Held at: | Hereford Public Library |
Reference: | Local and Trade Directories H/914.244 |
Source: | Original document |
Title: | Kelly’s Directory of Herefordshire |
Place name: | St Margarets |
Date: | 1913 |
Description:
Trades and professions named in St Margarets include:
Blacksmith: Alfred Carey Bufton |
Carpenter: Jonathan Lewis |
Innkeeper: William Jordan [Sun Inn] |
Parish clerk: John Reece |
Shopkeeper: Mrs Ada White |
Vicar: Reverend Charles Henry Cook [since 1903] |
Residents and property named include:
Cole, | George | Walters place |
Cole, | William | Coedpoath |
Fletcher, | John | Old Farm |
Gwillim, | Charles | Mairescess |
Gwillim, | David | Tanhouse |
Howard, | Elizabeth [Mrs] | Merryhurst |
Hughes, | Joseph | Lower Llanon |
Kedward, | John | Fair Oak |
Lewis, | Thomas | Gilva court |
Morgan, | John | Park farm |
Powell, | George | Maerdy |
Powell, | William | Iron Pear tree |
Price, | James | New House farm |
Price, | John | Lower House |
Price, | Mary [Miss] | Trevaker [?Trefecca] |
Pritchard, | John | Llannon |
Rely, | Tom Percival | Gilvach |
Stewart, | James | Newfield |
Tilbury, | William | Trecadivor |
An image of the full 1913 Kelly’s Directory entry for St Margarets is given below.
Observations:
Local farmers are named. The area, population, rateable value, main crops, geology, county court arrangements and other details of the Parish are given. The architecture of the church is described. The trustees of the late Henry Randolph Trafford are Lords of the Manor; he and Herbert Howorth Wood and the Marquess of Abergavenny are chief landowners.
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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