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: | 1934 |
Description:
Trades and professions named in St Margarets include:
Blacksmith: Henry Neate [Slough forge] |
Innkeeper: Arthur Jordan [Sun Inn] |
Vicar: Reverend Robert Denys Gwyther Clunn [since 1933] |
Wheelwright: William Edward Powell |
Residents and property named include:
Bradley, | Alfred | Clements |
Bufton, | George | Shobdon |
Cole, | Sydney | Walters place |
Corbett, | Vaughan Sheldon | New House farm |
Edmunds, | Thomas | Lower House |
George, | Alfred | Crossways |
Gwillim, | Denzil | 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] | Trevecca |
Pritchard, | Henry | Weavers Grn. |
Pritchard, | John | Corner farm |
Pritchard, | John | Fair Oak |
Pritchard, | John | Llannon |
Pritchard, | William | Lower Llannon |
Probert, | Alice [Mrs] | Old Farm |
Sayce, | George | Gilvach |
Smith, | George | Park farm |
Thomas, | Daniel | Beavan’s Pl. |
Tilbury, | William [executors] | Trecadivor |
Watkins, | George Henry | Merryhurst |
Watkins, | Thomas | Wernwilliam |
Went, | Sidney | Mayores |
Whistance, | George Lewis | Wells Green Bungalow |
Yeomans, | Albert | Coedpoeth |
An image of the full 1934 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 the trustees of the late 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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