Bowes Parish, Directory of Trades and Professions for 1890

Transcript of the entry for the Post Office, professions and trades
for BOWES in Bulmer's Directory of 1890.

• Parish Church of St. Giles - Rev. Chas. Bradford Wardale, M.A., vicar; Michael Sayer, sexton
• Wesleyan Methodist Chapel - In the Barnard Castle Circuit
• Parish Reading Room and Library - Rev. C. B. Wardale, M.A., president; Rev. William Rigg, secretary and treasurer
• Governors of Bowes Grammar School - John Bousfield, Esq. (chairman), Bowes; William Watson, Esq., Barnard Castle; Thompson Richardson, Esq., Barnard Castle; Rev. C. B. Wardale, M.A., Bowes Vicarage; R. T. Richardson, Esq., Barnard Castle; Robert Barker, Esq., Barnard Castle; Dr. Mitchell, Barnard Castle; and two Churchwardens (for the time being) of the Parish of Bowes
• Bowes Station, on the Barnard Castle and South Durham Section of the North Eastern Railway; Isaac Wilson, station master

• Post Office at William Hutton's. Letters arrive via Darlington at 8-30 a.m., and are despatched at 5-20 p.m. No Sunday business. Postal Orders are issued. Letters for Bowes Cross and farms south of Kilmond Scar, come via Boldron and Barnard Castle.

• Aarah Moses, tailor
• Alderson Alfred, joiner and cartwright
• Alderson Mrs. Ellen
• Bell Miss Eleanor
• Booker George, railway inspector
• Bousfield John, Esq., Bowes villa
• Bousfield Robert, gamekeeper to the Lessees of Bowes moor
• Bracey Jph. Simpson, signalman (and property owner)
• Burn Joshua & Son, grocers; h Barnard Castle
• Coates Thomas, quarry foreman, Hulands
• Donald Robert, vict. and farmer, Gallow hill
• Gargett Mrs. Margaret
• Gaskill Joseph Henry, butcher
• Grammar School; William Hood, head master; John Wm. Bumble and Sophia Rowbotham, assistants
• Harker James, coal owner, Tan Hill Coal pit
• Harrison Thomas, junior, joiner
• Highmoor John, vict. and farmer, Unicorn
• Hillery Thomas, grocer
• Hird Mrs. Jane
• Hird Thomas, gamekeeper, Agill cottages
• Hood William, head master, Grammar school
• Hutchinson John, manager to J. Burn & Son
• Hutton William, postmaster
• Johnson Joseph, blacksmith
• Kearton John Temple, foreman miller
• Metcalfe Richard, vict., Rose and Crown
• Preston Mrs. Mary
• Raine John, cowkeeper, Six chimneys
• Redpath Mr. George
• Rigg Rev. William, Greenfell view
• Sayer William, cowkeeper
• Scrafton John, mason and builder
• Siddle Mrs. Mary Ann, cowkeeper
• Spital School; Miss Armstrong, mistress
• Tunstall Mrs. Lucy
• Waite Mr. William, Rodger house
• Walton Mrs. Elizabeth
• Walton Isaac, apartments
• Walton Joseph, stonemason
• Wardale Rev. Chas. Bradford, M.A., vicar, The Vicarage
• Wilson Mrs. Charlotte
• Wilson Isaac, station master, Bowes station
• Woddy Thomas, cowkeeper

• Aislabie Thomas, Bowes Cross
• Aislabie William, Bowes Cross
• Alderson John Tallentire
• Alderson John Winter, Three chimneys
• Alderson Jonathan, Ponder gill
• Bainbridge Henry, Low field
• Barker Robert (and corn miller), Bowes mill; h Barnard Castle
• Bayles George, Stoney keld
• Bayles John, Hulands
• Bell William, East Low field
• Bentham John, Thackholme
• Bousfield Adam, Spital park
• Bousfield Adam, Trough heads
• Bousfield John, Bar gap
• Bousfield John, Blue cap
• Bousfield Jonathan, Sleightholme
• Clarkson Micah, West Mellwaters
• Clarkson William (and tailor), Hoods house
• Close Edmund Lister, Mount pleasant
• Coates William, Lamb hill
• Coulthard John, Nab
• Dent Robert, East Mellwaters
• Dent Thomas Henry Booth, Annam's villa
• Dodds Robert, Jock house
• Fawcett William, Ox pasture
• Franklin Mrs. Sarah and Son, Black lodge
• Herd James, Old Spital
• Hird Thomas
• Hodgson Thomas
• Hoggett Matthew (yeo.), Fountain head
• Hutchinson Thomas, Pasture end
• Johnson Robert (and gamekeeper)
• Kidd Jonathan
• Kidd Robinson, Low Broates
• Kipling John, Stoney keld
• Kipling John, Swinholme
• Kipling William, Levy pool
• Lee Mrs. Mary, Clint house
• Lowes Mrs. Mary Ann, Kilmond wood
• Metcalfe Christopher, Stone bridge
• Metcalfe Miles, Hundah
• Metcalfe Rd. Francis, & Reub., Broates house
• Metcalfe Richard, Bowfield
• Metcalfe Thomas, Strand foot, Stoney keld
• Milner William Mark, West Low field
• Ord & Maddison (and quarry contractors), Hulands
• Parker Joseph, North side
• Peacock Rt. Metcalfe, Rove gill and Dove hall
• Peacock Thomas, West Stoney keld
• Porter Joseph, South flatt
• Richardson James, North side and South side
• Sayer James, Manor house
• Sayer John Henry (and assistant overseer for Bowes), Milestone house
• Sayer Joseph, Bowes hall
• Scott Ralph Thackwray (yeo.), West Mire keld
• Swinbank Mrs. M. A., New house, Pasture end
• Tallentire Isaac and William, Valley farm
• Tallentire Isaac, New Spital
• Tallentire James, Spital grange
• Tallentire John, Coach and Horses
• Tallentire William, Grey scar
• Thompson Thomas Walton, North Bitts
• Tunstall James, Vale house
• Walton Mrs. Mary, Stoney keld
• Walton Mrs. Nancy, Lowfield
• Willis Joseph, Bowes villa
• Woddy John (and boot maker)

• Letters via Bowes and Darlington.

• Calvert William, gamekeeper and shepherd
• Furness Mr. Robert
• Headlam John Emerson Wharton, Esq., The Hall
• Headlam Mrs., The Hall

• Bayles Thomas
• Clarkson Spensley, Charity Pasture
• Cooper James, West pasture
• Hutchinson James Newton, Lady mires
• Hutchinson William, Pry rigg
• Kipling Francis, Howluligill
• Kipling William and Jonathan, Plover hall
• Kipling William, Dawson close
• Lambert Joseph, White Close hill
• Metcalfe Thomas, Whorlands
• Tunstall Christiana
• Turner Joseph (yeo.), West gates

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