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Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9
Published by J. Pigot & Co.
24, Basing-lane, London & 18, Fountain-street, Manchester
Pages 515-517 (in the directory book)
BRIGG,
Or Glamford Briggs or Glandford Bridge, a market town and chapelry, in the hundred of Yarborough and division of Lindsay, is 156 miles from London, 24 N. of Lincoln, and 16 s. w. of Hull. It is situated on the banks of the river Archolme (sic) (Ancholme), in the centre of the level of that name, the draining of which was accomplished some years since, at a considerable expence, and which is supported by a tax on the land, and tonnage on the navigation of the river, which is navigable from Bishop's Bridge, to Ferraby-sluice, where it opens into the Humber. Above and below the town the river divides into two branches, one of which runs through the town, the other a quarter of a mile westward of it, and has a small, but commodious bridge over each branch. It forms a part of the four adjoining parishes of Wrawby, Bigby, Broughton and Searby, but has no place of worship for the established church, except a small but neat chapel, erected at the expence of four gentlemen in 1699. The primitive and Wesleyan methodists, independents and quakers have each a meeting house in the town, and the Roman catholics have a chapel. The free grammar school here was founded and endowed by Sir John Nelson, Bart. for the instruction of boys born in the town of Brigg, in the classics, and for others, not natives, in reading, writing, and arithmetic, the number of scholars being limited to eighty. Robert Carey Elwes, Esq. is lord of the manor, and holds a court occasionally; there is also a court of requests: and the magistrates hold petty sessions once a fortnight. This town was originally a fishing hamlet, but has been for some centuries past a small market town. It is a neatly built and paved, and has a good trade, which consists chiefly in corn, coal and timber; the principal manufacture in the town is that of skins, particularly rabbit, in which last there are more hands employed than in any other provincial town in the kingdom. The soil about the town is sandy, and the land of the several parishes with which it is connected is generally highly cultivated. The market is on Thursday; and the annual fair on the 5th of August, for horses and cattle, but it is generally more of a pleasure fair. The chapelry contained, according to the census of 1821, 1,674 inhabitants.
POST OFFICE, Wrawby-street, Matthew Cox, Post Master. -- Letters arrive from LONDON, LINCOLN, SLEAFORD AND SPITAL, at half-past one in the afternoon, and are despatched to those places at half-past twelve at noon. --- From HULL and BARTON, at half-past twelve at noon, and are despatched at half-past one in the afternoon. -- From GRIMSBY, LIMBER, CAISTOR and LOUTH, at half-past eleven in the morning, and are despatched at two in the afternoon.
GENTRY & CLERGY.
Firth Mrs. Ann Wrawby st
Gatley Rev. Edward Wrawby st
Musgrave Ralph, gent. Wrawby st
Nicholson Lieut. John Bigby st
Oyston William, gent. Bigby st
Walter Rev. Jas. Grammar school
Watson Rev. Thos. Grammar school
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
Bingham H. M. (ladies' boarding) Bigby street
GRAMMAR SCHOOL Wrawby st
Rev. James Walter, head master
Rev. Thos. Watson, 2nd. master
Miller, John Bigby street
Ping Benjamin Paradise row
ATTORNEYS.
Holgate Patteson Wrawby st
Nicholson & Empson Market place
Nicholson John (deputy recorder, deputy high steward of Grimsby, clerk to the commissioners of the Ancholme drainage, to the commissioners of taxes, and to the magistrates)
Market place
Owston Robert Wrawby st
BAKERS & FLOUR DEALERS.
Mundey George Bigby st
Otter Wm. Methodist chapel yard
Pennythorne Wm. Wrawby st
Quip John Spring's yd, Market pl
Smith Wm. (& shopkeeper) Bridge st
BANKERS.
Smith, Ellison & Co. (draw on Smith, Payne & Co. London)
William Owston, agent Bigby st
BASKET MAKERS.
Etches James Black Bull yard
Stubbins James Bridge st
BLACKSMITHS.
