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Gillingham Entry extracted from The 1875 Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset Donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Joy Waters GILLINGHAM is a market town of modern appearance, with a station on the South-Western railway, extensive parish and liberty on the River Stour, at the northern extremity of the county, in the petty sessional division of West Shaston, liberty of Gillingham, union and county court district of Shaftesbury, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset and deanery of Shaftesbury, four and a half miles north-west from Shaftesbury, six and a half from Wincanton and one hundred and five from London by road. This parish includes the parochial chapelry of Bourton. It is rich in well-drained pasture grounds and abounds in dairies, the produce from which is a principal source of wealth to the inhabitants. The town is lighted with gas. The church of St. Mary the Virgin has, with the exception of the chancel, been rebuilt and consists of chance, nave, aisles with galleries, with lofty tower and a set of 6 bells and contains an organ. The register dates from 1559. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelries of East and West Stower and Motcomb annexed, joint yearly value 1,313 pounds, is the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury and held by the Rev. Henry Deane, B.C.L., formerly fellow of New College Oxford and prebendary of Salisbury. Here is a free school for boys who are permitted to remain four years; and near to the church is a National school; there is a British school also in Newbury. There are chapels for the Baptists, Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. Here are a small newsroom and a Temperance Hall in which lectures are given on temperance and morality, erected at the expense of the late Mr. Edward Neave, one of the Society of Friends. Here are some very excellent charities, amounting to about 400 pounds yearly. Gillingham is the headquarters of the 11 th Dorset Volunteers, commanded by Captain Tyrwhitt of Bourton, late of R.N. A school board, composed of 6 members, was formed here in June 1874 and new schools will shortly be erected. Here are three flour mills, an extensive brewery, several maltings, a silk mill, rope and twine factories, steam saw mills and a large bacon curing establishment giving employment to many hands. Bricks, tiles and drainpipes are extensively made here at the Gillingham Pottery Company's Works, at which also terracotta ware is manufactured. Here is a branch of the Wilts and Dorset Bank; also a Market house, and a market has been opened near the railway station. Fairs are held for cattle on Trinity Monday and for pleasure on the 12 th September. The market is held on alternate Mondays. The liberty has its own coroner. The Phoenix hotel affords excellent accommodation for families visiting this neighbourhood and for commercial gentlemen; conveyances in connection with the hotel meet the trains at the railway station. A sanguinary battle was fought between Edmund Ironside and Canute in this neighbourhood, in which Canute was defeated with great slaughter. The Dowager Marchioness of Winchester is lady of the manor. The principal landowners are John Williams Bell, esq., George Matthews, esq., Major Philip W. Matthews, J.P. and Lord Carbery. The area including Bourton is 8,355 acres, gross estimated rental, 20,779 pounds; rateable value 18,608 pounds. The population in 1861 was 3,036 and in 1871 was 4,037, of which 860 are in Bourton.
NEWBURY is a part of Gillingham; Wyke is 1 mile west. Wyke Hall, the seat of Ranald George M. Macdonald, esq., is a handsome residence. MILTON is a mile and a quarter north. The church of St. Simon & Jude is a handsome stone structure in the early English style, with lofty square tower containing 1 bell and consists of apsidal chancel, nave and aisles, divided from the nave by three fine arches resting on circular piers with highly carved capitals; the chancel is paved with encaustic tiles and contains an organ; the seats are all open and will accommodate 250 persons; it is a chapel of ease to the parish church; The Rev. William Shoreland, M.A., is curate. Close to the church is a National school. Milton Lodge, the residence of Mrs. Matthews, is a good building situated in park-like grounds; and Stock Hill, the seat of Major Philip W. Matthews, J.P. is a noble stone structure. HUNTINGFORD is 2 miles north. Parish Clerk, James Sheppard. Sexton, William Cox.
