GENUKI home page   Blunham
Ampthill
Parish

Transcript of the entry
for Ampthill in Pigot's Directory of 1830.

POST OFFICE, Market-place, Charles Halley, Post Master. - Letters from LONDON, WOBURN, BEDFORD, &c. arrive by horse poet from WOBURN, every morning at six, and are despatched every night at 9.

GENTRY AND CLERGY.

ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS.

ATTORNEYS.

BAKERS.

BOOKSELLERS & STATIONRS

BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.

BUTCHERS.

CABINET MAKERS, &c.

COOPERS.

CORN DEALERS.

DRESS MAKERS.

FIRE, &c. OFFICE, AGENTS.

GROCERS & TEA DEALERS.

HAIR DRESSERS.

INN & POSTING HOUSE.

IRONMONGERS.

LINEN, &c. DRAPERS.

NURSERY & SEEDSMEN.

PAPER HANGERS.

PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.

STRAW AT MAKERS.

SURGEONS.

TAILORS.

TALLOW CHANDLERS.

TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES.

WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS.

Miscellaneous.

COACHES.

All call at the White Hart.

To LONDON, the Pilot, (from Bedford) every Monday, Wednesday ant Friday mornings at eight goes through Silsoe, Luton and St. Albans.

To BEDFORD, the Pilot (from London) every Tues, Thurs, & Sat. evenings at 6.

To CAMBRIDGE, a Post Coach (from Oxford) every Monday, Wednesday & Friday afternoons at two goes through Bedford. Eaton and St. Neots.

To OXFORD, a Post Coach (from Cambridge, every Tues. Thurs. & at noon at twelve goes thro' Woburn, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury.

CARRIERS.

To LONDON. - Kingsley's Wagon, from the King's Head, every Tuesday and Friday mornings at nlne - & - Whitbread's Wagon, from the Cross Keys, every Mon. and Thurs. mornings at ten.

To BEDFORD and WOBURN, David Whiteman, from the Cross Keys, every Sat.


Find help, report problems, and contribute information.


[Last updated 23 June 2001 Martin Edwards]

Return to top of page