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The Newport Union House, situated in Workhouse lane, a plain brick structure, will accommodate about sixty inmates; the aged, infirm, and the older children are sent to the union house of Gnosall, in Staffordshire, which is connected with the Newport union, and this house is for the reception of the able-bodied poor and very young children. The several places comprised in the union in the county are Newport, Chetwynd, Chetwynd Aston, Church Aston, Cherrington, and Edgmond. The townships and places in Staffordshire are Adbaston, Forton, Gnosall, High Offley, Norbury, and Weston Jones. Chairman to the Guardians: John Cotes, Esq. Clerk: Henry Heane, Esq. Chaplain: Rev. William Sandford. Surgeons: Mr. William Lindop, Mr. Godley, and Mr. John Green. Relieving Officer: Mr. Benjamin Rees. Master: Samuel Winnell. Matron: Emma Wellings.
The Market Hall is an ancient structure, standing upon pillars, and situate nearly in the centre of High street. The area between the pillars is appropriated to a corn market; and here the farmers assemble on a market day for the sale of corn and other grain, which is sold by sample. The market is held on Saturday, when the town has a busy and animated appearance. Above the corn market is a spacious room, which is used for magisterial purposes. Here the petty sessions are held every alternate Tuesday, and the official business of the county court is also transacted here. An adjoining room is used as a Sunday school. The Market Hall was chiefly erected at the expense of William Adams, the munificent founder of the Grammar School, who “gave £550 towards building a town house.” Near to the Market Hall is a butter market, a covered area, which is of more modern construction. Under this covering is the market cross, a structure of considerable antiquity, consisting of four steps, and a fluted pillar broken at the top, the whole much dilapidated by time.
Fairs.—The chartered fairs at Newport have merged into the fortnightly cattle market, held every alternate Tuesday, except the fair held on May 28th, which is still continued. These markets are well attended by the farmers in the surrounding district, and considerable quantities of fat and other stock are sold. Whether the growing importance of the Shrewsbury cattle market, which is held on the same day, will not tend to diminish the number of buyers at Newport remains to be seen.
The Gas Works, situate in Marsh lane, were established in 1835 by a company of shareholders with a capital stock of £1,800, since which £400 has been added to the capital. There are two gasometers, each of which will hold about 8,000 cubic feet of gas. A charge of 7s. 6d. per 1000 cubic foot is now made to the consumer. The expense of lighting the streets is paid from the income arising from the town lands, and the cost of pitching the streets is also paid from the same source.
The Lock-up, situate on the Stafford road, has been built within the last few years. It is a small structure with two cells, and residence for the constable.
The Railway Station is situated about half a mile S.E. from the church, within the bounds of the township of Field Aston. There are six trains each way daily; an omnibus meets the different trains, and calls at the principal inns in the town. Newport is distant 17½ miles from Shrewsbury and 11½ miles from Stafford by railway.
Newport sustained great damage by a fire which broke out on the 16th May, 1655; it consumed 162 houses, the loss of which with what they contained was estimated at £30,000. It is stated that a festival was formerly kept on the 30th August, in memory of Mr. Adams, the founder of the Grammar School and almshouses. Tradition says that Charles II., being informed what large sums Mr. Adams had expended in charitable uses, expressed a desire to see him when he was on a visit to the city; and Mr. Adams being introduced to his Majesty, the King asked him whether he had not straitened his fortune by his great benefactions. Mr. Adams replied that he had not, and if his Majesty pleased he would present him with £1,000, provided he would procure an act of parliament to exempt his land from taxes, to which the king consented. How far the above may be true we are unable to affirm; it is certain, however, that the estate at Knighton, with which the Grammar School is endowed, is exempt from parliamentary and parochial taxation.
The Marsh Trust.—By an Act of Parliament passed in the 4th of George III., intituled “An act for dividing and inclosing a waste ground called the Marsh, in the township of Newport, in the county of Salop, and for applying the produce thereof to the several purposes therein mentioned;” after reciting that there was within the said township a common waste ground called the Marsh, containing 117 acres, or thereabouts, wherein each householder in the said town had from time immemorial a right of turning a milch cow, which privilege had proved of very little advantage to the town, but rather an inconvenience, by increasing the poor thereof; and that it was apprehended that the enclosing and improving the said Marsh, and applying the profits thereof from time to time, after making satisfaction to the lords of the manor for their respective rights therein, in paving and keeping in repair the streets of the town of Newport, and in keeping in repair the Market Hall and Cross there; and also in establishing and encouraging some manufacture, and in apprenticing the children of the poor parishioners of Newport, would be of great advantage to the town in general, and might be a means of extending a manufactory throughout the neighbourhood; it was enacted, that certain persons therein named, and their heirs and successors respectively should be trustees, for enclosing, improving, and dividing the said Marsh, and for putting the said act into execution: and it was further enacted, that from and immediately after passing that act, all right of common or pasturage in or upon the said Marsh should cease and be extinguished; and the trustees were authorized to set out to the Earl of Shrewsbury such portion of the Marsh as two indifferent persons should appoint, as a recompense and satisfaction for the said earl’s four beast-gates upon the Marsh: and it was further enacted, that the residue of the said Marsh, after the allotment so made, should be vested in the said trustees and their successors, and be freed from all right, title, and interest whatsoever, of the householders of the township.
