HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT BY WILLIAM WHITE, 1859

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1 HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT BY WILLIAM WHITE, 1859 RINGWOOD UNION P.P RINGWOOD UNION occupies the central parts of Ringwood Division, in the vale of the river Avon, on the western side of the New Forest, and adjoining Dorsetshire. It comprises the five parishes of Ringwood, Ellingham, Harbridge, Ibsley, and Burley-Ville, which contain about 17,000 acres of land and 5500 inhabitants. Its Superintendent Registrar's District comprises also about 16,000 acres and 210 souls, in the extraparochial parts of the NEW FOREST; viz., in Holmesley Walk, Broomy Walk, and Burley Walk. Ringwood, Harbridge, Burley-Ville-with-Bisterne Closes, and Burley and Holmesley Walks are in Ringwood Hundred; and Ellingham, Ibsley and Broomy Walks are in Fordingbridge Hundred; but all are in RINGWOOD POLLING AND PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION OF SOUTH HANTS, which comprises also Breamore and Westover Liberties, Christchurch Borough and Hundred, and all Fordingbridge Union; extending eighteen miles southward from the borders of Wiltshire to Poole and Christchurch Bays; bounded on the west by Dorsetshire, and stretching eastward into the western parts of the New Forest. (See pages 49 and 50.) The river Avon, from Wiltshire, traverses its whole length from north to south, through a fertile vale, where its meandering waters are in some places divided into several channels among the green meadows, through which it receives several tributary rivulets from the Forest and from Dorsetshire. (See page 46.) The railway from Southampton to Weymouth crosses this division from east to west, and has stations at Ringwood and Christchurch Road. RINGWOOD DIVISION has about 20,000 inhabitants and 90,000 acres of land, and its rateable annual value, as assessed to the County Rates, is 76,076. It has Petty Sessions and Police Stations at Ringwood, Fordingbridge, and Christchurch, and has a superintendent and sixteen policemen. RINGWOOD UNION is in Fordingbridge County Court District. Its annual expenditure during the last eight years has averaged about 3,400. Its WORKHOUSE is at Ashley, in Ringwood parish, and was built for that parish in It has room for about 100 paupers. The guardians meet every Monday, from October to April, and on alternate Mondays during the rest of the year. Five of them are elected yearly for Ringwood parish, and one for each of the other four parishes of Ibsley, Ellingham, Harbridge, and Burley-Ville. W. C. D. Esdaile, Esq., is the chairman; and Mr. Henry St. John Neale is the Union Clerk and Superintendent Registrar. Mr. Wm. Buckland and Mrs. Jane McDaniel are master and matron of the Workhouse, and Harriet Pilbrow, shoolmistress. Saml. Sumner Dyer, Esq., and Dr. F. J. W. Packman are the union surgeons. Mr. George Holloway is the relieving officer; and Mr. Stephen Ayles is the registrar of births, deaths and marriages. RINGWOOD POLLING DISTRICT for South Hants, comprises all the parishes, &c., in Ringwood, Christchurch, and Fordingbridge Unions, and has about 620 voters.

2 RINGWOOD PARISH. RINGWOOD, though a small ancient market town, with only about 3000 inhabitants, has a lively and somewhat metropolitan air about it, owing to its being a great thoroughfare, and the capital of a large Parish Union, Polling District, Hundred, and Police Division, as notice above. It is pleasantly situated about 20 miles W.S.W of Southampton, 28 miles S.W. of Winchester, 18 miles S. of Salisbury, 6 miles S. of Fordingbridge, and 92 miles W.S.W. of London; on the western side of the New Forest, and on the eastern side of the river Avon, which spreads out both above and below the town into several channels and broad sheets of water, among the low meadows, where there are many small islands, and the turnpike passes westward over a succession of small bridges and culverts. Here is a Railway Station, on the London and South Western line, between Southampton and Dorchester. The town is on a gentle acclivity, near the river, and consists chiefly of High street, Christchurch street, New street, and Up street, which form almost one continuous thoroughfare, nearly a mile in length. Though it has been much improved during the present century, it still retains some of its old thatched houses and cottages. Ringwood Parish increased its population from 3222 in 1801 to 3928 in 1851; and extends over no less than 10,895A. 2R. 28P. of land, divided into the five tithings of Ringwood Town, Burley, North Ashley, Kingston, and Bisterne-and-Crow, except about 546 acres, which are in Burley Walk, and 25 acres in Holmesley Walk, within the New Forest. This large parish extends about four miles south, two miles west, and six miles east of the town; and includes several small villages and many scattered houses. Ashley tithing is on the west side of the Avon, but the rest of the parish is on the eastern side of the vale; extending in bold undulations to the richly wooded moorlands of the