Held at: | Hereford Public Library |
Reference: | Local and Trade Directories |
Source: | Original document |
Title: | Lascelles & Co.’s Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire |
Place name: | St Margarets |
Date: | 1851 |
Description:
Trades and professions in St Margarets include:
Blacksmith: Jonathan Cole |
Mason: Thomas Price, James Lewis |
Tailor: David Thomas |
Vicar: Reverend Morgan Jones |
Mentions property called:
Fair Oak Farm [James Watkins] |
Maerdy [William Watkins] |
Tan House [William Prosser] |
St Margaret’s Farm [Philip Jones] |
An image of the full 1851 Lascelles Directory entry for St Margarets is given below.
Observations:
Local farmers are named. 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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