A survey being made in pursuance of the directions of the act, the Marsh was found to contain 111a. 3r. 31p., of which four acres being allotted to the Earl of Shrewsbury for beast-gates, there remained 107a. 3r. 31p. to be employed for the beneficial objects of the trust. This remainder, the trustees then proceeded to inclose and subdivide; and as an effective mode of providing for the fencing-in and improvement of the different parcels, they granted leases for 99 years, determinable on three lives, binding the lessees by covenants to plant and set the fences, within a limited time, with good hawthorn sets; to make ditches of certain dimensions; and otherwise to improve and properly manage the respective parcels demised to them. The leases originally granted produced a yearly income of £91. 7s.; but a considerable income may reasonably be looked for on the falling of leases, determinable on three lives, the lands being valued at upwards of £3 per acre, which would produce an annual rental of about £350. The income is subject to a charge for land-tax of £6. 2s.; chief rent, £1; and £5. 5s. to the collector of rents. In the application of their annual rents, the trustees were in the first instance called upon to defray the expenses attending the Act of Parliament and the preliminary arrangements in execution of their trust, which amounted to £663. 0s. 8d. These expenses being discharged, the income was next applied, for several years, to the purpose of repairing the streets and public buildings specified in the act; and having appropriated to those uses, from time to time, the sum of £808. 3s. 5½d., the trustees had in hand, on the balancing of their accounts in April, 1785, the sum of £93. 8s. 7½d. In the year 1787 the benefits of the trust were extended to the establishment of a Sunday school, and in 1790 to that of a stocking manufactory. This undertaking being found not to prosper, was superseded in 1796 by the erection of a wind-mill for grinding corn. This measure appears to have been loudly called for by the inhabitants of Newport, as a means of protecting themselves against what were deemed the extortionate demands of the millers of the neighbourhood. The speculation, however, proved exceedingly ruinous, and was finally abandoned in the year 1801; since which time the rents of the premises have been applied, as before, to the repairs of the streets and public buildings, as far as there has remained a surplus, after keeping down the annual interest of the debts which these abortive schemes have entailed upon the trust. It appears that £460 was expended in the attempt to establish the manufacture of stockings, and the corn-mill cost £2,000. The latter, however, was subsequently sold for £900. Previously to the year 1799 debts had been contracted to carry on these schemes, amounting to £2,300. This sum had been reduced to £1,100, when the Charity Commissioners published their report, which had been secured by mortgage of the Marsh, at five per cent. interest; so that there remained an annual charge of £55 in respect of the debts which remained unpaid. In addition to the debts contracted for the purposes above mentioned, £192. 4s. 3d. was borrowed from the treasurer in 1811, for the benefit of the public repairs, for which it was agreed to allow him five per cent. interest until he should reimburse himself from the rents.
The Bridge Trust.—By an indenture, dated 5th May, 1749, purporting to be made between the Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl Gower, lords of the manor of Newport, and Robert Pigot, Esq., steward of the borough of Newport, and the burgesses of the said borough, of the first part, and Robert Barber, Esq., and others, of the second part, it was witnessed that the said earls, steward, and burgesses, granted to the said Robert Barber, and others, all those parcels of lands lying waste, but formerly covered with water, called the Strine, or Newport Pool, and the Flags, with the appurtenances, in trust, that, with the rent, issues, and profits thereof, the Pool Dam, at the lower end of the town, should be repaired and kept in good order; and if any surplus should remain, the same should be appropriated to keeping in good order the pavement of the streets, or in the reparation of the Market House or Town Hall. A subsequent indenture was made, dated 17th October, 1750, granting the waste lands called the Flags, and also a small parcel of land lying near the entrance to the same, rendering the annual rent of 5s. The premises conveyed in these indentures were found by a survey, made in 1804, to contain 2a. 2r. 21p. of land, which produced an annual rental of £18. The rent, after deducting the 5s. reserved to the burgesses, and certain incidental expenses, appears to have hitherto been confined to the repair of the Bridge and Bridge-street; which not having exhausted the whole, the surplus has been deposited, from time to time, in the Newport Bank.
Charities.—The Rev. Thomas Perkes, by will, dated 26th March, 1734, gave (after the death of his wife, Hannah) to the minister and churchwardens of the parish of Newport, and their successors, the sum of £200, to be laid out in lands, and the profits thereof (except the sum of 20s. to be paid to the minister, as a recompense for disposing of the charity) to be expended in purchasing Holy Bibles, Books of Common Prayer, and books intitled The Whole Duty of Man, to be yearly distributed among the poorer sort of inhabitants of Newport; and when such poor people should, in the judgment of the minister, be sufficiently supplied with such books, then the yearly rent should be laid out in clothing old people residing in and being parishioners of the town of Newport. A preference to be given to those that should be of the most religious and orderly life.
