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HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT BY WILLIAM WHITE, 1859

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CHRISTCHURCH UNION P.P. 391–406

CHRISTCHURCH UNION is the extreme south-western portion of Hampshire, bounded on the south by Poole and Christchurch Bays, on the west by Dorsetshire, on the north by Ringwood Union, and on the east by Lymington Union.

It comprises only the three large parishes of CHRISTCHURCH, HOLDENHURST, and SOPLEY, which contain fifteen tithings, several villages and hamlets, and many handsome seats and scattered houses. They are all in Ringwood Division and Polling District, in the Southern Division of Hampshire, and in Christchurch Hundred, except Holdenhurst, which is in Westover Liberty; and the Old Borough of Christchurch, which is a separate liberty.

The whole UNION forms Christchurch County Court District, and had 8482 inhabitants in 1851. It comprises about 36,500 acres of land, and a large portion of it is now embraced in the parliamentary limits of the Borough of Christchurch, as afterwards noticed.

The UNION WORKHOUSE is at Christchurch, and was built for that parish in 1768. It has now room for 120 inmates, though it has seldom more than 80. The total expenditure for the half-year ending Lady Day, 1858, was £2064, including about £400 paid to the County and Police Rates. Mr. Henry Pain is the Union Clerk and Superintendent Registrar; and Mr. John and Miss Sarah Gould are master and matron of the Workhouse. Mr. Samuel Bemister is the relieving officer and registrar of births and deaths. Risdon D. Sharp, Esq., is registrar of marriages; and A. Q. Palmer and R. S. J. Stevens are the surgeons.

CHRISTCHURCH HUNDRED is in two divisions, viz., the Upper Half, which includes Boldre, Hordle, Milford, and Milton, now forming part of Lymington Union and Sessional Division; and the Lower Half which includes Sopley parish and nearly all Christchurch parish, except the old borough. Sir G. E. M. Tapps-Gervis, Bart., is lord of the Castle and Hundred of Christchurch, and also of the LIBERTY OF WESTOVER, which comprises Holdenhurst parish and Longham hamlet. Mr Charles Lemmon is high constable for the Hundred and Liberty.

CHRISTCHURCH, a small ancient borough, market town, and port, is picturesquely situated at the confluence of the rivers Stour and Avon, where their united waters fall into a large, but shallow tidal basin or estuary, which is only navigable for small craft, and has a narrow opening into Christchurch Bay, between the headlands projecting from the cliffs between Hengistbury Head and Mudeford, about 1½ mile E.S.E. of the town, which is distant 8 miles S. by E. of Ringwood, and S.W. by S. of Christchurch Road Station; 12 miles W. by S. of Lymington, and 24 miles S.W. by W. of Southampton.

CHRISTCHURCH PARISH.


CHRISTCHURCH PARISH extends over no less than 21,860 acres of land, comprising, besides the Old Borough, the tithings of Bure, Burton, Street, Hurn, Ilford, Parley, Tuckton, and Winkton; the hamlets of Hinton-Admiral, Bockhampton, Bransgore, Highcliff, Mudeford, &c.; and many scattered houses and neat mansions, extending 6 miles N. and N.E., and 3 miles W. of the town. It increased its population from 4644 in 1821, to 6256 souls in 1851, but in the latter year only 1877 were in the Old Borough, which comprises most of the town and immediate suburbs. The Parliamentary Borough was saved from disfranchisement in 1832, by extending it so as to include nearly the whole parish of Christchurch, and the whole of Holdenhurst parish. It had 7475 inhabitants in 1851. Since 1832, it has sent only one member to parliament. The right of election is now in the occupiers of houses, &c., of the yearly value of £10 or upwards. The number of voters in 1857 was 336, of whom 277 were in Christchurch parish, and 59 in Holdenhurst parish. Vice-Admiral John Edward Walcott is now M.P. for the Borough. Christchurch is not included in the Municipal Reform Act of 1835, - its Corporate Body having no magisterial functions, and consisting only of a mayor and nine self-elected burgesses.

The MAYOR is elected on Sept. 14th by the householder of the old borough, from three persons nominated by the burgesses. The office is now filled by Mr. Henry T. Jenkins. The present Burgesses are Messrs. Abm. Pike, Arthur Q. Palmer, E.S. Elliott, Geo. Ferrey, Wm. Tucker, Jas. Druitt, and Wm. W. Mumby. James Druitt, Esq., is the town clerk; and Wm. Lockyer, crier and pinder.

The TOWN HALL, built about a century ago, stands on 16 stone pillars in the Market Place. Petty Sessions, for this part of the Ringwood Division, are held here on the second and last Mondays of every month, by the county magistrates, to whom Jas. Druitt, Esq., is clerk. The latter is also registrar of the County Court, held at the Town Hall monthly for the three parishes of Christchurch Union. Edw. Everett, Esq., is the judge; Mr. Wm. Hatchard, high bailiff; and William Young, bailiff. Here is also a small county police station.

The ARTILLERY BARRACKS, near the west end of the town, were built in 1792, and have room for 160 men. A market is held every Monday, and fairs on Trinity Thursday (Corpus Christi) and October 17th.

The GAS WORKS were constructed in 1853 at the cost of about £2000 by the proprietors, Messrs. Stevens and Son, of London. The manufacture of watch fuzee chains was introduced here in the latter part of last century by Mr. Robert Cox; and it now gives employment to about 500 hands (chiefly females,) and almost exclusively supplies the watchmakers of London, Coventry, Liverpool, and Birmingham, as well as many in America. The town has several large breweries and malthouses; and a coasting trade in coal, corn, timber, &c., carried on by barges; the harbour being too shallow for vessels drawing more than 5½ feet water; though, like some others on the Hampshire coast, it has the phenomenon of two high-waters every twelve hours. (See page 143.) It is a creek under the Port of Southampton. The river Avon flows southward from beyond Salisbury to Fordingbridge, Ringwood, and Christchurch, where it receives the small river Stour from Dorsetshire, and falls into the estuary or harbour, which is about a mile in diameter; including several small islands and extensive mud banks. The salmon fishery in the Avon and Stour belongs to W. J. T. Walker, Esq., and is now let to Capt. Lovell and Mr. Henry Fras. Forster, for about £400 per annum. Hengistbury Mining Company was established a few years ago, and employs a number of men in getting excellent ironstone, which is sent to the Welch Iron Works. An Agricultural Society was established here as early as 1796, and the town has now a



weekly newspaper, called “Christchurch Times,” established in 1855 by Mr. Edward Lockyer, and published on Saturday.

In the reign of Edward I., Christchurch received a precept, ordering the return of two members to the National Council; and this was repeated in the 1st and 2nd of Edward II., but no returns were made, owing to the “poverty of the burgesses.” In the 13th of Elizabeth, it was again summoned as a prescriptive borough; and from that period it continued to send two members to parliament hill till 1832, when it was placed by the Reform Act among the small boroughs, only to have one representative; though its parliamentary limits were greatly extended, as already noticed. The inhabitants of the old borough have the right of pasturage from the 22nd of August to the 14th of February on about 400 acres of land, called Portfield, Millhams, Ogber, and Marsh Meadows. It is a very ancient borough, being noticed as such in Domesday Book. It does not appear that the Romans had any post of station here, and there is reason to suppose that, when they were in Britain the lower part of the valley of the Avon was so covered with mud and marsh as not to be passable. The intercourse with it then appears to have been across the moors to the west; and that there have been contests there in early times is indicated by the barrows which are spotted about on these wilds.

HENGISTBURY HEAD, the bold promontory which divides Poole and Christchurch Bays, and is sometimes called Christchurch Head, has an ancient entrenchment, consisting of a fosse and double rampart, about 630 yards in length, and supposed to be of either Saxon or Danish origin. Near its northern termination, and the entrance of the harbour is a large barrow, in which human bones and an urn have been found. On St. Catherine’s Hill, about two miles N.W. of the town, was an “exploratory camp, 55 yards square, double trenched on every side, except the south.” Six small mounts are scattered around, and not far from the foot of the hill are two large barrows, in one of which human bones have been found.

In Saxon times, the town was called Twyneham, Thuinam, or Tweon-ea, from its situation between two rivers; but after the foundation of its Church and Priory it obtained its present name. In Domesday Book it is mentioned as a Royal Manor, and a Burgh, with 31 messuages, paying a yearly tax of sixteen pence. Henry I. gave it, with many other estates, to the powerful baron, Richard de Redvers, who is supposed to have strengthened the town by walls, and to have erected the Castle, though Norden says the latter was built by Edward the Elder. The Manor afterwards revered to the Crown, and was given by Edward III., with the Borough and Hundred of Christchurch, to Sir Wm. De Montacute, afterwards Earl of Salisbury; with whose descendants they remained till about the year 1400, when Sir John de Montacute was beheaded for high treason, and his possessions escheated to the Crown. Christchurch afterwards passed to various families.

As already stated, Sir G. E. M. Tapps-Gervis, Bart., is now lord paramount of the Hundred and Castle of Christchurch; but Wm. Rose, Esq., has the manorial rights of the Old Borough. A great part of the parish belongs to the Earl of Malmesbury and many other free-holders, some of whom have handsome seats in various parts of the parish.

