Bradford Abbas with Clifton Maybank 

Incumbent’s records of parish life and the Church (starts 1886)

Dorset Record Office microfilm R/1410/PE/BRA:IN 2/1-

Includes handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings, village newsletters and leaflets

December 1886

Christmas Day

Dec 27th

Dinner 6.30

Dinner 1.30pm

 

John BRAGG

- PITT

86

James BRAGG

- PITT

77

George CHAINEY sen

Wm. ?MAGG

80

George CHAINEY

- CHAINEY

69

Edward PARSONS

M.A.BARTLETT

75

Samuel RING

John BARTLETT

76

George GAY

Maria RIDOUT

77

Saml. COOMBES

Rhoda CHANT

75

Job GILL

Maria FLOOKS

66

John DODGE

Benj. WHITE

72

John SHERRING

Jas. CHAINEY

76

 

- CHAINEY

69

 

- BRAGG

70

 

Saml. COOMBES

76

 

- BISHOP

53

 

 

1097 years

 Invited but unable to attend            Lucy NAPPER 90            Chas. BRAGG

Wid. SMITH            ?Ann HUNT - HIGGINS            M. GARRETT

Christmas Gift – 3 yds flannel

Ann HUNT

Lucy NAPPER

Susan STEPHENS (left)

Maria FLOOKS

Mary GARRETT

Charles BRAGG

- SMITH

Ann BARTLETT

Maria RIDOUT

Rhoda CHANT

- PARSONS

- BISHOP

Wm. BRAGG

Sarah GRANGER omitted by mistake

 

Rules of the Guild of Ringers – S. Mary, Bradford Abbas 1886

  1. Members undertake: to remember that the Belfry is a part of God’s House, and to avoid all unseemly conduct therein.

  2. To set an example of sobriety and godly life

  3. To chime for Sunday and Festival services, and to ring on Queen’s accession and New Years Eve, and to attend the services when possible

  4. Practice night Tuesday 7 to 9 – admission to Belfry only by permission of the Captain who shall be selected by the Guild

  5. Payment for ordinary chiming will be received by subscription at Christmas – and divided according to attendance

  6. Should the Guild consist of more than six members, the Captain shall arrange for chiming by rotation

  7. Chiming shall commence twenty minutes before each service

  8. Fines for Practice – first 5m: 1d after 2d absence 3d. The Captain may remit fine on sufficient excuse

  9. Each member to pay 1d per week to the General Fund, every 6th practice night

  10. Admission to the Belfry at other times than above specified to be by permission of the Vicar only

  11. By ‘Members’ is meant ‘Ringers and Chimers’ who shall be members of The Church of England

Names listed: James BRAGG; John BRAGG; George CHAINEY; George GAY;

Tom COOMBES; Charles GARRETT

Name

age

?class

marks

prize

 

Francis GLOVER

8

III

99

Bible and medal

Frances HERRIDGE

10

I

98

Bible

 

Henrietta RING

8

III

98

Bible

 

Bessie GAY

11

I

97

Bible

 

Lily ANDREWS

6

III

97

Prayer book

Ellen CHAINEY

10

I

96

Bible

 

Ellen PARSONS

10

III

95

Prayer book

Rose BRAGG

13

I

94

Bible

 

Louisa PARSONS

-

I

92

Bible

 

Ada GILHAM

9

III

92

Prayer book

Georgina RING

12

I

91

Bible

 

Mary HIGGINS

10

II

91

Bible

 

Agnes WADMAN

9

II

90

Blue Ribbons

Rose CONWAY

7

III

90

Golden Flowers

Ellen COSH

9

II

89

Bible

 

Louisa GOODENOUGH

12

I

88

Bible

 

Martha CONWAY

8

II

88

Bible

 

Annie GILHAM

7

II

88

Soldiers of a Great King

Annie GARRETT

9

II

86

Bible

 

Victoria GARRETT

6

II

85

Prayer book

Jane COSH

13

I

82

Bible

 

Annie SMITH

-

II

82

Bible

 

Mary MONKTON

9

III

82

Prayer book

Kate GAY

6

III

82

-

 

Bessie FLOOKS

14

II

81

Prayer book

Eliza HIGGINS

12

II

80

Bible

 

Alice LODGE

-

I

78

Famous Girls

Lily CHAINEY

-

I

76

Bible

 

Rose GILHAM

9?

II

72

Bible

 

Alice GILHAM

-

I

71

Bible

 

Mercy EASTMENT

-

I

67

?Polly S--- Green Feather (3 wks sick)

Alice PARSONS

6

III

67

Prayer book   (8 and a half months)

Flora APPLEBY

-

I

57

Bible

 

Rose HANN

9

I

57

Goody ?Platts

  (9 and a half months)

Kate GILHAM

6

III

53

Children and Water Lily

Annie FRAMPTON

9

I

57

King Wenceslas  (9 and a half months)

Annie EASTMENT

11

II

57

Brave and True

(4 wks sick)

Bessie HIGGINS

-

III

42

What Santa Claus Gave Me

Sarah HERRIDGE

6

-

41

Little ?Sun---

      (5 and a half months)

Emily STANFIELD

7

-

-

Silverland

Laura CHAINEY

6

-

-

Three Little Doggies

Lottie LEEDING

5

-

-

The Magic Teapot

Charles GLOVER

11

-

1st

Feats on the Fiord

William GOODENOUGH

11

-

2nd

Bible

 

Herbert CHAINEY

-

-

1st

Up the Nile

William LUSH

-

-

-

The Log House

Edward WADMAN

-

-

1st

Brave Boys

John BRAGG

 

-

-

-

Bible

Robert

K/RING

-

-

-

Bible

Sidney RING

-

-

-

Bible

 

Arthur CHAINEY

13

-

-

Hal the Barge Boy

George HERRIDGE

-

-

-

Bible

 

William HERRIDGE

-

-

-

Two of Them

William KING

-

-

-

In the Region of the Icebergs

Sidney SMITH

-

-

2nd

Bible ?Quad---

Robert BRAGG

-

-

2nd

Bible

 

William ANDREWS

10

II

81

A Wider World

Charles SMITH

9

II

79

Bible

 

Alfred RING

9

II

74

Prayer book

William WADMAN

10

II

74

Prayer book

Henry WADMAN

12

II

72

Trees and Their Uses

Herbert JEANS

9

II

66

A Minor Chord

Gilbert SMITH

-

III

65

Prayer book

James FOSTER

-

II

53

Prayer book

Frank FOSTER

11

II

52

How Bill Sims Honoured His Father

Edward LUSH

10

II

50

-

 

Frank GARRETT

12

II

45

Big Bruce

Edward COOMBES

11

II

43

Andrew’s Trial

Henry LODGE

-

II

40

-

 

William AYLES

10

II

31

-

 

Alfred COOMBES

9

III

37

-

 

Thomas CHAINEY

-

-

28

Hymn book

(3 months)

James CHAINEY

9

-

24

-

(3 months)

Arthur CHAINEY

8

-

25

-

(3 months)

Robert MORTON

8

-

-

-

(1 and a half months)

John SMITH

9

-

33

-

 

 

£

s

d

1 Bible @ 2s

-

2

-

10 Bibles @ ¼

-

13

4

18 Bibles @ 1/-

-

18

-

5 Prayer books @ 10d

-

4

2

8 Prayer books @ 7 ½ d

-

5

-

6 Hymn books @ 4 ½ d

-

2

3

Tale books

1

11

3