New Forest. In the time of Edward the Confessor and at Domesday Survey, Ringuede was held in demesne by the King, and had a wood for 189 hogs, from which it is supposed to have derived its name, said to be a corruption of Regnum Wood or King's-wood. Camden has erroneously placed here the Roman station Regnum, which other antiquaries, with greater probability, have fixed at Chichester. Several writers say that the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth was taken in a field near Ringwood, but it has been clearly ascertained that the place of his seizure was Woodlands, in Dorsetshire. John Morant, Esq., is lord of the manor of Ringwood, for which courts leet and baron are held. Among the other Manors in the parish and their lords are Leybrook, the Earl of Malmesbury; Ringwood Rectory, the Provost and Scholars of King's College, Cambridge; Bisterne-and-Crow, John Mills, Esq., North Ashley, the Earl of Normanton; and Burley, W. C. D. Esdaile, Esq. Many smaller freeholders have estates in the parish, and some of them pleasant seats. Ringwood has long been celebrated for the manufacture of a peculiar kind of Knit Woollen and Cotton Gloves, and Worsted Stockings. In knitting these useful articles, Mr. Chas. Cox employs about 500 women and children. Here is also a leather glove manufactory. The town has long been noted for strong ale; and has now two breweries, a tannery, two saw mills, a corn mill, several good inns, and many well stocked shops. A market for corn, lean stock, &c., is held every Wednesday; and on every alternate Wednesday here is now a large Fat Cattle Market. The latter was established in March, 1858, as a mart for the numerous graziers in the fertile vales of the Avon and the Stour, where the rearing and feeding of stock has been greatly extended and improved during the last twenty years, though there was previously no fat stock

3 RINGWOOD PARISH. market nearer than Salisbury. This new fortnightly stock market is rapidly rising in importance, being much resorted to by butchers and dealers from Portsmouth, Southampton, and other populous places, with which there is a direct railway communication. The weekly market is also so much improved that the erection of a Corn Exchange is in contemplation. Mr. Richard Brown is inspector of corn returns. Two annual fairs for cattle, &c., are held here on July 10th and December 11th. Salmon, trout, tench, eels, and other fish are plentiful in the river Avon and some of its tributary streams. The Market House is a small unsightly building, erected by the lord of the manor, about the year PETTY SESSIONS are held at the Crown Hotel, on the first Wednesday of every month, and Mr. Robert Davy is clerk to the magistrates. The GAS WORKS were constructed in 1851, at the cost of about 2000, raised in 10 shares. A Literary and Scientific Institution, established here in 1854, has a small library, and occasional lectures. RINGWOOD PARISH CHURCH (St. Peter & St. Paul,) was a very ancient cruciform structure, but it was so much decayed and disfigured by patchwork repairs, that it was gradually taken down in 1852, -'3, and '4, and rebuilt at the cost of about 6600, exclusive of the chancel, which was restored by the patrons at the cost of about Towards rebuilding the nave and tower, about 2400 was raised by subscription and grants; and 4250 was borrowed, to be repayed in twenty yearly instalments. The church is now a spacious and handsome structure, with nearly 1600 sittings, of which 766 are free. It has a large nave, chancel, and transept, with a massive tower rising in the centre to the height of about 100 feet, and containing eight bells. The chancel is 52 feet by 22, with a lofty triplet at the east end, and eight continuous lights on the north and south sides, with Purbeck marble shafts supporting the internal arch-mouldings. An ancient piscina, with a deep trefoiled arch and double basin, is inserted in the south wall. A mutilated brass, on the floor, represents a priest, in a richly ornamented cope. The west window is enriched with stained glass in memory of the two wives of Chas. Castleman, Esq. On the walls are neat monuments belonging to the Bright, Compton, Willis, and other families. The spacious nave is handsomely fitted up with open seats, and has a good organ. The benefice is a VICARAGE, valued at K.B. at 75. 5s. 5d., and now at 960, with the curacies of Bisterne and Harbridge annexed to it, in the patronage of the Provost and Scholars of King's College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Charles Henry Maturin, M.A., who has a good Vicarage House, erected in The tithes were commuted in 1844, for 926 to the vicar and s. to the Provost and Scholars of King's College, who have also a rectorial manor here. The south end of Ringwood parish forms Bisterne chapelry, and a small part of its eastern side is in the church district of Burley-ville, as afterwards noticed. In the town are two INDEPENDENT CHAPELS. The old one, built in 1762, is under the ministry of the Rev. George Harris, and the new one (Ebenezer,) built in 1852, is in the pastoral care of the Rev. John Oswald Jackson. There is a small WESLEYAN CHAPEL in Christchurch street; a BAPTIST CHAPEL at Poulner; and an UNITARIAN CHAPEL in Chapel Lane. The latter was built in 1727, and the Rev. John Porter is its minister. In 1774, Christopher Lake left 150 to be invested in the funds, towards the support of the Unitarian Chapel, to which Wm Clark, Esq., the founder of the Almshouses, in 1841, left 2600 three per cent. consols, to be applied as follows; the dividends of 1500 towards the support of the minister; of