The CASTLE was never the principle place of residence of any powerful baron; for Richard de Redvers held also the more important fortresses of Carisbrook and Exeter. There are still some remains of the Keep, which occupied the summit of a small artificial mount, and appears to have enclosed an area of



about 28 feet by 24 feet. The walls are ten feet thick, but their original height is unknown, as the upper parts were taken down many years ago. Near the Keep is an ancient stone building, upwards of 70 feet long, and nearly 30 broad, supposed to have been the governor’s residence.

CHRISCHURCH PRIORY was a very ancient foundation. Camden observes that it was founded early in the Saxon era; and other writers are equally deficient as to the exact period of its origin. Its first inmates were secular canons of the order of St. Augustine, and the establishment, as early as the reign of Edward the Confessor, consisted of a Dean and 24 Canons. William Rufus bestowed the Church and Priory on Ralph Flambard, Bishop of Durham, who determined to rebuild them on a more magnificent scale, and for that purposed he seized the revenues of the canons, allowing each of them merely a sufficiency for their sustenance. Godric, the Dean, who strenuously opposed this infringement of the rights of his brethren, was deprived of his office. Having thus overcome all opposition, Bishop Flambard levelled the old buildings with the ground, and having sufficiently completed the new monastery, the Church was solemnly dedicated to Christ. This prelate so offended Henry I. by his extortions and oppressive conduct, that he was deprived of his wealth and honours, and imprisoned in the Tower; whence he escaped to Normandy, where he espoused the cause of Robert, the king’s brother; by whose influence he was afterwards restored to his bishoprie. But the King retained this Priory, which he subsequently granted to Richard de Redvers, Earl of Devon, who increased the endowment by gifts of tithes and estates in Milton, Milford, Boldre, Lymington, and other parishes. His son Balwin confirmed all these grants, and bestowed additional immunities. He afterwards introduced a number of regular among the secular canons, and the latter, as they died off, were replaced by regular Augustines. Baldwin’s son, Richard, granted the Priory many new privileges in 1161, as did also several of his successors.

The learning of the canons did not appear to have increased with their wealth, for the only book in the Priory Library at the dissolution was the “Legum aliquot regnum Saxonice,” – a Saxon version of a few laws. When the possessions of the Priory were surrendered to Henry VIII., their net annual value was estimated at £312. 7s. 9d., and the gross income at £544. 6d., according to Speed. John Draper, the last Prior, had a yearly pension allowed him of £133. 6s. 8d., and was also permitted to occupy during his life the Prior’s lodgings and Somerford Grange. These were most probably granted to him in return for his pliant conduct; – the commissioners having reported him to be a “very honest, comformable person;” and one too, it should seem, who had not secreted away any of the riches of his establishment, as the same letter says, “We found the house welle furnyshede with juellys and plate, whereof some be meete for the King’s Majestie’s use.”

In the 38th year of his reign, Henry VIII. granted the site of the Priory to Stephen Kirton and his wife, to hold by the service of a fortieth part of a Knight’s fee, and the annual rent of £1. 11s. 6¼d. In the following year, the Priory Church, with the churchyard and all appurtenances, were granted to the churchwardens and inhabitants of the town for ever. This grant was confirmed by James I., and has been the means of preserving the church from the destruction that has overwhelmed the other buildings, which were situated on the south side of it, near the spot now occupied by the Priory House and Gardens, belonging to G. F. Brander, Esq., whose relative, T. C. Brander, Esq., occupies Somerford Grange, where the last Prior ended his days.



The site of the Priory was purchased, about 1765, by Gustavus Brander, Esq., who, when he improved the present mansion, laid open many of the Priory foundations in his attempt to ascertain the ground plan of the whole. Louise Phillipe, the late King of the French, resided some time at the Priory House, during his first exile in England, in 1807.

The PARISH CHURCH, dedicated to Christ, was the Priory Church, and is a very large and interesting fabric. Though it has been much altered since it was rebuilt by Bishop Flambard, in the eleventh century, it still displays considerable portions of his work, particularly in the nave, the south-western aisle, and the north transept. It was restored in 1810 and 1821, at the cost of about £1800.

The Nave is formed by a double row of massive square pillars, ornamented with demi-columns. Between these pillars are semicircular arches, springing from grouped pilasters, which are lateral projections from the main pillars. Each of these arches has a zig-zag moulding, and the space between them and the second story of arches is filled up with triangular indentations. The arches of the second story are also semicircular, and the capitals of their pillars display various examples of feuillage. Some of their shafts are ornamented with diamond net-work, chevrons, and other devices. The third tier of arches is more modern, being pointed, and having windows.

The roof is of timber, and very ancient, but there has evidently been a stone vaulting.

The south-western aisle exhibits some semicircular arches, with zig-zag mouldings and other ornaments. At the end of it is a small chapel, supposed to have been the burial place of John Draper, the first Prior of that name, who was installed in 1477. The North Transept has been much altered, but displays evident marks of the Norman style, especially in the escallop and net-work ornaments on the outside.

Here are two chantries, or oratories, adjoining each other, and supposed to have been erected by the Earl and Countess of Salisbury.

The intersection of the nave and transept is supposed to have been originally crowned by a square tower, but the present handsome Tower is at the west end, and was built in the fifteenth century by one of the Earls of Salisbury. It is 120 feet high, and contains eight bells. The great west window is nearly thirty feet high, and embellished with tracery. Above it is a figure of our Saviour, standing in a canopied niche, with his right hand raised, a cross in his left, and a crown of thorns on his head.

The Chancel, and all the eastern part of the edifice from the transept, is more modern than the nave. Most of the windows are large, and are ornamented with mullions and tracery. From the low aisles at the sides, the upper part is strengthened by flying buttresses. The ramifications of the vaulting are handsome, and the bosses and intersections are all ornamented with small busts, in various habits. The sides are wainscotted with oak, curiously carved.

The ancient stalls for the Canons still remain. They are 36 in number, and three of them have carved canopies. The under sides of the benches of these stalls and of many other seats, exhibit a curious series of grotesque and satirical representations, supposed to refer to the arts of the mendicant friars. The ascent



to the altar is by a flight of four steps, on the uppermost of which is a stone inscribed to the memory of Baldwin de Redvers, who died in 1216.

The Altar-piece is a very curious specimen of ancient carving in wood, supposed to be coeval with Bishop Flambard. It represents the Genealogy of Christ, by a tree springing from the loins of Jesse, who is displayed in a recumbent position. On each side of Jesse is a niche, in one of which is David, playing on his harp; and in the other is Solomon, in a musing attitude. Above these the Virgin is displayed, with Jesus in her lap, and Joseph by her side; and near them are the magi, and the projecting heads of an ox and an ass. These are surmounted by shepherds and sheep, in high relief, the former looking upward to a group of angels, &c. Exclusive of these figures, most of which are mutilated, are 32 smaller ones of different saints.

On the termination of the groins of the roof behind the altar, are small half-length figures, bearing music scrolls and musical instruments. In this part of the edifice is a beautiful but mutilated chapel, erected by the venerable Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, for her burial place, in the reign of Henry VII. Here the Commissioners of Henry III. caused all the arms, badges, and other ornaments to be destroyed or defaced.

The eastern extremity of the church is a spacious chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and supposed to have been built by the West family, ancestors of Lord Delawarr, about the end of the 14th century. On either side of the altar is a tomb, in an arched recess, decorated with elegant shafts of Purbeck marble. This is commonly called the Lady Chapel, and over it is a large room, called St. Michael’s Loft, which has been used as a Free School since 1662.

The large Porch at the north-west extremity of the church is apparently of the architecture of the 14th century. The arches, under which the doors are placed, were originally very beautiful, being formed of a variety of mouldings, supported by slender pillars, elegantly shaped, receding inwards, and gradually narrowing the arch.

The interior of the church has many monumental memorials, but the ancient brasses are gone, and the old tombs mutilated. One of the modern mural monuments is in memory of Gustavus Brander, Esq., who in 1785 left £500 for purchasing the organ, and £200 to be invested in stock, in trust to pay yearly £2. 2s. for a sermon on August 3rd; 10s. to the clerk, 5s. to the sexton, and 10s. for repairing his monument; and to distribute the rest of the dividends among the poor attending the church, on August 3rd. This legacy was laid out in the purchase of £264. 13s. three-per-cent. Consols, so that the poor received about £4. 10s. per annum. Another handsome monument is in memory of Shelley the poet, who was drowned by the upsetting of his boat in the Gulf of Spezzia, in 1822; and of his wife, who died in 1851.

According to a monkish legend, the building of this church was expedited by the assistance of Heaven – “a supernumerary workman being always observed during the hours of labour, though at the times of refreshment and receiving wages only the stated number appeared.” By his aid, says this fabulous legend, “everything prospered till the fabric was nearly completed, when, on raising a large beam to the place where it was intended to be fixed, it was found too short; no remedy appearing, the embarrassed workmen retired to their dwellings. On returning to the church the ensuing morning, they discovered that the beam had been fixed in its right position, and extended a foot longer than was requisite. Speechless with surprise, the additional workman occurred to their thoughts; and on recovering their tongues, they agreed



that none other than our Saviour could have assisted them; and on this account, concludes the story, the church was dedicated to Christ. The miraculous beam is still pointed out by the finger of credulity.”

