Read Kelly's 1889 Directory
Woodbury Hill Fair 21 and 22 September
Parish Clerk, John Lane
Post, M.O. & T.O., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Henry Charles Jenkins, sub-postmaster. Letters received through Wareham; delivery commences 7.15am & 3 pm & dispatched at 10.45am & 6.15pm; Sundays 10.25am. Pillar Box, Bere Heath, cleared at 5pm, weekdays only.
Insurance Agent
County Fire & Provident Life, G. Hibbs
Cemetery
William Bullen, clerk to the burial board
Reading Room
James Davis, secretary
Public Officers
Medical Officer &c; Francis Daniel Lys Registrar etc; William Bullen. Assistant Overseer & Collector of Rates & Taxes; Henry Charles Jenkins
Schools
National (boys) Barrow Hill, founded in 1719 by Thomas Williams esq., & placed under government inspection in 1870 & enlarged about the same time, for 98 children; average attendance, 36; partly supported by William's charity; Job Bugby, master. Shitterton, for 150 children; average attendance, 65; Miss Matilda Weare, mistress; Miss Mary Ann Skuse, infants' mistress. Bere Heath (mixed), built in 1875, for 58 children; average attendance,41: Miss Emma Horth, mistress.
Carriers to:-
Blandford, Tuesday & Friday. Dorchester, Wednesday & Saturday. Poole, Monday & Thursday (All Mrs Selina Day, and departure from Bere Regis at 8am each day)
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Samuel Cobb, West Street
Rev William Farrer M.A. (vicar)
Miss Gallop, West Street
Mrs Galpin, West Street
Rev Alfred Goodall (Congregational), The Manse
Montague John Guest, D.L.,J.P., The Retreat; & 3 Savile Row, London W
John Henning, West Street
Mrs Howe, West Street
Charles Jesty, North Street
Francis Daniel Lys, White Lovington
Charles James Radclyffe, J.P., Hyde House
William Frederick Radclyffe, Culeaze
Mrs Sibley, Butt Lane
Tom Spear, Rye Hill
Rev John Turner Waddy, B.A. (Weslyan church)
COMMERCIAL
Thomas Aplin, butcher
James Arnold, Drax's Arms P.H.
Miss Jane Barnes, dress ma., West Street
Walter Beckingham, brick & tile maker
Wm. Jn. Besent, farmer, Shitterton farm
James Bevercomb, pork butcher, poulterer, & shopkeeper, West Street.
Miss Annie Boswell, dress ma., North Street
George Bugby, police officer, West Street
William Bullen, registrar etc, Shitterton
James Bullen, carpenter, Shitterton
John Burt, farmer
Cemetery (Wm. Bullen, clerk to the burial board)
Charles Cobb, farmer
Daniel Cobb, farmer, Court farm
James Davis, carpenter
Charles Day, farmer
Mrs Selina Day, carrier
George Dibben, farmer
Miss Fanny Edmonds, dress maker, Rye hill
William George, Royal Oak P.H.
William Frederick Henning, farmer, Doddings
Geo. Hibbs, grocer, draper & provision dealer
Henry Hoare, farmer, Lane end
Harvey House, carpenter
Robert House, carpenter & shopkeeper
James Janes, harness maker & farmer
Henry Charles Jenkins, tailor, woollen draper, hatter, stationer & fancy goods dealer, assistant overseer & collector of rates, Post Office.
Henry Robert Jesty, farmer, Roke farm
John Josias Johnson, brewer & maltster
Joseph Kellaway, butcher & farmer
Richard Amos Kellaway, shoeing & general smith, machinist &c.
John Lane, boot & shoe maker, North Street
John Lane, boot & shoe maker, Shitterton
Mrs Martha Lane, grocer & draper
James Lockyer, thatcher, North Street
Francis Daniel Lys, surgeon & Medical Officer
Thomas Marsh, farmer, West Street
George Miller, machine owner
John Miller, farmer & machine owner
Thomas Miller, farmer, Rye Hill
Miss Harriett Moore, dress maker
J.H. Mundell & Co., grocers, ironmongers, provision dealers &c., & agents for W.&A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants.
Alfred Nutbeem, butcher
James Nutbeem, dairyman, Stockley
Reading Room (James Davis, secretary)
Fredk. Ricketts, boot & shoe ma. North Street
Edward Russell, farmer, Rye Hill
Miss Ellen E. Scutt, preparatory school
Edwin Shave, wheelwt, timber dealer &c
Charles Sheppard, bricklayer
Frederick Sheppard, watch & clock maker
George Sheppard, builder
William Clench Sheppard, builder
Charles Snook, blacksmith, Rye Hill
Roger Strange, miller (water) & farmer, Chamberlain's Mill
Charlston Toms, carrier, Rye Hill
Henry Tozer, farmer
James Welch, baker