4 RINGWOOD PARISH. 400 for the organist; of 400 for schooling the poor children; of 200 for distributions of bread among the poor of the congregation; and the dividends of the remaining 100 to be applied in providing books. An old Friends' Meeting House in the parish is now rented by the Wesleyans. THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS, with a house for the teachers, were built in 1848 at the cost of about 1300, on land given by Chas. Castleman, Esq. They are attended by about 150 boys, 120 girls and 130 infants. The old Free School, in the churchyard, has been pulled down, and its endowment is now applied in aid of the National Schools. This endowment comprises a yearly rent-charge of 13. 6s. 8d. out of Westover estate, left by Richd. Lyne in 1586, together with 30s. a year out of a house in West street; a yearly rent-charge of 5 out of a farm at Lower Kingston, purchased with 100 left by John Pitt in 1712; and the dividends of s. 2d. three per cent. consols, purchased with 356 left by John Atrill in The ALMSHOUSES, in Quomp field, were founded by the late Wm. Clark, Esq., an eminent brewer, who gave the site and gardens (1A. 1R.) in 1833, and at his death in 1842 left 2100 for the erection of the almshouses; 200 to provide for their repairs; and 2500 to be invested for the support of the inmates. The almshouses were built in 1843, and form a handsome range of six comfortable tenements, now occupied by 12 poor people, men and women. The inmates are to be "decayed tradesmen or other poor old persons of Ringwood parish, that have been in better circumstances, and have been reduced through illness or other unavoidable causes." No paupers are to be admitted. The trustees are Messrs. Richd. Garrett, Robt. Davy, G. B. Conway, C. Sharp, G. H. Benson, J. B. Kingsbury, Wm. Coles, Isaac Veal, Alex. Carter, Saml. Dyer, Wm. Wheaton, and Fredk. Veal. The founder left other legacies for various charitable uses; among which were 500 to the Ringwood Friendly Society; 100 to the "Picket Post Club;" 1000 for apprenticing poor children; and 800 to provide for the yearly distribution of coats, cloaks, and blankets among the poor parishioners. THOS. LYNE in 1621 charged Bradford Farm with several yearly rent-charges; one of which is 3 for the poor of Ringwood, and another is 6 towards the support of a scholar at Oxford or Cambridge from the free schools at Ringwood, Wimborne-Minster, or Sherborne. The poor of Ringwood have 9. 5s. yearly, and the Vicar 10s. from Brown's Charity. (See page 396.) Every fourth year, the poor of Ringwood have 5 from Dodington's Charity. (See Breamore.) They have also the following annual rent-charges, viz., 5s. out of Up-Mead, left by John Thaine; 20s. out of Bradford farm, left by Chpr. Garrett in 1621; 6, left by John Lyne, out of Waterman's Estate, for monthly distributions of bread at the church; and 20s. out of a house in Butcher row, Salisbury, purchased with 20, left by Jane Burch in Waterman's Estate is also charged by the same donor with 6 per annum for monthly sermons. In 1722, Richard Lyne left 25s. a year out of Burley manor for the poor of High-Town and Poulner, on New Year's day. Mrs. Mary Baldwin left the dividends of 50 three per cent. consols, to be distributed in sixpences among poor widows of the parish on St. Thomas's day, by the Vicar. The Unity Lodge of Freemasons, No. 154, meets monthly at the White Hart Hotel. There is a Lodge of Foresters at the New Inn; and among the other provident institutions of the parish are several Friendly Societies, and the Ringwood and South Hants Building and Investment Society. Mr. William Wheaton is the clerk of the latter. TITHINGS, &c., IN RINGWOOD PARISH. North Ashley tithing, on the west side of the Avon, extends from 1 to 2 miles W. and N.W. of the town, and comprises 1970A. 1R. 38P. of fertile land, mostly