Hannah Perkes, wife of the above Mr. Perkes, who appears to have died in 1766, bequeathed £600, to be put upon land or other good security, to the intent that the interest should be duly applied towards the setting out three poor boys, of the parish of Newport, apprentices in some place of manufacture, to be elected annually by the minister, church-wardens, head-schoolmaster, together with five men nominated by the parish yearly,—especial regard being had that the boys so chosen should be able to read the English tongue well. She likewise left £100, to be laid out in land, or some other good security, the interest to be distributed amongst the poorest inhabitants of the parish, upon St. Thomas’s day. These several legacies, amounting together to the sum of £900, were laid out in the purchase of £996. 1s. 9d. three per cent. reduced annuities, producing annual dividends amounting to £29. 17s.; two-ninths of which are annually paid to the minister on account of Mr. Perkes’s charity, and on account of Mrs. Perkes’s charity six-ninths are annually applied on apprentice fees, and one-ninth is expended in bread for the poor.
Mrs. Mary Scott bequeathed £100, and desired the minister and two masters of the free-school, whom she constituted trustees, to dispose of the yearly produce in the relief of poor housekeepers of this parish, except that every fourth year they should lay out the income in Bibles, Common Prayer Books, and The Whole Duty of Man, which should be distributed among poor children whose parents should not be able to provide them. This gift, and a further legacy of £20, the gift of Mrs. Felicia Vyse, was laid out on the 8th of March, 1786, in the purchase of a plot of land, situated at Chetwynd End, called the Four-day Math, and containing 3a. 0r. 36p., which land was conveyed to the then minister and two masters of the grammar school, on trust, to apply five-sixths of the rents to the charitable uses appointed by Mrs. Scott, and to pay the remaining sixth among the poor of the parish. The land produces an annual rental of £13. 17s. The rent is received by the minister, as one of the trustees; but in the application of it the trusts do not appear to have been duly kept in view, the rent having been paid to the churchwardens for general distribution among the poor, without reserving any portion for the purchase of books, as directed by the will of Mrs. Scott.
Dole Charities.—By an indenture, dated the 23rd of March, 1675, certain lands, situated at Little Aston, called the Foxhall lands, were conveyed for the sum of £220 to William Harding, one of the churchwardens of the parish, for charitable uses, subject to a yearly rent of 3s. 6d. to Thomas Talbot, the lord of the manor. It does not appear from what source the consideration money of this purchase was derived, but it is probable that it arose from a stock of £161, recorded in an inquisition as having been given by several donors, and the additional sum might be the subsequent accumulations of interest upon it. The premises consist of a cottage and garden, and three closes; containing in the whole about 13 acres of land. They were let under a lease of 14 years at Lady-day, 1814, at the annual rent of £82. It appears Mr. Leek was induced by particular circumstances to offer the above mentioned rent, though far exceeding the fair value of the premises.
Robert Hawkins, on the 15th December, 1660, charged a certain house in Newport, with the payment of 13s. 4d. per annum, and directed the same to be distributed to the poor.
William Adams; who died in 1690, gave a rent charge of 26s. per annum, payable out of his lands and tenements in Newport, and directed the same to be expended in bread, and given to the aged poor in sixpenny loaves for ever, according to the discretion of the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of the town. This charity is understood to be comprised in a weekly supply of twelve penny loaves which has been for many years made for the use of the poor, by the late Richard Marsh, Esq., as owner of certain lands, at Norbroom. There does not, however, appear any mention of such a charge in the title deeds, nor was Mr. Marsh able to give any information as to the origin of the weekly supply, which, having been made before his time, he had felt it proper to continue. There is no charity to which the residue of this weekly supply might with any likelihood be ascribed, except that of Thomas Sprig, who is recorded on the benefaction table to have left six penny loaves, to be given to the poor every Lord’s-day, and twelve every Sacrament-day.
Richard Haynes, in 1713, left to the poor of this parish six penny loaves to be given every Lord’s-day. This benefaction appears to have been charged upon a parcel of land which became the property of Mrs. Humpherson some time ago, by whom a weekly supply of six penny loaves was duly made. In 1713 Stephen Denston left £100 to the poor; and we also learn from the churchwarden’s book of donations that Richard Fletcher, in 1721, left £30 to the poor, and that Mrs. Moreton by her will bequeathed £20, the interest to be distributed in bread. These several sums, amounting together to £150, were invested on the 2nd April, 1770, on a mortgage of the tolls of the Forton and Lilleshall turnpike, producing at five per cent. interest the annual sum of £7. 10s. It is also stated in the churchwarden’s book that Felicia Vyse, who died in 1747, gave by her will £20, the interest to be given yearly to the poor of the parish. We have already shown that this legacy, in conjunction with Mrs. Mary Scott’s, was applied in the purchase of the Four Math Meadow. The whole rents having been paid over to the churchwardens for the same common purpose, no severance has taken place in the application.
Abraham Hadderton, by will, dated 9th September, 1770, gave to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor, and their successors, £1,000 in trust, to keep the same at interest, and apply the proceeds thereof for the benefit of the poor. This legacy was invested in the purchase of £1,141. 8s. 6d. three per cent. reduced annuities, producing the annual dividends of £34. 5s. 6d.
William Brown gave a rent charge of 10s. yearly, payable out of a certain house in Newport, which became the property of William Crump in 1820. The Dole charities above specified produce an annual sum of £156. 6s. 2d., and are administered by the churchwardens. £15. 7s. 8d. is expended in bread, and distributed at different periods, and the residue, £140. 12s. 5d., is given in money.
