liphook's population grew modestly, from 1,367 in 1861 to 1,614 in 1891. the railway did not cause a more substantial increase, since many could not afford to pay the fare for more than an occasional excursion. the kelly's directory of 1895 shows far more shopkeepers in liphook than bramshott: liphook had become the predominant centre of the parish of bramshott. a few wealthy people however saw the potential of commuter travel, notably mary ann robb and london solicitor william thomas longbourn, who bought foley manor in 1859. he later sold it to william barrington tristram, a former member of the bombay council who built the house's victorian extension.