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Extract from Cassey's Directory of Herefordshire, 1858

Transcription by Richard Lane © 2002

LLANGARREN.

WELSH NEWTON is a township, parish and village, 8 miles south-west from Ross railway Station, 3½ north from Monmouth, 14½ south from Hereford, and 129 from London, in Wormelow Hundred, Monmouth Union, Harewood's End Petty Sessional Division, Hereford Archdeaconry and Bishopric; it is situated on the Hereford and Monmouth road, on the borders of Monmouthshire, and part of the parish is in that County. The church is a plain old stone building, with small tower, in the Norman style, in good repair; it has nave, porch, chancel, font, and two bells. The living is a rectory, worth £47 yearly; Rev. H. Prosser is the incumbent. There is chapel for Wesleyans on Newton Common. The population, in 1851, was 248; and the acreage is 1,821. The soil is loamy; the subsoil is clay and rock.

   NEWTON COMMON, Catlow, Pembridge Castle, Great House, Summer House, Mill Farm, Tremahaid, and Gwenherion, are places here.

   Letters through Monmouth, which is the nearest money order office.

MISCELLANEOUS
Armstrong, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs., Elizabeth.
Bennett, Michael, carpenter, Pengervace. Maxfield, Edward, miller, Llangstone mill
Bird, John, plasterer Maxfield, Edward, miller, Luxton mill
Cayse, Thomas, shopkeeper Maxfield, John, The Three Horse Shoes
Clark, James, cooper, Common. Morris, James, tailor
Coburn, John, boot & shoemaker Morris, John, carpenter & parish clerk
Coke, Rev. William, Garron Cottage. Patridge, Edward, boot & shoemaker
Davis, William, carpenter, Llancloudy. Pearce, Joseph, farmer
Edwards, John, schoolmaster, Hanover. Pearce, Mrs., Llangarron Court.
Garness, Samuel, boot & shoemaker Pope, Richard, esq.
Gates, Henry, beer retailer & boot and shoemaker. Pope, Richard, surgeon
Haycock, Mr. Frederick, Steephill Cottage Potts, Rev., Henry John.
James, Edmund, shopkeeper & carpenter Price, William, miller, Treverven mill
James, Elizabeth, (Mrs.), Mistress of Free School. Ragband, William, mason
Jenkins, George, wheelwright & carpenter. Taylor, John, miller, Trerees mill
Jenkins, James, Boot & shoemaker Wheale, James, blacksmith
Jones, John, Esq., Langstone Court. Wheale, Thomas, blacksmith & postmaster
Jones, John, Shopkeeper White, George, shopkeeper
Marston, Rev., William, Woodfield. Young, Thomas, shopkeeper and blacksmith, Llanclody
FARMERS
Bennett, John, farmer, Thatch Close. Marfell, James, farmer, Grove farm
Bird, John, farmer, Upper Field Mathews, James, farmer, Pambrook
Bird, William, farmer, Meredith Farm Mayos, Thomas, farmer, Trewaugh
Burford, Joseph, farmer, Lower Trerees Morgan, John, farmer, Tredethen
Cadle (should be Keddle), Thomas, farmer, Penblaith. Nurse, Philip, farmer, Upper Park
Carrier, Thomas, farmer, Trecilla Pearce, Joseph
Collins, John S., farmer, Trerees. Sheriff, William, farmer, Treworgan
Davies, Mrs., farmer Street, Joseph, farmer, Kilrhyg
Dowle, Alfred, farmer, Bernithan Court. Taylor, Thomas, farmer, Hill farm
Gwin, John, farmer, Park Mill. Tomkins, Thomas, farmer, Trerees farm
Gwynne, William, farmer, Ash Cottage. Watkins, James, farmer, Little Bernithan
Harris, John, farmer, Black House. Watkins, William, farmer
Hartland, James, farmer, Biddlestone. Wheeler, Thomas, Trebumfrey
Hooper, William, farmer, Black House Wiiliams, John, Llancaegy
Keddle, Thomas, farmer, Penblaith farm Williams, James, Pengervace
Lewis Humphrey, farmer, Park farm Williams, Mrs. Ann, Treverven
Lloyd, George, farmer, Tredunock  
Llangrove Common
Bulmer, Rev. John, [Independent], Llangrove Cottage Powell, George, boot & shoemaker
Burford, Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer Powell, Joseph, boot & shoemaker
Cooke, Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Reece, William, carpenter
Hall, William, tiler & plasterer Strong, John, boot & shoemaker
Lawrence, William, tailor Strong, John, carpenter
Mapp, John, carpenter Strong, Thomas, carpenter
Meredith, John, carpenter & wheelwright Taylor, George, tiler & plasterer
Meredith, Richard, beer retailer, wheelwright & carpenter Watkins, William, blacksmith
Llangunnock
TRADERS
Dowell, Thomas, farmer Wheale, Henry, blacksmith
Trewan
Assinder, William, boot & shoemaker Price, Frederick, farmer
Treverven
Williams, Richard, farmer  
Teribble
Drinkwater, Henry, farmer  
Ruxton
Williams, James, farmer  

[Transcribed by Richard Lane in December 2002
from a copy of Cassey's Directory of Herefordshire, 1858 in Hereford Central Library]