Withington, Herefordshire - Trade Directory, 1879

Extract from Trade [Kelly's?] Directory of Herefordshire, 1879

Transcription by Richard Lane © 2003

WITHINGTON.

WITHINGTON is a parish, village and station on the West Midland Railway from Hereford to Worcester, 4½ miles north-east from Hereford, 12 west from Ledbury, 11 south-east from Leominster, and 149 from London, in Broxash Hundred, Hereford Union and county court district, and in the rural deanery, archdeaconry, and diocese of Hereford, situated on the turnpike road leading from Hereford to Bromyard and Worcester and on the Hereford and Gloucester canal. The church of St. Peter is an ancient stone structure with chancel, nave and square tower containing 6 bells and a handsome stone spire, and porch: It was thoroughly restored in 1869, at a cost of £800: the ancient chancel screen remains, and is an elaborate piece of wood carving. The register dates from 1573. The living is a rectory, yearly value £413, with residence, and 116 acres of glebe in the gift of the Bishop of Hereford, and held by the Rev. Charles William Pritchard, M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge. There is a Baptist chapel Withington Court, prettily situated near the church, is an ancient Gothic stone mansion, occupied as a farmhouse. Thinghill is the handsome stone residence of Henry Higgins, esq. D.L., J.P. Summer House Hill, at a short distance, commands a splendid view of the country around. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor, and the Rev. Henry Glossop, John Morley, esq., W. H. Apperley, esq., and Mrs. Jancey, are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey and loamy; subsoil is block stone. The chief crops are wheat, beans, hops, and apples. The area is 1,530 acres; rateable value £6,434; the population in 1871 was.

   NUNNINGTON is 1 mile west.

   Parish Clerk.- W. H. Apperley, esq.; Deputy Clerk, William Edwards.

   POST OFFICE. - Edward Carey, receiver. Letters arrive from Hereford by foot post at 8.40 a.m.; despatched at 5.15 p.m.. The nearest money order office is at Hereford. The telegraph office is at the railway station.

   WALL BOX cleared at 5.30 p.m. week days only.

   WALL BOX, Nunnington, cleared at 4.45 p.m..

   Assistance Overseer.- William Birt.

   School (endowed with £14 yearly).- Miss Louisa Jeffries, Mistress.

   Railway Station.- Edwin Munslow, station master.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Apperley William, Stone House	Harris Martin
Aston John C., Barnamore House	Higgins Henry, D.L., J.P., Thinghill
Aston William, F. S. A., Barnamore House	Kedward Miss, Elm Villa
Bedford Rev. John [Baptist]	Mason John, The Lawns
Clark Mrs., Withington Court	Pritchard Rev. Charles William, M.A., Rectory
Drinkwater William	Smith John William, Thinghill Grange
Easthope John	Taylor William, Thinghill Court
Godwin Henry
COMMERCIAL
Apperley William, farmer & hop grower Stone House	Morgan William, tailor
Baylis John, farmer, Weston Court	Morris Thomas, farmer & carpenter
Birt William, assistant oversear & collector of taxes	Nicoll William, Old Cross Keys
Bowen James, shoe maker	Norman Thomas, shoemaker,
Bowen William, basket maker	Parry John farmer
Bunn George, farmer, Cross Keys	Parry William, farmer, Marsh
Carey Edward, grocer & post office	Pitt Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Clarke Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer and landowner, Withington Court	Powell Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Drinkwater William, agricultural machine owner	Powell Sarah (Mrs.), farmer
Edwards John, farmer	Price Henry, farmer, West Lydiatt
Edwards William, cooper	Price William, shoemaker
Ford Edwin John, farmer,	Pritchard Thomas, carpenter
Godsall John, farmer, Weston Corner	Pumphrey Samuel, 'New Cross Keys' & shopkeeper
Godwin William, encaustic tile manufacturer	Reece James, shoe maker
Hays Joseph, carpenter	Richards Joseph J., butcher, The Bank
Hereford and Gloucester Canal Co. (John Napper, agent).	Sirrell Charlotte (Mrs.), farmer
Jay Charles, coal lime and manure merchant, Railway Station	Smith Richard, farmer & haulier
Jay George, shopkeeper	South Susan (Mrs.), farmer
Lee William, beer retailer	South Wales Coal Co. Robert Langley, salesman), Railway Station
Lewis William, blacksmith	Taylor William, farmer & landowner, Thinghill Court
Morgan George, Veldo	Wheeler Richard, farmer, Eau Withington
Morgan Henry, Nunnington Court	Wilson Hannah (Mrs.), farmer

[Transcribed by Richard Lane in January 2003
from a copy of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1879 in Hereford Central Library]