01 Aug 2006
Transcribed by Stacey Gardner
Bosham is a village and parish, with a station at Broadbridge, called “Bosham” station, on the Horsham and Portsmouth section of the London, Brighton and South Coast railway, 3 miles west of Chichester in the hundred of the same name, south-western division of the county, rape, petty sessional division and county court district, Chichester, union of Westbourne and in the rural deanery of Selsey and archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester. Two branches of the great estuary, Chichester Harbour & Bosham Creek, form the boundaries of the parish on the east, west and south. The church of the Holy Trinity, built on the site of a roman bascila, portions of which are still visible, is an edifice of stone, chiefly in the Early English style, and has a tower with spire containing 6 bells; there is a recumbent female effigy of the reign of Edward I; the tomb of Herbert de Bosham, secretary to St Thomas of Canterbury, and in the nave is the tomb of a young daughter of King Canute, whose remains eclosed in a stone coffin, were discovered in 1865 , and the spot has been marked by a stone slab given by the children of the parish in 1906; the church affords 350 sittings. The register dates from the year 1557. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £253, with residence and 10 acres of glebe in the gift of the Bishop of Chichester, and held since 1902 by the Rev. Kenneth Holland MacDermott L.Th of Durham University. Here is a congregational chapel, erected in 1837 with 100 sittings, and one at New Bosham, built in 1907, seating 100 persons. A house of Benedictine canons was founded here by St Wilfred in 681. The charitys amount to about £28 10s yearly. Here are extensive brick, tile and fancy pottery works, the property of the executors of the late Alfred Cheesman. The pumping station of the Chichester Corporation Waterworks is situated at Old Fishbourne. Old Park is the residence of Lord Gifford V.C. The Manor House now the property and residence of H. Selwyn Lloyd esq. was erected from the remains of a fortified structure said to have been the residence of King Harold. The principal landowners are Lord Gifford V.C. who is lord of the manor, the trustess of the late Alfred Cheesman, the Rev. W. A. St. John Dearsly M. A of Reach, Cambs, Mrs Heaver, Mrs Trevett, T. Weller-Poley esq. of West Broyle, the Misses Farndell and James Whitchurch esq. The soil is rich loam; subsoil, marl. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 3,172 acres of land, 18 of water, 116 of tidal water and 609 of foreshore; rateable value £7,479; the population in 1901 was 1,149
Broadbridge 1 mile north-east, Creed, east ½ mile, Old Fishbourne, 1 mile east, Gosport ½ mile south and Walton 1 mile north-east, are tithing belonging to this parish.
Parish Clerk William Frogbrook.
Post, M.O.&T. Office Railway Station James Henry Kent , sub-postmaster. Letters through Chichester arrive at 6.40am & 2.30pm dispatched at 9.20am & 12.35pm & 7.10pm weekdays; & Sundays 11.50am
Post M/O/& T. Office Bosham Harry Collins sub-postmaster. Letters through Chichester arrive at 7.25am & 3.15pm; dispatched at 8.40am & 12.15pm & 6.30pm Sundays arrive 7.25am & dispatched 11.15am.
Wall Letter Boxes Church Farm, cleared at 7.50am & 6.15pm; Sundays 7.50am. Near Berkeley Arms, cleared at 8.45am & 12.25pm & 6.50pm; Sundays 11.25am. Old Fishbourne, cleared at 1.15pm & 7.20pm; Sundays 12.10am; Old Scholls, cleared at 8.30am & 12.15 & 6.25pm; Sundays 8.15am; Cut Mill, cleared at 7.45am & 6.15pm; Sundays 7.45am.
Public Elementary School Bosham built in 1896, for 250 children; average attendance, 200; William Alfd. Scales, Mrs Scales, mistress
Public Elementary School, Old Fishbourne, built in 1876 for 140 children; average attendance 92; Miss Ellen Stallard, mistress
Carriers to Chichester William Norris daily except thurs
Private Residents.