The benefice is a VICARAGE, valued in K.B. at £16, and now at £116, with Holdenhurst Curacy annexed to it, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Winchester, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Fras. Burrows, M.A., who has an ancient Vicarage House, which was repaired in 1831, at the cost of £236. The tithes of the two parishes were commuted in 1843 for £2620. 12s. 6d. per annum, of which about £2500 belongs to the Earl of Malmesbury, and the remainder to several small impropriators. At the enclosure, in 1802, allotments of land were made in lieu of the tithes in the commons and wastes.

In 1857, the Burial Board opened a CEMETRY for this extensive parish, on the north-west side of the town. It cost about £2000 and comprises 7½ acres, more than half of which is consecrated. It has two chapels, one for the church and the other for dissenters.

There are CHURCHES or CHAPELS OF EASE in Christ Church Parish, at Bransgore, Hinton, Highcliff, Pokesdown, and Burton hamlets, as afterwards noticed. There is a handsome Independent Chapel in Millhams street, with about 800 sittings, and now under the ministry of the Rev. Joseph Fletcher. The Wesleyans have a chapel at Purewell, built in 1835, and there are small Dissenting Places of Worship in other parts of the parish. Schools are attached to most of the churches and chapels. The National Schools in the town were built in 1820, at the cost of £638. There is a large Day School attached to the Independent Chapel.

The “FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL,” as already noticed, is held at the Parish Church, in St. Michael’s Loft, for the use of which the master teaches eight free scholars. In 1707, £120 given towards the maintenance of a school, and £267. 10s. given by the Earl of Clarendon, Francis Gwyn, and Wm. Ettrick, to the Corporation, for supporting a school or other charitable uses, were laid out in the purchase of an Exchequer annuity of £25, which expired in 1805. With many years’ arrears of this annuity £500 three per cent. South Sea Annuities were afterwards purchased. The dividends of this stock ought to be paid to the schoolmaster for teaching ten free scholars.

There was anciently a hospital or lazaar house at Christchurch, called the HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN. It was endowed with lands for the maintenance of a master and a number of lepers. It went to decay about two centuries ago, but the Corporation still appoint a master, whose only duty is to collect the rents of the hospital lands, &c., and to distribute them among the sick poor of the parish. These rents yield about £45 a year, derived from several gardens, cottages, &c.

In 1667, THOMAS BROWN, Esq., of Hinton-Admiral, left lands, &c., for charitable uses in this and seven other parishes. This charity now comprises Waterditch Farm, (37 acres,) let for £45; six acres called Moores, let for £6; and £300 three per cent. consols. The latter arose from the sale of timber and from unapplied income. Agreeably to the donor’s will, the trustees now pay yearly for distributions of bread and clothing – £12 to Christchurch parish; £8. 15s. to Ringwood; £7 to Lymington; £8. 15s. to Minstead; £3. 10s. each to Sopley and Milton, and £1. 15s. each to Holdenhurst and Lyndhurst. They



also pay 20s. to Christchurch and 10s. each to the other seven parishes, for sermons to be preached in each parish on New Year’s day.

CLINGAN’S CHARITY, for apprenticing poor children of Christchurch parish, was founded in 1714, by the will of John Clingan. In 1825, it yielded an income of £127. 10s., of which £25 was the rent of a house and garden in High street; £58 the rent of a house and about 50 acres of land at Iford; £28 the rent of 2A. 2n. 21r. of land at Roeshot; and £16. 10. was the dividends of £550 three per cent. reduced annuities. The trustees apply the income yearly in apprenticing about ten poor boys, with premiums of from £10 o £15.

In 1619, ROBERT WHITE left £100 for the poor of Christchurch parish, and it was invested in land, which was sold in 1658 for a yearly rent charge of £8 out of Hinton-Admiral farm. This annuity, with £2 a year left by Thomas Lyne, in 1621, out of Bradford farm, is expended in twenty coats given to poor men on Christmas eve.

In 1653, ELLIS COFFIN left for the poor a house near the marketplace, now let on lease for £10.

In 1677, EDWARD ELLIOTT left, for monthly distributions of bread at the church, eight acres of land called Colliers, and now worth £8 a year; and a cottage and half an acre, now forming part of the garden and site of a house held by the Rose family.

The poor parishioners have 5s. a year out of an allotment in Burton Meadow. Four poor widows have £5 yearly from the dividends of £166. 13s. 4d, three per cent. stock, left by Gregory Olive, in 1788. The vicar distributes among the poor the dividends of £426. 3s. 1d. new four per cent. stock, derived from the bequest of Henry Oake, in 1817. Sally Williams, in 1836, left to the Vicar and Churchwardens £100 in trust, to distribute the interest on the 29th of December among five poor widows and five poor maidens. Among the provident institution in the town are several Investment and Friendly Societies; and at the Ship Inn is a lodge of Odd Fellows.

The principal SEATS in Christchurch Parish are as follows. HERON COURT, or Hurn Court, about 3½ miles N.W. of the town, is the seat of the Earl of Malmesbury, and is noted for its fine collection of paintings, its beautiful flower gardens, and its extensive Park, which stretches nearly two miles along the banks of the small river Stour. It was anciently one of the residences of the Prior of Christchurch.

The present mansion is a handsome structure, and among its numerous works of art are several fine portraits and other paintings by Rembrandt, Vandyke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and other eminent masters.

The library is extensive and valuable, and was mostly collected by the learned James Harris, Esq., who was M.P. for Christchurch from 1761 till his death, in 1780. His chief work is “Hermes, or a Philosophical Inquiry concerning Languages and Universal Grammar.”

His son James, was a distinguished diplomatist, and was created Baron Malmesbury, in 1788, and Viscount Fitz Harris, of Hurn Court, and Earl of Malmesbury, in 1801. He died in 1820, and his son, the second Earl, in 1841; when the son of the latter, the Right Hon. James Howard Harris, the present Earl,



succeeded to all these titles. The heir presumptive is his brother, the Hon. Capt. Edward Alfred John Harris, who was born in 1808. The Earl’s other residences are at Dunford, near Salisbury, and at Whitehall Gardens, London.

In the library at Heron Court is a curious table, which belonged to Louis 14th and 15th, and is said to be the one upon which the celebrated family compact between France and Spain was signed. In the entrance hall are two ancient carved chairs, which belonged to the monasteries of Glastonbury and Reading. In a frame over the fire place is a copy of the last speech of William III. to his parliament.

BOSCOMBE HOUSE, 3½ miles W. of Christchurch, is a neat mansion, with a finely wooded lawn, overlooking Poole Bay. It is the summer residence of Sir Percy Florence Shelley, Bart., son of the late celebrated poet, Percy Byshee Shelley, Esq., to whose memory a mural monument has lately been erected in the parish church. (See page 395.) The Baronet’s chief residence is Field Place, near Warnham, in Sussex. The heir presumptive is his uncle, John Shelley, Esq., of Avington House, Hants.

HINTON-ADMIRAL, 4 miles N.E. of Christchurch, is a large mansion, in a beautiful park, a mile long and half a mile broad. It is the seat of Sir George Eliott Meyrick Tapps-Gervis, Bart., lord of the Hundred and Castle of Christchurch. The present mansion was built by Sir Peter Mews, from whom it passed, through his great-nephew, Joseph Jarvis Clarke, Esq., to Sir George Ivison Tapps. The baronetey was created in 1791, and the second baronet assumed the name of Gervis in addition to that of Tapps, in 1835. He was M.P. for Christchurch from 1832 to 1835.

The other seats in the parish are noticed in the following descriptions of the Tithings and Hamlets.

HINTON, or HINTON-ADMIRAL, hamlet and chapelry is from 4 to 5 miles N.E. of Christchurch, and comprises about 1870 acres of land, including Beckley hamlet, several scattered houses, and the park and mansion of Sir G. E. M. Tapps-Gervis, Bart. The Church is a neat brick edifice, which was erected as a chapel of ease, in 1772, by Jph. Jarvis Clarke, Esq. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued at £72, in the alternative patronage of the Vicar of Christchurch and Sir G. E. M. Tapps-Gervis, Bart., and in the incumbency of the Rev. Thos. Wyndham, D.C.L., who is also rector of Pimperne, Dorsetshire. The Rev. Fdk. K. Eyre, M.A., is the assistant curate. The School was built in 1846, and is supported by the lord of the manor and his lady. There is a Lodge of Foresters at the Cat and Fiddle Inn.

HURN tithing includes Heron Court, Blackwater hamlet, many scattered houses, and about 5000 acres of land, extending from two to six miles N. by W. of Christchurch, to Hurn Common, and the borders of Dorsetshire. It belongs chiefly to the Earl of Malmesbury, who also owns most of PARLEY tithing, which contains about 960 acres of land, 5 miles N.W. of Christchurch, and has a Baptist Chapel. Hurn tithing adjoins the village and post-office of Throop, in Holdenhurst parish.



WINKTON tithing, from two to three miles N. of Christchurch, comprises the pleasant village of Winkton, on the east bank of the river Avon; the scattered hamlet of BOCKHAMPTON, and about 2390 acres of land, belonging to Sir G. E. Pocock, Lady Bingham, G. O. Aldridge, Esq., Hy. Castleman, Esq., and several smaller owners. WINKTON HOUSE, a neat mansion, in a pleasant lawn, is the seat of Vice-Admiral John Edward Walcott, M.P. for Christchurch.

