West Lulworth

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Kelly’s Directory 1889

WEST LULWORTH is a parish and village situate on the shore of the English Channel, on the margin of Lulworth cove, and surrounded on the land side by hills which shelter it from the north and east winds, in the Southern division of the county, liberty of Bindon, locally within the hundred of Winfrith, petty sessional division of Wareham, union of wareham and Purbeck, county court district of Wareham, Dorchester rural deanery third portion, Dorset archdeaconry and Salisbury diocese, 9 miles south-west from Wareham and about 6 south from Wool station on the South Western railway : it is provided with pure water from the chalk. The church of the Holy Trinity was rebuilt in 1870 from the design of the late J. Hicks esq., : it is in the Early English style, and consists of chancel and nave, north aisle and transept : the base of the tower forms a porch and principal entrance : it stands near the west end of the church on the south side : only two bells remain : the other two are said to have been sold to the parish of East Lulworth many years ago. The register dates from the sixteenth century. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value about £150, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, and held since 1880 by the Rev. Gerard Williams MA of Merton College, Oxford. Here is a Congregational Chapel, built in 1835, Rev. Robert Brown, minister. LULWORTH COVE, in this parish, is a great natural curiosity : it communicates with the sea through a deep channel, and is surrounded by steep and lofty cliffs. The “Arched Rock” about one mile from the cove, has an opening of nearly 40 feet, through which a view of the sea is obtained. Here is a coast-guard station, with a chief officer and eight men. The land is chiefly the property of Reginald Joseph Weld esq. of Lulworth Castle, East Lulworth, who is lord of the manor. The soil varies : subsoil, chiefly Bagshot sand : and the chief crops are wheat, oats and barley, and pasture land. For area see East Lulworth : rateable value, £1,645. The population in 1881 was 339.

Kelly’s Directory 1875

P.O., George Richards, receiver

National School, Jane Fooks, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS

Crispin Miss, Bindon Villa

Fitzgerald Rev. H

Gildea Rev. William M.A. (Vicar)

Lane James M.D.

Sanders Thomas

COMMERCIAL

Barnes Samuel, miller, Cove

Charles Henry Martin, general shopkeeper

Clark Robert, tailor

Cox Frederick, blacksmith

Dorey Mary (Mrs), shopkeeper

Dorey William, farmer & wheelwright

Ellis George, farmer

Gillingham Edward William, farmer, Hambro’ farm

Morrison Silvester, chief officer, coastguard station, Cove

Randall Matthew, farmer

Richards George, Cove hotel & posting house & post office

Roe Thomas, Castle & fishmonger

Snelling Henry, baker

Tewkesbury Francis, shopkeeper

Tucker Samuel, farmer, St. Andrews

Kelly’s Directory 1923

Post, M. O. & T. Office - Henry Joseph Chaffey, sub-postmaster, letters through Wareham

Coastguard Station, Alfred James Sleep, chief officer, & 7 men

Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners’ Royal Benovelent Society, Hon. Representative, A. J. Sleep, P.W. Signal Station

Elementary School (mixed), built in 1862, with residence for mistress adjoining, for 80 children, Miss Barton, mistress

Carrier - Walter Chaffey, to Dorchester, sat & Wareham, thurs

From April until October a series of steamers runs from Weymouth to Lulworth every wed & sat, also from Bournemouth

Budden, John Oakley, Burngate

Druce, Hubert A, Gatton Cottage

Fripp, Sir Alfred Downing KCVO CB MB FRCS, Bindon Waters

Gladstone, W B, Britwell

Hervey, Rev A C, MA, Grafton Ho

Loder, Miss, St. Margarets

Mansfield, Merton J, Graybank

Neel, Louis A, Byways

Powell, Rev. Arthur Herbert, LLD MA (Vicar), Vicarage

Robson, Col. Hy Denne, JP, Oswald

Roe, Mrs, The Linches

Wilton, Mrs, St. Patricks

COMMERCIAL

Anderson, Maurice Clare Biclefeld, MRCS Eng LRCP Lond (attends mon, thurs & sat)

Bagg, Chas, aparts, Sunnyside villa

Budden, John Oakley, Farmer, Burngate farm [150 acres or over]

Carter, Henry John, apartments, Churchfield house

CASTLE INN (Ernest Harvell, proprietor), commercial & family hotel; motor garage & cars for hire

Chaffey, John, coal dealer

Chaffey, Walter, carrier

COVE HOTEL & RESTAURANT (P W Ennis, proprietor), first-class hotel; restaurant to accommodate 200 persons, cars for hire

Dorey, Joseph, builder, 3 Sunnyside

Ennis, Patrick W, Cove hotel

Hannah & Holland, apartments, Rose cottage & Westfield

Hardy, Frederick, blacksmith

Harvell, Ernest, Castle inn

Harvell, John, carpenter & wheelwright

Hazard (The), restaurant (Mrs Vaughan-Lewis & Mrs Randall, proprietors)

Hyde, Albert E, motor proprietor

Ironsides, Wm. W, farmer, West Down

Miller, Edward, aparts, 4 Sunnyside

Miller, Nathanl (Mrs), refreshmts rm

Newbury, Lilly (Miss), apartments, 5 Sunnyside

Nichols, John Henry, butcher

O’Hare, Hugh G, stationer

Randall, Edward Jas, provision mer

Rousell, Jn, aparts, Doverton cottage

Shutler, Richard, farmer

Stockley, Albert F, baker

Thompson, Hy, builder, Sycamore vil

West Lulworth Working Mens Conservative Club

Williams, Ellen (Miss), dress maker

Williams, Fredk, aparts, 2 Sunnyside

Williams, James (Mrs), apartments, Cove cottage

Williams, Robert, apartments

Williams, Wm, aparts, Redcliffe villa

Yeates, Thomas, farmer, Hambury

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