Harrison, Harrop & Co. Trade Directory 1861
BROSELEY.
BROSELEY is a parish and considerable market town in the Wenlock franchise, distant 4 miles E. from Much Wenlock, 13 miles S.E. from Shrewsbury, and 146 miles N.W. from London. The town is seated on an eminence above the Severn, and consists principally of one long irregular built street, with minor streets branching off in different directions. It is situated in the middle of an extensive mining district, in which coal and ironstone are obtained. The town and neighbourhood are also famous far the manufacture of fire-bricks and tobacco-pipes, which are exported to all parts of the kingdom. Broseley is the only place in England where the celebrated glazed tobacco-pipes are manufactured, and it is supposed this was the first place where the manufacture of this article commenced. Here are extensive establishments for the manufacture of the glazed pipes.
The church of All Saints is a free-stone building, consisting of nave chancel, and side aisles, with a square tower in which are six bells. The church was rebuilt in 1845 ; there is accommodation for 1,200 hearers; it is neatly fitted up with oak sittings, and the roof is of groined timber. The living is a rectory; the Rev. R. H. Cobbold, M.A., is the incumbent. The Baptists, the Independents, the Wesleyan Methodists, the Primitive Methodist have each a chapel here. The National school was erected in 1854, at a cost £1600. The site was given by the Right Hon. Lord Forester. The bricks and tiles made at Broseley are not surpassed by any in the kingdom; there are several extensive establishments conducted by the Messrs. Davies and others. The parish contains 1,970A. 3R. 24P. of land. The market is held on a Wednesday. Fairs are held on the last Tuesday in April and October 28th. The Market hail is a brick structure, situated in High street, erected about the year 1779. The Court Room, over the market hall, contains a fine oak chair, beautifully carved, and dated 1626; in this room the petty Sessions are held every six weeks. The news room and library is situated in high street. Broseley is a ward within the jurisdiction of the municipal borough of Much Wenlock, and returns two aldermen and six councillors. The river is the chief outlet of the articles here. The soil is clayey, and the subsoil is carboniferous.
JACKFIELD, a populous district in Broseley parish, 1 mile N.E. from the town, and on the border of the river Severn. The church is a red brick building, dedicated to St. Mary, is a Chapel of Ease of Broseley ; having a square tower, and one bell. The living is a perpetual curacy. There is a National school erected in 1844 for boys and girls. The place is celebrated for the manufacture of bricks and tiles; and there is an extensive traffic carried on with the lower Severn by means of barges. There are large quantities of ironstone calcined and transmitted down the river to Stourport, from whence it is conveyed by canal to Staffordshire, the mixture of which, with this ironstone, produces the best English iron.
POST OFFICE, High street, Richard Rushton, postmaster. Letters arrive every morning at 5.3; afternoon, at 4.30; dispatched, morning at 7, and evening at 5.
BANKERS :
Pritchards and Nicholas. Draw on Barnetts, Hoare, and Co., London High street.
PUBLIC OFFICERS :-
Assessor and Collector of Taxes, Richard Ruston, High street.
Clerk to the Trustees Wenlock Turnpike Road, George Hartshorne, High Street.
News Room and Library, High street, Isaac Burnet, librarian
Organist of the Church, H. Bathurst, Church street.
Registrar of Births and Deaths, for Broseley District, William Perris, High street.
Sub-Distributor of Stamps, Richard Rushton, High street.
All Saint's Church, Rev. R. H. Cobbold, rector.
CHAPELS :
Baptist, Birch Meadow.
Independent, Duke street.
Old Baptist, Chapel lane, Rev. Edward Jones.
Primitive Methodists, Broseley Wood.
Wesleyan, Duke street.
Wesleyan, Coalford.
SCHOOLS
Infants, Miss Ryalls, mistress.
National, George Ledger, plaster ; Miss Ferguson, mistress.
GENTRY, &c.
