Trade Directories
Transcribed by Dorinda Miles from photocopies of the directory
provided by the Dorchester Reference Library.
Alton Pancras is a small village, 8 miles north from Dorchester, 2 miles east from Cerne and 18 south-west from Blandford, in the division and Union of Cerne and diocese of Salisbury. The living is a vicarage, value £120, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Robert Shittler, B.D. The church is a small plain Gothic structure, in bad repair; is expected, on account of the numerous springs, to be pulled down, and rebuilt on a different site. Here is a small National School, Miss Louisa Lacy, mistress. Population, 300; acres, about 2,200.
MILLER Mr Michael
SHITTLER Rev Robert, B.D. [Rector]
BROWNE John, beer retailer
COOMBS William, mason
DUNNING Thomas, miler
HAWKINS Charles, yeoman
KENT John, yeoman
MASTERS William, carpenter
Letters received through Blandford
Alton Pancras is a parish and small village, 6 miles north from Dorchester, and 2 miles east from Cerne, in the division and Union of Cerne and diocese of Salisbury. The living is a vicarage, value £120, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Robert Shittler, B.D. The church, dedicated to St Pancras, is a small plain Gothic structure, in bad repair; is expected, on account of the numerous springs, to be pulled down and rebuilt on a different site. Here is a small National School, Mrs Elizabeth Sims, mistress. Population, in 1851, was 282; acres, about .2,200.HOLCOMB is half a mile north-west.
GENTRY
MILLER Michael Esq
SHITTLER Rev Robert, B.D. [Vicar]
COOMBS William, bricklayer
DRAPER William, dairyman
EDWARDS Thomas, miller
HAWKINS Charles, farmer
KENT John, farmer
MASTERS Alfred, shopkeeper & shoemaker
MASTERS William, carpenter
SIMS Elizabeth
(Mrs), schoolmistress
Letters received from Dorchester via Piddletown. The nearest money order office is at Cerne Abbas.
Alton Pancras is a parish and small village,8 miles north from Dorchester, and 2 east from Cerne, in the division and Union of Cerne, Dorchester county court district, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, and deanery of Whitchurch. The living is a vicarage, value £120, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Augustas B Handley, B.A. The church of St Pancras, is a small plain Gothic structure, in bad repair; is expected, on account of the numerous springs, to be pulled down and rebuilt on a different site. Here is a small National School, Mrs Elizabeth Sims, mistress. Population, in 1851, was 282; acres, about 2,200. HOLCOMB is half a mile north-west.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
HANDLEY Rev Augustus B, B.A. [Vicar]
MILLER Michael Esq
COMMERCIAL
COOMBS William, bricklayer
DRAPER William, dairyman
EDWARDS Thomas, miller
HAWKINS Charles, farmer
KENT John, farmer
MASTERS Alfred, shopkeeper & shoemaker
MASTERS William, carpenter
KINGSBURY Miss, schoolmistress (as printed)
Letters from: Dorchester, via Piddletown. The nearest money order office is at Cerne Abbas.