Scruton 1890

Post:

Post Office; Mrs. A. Kirk, postmistress. Letters arrive via Bedale at 8-45 a.m., and are despatched in summer at 4-45 p.m., and in winter at 3-45 p.m. Letters can be registered here.

Miscellany of trades

• Alcock Mr. Ralph, Scruton cottage
• Brancker Rev. Peter Whitfield, M.A., Oxon., The Rectory
• Buckle John, mason and builder
• Butterwick George, estate joiner
• Butterwick John, joiner, &c.
• Cawthorne Wm. & Sons, brick and tile mnfrs.
• Chapman Mr. William
• Dodsworth Anthony, butcher
• Dunning Chris., farm foreman, Morton flatts
• Elliot George Wm., Esq., M.P., Scruton hall
• Fothergill John, vict., Farmers' Arms
• Grey William Stockburn, schoolmaster
• Hamlin Joseph, head gamekeeper
• Kirk Mrs. Annie, shopkeeper and postmistress
• Kirk Henry, letter carrier
• Longtoft Mrs. Margaret
• Pattison Thomas, blacksmith
• Potts John, shoemaker
• Rudd William, station master, Scruton station
• Simpson Mr. John, West view
• Sunley William, head gardener
• Tiplin Miss Catherine Elizabeth
• Wright Joseph, vict., Coore Arms

Farmers.

• Allison William
• Atkinson John Slater, Morton flatts; h Yafforth
• Barker Joseph, Cross lanes
• Braithwaite Stephen, Terry house
• Clark William C., Spring house; h Darlington
• Cundell John (yeo.)
• Dodsworth John (and agent to H. M. G. Coore, Esq.)
• Dodsworth William, West house
• Jackson William (yeo. - and nurseryman), Cross lanes
• Knowles George
• Knowles Tom, Moor house
• Lambert Thomas (and miller), Grimescar mill
• Mitchell Francis, The Grange
• Mitchell Thomas, Field house