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Entries Transcribed From the 1903 Kelly's Post Office Directory:
Portisham (or Portesham) is a village and large agricultural parish, with a station on the Weymouth and Abbotsbury branch of the Great Western railway, 8 miles south-west from Dorchester, 7 north-west from Weymouth, and 128 from London, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Uggescombe, Dorchester petty sessional division, Weymouth union and county court district, rural deanery of Bridport (Abbotsbury portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of St. Peter is an ancient building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 3 bells: the church was restored in 1874, and affords 430 sittings. The register dates from the year 1507. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £256, including 3 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift of the trustees of the late William Manfield esq. and held since 1886 by the Rev. Sir John Charles Molyneux bart. LL.B. of Christ’s College, Cambridge. The chapel of ease of St. Bartholomew, at Corton, consecrated in 1897, is a small building of stone, consisting of chancel and nave, and contains an ancient stone altar: there are 72 sittings. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1867, and a Temperance Hall, erected in 1822. In this parish is an extensive quarry of stone, used both for building and lime burning; geologically it forms part of the Portland series and is overlaid by beds of Purbeck. Mineral oil has been obtained by sinking a shaft into the Kimmeridge shale, but in consequence of the low price of petroleum its production could not be profitably carried on, and the working has been abandoned. In this neighbourhood are the remains of several Druidical temples: on Ridge Hill, a short distance from the village, is a Dolmen, called the “Hellstone,” consisting of nine upright stones, with a horizontal one 11 feet long and 2 in thickness: near this are four other standing monoliths. There are many barrows and various antiquities have been found at Corton. The principal landowners are the Earl of Ilchester, who is lord of the manor, W.H. Manfield esq. George Troyte-Chafyn-Grove esq. D.L., J.P., F.S.A. Mrs. Hooper, Thomas Samson esq. James E. Crane esq. of Tolpuddle, and Edward Balston Thresher esq. of Corfe hill, Radipole. The chief crops are grass and corn. The soil is heavy clay. The area is 4,540 acres; rateable value, £4,707; the population in 1901 was 582.
Corfe Gate (or Coryates), 1 ½ miles east; Shilvinghampton, 2 miles south-east; and Waddon, 1 mile east, are small hamlets.
Parish Clark, W.H. Manfield; deputy, Jas. Russell. Post & M. O. O. & S. B. & A. & I. O. – James Russell, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Dorchester at 6.15 a.m. & 3,25 p.m.; dispatched at 11.20 a.m. & 7.35 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Portesham station for collection & Abbotsbury, 2 miles distant, for delivery of telegrams
Wall Letter Boxes. – Waddon, cleared at 7.35 p.m. daily; & Friar Waddon, cleared at 7.50 p.m. daily
Elementary Schools
Village, with house for master, built in 1867, for 100 children; average attendance, 56; the interest of £300, Masterman’s charity, is applied for this school; Mrs. A, Basford; Mrs. Bessie Brode, assistant mistress Coryates, built in 1869, with house for mistress, for 50 children; average attendance, 32; Mrs. Williams, mist
Railway Station (G.W.R.), John Ware, station master
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
(Marked thus * receive letters via Upwey, Dorchester.)
*Hawkins Mrs. Waddon
Manfield Mrs. Portesham house
March Henry Colley M.D., F.S.A.
Molyneux Rev. Sir John Charles Bart. LL.B. Vicarage
COMMERCIAL.
Bartlett Charles, farmer
Bartlett George, road contractor
Bartlett Henry, baker
Bartlett John, carpenter
Burridge Jas. Farmr. Shilvinghampton
Cable Nellie (Mrs.), farmer, West Shilvinghampton
Daw Absalom, boot maker
*Diment Samuel, Dairyman, Waddon
*Godden George, farmer, Clover
*Hawkins Chas. Farmer, Waddon farm.
