Operator and home village |
Route(s) |
Year of takeover / other information |
W J Laws, Briantspuddle |
Briantspuddle - Tolpuddle - Dorchester |
June 1940 - one Dennis G bus |
C E Jeanes, Dorchester |
Henley - Piddletrenthide - Dorchester |
December 1941 - started 1924 Thornycroft 20-str YC2986 to BR&DMS |
E Russell, Broadmayne |
West Knighton - Broadmayne - Dorchester West Knighton - Broadmayne - Weymouth |
December 1941 (included A J Bishop's former service from Broadmayne to Dorchester, taken over by Russell in July 1937). |
H Hawker, Piddletrenthide |
Plush - Piddletrenthide - Dorchester |
1942 Started 1902, motor bus since 1916 |
F Whitty, Dorchester |
Frampton - Stratton - Dorchester |
February 1942 (service started by B Cox in 1925, to Mrs R Platt in 1937, to Whitty in 1938) |
F Thorne, Cerne Abbas |
Minterne Magna - Cerne Abbas - Dorchester |
1942 (started in 1873 by Edward Thorne, Frank Thorne from 1908, motor bus since 1913) |
E Markey, Winterbourne Steepleton |
Little Bredy - Wint. Abbas - Dorchester |
June 1942 (part ex-C Ralph in 1932) |
L Sprackling, Winterbourne Stickland and Milton Abbas |
Milton Abbas - Whitechurch - Blandford Milton Abbas - Dorchester Stickland - Whitechurch - Dorchester Houghton - Stickland - Blandford |
September 1942. Trading as Ivory Coaches. Started with taxis in 1916. Part ex-T K Bower Milton Abbas 1930. Five vehicles to BR&DMS (1 x Morris 20-str, 3 x Leyland 26-strs, 1 x Leyland 32-str) |
G Lugg, Wonston, Hazelbury Bryan |
Hazelbury - Dorchester Hazelbury - Sherborne Hazelbury - Yeovil Hazelbury - Sturminster Newton |
June 1944 Reo 20-str DV5631 to BR&DMS Chevrolet 14-str DL6997 to BR&DMS |
A Pitcher, Litton Cheney |
Swyre - Litton Cheney - Dorchester |
1944 - one Morris Commercial bus 14-str to BR&DMS |
G Churchill, Puncknowle |
Puncknowle - Bridport |
1944/1945 – one 1929 Ford 13 seater to BR&DMS |
C Fripp, Okeford Fitzpaine |
Okeford - Blandford Okeford - Manston - Sturminster Newton |
January 1945 |
E J Bale, Hurst |
Hurst - Moreton - Tincleton - Dorchester Hurst - Moreton - Winfrith - Wareham |
1946 (motor bus started 1925) |
G Caundle |
Puddletown - Dorchester |
1946 (service discontinued 1943 before takeover) |
Mrs B H Coombes & Son, Kingston, Hazelbury Bryan |
Hazelbury - Sturminster Newton Hazelbury - Ansty - Dorchester Hazelbury - Sherborne Hazelbury - Yeovil |
November 1946 Motor bus since 1926 Bedford WLB 20-str AGH961 to BR&DMS |
J E Pickett, Buckland Newton |
Buck. Newton - Piddletrenthide - Dorchester Buck. Newton - Duntish - Sherborne |
1947 - started 1922 Bedford WTL 20-str CMV348 to BR&DMS |
V C Little, Marnhull |
Marnhull - Plush - Dorchester |
1947 (ex-A Trim, Marnhull) |
S Harmer, Milton Abbas |
Milton Abbas - Dorchester Milton Abbas - Blandford |
Spring 1948 Dennis Ace 20-str JB3354 to BR&DMS |
H V Fear, Wimborne |
(tours and excursions) |
1951 |
G Robertson, Longham |
(tours and excursions) |
1952 |
E A Seager, Sherborne |
(tours and excursions) |
1954 (trading as Enterprise Coaches) |
Mrs H J Macklin, Sherborne |
(tours and excursions) |
1955 (trading as Antelope Tours) |
H E Butler | (coaches) | October 1961 |
Elliott & Potter, Wimborne |
(school contracts etc) |
1982 |
Mid Dorset Coaches, Hilton |
Milton Abbas – Hilton - Dorchester Hilton - Blandford |
1987 – on retirement of the House Brothers |
With thanks and grateful acknowledgement to past research by Ryan Carpenter and Roger Grimley |
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