Held at: | Hereford Public Library |
Reference: | Local and Trade Directories |
Source: | Original document |
Title: | Kelly’s Directory of Herefordshire and Shropshire |
Place name: | Longtown and Clodock |
Date: | 1895 |
Description:
Trades and professions named in Longtown include:
Bailiff [to Mr Allan James]: Charles Cook |
Beer retailer: John Penry |
Blacksmith: John Thomas, Arthur John Williams |
Butcher: William Lewis |
Carpenter: John Prosser, William Jones, William Williams |
Carrier: Mrs Mary Nicholls |
Curate: Reverend George Vaux Collinson [since 1890] |
Draper: Urban Cheese |
Dressmaker: Miss Margaret Burgoyne |
Grocer: William Prothero, Urban Cheese/ |
Harness maker: Frederick Townsend/ |
Innkeeper: William Cooper [Rising Sun], Sarah Farr [Greyhound], John Johnson [New Inn], Benjamin Price [Crown], Elizabeth Parry [Cornwall Arms] |
Ironmonger: William Prothero |
Land Agent: John Gilbert Harris |
Mason: David Pritchard, William Burgoyne |
Miller: Henry Miles [Pontynys], William Davis [? Clodock mill], William Farr [Pontys mill], Peter Watkins [?Cwm mill] |
Minister: Reverend John Howells [Baptist] |
Nurse: Mary Ann Seaborne |
Policeman: William Proctor [constable] |
[sub] Postmaster: Samuel Prothero |
Quarryman: Frederic Price |
Registrar: Philip Gwillim |
Schoolteacher: Joseph Helliwell |
Shoemaker: William Prothero junior, William Parry [bootmaker] |
Shopkeeper: Sidney Harris |
Surgeon: Leslie Lachlan Thain |
Surveyor: Philip Gwillim |
Tailor: Urban Cheese, Urbane Nicholls |
Wheelwright: William Jones, John Price, William Williams |
Mentions property called:
Bilbo |
Brooks |
Buildings |
Castle terrace |
Castle Vach |
Church house |
Clodock cottage |
Coldbrook |
Court Llacca |
Cwm bullog |
Cwm coched |
Cwm cochee |
Cwm Dulas |
Cwm farm |
Far house farm [Lower Maescoed] |
Garn |
Gilbertstone |
Glan nant |
Glan Olchon house |
Great house |
Gridall |
Groves |
Hunt House |
Hunt house farm |
Jessamine house |
Little Cwm coched |
Llan won og |
Longtown farm |
Lower Bryn farm |
Lower House |
Lower house farm |
Lower Pont hendre |
Lower Wern dee |
Maerdy |
Middle Pont hendre |
Money ferdin |
Mynuddferddyn hill |
Old Court |
Old Mill |
Pant farm |
Park Road farm [Lower Maescoed] |
Pen Rhwl |
Pen y lan |
Perth y perton |
Pontanas |
Pool farm |
Redlands |
Ruthlin |
Sandhurst cottage |
School house |
Shop Vach [Lower Maescoed] |
Sunnybank |
The Ferns |
The Moody |
Trelandon |
Trelandon cottage |
Trelandon farm |
Trewern |
Ty bach |
Ty mawr |
Upper Bryn farm |
Upper Pont hendre |
Upper Wern dee |
Waine |
Welsh Hunt house |
Yew Tree Cottage |
Images of the full 1895 Kelly’s Directory entry for Longtown are shown below.
Observations:
The area, population, rateable value, main crops, geology and other details of the parish of Clodock and the township of Longtown are given, and it is noted that Longtown is a separate parish for all but ecclesiastical purposes. The architecture and history of Clodock church is described, as is the chapel of St Peter in Longtown, which is in Early English architecture style and was restored in 1868 at a cost of £600. There are also Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels. There are Fairs on 29 April [sheep & cattle] and 21 September [statute] annually. There is a Board school for 100 children; average attendance 65.
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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