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 R&DMS |
N Russell, Broadmayne |
West Knighton - Broadmayne - Dorchester |
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 |
Column1 | Column2 | Column3 | Column4 | ||
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H4205 | 1 Bere Regis - Poole | same | withdrawn 7/59 | ||
H4205 | 1a Bere Regi s- Dorchester | same | withdrawn 7/59 | ||
H4176 | 2 Bere Regis - Poole | same | withdrawn 7/59 | ||
H4179 | 3 Zelstone - Dorchester | same | withdrawn 7/59 | ||
H7436 | 4 Dorchester - Sherborne | same | now route 1 | same | see H16950 below |
H7813 | 5 Dorchester - Yeovil | same | now route 2 | curtailed at Sherborne | see H15264 below |
H7814 | 6 Dorchester - Stur Newton | same | now route 3 | same | same |
H7386 | 7 Dorchester - Henley | same | merged with H7814 | ||
H8085 | 8 Dorchester - Sherborne | same | withdrawn 1/57 | ||
H7358 | 9 Dorchester – Bridport | same | now route 7 | withdrawn 8/67 | |
H7392 | 10 Dorchester – Little Bredy | same | now route 6 | extended to Litton Cheney | see H16901 below |
H7383 | 11 Dorchester - Frampton | same | now route 4 | same | withdrawn 7/75 |
H7482 | 12 Dorchester - East Knighton | same | now route 5 | withdrawn 12/64 | |
H7990 | 13 Dorchester-Bovington Camp | same | now route 8 | same | same |
H7991 | 14 Dorchester - Hurst | same | now route 9 | same | same |
H7390 | 15 Dorchester - Came | same | now route 10 | same | same |
H7357 | 16 Okeford - Blandford | same | now route 13 | same | see H15817 below |
H7359 | 17 Woolland – Shaftesbury | same | now route 14 | same | see H15817 below |
H7812 | 18 Stur Newton – Yeovil | same | now route 15 | same | see H15265 below |
H7810 | 19 Stur Newton-Bsps Caundle | same | withdrawn 1958 | ||
H3981 | 20 Kingston – Wimborne | withdrawn 9/52 | |||
H4204 | 21 Bere Regis-Hyde-Wareham | now route 20 | now route 21 | same | withdrawn 1964 |
H7387 | 22 Bere-Bloxworth-Wareham | withdrawn 9/52 | |||
H3965 | 23 Hazelbury – Dorchester | now route 21 | withdrawn 1957 | ||
H4175 | 24 Winfrith - Wareham | withdrawn 9/52 | |||
H4178 | 25 Winfrith – Weymouth | now route 22 | withdrawn 1959 | ||
H7815 | 26 Whitchurch – Dorchester | see H10103 below | |||
H8008 | 27 Whitchurch – Blandford | now route 23 | see H12851 below | ||
H7388 | 28 Puddletown – Dorchester | withdrawn 1951 | |||
H7402 | 29 Piddlehinton - Dorchester | not listed in t/t | now route 11 | not listed in t/t | |
H7415 | 30 Marnhull – Stur Newton | now route 25 | now route 17 | same | see H17418 below |
H7811 | 31 Marnhull – Dorchester | now route 26 | now route 16 | same | same |
H7302 | 32 Milton Abbas – Blandford | see H10103 below | |||
H7381 | 33 Hurst – Wareham | withdrawn 9/52 | |||
H4068 | 34 Buck Newton – Weymouth | not listed in t/t | |||
H7564 | 35 Bloxworth - Blandford | 27 Almer-Blandford | now route 20 | curtailed to start at Bere Regis | same |
H8529 | New spring 1950 | 28 Marnhull-Stur Ntn | now route 18 | withdrawn 1964 | |
H10103 | New summer 1953 | 29 Dorchester – Milton Abbas - Blandford | now route 12 (H12851) | same | see H15125 below |
H12365 | New summer 1959 | 19 Lillington - Sherborne | same | same | |
H15125 | New 1971 | Houghton/Clenston - Blandford | |||
H15264 | New 1971 | Dorchester - Pulham | |||
H15265 | New 1971 | Sherborne - Holwell | |||
H15817 | New 7/72 | Woolland -Blandford | |||
H16901 | New 1975 | Swyre - Dorchester | |||
H16950 | New 7/75 | Dorchester-Sherborne | |||
H17418 | New 8/76 | Gillingham-Stur Nwtn |