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History of Steeple Bumpstead >> Post Office Directory 1874
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Note: the directory lists the names in the following order: Surname, First Name. It also abbreviates names. These have been reversed and typed in full to assist research.
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Gaylott Barker Mrs Barker Alexander Brown, Broadgate Allen Fitch Denny Fitch Miss Gent, Moyns Park Miss Mascall Edward George Miller Rev. Charles Meares Powell, M.A., Vicarage Joseph Price Robert Reynolds, M.R.C.S Mrs. Walton, Bower Hall Mrs Willett Misses Woolnough Mrs. Maria Archer, farmer, Ryland's Farm Emma Baines and Mary Ann Baines, farmers, Lower House Edmund Balls, farmer Benjamin Barker, carpenter George Barker, carpenter William Barker, plumber, etc. Albert Edward Bowtell, grocer and draper Stephen Bowyer, butcher William Porter Brett, farmer, Cootes's Farm Lewis Bryant, gardener Josiah Chapman, stationer and tea dealer John Choat, wool dealer John Clark, tea dealer William Claydon, butcher William Claydon, wheelwright Elijah Coe, miller and farmer Mrs. Lydia Coe, farmer, Freeze's Farm George John Colman, farmer, Garlands Daniel Cowell, tea dealer Thomas Cowell, saddler Mrs. Hannah Dare, farmer, Parsonage Farm James Deeks, farmer, Smith's Green John Dix, carpenter Samuel Dix, carpenter Waiter Dix, beer retailer and carpenter George Dixey, Red Lion PH - commercial inn and posting house Pheobe Fitch and Sophia Fitch, school Samuel Fitch, butcher William Gouldstone. day school, and vestry clerk Alfred Gunn, tailor and draper John Turner Gunn, Fox and Hounds PH Thomas Gunn, tailor Joseph Hitchin, bricklayer James Houghton, farmer, Old Hall Edward Hoy, basket maker Arthur Humphrey, cattle dealer Charles Humphrey, farmer George Humphrey, shoe maker William Humphrey, carpenter Miss Mary Ann Humphry, dress maker Alfred Kemp, shoe maker and beer retailer William Lovett, grocer and draper, and undertaker Henry Mason, farmer, Waltons John Nice, farner, Broad Green Daniel Pannen, boot maker Danid Charles Pannell, farmer, Blois Thomas Pannell, shoe maker Charles Playle, plumber and baker Robert Reynolds, M.R.C.S. surgeon James Salmon, hair dresser James Smoothy, beer retailer Thomas Smoothy, shoe maker John and William Suckling, saddlers and millers Jonh Turner, baker and grocer William Turner, blacksmith and beer retailer Robert Willis, farmer, Simpson's Samuel Willett, farmer, Letchley Charles Wood, thatcher
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