BRANSGORE, a small village 4 miles N.N.E. of Christchurch, is mostly in this, and partly in Sopley parish. The Church (St. Mary) was built in 1823, by Government, at the cost of £2800, for a chapelry district, comprising Winkton tithing and other northern parts of this large parish. It is in the Early English style, and has 350 sittings, of which 280 are free.

The perpetual curacy, now valued at £120, is in the patronage of Thos. Jesson, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. T. M. Macdonough, who has a good Parsonage House, built in 1843-4 at the cost of about £1000, raised by subscription and grants.

The School was built in 1838, and a house for the teacher in 1853. Here is a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1844. Sir G. E. Pocock, Bart., had formerly a seat here.

Harrow Lodge, the seat of Thos. Jesson, Esq., is a neat mansion erected in 1856, in the Elizabethan style. Beech House, another pleasant mansion, commanding extensive views, is the seat of Henry Castleman, Esq.; and Heathfield Lodge, 5 miles N.N.E. of Christchurch, is the pleasant residence of Lady Bingham.

STREET tithing contains about 600 acres, and includes Purewell, and other suburbs of Christchurch town. VERNO, or Verno-vignette, the seat of Capt. G. V. Jackson, R.N., is a pleasant mansion, on a commanding eminence.

BURTON tithing, from 1½ miles to 3 miles, N.N.E. of Christchurch, includes about 1550 acres of lan, belonging to Sir G. E. Pocock, Bart., Sir L. M. Lopes, Bart., and several smaller owners. It comprises the small villages of BURTON and STAPLE-CROSS, and several neat houses and scattered farms.

BURTON HOUSE, the seat of Alex. Netham, Esq., is a fine old mansion, with pleasant grounds, commanding fine views of St. Catherine;s Hill (see page 393) and the surrounding country.

WHITE HAYES, the seat of George Nicholson, Esq., is a large and pleasant mansion, with finely wooded grounds, 1½ .mile N. of Christchurch. Here was born, on Nov. 21st, 1790, the late gallant Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.B., who was created BARON LYONS in 1856, and died in November, 1858, after distinguishing himself highly in the late war with Russia, and in many previous naval expeditions. He was the son of John Lyons, Esq., of Lyons, in Antigua; and of St. Austin’s House, near Lymington. He was commander-in-chief of the Black Sea Fleet in 1856. In 1839 his youngest daughter married the Earl of Surrey, now Duke of Norfolk. The late Lord Keane, the hero of Affghanistan, died at White Hayes, in



1844, and was buried at Sopley. Even that distinguished officer could not boast so many orders and stars as those rewards of diplomatic and naval service which decorated the breast of the late Lord Lyons. The mansion at White Hayes has been much improved and enlarged by its late and present owners.

Near it is a Roman Catholic Chapel, built in 1811, and containing two fine pictures of the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. The Rev. L. J. Byron is the priest.

Burton Church, or chapel-of-ease, is a neat cruciform structure, which was built in 1838, and repaired in 1845. It has only 200 sittings. The Rev. E. Boggis is the curate.

BURE tithing, from 1 to 3 miles E. of Christchurch, has about 1500 acres, and includes the hamlets of Highcliff, Mudeford, Newtown, Hubbord and Somerford. T. C. Brander, Esq., resides at Somerford Grange, which was the seat of the last Prior of Christchurch, as noticed at page 394. Lady Stuart de Rothesay, and the Rose, Cameron, Brander, and other families, have estates here.

MUDEFORD, or Muddiford, is a pleasant village and sea bathing place, on the coast of Christchurch Bay, about 2 miles E. of Christchurch. It has in its vicinity several handsome marine villas, and is near Highcliff, and mouth of the small river Mudey, which falls into the eastern reach of Christchurch harbour. It has several commodious lodging-houses, five bathing machines, and a coast-guard station, with an officer and fourteen men. It was once visited by George III. and Queen Charlotte, who were much pleased with the beauty of the scenery and the salubrity of the air.

HIGHCLIFF CHURCH (St. Mark) is near Mudeford, and is a small neat edifice, erected in 1843, at the cost of £1450, raised by subscriptions and grants. It has a handsome stained glass window, and about 200 sittings, of which 64 are free. A district has been assigned to it under the 1st and 2nd of Wm. IV. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued at only £40, in the patronage of Lady Stuart de Rothesay, and incumbency of the Rev. John Dobson, M.A. The School was built in 1838, at the cost of £126, and is supported by Lady Canning.

HIGHCLIFF, which rises of a considerable altitude above Christchurch Bay, about 3 miles E. of Christchurch, obtained a high degree of popular celebrity from the sumptuous mansion erected upon it during last century by the great Earl of Bute, the well known minister, who spent here most of the last six or seven years of his life, in retirement from the cares of state. He died in London, in 1792.

Upon part of his property the late Lord Stuart De Rothesay built the present mansion, sometimes called Rothesay Castle; but it is destined like Lord Bute’s mansion, to lie (at no distant period,) beneath the waters of the bay, owing to the continual sap of the cliff, by the action of the land springs and the violence



of the ocean. Lord Bute’s mansion was partly taken down about the close of last century, and what was left fell with large portions of the cliff into the bay.

The Dowager Lady Stuart De Rothesay occasionally occupies Highcliff Castle as a summer residence, but resides chiefly in London. She is the widow of the late Baron Stuart De Rothesay, who died in 1845, when his title became extinct.

Cranemore Lodge is the modern marine residence of Baker Dawson, Esq.

TUCKTON tithing include WICK hamlet, one mile S. of Christchurch, the promontory of Hengistbury Head, and about 1290 acres of land, bounded on the south by Poole Bay.

IFORD tithing extends from 1½ to 3½ miles W. of Christchurch; and includes 1230 acres of land, and the modern village of POKESDOWN, (near Bournemouth,) where a neat Church was built in 1858, at the cost of £1500, in the decorated style. It is a chapel of ease to Christchurch, and the Rev. James Hibbert Wanklyn, M.A., of Bournemouth, is the curate. There is also an Independent Chapel at Pokesdown, erected in 1857, at the cost of £700.

STOURFIELD HOUSE, the seat of Admiral Popham, is a neat mansion, with sylvan grounds, on an acclivity overlooking Poole Bay. Near it is Boscombe House, noticed at page 397.

CHRISTCHURCH PARISH DIRECTORY.

The CONTRACTIONS for names of streets, &c., are- Bpl. for Bow place; Brd., Barrack road; Bgt.,Bargates; Bst., Bridge street; Cst., Castle street; Cht., Church street; Hst., High street; Mfd., Mudeford; Mst., Millhams street; Prd., Poole road; Pwl., Purewell; Spt., Stanpit; and Wnd., for West-end.

TITHINGS AND HAMLETS. – Those marked 1 are in Bransgore; 2, Bure; 3, Burton; 4, Hinton; 5, Hurn; 6, Iford and Pokesdown; 7, Parley; 8, Tuckton; 9, in Winkton; and the others in the town, or where stated.

THE POST OFFICE is in Bridge street, and Mr. Abraham Pike is the postmaster. Letters are despatched to all parts by mail cart to Ringwood Station at 9 P.M., and to Christchurch road Station at 9 A.M. Money Orders are granted and paid from nine morning till six evening. There are SUB-POST OFFICES at Winkton, Mudeford (or Muddiford), Iford, Newtown, and Throop; all under Christchurch, except Winkton, which is under Ringwood.



MISCELLANY.

Arnott Henry, gent. Mfd.

Austin Thos. coach builder, Purewell

Backhouse D. station master, Christchurch road

Baker Wm. gent. Purewell

Ball Mr Frdk. Edw., Park pl

Bartlett George, farm bailiff, Hurn Bridge

6 Bates Thos., Post office

Bell Rev Jas, curate, Highcf.

Bemister Saml., relvg. officer & registrar, West-end

Berkeley Hon. Geo. Charles Grantley Fitz-Hardinge, Beacon Lodge

Best Mrs Theadosia, High st

Bingham Lady Emma Septima, Heathfield Lodge

Boggis Rev Edmund, curate of Burton

Brake George, postman

Brander George Frederick, Esq., The Priory

Brander Thomas Coventry, Esq., Somerford Grange

Bridgwood Wm. land steward to Sir George Gervis, East Close

Brown John, gent. Brook Cottage, Mudeford

6 Budden Isaac, dairyman

Buffett Mrs. Mudeford

3 Bundy Mrs Eliz. Maria

Burry Mrs Martha, Purewell

Burrows Rev Wm. Francis,M.A., vicar

Butler Fras. Wm. game dlr., carrier, &c., High st

Butler Wm. lodgings, Mfd.

3 Byron Rev Lawrence Jph., (Catholic)

Castleman Hy., Esq., Beech House

Clark Geo. tax collector, &c. Beckley

Clark Wm. Mann, veterinary surgeon, Purewell

Dalton Mrs, Bridge House

Davy Mr Augustine, Cht.

2 Dawson Baker, Esq., Cranemore Lodge

Delahay Chas. police, Bgt.

De La Tour Capt., Mudeford House

Derham John, mariner, Spt.

Dobson Rev John, M.A. incmbt. of Highcliff, Stanpit

Domone Mrs, Church st

Draper John, rev. offr. Pwl.