Joliffe George, shopkeeper
Manfield William Hardy, quarry ownr. Portesham house
Marshallsay Tom C. baker
*Mayo Henry George, farmer, Corton
*Mayo William (the exors. Of), farmers, Friarwaddon
*Pitcher Octavius Wm. L. seedsman, Waddon
Riggs John, Half Moon P.H
Saunders John, farmer, Portesham fm
Saunders Leonard Wm. frmr. Lower fm
Stickland Fredc. Farmer, registrar of births & deaths for Abbotsbury sub-district, assistant overseer & rate collector
Stickland James, blacksmith
Spiller Abraham, Kings Arms inn
Temperance Hall (Thos. Woodsford, sec)
Tidby William, mason
Toms Harry, market gardener
Portland is a small island, or, more properly speaking peninsula, in the English Channel, united to the mainland by the long range of chessel or shingle called Chesil Bank, 4 ½ miles south from Weymouth and 147 ½ from London, and is 20 20’ west from the meridian of Greenwich, and in 500 30’ north latitude, it is a liberty of itself, in the Southern division of the county, petty sessional division of Dorchester, Weymouth union and county court district, Dorchester rural deanery (Weymouth portion), Dorset archdeaconry and Salisbury diocese. The island is 4 ½ miles in length, 1 ¾ in width and 9 in circumference, and the boundary is formed by a ridge of lofty rocks, inaccessible on all sides, except towards the south, where the land slopes away to the shore; the highest ground is 496 feet above the sea. It contains several villages or hamlets , viz. :- Chesil, Fortune’s Well, Castletown, Easton, Reforne, Wakeham, Straits, Weston, Southwell, Grove and Verne. The “Local Government Act, 1858” (21 and 22 Vict. c. 98) was adopted April 1867, and the island was governed by a Local Board of Health until the “Local Government Act 1894,” established the present Urban District Council. The custom of gravelkind prevails on the island. Gas works were established at Chesil in 1856, by a company. The whole of the upper part of the Island is a complete bed of stone, which was first brought into use in the reign of James I. St Paul’s Cathedral and many of our public buildings have been built with it; at present, 70,000 tonnes are shipped yearly from the quarries; the stone is quarried in blocks from two to fourteen tons each, which are conveyed to the ships by means of a railway: the whole stratum rests upon a bed of bluish clay: in the quarries are found many petrified shells and fossils. There are many curiosities in the island, amongst which may be seen a fine specimen of a fossil tree; it is 20 feet in height, with two branches in the form of the letter V. The fossil remains of a wild boar have also been discovered. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the quarries and fishing, and are a hardy race of people. The soil is thin but fruitful and the sheep fed on the short grass produce the celebrated Portland mutton. A small and delicious bird, the wheatear, is found here in great numbers. The supply of water is plentiful. A railway from Portland to Weymouth is used jointly by the Great Western and the South-Western railways.
Portland Castle, at the foot of the loftiest part of the island, was erected by King Henry VIII. in 1520 as a place of defence; from 1558 to 1646 it suffered many disasters, being constantly taken and retaken by the King and the Parliament: in 1818 it was granted to the Rev. John Manning by the Duke of York, and since the accession of the late Queen Victoria, the Castle has been appropriated to the officer in command of the engineers stationed here: the walls are in some parts from 12 to 14 feet thick.
A pleasure fair is held on November 5th.
A fund is in existence here arising from a grant made by Charles II. in 1665 by which a royalty of 9d. for every ton of stone quarried from all parish or commonable land is payable for the use of the inhabitants, and by subsequent grants a further sum of 6d. was charged on stone raised from all Crown quarries, being for the Royal use; but this latter grant was withdrawn in 1878.
One of the most prominent objects on this island is the Convict Prison, on the top of the hill, in a locality called Grove, commanding a bold and magnificent view of the Channel: the building is chiefly constructed of Portland stone, but certain parts are of wood and iron; it now contains about 707 convicts, who are principally employed in the stone quarries in getting stone and loading wagons with the same for export.
The parish church of St George, at REFORNE, erected in 1706 is a plain edifice of stone in the classic style, and consists of apsidal chancel, nave, transepts, and a western tower with cupola containing one bell: a stained window was presented by Richard Lano esq. in 1878: the church will seat 700 persons. The register dates from the year 1766. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £344, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Oxford, and held since 1872 by the Rev. John Augustine Beazor, of St Augustine’s College, Canterbury, and cannon and prebendary of Salisbury.
The church of St John the Baptist, at FORTUNE’S WELL, was erected in 1839, and a district was assigned to it in 1840: it is an edifice of Portland stone, in the Norman style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower, containing a clock and 3 bells: there are 430 sittings. The register dates from the year 1839. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £302, with 5 acres of land and residence, in the gift of Hyndman’s trustees, and held since 1874 by the Rev. Thomas Alfred Ottley M.A. of St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, and D.D. of Trinity College, Dublin.
St Peter’s an ecclesiastical parish, was formed in 1873; the church in the Grove, is a modern edifice of stone erected at a cost of £8,000, in the Byzantine style of the 12th century, after the designs of Sir Edmund Ducane, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, transepts, western porch, and a turret containing one bell: the church is intended chiefly for the officials of the military and prison establishments, and affords about 550 sittings. The register dates from the year 1873. The living is a vicarage house, in the gift of the Directors of the Convict Prisons. and held since 1902 by the Rev. Charles Edward Bowls Fripp M.A. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford.
St. Andrew’s church, SOUTHWELL, opened July 3rd , 1879 as a chapel of ease, was erected to commemorate the loss of the “Avalanche,” with all hands, off this island, September 11th , 1877, by collision with the “Forest;” it is built of stone in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, baptistery, north porch and a western turret containing 2 bells: there are several stained windows: the church affords 350 sittings.
The Catholic church in the Grove, dedicated to Our Lady and St. Andrew, was built in 1868; the Congregational chapel at Chesil, built in 1825, will hold 350; the Wesleyan chapel at Fortune’s Well, erected in 1900 at a cost of £3,600, is a building of Portland stone, with pinnacled towers, and will seat 850 persons; the site of the old chapel adjoining is now (1903) being used for the erection of a ministers house; there are other Wesleyan chapels at Chesil, Easton and Southwell; a primitive Methodist chapel at Fortune’s Well with 340 sittings, and a smaller one at Weston; there are Bible Christian chapels at Maidenwell and at Zion, Wakeham; a Seamen’s Mission and Reading Room at Castletown; and a Wesleyan Soldiers’ and Sailors Home at Fortune’s Well, besides various other meeting houses.