Elizabeth Symonds gave a certain croft, the yearly rent thereof to be applied to the benefit of the poor of Newport for ever. The croft thus given contains about an acre and a quarter, which produces a yearly rental of £7. 10s. The amount is distributed in small sums among the poor not receiving parish relief.
William Hawkins, by will, 1724, gave to the poor of this parish £5 per annum, charged on certain premises, the property of Mr. Collier. The amount is expended in warm clothing, and given to the poor about Christmas.
John Hayley charged a certain house with the payment of 4s. yearly, to be distributed in bread. It appears that Eleanor Richards, in 1758, paid the sum of £4 into the hands of the then minister and certain other persons, trustees for repairing the bridge, in order to exempt the house from the annual payment of the said 4s. It seems reasonable to presume that the sum thus paid to the trustees of the bridge was applied by them to the purposes of their trust, which would create, we apprehend, a liability on their part to pay the annuity of 4s. We do not, however, find any instance of such a payment.
A rent charge of £5 per annum, left by John Staunton, payable out of a tenement in Newport, has not been paid for many years; the premises having passed to several successive owners without any mention of the rent charge in the title deeds. A yearly sum of 6s. 8d., left by Roger Simonds, has long been lost. The gift of £20 by Francis Wells, in 1680; £20 by Mr. Edwards, and £30 by Mrs. Brayne, in 1713, recorded on the table of benefactions, have also been lost.
Post Office.—High street. Miss Maria Justice Sillitoe, postmistress. Letters to London, Birmingham, Stafford, &c., are dispatched at 6 40 A.M., and 10 40 P.M. Letters to Shrewsbury, Wellington, South Wales, &c., are dispatched at 1 50 A.M., and 2 20 P.M.
See also the Directories of Chetwynd, Chetwynd Aston, and Church Aston.
Adams Joseph Harrison, gentleman, High st
Adderley Thomas William, hair dresser, High street
Allen Harry, wine & spirit merchant, High street; residence, Chetwynd End
Allkins Lewis, turnery, bendware, and hair sieve manufacturer, Mill Works
Appleby Cowton, solicitor’s clerk, Beaumaris lane
Aston George, grocer, tea dealer, ironmonger, and chemist and druggist, Lower Bar
Atkinson Frances, boarding school, High st
Baddeley Thomas Bernard, solicitor, St. Mary’s street; residence, High street
Baddeley William Edward, surgeon, High st
Ballard John, cattle dealer, Beaumaris lane
Barber Charles, maltster & butcher, High st
Barber The Misses, High street
Barlow George, maltster and vict., Feathers Inn, High street
Barlow Mary Ann, vict., Bull’s Head, St. Mary’s street
Barlow Mary Ann, infant school teacher, Wellington road
Barlow Samuel, contractor and vict., White Horse Inn, High street
Beeston John, boot & shoemaker, Lower Bar
Bennett William, gentleman, High street
Blest Richard, shoemaker, Workhouse lane
Bolas Wm., boot & shoemaker, St. Mary’s st
Booth Richard, vict., White Lion, High st
Boughey Thomas, turnery, bendware, and hair sieve manufacturer, Mill Works
Bowring Thomas, fishmonger and game dealer, St. Mary’s street
Bradbury Charles, soda water manufacturer, cigar & wine & spirit agent, High street
Bradbury Charles, tailor and draper, High st
Bradbury Helen, school teacher, Upper Bar
Bradbury Samuel, ale, porter, and wine and spirit agent, High street
Breese John, tailor, High street
Breese Thomas, tailor, High street
Brittain Miss, milliner, High street
Brittain William, grocer, tea dealer, and agent to Salop Fire Office, High street
Brookes Ambrose, solicitor, Upper Bar
Brown William, plumber, glazier, & painter, High street
Bryan Robt., inland revenue officer, Upper Bar
Chalmers Henry, chemist & druggist, High st
Chettar John, rope maker, Upper Bar
Clift Roger, hosier, Lower Bar
Cobb Samuel, cabinet maker & upholsterer, High street
Collier Mary Ann, milliner, High street
Cooke Joseph, blacksmith, Salthouse lane
Cooper Mrs. Mary Ann, Old Hall
Crowther Richard, third master, Grammar School, High street
Darley Matthew, vict., Old Star, High street
Davies Mr. David, Brown’s Cottage, Beaumaris lane
Davies Mr. David, St. Mary’s street
Davies Samuel, plumber & glazier, High st
Davies Thomas, brazier & tin plate worker, High street
Davieson Thomas, cabinet maker, High st
Dawes James, blacksmith, Stafford street
Dawson John, basket maker and vict., Plough Inn, High street
Dodd George, saddler and harness maker, Lower Bar
Doody John, solicitor’s clerk, High street
Doody Joseph, auctioneer, maltster, and ale and porter agent, High street
Duncalfe George, surgeon, St. Mary’s street
Duncalfe Thomas, chemist and druggist and veterinary surgeon, St. Mary’s street
Eardley Thomas, saddler & harness maker, High street
Eccleshall John, cooper, Upper Bar
