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Information about Dogsthorpe circa 1900

DOGSTHORPE, ancientIy called Dodsthorpe, was formerly a hamlet of St. John the Baptist, Peterborough, 2 miles north-east therefrom a small portion of the hamlet is incorporated in the borough. There is a Mission Hall at Garton end, erected in 1893, and now used as a Sunday school. Here are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels. The school room is used as a Church Mission Hall; services are held at 7 p.m. fortnightly in the winter. The land is chiefly arable. The area is 2,130 acres

• Alton William, Shildon villas
• Carrol Edward, The Chestnuts
• Craig Mrs. Dogsthorpe grange
• Higgins Mrs. The Cedars
• Keech Charles C. Wharfedale
• Paten Alfred J
• Sharp Arthur, Garton end
• Wadlow Henry George, Marylands
• Beeby Edward L. shopkeeper
• Bruce Robert, market gardener
• Cook James, dairyman
• Cooper Emma (Mrs.), Blue Bell P.H
• Davison Albert Alwyne, beer retailer
• Dudley Philip, cowkeeper, Garton end
• Gouldthorp Arthur, blacksmith
• Lee Joseph, dairyman, Garton end
• Mackaness Thomas, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Garton end
• Moy Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, & Post office
• Perkins Richard, farmer
• Sharp Bros. dairymen, Garton end
• Simmons Arthur, china & earthenware dealer, Garton end
• Vergette Thomas Henry, farmer
• Vickers Thomas, boot & shoe maker

* Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire 1903 (London: Kelly's Directories Limited, 1903), pp.231.