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: | 1917 |
Description:
Trades and professions named in Craswall include:
Beer retailer: David Watkins |
Curate: [Vacant] |
Innkeeper: Hannah Gane [? Bulls Head Inn] |
Schoolmaster: Fredk. Harold Drew |
Shopkeeper: Emma Davies |
Residents and Property named include:
Cole, | Sidney | Ruinsford |
Gane, | Elizabeth [Mrs] | Craswall Court |
Gane, | Fredk. Jn. | Lower House |
Gane, | George | Cwm Mill |
Gane, | James | Pentwyn |
Gane, | Thomas | The Oaks |
Gane, | William & Son | Upper House |
Hassall, | Samuel | Court farm |
Howells, | Enoch Wm. | The Town |
Jenkins, | Jn. | Little Black Hill |
Jenkins, | John | The Old Public |
Jenkins, | Moses & Morgan | Middle Black Hill |
Jones, | Elijah | Forest Mill |
Jones, | John | Upper House |
Jones, | Samuel | New Forest |
Lewis, | William & James | The Birches |
Maddy, | Arthur | Old House |
Maddy, | James | White Oak |
Meredith, | Robert | Dukes farm |
Morris, | Aaron | Chapel house |
Mountford, | Edward & James | Lower Blackhill |
Mountford, | John | Rocky fold |
Phillips, | David | Tyboobach |
Phillips, | George | Coed Major |
Price, | James | Abbey farm |
Probert, | Arthur | Llanover |
Prosser, | Bybe | Abraham Reeds |
Smith, | Alfred & James | Upper Black Hill |
Smith, | Arthur | The Coed |
Smith, | Thomas | Wern Wen |
Smith, | Vear | Cwm Steps |
Waring, | James | The Shawls |
Watkins, | Arthur | Llandraw |
Watkins, | George | The Road |
Watkins, | George | Upper Cwm |
Watkins, | John | Gworlodevain |
Watkins, | James | Old Mill |
Watkins, | Arth. | Great Black Hill |
Watkins, | Jn. | White Hay Wood |
Yeomans, | Peter | Cwm farm |
An image of the full 1917 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 landowners are the trustees of the late Henry Randolph Trafford [Lords of the Manor] and Mrs Williams. 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’. The school was built in 1876 for 90 children.
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.
Ref: rs_cra_0112