Held at: | Hereford Public Library |
Reference: | Local and Trade Directories H/914.244 |
Source: | Original document |
Title: | Kelly’s Directory of Herefordshire |
Place name: | Craswall |
Date: | 1929 |
Description:
Trades and professions named in Craswall include:
Beer retailer: Wm. Watkins [Bulls Head] |
Curate: Reverend Percy Loadman [since 1929] |
Innkeeper: Mrs E Higgs [Three Horseshoes PH] |
Shopkeeper: Mary Parry [Upper Crossway] |
Residents and Property named include:
Bevan, | William | Box Tree |
Farr, | Arth. | Cwm farm |
Gane, | David | Cwm mill |
Gane, | Elizabeth [Mrs] | Craswall Court |
Gane, | George | College farm |
Gane, | James | Pentwyn |
Gane, | Thomas | The Oaks |
Godwin, | Wilfred | White Hay wood |
Hassall, | Samuel | Court farm |
Howells, | Enoch Wm. | The Town |
Hughes, | Charles | The Rock |
James, | Clara [Mrs] | Lower House |
Jenkins, | Aaron. | Llanover |
Jenkins, | Jn. | The Old Public |
Jenkins, | John E | Dukes farm |
Jenkins, | Morgan | Middle Black Hill |
Jones, | Elijah | Forest Mill |
Jones, | Ernest | Little Black Hill |
Jones, | Hannah [Mrs] | Lower Crasway |
Jones, | John | Upper House |
Jones, | Mark | Yew Tree |
Jones, | Samuel | New Forest |
Lewis, | William & James | The Birches |
Maddy, | Arthur | Old House |
Maddy, | James | White Oak |
Mason, | William | Rocky Fold |
Morris, | Aaron | Chapel house |
Parry, | Mary [Mrs] | Upper Crossway |
Phillips, | David | Tyboobach |
Phillips, | George | Coed Major |
Powell, | Edwin | Lower Black Hill |
Price, | James | Abbey farm |
Prosser, | Bybe | Abraham Reeds |
Smith, | Alfred | Little Black Hill |
Smith, | Arthur | The Coed |
Smith, | Thomas | Wern Wen |
Smith, | Vear James | Cwm Steps |
Watkins, | Arthur | The Shawls |
Watkins, | Clara [Mrs] | The Villa |
Watkins, | Elizabeth [Mrs] | The New House |
Watkins, | Ernest | Gworlodevain |
Watkins, | George | Upper Cwm |
Watkins, | George & Samuel | The Road |
Watkins, | Harry. | Great Black Hill |
Watkins, | James | Old Mill |
Watkins, | John | Goodes |
Watkins, | Louisa [Mrs] | Llandraw |
Watkins, | Rd. | Rose Cottage |
Yeomans, | Peter | Ruinsford & Upper House |
An image of the full 1929 Kelly’s Directory entry for Craswall is given below.
Observations:
Local farmers are named. The area, population, rateable value, main crops, geology, county court and other details of the Parish are given. There is a public elementary school and two Primitive Methodist chapels. Principal landowners are the trustees of the late Henry Randolph Trafford [Lords of the Manor] and Mrs Williams. The church was restored in 1883, and there is a cockpit on the north side where ‘in the early part of this century cockfights were held on Sundays after service’.
This directory is not comprehensive in its coverage of all farms and commercial premises in the parish at the time. Also, in the transcribed lists of properties that are named, spellings in the original have sometimes been amended to reflect more common usage. In case of doubt please refer to the image of the original entry.
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