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Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades"
for HALIFAX in White's Directory of 1837.

LIST OF STREETS, COURTS, &C., IN HALIFAX:

Those marked * are in South Owram, and + in North Owram:

HALIFAX DIRECTORY:

With those parts of the townships of North and South Owram, which are included in the Borough and adjoin the town:

Miscellany of trades

INDEX OF PERSONS AND FIRMS,

ARRANGED UNDER THE SUCCEEDING CLASSIFICATION OF TRADES AND PROFESSIONS:

The figures refer to the numbers of the Trades, and not to the Pages:

CLASSIFICATION OF TRADES AND PROFESSIONS:

Academies (1),
Those marked * take Boarders; 4, are Blue Coat; 5, Charity; 6, National; 7, British; 8, Music; 9, Dancing; 10 French; and 11, Drawing Schools.

Attorneys (2),

Auctioneers (3),

Bakers (4),

Bankers (5),

Basket Makers (6),

Blacksmiths (7),

Booksellers, Stationers, Bookbinders (8),
Those marked 1 are Printers and Publishers; 2 are Binders only; and 3 have Circulating Libraries,

Boot & Shoe Makers (9),

Boot Tree and Last Makers (10),

Braziers & Tinners (11),

Brewers (Ale & Prtr) (12),

Brokers and Wharfingers (13),

Brush Makers (14),

Butchers (15).

Butter, Bacon, cheese, Flour Dlrs (16),

Button (Florentine) Makers (17),

Cabinet Makers (18),
marked * are upholsterers

Card Makers (for wool machinery) (19),
Marked * are Curriers also.

Card Sett Makers (20),

Carpet Mrfs (21),

Carvers & Gilders (22),

Chemists & Druggists (23),
Marked * are Tea Dealers also

Chemists (Manufg) (24),

China, Glass, and Earthenware Dealers (25),

Clock Makers (26),
Marked * are Card engine makers,

Clog & Patten Mkrs (27),

Cloth Dressers (28),

Cloth Glossers (29),

Cloth Stovers (30),

Clothes Brokers (31),

Coach & Harness Makers (32),

Coal Owners (33),

Confectioners (34),

Coopers (35),

Corn & Flour Dlrs (36),

Corn Millers (37),

Cotton Spinners (38),

Curriers & Leather Cutters (see Card makers also) (39),

Drysalters (40),

Dyers (41),
Marked 1, are Stuff; 2, Woollen and 3, Silk & Cotton Dyers; and 4 Stuff Finishers

Eating Houses (42),

Engravers (43),

Farmers and Cowkeepers (44),

Fire & Life Offices,

Fish & Fruit Dlrs (45),

Furniture Brokers (46),

Gardeners (47),

Grocers & Tea Dlrs (48),
Marked * are Tallow Chandlers, + Hop merchants & # wholesale dlrs

Hair dressers (49),
Marked * are Perfumers

Hardware & Toy Dlrs (50),

Hat Manufacture (51),
Marked * are dealers only

Horse & Gig Letters (52),

Hosiers (53),
Marked * are stocking manfrs,

Hotels (Temperance),

Hotels, Inns and Tavs (54),

Beer Houses (55),

Iron & Brs Founders (56),

Iron Merchants (57),

Ironmongers (58),

Joiners (59),

Land Surveyors (60),
Marked * are Architects also

Libraries * see book sellers also (61),

Linen drapers, (62),

Machine Makers (63),

Maltsters (64),

Merchants (65),
Those marked 1, are Worsted Stuff, 2, woollen Cloth merchants and 3 are manufacturers also

Milliners (66)

Music & Instrument Dealers (67),

Nail & Tenter Hook Manufacturers * make also card engine teeth (68),

Newspaper Offices (69),

Painters (70),

Paper Makers (71),

Pawnbrokers (72),

Periodical Publshrs (73),

Physicians (74),

Plasterers (75),

Miscellany of trades

Pocket Book, Pattern Card and Brace Mfrs (77),

Porter Merchants (78),

Printers,

Reed Makers (79),

Rope and Twine Mkrs (80),

Saddlers (81),

Scribbling Millers and Spinners (82),

Sheriff's Officers (83),

Shopkeepers (84),

Shuttle Makers (85),

Silk Spinners (86),

Slaters (88),

Stay Makers (89),

Stiffener and Stock Manufacturers (90),

Stone Masons (91),

Straw Hat Makers (92),

Stuff Manufrs, Damask, Merino, Lasting, Plush, Shalloons, &c., (93),

See also the numerous manufactures attending the Piece Hall, will be found in the second volume,

Surgeons (94),

Tailors (95),

Tea Dealers (96),

Tea Dealers and Drapers, (Travelling) (97),

Timber Merchants (98),

Tobacconists (99),
Marked * are manufacturers

Tobacco Pipe Mfrs (100),

Trunk Makers (101),

Turners (102),

Umbrella Makers (103),

Undertakers (104),

Vetny Surgeons (105),

Watch & Clock Makers & Jewellers (106),

Wheelwrights (107),

Whitesmiths (108),

Wine and Spirit Merchants (109),

Wire Drawers (110),

Wool Comb Mfrs (111),

Woollen Drapers (112),
Marked * are Tailors also

Woollen Cloth Manufacturers, See merchants and stuff mfrs. (113),

Woolstaplers (114),

Worsted Spinners (116),

Coaches from the White Swan Inn,

Coaches from the White Lion Inn,

Coaches from Upper George Inn,

Coaches from the white Hart,

Coaches from the Union Cross,

Coaches from the Griffin,

Carriers by Water, From Halifax Wharf,

Carriers by Water, From Sowerby Bridge Wharf,

Carriers By Land,

Carriers from the Inns,
Those marked 1 stop at the Brown Cow, 2 Black Bull, 3 Fleece, 4 Golden Lion, 5 Malt Shovel, 6 Rose and Crown, 7 Union Cross, 8 Upper George, 9 White Hart and 10 Duke of York,

Transcribed by Susan Johnson. ©2000

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