The Jubilee Hall, Easton, will hold 800, and is let to theatrical companies, and also used for public meetings and entertainments.
The Royal Breakwater Hotel, overlooking the Portland roads, close to Railway station and Custom house, has been entirely rebuilt, and has coffee and commercial rooms, billiard rooms, and extensive stabling.
The Royal Victoria Commercial and Family Hotel and Posting House adjoins the Railway station, overlooking Chesil Beach, and is replete with every comfort.
A Dispensary was established here in 1840 for the benefit of the labouring population; patients receive medicine at their own homes.
On the east side of the island is Rufus or Bow and Arrow Castle, belonging to and standing in part of the grounds at Pennsylvania Castle, and now the property of John Merrick Head esq. J.P. It was built by the late John Penn esq. M.P. and grandson of William Penn of Stoke Park, Bucks (governor of the Isle of Portland, and founder of Pennsylvania), from designs by Mr. James Wyatt, architect, and finished in 1800, and commands magnificent views of the Channel.
The island has ready access to Weymouth. Which is 3 miles distant, both by rail and water; there is a station at Chesil, on the Great Western and London and South Western Joint railway, and steamers run four times daily during the summer months to the government pier at Castletown.
There are two lighthouses on the south of the island, the upper lighthouse was erected in 1817, and rebuilt in 1867; the lower one, built in 1867, is in the form of a cone, the diameter at the base being 20 feet; both are fixed lights, and worked with revolving lenses.
The design of a breakwater was first mooted by Mr. John Harvey, of Weymouth, in the year 1794, but it was not until 1847 that an Act was passed for the construction of a breakwater in the Portland Roads, from the designs of the late Mr. James Meadows Rendel F.R.S. (d. 1856); it extends from the north-east point of the island to a distance of 2 ½ miles into the sea, and forms a roadstead four miles in extent, within which a fleet of 200 sail can lie at anchor in complete safety, being sheltered from all winds prevailing in the Channel; the breakwater is 1 ¾ miles long, 120 feet wide at low water level and upwards of 300 feet at the base. At the land end is a small fort with a few guns; and at the other extremity a large circular fort, capable of mounting 21 heavy rifled guns. The harbour of refuge thus formed covers an extent of no less than 2,107 acres. Near the breakwater is a hospital for patients from H.M. Navy, known as the Royal Naval Sick Quarters.
In 1894 a new hospital was built near the Naval drill ground, Castletown.
To protect the harbour and roadstead, extensive fortifications have been erected on the top and sides of the hill called the “Verne” on the northern side of the island; here a battery has been constructed and an artificial ravine formed, 100 feet wide and from 70 to 120 feet deep, to prevent access to the Verne from the land side, and there are batteries commanding this ravine; on the east side of the island (on the east weir) are other batteries at different altitudes.
Portland is a Royal Manor, and the land is mostly owned by small free holders.
The population of Portland in 1891 was 9,443, and in 1901, 15,199, including 420 military and 156 families, servants &c. in Verne Citadel barracks, 63 in the Royal Naval Hospital (of which 50 were patients), 707 inmates and 615 officials and their families in the Convict Prison, 549 on H.M.S. “Boscawen,” training ship for boys, 562 on H.M.S. “Minotaur,” 3,447 on board other ships, and 250 on British, foreign and colonial sea-going and coasting vessels. The area is 2,894 acres of land and 3 of water; rateable value, £35,071. The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was:- St Andrew and St George, 3,545; St John the Baptist, 904; and St Peter, 2,650.
OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, &c.
Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. O., S. B., E. D., P. P. & A. & I. O. Fortune’s Well (Railway Sub-office. Letters should have R.S.O. Isle of Portland added).- Joseph H. Royal, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 6.15 a.m. 12 noon & 3 & 7.30 p.m.; dispatched at 9.15 & 11 a.m. 3.15, 4.15, 7 & 8.30 p.m. There are Pillar Letter Boxes at Southwell, Royal, Verne Barracks, Wakeham, Railway Station, Chapel View, Prison Gate & Castle road.
Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. O., S. B., E. D., P. P. & A. & I. O. Easton.- Edward Stone, sub-postmaster. Letters through Fortune’s Well R.S.O. arrive 7.35 a.m. & 12.15 & 3.30 p.m.; dispatched 8.45 & 10.25 a.m. & 2, 6.40 & 8 p.m.
Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. O., S. B., E. D., P. P. & A. & I. O. Castletown (Railway Sub-office. Letters should have R.S.O. Isle of Portland added).- Richard Cox, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 7 a.m. 12 noon, 3.30 & 7.45 p.m.; dispatched 8.30 & 10.45 a.m. & 2, 3.45, 7 & 8 p.m.