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Bartlam, Edward, glover, High street |
Maw, John, Hornby, Barratt's hill |
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Charlton, Henry, King street |
Nicholas. William Queen street |
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Cobbold, Rev. R. H., Rectory |
Pritchard, John, Esq., M.P., High street |
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Griffiths, Miss, Church street |
Potts, George, Harris's green |
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Hartshorne, F. H., Church street |
Shaw, W. P., Church street |
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Hartshorne, Mrs., Bank place |
Thorns, Mrs., Church street |
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Humphries, Mrs., Woodlands green |
Thursfield, Richard, Queen street |
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Lister, Edward, The Cottage |
TRADERS, &c.
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Aston, James, coal master, Windmill lane |
Bourne, William, beer retailer, High street |
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Bartlam, Edward, glover, surgeon, High street |
Broadhurst, Thomas, wheelwright, Church street |
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Beard, Thomas, barge owner, Werps |
Brown, Edward, Summer House, Cherry Tree hill |
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Beddows, Elizabeth, grocer, Ferry Bank |
Burnet, Isaac, shoemaker, High street |
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Burnett, Thomas, furrier, King street |
Burnet, ,James, farmer, Woodhouse |
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Bentley, John, Albion, high street |
Burnet, John, grocer, High street |
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Bell, Jeremiah, butcher, Woodlands green |
Burnett, Mary Ann, hosier, High street |
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Burroughs, John, rope maker, Lady Wood |
Instone, Richard, grocer, Church street |
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Burton, John aud Edward, brick makers, Lady Wood |
Instone, Samuel, grocer, Church street |
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Cartwright, James, beer retailer, King street |
Jones, John, ,Pheasant Inn, commercial and posting house, Church street (see advt.) |
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Cartwright, James, jun., butcher, Legg's hill |
Jones, Richard, painter. High street |
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Cartwright, John, butcher, Legg's hill |
Jones, Samuel, baker, Chapel street |
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Charlton, Humphrey, wine and spirit merchant, High street |
Jonnes, Sarah, school Harris's green |
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Childe, Thomas, tinman, Hockley |
Jones, Thomas, fishmonger, The Delph |
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Clayton, Edward farmer, Rowton Farm |
Jones, William, land and road surveyor, Dunge house |
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Corfield, Thomas, butcher, Church street |
Langford, George, coal master, Fiery field |
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Cowley James carpenter, Fox lane |
Leadbetter, Enoch, auctioneer, High street |
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Cox, Benjamin, coal dealer, Quarry road |
Leadbetter, J., Duke of York, Church street |
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Cox, Robert, Smith, Saddler, High street |
Leadbetter, J., shoemaker, Church street |
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Cranage, Edward, Duke of Wellington, Tuckes field |
Lewis, George Warburton, grocer, High street |
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Culliss, Thomas, Tumbling Sailors, Coalford |
Lloyd, Humphrey, ,joiner, High street |
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Davis, George, and Co., brickmakers, Dunge Works Davies, Mary Ann, shopkeeper, King street |
Lloyd, Sarah, Globe. King street Lloyd, William, brick maker, Lloyd Head |
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Davies, Samuel, butcher, King street |
Mapp, Thomas, cement manufacturer, Calcutts |
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Davis, Thomas, Duke of Cumberland, King street |
Mason, James, shoemaker, High street |
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Davis, Thomas, tailor, Delph |
Mason, John, grocer, King street |
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Wills, Joseph, barge owner, Salthouse |
Maw and Company, Benthall Geometrical and Encaustic Mosaic Tile Works, Broseley |
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Doughty, George, barge owner, Salthouse |
Miles and Oakes, grocers, Salthouse |
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Edwards, Elizabeth, Forester's Arms, Lower Church street |
Mollyneaux, Thomas, shoemaker, High street |
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Edwards, Joseph, blacksmith, Calcutt rails |
Morgan, Rebecca, shopkeeper, Coalford |
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Evans, John, grocer, Simpson's lane |
Morris, Thomas, haulier, Coneybury |
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Evans, John, carpenter, Calcutts |
Nevitt, Enoch, bookseller, High street |
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Evans, William, artist, King street |