Edwards David, linen and woollen draper, High street
Edwards Joseph, beerhouse keeper, High st
Eldershaw Mrs. Jane, Upper Bar
Evanson Ann, bonnet maker, St. Mary’s st
Felton John, seedsman, St. Mary’s street
Fieldhouse Ann, milliner, High street
Fieldhouse Thomas, auctioneer & maltster, High street
Fieldhouse William, grocer, tea dealer, and tallow chandler, High street
Fisher Robert, jun., Esq., solicitor, and auditor of the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire audit district, High street
Fisher and Washbourne, solicitors, High st
Fishwick Mary Ann and Alice, dressmakers, High street
Fishwick William, saddler and harness maker, High street
Fletcher Mrs. Helen, High street
Ford and Co., woolstaplers, Stafford street
Fowler Alexander, bank manager, High st
Fox William, beerhouse keeper, Upper Bar
Gater Charles, tailor, High street
Glover Alfred, beerhouse keeper, St. Mary’s street
Godby Augustus Hardy, surgeon, High st
Goodall John, vict., Fox & Grapes, St. Mary’s street
Gosnell John, butcher and shopkeeper, Lower Bar
Griffiths John, confectioner, & glass, china, and earthenware dealer, High street
Guy Ann, schoolmistress, High street
Hall George, bookkeeper to Shropshire Union Canal Company, Canal Wharf
Harker Francis, shopkeeper, High street
Harrison Jas., vict., New Inn, Stafford road
Harvey Robert, hair dresser, High street
Haycock Thomas, vict., Bridge Tavern, Lower Bar
Heane Henry, Esq., solicitor, clerk to commissioners of property and assessed taxes, clerk to poor law guardians, and superintendent registrar, High street
Higgins Mr. Robert George, High street
Hickin Miss Catherine, St. Mary’s street
Holland John, auctioneer, St. Mary’s street
Hollins John, shopkeeper, High street
Horton Miss Mary Ann, High street
Hughes Robert, Esq., High street
Humphreys Miss Elizabeth, Stafford street
Hutchinson James, currier and leather cutter, High street
Hutchinson Mary Ann, milliner, High street
Huxley John, grocer, tea dealer, and general provision warehouse, Lower Bar
Icke James Joseph, corn & guano merchant, Vauxhall
Icke and Yates, grocer, tea dealers, and chemists and druggists, High street
James John, cooper, St. Mary’s street
James Lewis and Josiah, linen and woollen drapers, High street
Jenkins William, cabinet maker, St. Mary’s st
Jervis William, tailor, High street
Johnstone Moses, tailor, Lower Bar
Jones Edward, grocer, tea dealer, ironmonger, chemists and druggists, Lower Bar
Jones John, inland revenue officer, High st
Jones and Aston, grocers, tea dealers, ironmongers, chemists and druggists, and iron-hurdle makers, Lower Bar
Keeling John, tailor and draper, High street
Keeling Mrs. Sarah, High street
Keeling William, solicitor, High street
Kyffin Mrs. Margaret, High street
Lamonby George, vict., Swan Inn, High st
Leach George, boot & shoemaker, Upper Bar
Leach Samuel, farrier, Upper Bar
Leach Rev. William Berckeley (Independent), Upper Bar, Aston
Leech Ann and Elizabeth, dressmakers, Upper Bar
Leech and Humphreys, wood turners, Upper Bar
Lees John, schoolmaster, High street
Leigh Mary, vict., Pheasant Inn, High street
Liddle William, Esq., solicitor, and clerk to magistrates and county court, High street
Lindop William, surgeon, St. Mary’s street
Littleton William, winnowing machine maker, Beaumaris lane
Lockley James, grocer, tea dealer, cheese factor, maltster, corn miller, and vict., King’s Arms Inn, High street
Lockley George, vict., Old Bell Inn, High st
Lowe Edwin, painter, High street
Lowe Emma, bonnet maker, High street
Lowe Richard, clothes dealer and agent to Birmingham Fire Office, High street
Macefield John, banker’s clerk, High street
Macklin Frederick, hair dresser, High street
Mansell Thomas, timber merchant and wheelwright, Stafford road
Massey William and George, engineers, millwrights, and iron and brass founders, Lower Bar
May Edward, county police officer, Stafford road
Morgan Miss Elizabeth, High street
Morris John, Esq., High street
Morris Samuel, butcher, Stafford street
National Provincial Bank of England, High street; Alexander Fowler, manager
Northwood James, watch and clock maker, High street
Oastler William, chemist and druggist, and agent to clerical and medical assurance office, High street
Owen Ann, beerhouse keeper, Summer House
Owen William, shoemaker, Watery lane
Parsons Joseph, vict., George and Dragon, High street
Pearse John, supervisor of inland revenue, High street
Pember John, boot and shoemaker, High st
Pickin Peter, vict., Pig Fould Inn, High st
Plant Caroline, dressmaker, St. Mary’s street
Plant Stephen, boot and shoemaker, and leather cutter, St. Mary’s street
Plant Thomas, saddler and harness maker and beerhouse keeper, Lower Bar
Pooler Thos., boot & shoemaker, Upper Bar
Pritchard Edward, law stationer and agent to district fire and industrial and general life offices, High street
