower terminating in
a spire containing 4 bells: the nave is divided from the aisle by two fine
arches springing from cylindrical piers: it is paved with encaustic tiles, and
seated with open benches: in the chancel is a brass tablet to the Rev. William
S. Hadley M.A. who, as curate and rector, ministered to the parishioners of
Compton Abbas for thirty-five years: there are 250 sittings. The register dates
from the year 1650. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £276, net £156,
with residence, in the gift of Sir Richard George Glyn, bart., and held since
1871 by the Rev. Percival Hart Dyke M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. Here is a
Wesleyan chapel. Sir R.G.Glyn, bart., is lord of the manor and chief landowner.
The soil is sand and light loam: subsoil, chalk and stone. The chief crops are
wheat, barley, oats and beans. The area is 1473 acres; rateable value £1915;
the population in 1881 was 402.
Bereknap
is a hamlet between Compton Abbas and Twyford, consisting of a few houses.
Twyford
is a hamlet 2 miles west.
Parish
Clerk, William Horder
Sexton,
Alfred Palmer
Post
Office, Thomas Horder,
receiver. Letters through Shaftesbury arrive 7 am & 4 pm on weekdays and 7
am on sundays; dispatched at 5 pm & 7.40 pm on weekdays & 4.20 on
sundays. The nearest money order office is at Fontmell Magna & telegraph
offices are Iwerne and Shaftesbury, the former parish being a quarter mile the
nearer.
National
School, & school
house, built in 1849 & a classroom added in 1870, for 100 children; average
attendance 48; supported by Sir R.G.Glyn, bart, D.L., J.P.; Miss Letitia
Carpenter, mistress; Mrs Louisa Bunne, assistant mistress.
Dyke Rev. Percival Hart M.A., Rectory
Baker James, coffee tavern & shopkeeper
Barnes
James, farmer, Twyford
Barnes
James, jun, farmer, Twyford
Burridge
Lot, blacksmith
Butt John, farmer & butcher, Tuchers
Garland
George, blacksmith
Goldie
George, farmer, Manor farm
Goldie
William, farmer, Gourds farm
Gray George, farmer, Twyford
Horder
Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright, Post office
Lambert
Thomas, farmer
Miles
Julia (Mrs), farmer, Crockers farm, Twyford
Miller
Matilda (Mrs), farmer, Twyford
Mullins
Martin, baker & shopkeeper
Pinney
John, shoemaker
Sharp John, farmer
Tapper
John, farmer, Burdens
farm, Twyford
Description
of the parish as in
Kelly’s 1889 with the additional information:
The
living is a rectory, gross yearly value from the rent charge £340; average £252;
net income £135, with residence, in the gift of Sir Richard George Glyn, bart.,
and held since 1871 by the Rev. Percival Hart Dyke M.A. of Christ Church,
Oxford, canon and prebendary of Salisbury, and rural dean of Shaftesbury.
The
area is 1473 acres; rateable value £1825; and the population in 1891 was 299.
Twyford
is a hamlet 1½ miles
west.
Post
Office, Thomas Horder,
sub-postmaster.
Wall
letter box, Twyford,
cleared at 5.30 pm weekdays only.
National
School, & school
house, built in 1849 & a classroom added in 1870, for 100 children; average
attendance 39; supported by Sir R.G.Glyn, bart.; Miss Mitchell, mistress.
Letters
for Twyford delivered from Shaftesbury direct.
Dyke Rev. Canon Percival Hart M.A., (rector & rural dean)
Rectory
Barnes
Charles Henry, farmer, Gumms farm, Twyford
Barnes
Jem, farmer, Twyford farm
Burridge
Lot, blacksmith
Butt John, farmer & butcher, Tuckers
Cross Henry Geo, coffee tavern & shopkeeper
Garland
George, blacksmith, Twyford
Goldie
George, farmer, Manor farm
Goldie
William, farmer, Gourds farm
Gray George, farmer, Twyford
Horder
Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright, Post office
Jesse
Thomas, shopkeeper
Lambert
Thomas, farmer, Willis farm
Miles
Julia (Mrs), farmer, Crockers farm, Twyford
Miller
Frank, farmer, Twyford
Mullens
Martin, shopkeeper
Rideout
Henry, boot repairer
Rideout
Henry Jn, shopkeeper, Twyford
Sharp Mary Ann (Mrs), farmer, Twyford
Tapper John, farmer, Burdens farm, Twyford