1859 Post Office Directory
Transcribed by Deborah Mitchell
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
BARTER Mr. Joseph
BISHOP Mrs
BOUCHER Richard Jas. Esq. Brook Lodge
CHAMBERS Mrs
CHAPMAN Mr. Thomas
CLIFT Mr. William
CODD Rev. Alfred, B.A. [incumbent]
COX George, esq
COX Mrs. Elizabeth
COX Samuel, esq. J.P. [deputy lieutenant of the county]
CURTIS Mrs
DANIEL Mrs
DOWDESWELL Mr. John Palmer
EVELEIGH Mrs
EVERETT Mrs
FOX Charles, esq
FOX Edward, esq
FRAMPTON Mrs
FURMEDGE John, esq. Manor farm, Langdon
GARDINER Mr. William
GILBERT Joachim, esq
GOULDSWORTHY Mr. John
GUNDRY Miss Fanny
GUY Mrs. Susannah
HALLETT Mrs
HAMILTON Mrs
HANN Mrs
KEDDLE Samuel S. esq. M.D. the Elms
KEDDLE Shering, esq. Hatchlands
LANE Mrs
MARSH Mr. Joseph
OGLANDER Sir Henry, bart. Parnham ho
PEACH Mrs. Elizabeth
RAWLINS Mr. James
SERRES Rev. Wyndham Scott [curate]
SWAFFIELD Mr. George
SYMES Mr. Robert
SYMONDS John, esq
WOODBURY Mrs. Mary
COMMERCIAL
AKERMAN Daniel, farmer, Northfield
ALLEN Edwin, hairdresser
ALLEN William, shoemaker
ANDRESS William, cooper & butter agent
APPLIN Thomas Henry, tailor
BAGG Thos., painter & glazier & beer retlr
BARRATT John, butcher & cattle dealer
BARTLETT James, fellmonger, beer retailer & marine store dealer
BEAMENT William, carpenter
BOON James, carpenter
BOWDITCH Oliver James, currier & leather cutter
BOWDITCH John, farmer, Shatcombe
BOWDITCH Thomas, cabinet maker & beer retailer
BRAGG John, carpenter
BRINSON Benjamin, manufacturer of plain & ornamental tile & ridge crease, chimney pots, seakale, rhubarb & flower pots, glazed socket pipe, double & single junctions, heads & elbows, watercloset traps, pans & syphons, brewer & beer retailer
BRINSON John, hatter & dyer
BROOKS William, tailor
BROSTER Richard William, surgeon
BUGLER Abel, artist
BUGLER John, butcher
BUGLER Richard, boot & shoe maker
BUGLER Robert, shopkeeper, wheelwright & machine maker
CANTERBURY Charles, tinman & brazier
CHAMBERS William & Robert, masons
CHARD David, wheelwright & farmer
CHICK John, builder
CLARE Chas., hairdresser & general dealer
CLARE Thomas, fellmonger
COOMBS Charles, draper & flax spinner
COOMBS Charles, millwright & timber merchant
COOMBS Edwin, printer, bookseller, stationer & stamp distributor
COOMBS John, butcher
COOMBS Thomas, farmer
COX Elizabeth (Mrs.), schoolmistress
COX George, clerk to the board of guardians
COX Henry, schoolmaster
COX John, baker
COX John, farmer
COX Peter, solicitor
COX William, tailor
CRABB John, carrier to Bridport
DABINETT Mary (Mrs.), grocer & beer retlr
DANIEL William James, surgeon
Dorchester & Dorsetshire Branch Bank (Robert KNIGHT, manager)
DOWNE Joseph Hine, tailor
DUNN Jonathan, limeburner, Cherry cot.