Rees Benjamin, relieving officer and registrar of births and deaths for Newport district, High street
Rees John, saddler & harness maker, High st
Rees Philip, butcher, High street
Rees Philip, butcher, Upper Bar
Roberts Thomas, bailiff to county court, Upper Bar
Rogers Elizabeth, tanner, Watery lane
Rogers Stephen, baker, St. Mary’s street
Rowley James, blacksmith, Upper Bar
Rutter Jane, vict., Crown Inn and Posting House, High street
Sandford Rev. William, M.A., Incumbent of Newport, the Grammar School, High st
Saxton Rev. Charles Waring, D.D., head master of Grammar School, High street
Scott Robert, gentleman, High street
Serjeant Elizabeth, shopkeeper, High street
Serjeant John, solicitor’s clerk, Lower Bar
Serjeant Peter, cabinet-maker & upholsterer, High street
Serjeant William, currier and leather-cutter, High street
Shaw Abraham Pierpont, bookseller, printer, stationer, bookbinder, patent medicine vendor, and agent to Times Life and Assurance and Guarantee Co., High street
Shaw John, wheelwright, Workhouse lane
Sherry Richard, omnibus proprietor, and victualler, Anchor Inn, St. Mary’s street
Sherry Thomas, maltster, High street
Shropshire Banking Company, High street, Mr. William Silvester, manager
Sillitoe Maria Justice, postmistress, High st
Sillitoe William, gentleman, Lower Bar
Silvester Henry Price and Charles, booksellers, printers, stationers, bookbinders, musical instrument dealers, patent medicine vendors, stamp-office, and patent machine rulers, High street
Silvester Mr. William, bank-manager, High street
Simpson Charles, town crier, High street
Skitt Mrs. Emma, St. Mary’s street
Slaney Henry, cabinet-maker & upholsterer, St. Mary’s street
Slaney William, grocer & tea dealer, High st
Smallwood Brooke Hector, Esq., solicitor, St. Mary’s st.; residence, Chetwynd End
Smallwood George, shopkeeper, Stafford st
Smart Elizabeth, bonnet-maker, St. Mary’s st
Smart George, patten and clog maker, Upper Bar
Smart Richard, tailor, High street
Smith Mrs. Ann, High street
Smith Mr. Edward, High street
Steed Charles Christopher, boot and shoemaker, leather-cutter, and toy-warehouse, High street
Steed George, boot and shoemaker and leather-cutter, High street
Steeple Thomas, accountant, Upper Bar
Steventon Charles and John, butchers, High street
Steventon Martha, shopkeeper, High street
Stokes Charles, shopkeeper, Upper Bar
Stokes John, surveyor of highways, collector of assessed taxes, and manager of the gas works, Marsh lane
Stokes Thomas, maltster and victualler, Shakspere Inn, Upper Bar
Stokes William, maltster, Wellington road
Sturgess George, painter and shopkeeper, High street
Sturgess Sarah, bonnet-maker, High-street
Taylor Mrs. Frances, High street
Thomas Alexander, hosier, High-street
Thompson John, fishmonger, fruiterer, and game dealer, High street
Thurstan Thomas, Esq., St. Mary’s street
Tipping Richard, gun and pistol maker, Upper Bar
Tomlin Sarah, schoolmistress, Workhouse lane
Tomkinson James, cooper, High street
Tomkinson John, baker and shopkeeper, Stafford street
Tomkinson Job, shopkeeper, High street
Treasure John, land agent, surveyor, and builder, Chetwynd Aston
Trovell Rev. Michael, Catholic priest, Salter’s Hall
Underhill William Scott, grocer, tea dealer, ironmonger, brazier, and tin-plate worker, nail, hurdle, and agricultural implement maker, High street
Ventriss Rev. E. F., curate, High street
Waldron Joseph, victualler, Horse & Jockey, High street
Walker Emma and Elizabeth, milliners, High street
Walker William, victualler, Unicorn Inn, High street
Ward Elizabeth, victualler, Wharf Tavern, Canal wharf
Ward George, maltster and victualler, Barley Mow Inn, High street
Ward George Joseph, timber and tile merchant, Canal wharf; residence, Church Aston
Ward John, maltster and victualler, Raven and Bell Inn, High street
Ward Martha and Elizabeth, milliners, High street
Warner John, linen and woollen draper and silk mercer, High street
Warner & Co., woollen drapers, clothiers, and hatters, High street
Washbourne William, Esq., solicitor, High-street; residence, Chetwynd House
Watkin John, linen and woollen draper, clothier and hatter, High street
Watkin John, ironmonger, brazier, and tin-plate worker, High street
Westbrook Samuel, shoemaker, Wellington road
Whiston Joseph, watch and clock maker, High street
Whiston Thomas, watch and clock maker, Upper Bar
Whittingham Joseph, stone mason, Upper Bar
Wilde Martha, grocer and tallow-chandler, St. Mary’s street
Williams John, bricklayer, High street
Williams John, shopkeeper, Upper Bar
Williams William, joiner, Upper Bar
Woods William Barnett, accountant & paper-hanger, St. Mary’s street
Worrall Joseph, tailor and draper, High st
Wright Joseph, hatter, High street
Yale Elizabeth, dressmaker, High street
Yates John, grocer, tea-dealer, and chemist and druggist, High street
Academies.