5 RINGWOOD PARISH. belonging to the Earl of Normanton. KINGSTON tithing includes the small villages of Upper and Lower Kingston and Moortown, about 2 miles S. and S.S.E. of Ringwood; and has an Independent Chapel and School, built in 1842, on land given by John Morant, Esq., the late lord of the manor. POULNER is a scattered suburb on the east side of Ringwood, where there is a Baptist Chapel. BISTERNE-AND-CROW TITHING extends from one to three miles S. by E. of Ringwood, and includes the small villages of Crow and Sandford ; several scattered houses; and Bisterne Park, the seat of John Mills, Esq., the lord of the manor. Near the Park is BISTERNE CHURCH (St. Paul), which was built as a chapel of ease in 1843, at the cost of 2400, mostly subscribed by John Mills, Esq., who also gave land for the site and burial ground; and erected the school in 1840, at the cost of 350. The curacy is annexed to Ringwood vicarage, and the Rev. H. M. Wilkinson, B.A., is the officiating curate. This chapelry district has about 350 inhabitants. Mrs. Mills supports the school, and partly clothes the girls. There is a Wesleyan Chapel at Crow, built in BURLEY Tithing, on the east side of Ringwood parish, extends into the New Forest, where it includes 570 acres of Burley Walk and 23 acres in Holmesley Walk. Most of these extensive and thicklywooded forest walks are extra parochial. The former contains 7740 acres, and the latter 3280 acres. Burley Walk has thirteen, and Holmesley Walk thirty-one inhabitants. Adjoining them is BROOMY WALK, which has 166 inhabitants and 6880 acres, all extra parochial, except 430 acres in Ellingham parish. This Walk includes Linford, Shobley, Picket Post, Holly Hatch, &c. BROOMY LODGE, on an eminence in the heart of the forest, seven miles from Lyndhurst and six from Fordingbridge, is the seat of Jacob Birt, Esq. The other principal inhabitants in Broomy Walk are, Thomas Adams, farmer, Linford; Wm. Phillips, farmer, Foulford; James Tanner, swine, &c. dealer; and Henry Hayter, Richard Mitchell, John Pitt, and James Warland, farmers, in Shobley. Mr. D. Backhouse is master of Christchurch Road Station, which is in Burley Walk, six miles E. by S. of Ringwood. BURLEY-VILLE, or BURLEY-WITH-THE-VILL OF BISTERNE CLOSES, about 5 miles E. by S. of Ringwood, and 2 miles N.W. of Christchurch Road Station, was made a parochial township at the enclosure of Burley Walk during the last century. It is within the south-western bounds of the New Forest, and contains 535A. 3R. 34P. of land. It increased its population from 241 in 1801 to 535 in The lord of the manor is Wm. C. D. Esdaile, Esq., of BURLEY PARK, which has a large and handsome mansion in the Early English style, commanding delightful views of rich forest scenery. BURLEY COTTAGE is the retired woodland seat of Mrs. H. A. Roberts, the poetess. Lawrence Hill, John Baldwin, and Sampson Edwards, Esqrs., have estates here, as also have several smaller freeholders. BURLEY CHURCH (St. John) was built by subscription and grants, in 1839, at the cost of about It is a small brick edifice, with a cupola and bell, and has 290 sittings, of which 284 are free. BURLEY CHURCH DISTRICT, formed in 1840, under the 1st & 2nd of Wm. IV., had 823 inhabitants in 1851, of whom 533 were in Burley-ville and Bisterne Closes, 113 in the extra-parochial parts of Burley

6 RINGWOOD PARISH. Walk, in the New Forest; and 77 in the Burley tithing, in Ringwood parish. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued at 92, in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester, and incumbency of the Rev. John Kershaw Craig, who has a picturesque residence, on a commanding eminence. Here is an Independent Chapel, built in 1842, at the cost of about 400. The Rev. Henry Jenkins is the minister. The PAROCHIAL SCHOOL was built in 1841, at the cost of 140, and enlarged in 1855, at the cost of about 500. The master has a good residence and two acres of land. For teaching eight poor free scholars he has 3 a year, left in 1829 by Thomas Eyre; who also left 21 a year towards the support of the "minister of Burley meeting-house", and 3 a year for distribution in shoes, petticoats, and blankets, among twelve poor women or girls. These annuities are derived from three per cent. consols. The poor of Burley have 10 a year out of land left by Wm. Etheridge, in 1716, and those of Bisterne Closes have 2 a year out of Waterman's estate, left by John Lyne. In the following DIRECTORY OF BURLEY AND THE VILLAGE OF BISTERNE CLOSES, those not otherwise stated are mostly in the latter. The POST OFFICE is at J. W. Head's, in Burley. Letters via Ringwood. TRAINS from Christchurch Road Station. Barrow Charles, carpenter Bradford Thos. blacksmith Broomfield Mr James, Burley Beacon Browning Geo. blacksmith Craig Rev John Kershaw, incumbent of Burley Dear Saml. wheelwright &c Edwards Sampson, Esq., R.N. Durmast Hill Esdaile Wm. Clement Drake, Esq. Burley Park Fuggett Henry, shoemaker Head Jph. Wm. baker and grocer, Post Office Ingram Thomas, shoemaker Jenkins Rev Hy. (Indept.) Keffen Wm. shoemaker Marchant Geo. wheelwright O'Donnell Hy. schoolmaster Phelps Mrs Sar. Picket Post Pope John, cattle dealer and shopkeeper Roberts Mrs H. A. Burley Cottage Robins Mrs. Shabden hill Sims Henry, castrator Shelley Geo. shopr. Burley Taylor Wm. blacksmith and beerhouse, Burley Toomer Arthur, forest keeper Vincent Robert, vict. Queen's Head Woodford Henry, vict. Picket Post FARMERS. Auld Robt. Burley Rails Bond Robert, Stocks farm Broomfield Wm. Varley Candy Thos. Burley Lawn Colborn Ephm. Davis Geo. Forder Walter Gringoe C. Fuggett Wm. Smith John Hayward Geo. King Wm. Hutchins James, Varley Marchant Jno. Rooke Jas. Pike Charles, Burley street Scammell Wm. Sims Geo. Tucker John Shelley Geo. Young Hy. Young Geo.

