Dorset

1842          Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Dorset

No Ismay Entries

1844 Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Dorset

No Ismay Entries

1851          Hunt & Co.'s Directory of Dorset

No Ismay Entries

1852-53     Slater's Directory of Dorset

No Ismay Entries

1855          Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire,

No Ismay Entries

1859          Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire,

No Ismay Entries

1875          Post Office Directory of Dorset

No Ismay Entries

1895          Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire

No Ismay Entries

1889          Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire

No Ismay Entries

1911 Kelly's Directory of Dorset,

List of Principal Seats in Dorsetshire

Iwerne Minster House, James Hainsworth Ismay esq., M.A., J.P. see Iwerne Minster Page 112

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James Hainsworth Ismay esq., Iwerne Minster House, Blandford

Page 112

Iwerne Minster House, was built in 1880, is pleasantly situated in a park of 300 acres, including grounds, and is the seat of James Hainsworth Ismay esq., M.A., J.P. lord of the manor and principal landowner.

Private Residents

Ismay James Hainsworth M.A., J.P. Iwerne Minster house; & The Cottage Bembridge, Isel of Wight

Commercial

Millard Thomas Charles, estate clerk to J.H. Ismay esq., assistant overseer & collector of taxes & sec to the Friendship Lodge of Odd Fellows

Neish William head gardener to J.H. Ismay esq.

Park John B. farm balliff to J.H. Ismay esq.

Rawlence & Squarey, estate agents to J.H. Ismay esq., Estate office

Smith Joseph, head gamekeeper to J.H. Ismay esq.

Taylor Herbert, stud groom to J.H. Ismay esq.

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Public Establishments – Customs House
G. Ismay preventive man

Page 332 Trades – Farm bailiffs

Park John Barr (to J.H. Ismay esq.) Iwerne Minster, Blandford

Page 335 Trades – Gamekeepers

Smith Joseph (to J.H. Ismay esq.) Iwerne Minster, Blandford

Page 336 Trades – Gardeners

Neish William (to J.H. Ismay esq.) Iwerne Minster, Blandford

Page 344 Trades – Land Stewards

Rawlence Arthur Raymond (sub-agent to J.H. Ismay esq.) Iwerne Minster, Blandford

Kelly's Directory of Dorset, 1915

List of Principal Seats in Dorsetshire

Iwerne Minster House, James Hainsworth Ismay esq., M.A., J.P. see Iwerne Minster Page 110

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County Magistrates for Blandford Petty Sessional Division

Ismay, James Hainsworth M.A. Iwerne Minster house, Blandford

Page 110

The church os St. Mary is a handsome cruciform building of stone in the Norman, Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel with south chapel, nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, with spire, containing 6 bells with chimes: the east window is a memorial to W.L. Russell, d. 1866, and T.B. Bower, d. 1868: and there are others to Beatrice Ernestine Channell, d. 1871, and to the present vicar’s grandfather, who died 1875: the pulpit is of curved oak: the font is Late Perpendicular: a new organ and carved gallery, given by the Misses Ismay in memory of their mother, the late Lady Margaret Ismay, were added in 1913: the church was restored in 1871 and has sittings for 240 persons: the churchyard was enlarged by a piece of land given by the third Lord Wolverton, a portion of which is reserved for the family burying ground, and has since been added to by J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P.: in the centre of this is a magnificent cross of stone, on a base of the same material, reaching a height of 18 feet, the cross itself being a monolith of 11 feet 9 inches.

Iwerne Minster House, was built in 1880, is pleasantly situated in a park of 300 acres, including grounds, and is the seat of James Hainsworth Ismay esq., M.A., J.P. lord of the manor and principal landowner.

Private Residents

Ismay James Hainsworth M.A., J.P. Iwerne Minster house; & The Cottage Bembridge, Isel of Wight

Cmmercial

Cocks William J. farm balliff to J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P

Homery Wilfred butler to J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P

Hubbard Thomas, head gamekeeper to J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P

Rawlence & Squarey, estate agents to J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P. Estate office

Taylor Herbert, stud groom to J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P

Trowbridge George K. estate clerk to J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P

J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P

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Sutton Waldron. E. Nash esq. is lord of the manor, and Charles and Harry Trowbridge esqrs. And James H. Ismay esq, M.A., J.P. are the principal landowners.

Page 336 – Trades

Hubbard Thomas, head gamekeeper (to J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P) Iwerne Minster, Blandford

Noish Thomas, gardener (to J.H. Ismay esq., M.A., J.P) Iwerne Minster, Blandford

 

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