Category: Bishopstrow: Records Directories

Bishopstrow Directory 1933

Harry Thomas Arnold, poultry farmer.
George Baden, chauffeur at Eastleigh Court, 47 Bishopstrow.
Rev. Jasper Selwyn Bazeley, M.A., The Rectory.
Martin Ernest Bush, 46 Bishopstrow.

George Crocker, dairyman to Mr. G.F. Gauntlett, Bishopstrow Dairy Farm.
George Everley, thatcher (secretary of Men’s Club).
Ernest Fitz, smith and farrier, 27 Bishopstrow.
George Farmer Gauntlett, farmer, Bishopstrow Farm (lives at Norton Bavant).

Edward Leonard Gill, Barrow House Cottage.
Miss E. Hadow, The Cottage.
Miss Alice Heath (secretary of Parish Room), 31 Bishopstrow.
William Richard Hedges, farm bailiff, Eastleigh Farm.

Gerald S. Kaye, Yew Tree Cottage.
Herbert Charles Kimber, 34 Bishopstrow.
George Miller, gardener at Eastleigh Court.
Walter Moore, sexton, 42 Bishopstrow.

Major William Olpherts, Bishopstrow Farm House.
James Paddock, farmer, Knapp Farm.
William Reynolds Parker, Mill House.
John Lambert Pearce, miller (lives at Upton Scudamore).

William Pridham, gamekeeper to Colonel Southey.
Colonel John Arthur Southey, Eastleigh Court.
George Stevens, shopkeeper and beer retailer.
Humphrey Russell Tanner, Barrow House.

Grenville Newton Temple, J.P., Bishopstrow House.
R.H. Tucker, gardener at Bishopstrow House.
Erwin Charles White, Sweetland Cottage.
Percy Wyatt, Mill Cottage.

Bishopstrow Village Directory 1922

H.C. Bartlett, decorator, Sweetland Cottage.

Miss Bell, 47 Bishopstrow.

Mrs. Butler, Bishopstrow Farm Dairy.

James Cole, 49 Bishopstrow.

Frank Lee Cooper, gardener at Barrow House.

Albert Dawkins, Mill House.

Miss De Guerin, 47 Bishopstrow.

Gratney Rudolph Zwilchenbart Erskine, Barrow House.

Jacob Everley, thatcher.

S.W. Farmer & Co., farmers, Bishopstrow Farm.

Ernest Fitz, smith and farrier, 27 Bishopstrow.

H. Garrett, gardener at Eastleigh Court, 28 Bishopstrow.

Miss Alice Heath, 31 Bishopstrow.

William Richard Hedges, farm bailiff, Eastleigh Farm.

Major J.A. Henderson, Bishopstrow Farmhouse.

Admiral The Hon. Herbert Edward Holmes a’Court.

Hon. Richard Henry Holmes a’Court.

George Maidment, gardener at Bishopstrow House.

James Paddock, farmer, Knapp Farm.

John Lambert Pearce, miller, Bishopstrow Farm (lives at Upton Scudamore).

Mrs. Pike, Education Committee supply teacher.

Miss Dorothy Snelgrove, 15 Bishopstrow.

Colonel Arthur John Newton Southey, Eastleigh Court.

George Stevens, shopkeeper.

Grenville Newton Temple, J.P., Bishopstrow House.

Lieut.-General Sir Henry Wilson, The Rectory.

Bishopstrow Directory 1916

Rector: the Rev. George Henry Sanders Atwood (Cambridge), instituted in 1882. He is also the district councillor.

Mr. P. Benton is chairman of the Parish Meeting.

Overseers: Messrs. P. Benton and J. Cole-Hamilton.

Mr. W.B. Barter (of Sutton Veny) is the assistant overseer.

National School, headmistress, Mrs. E. Pike.

The village possesses a Reading Room and Club.

There are two deliveries of letters daily through Warminster.

Rev. G.H.S. Atwood, Rectory.
P. Benton, Bishopstrow Farmhouse.
J.F. Butler, bailiff, Eastleigh Farm.
J. Cole, coachman at Eastleigh Court.
J. Cole-Hamilton.
F.L. Cooper, gardener.
G.R.Z. Erskine, The Buries.
J. Everley, thatcher.
S.W. Farmer, Bishopstrow Farm.
E. Fitz, smith and farrier.
Miss A. Heath.
Capt. Herbert Holmes a’Court, Glebe Road.
Hon. Richard Holmes a’Court, Glebe Road.
W. Jay, mason.
W. Macey, coachman.
H. Maidment, gardener.
J.H. Oliff, Knapp Farm.
J. Paddock, Bishopstrow Dairy.
Mrs. M. Pike, schoolmistress.
A.H. Snelgrove, sexton and parish clerk.
Mrs. Southey, Eastleigh Court.
G. Stevens, beerhouse keeper.
G.N. Temple, J.P., Bishopstrow House.

Bishopstrow Directory 1914:

Rev. George Henry Sanders Atwood, J.P. The Rectory.
Mrs Emma Jane Barnes. Shopkeeper and beer retailer.
Philip Benton. Bishopstrow Farm House.
James Frederick Butler. Farm bailiff to 
           Captain Southey, Eastleigh Farm.

