Broadwinsor
Post
Office Directory of Dorsetshire & Wiltshire 1849
BROAD
WINSOR or WINSOR, with the hamlets of LITTLE WINSOR, DRIMPTON, BLACKDOWN,
BIRDSMORE GATE, and DIBBERFORD, is a parish and Liberty, distant 3 miles from
Beaminster north-west, 9 miles north-east from Axminster, 1
north-east from Lyme Regis, and 6 miles from Crewkerne south, in the diocese of
Salisbury and Beaminster Union. The living is a vicarage, value £750, with 7
acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury; the Rev. Solomon
Caesar MALAN, M.A., is the present incumbent; the Rev. John Deane HILTON,
curate. The
church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient structure in the Gothic
style, with square tower, 5 bells, and clock.
There is a large and commodious
Free school, also chapels fro Dissenters with school attached.
At BLACKDOWN there is a new church, built in the Gothic style.
There are charities of the annual value of £35.
A very extensive trade is carried on here in sail cloth.
In 1841, the population was 1680; the acreage, 5,799.
William PINNEY, Esq., M.P., and William TREVELYAN COX, Esq., are lords of
the manor. LEWESDON
and PILLESDON hills are seamarks, under the name of the Cow and Calf.
GENTRY
|
|
|
|
Surname
|
First Names
|
Occupation
|
Location
|
|
|
|
|
CHENEY
|
James
|
Rev.
|
|
DAVY
|
John, esq
|
|
|
HILTON
|
John Deane
|
Rev. Curate
|
|
JONES
|
Israel, esq
|
|
|
MALAN
|
Solomon Caesar
|
Rev. M.A.
|
|
PINNEY
|
John Azariah, esq.
|
|
Blackdown
|
STOCKDALE
|
Charles Jean, esq.
|
|
Drimpton
|
SYMONDS
|
John, esq
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TRADERS
|
|
|
|
APLIN
|
William
|
Farmer
|
Drimpton
|
BARNES
|
Robert
|
Farmer
|
Drimpton
|
BARTLETT
|
James
|
Farmer
|
Little Winsor
|
BARTLETT
|
Saml.
|
Miller
|
Little Winsor
|
BARTLETT
|
Thomas
|
Carpenter
|
|
BARTLETT
|
Samuel
|
Farmer
|
|
BISHOP
|
John
|
Parish Clerk
|
|
BISHOP
|
Robert
|
|
White Lion
|
BISHOP
|
Robert
|
Baker
|
|
BOND
|
William
|
Farmer
|
Drimpton
|
BOWDAGE
|
Robt
|
Shopkeeper
|
Blackdown
|
BUGLER
|
Mrs. Elizabeth
|
Farmer
|
|
BUGLER
|
Robert
|
Beer Retailer
|
|
CLIFT
|
John Warry
|
Baker & Blacksmith
|
|
CLIFT
|
Wm.
|
Smith & Shopkeeper
|
Blackdown
|
COX
|
Benjamin
|
Farmer
|
Dibberford
|
CREED
|
Samuel
|
Farmer
|
Drimpton
|
DAVIS
|
Joseph
|
Carpenter
|
Birdsmore Gate
|
DAVY
|
John
|
Farmer
|
|
DAVY
|
Joseph
|
Reg. Of Births and Deaths
|
|
DAVY
|
Wm.
|
Maltster & Butter Factor
|
|
EDWARDS
|
John
|
Blacksmith
|
|
ENGLAND
|
John
|
Draper & Post Office
|
|
EWENS
|
Wm. Daniel
|
Butter & Corn Fact
|
|
FOAN
|
Thomas
|
|
New Inn, Drimpton
|
GALPIN
|
Jas.
|
Butcher & Brewer
|
George Inn
|
GENGE
|
William
|
Farmer
|
|
GERARD
|
George
|
Farmer
|
Drimpton
|
GERARD
|
Mrs. Lydia
|
Farmer
|
|
GREENING
|
John
|
Shopkeeper
|
|
HALLETT
|
John
|
Tailor
|
|
HAMPSON
|
William
|
Hairdresser
|
|
HAYDON
|
Turner & Co
|
Flax Spinners
|
Drimpton
|
HULL
|
Arthur
|
Brick & Tile Manufacturs
|
|
HULL
|
James
|
Farmer
|
|
JEFFERY
|
Henry
|
Shopkeeper
|
|
JOHNSTONE
|
Samuel
|
Tallow Chandler
|
|
JOHNSTONE
|
Robert
|
Farmer
|
Drimpton
|
LAWRENCE
|
Thomas
|
Shoema.
|
Drimpton
|
LEGG
|
David
|
Farmer
|
Dibberford
|
MAJOR
|
John
|
Butcher
|
|
MAJOR
|
Robert
|
Farmer
|
|
NORTON
|
William
|
Farmer
|
Drimpton
|
PERRY
|
John
|
Cooper
|
|
PINK
|
John Williams
|
Surgeon
|
Blackdown
|
PRATT
|
Francis
|
Farmer
|
|
PRATT
|
John
|
Farmer
|
|
PRATT
|
Robert
|
Farmer
|
|
PRIEST
|
Charles
|
Farmer
|
|
PURCHASE
|
Edward
|
Farmer
|
|
REED
|
Thomas
|
Beer Retailer
|
|
ROW
|
James
|
Shopkeeper
|
Drimpton
|
SAMPSON
|
Joseph
|
Farmer
|
|
SMITH
|
John
|
Farmer
|
Birdsmore Gate
|
SMITH
|
John Azariah
|
Farmer
|
Blackdown
|
STANTON
|
Wm.
|
|
Rose & Crown, Birdsmore Gate
|
STUCKEY
|
George
|
Carpenter
|
Blackdown
|
STUDLEY
|
Arthur
|
Farmer
|
Little Winsor
|
STUDLEY
|
John
|
Sail Cloth Manufacturer
|
|
STUDLEY
|
William
|
Farmer
|
|
STUDLEY
|
Wm.
|
Farmer
|
Little Winsor
|
SYMES
|
Joseph
|
Mason
|
|
SYMS
|
John
|
Blacksmith
|
Drimpton
|
THOMAS
|
William
|
Farmer
|
|
WAKLEY
|
David
|
Blacksmith
|
Drimpton
|
WAKLEY
|
John
|
Farmer
|
Dibberford
|
WHITMORE
|
William
|
Farmer
|
|
|
Letters
are received through the Beaminster Office
BROADWINSOR PAGE
OPC HOME PAGE