Held at: | Hereford Public Library |
Reference: | Local and Trade Directories |
Source: | Original document |
Title: | Littlebury’s Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire |
Place name: | Longtown |
Date: | 1876 |
Description:
Trades and Professions named in Longtown include:
[Sub] Postmaster: Nicholas Cheese |
Blacksmith: George Davies, William Probert [Pen y wain], James Rickards |
Builder: William Pritchard |
Carpenter: William Jones, John Williams |
Carrier: John Williams [Perthe Perton]; Mrs George [Trelandon] |
Draper: Nicholas Cheese |
Grocer: Nicholas Cheese, Mary Williams, James Gretton [New Shop] |
Innkeeper: John Evans [Crown Inn]; Aaron Farr [New Inn]; William Gwillim [New Inn]; William Hyde [Black Lion Inn]; Mrs E Johnson [Rising Sun]; John Lewis [Greyhound Inn]; William Lewis [Cornewall Arms Inn] |
Ironmonger: William Prothero |
Land agent [Estate Agent]: John Harris |
Laundress: Mary Stephens |
Mason: Joseph Price, William Pritchard |
Miller: Thomas Lloyd [Ponties (?Pontys) Mill], Richard Miles [Pontynys Mill] |
Minister [Salem Baptist Chapel]: Reverend John Howells |
Policeman: John Phillips [Sergeant] |
Registrar: Phillip Gwillim |
Road Surveyor: Phillip Gwillim |
Saddler: Aaron Davies |
Schoolmaster: Thomas Driffield |
Shoemaker: Benjamin Prosser, James Powell |
Shopkeeper: Mrs Rickards |
Surgeon: Charles Warren Price |
Tailor: Nicholas Cheese |
Vicar: Reverend Edmund Davis |
Watchmaker: William Prothero |
Wheelwright: William Jones, John Price, John Williams |
Mentions property called:
Brooks |
Castle Terrace |
Chapel Cottage |
Church house |
Coldbrook |
Court llaca farm |
Cwm coched |
Cwm Dulas |
Denmark Cottage |
Glan-uant |
Great Cwm coched |
Groves farm |
Grydall farm |
Hunt house |
Little Cwm coched |
Llanwonog |
Lower Bryn farm |
Lower House |
Lower Pont hendre |
Lower Pontynys |
Lower Wernddu |
Middle Bryn farm |
Middle Pont Hendre |
New House |
New shop |
Old Court |
Pen y dre |
Pen y rheol |
Pen y wain |
Perthe Perton |
Rose Cottage |
Sunnybank |
The Cottage |
The Moody |
The Vicarage |
The Villa |
Tregoed farm |
Trekennell |
Trelandon |
Trewern |
Ty mawr |
Upper Wernddu |
Wain |
Yew Tree Cottage |
Images of the 1876 Littlebury’s Directory entry for Longtown are shown below.
Observations:
The Directory gives population, area, rateable value, types of crops, geology and other details of the township. Fairs for sheep & cattle are held on 29 April, and a statute Fair on 21 September. There is a school built in 1869 and a Baptist chapel [Salem] built in 1843.
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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