Held at: | Hereford Public Library |
Reference: | Local and Trade Directories H/914.244 |
Source: | Original document |
Title: | Kelly’s Directory of Herefordshire |
Place name: | Craswall |
Date: | 1934 |
Description:
Trades and professions named in Craswall include:
Beer retailer: Wm. Watkins [Bulls Head] |
Curate: Reverend Percy Loadman [since 1928] |
Innkeeper: Wm. Warren Weale [Three Horse Shoes PH] |
Shopkeeper: Mrs Sarah Jane Jenkins |
Residents and Property named include:
Wright | Mrs | School House |
Farr, | Arth. | Cwm farm |
Gane, | David | Cwm mill |
Gane, | Elizabeth [Mrs] | Craswall Court |
Gane, | George | College farm |
Gane, | James | Pentwyn |
Gane, | Ernest | The Oaks |
Gane | Mary Ann [Mrs] | Rose Cottage |
Godwin, | Wilfred | White Hay wood |
Gwilliam | Thos. Wm. | Llanover |
Howells, | Enoch Wm. | The Town |
Hughes, | Charles | The Rock |
James, | Clara [Mrs] | Lower House |
Jenkins, | Elijah. | The Old Public |
Jenkins, | John E | Dukes farm |
Jenkins, | Morgan | Middle Black Hill |
Jones, | Elijah | Forest Mill |
Jones, | Ernest | Little Black Hill |
Jones, | Rd. | Lower Crasway |
Jones, | John | Upper House |
Jones, | Samuel | New Forest |
Lewis, | William & James | The Birches |
Maddy, | Arthur | Old House |
Mason, | William | Rocky Fold |
Morris, | Aaron | Chapel house |
Phillips, | Elizabeth [Mrs] | The Barn |
Price, | Albert | Gworlodevain |
Powell, | Edwin | Lower Black Hill |
Price, | James | Abbey farm |
Prosser, | Bybe | Abraham Reeds |
Russell, | Jas. | Cwm Steps |
Smith, | Alfred | Little Black Hill |
Smith, | Arthur | The Coed |
Smith, | Thomas | Wern Wen |
Smith, | Vear James | Box Tree |
Watkins, | Arthur | Tyboobach |
Watkins, | Clara [Mrs] | The Villa |
Watkins, | Elizabeth [Mrs] | The New House |
Watkins, | Harry | Upper Avon |
Watkins, | Mary Ann [Mrs] | The Road |
Watkins, | Olive [Mrs] | The Shawls |
Watkins, | James | Old Mill |
Watkins, | John | Goodes |
Watkins, | Louisa [Mrs] | Llandraw |
Yeomans | Elwyn Ernest | Upper House |
Yeomans, | Peter | Ruinsford |
An image of the full 1934 Kelly’s Directory entry for Craswall is given below.
Observations:
Local farmers are named. The area, population, rateable value, main crops, geology, county court and other details of the Parish are given. There is a public elementary school and two Primitive Methodist chapels. Principal landowner is RRWR Trafford [Lord of the Manor]. The church was restored in 1883, and there is a cockpit on the north side where ‘in the early part of this century cockfights were held on Sundays after service’.
This directory is not comprehensive in its coverage of all farms and commercial premises in the parish at the time. Also, in the transcribed lists of properties that are named, spellings in the original have sometimes been amended to reflect more common usage. In case of doubt please refer to the image of the original entry.
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