1856 Post Office Directory - Thornbury Roots 2

Apart from St Marys Church, there are chapels for the use of Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyans. There are a Grammar School, National School for boys and girls, Free school for boys and girls and Infant school.

A county court is held here, and petty sessions. The Union workhouse is in Kington. There is a reading room and a savings bank.

Population – the population in 1851 was 4614 in the parish and 1470 in the borough or town, and 13,222 acres.

Post Office – George Shepherd, postmaster. Letters from all parts arrive (from Bristol) every morning at a quarter past nine, and are despatched thereto at a quarter past three in the afternoon.

Coaches – to Bristol the Mail from the Swan hotel, every day, at 20 mins past 4 afternoon and the Red Rover from James Prewett’s High Street, every day, at quarter past 8 morning.

Omnibus – to Bristol Charles Putley, Monday, Thursday & Saturday, at 8 in morning.

Carriers – to Bristol, Baylis & Greenman, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday.

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Last Name	First Names	Address	Occupation	Job Category	Street or Area
Sturge	Joseph Young	High Street	Land surveyor	Architects, Surveyors & Land Agents	High Street
Davies	John (Capt)	Thornbury Park	R.N.	Army and Navy	Park Road
Hodges	John	St John Street	Appraiser	Auctioneers and Valuers	St John Street
Virgo	James	The Close House, High Street	Auctioneer & Appraiser	Auctioneers and Valuers	High Street
Hockley	James Henry	High Street	Baker	Bakers	High Street
King	George	Sibland	Baker	Bakers	Sibland
Screen	James	High Street	Baker	Bakers	High Street
Screen	Thomas	Mumbleys Platt	Baker	Bakers	Mumbleys
Taylor	William	Whitfield	Baker	Bakers	Whitfield
Philpott	Charles	High Street	Basket Maker	Basket Makers	High Street
Allen	Samuel	Crossways	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	Crossways
Bennett	Josiah	Cow Hill	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	Cowhill
Bevan	Thomas	Back Street (Rock Street)	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	St Marys Street
Cowle	Richard	The Plane (Plain)	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	The Plain
Cullimore	James	St John Street	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	St John Street
Isles	John	Grovesend	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	Grovesend
Lane	Thomas	The Crown High Street	Publican	Beer & Spirits Retailers	High Street
Michael	James	High Street	Wine & Spirit Merchant	Beer & Spirits Retailers	High Street
Organ	Edwin	Black Lion, Falfield	Publican	Beer & Spirits Retailers	Falfield
Prewett	James	High Street	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	High Street
Sainsbury	William	Kington	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	Kington
Selman	Mrs	White Horse, Buckover	Publican	Beer & Spirits Retailers	Buckover
Smith	Mark	St Marys Street	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	St Marys Street
Thurston	Josiah	Wildfield	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	Other
Williams	John	St Marys Street	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	St Marys Street
Wilson	Ephraim	St Marys Street	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	St Marys Street
Wither	Luke	St John Street	Beer Retailer	Beer & Spirits Retailers	St John Street
Clark	Thomas	Moreton	Blacksmith	Blacksmiths	Morton
Knapp	Henry	High Street	Blacksmith	Blacksmiths	High Street
Powell	William	Falfield	Blacksmith	Blacksmiths	Falfield
Williams	Joseph	Moreton	Blacksmith	Blacksmiths	Morton
Williams	Mark	St John Street	Blacksmith	Blacksmiths	St John Street
Bailey	William S	High Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	High Street