Town Sub-Post & M. O., S. B. & I. & A. O. Chesil.- Edward Russell Way, sub-postmaster. Letters through Fortune’s Well R.S.O. delivered about 8.30 a.m. & 12.50, 3.55 & 7.45 pm; dispatched, 8.20 & 10.10 a.m. & 2.35, 4.5 & 8.25 p.m. Fortune’s Well, 1 mile distant, is the nearest telegraph office
Post Office, Weston.- Robert Comben, sub-postmaster. Letters through Fortune’s Well R.S.O. Letter box cleared at 8.45 & 9.45 a.m. & 5.15 p.m.; sundays, 9.45 a.m. Postal Orders are issued and paid here. Easton is the nearest money order & telegraph office, 2 miles distant
Post & M. O. O., S. B. & I. & A. O. Grove Road.- David William Austin jun. Sub-postmaster. Letters through Fortune’s Well R.S.O. arrive 7.30 a.m. 12.30 & 3.40 p.m.; dispatched 7.55 a.m. 1.30, 6.25 & 7.25 p.m. Easton is the nearest telegraph office, 1 mile distant
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Offices, New road. Meeting day, 2nd wed. in the month.
Members.
Chairman, Henry Sansom.
Vice-Chairman, Henry Attwooll.
Retire in April 1904.
Bartholomew Comben
W. Edwards
Jonathan Lano
John James Patten
Henry Sansom
G.H. Smith
Retire in April 1905.
Elijah Allen
H. W. Attwooll
John Moore Bennett
A. G. Coombe
H. Hibbs
Simon Pearce
Retire in April, 1906.
Abel Attwooll
Henry Attwooll
Richard Lano
H. J. Sansom
Richard White
Robert White
Officers.
Clerk, J. Howard Bowen, New road, Fortune’s Well
Treasurer, Reginald D. Thornton, Dorchester
Medical Officer of Health
Engineer and Surveyor, R. Stephenson Henshaw, Wakeham
Collector, Edward Stone, Wakeham
CONSULS.
Norwegian & Swedish, W. Roberts & Co. Castletown
CONSULAR AGENT.
United States, Richard Cox, Castletown
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS.
Coastguard, Fortune’s Well, Chief officer, William Kibby, Under Hill; Edward Parsons, chief boatman; Balaclava detachment, George Fox, chief boatman
County Police Station, Fortune’s Well, Ambrose Ricketts, supt.; Frank Northover, sergeant-in-charge & 4 constables
Jubilee Hall, Easton, Edward Stone, lessee & manager
Lower Lighthouse, William Lanceley, principal keeper
Custom House, W. M. Callender, collector
Portland Barracks (or the Verne fortifications)
Portland Breakwater, Charles E. Millard, admiralty engnr
Royal Portland Dispensary, Fortune’s Well, Henry Robt. Henley L.R.C.P., L.S.A. medical officer
Seamen’s Mission Room, Castletown, Wm. Cross, hon. sec
Upper Lighthouse, John Woodrooffe, principal keeper
NAVAL.
H.M.S. “Boscawen,” training ship for boys; 4,579 tons.
Captain, Lionel G. Tufnell
Commander, Laurence de W. Satow
Chaplain & Naval Instructor, Rev. Augustine R. Price B.A
Staff-Surgeons, George A. Dreaper M.R.C.S.Eng & Edward B. Pickthorn
Staff Paymaster, Charles E. A. Woolley
Paymasters, Thomas G. B. Wondall, Charles H. Rowe & John K. Watson
Head Schoolmaster, John W. Morgan
The following officers are borne as additional: Lieutenants
Frederick G. Loring (to supervise Shore Wireless Telegraphy stations) & Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy (for service in Training Ships at Portland & elsewhere); Hon. Lieut. (retired), James Horigan (for coaling duties)
H.M.S. “Minotaur,” 10,690 tons.
Tender to “Boscowen” as overflow ship.
Commander, Charles W. Keighley-Peach
Lieutenant, Bernard E. Prichard
Engineer Commander, Alfred Palmer (& for duties with Boys’ Training Ships at Portland)
Captain R. Marines, Edmund M. E. Ommanney
Chaplain, Rev. Charles Lawson Whatley B.A
Staff-Surgeon, George A. Waters M.D
Royal Naval Sick Quarters, Castletown, George A. Dreaper M.R.C.S.Eng. staff-surgeon.
VOLUNTEERS.
1St Dorsetshire Royal Garrison Artillery, No. 8 Company, Captain Richard Lano; Rev. J. A. Beazor V.D. acting chaplain; Sergt.-Major John Austin Unwin, drill inst
PORTLAND PRISON
Governor, Major E. W. Briscoe
Deputy Governor, Captain S. F. Judge D.S.O
Chaplain, Rev. Harry Cresswell Pigot B.A
Catholic Chaplain, Rev. T. Matthews
Medical Officer, Victor Norman Bindley M.R.C.S.Eng
Deputy Medical Officer, William Norwood East M.D., M.R.C.S.Eng
Storekeeper, George Young
Clerk of Works, Christopher Gibbs
Governors Department:- Chief Clerk, J. Hay Bright; 2nd Class Clerk, Walter Young
Storekeeper’s Department:- 2nd Class Clerks, E. C. Humphery & A. E. Scott
Schoolmasters:- Principal, Mr. George Hogger; R. Bird (Catholic); Scripture Reader, Mr Frederick Guy
Engineer, J. Hansford
Chief Warder’s Department:- Chief Warder, M. Lawson, 1 compounder; 26 warder clerks, 5 instructors attached to clerk of works department; 12 principal warders; 33 warders, 63 assistant warders; 1 infirmary principal warder; 5 infirmary nurses; 1 messenger & 1 assistant ditto attached to governor’s department; 2 night watchmen; 1 engineman, 2 gasmen & 1 stoker attached to clerk of works department; 3 storekeeper’s porters attached to storekeeper’s department; 2 labourers attached to clerk of works department; 1 principal gatekeeper & 1 gatekeeper
Civil Guard:- 2 sergeants, 36 rank & file
PUBLIC OFFICERS.