3 Elliott Capt., Neville Cotg.

3 Elliott Jas. gent. Wilderness Cottage

4 Entwistle Thos. Esq.

2 Eyre Rev Frdk. Kinneer, M.A. curate of Hinton, Mudeford

6 Farr Wm. Wyndham, Esq. and Wm. Dale, solicitor, and clerk of peace

4 Farrington Miles, keeper

Fletcher Rev Jph. (Indept.) Hegistbury House

Footner Rd. postman, Pwl.

Forster Anthy. Villion, gent. Holly Lodge, Mudeford

Gervis Sir George Eliott Meyrick Tapps, Baronet, Hinton-Admiral

Gould John & Sarah, master and matron, Workhouse

Greiner Henry, professor of languages, West-end

Grove John, Esq., Sandford House, Mudeford

7 Hall Rev Simon, (Baptist)

Hannaford Mr Joseph, Brd

Harrison Wm., Gas Works

Hatchard Wm. gardener and high bailiff of Co. Ct., Bst.

9 Hayter Miss Harriet

9 Hayter Heli, Esq., Plash Bank Cottage

Hengistbury Mining Compy. (ironstone) J.E.Holloway, agent, Barrack road

Hiscock Hiram, mason, Hst.

Hodges Charles, mail cart driver, West end

Holloway John Edw. archtect, surveyor, &c., Brd.

Hopkins Miss Harriet, Spt.

Hopkins Wm. cowkpr. Spt.

9 Howe Mrs Maria

Humby Wm. Walter, railway agent and omnibus proprietor, High street

Jackson Capt. Geo. Vernon, R.N. Verno

Jeans Mr Wm. Jumper's Hs

Jesson Thos and Wm. gents. Harrow Lodge

Jones Mr Stphn., Neacroft

Joy Mrs Catherine, Cht.

King Mrs Sarah, High st



9 Laidlow Wm. postman

Lampard John, shoe stay, & fancy warehouse, High st

2 Leary Mrs Sar. lodgs. Mfd.

Lemmon Chas. constable

Lemmon John, parish clerk, saddler, &c., High st

6 McCarthy D. gent.

McDiarmid Joseph, barrack sergeant, Barrack road

Macdonagh Rev Terence Michl, incbt. Bransgore

Malmesbury Rt. Hon. Earl of, HERON COURT

Martin Charles Wm., Esq., Belvidere

Mott Charlotte and Louisa, Berlin wool dealers, Cst.

Nash Rev Zach., M.A. curate

Netham Alex., Esq., Burton House

Newman Mr John, Church st

Nicholson Geo., Esq., White Hayes

Ozorio Colonel, Mudeford

Pain Hy. estate agent, union clerk, & supt. regstr. Bst.

Parsons Mrs, Millams st

9 Penruddocke Capt. Thos.

Pike Abm. grocer and postmaster, Bridge street

3 Pike Meshach, gent

6 Popham Vice-Admiral Wm. Stourfield

Preston Hy. piano-forte tuner and repairer, Stanpit

3 Price Charles Benj. gent. Oaktree Cottage

Pritchard Mr John, Stanpit

1 Proudley Wm. sexton

8 Ricardo Mortimer, Esq., Bure Homage

Roberts Miss Sophia Frances, Willow Lodge

Rose James, chair maker & turner, Purewell

Scott Mr John Thos., Pwl.

1 Selfe John, castrator

Seymour Jas. mariner, Cst.

Sharp Risdon Darracott, Esq., solicitor and registrar of marriages, Millhams st

Shelley Sir Percy Florence, Bart., Boscombe House

Sloman Mr John, Wick

Soden John, carrier, Bgt.

6 Stainer Thos. dairyman

Steel Mr Richard. Mst.

Stevens and Son, owners of Gas Works; h London

Stickland Isaac, Cemetery

Stokes Henry, bank manager, Castle street

Street John, ironmonger

Stuart Dowager lady De Rothesay, Highcliff Castle

Sworn Robert, bank cashier

Tanner Jph. & Wm., Esqrs., Mudeford

Taylor Misses, Millhams st

Taylor John, Esq., Mfd.

9 Taylor Jph. Hy. glove mfr

Taylor Peter, sieve maker, Church lane

Tucker Mr Bj., New bridge

Tucker Wm. Bone,lodgings, Mudeford

Vick John, pilot & fisherman, Stanpit

Vyse Miss H., Hubborn Ldg.

9 Walcott Vice-Admiral John Edward, M.P., Winkton

9 Walden Mrs Jane

Wanklyn Rev Jas. Hibbert, incumbent of Pokesdown

Waters Robt. gent. Burton

West Jane, bathing machine owner, Mudeford

Wheeler Hy., cooper, &c. Hst.

Williams Alfred, coast guard officer, Mudeford

Wright Miss, High street

Wyndham Rev Thos. D.C.L. incumbent of Hinton and rector of Pimperne

ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS. (Marked * take boarders)

*Bragge Miss G., Park place

Burbidge Elizabeth, Burton

Free School, Edw. Young

*Godwin Emily, Barrack rd

Independent, John Halsey, Charity Freemantle, and Edna White

*Miller Mrs, High street

National, Jas. Alder & My. Lemmon, High street; 1 Saml. & My. Ann Sprod; and 4, Sarah Morris

*Rickard Miss Sarah, Hst.

*Sopp John, Amsterdam Hs.

Taylor Sarah, Pokesdown

2 Willis E.A., Newtown

Workhouse, Sarah Gould



ATTORNEYS.

Druitt Jas. (town clerk, Co. Court registrar, & magistrates' clerk,) High st

Farr Wm. Dale, (clerk of peace) Ilford

Sharp R. and R.D., Mst.

Tanner Wm., Mudeford

BANK.

Wilts and Dorset Banking Co. (draw on London and Westminster Bank,) Henry Stokes, manager, Castle st

FARMERS.

Bacon Geo., Fir Grove

Bacon James, Blackwater

Baker Benjamin, Bargates

Baker Wm., Purewell

9 Barrett Henry, senr.

4 Beaton Samuel

Blandford John, Merritown

Blandford Thos., Dudmoor

9 Bolton James, Neacroft

3 Bolton Jas., sen. and jun.

3 Brinson John and Mary

Brown John, Latch Farm

Brown Richard, Bargates

Budden Geo., Hurn Bridge

Budden Wm., Hurn

Carter James., Wick Farm

Clarke Chas., West Hurn

Cook Joseph, Hill Farm

Corbin John, Bransgore

Cross Thos., Biddlecombe

Dale Richard, Tuckton

Dale Isaac, Iford

Derham Edmund and Peter, Mudeford

Derham Sarah, Stanpit

Dowden George, Middle Bockhampton

Dowding John, Hinton

Elliott John, Street

Evemy Francis, Hurn

Evemy John, Cranemoor

Evemy Mtn., Bockhampton

Fall Richd. Blackwater

Foss John, Bransgore

Golding Wm., Blackwater

Galton John, Stourfield

Grandy Wm., West Hurn

Groves John, Beckley

Groves Lemuel, Stanpit

Hayter John, Burton

Holloway John, Hill

Howe James, Burton

Humby Wm. Walter, Pwl.

Jerrard Geo., Bransgore

Jones Alexander, North Bockhampton

Jones John, Purewell

1 Jones Wm., Plainfield

4 Jones Wm., Heathfield

Lambert John, Burton

Lock Wadham, Stourcliff

7 Lockyer James

Lockyer George, Hurn

Manley Robert, Bargates

7 Marshall Andrew

Mintern Jas. Green, Middle Bockhampton

Moyle Thomas, Bransgore

Newman Arthur, South Bockhampton

Newman James, Fairmile

Newman Samuel, Purewell

Newman Wm., Burton

3 Northover Benj., Staplecross

Perry Edw. and John, Grove farm

Perry Martin, Bargates

Petty Thomas, Bransgore

Pitt Wm., Tuckton

Pittman James, Parley

Plowman Herbert, Hubborn

Pounds Stn., Godwin's Croft

Preston Wm., (and sawyer,) Pound lane

Read Wm., Hurn

Reeks Jane,Wood Town

Scott Wm., Iford

Sloman John, Wick

4 Smith Robt. Thos. John Whateley

Street Elias, Tuckton

Stuart Charles, Hubborn

Taylor James, Winkton

Taylor John, Bockhampton farm

9 Taylor Jph. Hy.

Tinsley Peter, Hill farm

Tizard Wm., Iford

Trill John, North Hinton

Troke Wm., Bockhampton

Tuck David, Heath Farm

Vezey Benj., Bure farm

9 Walden Joseph

Waters John, Burton farm



Watton Emanl., Boscombe

Wheeler John, Hinton

Whitcher Wm., Bockhampton

1 Whittle Js.

3 Wilson Jno.

FIRE & LIFE OFFICES.

Atlas, Abbot & Son, Bridge st

British Empire, H. Jenkins, Bow place

City of London, J. Lemmon, High street

County and Provident, Wm. Lake, Millams street

East of England Hail, Hy. Coles, High street

European, Saml. Hicks, Pwl.

Hants, Sussex, and Dorset, R. D. Sharp, Millams st

London Union, H. T. Jenkins, Bridge street

Norwich and London and Accidental, &c, Hy. Sharp, High street

Phoenix & Sun, Wm. Tucker, High street

Royal Farmers', Charles Reeks, Castle st

Sun, Jas. Druitt, High st

Western Life, H. M. Jenkins, High street

Yorkshire, Elias Lane, Cht.