Mundy Joseph Bridge st
Parish Joseph Bridge st
Whitworth George Bigby st
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONRS.
Ball Thos. (& printer) Wrawby st
Richardson John (and printer and vender of patent medicines)
Market place
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
Addleshaw John Bridge street and Chapel yard
Barratt James Bigby st
Camomile Robert Wrawby st
Cawkwell Chas. Wrawby st
Daddy Wm. (& leather cutr) Little la
Darwin Wm. Robinson's row
Holdsworth Geo. Robinson's row
Mawd Benjamin Wrawby st
Smith Thomas (and leather cutter) Wrawby street
Wray Edward Market place
Wray Joseph Wrawby st
BRAZIERS & TINMEN.
Smith Edwd. jun. Market place
Young Thomas Bigby st
BRICKLAYERS.
Clark Edward Bigby st
Jarvis Benjamin Wrawby st
Johnson Luke Bigby st
Leaning George Bigby st
Miller Edw. Bridge st, Scawby
BUTCHERS.
Ashton William Market place
Barnard John Wrawby st
Brown John Wrawby st
Clark ------ Market place
Goodwin ----- (late) Wrawby st
Hill William Bridge st
Jackson Henry Wrawby st
Johnson Luke Butchery
CABINET MAKERS AND UPHOLSTERERS.
Kennington William Bridge st
Robinson Francis Bigby st
Schorfell Wm. (chair) Butchery
CHYMISTS AND DRUGGISTS.
Nicholson Wm. Ostler Market pl
Soulby John Wrawby st
COAL & CORN MERCHANTS.
Atkinson Robert John (and general agent)
Bridge end wharf
Colton William Bridge st
Darley Wm. (coal) Paradise row
Dawber John Market place
Goodwin, Thorp & Co. Bridge end
Hayton Thos. (coal) River side
COOPERS.
Bartle William Bigby st
Forrest Wm. Eccles yd. Wrawby st
Story Thomas Bentley's lane
FIRE, & c. OFFICE AGENTS.
COUNTY, William O. Nicholson Market place
PHOENIX, Thos. Ball Wrawby st
YORKSHIRE, Robert John Atkinson
Bridge street
FRUITERERS.
Colton John Wrawby st
Cook Thos. (& fishmngr) Wrawby st
FURRIERS -- HATTERS'.
Green Joseph Bigby st
Smith John Bentley's la, Market pl
Young Edward Bigby st
GLASS, CHINA & EARTHENWARE DEALERS.
Bradley Frances Wrawby st
Hill Frances Bridge st
Jackson Elizabeth Wrawby st
Smith Samuel Market place
GROCERS & TEA DEALERS.
(See also Tea Dealers.)
Barnard John Market place
Barnard Peter Market place
Booth & Ellis Market place
Bradley Frans. (& hosier) Wrawby st
Gladwin Mary Bridge st
Lamb George Bigby st
Mason Edward Bigby st
Mumby Robert Wrawby st
Smith Samuel Market place
Thompson William Bigby st
HAIR DRESSERS.
Henderson Rachael Market place
Quipp Jonathan Wrawby st
HAT MANUFACTURERS AND HATTERS.
Eccles John Wrawby st
Gregory Betsy Market place
Sharp John Bridge st
Thompson William Bigby st
INNS, TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES.
Angel Inn (& posting house)
Sarah Walkden Market place
Bacchus, Rebec. Hunter Bridge st
Black Bull Inn, John Gibson Wrawby st
Coach and Horses, Thos. Cressey
Bigby st
George & Dragon, George Saville Bridge st
Hammer-in-Hand, Richd. Withers Butchery
Hope, Jonath. Spring Market pl
Lamb, George Green Bigby st
Lord Nelson's Arms, Ann Wressell
Butchery
Red Lion, John Cressey Wrawby st
Ship, Isaac Pinkess Market place
Wheat Sheaf, John Colton Bridge st
White Hart, John Popple Bridge st
White Horse, Jn. Stringer Wrawby st
White Lion Inn (& posting house)
William Welburn Market place
Woolpack, Geo. Stringer Market pl
IRONMONGERS.