7 RINGWOOD PARISH DIRECTORY Those marked 2 are in Bisterne-and-Crow Tithing; 3, North Ashley; 4, in Kingston; 5, in Poulner; and the others in the Town, or where stated. The POST-OFFICE is at Miss Sarah Benson's, High street. Letters are despatched by rails, at 9½ morning; 2 afternoon; and 10 night. Money Orders are granted and paid. The Letter Carriers are Alfred Colborn, for the town; John Wood to Poulner, &c.; and John Broomfield to Burley, &c. Adams Mrs Sarah Arnold Jno. railway clerk Barrow Stephen, butter, pig & poultry dealer, Sandford Benson Sar. straw hat maker and Postmistress Beavan Mr James, Poulner Brown Francis, broker & horse letter Brown Mr Wm.; & Richard, inspr of corn returns 3 Buckland Wm. master of Workhouse Bursey Chas. clothes dealer Castleman Chas., Esq. St. Ives House Chapman Edw. rev. officer Chapple Wm. bank manager, High str 5 Colson Hy. civil engineer Conway Giles Brown & Co. tanners Conway Mr Thomas Brown Coventry John, Esq., Moortown House Cranston Mr John 5 Cripps Miss Mgt. Baird Critchell Mr John Cull Geo. gent., Poulner Cull Moses, law clerk Darley Henry, chair maker 5 Duell Miss Sarah Ann Dyer Saml. Sumner, surgeon Dyer Mrs Emma Dyett Richd. gent. Ivy Cotg. Edwards Capt. Rd., R.N. Etheridge John, carver and gilder, and Mrs Harriet Goulding Wm. law clerk Gray Mrs Hannah, Poulner Gubbins Wm. clerk Hamper Misses, High street Harris Rev. Geo. (Indept.) Harvey John, station master Hayward Mr John, Spring gds Hoare Mr Thomas Holloway Geo. relieving officer, Elm Cottage 3 Hurdle Thomas, fisherman Ings Pp. manure mfr., hoop & stave merct. &c. Moortown Jackson Rev Jno. O. (Indept.) Kingsbury John Biles & Son, (Walter Jas.) grocers, chandlers, and provision merchts Legg Joseph, manure agent 3 McDaniel Jane, matron of Workhouse Maturin Rev Chas. Henry, M.A., vicar, Vicarage Messer Mr Thomas, Poulner Metcalfe Mrs Ann, Mansfield House Mills John, Esq., Bisterne Pk. Morant Lady Caroline A. Morant Hay R., Esq. Ness Rev. Edw. Hawke, B.A. Newman Mrs Mary 3 Newman Chas., George, and Wm., broom makers Oake Henry, Esq. Packman Frank J. W., M.D., surgeon Partridge Mr Thomas Pearce Joseph, brazier, &c. 5 Pollard Miss Sophia Porter Rev John, (Unitarian) Ridout John Early, woolstplr Roo John, town crier and lessee of market Seymour Edw. brick & drain pipe manufr. Crow Shorey Mr Geo. Pitman Skeats Ann, chimneysweeper Standfield Mrs Susan Stannard Harrison, superintendent of police Sutherland Robt., at Gas Wks Swinburne Colonel John, Windsor Cottage Ward Horatio, parish clerk

8 2 Wilkinson Rev Hy. Marlow. B.A. curate of Bisterne Winter John, dyer ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS. (* take Boarders.) Brown Marianne Dunkerton Martha *Harris Misses *Hoare Geo., Market place 2 Holmes Harriet Wilcox A. 4 Keeping Jane Ann National, Arthur and Diana Clark, & Angela Brinkman Workhouse, Harriet Pilbrow ATTORNEYS. Davy Robt. (coroner, clerk to magistrates, &c.) Johns Henry Tremenheere, (regr. of Co. Court, &c.) Neale Henry St John, (Union Clerk, &c,) BANKERS. Ledgard G. W. and Sons, and Poole; Wm. Chapple, manager FARMERS. Ayles, George, Hightown 2 Ayles Harry, (road surveyor,) Moortown 4 Ayles Wm., Brickhouse 4 Barrow Stephen, Sandford 4 Biles John, Brixey's farm Blake Henry, Poulner Bond Robt. Varley farm RINGWOOD DIRECTORY. Brown Edw. Hurn Cosser George, Hurst Cottman William 4 Dean Stn. Downton Jph. 2 Downton Geo. and 4 Robt. Dugdale Robt., Westover 5 Etheridge Thomas 4 Feltham John 4 Frampton John 3 Golden Wm. 3 Hatchard George 2 Holloway Harry, (&survr.) 