Kelly's 1878 Directory

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The entry for Cradley in Kelly's 1878 directory includes 156 residents

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CRADLEY is a township, and extensive and populous district of the parish of Halesowen, having a station on the Birmingham and Stourbridge section of the Great Western Railway, situated 2 1/2 miles east from Stourbridge, 4 south from Dudley, and 9 1/2 south-west from Birmingham, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Lower Halfshire, Stourbridge union and county court district, rural deanery of Dudley, and archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester. The town itself lies a little off the main road : it forms part of a populous, mercantile and manufacturing neighbourhood, in which the iron trade is carried on in all its branches. The church, originally intended for a Lady Huntingdon chapel, is a brick building, which was restored in the year 1874, at a cost of £4,000 : has chancel, nave and aisles, and modern Gothic tower containing 8 bells and a clock. The register dates from the year 1798. In 1852 a grant of land was made by the sons of the late Rev. George Biggs (a former vicar of the parish of Halesowen), for the enlargement of the burial ground of this parish. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of the rector of Halesowen, and held by the Rev. Joseph Hesselgrave Thompson, B.A., of Hertford College, Oxford. Attached to the church is a National school, under Government inspection. Here are places of worship for Unitarians, Baptists, Wesleyans and New Connexion Methodists. The Unitarian school is supported partly by endowment and partly by an annual collections. The extensive ironworks of Messrs. Evers and Sons are in this district : the firm are engaged principally in the manufacture of superior qualities of iron, by the charcoal or wood coal process ; files, rasps, vices, anvils, hammers, nails, anchors, chain cables and fire bricks are made, and here are the extensive works of Messrs. Harper and Moores, manufacturers of fire bricks, clay retorts, and crucibles ; this firm are also proprietors of Stourbridge clay. Messrs. King Brothers are also proprietors of the celebrated Stourbridge clay, and have likewise extensive works for the manufacture of bricks and other fire-clay goods. The works of the Cradley Colliery Company are situated in the centre of the parish. One mile from the northern extremity of Cradley, in a romantic vale, agreeably diversified with plantations of firs, is a spring of salt water, called the Lady Well, highly esteemed on account of its medicinal qualities : in the summer it is very much frequented. There are a few handsome residencies here : the Elms is the seat of W. P. Strawson, esq., the view from the grounds and windows of which is extensive and picturesque. Lord Lyttelton is lord of the manor. The principle landowners are the New British Iron Company, Jeston Homfray, esq., and the Old Swinford Hospital. The soil in general is a rich clay, producing all kinds of grain, and forming excellent pasturage ; and the lands on the north and west of Netherend (a part of the township of Cradley ) abound with coal and ironstone. The area is 732 acres ; rateable value, £11,287 ; the population in 1861 was 4,075, and in 1871, 4,700.

NETHEREND, Colley Gate, Overend, Two Gates and Coleman Hill are near the town.

Parish Clerk, Isaac Bloomer

POST OFFICE.- Mrs. Elizabeth Christopher, receiver. Letters arrive from Brierley Hill at 7.30 a.m. & 2.40 p.m. ; dispatched at 8.35 a.m. & 6.35 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Cradley heath

INSURANCE AGENTS.- Imperial, John Bloomer & G. Burford, Cradley Heath

PUBLIC OFFICERS.-

Excise Officer, Osborne Oliver, Clay bank

Rate Collector, Ambrose Pearson, Two Lane ends, Colley gt.

Registrar of Births & Deaths, Felix Smith, Halesowen

SCHOOLS.-

British, Samuel Bridge, master; Mrs. Mary Bridge, mistress

National, Thomas Davies, master; Miss Ann Metheringham, mistress

Unitarian, James McIlwrath, master ; Miss Sarah Roberts, mistress

Railway Station, Richard Roach, station master

CARRIERS TO BIRMINGHAM.-

Simeon Wooldridge, to Crown inn, Broad st. on tues. thurs. & sat. ; Lloyd, to Crown inn, Broad st. tues. thurs. & sat. returning at 5 p.m. ; to 'Spread Eagle', Spiceal st. tues. thurs & sat. Returning at 3.20 p.m.

[For other names in the district, see STOURBRIDGE & ROWLEY REGIS].

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Attwood Thos. Essington ho. Colman hl

Baker George Henry, Colley gate

Barnett Miss, Fair View lodge

Bloomer Isaac Parkes

Brougall James, Colley gate

Bullock Joseph, Colley gate

Buncher Rev. James [curate]

Cochrane Rev. Walter [Unitarian], Netherend

Cragh Thomas, Aston villas

Dakin Geo. Fdk. Clent view, Windmill hl

Forrest Joshua, Poplar cottage

Griffin William

Hingley Bardesley, Aston vlls, Colley gt

Hingley Joseph, Linton house

Hingley Mr. Noah, J.P. Hatherton lodge

Hingley Mr. Samuel, Fairview

Homer Joseph Benjamin, Chaple house

Homer Mrs. Colley gate

Homer Mr. Thomas, Colley gate

Homfray Jeston, Coleman hill

Kendrick Wm, West end, Colley gate

Lloyd Thomas Hemmings

Morgan Rev. Maurice [Baptist]

Mountford John, Colley Gate house

Mountford Richard, Highfield house

Smith William Robinson, Clyde house

Strawson William Pearson, The Elms

Thompson Rev. Joseph H. B.A. [vicar]

Thompson Wesley Hayes

Tibbetts Mrs, Colley gate

Tucker Rev. Alfred [Wesleyan]

COMMERCIAL.