Hildyard Elizbth. & Sons Bigby st
Smith Edw. jun. Market place
JOINERS.
Brown Thos. (& cabinet maker) Robinson's Row
Leggott David Hatfield Butchery
Lundy Thomas Chapel yard
Marshall John Bridge st
Parker Jos. (& cabinet mkr) Bridge st
Smith Nathaniel Nicholson lane
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS.
Barnard Peter Market place
Booth & Ellis Market place
Mason Edward Bigby st
MALTSTERS.
Clark Martha (and flour dealer) Castlethorp
Goodwin, Thorp & Co. (& corn merchants & wool staplers)
Bridge end
Parker James Silversides
Sargeant Wm. F. Scawby brook
MERCHANTS.
Goodwin, Thorp & Co. Bridge end
Smith Edw. & Son (iron) Market pl
MILLERS, &c.
Gommerson Mary Bigby st
Goodwin, Thorp & Co. (and seedsmen & bone crushers)
Bridge end
Oxtoby John Bridge st
MILLINERS.
Jackson Elizabeth Wrawby st
May Elizabeth (and haberdasher and perfumer)
Market place
Mundy Charlotte Bridge st
MILLWRIGHTS.
Hart James Bridge st
Pape Clarkson Silversides
NURSERY AND SEEDSMEN.
Cooper William Wrawby st
Trower John Bigby st
PAINTERS.
Barker Jas. Methodist chapel yard
Oates Stephen Bridge st
Senyard Chas. Nicholson lane
PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
Brown William Market place
Cheeseman John Bridge st
Driffill William Robinson's row
ROPE MAKERS.
Lyne John Wrawby st
Popple John Bridge st
SADDLERS.
Anderton Christopher Bigby st
Potter William Wrawby st
Spring Christopher Wrawby st
STONE & MARBLE MASON.
Britton John Bigby street
STRAW HAT MAKERS.
Barratt Sarah Bigby st
Clark Susan Market place
SURGEONS.
Aston William Bigby st
Blundell Ed. (physician) Bridge st
Hayes Richard Bigby st
Mason George Bigby st
Richmond Robert Butchery
Rudkin John Wrawby st
TAILORS.
Marked thus * are Drapers also.
Cawkwell Thomas Wrawby st
Colton William Wrawby st
* Eccles John (& hatter) Wrawby st
* Gregory Betsy Market place
Havecroft William Bigby st
* Hornsby Ths. (& Hatter) Market pl
* Thompson William Bigby st
TALLOW CHANDLERS.
Barnard John Market place
Mumby Robert Wrawby st
Nainby David & Wm. Wrawby st
TANNERS & FELLMONGERS.
Clark Martha Castlethorp
Nainby David & Wm. (& glue manufacturers)
Wrawby st
Parker James Silversides
Sargeant Wm. F. Scawby brook
TEA DEALERS.
Ball Thomas Wrawby st
Clark Alexander Paradise row
Goodwin Mary Paradise row
Richardson John Market place
TIMBER & RAFT MERCHNTS.
Parker Joseph Paradise row
Slight Edward Bridge st
WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS.
Bartle Geo. (& jeweller) Market pl
Robinson William Wrawby st
Wray John Wrawby st
WHARFINGERS.
Atkinson Robert John Bridge end wharf
Colton & Thorp (& seed crushers) Bridge end wharf
WHEELWRIGHTS.
Bartle William Bigby st
Dixon William Bridge st
Holdsworth John (and carpenter) Bridge street
WHITESMITHS.
Smith Edward sen. Market place
Whitworth George Bigby st
Withers Richard (and gunsmith) Butchery
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHNTS.
Hildyard Elizabeth & Sons Bigby st
Nicholson Wm. Ostler Market pl
WOOLSTAPLERS.
Akeroyd John Wrawby st
Nainby David & Wm. Wrawby st.
WORSTED MANUFACTURERS.