4 Ingram George 4 Lawford Maurice 5 Middleton Jas., Hall's fm. 2 Pease Thos. Lwr. Bisterne 5 Shutler Vincent 5 Small Jas. Roberts Stn. Street Charles, Bagnor farm 5 Street Stephen, sen. 5 Street Stephen, Jas., & Hy. 5 Tanner John 2 Targett Thomas 5 Thompson James Titford Geo., Ashley Travers John 4 Trill Jno. Tuck Chas. Vincent John, Holly Grove Warne Peter Isaac James, Neaves Ash 4 Warne Stephen and 2 Hy. 5 White Chas. and Henry 4 Wiseman Geo. Hatch 4 Wiseman Joseph 4 Wiseman Wm. 3 Witt Jas. FIRE & LIFE OFFICES. Beacon, G. Etheridge Church of England and Law Union, Hy. T. Johns Clerical & Medl., S. Woodford County & Provdt., G. Lowe Emperor, &c. C. H. Lane English Widows, J. White Globe &c., C. Russell Hants, Sussex, and Dorset, S. Woodford London, E. Saunders Phoenix and Pelican, Veal and Son Royal Exchan. G. Cranston Royal Farmers, C. Sharp Sun, G. H. Benson Westminster, J. Maffey INNS AND TAVERNS. Antelope, John Vincent Crown Hotel, (posting,) Wm. Cottman Fish Inn, Geo. Ward George Inn, Jas. Hiscock 4 Globe, John Wiseman 4 Green Dragon, Chtte. Burge King's Arms, Fras. Edwards King's Head, Hy. Hopkins Lamb Inn & Railway Tavern, Robert Early Nag's Head, John James, Moortown New Inn, Wm. Deazley Railway Arms, Wm. Spicknell, Moortown

9 Railway inn, Ann Stark Red Lion Inn, Robert Rose Royal Oak, Jas. Buckland Smiths' Arms Inn, Wm. Mouland RINGWOOD DIRECTORY. Star Inn, Henry Coasby 4 Swan, Musgrave Witt White Hart Hotel, (posting,) John Travers 5 White Hart, Mary Warne White Lion, Edw. Wiltshire AUCTIONEERS & Estate Agts Cranston Geo Holloway and Russell Saunders Edw BAKERS, &c. * Confectnrs. Appleyard Jas 3 Burgess Jne. Gardner Dnl. Hopkins Hy. 4 Keeping Geo Pardy John 5 Pope Eliz. Stevens Wm. Ward Jane * Ward John *Ward Wm. White Jno. Wyatt Matilda BEERHOUSES. Ayles Stephn. Fox James, & sexton Street Chas. BLACKSMITHS. Chater Geo. 2 Gatrell Jas. 5 Hiscock Jas. Lyne Henry 5 Smith Jph. 4 Tuck Chas. Veal Isaac, & trap maker BOOKSELLERS, Printers, &c. Wheaton Wm Woodford Spencer BOOT & SHOE MAKERS. Chissell Willett Colborn John Cross Henry Dawkins Jas. Day James Guy John Lane Chas. H. Mitchell My. and Jane Roo John Savage Edwin Savage John Stainer Chas. Ward George Webber Wm. BREWERS. Ayles Stpn. Carter Alexander & Co. Veal Isaac & Son (Fdk.) BUILDERS. Cottman Rbt. Gardner Alfd. James Gardner Chas Jameson Wm. Rawlinson Pope John Witt George BUTCHERS. Domone Wm. Polden Robt. Baker Rose Robert CABINET MKS. & Upholstrs. Cranston Geo. Cranston Jno. Long Early Saml. Phillips Jph. CARPENTERS. Coasby Hy. Early Samuel Tuck Benj. CATTLE DLRS. James John 4 Mintey Saml. Stevens Geo. 5 Tanner Jno. Ward Geo. CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. Maffey John Wheaton Wm CHINA, GLASS & c., DEALERS. Etheridge G. Stride Geo. Tanner Thos. COAL MERTS. Brown and Riggs Sharp Chas COOPERS Brown John Hunt Samuel Paskett Chas CORN MERTS. Gilbert Hy. Hiscock Jas. CORN MILLERS Appleford Js. Hutchins W. Hightown CURRIERS, &c. Conway G. B. & Co. tanrs Cross Henry Dawkins Geo. Dawkins Jas. GARDENERS. 2 Coates Ths. 5 Guy Aaron (& nursery) Guy Lewis Guy Robert Hounslow W. (& nursery) Spicknell Wm. Ubsdell Wm.Wyatt Thos. GLOVE MKRS. Cave Wm. Cox Chas. (& stockings) GROCERS, &c. Cox Charles Feltham Jno. Frampton Rt. Gilbert Hy. Hooper & Son Ings Philip Kingsbury J. B. & Son Lawrence Hy. Lowe George Phillips Jph. Russell Chas.