Nevitt, James, Bryan, tailor, High street |
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Everall, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, King street |
Nevitt, Samuel, shopkeeper, high street |
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Everall, Robert, butcher, Church street |
Parker, Benjamin, barge owner, Lloyd head |
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Exley, William, builder, Rock |
Parker, Charles, Black Swan Lloyd Head |
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Felton, William, farmer, Swinbatch |
Perrin, William, draper, High street |
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Foster and Co , Iron Stone Pitts, Calcutts |
Porter, John, wheelwright, Church street |
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Francis, Thomas, tailor, Barratt's hill |
Potts and Cordon, solicitors, High street |
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Garbett, Joseph, blacksmith, Church street |
Pountney, Edwin, baker, Church street |
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Garbett William, china dealer, Duke street |
Powell, Richard, shopkeeper, Woodland's Green |
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Glaze, Francis, shoemaker, Simpson's lane |
Pritchards and Nicholas, bankers (draw on Barnett, Hoare, and Co., London) |
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Glover, Edward, hairdresser, high street |
Raspass, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Barratt's hill |
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Gwynn, Enoch, basket maker, King street |
Raspass, John, coal master, Birch row |
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Hartshorne, Charles, cabinet maker, high street |
Rawlins, Edwin, farmer, Swinbatch |
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Hartshorne, Edward, shoemaker, High street |
Reynolds, Johu, Old Crown, Church street |
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Hartshorne Frederick, Hezekaih, surgeon Church street |
Reynolds, John, barge owner, Salthouse |
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Hartshorne, Hannah, dressmaker, High street |
Richards, Elizabeth, beer retailer, Salthouse |
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Harvey, John, grocer, King street |
Roberts, George, shoemaker, Bridge |
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Harvey, Thomas, seedsman, Church street |
Roden, Edwin, miller, Benthall |
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Hayman, John, beer retailer, Barber's row |
Roderick, Joseph, basket maker, Barratt's hill |
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Hill and Aston, coal masters, Hay Cop |
Rowe, Charles, wheelwright, Wood |
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Humphries, Benjamin, Talbot, Church street |
Rufus, Hanuah, King's Head, King street |
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Humphries, John, grocer, High street |
Rushton, Henry, carpenter, Duke street |
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Rushton, Richard, grocer, High street |
Turner, Mary, shopkeeper, Quarry road |
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Smith, James, tailor, Chapel street |
Watkins, William, New Inn, Speed lane |
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Smith, Moses, draper, King street |
Watson, Thomas, farmer, Benthall |
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Smitheman, Rowland, and Thomas, builders and contractors, and steam saw mills, Broseley (see advt.) |
Weaver, Mary, grocer, King street |
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Smithman, Thomas, beer retailer, King street |
Williams, Edward, ferryman, Coalford |
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Southern, Ann, Nelson, Broseley Wood |
Weeks, Eliza, Lord Hill, King street |
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Southron, Edwin, tobacco-pipe manufacturer, Speeds lane |
Weeks John, shoemaker, Chapel street |
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Southron, William, tobacco-pipe manufacturer, Broseley |
Weeks, Thomas, shoemaker, King street |
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Squires, Richard, bricklayer, High street |
Williams, Ann, higgler, High street |
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Stephen, Peter, artist, Lloyd Head |
Williams, Henry, baker, Church street |
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Thomas, Mary Ann and son, hosiers, High street |
Williams, James, shopkeeper, Workhouse road |
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Tonkis, R., pipe maker, Barratt's hill |
Wootton, Herbert, butcher, High street |
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Thursfield, Richard, surgeon, Queen street |
Yates, Elizabeth, New Crown, High street |
JACKFIELD.
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Boden, Daniel, barge owner |
Oswell, William, beer retailer |
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Cullis, William, barge owner |
Lloyd, Henry, jun., beer retailer |
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Dillon, Joseph, barge owner |
Reynolds, John, barge owner |
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Lloyd, Henry, barge owner |
Williams, William, barge owner |
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Lloyd, Henry, beer retailer |