Held at: | Hereford Public Library |
Reference: | Local and Trade Directories H/914.244 |
Source: | Original document |
Title: | Kelly’s Directory of Herefordshire |
Place name: | St Margarets |
Date: | 1929 |
Description:
Trades and professions named in St Margarets include:
Blacksmith: Henry Neate |
Carpenter: John Reece |
Innkeeper: Arthur Jordan [Sun Inn] |
Parish clerk: John Reece |
Vicar: [vacant] |
Wheelwright: William Powell |
Residents and property named include:
Brown, | George | Mayores |
Bufton, | William | Shobdon |
Cole, | Frank Price | Coedpoath |
Cole, | Sydney | Walters place |
Corbett, | Vaughan Sheldon | New House farm |
Edmunds, | Thomas | Lower House |
George, | Alfred | Crossways |
Gwillim, | Daniel | Tanhouse |
Howard, | Sarah | Almshouse |
Jones, | Ivor Emlyn | Haines Pl. |
Lewis, | Thomas | Gilva court |
Nelson, | John | Fern Verrow |
Powell, | George | Maerdy |
Powell, | William | Iron Pear tree |
Price, | Allen | Upper Gilvach |
Price, | Mary [Miss] | Trevaker [?Trefecca] |
Pritchard, | John | Fair Oak |
Pritchard, | John | Llannon |
Pritchard, | William | Lower Llannon |
Pritchard, | John | Corner farm |
Probert, | Alice [Mrs] | Old Farm |
Sayce, | George | Gilvach |
Smith, | George | Park farm |
Tilbury, | William | Clements |
Tilbury, | William | Trecadivor |
Watkins, | Harry | Merryhurst |
An image of the full 1929 Kelly’s Directory entry for St Margarets is given below.
Observations:
Local farmers are named. The area, population, rateable value, main crops, geology, county court arrangements and other details of the Parish are given. The architecture of the church is described. RRWR Trafford is Lord of the Manor; he and Mrs Herbert Howorth Wood are chief landowners.
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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