Parish of Maiden Newton

Postal and Commercial Directory's

Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire 1898

Curtis  Charles

Grantham  Misses

Hankey Rev. Montagu M. A. ( rector & canon & prebendary Salisbury Cathedral & rural dean of Bridport  no1.)

Hurden  Andrew

Pardy  Mrs.

Rendall  William

Warren  Mrs.

Commercial

Bishop  John, coal merchant

Bishop William,  farmer

Brown  John,  music & musical instrument dealer

Brown  Evan Harold,  stationer

Brunt  Mark Benj.  farmer  higher farm

Chalker  Henry,  farmer  &  lime  merchant

Chard  Mark,  beer  retailer

Chard  William,  cooper

Chilcott  Edward,  farmer

Collins  George,  boot & shoe maker

Cox  Chas.  plumber & tinplate worker

Crabb  James,  baker & pork butcher

Dorset ( Queen's  Own ) Yeomanry  Cavalry ( A Squadron, comprising A, B, D, field troops)               (Squadron-Sergeant-Magor Thomas Henry Gabbutt, drill instructor).

Fox  Lewis Charles,  beer  retailer

Freke  Thomas Templeman,  grocer

Gale  George, beer  retailer

Gale  William,  carpenter

Hodges  George,  beer retailer

Hurst  James,  grocer, Post office

Jessop  Robert  J, tailor

Kellaway  George,  farmer Cruxton

Kingman  Mark,  dairyman, Crockway

Lane  Thomas,  blacksmith

Liddon  James,  corn merchant

Long  William,  relieving, vaccination & school attendance officer, No 2 district, Dorchester Union

Meadway & Sons, butchers

Morris  John,  grocer & draper

Nantes  Chas. Geo.solr.; & at Bridport

Newton Hall  (  John Brown Proprietor )

Nobbs  Alfred  H,  boot & shoe maker

Nobbs  Frederick W,  Railway Commercial Inn & posting house

Read  Charles, White Horse Inn & railway refreshment rooms, & agent for Great Western Railway Co.

Rendall  William,  surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, Maiden Newton district, Dorchester Union, & medical officer of health, Western division, Dorchester rural council

Roberts  M, (Mrs) brass & iron founder, Tollerford iron works

Roberts  Mark,  carpenter

Samson  Giles John.  auctioneer

Scriven  William,  builder & building materials dealer & coffee rooms

Stickling  Joseph,  saddler & ironmonger

Swatridge  Alfred Wm.  miller (water)

Symes  Frederick James & Burridge Emma (Mrs)  dairymen

Taylor  Walter Wm. baker & grocer

Trump  Daniel,  Jeweller & fancy dealer

Tuffin  James,  grocer

Vaisey  James,  draper

William  Mary  (Mrs),  district nurse

Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited ( Williams & Co.'s agency) ; open Mon. 11 to 3 (John Brown agent); draw on  London & Westminster Bank Limited, London E C

Wyatt  James William,  farmer Notton

Wyatt  John James, farmer Cruxton

Parcel  Post & annuity  & Insurance office,- James Hurst, sub-postmaster. Letters are received by mail cart from Dorchester & delivered at 7 am & 1.30 pm ; dispatched at 5.15 am & 7.15 pm.

Dorset ( Queen's Own ) Yeomanry  Cavalry,  A squadron.

comprising A, B, D  Field Troops; Hon. Maj. J. K. D. Wingfield- Digby  M.P. commanding; A  Field Troop, Capt.E. G. Troyte Bullock; Regtl.-Sergt- Major, F. Wood; B Field Troop, Capt. T. A. Colfox; Surg.- Capt. W. Rendall; D Field Troop, Major J. K. D. Wingfield Digby  M.P.; Troop - Sergt. - Major, E. T. Pye

County Police Station,  George Butson, sergeant in charge

National School ( mixed )  built in 1841, for 100 children & enlarged in 1865 & 1870 for 200 children; average attendance 140;  John Brown,  master                                                

Railway Station, Edwin  C. Beard,  station  master.

1848                 1855                    1867                      1875                   1880               1898

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