BACKWELL - information extracted from Kelly’s 1914 Directory of Somerset
BACKWELL is a large parish, consisting of five hamlets: vis. Church Town, Farleigh, West Town, part of Downside and Moorside. WestTown is on the road from Bristol to Weston-super-M, a mile south-east from the Nailsea and Backwell station on the Bristol & Exeter section of the Great Western railway and 7 miles south-west from Bristol.
The soil on the east side of the parish is sandy, on the west loamy; a greater part of the land is in pasture. The area is 2,929 acres; rateable value, £9,393; the population on 1911 was 942 in the civil and 830 in the ecclesiastical parish. A portion of the ecclesiastical parish of St Katherine, Felton was taken out of this parish May 6th1873.
The Marquess of Bath, who is Lord of the Manor, and George A. Gibbs, Esq., M.P. of Tyntesfield, Wraxall, are the chief landowners. Backwell House, the property and seat of William Garnett, Esq., is a fine residence standing at an elevation of 528 feet above sea level, and surrounded by 200 acres of well wooded land, overlooking the Bristol Channel and commanding uninterrupted and extensive views of the surrounding countryside.
BACKWELL is in the
· Northern Division of the County [Somerset]
· Long Ashton Poor Law Union
· Bristol County Court District
· Portbury Hundred
· Long Ashton Petty Sessional Division
· Rural deanery of Portishead
· Archdeaconry of Bath
· Diocese of Bath & Wells
THE CHURCH
The Church of St Andrew, at Church Town, is an ancient edifice of stone in the perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, memorial chapel, south porch and a lofty tower with richly ornamented pinnacles, containing a peal of 6 bells: The church affords 350 sittings. The register dates from the year 1674. The living is a sinecure rectory and vicarage net yearly value £327 including 108 acres of glebe and residence in the gift of the Marquess of Bath, and held since 1903 by the Rev Edmund Schuyler Sutton Caudwell, M. A. of St Mary Hall, Oxford
· Parish Clerk: James Manning
· Sexton: Henry Lock
NON-CONFORMIST CHURCH
There is a Wesleyan Chapel
POST
Money Order & Telegraph Offices:
West Town: Letters arrive from Bristol at 7 a.m. & 2.15 p.m.; dispatched at 10 a.m. & 5.25 & 7.45 p.m. weekdays and 4.45 p.m. on Sundays
· Sub-Postmaster: James Manning
Wall Letter Boxes:
- Church Town: cleared week days at 7.45 a.m. & 3.30 & 7.30 p.m.; Sundays 4.30 p.m.
- Farleigh: cleared 7.20 a.m. & 3.15 & 8.15 p.m.; Sundays at 4.45 p.m.
- Railway Station: cleared 10.20 a.m. & 5.30 & 8 p.m.; Sundays at 4.30 p.m.
Letters for Farleigh should be addressed via Flax Bourton
CARRIERS
Carriers pass through to Bristol daily
SCHOOL
There is a Public Elementary School built with house for master in 1865 & enlarged 1892 for 180 children; average attendance 121.
· School master: Albert Winfield
BACKWELL PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Calcott, Benjamin, Church Town
Carter, Alfred, Church Town
Couldwell, Rev Edmund Schuyler Sutton M.A. The Vicarage
Chandler, William Henry, Farleigh
Denning, Walter J., Tyntesfield View
Doubting, Mrs., Ivywell
Durant, Leonard, The Wigwam
Evans, Ernest Deening, Farley Combe
Garnett, William, Backwell Hill House
Green, Joseph, Farleigh
Hawkes, Francis Samuel, Church Town
James, Harold V., The Grange
Lewis, Herbert L., The Croft, Farleigh
Long, Leonard J., Rodney House, Farleigh
Lysaght, Sidney R., Backwell Down
Nicholls, Herbert
Robinson, Alfred Roberts J. P., Backwell House
Southern, Misses, Trelinda
Spratt, James, Bradley House
Wallis, Frank G., The Elms
Webb, Edmund H., Leiberhof
White, Mrs., Southfield
BACKWELL – COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS
Alvis, Gilbert, farmer, Court Farm, Church Town
Backwell Village Club, Albert Winfield, Sec.
Ball, Charles, farmer, Yew Tree farm, Downside
Carey Bros., contractors, Farleigh
Carter, William, blacksmith, Farleigh
Febrey, Williams, boot repairer, Farleigh
Foord, James, farmer, Brook Farm
Griffin, J. Bromley, famer, Farleigh
Griffin, James, comm. Traveller, Moorside
Griffin, John, relieving & vaccination officer, No 2 district & registrar of births & deaths for Ashton sub-district of Long Ashton Union, Farleigh
Griffin, Lucy Ann (Mrs), farmer, Dibdin’s farm
Harrill, William, beer retailer, Farleigh
Hayward, Henry, builder, Church Town
Hek, William P. George Inn
Hill, Charles, farmer, Farleigh
Holder, Norman, farmer, Farleigh
Horler, George Robert, farmer, Moorside
Jones, Elizabeth (Mrs), shopkeeper, Farleigh
Lock, Henry, Mason & sexton
Love, Lydia (Mrs), shopkeeper
Merrick, Henry, farmer, Coomb Head farm, Downside
Missen, George, farmer, Moorside
Morgan, Henry, gardener to F. S. Hawkes, Esq
Owen, Charles, fly proprietor, Farleigh
Parish Hall, (F. S. Hawkes, sec)
Parker, James, baker, Farleigh
Shaw, George, (Mrs), grocer, Farleigh
Vauden, Oliver, G. farmer, Downside
Vowles, Francis, farmer, Church Town
Vowles, John, farmer, Grove Farm
Vowles, John William, farmer, Downside Farm
Vowles, Thomas, farmer, Backwell Park
Watts, James & Co., cider makers, The Common
Wookey, Henry, farmer, Hyetswood Farm
PRIVATE RESIDENTS – WEST TOWN
Corfield, Henry Oakley M. D., Clifton House
Ridd, Joshua
Robinson, Mrs., West Town House
Symes, William, St Margaret’s
COMMERCIAL – WEST TOWN
Atherton, Frank, haulier
Badman, Frederick, beer retailer
Blake, William James, shop keeper
Burbidge & Trestrail, solicitor; attends Wednesdays
Burbidge, Edward D’Arcy, solicitor
Corfield, Henry Oakley M. D. M.Ch. Edin. Surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator
Hawkins, Edward T., Inspector of Nuisance to Long Ashton RDC
Hayward, Ernest, refreshment rooms
Holder, Elizabeth (Mrs), farmer
King, Francis, G., butcher
Lott, Henry, painter & contractor
Lott, William, Builder
Manning, James, grocer and Parish Clerk, Post Office
Norman, George Denis M.R.C.V.S.L. veterinary surgeon & veterinary inspector
Rendell, George, beer retailer
Rogers, William, farmer
West Town Village Club, Popham, Walter, secretary
White, Samuel, farmer
Woodley, Edwin, carpenter |
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