Transcript of the entry for the Post Office, professions and trades
for WHITWELL ON THE HILL in Bulmer's Directory of 1890.
Post:
Post Office; Henry Amos Wood, receiver. Letters via York arrive at 6-15 a.m.,
and are despatched at 6-45 p.m. The nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office, &c., is
at Kirkham Abbey Station (one mile distant); John Thomas Crosby, postmaster and station master.
Miscellany of trades
Chew George, hind
Crosby John Thos., station master, Kirkham station
Danby Parker, joiner and builder
Egerton Mrs. Charlotte, Whitwell hall
Hodgson Nathan, cattle dealer
Huke Charles, schoolmaster
Lechmere Sir Edmund Anthony Harley, Bart., Manor house; and Rydd court, Worcester
Pitman Rev. Arthur Lane, M.A., Vicarage
Wood Henry Amos, blacksmith, Post office
Farmers.
Barker William, Park house
Duffitt John
Duffitt Mrs. Ruth and George Wm., Bellmire
Ramsden George Hood, The Grange
Wade John, Springwood
Wilson James, Cliff house
Wood Charles, Pasture house
Scan, OCR and html by Colin Hinson. Checking and correction by Peter Nelson.