STURMINSTER NEWTON CASTLE, a market town, parish, and railway station, on the Dorset Central Railway, in the hundred and union of the same name, distant 108 miles from London, 10 N.W. from Blandford, 12 W. from Sherborne, 5 S.E. from Stalbridge, and 8 S.W. from Shaftesbury. The town is situated on the banks of the river Stour,. Which, flowing through the vale of Blackmoor, empties itself into the sea at Christchurch, in Hampshire. The church, St. Mary’s, within about the last twenty years has been nearly rebuilt, and very considerably enlarged, at the sole expense of the late Rev. T. H. Lane Fox; it is in the Norman style, in the form of a cross. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of Lord Rivers, lord of the manor, and the tithes have been commuted for £712, with residence; glebe, 200 acres; the Rev. Richard Lowndes is the vicar. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. The Wesleyans have a chapel and Sunday school. There are schools for children of both sexes and for infants, supported by voluntary subscriptions. On the Newton side of the river are the remains of an old castle, supposed to have been erected by the Romans; they consist of a keep, within a vallum and ditch, seated on a hill. The ground-plan was in the form of the letter D. There is a large camp, called Banbury. A Literary and Scientific Institution was established in 1850. There is a market every alternate Thursday, chiefly for cattle. The fairs are held on the 12th of May and 24th of October, at which is appointed the high constable of the hundred of Sturminster. The petty sessions of the division are held monthly here, The population in 1861 was 1,880, and the acreage 4,229. In the union of Sturminster there are twenty parishes. The workhouse is at Sturminster. Board meeting every Wednesday.
NEWTON tithing is divided from Sturminster by the river. Bagbere is a tithing 2 miles W., on the road to Sherborne.
FIDDLEFORD is a hamlet of Sturminster Newton, 2 miles S.E. from that town, and 8 N.W. from Blandford; Kingsdown, 1 S.E.; Hole, half a mile S.; Knacker’s Hole, Garland, and Common Gate, 2 miles S.; Darknell, 2 miles S.W.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.– William Trite, postmaster. Letters delivered at 7.30 a.m. Box closes at 6.15 p.m.; letters received until 6.25 by affixing an extra stamp; dispatched for Blandford at 6.25. Money-orders are issued and paid at this office, and Savings Bank business transacted.
BANKERS:–
Dorset Bank – (Robert and Herbert Williams) (William Colbourne, Esq., manager); draw on Williams, Deacon and Co.
National Provincial Bank – (J. W. Coffin, manager); draw on London Joint Stock Bank.
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:–
Excise Office – ‘Swan’.
Stamp Office – William Trite, distributor.
Union Workhouse – M. Williams, Esq., chairman; R. Stiby, Esq., vice chairman; Samuel Walter Long, Esq., clerk; William Kemp Clough, master; Mrs. Grace Goodenough Clough, matron; Miss A. Roe, Schoolmistress; J. Tarzewell, Esq., surgeon.
PUBLIC OFFICERS:–
Clerk to the Commissioner of Taxes – H. C. Dashwood, Esq.
Clerk to Magistrates of Petty Sessions – Robert Rideout Harvey, Esq.
Clerk to Board of Guardians – Samuel Walter Long, Esq.
Superintendent Registrar – Samuel Walter Long, Esq.
PLACES OF WORSHIP:–
St. Mary’s Church – Rev. R. Lowndes, vicar; Philip Adams, parish clerk.
Primitive Methodist Chapel – ministers various.
Wesleyan Chapel – ministers various.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:–
Parochial – J. Holmes, master; Miss Anne Bennett, mistress.
Infant – Mrs. Betsey Bennett, mistress.
CARRIERS:–
T. Bright, Blandford to Yeovil, Tuesday and Thursday; return, Wednesday and Friday.
CLERGY, GENTRY, &c; | |
Brown T., Esq Dashwood Mrs. Dashwood Misses Davis Mrs. Goodridge Mrs. John Guy Mrs Ann, Newton Guy A., Esq. Lowndes Rev. Richard, M.A., Vicarage Newman Misses Reveley Rev. R, curate Spencer Mrs., Newton COMMERCIAL. Adams Charles, carpenter & wheelwright Adams Philip, parish clerk Andrews William, farmer, Bagbere Baker George, hairdresser & perfumer Barnett, Edward William, tailor Belben William, farmer, Bagbere Bennett Miss Anne, schoolmistress Bennett Mrs., farmer, Bagbere Best John, tinman and brazier Bleathman Thomas, farmer, Common Brice Edward, veterinary surgeon Burbidge Henry, watch and clock maker Busey John, farmer, Bagbere Cheesewright William, surgeon Clough Mrs. G. G, matron of workhouse Clough Wm. Kemp, master of workhouse Coater John, wheelwright, Newton Coffin Mrs., watchmaker and jeweller Coffin J. W., manager of National Provincial Bank Colbourne Wm., manager of Dorset bank Collins Mrs., Swan Coombes George, blacksmith, Bagbere Cowley, John, mason Curtis James, bootmaker Dashwood Henry Chas., solicitor, commissioner in chancery, clerk to commissioners of taxes, and secretary to Sturminster agricultural society Dorset Bank (branch of), (Robert and Herbert Williams), draw on Williams, Deacon and Co. Dowding James, farmer, Bagbere Dowding William, farmer, Bagbere Dowling George, horse breaker Drake Samuel, boot and shoemaker Duffett Samuel, jun, farmer Duffett Samuel, farmer, Common Duffett Wm., butcher & farmer, Newton Fish George, farmer, Bagbere Fish Joshua, farmer, Bagbere Goodfellow John, tallow chandler Gould William, farmer Hammond John, chief superintendent of county police Hancock Thomas, ironmonger Harvey Robert Rideout, solicitor, clerk to magistrates, & perpetual commissioner, and agent to Lord Rivers Harvey Thomas, beer retailer Hawkins Thomas, draper Hayward Robert, cooper, Newton Holmes J., master of National school Hopkins Charles, mason and shopkeeper, Bagbere Hopkins Henry, farmer, Bagbere Hutchings Alexander, grazier, Newton Hutchings Nathaniel, farmer Hutchings Mrs. Martha, shopkeeper Isaac Henry, draper and clothier Jackson Edward, grocer and druggist Jackson Mrs., beer retailer Knott Ambrose, jun., farmer, Ham lane Knott Ambrose, sen., farmer, Ham gate Knott George, harness maker, Newton Knott John, dealer Knott William, farmer Lawrance Wm., millwright and machinist, Newton Lemon Henry, Jolly Brewers inn Light Mrs. Louisa, wardrobe dealer Long Samual Walter, solicitor | Melmoth Thomas, saddler & harness maker Michell Simon Langhorn, pattern and robe maker Moon William, blacksmith Mullet James, farmer, Puxey Mullett James, farmer, Bagbere Mullett William, bailiff Mullet Theoph., farmer, Newton National Provincial Bank (branch of), (J. W. Coffin, manager); draw on London Joint Stock Bank Newman John, farmer Newman Joseph, tailor Newman Richd. Philip, mason & bricklayer Osmond Henry, grocer Paviour Thos., linen and woollen draper Phillips Edwin, plumber, painter & glazier Pope John, cooper Potter Thomas, grocer and tea dealer Rake Martin, miller and farmer, Newton Mill Ralph Charles, farmer, Bagbere Ridout John, cheese dealer Roberts George, farmer, Bagbere Roberts William, boot and shoe maker Rose Benjamin, tailor Rose Charles, carpenter Rose Charles, shopkeeper, Goffs corner Rose Mrs. Christian, shopkeeper, Newton Rose Daniel, baker and farmer Rose James, farmer Rose James, farmer, Bagbere Rose James, tailor Rose Job, farmer Rose John, dairyman, Newton Rose John, farmer Rose Joseph, grazier & farmer, Newton Rose Miss Rosanna, baker Rose Thomas, beer retailer Rossiter Henry, Crown commercial hotel and posting house Rossiter John, auctioneer, appraiser, valuer, estate and general commission agent, and land and timber surveyor, Newton house Rowland Mrs. Elizabeth, straw bonnet maker Rowland Thomas, boot and shoe maker Savory Eli, boot and shoemaker Selway Enoch, clerk of works Sherring Richard, Bull, and cooper, mail cart contractor Short Aaron, shopkeeper Short Mrs., butcher Short Charles, butcher Standley George, shoemaker Strange Edward, currier and leather cutter Strange James, grocer Strange Joseph, farmer Stroud Henry, farmer Sweetman Robert, Red Lion, Newton Tarzewell James, surgeon, & registrar of births and deaths Tapper Edward, White Hart inn Taylor Thomas, surveyor Topp John, brush maker Trite Wm., printer, bookseller, stationer, post office, stamp office, &c.; Tuffin James, Rose and Crown, & butcher, Bagbere Westcott John, currier and leather seller White Henry William, beer retailer and carpenter Young Edward, shoemaker Young John, bootmaker Young Robert, tailor and draper Young William, shoemaker FIDDLEFORD Adams Charles, Travellers’ Rest Adams Philip, brewer Cressey Silas, hoeder Rose Job, miller Stainer William, blacksmith Stone William, farmer Swaine John, gamekeeper Wilds William, wool dealer |