Adams Jabez, Bulls Head, Overend

Adams Wm. Chair maker, Windmill hl

Arnett Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer

Attwood Eliza (Mrs.), hame maker & beer

Attwood James, Fish inn

Attwood William, butcher

Bayliss George, Bridge inn

Beasley Allen, chain maker, Two gates

Bennett Saml, beer retailer, Two gates

Bird Mary Ann (Mrs.), haberdasher &c

Bloomer Geo. Albert, draper, Colley gate

Bloomer Isaac Parkes, bldr, Windmill hl

Bloomer John, grocer, Windmill hl

Bloomer Joseph, grocer

Bloomer Mary (Mrs.), pawnbroker

Bloomer Philip, chain maker

Boxley Peter, chain maker

Blunt Felix, shopkeeper

Blunt Thomas, chain maker

Brettell Edward, grocer

Brettell James, grocer

Bridgewater John, grocer & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants

Brooks David, Black Swan

Bunn William, beer retailer

Burchell George, haberdasher

Cartwright Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Clewes T. M. & Son, hardware dealers, Park side

Clift Henry, boot & shoe maker

Coley Christopher, shopkeeper

Cook Hannah (Mrs.), Crown

Cox Thos, beer retailer, Windmill hill

Cradley Colliery Co. (Edward Jewkes, manager), coal masters

Crompton Henry, nail maker

Darby Joseph, tailor, Windmill hill

Deeley William, Rose & Crown

Dunn William, Blue Ball

Evers Samuel & Sons, manufacturers of charcoal rods, best & common nail rods, fencing rods & bars, small, square & round, also importers of swedish rods, Cradley iron works

Fellows Susannah (Mrs.), miller

Fellows Thos. beer retailer, Netherend

Finch Simeon, Old Two Gates

Foley Edward, farmer, Homer hill

Foley Martha (Mrs.), dress maker

Forrest Brothers & co. manufacturers of horse nails & wrought nails, chain cables, anchor, crane & ships' rigging, chains, spades, shovels & forks, anvils, vices & cart hames &c. & iron merchants. See advertisement

Forrest Richd, beer retailer, Windmill hl

Fox Thomas, maltster, Overend

Gadd Joseph, greengrocer

Gill Daniel, butcher

Griffin Wm. Anchor ma. Victoria works

Grove John Haden, grocer, Colley gate

Harbach Ann (Mrs.), dress maker

Harper David, shopkeeper, Windmill hl

Harper Richd, beer retailer, Colley gate

Hawkeswood Benj. Sun, Colley gate

Hawkeswood William Herbert, farmer, Overend

Hawkeswood James, butcher

Hill Albion, nail maker

Hill Christopher, shopkeeper

Hill Daniel, butcher

Hill John, boot & shoe maker

Hill Labon, haberdasher, Cradley forge

Hill Thos. beer retailer, Park Lane farm

Hingley Benjamin, grocer

Hingley James, beer retailer

Hingley James, butcher & farmer

Hingley James, chain maker

Hipkiss Hy, iron manufr. Lodge forge

Hodgetts Emily (Mrs.) polishing felt manufacturer, Park side

Homer Hill Colliery Co. Limited (A. Ebenezer Wenham, sec)

Homer Hy, greengrocer, Cradley forge

Homer Paul, general dealer, Park side

Hughes Harry, greengrocer

Hughes Isaiah, Holly Bush

Hughes Samuel, maltster

Jones & Lloyd, manufrs of chain cables

Jones Isaac, painter, Windmill hill

Jones Samuel, beer retailer

Jones Susannh. (Mrs.), maltstr, Nethernd

Laister Thomas, farmer, Colley gate

Lane James, iron founder

Leonard Eliza (Mrs.), frmr, Cradley forge

Leonard Samuel, May Pole

Manning George, beer retailer

Mason Charles, farmer

Mears Frank, shopkeeper

Mole Jane (Miss), beer retlr, Colley gate

Mole Wm. Hy. blacksmith, Colley gate

Moore John, shopkeeper

Mountford, Homer & Mountford, iron merchants & manufacturers of wrought nails, chain cables, anchors, crane & ships' rigging chains, spades & shovels, anvils, vices &c. Cradley works; & 6 1/2 & 7 Fore street, Limehouse, London e .

Oliver William, maltster & beer retailer

Paddock Hannah (Mrs.), grocer

Parkes William, shopkeeper, Colley lane

Parrock George, draper

Partridge Geo. chain manfr. High park

Pateshill John, tanner, Park side

Peake Samuel, grocer

Pearson Ambrose, dairymn & rate collectr

Pearson Amos, linen draper

Perry James, grocer, Two gates

Priest James, nail maker

Priest John, smith