DUNN Richard, currier
EDWARDS Charles, baker & confectioner
ELLIOTT Walter, grocer, corn, seed & provision merchant
ELLIOTT William, farmer, Buckham
FLOOD John, manager of gasworks
FOSS John, White Hart commercial hotel & posting house, & inland revenue office
FOX Baruch, solicitor & clerk to magistrates
FRAMPTON Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper
FRAMPTON Giles, farmer, butcher & cattle dealer, Whitcombe
FROOME William, butcher
GALE Daniel, mason & sexton
GALE Henry, currier
GALE John, mason
GALPIN Harriott (Mrs.) & Henry, bakers & confectioners
GALPIN Henry, grocer & baker
GALPIN Permenas, ironmonger
GALPIN Samuel, beer retailer
GENGE William (Mrs.), farmer
GIBBS Thomas, shoemaker
GILL George, grocer, china & glass dealer & beer retailer
GUBBINS John, upholsterer &cabinet ma[ker]
GUY James, butcher
GUY Thomas, farmer, Storridge
HALLETT John, shopkeeper & beer retailer
HALLETT Rd. Drake, stationer & watchma[ker]
HALLETT William, depot of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge
HANN David, builder, cabinet maker & paper & bellhanger
HANN Louisa Maria (Miss), milliner & dressmaker
HELLIER Charles, farmer
HINE Rd. & Son, chemists & grocers
HINE Philip, wine merchant
HOARE Richard, wheelwright, Meerhay
HOLLOWAY Mary Ann (Mrs.), beer retlr
HOLT George, shoemaker & beer retailer
HOOPER Edwin, beer retailer
HULL Thomas, blacksmith
HUNT James, brass & iron founder
KEDDLE Shering, solicitor, & commissioner for taking affidavits in the three courts of law
KEECH David, marble & stone mason, & gravestone cutter
KIDDLE Elizh. (Mrs.), milliner & postmistrs
KNIGHT Thomas, tailor
LAKE Charles, baker
LAKE Edward, yeoman, Knowle farm
LARCOMBE Samuel, tailor
LATY Edward, watch & clock maker
LAW William Thomas, New inn
LAWRENCE Henry, yeoman
LEGG Charles, baker
LEGG Edward, farmer, Combe down
LIDDEN Henry, shopkeeper
LONG William, baker
MARSH John, hairdresser & greengrocer
MARSH John, yeoman, Chantry
MARSH Jsph. Upholsterer & paperhanger
MEECH Henry, shoemaker & dyer
MEECH Sarah (Mrs.), grocer & beer retailer
MILLER Samuel, assistant overseer & waywarden
MILVERTON Wilhelmina (Miss), shopkpr
MOORE Henry, boot & shoe maker
NEWMAN Thomas, brazier, plumber &c
NEWMAN Charles, farmer, Willow wood
NORTHAM John, boot & shoe maker
NOSSITER Francis, shoemaker
OLIVER Daniel, tinplate worker & gen. dlr
OLIVER Thomas, Greyhound, & carpenter & shopkeeper
OLIVER William, tailor
PARK Thomas, timber merchant
PAUL Henry, farmer
PAUL Samuel, boot & shoe maker
PAYNE Keturah (Mrs.), marble mason
PEARCE Joseph, beer retailer
PINE Thomas, tea, provision & corn dlr
PODGER Charles, miller, Buckham mill
PURCHASE William, Swan inn
RAPSEY Jesse, shopkeeper
RENDELL George, Crown
RENDLE Daniel, plumber & glazier
RENDLE James, smith & farrier
ROSE Thomas, tailor
RUSSELL Thomas, solicitor, & clerk to commissioners of taxes
SHERRING Ann (Miss), dressmaker
SHERRING Henry James, painter & glazr
SHERRING William, auctioneer, appraiser & printer
SHINER James, wheelwright
SHORT William, farmer
SIMS Eli, farmer, Buckham
SLADE Edwin, hatter, & registrar of births & deaths
SQUIRE George, Red Lion commercial hotel & posting house
STEMBRIDGE Jeremiah, saddler & harness maker
STEMBRIDGE Sophia (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker & milliner