INNS AND TAVERNS.

Beehive, Joseph Button, Beckley

4 Cat and Fiddle, John Dowding

Country House, Wm. French, Bargates

Crispin, Hy. Strong, Pwl.

Cross Keys, Wm. Thorn, Prd.

Crown, Dd. Summers, Brd.

Crown, James Gray, Bransgore

Dolphin, Jas. Smith, Cht.

Eight Bells, Harry Cutler, Church street

George Inn, Ann Tongue, Castle street

Globe, John Pack, Newtown

Haven House, John Clark, (and fisherman) Mudeford

Horse and Groom, Ann Sparks, West End

Isle of Wight Hoy, Chpr. Vickers, Highcliff

King's Arms Hotel, (posting), N. S. Newlyn, Castle st

9 Lamb, Wm. Broom, Offlett

Malmesbury Arms, Daniel Whittle, St. Leonard's

6 New Inn, Wm. Tizard

3 Pine Apple, John Kerly

Rising Sun, Chas. Preston, Purewell

5 Rose and Crown, Francis Evemy

Ship, Edward Davis, Cht.

Ship in Distress, Geo. Head, Stanpit

Stag, Moses Banks, Beckley

1 Three Tuns, Jas. Whittle

Wellington, Sarah Pardey

SURGEONS.

Fitzmaurice James

Goddard John Bryer, Pwl.

Palmer Arthur Quartley, Bst.

Stevens Rt. Stead Jones, Cst.

Welch James Kemp, High St

AUCTIONEERS, Estate Agents, &c.

Abbott John & Son, Bridge street

Cranston Geo., Cst. and Ringwood

King John, High st

Reeks Charles, Cst.

BAKERS, &c. * Confectioners

1 Abbott Priscilla

*Barrow James, Hst

Cluett Wm., Pwl

*Cox Joseph, Hst

Dowling Edw., Wnd

2 Frampton Wm., Post off., Newtown

Goodbody Horatio Nelson, Church st

9 Hampton Wm., Neacroft, Bockhampton

1 Head Wm.

Hibberd John, Wnd

3 Kerly Joseph

7 Legg George

1 Pardy Ann

1 Selfe John

1 Shave Eli

*Shirvell John, Pwl

Stride Henry, Spt

Tamlyn Wm., Pwl

Troke John

1 Tuck John

9 Tuck John

Walden Geo., Hst



9 Walden Joseph

3 Wilson John BEERHOUSES.

Britton George, Hst

Button Henry, Pwl

1 Collins Mary

Eldridge Geo., Brd

Farwell George, Pitt

French Geo., Brd

Hibberd John, Wnd

3 Jeffery Samuel B.

Manley Robt., Wnd

Martin John, Pitt

Perry Charles, Bst

9 Pound Stephen

Smith Edw. Geo., Pwl

6 Watton Emanuel BIRD PRESERVERS.

Hart Henry, Bpl

Hart Wm., Bargates BLACKSMITHS.

3 Bell Wm.

Bemister Jas., Brd

Caines Jas. (and farrier,) Wick lane

Keffen Edw., Pwl

9 Manley John

Manley Robt., Wnd

9 Morgan Joseph

9 Munday John

2 Pack John

Pack Wm., Newtown

5 Pike George

1 Saunders George

7 Saunders James

6 Scott Wm.

4 Taylor John

Whitcher Henry, Spt BOOKSELLERS, Printers, &c.

Lockyer Edw. (pubr. of Christch. Times)

Tucker Wm., Hst

White Joseph (and binder,) High st

BOOT & SHOEMAKERS.

Argyle Mattw., Pwl

4 Broom George

9 Butler Henry

Clark Edmund, Cht

Cull Robert, Pitt

Dowden John, Pwl

5 Fall Richard

Gosling Saml., Hst

Hart Henry, Bpl

Hart Mdk., Purewell

1 Head Wm.

9 Hopkins John

4 Hopkins Timothy

3 Howe James

Lampard John, Hst

Marshall Moses, Pound lane

Meadus John, Spt

1 Norris Thomas

Perry George, Cht

Savage Samuel, Hst

1 Shave James

Sparks Fredk., Hst

Vick John, Pwl

2 Wallis Jesse

1 Wheeler George BREWERS.

Aldridge Geo. Olive, High street

Baker Benj. & Eliza, Bargates

Goulding John, Spt

King Joseph, Hst BRICK & TILE MKRS.

1 Brown John

1 Jerrard George

1 Kerly James

1 Petty Thomas BUILDERS.

4 Barrow Edward

Belbin George, Pwl

Bemister John, Spt

Davis Charles, Pwl

Davis George

Eveleigh John, Bst

2 Frampton James

1 Hailey James

Hiscock Hiram, Hst

Holloway John, Bst

3 Launder Joseph

Preston Charles, Pwl

Preston Wm., Spt

5 Read Wm.

Stone James, Hst

Tucker Hy. Charles, Purewell

9 Walden Henry (& valuer)

Walden Wm., Bgt

6 Whitcher James

6 White James

BUTCHERS.

Britton George, Hst

Domone Jph., Cst

Edwards Thos., Hst

Reeks John, Bst

Scott Wm., Church st

Wheeler Hy. (pork,) High street

CABINET MAKERS.

Abbott and Son, Bst

Verge Nicholas, Pitt CARPENTERS AND

JOINERS.

Butler Stephen, Wnd

3 Button Thomas

6 Golton Robert

Hyde Jas. B., Wnd

3 Lander Jph. and agrl. Machine mkr

Smith, James, Cht

Stone, James, Hst

9 Stickland Thomas

Tucker Hy. Charles

4 Walden John CHEMISTS AND

DRUGGISTS.

Jenkins Hy. Maine, High street

Sharp Henry, Hst CHIMNEY SWEEPERS.

Chapman Wm., Bgt

Clark Wm., Bgt CHINA, GLASS & c.,

DEALERS.

Abbott and Son, Bst

Bailey Jane, Bst

Butler Richard, Wnd

Cranston Geo., Cst



King John, Hst

Pack Stephen, Cht COAL MERCHANTS.

Bemister James, Brd

Bemister John, Spt

Dowling Edw., Wnd

Elliott Edw. Sleat (& land agent,) Cst

Holloway J. E., Brd

3 Kerly Joseph

Troke Stephen, Mst

3 Wilson John CORN MERCHANTS.

Aldridge Geo. O., Hst

Dowling Edw., Wnd

Hicks Charles, Hst

Reeks Charles, Cst CORN MILLERS.


Hicks Charles, Hst

5 Reeks Alfred

Seare Wm., Place Mills CURRIERS & LEATHER

CUTTERS.

Lockyer Henry, Wnd

Mintern Edw., Pwl FISHMONGERS

Cutler Henry, Cht

Cutler Mary, Cht FURNITURE BROKERS

Abbott and Son, Bst

Corbin Henry, Pwl

King John, High st GARDENERS AND

SEEDSMEN.

9 Gallop Wm.

Hatchard Wm., Bst

Purchase Henry, Bgt

9 Ransome George GROCERS, &c.

Coles Henry, Hst

Dowden John, Pwl

Dowling Edw., Bgt

Fripp Sarah, Pwl

3 Kerly Joseph

Lane Elias, Cht

Pike Abraham, Bst

Tarrant James, Mst

9 Tuck Jno. Neacroft

Tucker Wm., Hst

9 Walden Joseph

Williams Fras. Edw., High street

3 Wilson John GUNMAKERS.

Butler George, Bst

Hext Giles, High st HAIRDRESSERS.

Attewell Wm., Hst

Bore Richard, Bst

Lockyer Edw., Hst

Lockyer John Richd., Purewell HORSE LETTERS.

Abbot John, Bst

Butler F. W., Hst

Humby, W. W., Cst

Newlyn N. S., Cst

Tuck James IRONMONGERS,

Braziers, &c.

Abbot Henry, Bst

Farmer & Co., Cst. and Poole

White Eliz. and Son, (Geo.) High st

LINEN AND WOOLEN DRAPERS.

Broadway Wm., Hst

Ferrey Geo. & Wm., High street

Hicks Samuel, Pwl

King Wm., Bpl

Payn James, Hst

Peckham Henry, Hst

Small George, Cst MALTSTERS.


Baker Benj., Bgt

King Joseph, Hst MARINE STORE DLRS.

Butler Richard, Bgt

Frampton Jph., Pwl MILLINERS, &c.

Butler Martha, Bst

Champs Misses, Hst

Dixon and Co., Bpl

King Wm., Bpl

Lampard Mrs., Hst

Lane and Burry, Pwl

North Mrs., Bpl

Tucker Eliz., Hst MUSIC PROFESSORS.

Ferrey Geo. jun., Cst

Halsey John, Pwl PAINTERS, PLUMBERS,

AND GLAZIERS.

Belbin George, Pwl

Holloway Mary, Bst

Jenkins Hy., Bpl

Long Robert, Hst

Pardey Robert, Brd POULTERERS.

Betteridge Geo. Akehurst, High st

Butler Fras. W., Hst

Corbin Henry, Pwl SADDLERS.

Burry David, Hst

Burry Joseph, Pwl

3 Kerly John

Lemmon John, Hst

Tucker Benj. Joy, Bst SHOPKEEPERS.