Post, Money Order and Telegraph Office: Savings Bank & Government Insurance & Annuity Office. Silvester Edge, Postmaster. Letters arrive from London and all parts and are delivered at 7.30am and from London and Salisbury at 4.30pm. Box closes at 9.15am for London direct, at 6pm for Bath and west of England, at 6.40pm for Salisbury, London and south coast (and on Sundays at 4.20) and at 10pm for Shaftesbury. No country letters delivered on Sundays. Savings Bank and Money Order office open from 9am to 6pm. Telegraph office open from 8am to 8pm; Sundays from 8am to 10am. Insurance Agents Briton Life, T. Hudson, Newbury Clerical & Medical, E. Light General, R.S. Cuming, Station Road Law Union, Bell & Freame, Queen Street Liverpool & London & Globe, J.R. Davis, The Square London, Bell & Freame, Queen Street Royal, J. Hannam & G. Ridout Royal Farmers', H. Kaines, Newbury Sovereign Life, R. Dart Standard Life, J. Mullings Sun, J. Mullings Union, Bell & Freame, Queen Street West of England, H. Kaines, Newbury Whittington Life, A.A. Knapton, East Stower, Parham, Stower Provost Public Officers Clerk to the School Board, Harry White Collector of Rates, John Weare, Culvers Collector of Assessed Taxes, Thomas Card Coroner for the Liberty of Gillingham, John Williams Bell, esq. Commissioners for Administering Oaths in Chancery in England and Commissioners for taking Acknowledgements of Deeds of Married Women, John Williams Bell, esq., Queen Street and Henry Kaines, Newbury Inspector of Nuisances and Relieving Officer for Shaftesbury Union and Registrar for Births, Deaths and Marriages for Gillingham District, Charles Meaden Stamp Distributor, Charles Williams Steward of the Manor of Gillingham, John Williams Bell, Queen Street Surgeon to Gillingham District of Shaftesbury Union, Edwin Josiah Miles, M.D. Town Crier, Andrew Read, Newbury Schools British (boys & girls), David Lot Webbe, Newbury Free (for 65 boys), James Sheppard, headmaster National, Miss Kate Green, mistress National at Milton, Miss Barber, mistress Railway Station Richard Samson, station master
Conveyance Omnibus and flys from the Phoenix Hotel to meet all trains at Gillingham Station, by appointment to the South Western Railway Carrier to Shaftesbury Charles Bealing passes through Saturdays
Commercial Acourt Charles, dairyman, Milton Ashment George, coach builder, Peace Marsh Bartley James, farmer, Malthouse Farm Bealing Charles, carman, Peace Marsh Bealing Charles, stationer Bealing George, shoemaker, Colesbrook Bell & Freame, solicitors, Queen Street Bell John Williams, solicitor+ (see Public Officers) (firm Bell & Freame) Benjafield Josiah, cattle dealer, Wyke Street Benjafield Uriah, farmer, Boughbridge Bond William James, tailor and woollen draper, Newbury Bowles Samuel, farmer, Ham Common Bracher Brothers (John & Edward), upholsterers, cabinet makers and paperhangers, Station Road Brickell William, rope and twine maker, Ham Common Butler George, farm bailiff to John Williams Bell, esq., Langham Butler John, grocer, Milton Butt Jabez, bread & biscuit baker & confectioner, Bridge Street Butt Samuel, baker and shopkeeper, Newbury Card Alexander, farmer, Milton Cave Grace Mrs, day school, Queen Street Cave John, tinman & brazier, Coldharbour Chapman William, farmer, Bagley Churchill Edward, farmer & cow-keeper, Specketts Farm, Milton Clark William, blacksmith, Milton Collis Ambrose, coal, hay & corn merchant, Newbury & Station Yard Cook Charles, grocer and provision dealer, Bridge Street Coombes