Atkinson and Cooke, High st
Bradbury Helen, Wellington road
Catholic School, Mrs. Baldwin
Grammar School, High st., Rev. Chas. Waring Saxton, D.D., head master; Rev. Wm. Sandford, M.A., second master; Mr. Rd. Crowther, third master
Guy Ann, High street
Infants’ School, Mary Ann Barlow, Wellington road
National School, (Girls), Sarah Tomlin, Workhouse lane
Royal Free School, John Lees, Wellington road
Agricultural Implement Maker.
Underhill Wm. Scott, High street
Ale, Porter, & Spirit Agents.
Bradbury Charles, High st
Bradbury Samuel, High st
Doody Joseph, ale & porter, High street
Attorneys.
Baddeley Thomas Bernard, St. Mary’s street
Brookes Ambrose, Upper Bar
Fisher & Washbourne, High street
Heane Henry, High street
Keeling William, High street
Liddle William, and clerk to magistrates, High street
Smallwood Brooke Hector, St. Mary’s street
Auctioneers.
Doody Joseph, High street
Fieldhouse Thomas, High st
Holland John, St. Mary’s st
Bakers.
Griffiths John, High street
Huxley John, Lower Bar
Rogers Stephen, St. Mary’s st
Tomkinson John, Stafford st
Banks.
National Provincial Bank of England, High st., (draws on London Joint Stock Bank); Mr. Alex. Fowler, manager
Savings’ Bank, High, street, open every alternate Saturday from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.; Mr. Charles Silvester, secretary
Shropshire Banking Co., High street, (draw on Hanbury & Co., London); Mr. William Silvester, manager
Blacksmiths.
Dawes James, Stafford street
Cooke Joseph, Salt house ln
Rowley James, Upper Bar
Booksellers, Printers, Stationers, Bookbinders, and Patent Medicine Vendors.
Shaw Abraham Pierpoint, High street
Silvester Henry Price and Charles, High street
Boot and Shoemakers.
Beeston John, Lower Bar
Blest Richard, Workhouse ln
Bolas William, St. Mary’s st
Leech George, Upper Bar
Owen William, Watery lane
Pember John, High street
Plant Stephen, St. Mary’s st
Pooler Thomas, Upper Bar
Steed Charles Christopher, and toy warehouse, High street
Steed George, High street
Westbrook Samuel, Wellington road
Braziers & Tin-Plate Workers.
Davies Thomas, High street
Underhill Wm. Scott, High street
Watkin John, High street
Bricklayer.
Williams John, High street
Butchers.
Barber Charles, High street
Gosnell John, Lower Bar
Morris Samuel, Stafford st
Rees Philip, High street
Rees Philip, Upper Bar
Steventon Charles and John, High street
Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers.
Cobb Samuel, High street
Davieson Thomas, High st
Jenkins William, St. Mary’s street
Serjeant Peter, High street
Slaney Henry, St. Mary’s st
Chemists & Druggists.
Chalmers Henry, High st
Duncalfe Thos., St. Mary’s st
Icke and Yates, High street
Jones and Aston, Lower Bar
Oastier William, High street
Clothiers.
Lowe Richard, High street
Warner and Co., and general outfitters, High street
Watkin John, High street
Confectioners.
Griffiths John, High street
Serjeant Elizabeth, High st
Sillitoe Fanny, High street
Coopers.
Eccleshall John, Upper Bar
James John, St. Mary’s st
Tomkinson James, High st
Corn Miller.
Lockley James, High street
Curriers & Leather Cutters.
Marked * leather cutter.
Hutchinson James, High st
Serjeant Wm., St. Mary’s st
* Steed George, High street
Engineers, Millwrights, and Brass Founders.
Massey William and George, Lower Bar
Fire & Life Office Agents.
Birmingham, Richard Lowe, High street
District, Edward Pritchard, High street
Industrial and General, Ed. Pritchard, High street
Law, William Washbourne, High street
Medical and Clerical, Wm. Oastler, High street
Norwich Union, Jas. Joseph Icke, High street
Palladium, Alexander Fowler, High street
Phœnix, Alexander Fowler, High street
Salop, Henry Chalmers, High street
Shropshire & North Wales, Thomas Fieldhouse, High street
Times Life and Assurance and Guarantee, Abraham P. Shaw, High street
Glass & China Dealers.
Griffiths John, High street
Underhill William Scott, (glass), High street
Fish and Game Dealers and Fruiterers.
Bowring Thos., St. Mary’s st
Thompson John, High street
Grocers & Tea Dealers.
Brittain William, High st
Fieldhouse William, High st
Huxley John, Lower Bar
Icke and Yates, High street
Jones and Aston, Lower Bar
Lockley James, High street
Slaney William, High street
Underhill Wm. Scott, High street
Wild Martha, St. Mary’s st
Gun & Pistol Maker.
Tipping Richard, Upper Bar
Hair Dressers.
Adderley Thomas William, High street
Harvey Robert, High street
Macklin Frederick, High st
Hatters.
Keeling John, High street
Warner & Co., High street
Watkin John, High street
Worrall Joseph, High street
Wright Joseph, High street
Hosiers and Haberdashers.
Clift Roger, Lower Bar
Lowe Richard Goolden, High street
Thomas Alexander, High st
Hotels, Inns, & Taverns.