Sub-Lloyds Agent, Richard Cox, Castletown
Steward of the Crown Manor, John Clutton esq. 9 Whitehall place, London
Harbour Master, Captain Henry B. Anson R.N
Registrar of Births & Deaths, Portland Sub-district, Weymouth union, William Pearce, Straits; deputy, Edward Stone, Wakeham
Registrar of Marriages, Charles Way, 5 Spring gardens, Fortune’s Well
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services.
St. George’s Church, Reforne, Rev. Cannon John Augustine Beazor, rector; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed 7 p.m.
St John the Baptist Church, Fortune’s Well, Rev. Thos. Alfred Ottley M.A., D.D. vicar; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed 7 p.m.
St. Peter’s Church, The Grove, Rev. Charles Edward Bowles Fripp M.A. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
St Andrew’s Church, Southwell, Rector of St. George’s officiates; 2.45 p.m.
Our Lady & St. Andrew, Catholic, The Grove, Rev. Walter Kieley, priest; mass 9 & 10.30 a.m. & afternoon service, 3 p.m.; daily, 7 a.m.
Bible Christian, Maidenwell, High street, Rev. John Page; 3 & 6 p.m.; wed 7 p.m.; Zion, Wakeham, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.
Congregational, Chesil, Rev. James T. Davies, minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; mon. 7.15 p.m. & thurs. 7.15 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Fortune’s Well, Rev. John Buck, minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m. in winter & 7.30 p.m. in summer; & Weston, 2.30; thurs. 7 p.m. in winter & 7.30 in summer
Wesleyan, Fortune’s Well; 10.15 a.m. & 6 p.m.; mon. & thurs. 7.15 p.m.
Wesleyan, Easton; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; mon. & thurs. 7.17 p.m.
Wesleyan, Southwell; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; wed. 7.15 p.m.
Wesleyan, Weston; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; tues. 7.15 p.m.
Rev. Ebenezer Cole, superintendent minister & Rev. John G. Gill
SCHOOLS.
Prison Officers’ Children (boys, girls & infants), Grove, built in 1872 for 380 children; average attendance, 80 boys, 100 girls & 100 infants; supported by government grant & grant from directors of prisons; Albert Bolt, master; Miss S. Batchelor, girls’ mistress; Miss M. Polkinghorne, infants, mistress
Elementary.
St. John’s (boys, girls & infants), Fortune’s Well, built in 1857, with masters house attached, for 500 children; average attendance, 150 boys, 132 girls & 140 infants; Alfred Young, master; Miss Bessie Moss, girls’ mistress; & Mrs. Alfred Young, infants’ mistress
St. George’s (mixed), Reforne, for about 350 children; average attendance, 186 boys and girls & 90 infants; John Warren, master; Miss P. Attwooll, mistress
Fortune’s Well (Wesleyan) (mixed), built in 1878, for 200 children; average attendance, 150; Amos Mellers, master
Easton (Wesleyan) (mixed), built in 1878, for 317 children; average attendance, 156 boys & girls & 82 infants; William Edwards, master; Miss Emily Flann, infants’ mistress
G. W. & S. W. Portland Joint Railway Station, James Laver, station master
G. W. & S. W. R. Easton Joint Railway Station, Frank Tett, station master
Carriers to Weymouth.- Richard Pepperell & Edward Smith, every tues. & fri
Water Conveyance.- Steamboats to & from Weymouth four times daily, during the summer, from pier at Castletown
CASTLETOWN.
