HOLSWORTHY RESIDENTS IN THE UNIVERSAL BRITISH DIRECTORY c. 1794 (Spelt as HOLDSWORTHY in the Directory) |
The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce & Manufacture was issued in separate volumes over a period of 7 to 8 years between 1791 and 1798. As the different volumes were published, updates and alterations were made so that no listing can be specific to a single year but rather, to the final years of the 18th century. No street locations were given for the traders. The original spelling has been retained. |
HOLDSWORTHY is a large place, seated between two branches of the Tamar; it is 215 miles west-by-south from London, forty-seven north-east from Exeter, eight miles north from Stratton, fourteen north-east from Hatherleigh, fourteen south-west from Launceston and sixteen north from Torrington. It has a market on Saturday. The fairs are April the 2nd; the 9th, 10th and 11th of July which is a very large fair; the 2nd of October and the first Wednesday in November. The post comes in from Hatherleigh on Monday, Thursday and Saturday, about noon and returns at four in the afternoon of the same days. Two waggons from Exeter to Stratton pass through here on Mondays, and return on Wednesdays. A navigable canal from the harbour of Bude to pass through this town to join some others intended to be cut in different parts of the county, was begun in the spring of 1794.
The following are the principal inhabitants: GENTLEMAN Bailey, - Gent CLERGYMAN Merrick, Rev. Mr PHYSICIANS Combe, Arthur, Surgeon Corry, Samuel, Surgeon LAWYERS Cock, - Attorney Kelly, Benjamin, Attorney TRADERS Bassott, John, linen draper Bassott, John hairdresser Bennet, Joseph, butcher Bennet, William, Carpenter Blake, William, maltster Bole, William, victualler Bosances, Thomas, shoemaker Bosances, John. linen draper Brimble, William, Shoemaker Cadd, William, baker Collins, Joseph, White Hart Inn & Post Master Cooper, Joseph, linen draper Cooper, John, Carpenter Corry, Abraham, linen draper Corry, Henry, linen draper Corry, John, linen draper Crocker, Richard, tawer* Dark, William, farmer Doble, Westcott, victualler Doble, Walter, victualler Down, George, tinman Dymond, Richard, tanner Earl, Stephen, blacksmith Earl, Richard, butcher Earl, Mary, baker Friend, Walter, schoolmaster Fry, Samuel, linen draper Gliddon, John, butcher Guin, Henry, shopkeeper Heard, Richard, victualler Hocoot, - excise officer Honny, John, carpenter Horrell, Joseph, stonemason Horrell, William, stonemason Hoskin, John, victualler Hoskin, Dolly, victualler Hoskin, Arthur, shoemaker Jewill, Werin, farmer Kingdom Mrs, ironmonger Legg, Ann, linen draper Nattle, George, clock and watch maker Pearce, Thomas, yarn maker Richards, John, staymaker Robins, John, shopkeeper Robins, Elizabeth, school mistress Roe, John, taylor Sedcombe, Robert, blacksmith Shepherd, John, fellmonger Slymon, Daniel, joiner Smith, William, taylor Tink, John, tanner Treble, John, taylor Vuller, Honer, mantua maker Wonnicott, William, glazier Wonnicott, Peter, saddler Yoe, John, shoemaker About five miles east of Holdsworthy is Dunsland, the seat of George Beckford, Esq.
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| * A tawer is a dresser of white leather - much used for the making of gloves. |
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31 July, 2009
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