CHEW STOKE - information extracted from Kelly’s 1914 Directory of Somerset
CHEW STOKE is a parish and small village, about 4½ miles west-south-west from Pensford station on the North Somerset Branch of the Great Western Railway, and 7 miles from Bristol.
The soil is sandy, sub-soil is clayey. The land is principally in pasture. The area is 2,157 acres of land and 5 acres of water; rateable value £6,213; population in 1911, 598.
CHEW STOKE is in the
· Northern division of the county [Somerset]
· Hundred of Chew
· Clutton Poor Law Union
· Temple Cloud Petty Sessional Division and County Court District
· Rural Deanery of Chew
· Arch-deaconry of Bath
· Diocese of Bath & Wells
The CHURCH
The Church of St Andrew is a fine building of stone in Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles and containing 6 bells, rehung in 1907. In 1887 an organ was provided at a cost of £225: the church was restored in 1862, and again in 1900. There are sittings for 500 persons. The register dates from the year 1672.
The living is a rectory, net yearly value £200, including 18 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of R Ticehurst, Esq., and held since 1906 by Rev Lionel St Clair Waldy M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. A Parish Hall was erected during 1898-1906 at a cost of £350. The old rectory house, dating from 1529, still exists.
· Sexton: Solomon Clark
NON-CONFORMIST
There is a Wesleyan chapel here.
POST
Post Office: The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Chew Magna, 2 miles distant. Letters arrive from Bristol at 7.10 a.m. & 2.30 & 6.45 p.m. and dispatched at 10 a.m. & 5 & 7 p.m. weekdays and Sundays at 3.50 p.m.
· Sub-postmaster: William King
Wall Letter Box: Cross Road, cleared at 4.55 p.m. from Nov to March; 5.15 p.m. from April to Oct; and 4.15 p.m. on Sundays
SCHOOL
Public Elementary School (mixed), rebuilt with master’s house in 1857, for 120 children; average attendance 96, & endowed with £80 yearly;
· Master: Frederick Arthur Ryall
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Ayre, Miss, Woodford House
Evans, Thomas, Church Gate House
Fowler, Mrs, Brook House
Hale, Joseph, Fairwood House
Kew, Miss, Prospect Villa
King, John, Bilbie House
King, Miss, Albert Villa
Little, John P., Beaumont Villa
Marshall, John, Chilly Hill
Mugford, Frederick, Crossway House
Parker, John, Elm Tree House
Penfold, Mrs., Little Orchard
Taylor, Stephenson, The Oaks
Waldy, Rev, Lionel St Clair M.A. (rector), Rector
Walker, Eldred G. F. The Hollies
COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS
Baker, George, farmer, Breach Hill
Ball, Frank.E., Stoke Inn
Bennett, John, farmer, Church Farm
Cole, Lewis, farmer
Cox, Edward, beer retailer
Cox, Edwin, boot maker
Croker, Joseph, farmer
Evans, George, farmer, Stoke Hill
George, William, farmer, Breach Hill
Gillard, Edwin Arthur, grocer
Hall, Silvanus, farmer, The Elms
Hazell, William, farmer, Denny Farm
Hobbs, Ernest, farmer
Horler, Charles, farmer, Yew Tree Farm
Horler, Clifford, farmer
Keedwell, Fred, farmer, Breach Hill
Keel, James, farmer
King, William & Sons, auctioneers; & at Chew Magna
King, James A., assistant overseer
Luton, George T., beer retailer
Maggs, Henry, farmer, Herons Green
Mapstone, Mary (Mrs), farmer
Marshall, John Webb, farmer & land owner, Chilly Hill
Martin, George, carpenter
Masters, William, baker, Portbridge
Melbourne, Charles, farmer, Villies
Ogbourne, George, farmer, Portbridge Farm
Payne, Thomas, tailor
Perry, George, dairy farmer
Price, Joseph, farmer
Roynon, John, mason
Satchell, William, farmer, Pixyhole
Say, James, farmer, Pagans Hill
Sherborne, John, farmer, Chapel Farm
Somers, Frederick, butcher & farmer,
Stowell, George, farmer
Thompson, Albert James, farmer, Wallis Farm
Weaver, Elizabeth (Mrs), beer retailer
West, Gilbert, baker
Weston, Walter, farmer, Perry House
Young, William, farmer, North Hill |
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