Anson Capt. Henry A., R.N
Dreaper Geo. Albert L.R.C.P.I. (staff surgeon Royal Naval Sick quarters)
Lushington Bt.-Lt.-Col. Lionel E. The Castle
COMMERCIAL
Baker, William. See Jesty & Baker
Baker William Henry, engineer, boiler maker, ship & iron & brass founder
Channel Coaling Co. Lim. (The), coal merchants & steam ship agents
Collins George Henry & Co. merchants & shipping agents & agents for Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. (W. O. Whinham, manager)
Coombs Alfred, Portland Roads inn
Cox Richard, shipowner & sub-agent for Lloyds & consular agent, ship chandler & contractor
Gill Alfred Henry, boot maker
Gill Eli, refreshment rooms
Hounsell Tamson, (Mrs.) fishmonger
Hounsell A. T. & Son, boat builders
Jesty & Baker, Contractors
Kibby William, chief officer Coastguard
Male Robert W. Jolly Sailor P.H
Millard Charles E. admiralty engineer, Portland breakwater
Miller & Co. Limited, grocers
Monger Charles, Albert inn
Pope Richard T. Castle inn
Roberts W. & Co. ship & insur. Brokrs
Roberts John & Son. Boat builders
Robinson Samuel, boot maker
Rowe William & Co. naval outfitters
Royal Naval Sick Quarters (George Albert Dreaper L.R.C.I.P.I., M.R.C.S.Eng. staff surgeon)
Royal Breakwater Hotel (John W. Tucker)
Score, Richard, grocer, ships chandler & Army & Navy contractor
Seamen’s Mission Room (Wm. Cross, sec)
Tucker John William, Royal Breakwater Hotel; family & commercial; posting in all its branches
Wills Robert, beer retailer
CHESIL
Allen Arthur, hair dresser
Bale Benjamin Charles, shopkeeper
Brown Francis, carpenter & dairyman
Carter Joseph, Cove House inn
Cleall Elijah, coal dealer
Cleall Emma (Miss), milliner
Corben Martha Jane (Mrs.), shopkpr
Cresswell John, Royal Victoria family & commercial hotel & posting house
Flew Thomas, grocer & baker
George Fredk. Lamburt, Terminus P.H
Gibbs Richard, shopkeeper
Hampton James William, cycle agent
Harden Frederick, beer retailer
Hodder William, cab proprietor
Jolliffe Alfred, plumber & glazier
Kent Caroline (Mrs.), refreshment rooms, 5 & 6 Victoria buildings
Mitchell George & Son, shell fish dlrs
Mitchell Geo. Thos. refreshment rms
Nix Thomas, beer retailer
Pearce E. J. & Son, outfitters
Pearce James Rose, Crown inn
Pearce Richard, draper
Portland Gas Co. (Jn. O. Whittaker, manager)
Pottle Amelia (Miss), shopkeeper
Ralph Thomas, King’s Arms P.H
Read Benjamin Charles, baker
Rod Isaac, baker, 9 Victoria buildings
Royal Victoria family & commercial hotel (John Cresswell, manager)
Russell Thomas, New P.H
Thompson William W. photographer
Vine Joseph Thomas, draper
Way Edward Russell, baker, Post office
White Thomas Gibbs, stationer
EASTON
PRIVATE
RESIDENTS
Browne Tom, Park road
Fancy Tom, Cliftonville, Park road
Gill Rev. John G. (Wesleyan)
Hibbs Henry, Tugela house, Park rd
Sansom Henry, Easton Square
COMMERCIAL
Attwood & Sons, grocers
Bath Stone Firms Ltd. stone merchants & quarry owners (Henry Sansom, manager)
Barnes Frederick James, iron founder & engineer
Bayliss Jonathan Cook, greengrocer
Beer Joseph, ironmonger
Benfield Martha Jane (Mrs.), grocer
Brett & Son, butchers
Bush Charles, greengrocer
Capital & Counties Bank Limited (sub-branch) (Edward William Cross, manager); draw on head office, 39 Threadneedle street, London EC
Collins Edward, coal mer. & farmer, Crown farm
Comben Edgar Laurence, jeweller
Coombes Abraham, boot & shoe maker
Conservative Association (Edward Stone, sec.), Jubilee hall
Conservative Club (James Shaw, hon. sec.), Jubilee hall
Dalley John Frederick, shopkeeper
Dorsetshire (1st) Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (No. 8 Company, Capt. Richard Lano; Sergt.–Major J. Austin Unwin, drill instructor); head quarters, Drill hall
Ellis Richard, hair dresser, tobacconist & jeweller
Flew & Son, tailors
Flew Edward, draper
Flann John, boot & shoe dealer
Grinter Sarah Ann (Miss), see Litton & Grinter, milliners
Jesty Limited, butchers
Jolliffe William, plumber &c
Jubilee Hall (Edwd. Stone, lesee&mgr
Litton & Grinter, milliners
Newman J. A. & Co. grocers
Otter John Richard, draper
Pangbourne Walter, stone merchant, see Webber Pangbourne & Co. Ltd
Pearce E. J. & Sons, tailors
Pearce John, boot warehouse
Pearce John, linen draper
Pearce John Scriven, baker
Rideout Henry, beer retailer
Sansom Henry, manager for Bath Stone Firms Ltd
Scriven William John, grocer
Shaw James J. plumber
Singleton Elizh. (Mrs.), beer retailer
Smith Richard J. greengrocer
Stocks Charles, grocer
Stone Edward, stationer, & post office
Stone John Robert Flew, New Inn
Stone Edith (Mrs.), china and glass dlr
Stones Richard, grocer
Talbot Charles, painter & paperhanger
Unwin Sergt.-Major John Austin, drill instructor, No. 8 Co. 1st Dorsetshire Royal Garrison Artillery, (Volunteers), Drill hall
Warren Joseph, hair dresser, Jeweller & tobacconist
Way Thomas & Son, bakers
Webber, Pangbourne & Co. Limited, stone merchants, quarry owners, stone saw mill proprietors & masonry contractors
White Benj. Jun. Beer ret. & butcher
Wills Thomas, Punch Bowl P.H
Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited (agency) (James Miles, manager); attendance from Portland mon. & fri. 10 to 3, wed. 10 to 12, The Square; draw on Williams Deacon's Bank Limited, London EC
FORTUNESWELL
PRIVATE
RESIDENTS
Angel Thos. Elliott, Bay View House
Beazor Rev. Canon John Augustine (rector of St. George’s), Yeats Royal
Bragg Mrs. 5 Albion crescent
Buck Rev. John (Primitive Methodist), Marine terrace
Cawley Henry, The Vinery
Cole Rev. Ebenezer (Wesleyan), 11 Ventnor road
Collins George Henry, 2 Albion Cres
Cross Edward William
Davies Rev. Jas. T. (Congregational), The Manse
Henley Henry Robert
Holderness Rev. Hedley James B.A, (Missions to Seamen chaplain), 1 Albion Crescent
Kearney Lieut. John, The Verne
Klein George Friedrich, Agra House
Leslie Capt. Richard F. W. F. The Verne
Lynch Lieut.-Col. Henry B. The Verne
Miles James, The Bank.