James Cole. Coachman at Eastleigh Court.
J. Hamilton-Cole.
Frank Lee Cooper. Gardener at The Buries.
A.G. Cuff. Insurance Agent (Prudential). Knapp Farm.

Gratney Rodolph Zwilchenbart Erskine. The Buries.
Jacob Everley. Thatcher.
S. Farmer and Co. Farmers. Bishopstrow Farm.
Ernest Fitz. Smith and farrier.

Miss Alice Heath.
Hon. Herbert Edward Holmes a’Court. Captain R.N.
Hon. Richard Henry Holmes a’Court.
William Jay. Mason.

Charles Peter Lucas. Farmer and haulier. Knapp Farm.
William Macey. Coachman at Bishopstrow House.
Henry Maidment. Gardener at Bishopstrow House.
James Paddock. Dairyman. Bishopstrow Dairy House.

Mrs Mary Pike. Headmistress of Church of England School.
Arthur Henry Snelgrove. Sexton.
Captain Arthur Howard Southey, J.P. Eastleigh Court.
Grenville Newton Temple, J.P. Bishopstrow House.

Bishopstrow Directory 1911:

Hon. Richard Holme A’Court. Glebe.
Rev. G.H.S. Atwood. Rectory.
P. Benton. Bishopstrow Farmhouse.
J.F. Butler. Bailiff to Captain Southey. Oldfields Farm.
J. Cole. Coachman at Eastleigh Court.

A. H. Crees. The Weirs.
W.J. Darknll. Bishopstrow Dairy.
Mrs M.E. Finnis. Sweetland Cottage.
G.R.Z. Erskine. The Buries.

Mrs N. Norman. Bishopstrow House.
Mrs E. Pike. Schoolmistress.
A.H. Snelgrove. Sexton and Parish Clerk.
Capt. A.H. Southey, J.P. Eastleigh Court.
Stratton and Farmer. Farmers. Bishopstrow Farm.

The Warminster Directory And Local And Village Guide 1900:

Bishopstrow

Henry Anstee, farmer.
Rev. George Henry Sanders Atwood, Rectory.
Frederick Brown, parish clerk.

William Butcher, Bishopstrow Mill.
James Wallis Carthew, miller.
Mrs. Carthew, dress and mantle maker, Mill Cottage.

John Co—-,  farmer, The Knapp.
James Coles, coachman at Eastleigh Court.
Robert Cox, farmer, Bishopstrow Farm.

Alfred Herbert Crees. 
Jacob Everley, thatcher.
Thomas Everley, thatcher.

Viscount Folkestone, M.P., J.P., Bishopstrow House.
Humphrey John Gifford, bailiff, Eastleigh Farm.
Miss Elizabeth Hayter, National School mistress.

Mrs. Edith Heath, baker, shopkeeper and beer retailer.
William Jay, mason.
William King, carpenter.

Mrs. Mary Jane Lines, baker and shopkeeper.
Captain Arthur Howard Southey, J.P., Eastleigh Court.
Charles Harris Stratton, The Buries.

Bishopstrow – Kelly’s Directory 1867

Bishopstrow is a parish, in the Southern division of the county, hundred, union and county court district of Warminster, diocese and archdeaconry of Salisbury, and rural deanery of Wylye, distant a mile and a half south-east from Warminster station, 116 miles from London, and 2½ west-north-west from Heytesbury. The church of St. Aldhelm was rebuilt, except for the tower, in 1757; it is in the Mixed style of architecture: a new large chancel was added in 1840, at the sole expense of W. Temple, Esq.; it has a handsome square tower 60 feet high, with a spire, 30 feet high, rising from its summit, with 1 bell. The register dates from 1686. The living is a rectory, annual value £220, with residence, in the patronage of Sir Francis D. Astley, Bart., and held by the Rev. John Henry Arnold Walsh, M.A., of Balliol College, Oxford.

There are two great camps, Scratchbury and Battlesbury, and two barrows, Middle Hill and Ring Barrow, in the neighbourhood. A great number of Roman coins have been found here. William Temple, Esq., J.P., of Bishopstrow House, is lord of the manor. Sir F.D. Astley, Bart., an extensive landowner, resides in the parish. The soil is light sand; subsoil , gravel and greensand. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area is 1,045 acres, and the population in 1861 was 268.

Pitmead is half a mile south-east; Middleton, half a mile north-east; Boreham adjoins the village. Eastleigh Lodge and the Buries are residences.

Parish Clerk, William Brown.

Letters through Warminster, which is the nearest money order office.

Parochial School, Miss Elizabeth Hayter, mistress.

Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, bart., Eastleigh Lodge.
Mr. Thomas Coles, Hoggetts.
Col. William Hornidge, The Buries.
George Comport Murton, Esq.
Isaac Neat, Esq.
Misses Seagram.
Mrs. Smith.
George Temple, Esq., J.P., Bishopstrow House.
William Temple, Esq., J.P., Bishopstrow House.
Re. John Henry Arnold Walsh, M.A., Rectory.
William Hayter, miller.
William Lines, shopkeeper.
George Comport Murton, farmer.
Mrs. Elizabeth Potticary, baker & shopkeeper.
Thomas Smith, farmer, Knapp Farm.
William Tyler, dairyman.