Kelly’s Directory 1867 – Winterbourne Stoke
Winterbourne Stoke is a township, parish and village, in the Southern division of the county, union of Amesbury, hundred of Branch and Dole, Salisbury county court district, diocese and archdeaconry of Salisbury, and rural deanery of Wylye, 5 miles west from Amesbury, and 9 north from Salisbury. The church of St. Peter is an ancient structure, in the Early English style, with square central tower and 4 bells: it consists of nave, chancel, south transept, and contains several features of considerable archaeological interest: there are two fine Norman doorways to the nave: the arch into the south transept is of pure Early English detail: in the chancel is a good piscina and credence, of Early Decorative character. The register dates from 1558. The living is a vicarage, value £220, with residence, in the gift of Lord Ashburton, and held by the Rev. Charles Lawford, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. Here is a National school, under Government superintendence.
Lord Ashburton is lord of the manor and the chief landowner. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. In 1861 the population was 383; the area is 3,419 acres. The Conegarth (or Coneygore) is three quarters of a mile north. There are many barrows and earthworks, among which is Long Barrow.
Parish Clerk, Jacob Grant.
Post Office – Harry Dyer, receiver. Letters arrive from Salisbury at 9. a.m. & and from the West of England at 10 a.m; dispatched at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Amesbury.
National School, Miss Kate Rebecca Osborne, mistress.
William Brown, Esq., Manor House.
Rev. Charles Lawford, M.A., Vicarage.
William Brown, farmer, Manor House.
Thomas Chivers, Bell.
Harry Dyer, blacksmith.
George Kellow Loader, farmer, Hill Farm.
William Polden, cattle dealer and farmer.
Thomas Tucker, farmer.