Ottley Rev. Thomas Alfred M.A., D.D. (vicar of St. Johns)
Read John Thomas
Sansom Henry, Claremont
Score Richard, Clarence house
Wingate Jamres Bennett Mabey, Belgrave place
COMMERCIAL
Allen William, fancy draper
Andrews Robert, beer retailer
Atkinson Emily (Miss), ladies’ school, Agra house
Attwooll Abel, tobacconist
Baker William H. engineer
Barnes Frederick James, The Portland stone quarries
Beehive Clothing Stores (C. B. Freeman, manager)
Bowen J. Howard, solicitor & commissioner for oaths & clerk to Portland Urban District Council, New road & at Weymouth
Brain James, dairyman
Capital & Counties Bank Lim. (Edwd. William Cross, manager); draw on head office, 39 Threadneedle street, London EC
Cleall James, commission agent
Comben Edward, house furnisher
Comben Arthur Ernest, watch maker, jeweller & optician
Comben Edward E. confectioner
Comben Elizh. (Miss), china & glass dlr
Comben Elizabeth (Miss), confectioner
Comben Jennings, coal mer. High st
Comben Jn. Shopkeeper. 3 High street
Comben Sarah Ann (Mrs.), Prince of Wales P.H
Comben William, farmer
Conservative Club (E. G. Cleall, hon.sec.), High street
Cross Edward William, manager of Capital & Counties Bank
Dowdeswell Theodosia (Miss), teacher of music
Dunkley Thomas, confectioner
Flew Edward, draper; & at Easton
Flew William Thos. fried fish shop
Frisby Jos. Boot & shoe warehouse
Fuszard Geo. hair dressr. & tobaccnst
Gee George, confectioner
George Frederick Wm. photographer
Gill Alfred Henry, boot maker
Gill George Alfred, boot warehouse
Graham A. & Sons, wine & spirit mers. Manor ho.; & at Weymouth
Hatton & Son, butchers
Hawkins Robert, beer retailer
Hayes George Philip, outfitter
Henley Henry Robert, L.S.A. physician & surgeon
Hind Humphrey, glass, china & earthenware dealer
Hoare William, greengrocer
Hodder Abraham, agent to G. W. & L. & S. W. R. Companies
Honeyman William George, plumber
Horton John, boot maker
Jesty Charlotte (Miss), refreshment rooms, High street
Jesty Limited, butchers
Lake John, saddler
Lewis Thomas C. carpenter & undertaker, High street
Major Lucy Jane (Mrs.), stationer
Miles Jas. Mgr. Wilts & Dorset Bank
Mills Thomas, baker
Mitchell Eliza, (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Morris William Henry, butcher
Mounsher Philip, stationer
National Telephone Co. Ltd. call office (Mrs. Ellen Lacey, operator)
Newman J. A. & Co. grocers & provision merchants
Norman James Slee, grocer
Patten John James, builder
Pearce James, draper; & at Wakeham
Pearce Richard, draper; & at Chesil
Pitman Thomas, greengrocer
Portland Steam Laundry Company Limited (The); offices (Edwin Stevens, sec.); at 6 South street, Dorchester & Bank Chambers, St. Thomas street, Weymouth
Portland Liberal Club (Abraham Wallis, hon. sec)
Portland Mineral Water Supply Co. Limited (Fred Baker, sec)
Read Alice (Mrs.), grocer
Read William John, hair dresser
Reed Arthur George, Royal P.H
Reynolds A. Lim. outfitters, tailors, drapers, dress makers, milliners & hosiers & glovers &c.; & at Beaminster & Bridport
Royal Joseph Harris, watch maker & post office
Royal Portland Dispensary (Henry R. Henley L.S.A.,D.P.H. medical offcr)
Russell & Allwooll, fancy repositories
Russell Chas. Shopkpr. 64 Mallams
Sansom Edward Comben, news agent
Saunders Alfred, hauling contractor
Score Alfred, baker & seedsman
Score Richard, grocer, Army & Navy contractor, & agent for W. & A. Gilby Limited, wine & spirit mers. Clarence house; & at Castletown
Score Wm. Hy. Draper & hardware dlr
Sertain Fred, fishmonger
Simmons Frank, chemist
Stone John Richard, linen draper
Stone Joseph, boot & shoe dealer
Stone William, beer retailer
Summers Sarah (Mrs.), fruiterer
Symes William Henry, Sun inn
Thorne George, ironmonger
Trevett Sarah Ann (Mrs.), Royal Portland Arms P.H
Way Alice (Miss), shopkeeper
Way Charles, registrar of marriages, Portland district, 10 Spring gardens
Way John, upholsterer
Way Thomas & Son, bakers
Way William Henry, upholsterer, cabinet maker & undertaker
Wellard Wm. Hy. Beer retlr. Albert Ter
Wells George, tobacconist
Welsh Henry I. Grocer
Wesleyan Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Home (Rev. J. Fletcher, sec)
Weston Portland Stone Quarries, stone merchants & quarry owners (Henry Sansom, manager)
White Charles, greengrocer
White Thomas, shopkeeper
Williams William A. shopkeeper
Williams Thomas, shopkeeper
Wilts & Dorset Banking Co Limited (branch) (James Miles, manager); draw on Williams Deacon’s Limited, London EC
Wintle Richard J. florist
Woolfrey George, grocer
GROVE
Residents in the Prison.