Ball	Joel	Cowhill	Shoemaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	Cowhill
Chambers	William	High Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	High Street
Clark	William	St Marys Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	St Marys Street
Gibbs	Charles	St Marys Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	St Marys Street
Hopkins	John	High Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	High Street
Knapp	Edwin	High Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	High Street
Olds	Charles	High Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	High Street
Roberts	James	High Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	High Street
Thurston	John	High Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	High Street
Tucker	John	Falfield	Shoemaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	Falfield
Williams	James	High Street	Bootmaker	Boot & Shoe Makers	High Street
Williams	James	High Street	Brushmaker	Brushmakers	High Street
Burchell	Daniel	St Marys Street	Builder	Builders	St Marys Street
Hicks	Edmund	Crossways	Butcher	Butchers	Crossways
Rice	George	The Plane (Plain)	Butcher	Butchers	The Plain
Walker	George	High Street	Butcher	Butchers	High Street
Williams	Edward	High Street	Butcher	Butchers	High Street
Withers	Henry	High Street	Butcher	Butchers	High Street
Pendock	Thomas	High Street	Cabinet Maker	Cabinet Makers	High Street
Allen	Ambrose	Moreton	Carpenter	Carpenters	Morton
Cossham	Jesse	High Street	Carpenter, Grocer & Insurance Agent (Imperial)	Carpenters	High Street
Pendock	William	Moreton	Carpenter	Carpenters	Morton
Harvey	William	High Street	Chemist	Chemists	High Street
Hughes	Griffith	High Street	Chemist & bookseller & agent to the Phoenix Fire Office	Chemists	High Street
Vaughan	James	High Street	Chemist & Druggist	Chemists	High Street
Field	John (Rev)	High Street	Curate & Lecturer & Master of Grammar School	Clergy	High Street
Gallsworthy	Thomas (Rev)	The Plane (Plain)	Independent Minister	Clergy	The Plain
Lefevre	Henry (Rev)	St John Street	Baptist Minister	Clergy	St John Street
Townsend	Maurice Fitzgerald Stephens (Rev)	Vicarage, Castle Street	Vicar	Clergy	Castle Street
Dove	William (Rev)	Falfield	Independent Minister	Clergy	Falfield
Davis	Catherine (Miss)	High Street	Confectioner	Confectioners & Tobacconists	High Street
Gastrell	George	High Street	Cooper & Job Muster	Coopers	High Street
Ricketts	Thomas	High Street	Cooper	Coopers	High Street
Hignell	Stephen	High Street	Corn Dealer	Corn Dealers	High Street
Gingell	Daniel	Moreton	M.D.	Doctors, Nurses and Dental Workers	Morton
Laver	Henry Wilds	High Street	Surgeon also insurance agent for Mutual Life.	Doctors, Nurses and Dental Workers	High Street
Long	Edward	High Street	Surgeon also house surgeon to Union House.	Doctors, Nurses and Dental Workers	High Street
Salmon	Edward	Silver Street	Surgeon & registrar of births & deaths	Doctors, Nurses and Dental Workers	Silver Street
Councell	Edward Gough	High Street	Linendraper & Registrar of Marriages	Drapers	High Street
Elliott	James	High Street	Linen Draper & Agent to Great Britain Mutual Life	Drapers	High Street
Gayner	Henry	High Street	Linen Draper	Drapers	High Street
Barnett	Dinah (Mrs)	St John Street	Dressmaker	Dressmakers	St John Street
Collard	Phoebe (Miss)	High Street	Dressmaker	Dressmakers	High Street
Allen	William	Cowhill	Farmer	Farmers	Cowhill
Anstey	Mrs	Kington	Farmer	Farmers	Kington
Ball	George	Sibland Green	Farmer	Farmers	Sibland
Barrett	Alfred	Crossways	Farmer	Farmers	Crossways
Barrett	Matthew	Crossways	Farmer	Farmers	Crossways
Barton	Giles	Brink Marsh Farm, Whitfield	Farmer	Farmers	Whitfield
Bell	George	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Bennett	Thomas	Buckover	Farmer	Farmers	Buckover