Akeroyd John Wrawby st
Gladwin Benjamin Bridge st
Miscellaneous.
Bradley James inspector of corn returns
Wrawby
Brown John appraiser Wrawby st
Brown John & Co. ale and porter dealers
Wrawby st
Duffield Geo. stay maker Wrawby street
Evans John breeches mkr. Chapel yd
Fletcher Robt. linen weavr. Bridge st
Kirk Geo. nail maker Bridge st
Lewiss Hugh supervisor Bigby st
Oates Stephen sail makr. Bridge st
Slight Geo. boat builder Bridge st
Spring Jonath. auctioneer Market pl
Turner Richardson brush & patten maker
Wrawby street
Watkinson Spencer, sen. pipe maker
Bridge street
COACHES.
To LONDON, the Royal Mail (from Hull) calls at the Angel, and Red Lion every alternate day at half-past twelve; goes through Lincoln, Sleaford and Peterborough -- the Express (from Hull) calls at the above Inns, every evening (Sunday excepted) at twenty minutes before eight; goes the same route as the Mail.
TO HULL, the Royal Mail (from London) calls at the above Inns, every afternoon at half-past one -- the Express (from London) calls at the same Inns, every afternoon (Sunday excepted) at four.
CARRIERS.
To APPLEBY, John Keighley, from the Woolpack, every Thursday at three.
To ASHBY, Samuel Tate & E. Drainton, from the White Hart, every Thurs. at 3.
To BARROW, James Gibson, from the Black Bull, every Thursday, at two o'clock.
To BARTON, James Jubb, from the White Lion, every Thursday at two -- J. Skinner, from the Red Lion, every Thursday at five -- & Wilson & Wattam, from the White Lion, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at six.
To CAISTOR, Henry Singleton, from the Hope, every Thursday at four.
To ELSHAM, V. Frankish, from the Red Lion, every Thursday at five --& Francis Easton, from the Woolpack, every Thursday at three.
To GAINSBOROUGH, Thomas Taylor, from the Hope, every Thursday at two.
To GRASSLEY, William Hogg, from the Lamb, every Thursday evening.
To GRAYINGHAM, N. Elston, from the Woolpack, every Thursday at three.
To HULL and BARTON, Thomas Hall, from the Woolpack, every Tuesday, according to the tide -- Thos. Cook, from his house, Wrawby-st, every Tuesday and Friday.
To KELSEY, J. Cousens, from the Red Lion, every Thursday evening.
To KIRMINGHAM, Richd Catley, from the Red Lion, every Thursday at five.
To KIRTON, Thos. Hall, from the Woolpack, every Tuesday at three -- Joseph Wattam, from the White Hart, every Monday morning -- and Thos. Woodall, from the Ship, every Thursday at five.
To LINCOLN, Wilson & Wattam, from the White Lion, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday -- and William Brown, from the White Lion, every Thursday at one; by whom goods are forwarded from Lincoln to London, Manchester, and all parts of England.
To MESSINGHAM, J. Major, from the White Lion, every Thursday at two.
To SCONSTHORPE, Cotton & Boothby, from the White Hart, every Thursday at three.
To SHEFFIELD, MANCHESTER, &c. T. Taylor, from the Hope, every Thurs.
To ULCEBY, John Bird, from the Red Lion, every Thursday at five.
To WADDINGTON, F. Middleton, from the Woolpack, every Thursday at three.
To WINTERTON, Henry Gilding and Sarah Wray, from the White Lion every Monday afternoon -- and Thos. Wells, from the Woolpack, every Thurs. at 3.
To WOOTTON, Geo. Mundy, from the White Lion, every Thursday at two.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
TO FERRIBY SLUICE & HULL, Colton and Thorp's Fly Boats, from the Bridge end wharf, every morning at six.
TO LEEDS, WAKEFIELD and all parts of the kingdom, vessels twice a-week, from Colton & Thorp's and R. J. Atkinson's wharfs.
Transcribed by Mr. William Wallworth
San Jose, California USA 2005
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