Bindley Victor Norman M.R.C.S. Eng.,L.S.A. (medical officer)
Bright J. Hay (chief clerk)
Briscoe Major Edwd. Wm. (governor)
East William Norwood M.D.Lond., (assistant surgeon)
Judge Capt. Spencer Frances (deputy governor)
Matthews Rev. Thos. (Cath. chaplain)
Pigot Rev. Harry Cresswell B.A. (chaplain)
Comben Robert, Grove ho. Grove rd
Fripp Rev. Charles Edward Bowles M.A. St. Peter’s vicarage
Kiely Rev. Walter (Catholic)
COMMERCIAL
Attwood W. A. & Sons, grocers
Austin David William, jun. Grocer, Post office, Grove
Benfield Henry, boot and shoe dealer
Brett & Son, butchers, Grove
Brown Alexander, beer retailer, Grove
Comben Robert, farmer, Grove farm
Fisher Edward Charles Clifton Hotel; luncheons & dinners provided; good stabling, Grove
Gullick Allen R. W. beer retailer
Holmes Robert, Eagle P.H. Grove
Jenour William Grove inn
Moncks John, shopkeeper
Pinckney Amy (Mrs.), shopkeeper
REFORNE
Hancock Robert
Lano Jonathan J.P
COMMERCIAL
Attwooll & Son, grocers & bakers
Attwooll Joan (Miss), shopkeeper
Beer Joseph, carpenter
Co-operative Society Ltd. (Edward Smith, manager)
Dine John, blacksmith
Hinde Ellen (Mrs.), George P.H
Jones William, beer retailer
Lano Jonathan & Son, farmers
Miller William, monumental mason
Skinner Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Attwood W. A. & Sons, grocers & coal dealers
Baker & Co. wine & spirit mers. & beer, ale & stout merchants
Comben & Sons, grocers & bakers
Comben Rbt. Wm. china & glass dealer
Hansford William, boot maker
Kervatts William, beer retailer
Lynham Robert, builder
Pearce William, assistant overseer, collector of poor rates, registrar of births & deaths, No. 3, Portland sub-district, Weymouth union, agent to Norwich Union Fire Office & agent to Trades Protection Societies, Clarendon house
Pearce William, beer retailer
Wallis Susannah (Miss), fancy repostry
Wallis Wm. Thos. bookseller & British & Foreign Bible Society depot
SOUTHWELL
Stone Richard, Eight Kings P.H
Stone William, shopkeeper
Thompson Frank, grocer
WAKEHAM
Bishop, John James
Head J. Merrick J.P. Pennsylvania castle; & Royal societies’ club SW & Constitutional club WC, London & Royal Dorset Yacht Club, Weymth
Henshaw R. Stephenson
Horne Major Edmund Garland, Stoneycroft
Page Rev. John (Bible Christian)
Pangbourne Walter, Sunnyside
Pearce John, Stonecleave
COMMERCIAL
Benfield William, boot warehouse
Flann Robert, seedsman
Gaudern Benjamin, Broadcroft farm
Hansford Job, greengrocer
Henshaw, R. Stephenson, engineer & surveyor to Urban District Council
Hodder Robt. farmer & gen. contractor
Liberal Club (Simon Attwood, hon.sec)
Pearce James, draper
Pearce John, (Portland Stone Co. Ltd.), stone merchants, quarry owners & saw mills
Pearce Jn. jun. coal mer. & contractor
Pellett Frank P. Mermaid inn
Smith William A. Shopkeeper
Stone Ann (Mrs.), draper
Stone Edward, collector to the Portland Urban District Council
Stone Robert Thomas, beer retailer
Stone Shadrach, grocer
Tizzard Richard, shopkeeper
White B. C. & Co. stone merchants
Yeats William, beer retailer
WESTON
PRIVATE
RESIDENTS
Hodder Abraham, Weston house
COMMERCIAL
Comben Robert, Prince Alfred P.H
Comben Robert, shopkeeper, Post office
Comben William Butts, beer retailer
Durston Elizabeth (Mrs.), draper
Hodder Abraham, farmer & government contractor
Pearce Joseph, shopkeeper
Richards John, chimney sweeper
Walbridge Clarissa (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Wollage (Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper