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Extract from Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863
Transcription by Barbara Haner © 2004CRADLEY.
CRADLEY is a township, village, and parish, in the district union, and county court district of Bromyard, hundred of Radlow, and archdeaconry and bishopric of Hereford, 8 miles north-north-east from Ledbury. The church of St. James was thoroughly repaired about 1854; it is in the Early English style, but the more ancient parts are Norman; the doorway is a fine specimen of Norman architecture; the tower is square and castellated, and contains 6 bells; there is one aisle, west gallery,,, and a stone font presented in 1722. The register dates from 1625. The living is a rectory, annual value £1,023 17s., with residence and 110 acres of glebe land; in the gift of the Bishop of Hereford, and held by the Rev. Edward Renn Hampden, M.A., J.P. There are several small charities in connection with the church. The Free school (endowed) is very old, being built of wood and plaster; there are at present about 40 scholars; there is also a Sunday school, and a new school for girls was erected in 1855 on the glebe land. The late Rev. C. Luxmore, M.A., devised certain moneys for the erection of a new church, which is now being built at Storridge, about a mile from the village. Francis Thomas Cuddon, Esq., is lord of the manor. Richard Yapp, Esq., J.P., Hale's End, and Thomas Henry Little, Esq., are chief landowners. The population in 1861 was 1,830; the number of acres is 5,966.STORRIDGE, Hill House, Millbank, Ridgway, Hale's End, Crowley Gate, Wells, Lower Vinesend, Nupend, Homend, Hope End, and Crumpall Hill are places here.
Parish Clerk, William Jones.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
| Hampden Rev. Edward Renn, M.A., J.P., Rectory Little Thomas Henry, esq. Birchwood cottage Shapland John, esq. Hill house | Summers Thomas, esq. Millbank Yapp John, esq. Ridgway house Yapp Richard, esq. J.P. Hale's end |
COMMERCIAL.
| Archer Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Archer Thomas, miller Beard Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Storridge Bennett James, farmer, Cowley gate Birchley Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Seed farm Boucher Matthew, Seven Stars, Stifford's bridge Bowen F.D., miller, Heath mill Bullock William, carpenter Caswell, John, farmer, Byefield Chamberlain Thomas, shopkeeper Chambers Joseph, farmer, Barrow farm Dowding James, farmer, Hocker house Edwards William, farmer, Tan house Griffiths John, tailor Harper Francis, butcher Hill Daniel, farmer, Cradley hall Hill George, shoemaker Hill Timothy, shoemaker Hodges Michael, farmer, Hidelow Hopkinson William, stonemason Hutchins William, farmer, White house Jauncey Richard, farmer, Wintel Jauncey William, farmer, Nupend Jones James, farmer, Wells Kings James, carpenter | Lane Tracey, farmer, Bean house Lane William, farmer, Upper house Leech John, farmer Newman John, farmer, The Hill Newton Ann (Miss), farmer, Lower Vinesend Notley Richard, miller, Lower Mill Orgee Henry, Red Lion, Stifford's bridge Orgee Thomas, farmer, Vine end Partridge Richard, farmer, Copley Pitt Charles, farmer, Court farm Powell William, farmer, Netherley hall Preece Thos., shopkeeper, Stifford's bridge Rudge John, farmer, Hope end Russell William, farmer, Cowley gate Sandford Henry, tailor Smith William, farmer, Barrow mill Stockford John, farmer, Ridgway farm Stone Joseph, shoemaker Taylor Thomas, carpenter Watkins Thos., blacksmith, Stifford's brdg Willis Thomas, butcher Wood Wm., blacksmith, Stifford's brdg Woodhouse John, shoemaker Woodyatt Charles, farmer, The Hill Yates George, farmer, Mill farm |
National School, William Jones, master; Mrs. Ann Styche, mistressLetters through Great Malvern which is the nearest money order office
[Transcribed by Barbara E. Haner in December 2004
from a personal copy of Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863]