Anchor, Richard Sherry, St. Mary’s street
Barley Mow, George Ward, High street
Bridge Tavern, Thomas Haycock, Lower Bar
Bull’s Head, Mary Ann Barlow, St. Mary’s street
Crown Inn (posting house), Jane Rutter, High street
Feathers, George Barlow, High street
Fox & Grapes, John Goodall, St. Mary’s street
George and Dragon, Joseph Parsons, St. Mary’s st
Horse and Jockey, Joseph Waldron, St. Mary’s st
King’s Arms, James Lockley, High street
New Inn, James Harrison, Stafford road
Old Bell, James Lockley, High street
Old Crow, Benjamin Parton, High street
Old Star, Matthew Darley, High street
Pheasant, Mary Leigh, High street
Pig Fold, Peter Pickin, High street
Plough, John Dawson, High street
Raven and Bell, John Ward, High street
Royal Victoria Hotel (posting house), St. Mary’s street
Shakspere, Thomas Stokes, Upper Bar
Swan, George Lamonby, High street
Unicorn, William Walker, High street
Wharf Tavern, Elizabeth Ward, Canal wharf
White Horse, Samuel Barlow, High street
White Lion, Richard Booth, High street
Beerhouses.
Edwards Joseph, High street
Fox William, Upper Bar
Glover Alfred, St. Mary’s st.
Owen Ann, Summer House
Plant Thomas, Lower Bar
Ironmongers.
Jones and Aston, Lower Bar
Underhill William Scott
Joiners and Builders.
Treasure John Chetwynd, Aston
Williams William, Upper Bar
Linen and Woollen Drapers and Silk Mercers.
Edwards David, High street
James Lewis and Isaiah, High street
Warner John, High street
Watkin John, High street
Maltsters.
Barber Charles, High street
Barlow George, High street
Doody George, High street
Fieldhouse Thos., High st.
Lockley James, High street
Parton Benjamin, High st.
Stokes William, Wellington road
Ward George, High street
Ward John, High street
Milliners and Dress Makers.
Brittain Miss, High street
Collier Mary Ann, High st.
Fishwick Mary Ann and Alice, High street
Hutchinson Mary Ann, High street
Leach Ann and Elizabeth, Upper Bar
Plant Caroline, Upper Bar
Walker Emma and Eliza, High street
Ward Martha and Elizabeth, High street
Yale Elizabeth, High street
Patten and Clog Maker.
Smart George, Upper Bar
Plumbers, Glaziers, and Painters.
Marked * Painter and Glazier only.
Brown William, High street
Davies Samuel, High street
* Lowe Edwin, High street
Sturgess George, High street
Sturgess George, High street
Rope and Twine Maker.
Chettar John, Upper Bar
Saddlers & Harness Makers.
Dodd George, Lower Bar
Eardley Thos., High street
Fishwick William, High st.
Plant Thomas, Lower Bar
Rees John, High street
Shopkeepers, Dealers in Sundries, and Groceries.
Gosnell John, Lower Bar
Harker Francis, High street
Hollins John, High street
Steventon Martha, High st.
Stokes Charles, Upper Bar
Sturgess George, High street
Swallow George, Stafford st.
Tomkinson John, Stafford street
Tomkinson Job, High street
Williams John, Upper Bar
Soda Water Manufacturer.
Bradbury Charles, High st.
Stone Mason.
Whittingham Joseph, Upper Bar
Straw Bonnet Makers.
Evanson Ann, St. Mary’s st.
Lowe Emma, High street
Smart Eliza, St. Mary’s st.
Sturgess Sarah, High street
Surgeons.
Baddeley William Edward, High street
Duncalfe George, St. Mary’s street
Godby Augustus H., High st.
Lindop William, St. Mary’s street
Surveyor and Builder.
Treasure John Chetwynd, Aston
Tailors.
Those with * affixed are Woollen Drapers.
* Bradbury Charles, High st.
Breese John, High street
Breese Thomas, St. Mary’s street
Gater Charles, High street
Jervis William, High street
Johnstone Moses, Lower Bar
* Keeling John, High street
Smart Richard, High street
* Watkin John, High street
* Worrall Joseph, High street
Tallow Chandlers.
Brittain William, High street
Fieldhouse William, High st.
Wilde Martha, St. Mary’s st.
Tanner.
Rogers Elizabeth, Watery lane
Timber Merchants.
Ward George Joseph, Canal wharf
Mansell Thomas, Stafford road
Turnery, Bendware, and Hair Sieve Manufacturers, & General Wood Turners.
Atkins Lewis, Mill Works
Baughey Thos., Mill Works
Veterinary Surgeon.
Duncalfe Thomas, St. Mary’s street
Watch & Clock Makers.
Northwood James, High st
Whiston Joseph, High street
Whiston Thomas, Upper Bar
Wheelwrights.
Mansell Thomas, Stafford st
Shaw John, Workhouse Lane
Wine & Spirit Merchants.
Allan Harry, High street
Liddle William, High street
Wood Turners.
Leech and Humphreys, Upper Bar
Wool Staplers.
Ford and Co., Stafford street
General Carriers.
The Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, George Hall, clerk