Adams Miss Rose, The Grange
Ayling Frank, The Bungalow, Walton
Boon John, Canute house Old Fishbourne
Bryant James, Blunt Cottage
Cheesman C. C. Barwell, The Rectory House
Cheesman Mrs. The Rectory house
Cole Miss, Kenwood
Collier Mrs. Crichton
Collis Ernest K. Brook House
Cowd Mrs. 1 Adelaide Terrace
Farndell Misses, Old Fishbourne
Gatehouse SI. Coombes, burfield Cottage
Gifford Lord V.C. Old Park
Graham A. Gregor, Broadbridge Mill House
Hamilton George M.B Dolphinholme
Heaver Mrs Broadbridge House
Johnson Wm. Charles, Selbourne Vill
Lane John Fletcher, North Villa, Old Fishbourne
Llyod Humphrey Selwyn, Manor House
McCarthy John, Raneleigh
MacDermott Rev. Kenneth Holland L.Th. A.R.C.M. (vicar), The Vicarage
Murton Robert, The Poplars
Penn Walter Edward, the Whym
Powell Capt. G.. M.E. Colnor House
Turner Henry Hugh, Shirley Lodge
Wallace James George H. Creed Cottage
Webster Mrs. The Coverts, New Fishbourne
Wilby frank S. The Willows, Old Fishbourne
Commercial
Apps Abraham, shipwright
Apps Thomas, boat builder
Arnell Thomas, fisherman
Arnold Edward, master mariner
Arnold George, fisherman
Batchelor William, master mariner
Beacher Sarah (Mrs), beer retailer, Old Fishbourne
Billinghurst Edward, jobbing gardener, 1 East Terrace
Blake James Herbert, grocer & baker, Old Fishbourne
Bloomfield Philip, master mariner
Bosham Dredgerman’s Co-Operative Society Ltd (H.M. Richardson, sec.) oyster merchants, Myrtle House
Bosham Sailing Club (Glen Martin sec.)
Bowden Hy. Colporteur, Harbour
Brick & Tile Works (exors. Of Alfred Cheesman, proprietors; Robert Hounson, manager)
Bridger Horace Lintott, farmer, Old Fishbourne
Brown George, miller (water) & farmer
Cheesman C. C. Barwell, farmer Rectory Farm
Chichester Coporation Water Works (wm. Sowter, engnr.) Old Fishbourne
Collins Harry, shopkeeper, Post Office
Collins Thomas, aparts. Redfern House
Combes Willie, master mariner, Leslie House
Coward William, farmer Church Farm
Duffield William George, estate agent
Duke James, gardener to H. S. Lloyd esq. Manor house
Durling Walter James, Swan Inn, Broadbridge
Ewens Francis Charles, grocer, Old Fishbourne
Farndell Elizabeth Jane, Kate & Ellen (Misses), farmer, Old Fishbourne
Farne Allan, farmer, Creed house & Miles Farm
Follett Henry, grocer
Ford Richard, cab proprietor
Foresters (Ancient Order of) Court Pride of Bosham, No. 3,883 (R.Murton sec)
Fowler Alec, boat builder
Gardener Eliza (Mrs), aparts. Sea View
Gargrave Henry, shopkeeper
Gatehouse Samuel Coombes, miller (steam & water), Broadbridge roller mills
Gratwick Geo. Carpenter, Old Fishbourne
Hamilton George M.B. B.S.Lond., L.R.C.P.Lond, M.R.C.S.Eng. Physician & surgeon, Dolphinholme
Heaver John Wyman Teed, brick maker; works, Colnor & broad bridge
Hennings Charles, boot maker
Hickman Charles Alfred, blacksmith
Houle Thomas, farmer, Lowerhouse Farm
Layzell frances (Mrs), grocer
March Edwin, builder
Marshall sarah (Mrs), farmer, Rothley, Old Fishbourne
Martin Fred, beer retailer
Martin Geo. Master mariner, Riverside
Marthin Harry, master mariner
Martin John, anchor Inn
Maynard Geo. Grocer, Portsmouth Road
Mitchener Richard, boot maker
Neave Robert, hair dresser
Norris William, carrier
Odell Richard, phonograph agent, 7 South Terrace
Pitts Arth. Reginald, farmer, Park Farm
Puttick John, lath render, Old Fishbourne
Redman Albert Edward, blacksmith, Old Fishbourne
Redman George, blacksmith, Walton
Reeves Caroline H. (Mrs), Berkeley Arms P.H.
Richardson Henry, grocer & draper
Robinson Ann (Mrs), beer retailer, Walton
Rosebeare Arthur, farmer, Polthooks, Old Fishbourne
Scales William Alfred, clerk to Parish Council & assistant overseer
Scarterfield Richard, Black Boy P.H., Old Fishbourne
Scutt John, coal & wood dealer
Smart William, greengrocer
Sparkes Archibald, baker
Steward Walter, carpenter, Cutmill
Stoveld Caroline (Mrs), apartments, Gloucester Terrace
Strange John, farmer, Harts Farm
Tillet James, apartments, Glencoe
Toop James, farmer, Southwood & Petworth farms
Trevett Elizabeth (Mrs), farmer Church Farm
Whitewood Percy, butcher
Willby Frank S., farmer, The Willows Farm, Old Fishbourne
Woods Fdk., master mariner, Heathfield
Woods H (Mrs), apartmts., The Laurels
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