Bletchly	John	Buckover	Farmer	Farmers	Buckover
Brown	George	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Burrows	Thomas	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Clutterbuck	Isaac	Grovesend	Farmer	Farmers	Grovesend
Collins	Mrs	Sibland	Farmer	Farmers	Sibland
Collins	Thomas	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Collins	William	Eastwood	Farmer	Farmers	Eastwood
Comley	William	Cowhill Farm	Farmer	Farmers	Cowhill
Cook	Peter	Stump Farm	Farmer	Farmers	Other
Cornock	Nicholas	Hackett	Farmer	Farmers	The Hackett
Cox	Charles	Sibland	Farmer	Farmers	Sibland
Cullimore	Augustus	Whitfield	Farmer & Beer Retailer	Farmers	Whitfield
Cullimore	Charles	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Cullimore	James	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Cullimore	John	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Daniels	Miss	Falfield Brook	Farmer	Farmers	Falfield
Dorney	John	Kington	Farmer	Farmers	Kington
Downs	James	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Edmunds	Maurice	Whitfield	Farmer	Farmers	Whitfield
Eley	Thomas	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Gazard	George	Milbury Heath	Farmer	Farmers	Milbury Heath
Groves	Nicholas	Thornbury Farm	Farmer	Farmers	Kington
Hale	Mrs	Falfield	Farmer	Farmers	Falfield
Hall	Martha (Miss)	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Hewett	Thomas	Falfield	Farmer	Farmers	Falfield
Bennett	Charles	Falfield Green	Farmer	Farmers	Falfield
Hobbs	Daniel	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Honeyborne	Henry	Moreton	Farmer, grocer & pork butcher	Farmers	Morton
Howell	Henry	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Howell	William	Duckholt	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Hullence	William	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
King	James	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
King	Nicholas	Sibland	Farmer	Farmers	Sibland
Knapp	William	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Luce	Job	Grovesend	Farmer	Farmers	Grovesend
Pitcher	James	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Pitcher	Jonah	Milbury Heath	Farmer	Farmers	Milbury Heath
Povey	William	Warren House Farm	Farmer	Farmers	Other
Pritchard	John	Sundays Hill Farm, Falfield	Farmer	Farmers	Falfield
Riddiford	William	Duckholt Farm	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Rugman	Richard	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Screen	Arthur	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Screen	Robert		Farmer	Farmers	Unspecified
Sheild	James	Barbers Land Farm	Farmer	Farmers	Other
Sheild	Thomas	Hope Farm	Farmer	Farmers	Other
Shepherd	Jane (Mrs)	Whitfield	Farmer	Farmers	Whitfield
Smart	James	Kington	Farmer & butcher	Farmers	Kington
Smith	Robert	Kington	Farmer	Farmers	Kington
Staley	Robert	Rock Mill Farm	Farmer	Farmers	Other
Taylor	George	Sibland	Farmer	Farmers	Sibland
Taylor	Thomas	Eastwood	Farmer	Farmers	Eastwood
Taylor	William	Sibland	Farmer	Farmers	Sibland
Thurston	John	Kington	Farmer	Farmers	Kington
Till	William	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Till	William Jun.	Park Farm, Morton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Twyning	Isaac	Crossways	Farmer	Farmers	Crossways
Weeks	Joseph	Kington	Farmer	Farmers	Kington
Weeks	William	Kington	Farmer	Farmers	Kington
Weeks	Joseph	Sundays Hill, Falfield	Farmer	Farmers	Falfield
Wetmore	Charles	Eastwood	Farmer	Farmers	Eastwood
Worden	John	Moreton	Farmer	Farmers	Morton
Workman	Rowland	Crossways	Farmer	Farmers	Crossways
Allaway	William	St John Street	Gardener	Gardeners	St John Street
Martin	George	High Street	Gardener	Gardeners	High Street
Ansley	Ann (Mrs)	High Street	Grocer	Grocers	High Street
Cossham	George	High Street	Provision Dealer	Grocers	High Street
