Held at:

Hereford Public Library

Reference:

Local and Trade Directories

Source:

Original document

Title:

Lascelles & Co.’s Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire

Place name:

Cusop

Date:

1851

Description:

Trades and professions named in Cusop include:

Blacksmith: John Howell

Miller: John Axell [Corn Miller, Dulas Mill], Baldwin Butcher

Vicar: Reverend William King

Mentions property called:

Llydiard-y-Wain [Joseph Trustead]

Mynydd-birth [James Manister]

Ty Coch [George Thompson]

An image of the 1851 Lascelles Directory entry for Cusop is given below.

Observations:

Chapel of Ease noted as ‘just completed’.

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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