4 Banks Moses

Farwell George, Pitt

Gilbert Mary, Wnd

Gregory Jane, Pitt

Hibberd John, Wnd

6 Hibberd Wm.

Hopkins Timothy, Beckley

3 Hussey Wm.

Keffen Edw., Pwl

Meadus John, Spt

Newman Saml., Pwl

9 Pardy Ann

Saunders Betsy

9 Stride Wm.

Veal Wm., Purewell

4 Walden John

6 Watton Emanuel

Watton Jeffries, Pwl TAILORS.

Abbott Geo., Pitt



Billett John, Bst

Brake George, Pwl

Broadway W., Hst

Clark Geo., Beckley

Ferrey G. & W., Hst

Freemantle Jas., Hst

Innes James, Pwl

Innes Wm., Neacroft

Langer Wm. & Geo., Bow place

3 Lawes Daniel

Peckham Henry, Hst

1 Perry Wm.

Phillips Edw. Geo. Purewell

Wagg George, Brd

9 Wagg Maurice

9 Walden Keith

Youngs John TOY DEALERS.

Attewell Wm., Hst

Lockyer Edw., Hst

Lockyer Jno. R., Pwl. UPHOLSTERERS.

Abbot & Son, Bst

Innes Susan, Pwl

Mott Sarah, Cst

Verge Nicholas, Pitt WATCH AND CLOCK

MAKERS.

Butler George, Bst

Hardy Albert, Pwl

Hext Giles, High st

Watts Edward, Hst WATCH FUZEE CHAIN

MANUFACTURERS.

Cox Harry, High st

Hart Wm. Bargates

Jenkins Henry Treasure, Bridge st

Jenkins Henry, Pwl WHEELWRIGHTS.

Bower Charles, Pwl

9 Brett John

Brown Jas., Pwl

7 Crosser John

3 Haytor William

Head George, Spt.

Hyde James Butler, West end WINE AND SPIRIT

MERCHANTS.

Aldridge Geo. Olive, High street

King Joseph, Hst.

RAILWAY.

Trains from Christchurch Road Station several times a-day.

OMNIBUSES to the Station, and to Bournemouth, twice a-day. Mr W. W. Humby is the proprietor, and also agent to the railway co.; Office, High st.

CARRIERS.

FRAS. W. BUTLER, to Bournemouth & Poole daily, from High street

CHAS. HODGE’S MAIL CART, to Ringwood daily.

JOHN SOUDEN, to Lymington, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

GEO. SPARKS, to Poole, Mon., Wed., Thurs., and Sat.

JOHN TILLEY, to Southampton, Mon. & Fri.

JAMES TILLEY, to Christchurch Road Station, Tues. & Fri.; to Ringwood and Salisbury, Wed. & Sat.; and to Wimborne, Monday.

HOLDENHURST PARISH.


HOLDRENHURST is a small village near Heron Court Park, on the banks of the river Stour, 3 miles N.W. of Christchurch, and 7 miles S. of Ringwood.

Holdenhurst parish extends southward to Poole Bay, and the extreme south-west point of Hampshire. It includes the pleasant bathing place of Bournemouth, and the tithings of Muscliffe, Muccleshell, and Throop. It had 1330 inhabitants in 1851, and extends over about 7000 acres of land, all in the Parliamentary Borough of Christchurch, and in Sir G. E. M. Tapps-Gervis’s manorial Liberty of Westover, but a great part of the soil belongs to the Earl of Malmesbury, W. C. Dean, Esq., Thos. Cox, Esq., Sir Geo. E. Pocock, and several smaller freeholders.

The Church was built in 1834, at the cost of £1330, and is a neat structure in the Early English style, consisting of a nave, south transept, and bell turret. It stands near the site of the ancient church. The transept was built by the Earl of Malmesbury, for his own use, the church being near Heron Court, his principal seat.

The benefice is a curacy, annexed to Christchurch Vicarage, as noticed at page 396.

The National School, built in 1845, at the cost of £188, is in the small village of THROOP, which is about a mile W. of Holdenhurst, and has a handsome Independent Chapel, built in 1828, at the cost of about £2000, including the school and the minister’s residence.

Muscliffe and Muccleshell tithings are from two to three miles W. and S.W. of Holdenhurst; but the greater portion of the parishioners are in the village and church district of Bournemouth, where the population has increased more than 600 since 1851, as afterwards noticed.

The parish has £1. 15s. for the poor, and 10s. for a sermon yearly from Brown’s Charity. (See page 396.)

In the following Directory, those marked 2 are at Muccleshell; 3, at Muscliffe; 4, at Holdenhurst; and the others at THROOP, where there is a POST OFFICE, under Christchurch

Austin Ann E. schoolmrs.

2 Burridge Mr John

3 Cailes Elizabeth, school-mistress

Dean Wm. Clapcott Esq., Little-Down House

Grey Rev. Wm. curate, Moordown

Knell Rev. Samuel (Indpdt.)

Langridge John, baker and shopkeeper

4 Marshall Wm., shoemaker

4 Rabbets George, beerhouse

Rawlinson Susan, school

Read Ann, draper, post-office

Read Robert, beerhouse

3 Rixon James, beerhouse

Troke John, blacksmith FARMERS.

Aldridge James (corn miller and maltster,) Throop

Ball John || Cosser James

Eckston John (tax colr. &c.,) Pear Tree farm

2 Hicks Charles

2 Marshall William

2 Meaden Joseph

2 Perry John and Robert

3 Seare William

Stainfield Joseph

Watton Esau, Moordown

4 Whicher Thomas

3 Whittle Richard

HOLDENHURST PARISH.


BOURNEMOUTH, in the parish of Holdenhurst, is a small improving town and bathing place, picturesquely situated on the shore of Poole Bay, at the south-western extremity of Hants, and at the mouth of the small river Bourne, five miles E.N.E. of Poole, and 5½ miles W. by S. of Christchurch.

Until 1838, it had only a few fishermen’s huts, but it is now a fashionable summer watering place, and a favourite winter residence for invalids; having a mild and genial atmosphere, excellent facilities for bathing, and beautiful scenery in its vicinity. It has about 1500 inhabitants, having more than doubled its population and buildings since 1851. It has now four good hotels, many handsome mansions, and commodious lodging-houses, a suit of public baths, a good library and reading rooms, and a number of bathing machines.

The beach, for miles along the coast of Poole Bay, is one of the finest marine promenades in the South of England, commanding views of the western end of the Isle of Wight, the Needles, &c.; and backed by the high cliffs and woody chines or chasms, which here fringe the coast line in bold and picturesque disorder. (See pages 45 and 46.)

In 1855, a “SANATORIUM” was established here for the reception of convalescent consumptive patients, and others suffering from diseases of the chest, who are likely to be much benefited, if not cured, by a temporary residence in the dry and salubrious climate of Bournemouth. This excellent institution is supported chiefly by annual subscriptions and donations. It occupies a commodious building, with beds for 30 patients. The number admitted since the opening to August, 1858, was 162, of whom 66 were discharged very much improved, and 44 improved in a less degree. The Bishop of Winchester is the president, and G. C. Pannel, Esq., treasurer. The officers of the institution are – W. M. Burslem, physician; W. S. Falls, surgeon; Miss Frodsham, lady superintendent; and Mr. T. E. Morgan, secretary.

Under an act of parliament obtained in 1856, twelve commissioners are appointed for the improvement of the town and the erection of a pier.

In a plantation near the town, is a monument in memory of the late L. D. G. Tregonwell, Esq., the first resident land owner, under whose spirited improvements Bournemouth began to rise from the rank of a poor fishing hamlet to that of a genteel town and bathing place. Sir G. E. M. Tapps-Gervis, Bart., and John Tregonwell, Esq., are now the principal owners.

In 1855, a Freehold Land Society purchased and commenced building neat houses, &c., on the allotments called the Branksome estate. The PUBLIC BATHS are in a neat building erected by a company of shareholders, in 1843, at the cost of £500. Near Bellevue Hotel, are handsome Reading Rooms, with a Library of about 3000 volumes, commenced in 1840. Bournemouth has a Coast Guard Station, and now forms part of the parliamentary borough of Christchurch. (See page 392.)

The Church (St. Peter) is a small neat structure, in the decorated style, built in 1844-5, at the cost of about £1500, by the late Sir George Gervis, Bart., who also endowed it with £50 per annum. It has several stained glass windows, and its enlargement, to meet the increasing wants of the town, is in contemplation. It now has 600 sittings, of which 186 are free. A district comprising the town and suburbs, was allotted to it in 1845. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued at £60, in the patronage of Sir G. E. M. Tapps-Gervis,

HOLDENHURST PARISH.


Bart., and incumbency of the Rev. Alex. Morden Bennett, M.A., who has a handsome Parsonage House, built in 1846, at the cost of £2000.

The National School was erected in 1850, at the cost of £500, and has about 90 scholars.

A SCOTCH CHURCH (St Andrew) was erected here in 1857-8 of galvanized iron, at the cost of £700, raised by subscription. It is neatly fitted-up with 320 sittings, and the Rev. Hector McMillan is its minister.

Here is also a large and handsome Independent Chapel, built in 1848-9, at the cost of about £2000.