Councell	William Henry	High Street	Grocer	Grocers	High Street
Ellis	Richard	High Street	Grocer, druggist, stationer, bookbinder & sub-distributor of stamps	Grocers	High Street
Shepherd	George	High Street	Grocer, tallow chandler & insurance agent (Norwich Union)	Grocers	High Street
Smart	Hugh	High Street	Grocer	Grocers	High Street
Watkins & Honeyborne		St Marys Street	Grocer	Grocers	St Marys Street
Luce	Thomas	St Marys Street	Hairdresser	Hairdressers	St Marys Street
Mills	Samuel	High Street	Hairdresser	Hairdressers	High Street
White	John	High Street	Coach Proprieter	Hauliers & Carriers	High Street
Gayner	Frances (Mrs)	Swan Hotel, High Street	Hotel Keeper	Hotels, Appartments & Lodging Houses	High Street
Powell	John	White Hart Hotel, High Street	Hotel keeper	Hotels, Appartments & Lodging Houses	High Street
Willshen	James	High Street	Agent to Atlas Fire & Life Office	Insurance	High Street
King	Charles	High Street	Ironmonger	Ironmongers	High Street
Knapp	William	The Plane (Plain)	Ironmonger & blacksmith	Ironmongers	The Plain
Parfitt	Frederick	High Street	Ironmonger	Ironmongers	High Street
Collings	Alfred	High Street	Watchmaker	Jeweller, clock & watchmakers	High Street
Collings	Samuel	Silver Street	Watch & Clock Maker	Jeweller, clock & watchmakers	Silver Street
Cole	Abraham	St John Street	Malster	Maltsters	St John Street
Hignell	John	Moreton	Maltster	Maltsters	Morton
Jenkins	Thomas	Hackett	Malster & farmer	Maltsters	The Hackett
Ann	Thomas	St Marys Street	Stonemason & Shopkeeper	Masons	St Marys Street
Howell	Thomas	Moreton	Stonemason	Masons	Morton
Hudson	Thomas	Whitfield	Stone Mason & Farmer	Masons	Whitfield
Powell	Thomas	High Street	Stonemason	Masons	High Street
Wiltshire	George	St John Street	Stonemason	Masons	St John Street
Whitfield	Jonah	Moreton Mill, Moreton	Miller	Millers	Morton
Whitfield	Mrs	Falfield Mill	Miller	Millers	Falfield
Bruton	Mary (Mrs)	High Street	Milliner	Milliners	High Street
Collings	Elizabeth (Mrs)	High Street	Milliner	Milliners	High Street
Sly	Elizabeth (Miss)	High Street	Straw Bonnet Maker	Milliners	High Street
Smith	Sarah (Mrs)	High Street	Straw Bonnet Maker	Milliners	High Street
Morgan	John	High Street	Collector of debts	Other	High Street
Oldfield	Daniel	Falfield	Horsebreaker	Other	Falfield
Hopkins	William	High Street	Pig Dealer	Pig breeder or dealer	High Street
Davis	Lewis	High Street	Plasterer	Plasterer & tilers	High Street
Eddington	William	The Plane (Plain)	Plasterer & etc	Plasterer & tilers	The Plain
Eyles	John	The Plane (Plain)	Plasterer & painter	Plasterer & tilers	The Plain
White	Charles	Buckover	Plasterer	Plasterer & tilers	Buckover
Morgan	Thomas	High Street	Plasterer	Plasterer & tilers	High Street
Lane	George	High Street	Plumber & Painter	Plumber, painter & glaziers	High Street
Marsh	Aaron Burchell	High Street	Plumber, glazier and tinplate worker	Plumber, painter & glaziers	High Street
White	Charles	High Street	Plumber & glazier	Plumber, painter & glaziers	High Street
Gorden	Thomas	Police Station	Police Serjeant	Police	Other
Shepherd	George		Postmaster - letters delivered at 10 am & 8 pm, dispatched at 8 am and 20 mins past 4. Money orders are granted from 9 am to 6 pm.	Post Office	Unspecified
Brown	John	High Street	Printer, Bookseller & Agent to the Sun Fire & Life Office	Printers	High Street
Harney	Thomas	High Street	Deputy Superintendent Registrar	Public Officials	High Street
Harvey	Alfred	High Street	High Bailiff of the County Court	Public Officials	High Street
Ponting	George	High Street	Relieving Officer for Thornbury District & Insurance Agent (Agriculturist)	Public Officials	High Street
Powell	William	High Street	Parish Clerk	Public Officials	High Street
White	Charles		Master of Union House	Public Officials	Gloucester Road
