Came Dairy House
Came Dairy House
Situated to the east of the Wareham Road, Came Dairy House is one of the few dwellings to a) be specifically identified in census returns and church registers or b) have residents who are readily identifiable by their occupation (in this case, dairymen). This makes it fairly easy to compile a list of who lived there during the 19th century. Those people are as follows:
- 1839
- John Pole, dairyman, & wife Charlotte Pole
- 1841
- Address: Came Dairy House
- Who: John & Charlotte Pople and four children
- Birthplaces: Dorset
- Servants in house? None shown
- Workforce: Not stated
- Farm Size: Not stated
- 1861
- Address: Dairy House
- Who: Thomas & Harriott Walden
- Birthplaces: Dorset
- Servants in house? 3: dairyman, dairymaid and carter
- Workforce: Not stated
- Farm Size: Not stated
- 1861
- Thomas William Waldon, dairyman, & wife Harriet Eliza Waldon
- 1871
- Address:
- Who: Thomas & Harriett Walden, 2 children and cousin
- Birthplaces: Dorset
- Servants in house? 4 dairyman labourers (male)
- Workforce: Not stated
- Farm Size: Not stated
- 1881
- Address: Dairy House
- Who: John & Mary Neal and ten children plus visitor Thomas Croft
- Birthplace: Varying parts of Dorset
- Servants in house? None shown
- Workforce? Not stated
- Farm size? Not stated
- 1884
- Who: Thomas Cheney, dairyman, & wife Charlotte Cheney
- 1885
- Who: Robert Cheney, dairyman, & wife Elizabeth Cheney
- 1886
- Who: Frederick Kennell, dairyman, & wife Emma Kennell
- 1891
- Address: Came Dairy House
- Who: Job & Eliza Vine, and five children
- Birthplace: All from Dorset, children mostly born in Askerswell
- Servants in house? None shown
- Workforce? Not stated
- Farm size? Not stated
- 1901
- Address: Came
- Who: Henry & Harriett Gillingham and three children
- Birthplace: All from Dorset, except one child born in Wiltshire
- Servants in house? None shown
- Workforce? Not stated
- Farm size? Not stated
Modern maps refer to the buildings as Came Home Farm, although there is also a Dairy Cottage on the site.