The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-01-02 00:00:00

AN ODDFULOW.

"THE ALLOTMENT ACT."
Urns V.
To at Milo.

BTheir.4,—Alloorthmee
Atobbooourrbectuyt socheuirrotryinu snyff.last liea,ettenort.
Homer'.. I may also say tost the figures respecting
them charities are taken from "the general digest of
endowed charities from the last report of the Charity
Commissioners," and published by order of the Rose.
of Commons. The Allotment Act, after making
provision for the defence of the trustees of these lands
der certain circumstances, and for arrears of rent,
or refusal to quit, goes on to provide that in the
letting of allotmenta (let) "Public notice of the inten-
tion to let the same shall be Oven in manner directed
In the schedule to this Act, " as given in last week's
Telegram (2nd) 'Every allotment shall be let free
of all charges (that is to say), tithes, tithe rent charges,
rates, tszes, and outersdngs whatsoever, and shall be
let at each rent a• Land a the same quality is usually
let for in the same parish, with such addition as Le
necessary to satisfy the said charges; cud in this
section the expression " outgoings includes the
expense of getting possession, and allotting, dividing,
and fencing the field or portion of land set apart, and
collecting the rents, and any sum payable for such
draining of the allotment and means of approach to
the allotments as may be necessary. 3rd: "The
trustees shall, for the purpose of all rates, tithes, and
tithe rent charge, be deemed t .• occupiers of the
allotments." 4th "One person shall not hold any
allotments or allotments exceeding one acre."
The readers will understand that though in some
oasis I may give an account of charities generally,
yet only those come under the Ant in question where
land Is left for the benefit of the poor. In some
places land is left for other objects. In some case, a
proportion is to be applied to oos object and another
proportion to another object.
Beaminstee may be taken as en example. Tucker's
Charity. called Sfappertoo Farm, of 167 acres,
root £2lO. £162 10.., is applied to education.
£22 10a. for apprenticing to some "honest call
in,. and £25 to be given to the poor in fuel.
Strode's Charity confine of • garden and two.thitds
of 43 acres 3 quarters 27 poles. Rent from this is put
at £4l 17s. 2d.. to he applied to the @import of elms.
houses, except £B, which goes to Sysnondshury.
Adams' Charity contains 19 acres 2 quarters 29 poles
of land, the rent from suns is CM 12s. 6d, Thie Is
applied to education, though it is pretty clear it was
left for the pox. Hillary's Charity—This consists of
49 acres 2 quarters 29 poles, though the will calls it 61
acres. This is in Corsoombs ; the rent is rm. This is
wholly for the poo There is also Keatee' Charity,
called an aces, income E 2 8... to be given in hood. It
is for the labourers of Besininster to find out how mud:
of this Isnd comts under the Alio' went Act There is
one other--Chsmpion alias Clarke's Charity; this
used to be marked as land, income lbs., making • total
of—Money for poor, £55; in articles, 228 35.; for
alnishousss, 1235 17s 2.1.
Beichalwall has one charity, marked worth 15„,
called pope's money. Lost.
Here Ftegia has an income ef £29 14a. 7d., applied
to education, though a portion of it was given for
clothing. There Is also a charity called o pooee
Stock'" this realized £4 10s. formerly, but it is not
eery Jeer where it is RMS. There is also one by Jane
Williams, income CIO 10s., for Support of almshouses.
There was one for Dissenters, but appear to have
lost it all long ago. Total for Here Regis—E29 14 .. 7d. for education, ELO 10s. for two poor men ea 1 two poor
women of the Established Church, whatever that may
mean. There was • charity called Mitchell's, but
rest charge in arrow.
Broadmavne has three charities. Derby's rent charge of EX applied for apprenticing and El in
money for the poor. Eissaway's, former inoonse lOs
or poor, but no return. Babton's Console, izoorne
10s., this is applied for education. There was
another of £lO for the 'poor by will dated 6th April,
1783, but said to have been stolen or lost out of the
pariah chest.
Broadway's Ground Charity consists of one acre,
three quarters, and two p 'lee of land. Rent £l2 12s.
burd"oernsPnohfliethuessupO" ortb. eugbTrie same,it wee
agotivingrotounlid2,htsganvethas house and garden to the poor of this parish to reside
; but this is not named in the later Inners.
Broadwineor.— This place also has *Ground Charity
of four acres, three quarters, and 13 poles of land. and
a moiety of 30 sores and 20 quarters of other land.
Rent £2l 64 for church peirpoe,, Smith's Charity
28 acres, 1 quarter, and 28 polse, Rent E2B &pith, to education. There are also three others, making toy(
of £3618.. ; £3O of which is for education. and
to be riven to she poor in breed, clothes and fuel.
Breaford Peverell.—Thers is one charity value
; 10a ollthim to be given In blankets to this car: and 12 10e. to Compton. Therereee ten; abet'
charities here by Churchill and u but they have
no place In the lan report —I ai7sM4', yours,
afrrice.
THE WEYMOUTH CHARITIES.
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You first begin with Abbotsbury, and you mention
Mitchell's Olity, EL I will give you an account a
this Charity. which is suppored to be I, et.
I find in 1646 • Mr. Bernard Mitchell made a will,
proved in London 25th JOIN, 1617, and left • portion
of his freehold estates for the following charitable pur-
poses :—Firet, he le ivris ten bnehsls of yea-borne coals
to Weymouth, six to Melcombe Regis, ten to Wylie,
and 335. annually to Abtotabury for ever: the same
to Fleet, same to Wareham, and various other places.
These were paid out of the rented an ion in Male-rube
Regis for over a century ; and I also find a nnnnenry
suit by one of the parishes for several years' arrears,
which the trustees were oriered to ray into court, or
to show came at the next Mic-haelms. Sessional in 1723".
I find this property is now In the possessi in of •
wealthy gentleman.
Now, sir, I intend to sail • public meeting as "non
as I can obtain • room for that purport.. to take into
consideration whit coarse to pursue to brim; hack tin
prooerty to be used in soc.irdance with the orinditi
of the wiii. and to carry out the good Intent of the
generals donor.
Gioata Mumn.