White	Ann (Mrs)		Matron of Union Workhouse	Public Officials	Gloucester Road
Embley	William	High Street	Saddler & Harness Maker	Saddler and harness makers	High Street
Ford	Joseph	High Street	Saddler & Harness Maker	Saddler and harness makers	High Street
Bendell	Ann (Mrs)	High Street	Shopkeeper	Shopkeepers	High Street
Davies	Henry	High Street	China & Glass Dealer	Shopkeepers	High Street
Facey	Francis	St Marys Street	Shopkeeper	Shopkeepers	St Marys Street
Ford	Ann (Miss)	High Street	Berlin Repository	Shopkeepers	High Street
Lucas	Hannah (Mrs)	High Street	Shopkeeper	Shopkeepers	High Street
Putley	Charles	High Street	Shopkeeper also omnibus to Bristol Mon, Thurs & Sat at 8 morning.	Shopkeepers	High Street
Willshen	Sophia & Mary Ann (Misses)	High Street	Berlin Repository	Shopkeepers	High Street
Crossman & Lloyd		High Street	Solicitors & Clerks to the Magistrates, clerks to commissioners of sewers	Solicitors and Attorneys	High Street
Gwynn	John Crowther	High Street	Solicitor & Agent for Globe Fire & Life Office	Solicitors and Attorneys	High Street
Rolph	William	High Street	Solicitor	Solicitors and Attorneys	High Street
Scarlett	Richard	High Street	Solicitor & clerk to the board of guardians & steward of the manor of Thornbury & superintendent registrar also insurance agent for Guardian Fire & Life.	Solicitors and Attorneys	High Street
Thurston	Obed Edward	High Street	Solicitor & agent for Star Fire and Life Office	Solicitors and Attorneys	High Street
Robinson	Thomas	Example Farm, Whitfield	Bailiff to Earl Ducie	Stewards & Bailiffs	Whitfield
Hurd	William	High Street	Tailor	Tailors	High Street
James	Richard	High Street	Tailor	Tailors	High Street
Powell	George	High Street	Tailor	Tailors	High Street
Smith	Samuel	High Street	Tailor	Tailors	High Street
Williams	John	Colwell Street Road (Gloucester Road)	Tailor	Tailors	Gloucester Road
Cook	Fanny (Mrs)	High Street	Coffee rooms	Tea Rooms & Cafes	High Street
Carter	Henry	St Marys Street	Master of Free School	Teachers	St Marys Street
Champion	John	St John Street	Day School	Teachers	St John Street
Marsh	Emily (Mrs)	High Street	Ladies School	Teachers	High Street
Nelmes	Harriet (Miss)	St John Street	Ladies School	Teachers	St John Street
Whitfield	Lydia (Mrs)	High Street	Ladies School	Teachers	High Street
Tompkins	Sophia (Miss)		Schoolmistress of Union House	Teachers	Unspecified
Lugg	Joseph		Master of National School	Teachers	Unspecified
Harris	Priscilla (Miss)		Schoolmistress of National School	Teachers	Unspecified
Knight	Jane (Mrs)		Mistress of Infants School	Teachers	Unspecified
Carter	Ann (Mrs)		Mistress of Free School	Teachers	Unspecified
Goodwin	George	High Street	Veterinary Surgeon	Veterinary Surgeons	High Street
Howell	Edward	St Marys Street	Veterinary Surgeon	Veterinary Surgeons	St Marys Street
Hodges	George	Colwell Street Road	Wheelwright & builder	Wheelwrights	Gloucester Road
Hodges	James	Colwell Street Road	Wheelwright	Wheelwrights	Gloucester Road
Cornock	Nicholas	Wildfield			Other
Davies	Robert Pavin	Thornbury Park			Park Road
Gillman	Francis	High Street			High Street
Gwynn	Thomas	High Street			High Street
Hatcher	John	Marlwood Grange			Marlwood
Howard	Henry	Thornbury Castle & Greystoke Castle, Penrith, Cumberland			Thornbury Castle
Jenkinson	George S (Sir)	Eastwood House			Eastwood
Knapp	Elizabeth (Miss)	Moreton			Morton
Lloyd	Edmund	High Street			High Street
Luce	Mary (Mrs)	High Street			High Street
Macdonald	Mary (Miss)	The Close House, High Street			High Street
Maclaine	William Osborne	Kington Grove			Kington
Scarlett	Frederick	High Street			High Street
Shield	Nathaniel	High Street			High Street
Thurston	John	High Street			High Street
Wetmore	Thomas	Park House, High Street			High Street
Winstone	Sarah (Mrs)	High Street			High Street
Bromedge	Joseph	Falfield			Falfield