Bonchurch - Harrod 1865 - Civic, Commercial and Private entries- Page 1

Bicknell H. Esq., Winterborne [Winterbourne]

Birchall J. Dearman, Esq., Torwood

Burnell Mrs., Cliffside

Cockburn Philip, Esq., Gothic cottage

Fielding Rev. Rendle H., Thorn cliff

Fielding Miss, the Lilies

Francis Alfred, Esq., Luccombe

Frere Mr. E. M., Rosecliff house, Luccombe

Giles G., Esq., Westfield

Gregory Rev. J. G., M.A., rector, Rectory

Henry John Snowdon, Esq., East Dew [East Dene}

Hibbert G., Esq., Cliffden

Huish Capt., Combe wood

Jacobs General Le Grand, the Cottage

Leeson Henry Beaumont, Esq., A.M., M.D., F.R.S., &c., Pulpit rock & Maples

Lyme Capt., R.A., the Dell

May Mrs., Rosenheim

May Mrs., Woodlynch

Morrison J., Esq., Mountfields

Peel Edmund, Esq., Under rock house

Peel Hon. Sir Lawrence, Under rock house

Pringle Sir John, Bart., Under mount

Sewell Mr.

Venables Rev. Edward, Hawthorne dene

Willey Mrs., Orchardleigh

Cornell Henry, lodging house and carriage proprietor, Sunny side

Day Daniel, builder, Elm cottage

Edwards Miss G. and F., grocers

Hunt James, cowkeeper and lodging house, Clematis & Woodbine cottages

Irvine G., pastry cook and confectioner

Joblin G., blacksmith, Northfield cottage

Jolliffe Mrs. F., lodging house, Hill cottage

Jolliffe Jonathan, farmer, builder, house agent, and proprietor of baths, Rock cottage, and Luccomb farm

Jolliffe J., lodging house keeper, Seaside cottage

McTherson Mrs., lodging house keeper, Brookside

Patterson Mrs., lodging house keeper, the Villa

Ribbands Henry, Boncburch family hotel, boarding and posting house

Smith James, coal merchant

BONCHURCH, a parish and village, in East Medina liberty, on the coast, 11 miles from Ryde, and 1 from Ventnor.

This pretty retired village contains many beautiful detached villas, also a first class hotel.

The church is a neat edifice.

There is a neat school house and teacher's residence.

H. B. Leeson, Esq., M.D., is lord of the manor.

This village is a favourite place of resort for invalids, especially during the winter, on account of the dryness and salubrity of the climate and the mildness of the temperature.

The population in 1861 was 664, and the acreage 618.

POSTAL REGULATIONS. - George Edwards, sub-postmaster. Letters received through the Ventnor office, arrive at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.30 p.m. The nearest money-order office is at Ventnor.

Parochial School, Miss Ann Cowen, mistress.

POSTING HOUSE. - Bonchurch hotel, Henry Ribbands.

COACHES pass through to Ryde and Ventnor several times daily (Sundays excepted), calling at the Bonchurch hotel.