Bibbern Farm
Sal Map 1918
1839 Tithe Map Lot…. Edith Green
1841 Census Edith Green, son Samuel & his wife, Rebecca (farmer) live in the High street
1849 Albert Benjafield born at Gommershay Farm. Father, Eli Benjafield and grandfather, John Benjafield, farmed there since the 1830’s.
1851 Census Farmer, Samuel Green, living with mother Edith in High Street wife Rebecca occupier of 60 acres of land employing 2 men
1861 Census Samuel Green widower living Gold Street with Mother Edith farmer of 105 acres employing 3 men
1871 Census Widower Samuel Green aged 42 Farmer of 176 acres employing 4 men & 2 boys. Sons, Robert, Herbert, Walter, Nathaniel. Brother Robert, is a farmer living in Gold Street
1871 Census Albert Benjafield farming at Crib House with sister, Mary, and brother, Allan.
1877 Albert & Lydia (nee Lippiatt) marry
1881 Census Albert Benjafield farmer of 200acres
1882 Swine Fever Pigs bought at Sturminster market a month previously
1888 Twins, a boy and a girl.
1880’s & 90’s Bibbern Farm the venue for tea and games for Sunday school treats/outings
1891 Ethel dies aged 14.
1918 Sale Lot 30 bought by A Benjafield for £8,800
1925 Henstridge estate agent, Allan Benjafield, brother of Albert, declared bankrupt, blaming his losses in cattle dealing due to market closures because of the foot & mouth disease
1926 Albert Benjafield retires from farming
1927 Hardwick Hartley & Sons listed in Kelly’s Directory
1930 Albert Benjafield dies, aged 82, at his home in High Street. His brother, Allan, had died only a couple of months earlier. The funeral service takes place at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, a cause and building the Benjafield family were very much supportive….. Tenant of the Stalbridge Estate for “half a century”
1931- 35 Hartley Hardwick (1870-1951) -Kelly’s Directory
1939 Register Reginald George & Phyllis Loder Phyllis At Ryalls Farm, Bishop Down in 1919.
1946 Albert Howard Benjafield (son of Albert) dies at his home in Church Hill.
1841 Census Edith Green, son Samuel & his wife, Rebecca (farmer) live in the High street
1849 Albert Benjafield born at Gommershay Farm. Father, Eli Benjafield and grandfather, John Benjafield, farmed there since the 1830’s.
1851 Census Farmer, Samuel Green, living with mother Edith in High Street wife Rebecca occupier of 60 acres of land employing 2 men
1861 Census Samuel Green widower living Gold Street with Mother Edith farmer of 105 acres employing 3 men
1871 Census Widower Samuel Green aged 42 Farmer of 176 acres employing 4 men & 2 boys. Sons, Robert, Herbert, Walter, Nathaniel. Brother Robert, is a farmer living in Gold Street
1871 Census Albert Benjafield farming at Crib House with sister, Mary, and brother, Allan.
1877 Albert & Lydia (nee Lippiatt) marry
1881 Census Albert Benjafield farmer of 200acres
1882 Swine Fever Pigs bought at Sturminster market a month previously
1888 Twins, a boy and a girl.
1880’s & 90’s Bibbern Farm the venue for tea and games for Sunday school treats/outings
1891 Ethel dies aged 14.
1918 Sale Lot 30 bought by A Benjafield for £8,800
1925 Henstridge estate agent, Allan Benjafield, brother of Albert, declared bankrupt, blaming his losses in cattle dealing due to market closures because of the foot & mouth disease
1926 Albert Benjafield retires from farming
1927 Hardwick Hartley & Sons listed in Kelly’s Directory
1930 Albert Benjafield dies, aged 82, at his home in High Street. His brother, Allan, had died only a couple of months earlier. The funeral service takes place at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, a cause and building the Benjafield family were very much supportive….. Tenant of the Stalbridge Estate for “half a century”
1931- 35 Hartley Hardwick (1870-1951) -Kelly’s Directory
1939 Register Reginald George & Phyllis Loder Phyllis At Ryalls Farm, Bishop Down in 1919.
1946 Albert Howard Benjafield (son of Albert) dies at his home in Church Hill.
1839 Tithe Map (No Farm Buildings)