10 RINGWOOD DIRECTORY. Stevens Jas. HAIRDRESSERS. Burford John Lane Cs. Hy. Ward Thos. IRONMONGERS, Whitesmiths, &c. Benson Geo. Hy. & implement mfr. Hooper & Son LINEN AND WLN. DRAPERS. Ayles Stphn. & regr. Barnes & Co. Benson Sarah Cox Charles Hutton John & Son White John MALTSTERS. 5 Blake Hy. Carter A. & Co. Critchell Wm Veal Isaac and son Warne Hy. MILLINERS. Birt & Head Dewey Car. Early Eliz. Loman Jane Philemore S. Woolfry Eliz. PLUMBERS, PAINTERS, AND GLAZIERS. Early Alfred Etheridge G. Eteridge Jas. SADDLERS. Arney George Edwards Blake Henry Hayter Thos. SAW MILLS. Bartlett John, Bickerley Ings Philip SHOPKEEPERS. Benson Sar. Dunkerton Js. 5 Harris Jno. Hunt Samuel 4 Keeping Jno 4 Keeping Lcy 3 Shearing Stn 2 Thomas Js. Wheaton Wm 4 Witt Mgv. Wyatt Mtda. TAILORS. Barnes Jas. Burford Jno. Colborn Alfd. Cox Charles Drodge Wm. Duffitt Henry Garland Hy. Kendell Edn. Langer Wm. Masterman W Philemore Cs. Pitt Moses, Moortown Ward Horatio TIMBER MRTS. Bartlett John Bickerley Ings Philip Sharp Chas. WATCH MKRS. Adams Jas. & photogphr. Dewey Wm. WHEELWGTS. 5 Coles Jmh. 5 Hiscock Js. (& measure maker) 4 Trill John 4 Wright Isc. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Brown Richd. Carter Alex. and Co. Cranston Geo Travers John Veal Isaac & Son (Fdk.) RAILWAY TRAINS every hour and an omnibus to meet them from the White Hart Hotel. COACH to Salisbury, through Fordingbridge, daily, from the Crown. CARRIERS. The Railway Co. to all parts, daily. Charles Rouse, to Fordingbridge and Salisbury, daily, from the Star. John Roberts, to Lymington, every Sat. from Poulner. J. Parker, to Poole, from the Antelope, Tues. & Sat. Js. Tilley, to Christchurch, Tues. & Sat. from the Star.

11 ELLINGHAM PARISH. ELLINGHAM parish has its church and a few scattered houses on the east side of the river Avon, 2 miles N. of Ringwood, and 4 miles S. of Fordingbridge. It includes the villages of Blashford, one mile S., and Rockford, about a mile E. of the church. It has 346 inhabitants, and extends over about 3500 acres of land, including 430 acres of Lindwood Grounds, in Broomy Walk, and about 570 acres in Ashley Walk, within the western bounds of the New Forest. (See page 49.) The Earl of Normanton is lord of the manor, and the owner of MOYLES COURT, the ancient seat of the Lisle family. The mansion stands in a small park, but is now dilapidated and unoccupied. The Lisles derived their name from the Isle of Wight. Colonel John Lisle was one of the judges on the trial of Charles I. After the Restoration he retired to the continent, and was assassinated in Switzerland, by three ruffians hired for the purpose. His widow, Dame Alicia Lisle, was condemned to be executed in her old age by the bloodthirsty Judge Jeffries. (See page 43.) Part of the parish belongs to the Gabbatas, Cole, Hasluck, and other families. A monastic cell to the Abbey of St. Saviour Le Vicompte, in Normandy, was founded here by Wm. de Salariis in the reign of Henry II.; but Henry VI. granted it and its possessions to Eton College. Some remains of it are supposed to exist in the parish CHURCH (St. Mary,) which is a small ancient structure, containing a fine painting of the Day of Judgement, which was brought by Brigadier Windsor, in 1702, from a church at Port St. Mary, in the Bay of Cadiz. The benefice is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at 8. 4s. 9d., and now at 159, in the patronage of Eton College, and incumbency of the Rev. James Gordon Glanville, who has 14A. 3R. 3P. of glebe, and a good Vicarage House, which was repaired in 1847, at the cost of 400. The tithes were commuted in 1846 the vicarial for s. 7d., and the rectorial for s. 3d. The latter belong to Eton College. The poor parishioners have the rent of two acres of land left by Lady Tipping, in Mrs. Mary Ann Colthurst, in 1829, left 10 a year for the poor, and her sister, Mrs. Harriet Alicia Harding, has recently left 1000 for the foundation of Almshouses here for aged poor parishioners. They were daughters of the Rev. Dr. Taylor, and descendants of the Lisle family. In the following DIRECTORY OF ELLINGHAM PARISH, those marked 2 are at Blashford, 3 at Rockford, and 4 at Linwood. POST via Ringwood. 2 Bailey Wm. blacksmith and vict. New Inn 3 Bash My. Ann, school 2 Gabbatas John, Esq. Glanville Rev James Gordon, vicar Hall John, gameskeeper 4 Hasluck Lewis, Esq. Bellaparada Jeffries Jno. parish clerk Young Mary, shopkeeper FARMERS (* Owners.) 3 Ayles Danl. *2 Brown Alx. 4 Brown Fan. *2 Coles Wm. 4 Curtis Stn. Elms Chas. 4 Goffe Chas. 3 Harvey Geo. Hayter Jas. Hatchard Isc. Highwood 4 Jones Robt. 2 Lucas Chas. Neale James, Ellingham Parker John 4 Toms Rbt.

