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.

Bartlam, Edward, glover, High street	Maw, John, Hornby, Barratt's hill
Charlton, Henry, King street	Nicholas. William Queen street
Cobbold, Rev. R. H., Rectory	Pritchard, John, Esq., M.P., High street
Griffiths, Miss, Church street	Potts, George, Harris's green
Hartshorne, F. H., Church street	Shaw, W. P., Church street
Hartshorne, Mrs., Bank place	Thorns, Mrs., Church street
Humphries, Mrs., Woodlands green	Thursfield, Richard, Queen street
Lister, Edward, The Cottage

TRADERS, &c.

Aston, James, coal master, Windmill lane	Bourne, William, beer retailer, High street
Bartlam, Edward, glover, surgeon, High street	Broadhurst, Thomas, wheelwright, Church street
Beard, Thomas, barge owner, Werps	Brown, Edward, Summer House, Cherry Tree hill
Beddows, Elizabeth, grocer, Ferry Bank	Burnet, Isaac, shoemaker, High street
Burnett, Thomas, furrier, King street	Burnet, ,James, farmer, Woodhouse
Bentley, John, Albion, high street	Burnet, John, grocer, High street
Bell, Jeremiah, butcher, Woodlands green	Burnett, Mary Ann, hosier, High street

Burroughs, John, rope maker, Lady Wood	Instone, Richard, grocer, Church street
Burton, John aud Edward, brick makers, Lady Wood	Instone, Samuel, grocer, Church street
Cartwright, James, beer retailer, King street	Jones, John, ,Pheasant Inn, commercial and posting house, Church street (see advt.)
Cartwright, James, jun., butcher, Legg's hill	Jones, Richard, painter. High street
Cartwright, John, butcher, Legg's hill	Jones, Samuel, baker, Chapel street
Charlton, Humphrey, wine and spirit merchant, High street	Jonnes, Sarah, school Harris's green
Childe, Thomas, tinman, Hockley	Jones, Thomas, fishmonger, The Delph
Clayton, Edward farmer, Rowton Farm	Jones, William, land and road surveyor, Dunge house
Corfield, Thomas, butcher, Church street	Langford, George, coal master, Fiery field
Cowley James carpenter, Fox lane	Leadbetter, Enoch, auctioneer, High street
Cox, Benjamin, coal dealer, Quarry road	Leadbetter, J., Duke of York, Church street
Cox, Robert, Smith, Saddler, High street	Leadbetter, J., shoemaker, Church street
Cranage, Edward, Duke of Wellington, Tuckes field	Lewis, George Warburton, grocer, High street
Culliss, Thomas, Tumbling Sailors, Coalford	Lloyd, Humphrey, ,joiner, High street
Davis, George, and Co., brickmakers, Dunge Works Davies, Mary Ann, shopkeeper, King street	Lloyd, Sarah, Globe. King street Lloyd, William, brick maker, Lloyd Head
Davies, Samuel, butcher, King street	Mapp, Thomas, cement manufacturer, Calcutts
Davis, Thomas, Duke of Cumberland, King street	Mason, James, shoemaker, High street
Davis, Thomas, tailor, Delph	Mason, John, grocer, King street
Wills, Joseph, barge owner, Salthouse	Maw and Company, Benthall Geometrical and Encaustic Mosaic Tile Works, Broseley
Doughty, George, barge owner, Salthouse	Miles and Oakes, grocers, Salthouse
Edwards, Elizabeth, Forester's Arms, Lower Church street	Mollyneaux, Thomas, shoemaker, High street
Edwards, Joseph, blacksmith, Calcutt rails	Morgan, Rebecca, shopkeeper, Coalford
Evans, John, grocer, Simpson's lane	Morris, Thomas, haulier, Coneybury
Evans, John, carpenter, Calcutts	Nevitt, Enoch, bookseller, High street
Evans, William, artist, King street	Nevitt, James, Bryan, tailor, High street
Everall, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, King street	Nevitt, Samuel, shopkeeper, high street
Everall, Robert, butcher, Church street	Parker, Benjamin, barge owner, Lloyd head
Exley, William, builder, Rock	Parker, Charles, Black Swan Lloyd Head
Felton, William, farmer, Swinbatch	Perrin, William, draper, High street
Foster and Co , Iron Stone Pitts, Calcutts	Porter, John, wheelwright, Church street
Francis, Thomas, tailor, Barratt's hill	Potts and Cordon, solicitors, High street
Garbett, Joseph, blacksmith, Church street	Pountney, Edwin, baker, Church street
Garbett William, china dealer, Duke street	Powell, Richard, shopkeeper, Woodland's Green
Glaze, Francis, shoemaker, Simpson's lane	Pritchards and Nicholas, bankers (draw on Barnett, Hoare, and Co., London)
Glover, Edward, hairdresser, high street	Raspass, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Barratt's hill
Gwynn, Enoch, basket maker, King street	Raspass, John, coal master, Birch row
Hartshorne, Charles, cabinet maker, high street	Rawlins, Edwin, farmer, Swinbatch
Hartshorne, Edward, shoemaker, High street	Reynolds, Johu, Old Crown, Church street
Hartshorne Frederick, Hezekaih, surgeon Church street	Reynolds, John, barge owner, Salthouse
Hartshorne, Hannah, dressmaker, High street	Richards, Elizabeth, beer retailer, Salthouse
Harvey, John, grocer, King street	Roberts, George, shoemaker, Bridge
Harvey, Thomas, seedsman, Church street	Roden, Edwin, miller, Benthall
Hayman, John, beer retailer, Barber's row	Roderick, Joseph, basket maker, Barratt's hill
Hill and Aston, coal masters, Hay Cop	Rowe, Charles, wheelwright, Wood
Humphries, Benjamin, Talbot, Church street	Rufus, Hanuah, King's Head, King street
Humphries, John, grocer, High street	Rushton, Henry, carpenter, Duke street

Rushton, Richard, grocer, High street	Turner, Mary, shopkeeper, Quarry road
Smith, James, tailor, Chapel street	Watkins, William, New Inn, Speed lane
Smith, Moses, draper, King street	Watson, Thomas, farmer, Benthall
Smitheman, Rowland, and Thomas, builders and contractors, and steam saw mills, Broseley (see advt.)	Weaver, Mary, grocer, King street
Smithman, Thomas, beer retailer, King street	Williams, Edward, ferryman, Coalford
Southern, Ann, Nelson, Broseley Wood	Weeks, Eliza, Lord Hill, King street
Southron, Edwin, tobacco-pipe manufacturer, Speeds lane	Weeks John, shoemaker, Chapel street
Southron, William, tobacco-pipe manufacturer, Broseley	Weeks, Thomas, shoemaker, King street
Squires, Richard, bricklayer, High street	Williams, Ann, higgler, High street
Stephen, Peter, artist, Lloyd Head	Williams, Henry, baker, Church street
Thomas, Mary Ann and son, hosiers, High street	Williams, James, shopkeeper, Workhouse road
Tonkis, R., pipe maker, Barratt's hill	Wootton, Herbert, butcher, High street
Thursfield, Richard, surgeon, Queen street	Yates, Elizabeth, New Crown, High street

JACKFIELD.

Boden, Daniel, barge owner	Oswell, William, beer retailer
Cullis, William, barge owner	Lloyd, Henry, jun., beer retailer
Dillon, Joseph, barge owner	Reynolds, John, barge owner
Lloyd, Henry, barge owner	Williams, William, barge owner
Lloyd, Henry, beer retailer