BOURNEMOUTH DIRECTORY

The POST OFFICE is at Mr. James Bell’s, where money orders are granted and paid. Letters are received and dispatched via Poole. OMNIBUS to Christchurch and Christchurch Road Station twice a day; and Francis W. Butler daily carrier to Poole and Christchurch.

Aldridge Henry, brewer, maltster, corn, coal, wine, and spirit merchant, and vict. London & Commercl. Hotel

Atkinson Jph. B. schoolmstr

Barfoot Cornelius Hy. watch and clock maker

Bayly Emma, confectioner

Bayly Samuel, wine, spirit, and beer merchant

Bell James, grocer, British wine dealer, &c., Post Office

Bemister James, ironmonger, brazier, smith, and farrier

Bennett Rev Alexander Morden, M.A. incumbent

Bill Wm. Mansfield, house and land agent, and vict. Bellevue Hotel

Blacklock Henry, druggist

Briggs Joseph, pork butcher and poulterer

Brook Rev Alfred, curate

Burslem Willoughby Marshall M.D., The Firs

Butler Charles, shopkeeper

Butler Elizabeth, vict. Tregonwell Hotel

Chinchen John, shopkeeper

Chinchen Thomas, mason

Cox Matthew Henry, grocer, tea dealer, & provisn. factor

Cranley Lady Catherine Anne, Southbank Villa

Creeke Christopher, architect and surveyor

Crossby Edward, grocer, and provision and British wine dealer

Cutler George, fishmonger

Davis Captain Rt., R.N., Glen

Dear Edward, cabinet maker and upholsterer

Denison Hon Mrs., Cliff Hs

Dickenson Henry, Esq.

Driver Jane, milliner, &c.

Eaton Wm. Hopkins, tailor

Elgar John, tailor

Elgie Richard, surgeon

Falls Wm. Stewart, surgeon, Hampstead House

Fox George, bookseller, and bird &c. preserver

Frodsham Miss, Sanatorium

Garrett Maria, milliner, &c.

Gavin Eliz. bookseller, &c.

Graham Francis, gardener & seedsman

Gubbins Charles, plumber, glazier, and painter

Hamilton Lady Charlotte, Cliff House

Hardiman Hy. coach builder

Hibidage John, builder, undertaker, &c.

Hobhouse The Misses

Ingram Samuel, builder

Kerly John, cabinet maker, broker, and house agent

King Charles, Esq.

Lance Thomas, builder

Ledgard George, Esq. Banker, Westover Villa

BOURNEMOUTH DIRECTORY.


Lumsden J. G., Esq., Belvidere House

Macey John, corn and coal merchant

McCobb Mrs. || Monro Mrs.

McMillan Rev Hector, minister of Scotch Church

McWilliam James, bookseller, toy dealer, &c., and Eliza., milliner and draper

Mordant Miss Emma, Morley House

Morgan T. E. sec. Sanatorium

Morris Geo. plumber, glazier, and painter

Mott Wm. whitesmith &c.

Otter Rev G. || Parker Misses

Packe Chas. Wm., Esq., M.P., Branksome Tower

Parsons Lieut Wm., Coast Guard Station

Phillips Alfred, blacksmith

Powys Pp. L., Esq., Sea view

Rainbow Annie, school

Rawlins Thos. Solicitor, West Cliff and Wimborne

Rebbeck Wm. Edward, estate agent, church clerk, and agent to Conservative Land Society, Gervis Place

Roberts Wm. lessee of baths, dealer in marine animals, and marine tank manufactr

Robinson Edward, solicitor

Rogers Wm. draper, silk mercer, &c.

Sanderson Thomas James, gent. Windsor Cottage

Smith Wm. dairyman

Stephens Richard, Esq., Eastington House

Sydenham Eliz. M. and Ann, booksellers, stationers, librarians, and Berlin wool dealers, Reading Rooms

Symonds Thomas, baker, &c.

Thornton Jas. painter, plumber, and glazier

Toomer Mary, vict. Bath Hotel

Tuck David, bricklayer

Tuck Peter, builder, Willow Cottage

Wanklyn Rev James Hibbert, boarding school, and incumbent of Pokesdown

Waters Thomas, vict. Royal Arms Inn

Watton Thos. builder, Three Arched Cottage

Weeks John, baker &c. FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES.

County & Provdt., S. Bayly

Midland Counties, E. Dear

Norwich and Plate Glass, James Thornton

Sun, W. E. Rebbeck

Waterloo & English Widows, Thomas Waters

BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.

Bartlett Fras.

Sydenham Js.

Wiffen Jesse

BUTCHERS.

Briggs Jph. pork

Domone Jph.

Taylor Richd.

CARRIAGE, &c. LETTERS.

Butler Eliz.

Harris Wm.

Roberts Wm.

Stroud James

Waters Thos.

LODGINGS.

Baker Mary

Bates Sarah

Carter Ann

Cooke Eliz.

Darley Wm.

Ford Edwin

Fox George

Garrett Hy.

Hardiman M.

Hewer Thos.

Housden Fy.

Kerley Robert

Morris Eliz.

Rowe Sarah

Rourk Mary

Sillence Ann

Slater Chtte.

Stroud James

Sweatman J.

Thornton Jas.

Walker Thos.

SOPLEY PARISH.


SOPLEY, a small village on the east bank of the river Avon, 3 miles N. of Christchurch, and 5½ miles S. Ringwood, has in its parish 896 souls and 4400 acres of land, divided into the four tithings of SOPLEY, AVON, RIPLEY, and SHIRLEY, extending from one to three miles N. and N.E. of the church.

In a tumulus opened here about fifteen years ago, an urn, containing calcified bones, was found. A great battle is said to have been fought between the Saxons and Danes, in Dane-rout lane, now commonly Derrit lane.

Sopley Park is the pleasant seat of William Tice, Esq. The other principal land owners are Wm. Wyndham, Esq., and the Rev. Edward Fane, the latter of whom is lord of the manor of Avon Tyrrel, which comprises the three tithings of Avon, Ripley, and Shirley.

The Church (St. Michael) is a small cruciform structure, with a massive tower, containing five bells. In the east window are some fragments of ancient stained glass. It has several ancient and modern ornaments, and in the churchyard is the tomb of General Lord Keane, the hero of Affghanistan. (See page 398.)

The Vicarage, valued in K.B. at £12. 16s. 10½d., and now at about £300, is in the patronage of Henry C. Compton, Esq., and the incumbency of the Rev. J. P. Hammond, M.A., who has an old residence and 31A. 3R. 36P. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1843, the vicarial for £330. 10s., and the rectorial for £552. per annum. The latter belong to Wm. Wyndham, Esq., M.P. for South Wilts.

The Church School was built in 1832, at the cost of £300. Here is also a British School, built in 1828, and enlarged in 1852, at the cost of £170. It is in connexion with the Independent Chapel in Ripley, which was built in 1822, and enlarged in 1829. There is a small School at Shirley, supported chiefly by Mr. T. H. Tuck.

Sopley parish has about £3. 10s. yearly for the poor, and 10s. for a sermon, from Brown’s Charity. (See page 396.) The poor parishioners have four acres of land in Milton parish, and an annuity of 10s. from Edward Elliott’s Charity. They have also 20s., and the Vicar 10s. a year, left by Thomas Bemister Tizard, in 1712, out of 2½A of land in Avon-field and Winds-mead.

In the following DIRECTORY OF SOPLEY PARISH, those marked 2 are in Avon; 3, in Ripley; and the others are in Sopley or where stated. POST via Ringwood. CARRIERS pass to Christchurch, Ringwood, Salisbury, &c.

2 Arney Thomas, saddler, baker, and shopkeeper

3 Baron Rev Francis (Indept.)

Barrow George, parish clerk and schoolmaster

Button Eli, manager at Sopley Mill

Corbin Richard, wheelwright

Dowden Wm. grocer

Durndell Rd. schoolmaster

Eldridge Wm. shoemaker

2 Fane Colonel, Avon-Tyrrel

2 Foote Chas. vict. New Queen

Hammond Rev John Parish, M.A. vicar

Hartshorne Rev Charles Kerrich, M.A. curate

Hyde Jane, draper

Honeywell Mr Frederick

2 Joy Miss S. schoolmistress

2 Keffen Eliz. blacksmith and vict. Old Queen

3 Legg Geo. baker & shopr

Moyle James, baker, &c.

Paris Robert, Esq.

SOPLEY PARISH.


3 Rose John, shoemaker

Shave Wm. Hy. blacksmith, and vict. Woolpack

2 Stockley Geo. shoemaker

Tice Wm. Esq., Sopley Park

2 Tuck Hy. wheelwright, and butter, poultry, &c. dealer

3 Tuck Wm. blacksmith FARMERS.

2 Arney Eliz. and Thomas

Barnes, Mrs. Ripley

Blacklock Rt. vety. surgeon

2 Bone Henry, Upper Avon

Bramble Jph., South Ripley

3 Buckland Wm., Parsonage

Clapcott Hy., Clapcott’s farm

2 Dean Aaron || 3 Head John

3 Legg Chas. and 3 Andrew

2 Sabine Jas. and 3 Edward

3 Salway Jas., Ripley farm

2 Tuck Richd. John & F., & corn millers, London farm

Tuck Thomas Henry, (brick and tile manufacturer and estate agent,) Shirley farm

Whicher Henry, Sopley farm

2 Whitcher Henry, Lower Avon farm

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