12 HARBRIDGE PARISH. HARBRIDGE, a small village on the west side of the river Avon, 3½ miles N. of Ringwood, and S. of Fordingbridge, has in its parish 342 inhabitants, and 4082 acres of land. The Right Hon. Welbore Ellis-Agar, EARL OF NORMANTON, and Viscount and Baron Somerton, in Ireland, owns most of the parish, and is lord of the manor. His seat at SOMERLEY, on the south side of the parish, is a neat mansion, pleasantly situated in a small park, on the west bank of the Avon, 2½ miles N. of Ringwood. The Earl was born in 1778, and his son and heir in He rebuilt the Parish Church, in ; and in 1846, gave 400 the per cent. Consols, as a provision for its future reparation. It is a neat structure, in the decorated style, with beautiful stained glass windows, a good organ, and a neat monument in memory of the late Countess of Normanton, who died in In the churchyard is a large yew tree, 16 feet in girth. The benefice is a curacy, annexed to Ringwood Vicarage, (see page 408.) The School is supported by the Earl of Normanton. The poor have 5 every fourth year from Doddington s Charity. (See Breamore.) POST via Ringwood. EARL OF NORMANTON, and Viscount Somerton, SOMERLEY Cheales Rev Henry, M.A., North-end House Gosset Rev Clement Hammond, curate Cane Benj. baker and shopr. Drake Jas. steward, Nea Paskett Hanh. Schoolmistrs. Sims Alex, blacksmith Spratt Geo. & Isc., Bleak hill Spratt Henry, Turner Street Fdk. baker & shopr, FARMERS. Aisher Geo. Turner farm Biles Edm, Cane Benj. Ingram Chas., Bleak hill Neal Benj., Upper Turner Thomas Chas., Harbridge Thomas Chs., jun., North end IBSLEY, or IBBESLEY, a small parish from 2 to 3 miles S. of Fordingbridge, on the east side of the river Avon, has 316 inhabitants, and 1748 acres of land. It includes the hamlets &c. of MOCKBEGGAR, FURZE HILL, and SOUTH GORLEY; and several scattered houses. The Earl of Normanton is lord of the manors of Ibsley and Gorley, but a great deal of the parish belongs to smaller freeholders. The Church (St. Martin) is a small structure, which was rebuilt in 1832, at the cost of 740. It contains a monument with kneeling effigies of Sir John Constable, (obit. 1627,) his lady, and five children. The benefice is a curacy, annexed to Fordingbridge Vicarage, and all the tithes (commuted in 1846 for 295 per annum,) belong to the Vicar. The Rev. F. R. Purvis, L.L.D. is the officiating curate. The poor have 10 a year left by Mrs. Colthurst, in 1829, and a yearly rent charge of 6s. left by Giles Rooke, in At Cross lane is a neat INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, erected in 1851 by Alex. Mist, Esq., who has endowed it with two acres of land, and supports the day school attached to it.

13 IBSLEY PARISH. There is a POST OFFICE at South Gorley. Letters via Fordingbridge and Salisbury. Adams Geo. dairyman Bason Geo. wheelwright and shopkeeper Brown Chas., baker &c. Curtis Chas., beerhouse Day Wm. parish clerk, wheelwright, &c., Post Office, South Gorley Day Wm. shoemaker Hall Thos. shopkeeper Hood Harriet, schoolmrs. Mist Arthur, Esq. Philpot Wm., blacksmith Purvis Rev Fortescue Richd., L.L.B., curate Sweetman Mary, school FARMERS. Curtis Chas Thomas Mrs Curtis Stephen, Mockbeggar Hayter Thos. Ballard Hy. Head Stephen, Mockbeggar Philpot Stpn., South Gorley Philpot Jno. Viney Thos. Read Wm., Ibsley farm Shuter Geo., Furze hill