John, farmer, Whistley Farm Cuming Robert Strickland, linen & woollen draper, shawl, mantle and carpet warehouseman, wedding furnisher, hosier, haberdasher, milliner, dressmaker, outfitter & funeral undertaker, New London House, Station Road Curnow Jacob, watch & clockmaker and jeweller, Station Road Dade John, boot and shoe maker, Peace Marsh Dansey Charles, farmer, Huntingford Dart Susan (Mrs) & Son, saddler & harness makers, rope & twine manufacturers, Bridge Street Davis John Robert, linen & woollen draper, hatter, outfitter, undertaker, china, glass and earthenware dealer, ironmonger and druggist, The Square Dewey James, veterinary surgeon, Queen Street Doddrell William, shopkeeper, Peace Marsh Doggrell Thomas, builder & contractor, Newbury Dowding Henry, farmer, Lawn Farm Dowding James, farmer, Langham Dowding William, butcher, Lawnmore Down Emanuel, grocer & provision dealer, Bridge Street Down William, butcher, Bridge Street Dunn James Henry, farmer and corn dealer, Thorngrove Dunn Thomas Aug., farmer, Springfield Edgar Silvester, jeweller & stationer, The Square Edwards John, saddler & harness maker, Newbury Edwards George, Red Lion, Bridge Street Edwards Thomas, blacksmith, ironmonger & tinman, Newbury Edwards William, wheelwright, carpenter & smith, Culvers Flower Ambrose, shopkeeper, Wyke Street Free Grammar School, James Sheppard, headmaster Furmedge Henry, spirit merchant, Wyke Street Furmedge William Loxley, South Western Hotel, commercial inn & posting house, Railway Station George Harry, shoemaker, Peace Marsh Gillingham Gas & Coke Company, Josiah Hannam, secretary Gillingham Pottery, Brick & Tile Company Limited, Thomas P Lilly, manager, Railway Station Goddard & Tamsett Wm. & Rchd., cheese & butter merchants, bacon curers & merchants, Station Road and at 258 Commercial Road, Portsmouth Goddard Henry, beer retailer, Peace Marsh Godwin George William, general dealer, Peace Marsh Goldsbrough John, Phoenix commercial hotel & posting house, maltster, brewer & wine & spirit merchant, agent to the South Western Railway Company, The Square Gray Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Peace Marsh Green John, blacksmith Green Samuel, carpenter and farmer, Huntingford Green Thomas, shoemaker Green William, coach builder, Bridge Street Hallett Richard, plumber, painter & glazier, Newbury Hann Caroline Mrs, butcher, Newbury Hannam Josiah (Hannam & Thompson), silk throwster & corn miller, Town mls Harris Ebenezer, beer retailer & carpenter, Bridge Street Hayter John, cart owner, Newbury Hayter Thomas, coal merchant, Newbury Hayward John, tailor, Queen Street Herridge James, grocer, tea dealer, provision merchant, ironmonger and lamp warehouse, Newbury Hillier Albert, blacksmith, Peace Marsh Hiscocks Elijah, corn miller, Ecliff Mill Honeyfield Charles & George, farmers, Park Farm Howe Thomas, job & postmaster, Newbury Hudson Thomas, auctioneer, timber merchant, steam saw mills & building material merchant, Newbury Hunt John, grocer & provision dealer, Newbury Johnston Andrew, draper, Cemetery Road Kaines Henry, solicitor, commissioner in Chancery & law courts & for taking acknowledgement of deeds by married women, Newbury King George, shoemaker, Newbury King George, tailor, Bridge Street King William, inspector of permanent way, S.W.R., Newbury Kingsbury George Richard, linen and woollen draper, Newbury Kingsbury Joseph, glover Knapton John, dairyman, Milton Lambert Ruth & Ann (Misses), cow-keepers, Huntingford Laycock William, Railway hotel & commercial inn, Newbury Leatherdale John, day and boarding school for young ladies and gentlemen, Newbury Light Frederick, carpenter & wheelwright, Peace Marsh Light George, carpenter & timber dealer, Milton Light Joseph, shopkeeper, Newbury Light Matilda Miss, shopkeeper, Newbury Light Thomas, Fir Tree & shopkeeper, Peace Marsh Lilly Thomas Parkes, stone merchant & mason, Plank House, Wyke Street Lloyd George, farmer, Ecliff Lodder Thomas, farmer, Woodwater Maidment Solomon, farmer, Forest Farm Maidment William, farmer, Huntingford Martin James, thatcher Martin Sarah Miss, milliner, Bridge Street Matthews & Co, brewers & maltsters, Wyke Brewery Matthews Frederick, farmer Matthews George Blandford, farmer, maltster & corn miller, Purn's Mill Matthews Henry, wine & spirit merchant, Wyke Street Meaden Charles, registrar of births, deaths & marriages, relieving officer & inspector of nuisances Miles Edwin Josiah, surgeon, Queen Street Miles & Woods, surgeons, Queen Street Mitchell Sarah Miss, general dealer, Milton Mitchell Thomas, cow-keeper, Milton Morgan John, farmer & grazier, Lodbourne Farm Mullings Joseph, manager of Wilts & Dorset Banking Company Neave Elizabeth Miss, printer, The Square Newman Silas, farmer, Peace Marsh Parham George, farmer, Milton Farm Parratt Charles, farmer, Milton Parratt Henry, farmer, Bugley Parratt Mary Mrs, farmer, Bugley Parratt William, farmer, Bengerville Parratt William, farmer, Huntingford Paul Fanny Miss, ladies boarding & day school, Haste Cottage Perry George, farmer, Locks Lane Phripp Edwin, butcher, Wyke Street Phripp Jane Miss, milliner & dressmaker, Bridge Street Phripp William, farmer, Slaughtergate Phripp William, shopkeeper, Bridge Street Pitman George, grocer & boot warehouse, Newbury Pond William, farm bailiff to John Jukes Purman Martha Miss, boarding & day school for young ladies, Peace Marsh Rabbets Edward, farmer, Woodhouse Read Andrew, dairyman, town crier & bill poster, Newbury Read Fanny Miss, draper & shopkeeper, Wyke Street Read William Henry, cooper Reakes Samuel, boot & shoemaker, Newbury Reeves Elizabeth Mrs, dressmaker, Wyke Street Ridgley Samuel, farmer, Bay Ridout George, stationer & newsagent, Newbury Samways William, chemist & grocer, The Square Shephard George, tailor & draper, Queen Street Shephard Solomon, farmer, Mere Road Sheppard James, master of Free Grammar School & parish clerk Shute Edward, farmer, Sheerstock Shute Jonathan, farmer, Folly Farm Slade Harriet Mrs, milliner & dressmaker, The Square Smalley Thomas, baker, Peace Marsh Stone Maria Mrs, farmer, Ham Common Stone Richard, baker, Queen Street Stone Silas, wheelwright & carpenter, Bay Lane Talbot Charles, baker, Queen Street Taylor Edgar Charles, corn seed cake manure merchant, agent for Westlakes Sack Hiring Co, Newbury Trimby James, blacksmith, Peace Marsh Weare James, bread & biscuit baker, Newbury Welch John, boot & shoe maker Welch Mary Jane Mrs, farmer, Mageston Westover George, farmer, Culvers White Ann Mrs, farmer, Little Marsh Whittle Morgan, farmer, Waterloo Wiles Frank, grocer & shopkeeper, Peace Marsh Wiles John, shopkeeper & timber merchant, Bay Lane Williams Charles, grocer & draper, china, glass & earthenware dealer, Queen Street Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. (branch of) Joseph Mullings, manager, Wyke Street, draw on Glyn, Mills & Co, London Woods Theophilus, surgeon, Queen Street (see Miles & Woods) Wyatt John, Queens Head, Queen Street |
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