STEPHENS John Cox, tailor
STEVENS Charles, shopkeeper & beer retlr
STICKLAND Wm. & Jas. farmers, Axnoller
STOODLEY George John, shoemaker
SWAFFIELD George, basket maker
SWAFFIELD John, farmer, Chantry
SWATRIDGE Richard, grocer, baker, corn dealer, maltster & miller
SYMES Misses, seminary
TOLEMAN Anthony & Edward, ironmongers, plumbers & painters
TRASK William, farmer, Marsh
TUCKER George, carrier
TUCKER William Fooks, butcher
VIRGENT Henry, draper
WAKLEY Henry, farmer, Burgroves
WAKLEY John, farmer, Lower Meerhay
WARR Mary Ann (Miss), young ladies' schl
WARR Richard, auctioneer, appraiser, surveyor, undertaker, & agent to the County fire & Provident life & Norfolk Farmers' Cattle insurance society's offices, & agent to Dorchester & County of Dorset building society
WATTS William, blacksmith, Beaminster bottom
WEAVER Henry, blacksmith
WEBB John Staines, surgeon
WHITTY George, farmer, Higher Meerhay
WHITTY William, farmer, Chapel marsh
WILLIAMS John Cox, draper
WILLIAMS Robert & Herbert, bankers (Dorchester & Dorsetshire branch bank)
WINTER John, boot & shoe maker
WISE Edward, inland revenue officer
WOODBURY Robert, shopkeeper
WOOLMINGTON Hy. farmer, Axnoller farm
WORAM John Sweetland, saddler & harness maker
POST OFFICE:-
Mrs. Elizabeth KIDDLE, postmistress. Mail arrives from Bridport at 7.30, delivery at 8 a.m. Box closes at 4.30 p.m. for Taunton, & 5.45 p.m. for London. Money orders are granted & paid at this office.
BANKERS:-
R. & H. WILLIAMS (branch bank), (Robert KNIGHT, manager); draw on Williams, Deacon & Co. London
Savings Bank, Richard HINE, manager
INSURANCE AGENTS:-
Anchor, William SHERRING, Church street
Atlas Fire, Walter ELLIOTT
Clerical Life & Accidental Death, Robert KNIGHT
County Fire & Provident Life, Richard WARR
Life Association of Scotland, C. LEGG
Liverpool & London Fire & Life, Permenas GALPIN, & William SHERRING
Medical, Invalid & General, Samuel SPINK
Minerva Life, Frederick GOOD
Norfolk Farmers' Cattle, Richard WARR
Professional Life, Edwin COOMBS
Royal Exchange Fire & Life, Richard HINE
Royal Fire & Life, David HANN
Travellers & Marine Accidental Death, Robert KNIGHT
Unity Fire & Life, John CHICK
West of England Fire & Life, George COX
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:-
Stamp Office, Edwin COOMBS, stamp distributor
Union Workhouse, John WILLIAMS, master; Mrs. Ann WILLIAMS, matron; Rev. Charles J. Pratt FORSTER, B.A. Chaplain
Gasworks, John FLOOD
Police Station, Patrick William MacHALE, superintendent
Reading Room,
PUBLIC OFFICERS:-
Clerk to Guardians, George COX
Clerk to Magistrates, B. FOX
Registrar of Births & Deaths, Edwin SLADE, Church st
Supervisor of Inland Revenue, William LUKE; Edward WISE, officer
PLACES OF WORSHIP:-
Established Church, Rev. Alfred CODD, B.A. Incumbent; Rev. W. S. SERRES, curate
Independent Chapel, Rev. A. BISHOP, minister
Wesleyan Chapel, ministers various
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:-
National (girls), Miss Ellen VINEY, mistress; Miss J.E. HANN, pupil teacher
Tucker's Charity, Henry OXER, master
POSTING HOUSES:-
White Hart, John FOSS
Red Lion, George SQUIRE
CARRIERS TO:-
BRIDPORT – Job CRABB, daily, sundays excepted, returning every day
YEOVIL – George TUCKER, tuesday & friday, & returns same day