Transcript of the entry for the Post Office, professions and trades for ACOMB in Bulmer's Directory of 1890.

ACOMB TOWNSHIP.

• Post Office, Money Order Office, Savings Bank, Insurance and Annuity Office at Joe Northall's, grocer, Acomb Village. Letters arrive from York at 7 a.m., and 5-15 p.m. Despatches at 10-25 am., 5-55 and 7-55 p.m.; no Sunday business. Poppleton Gate Post Office, also in this parish, at Thomas Linfoot's; despatch at 7-40 p.m.; no Sunday business.

Miscellany of trades

• Ancient Order of Foresters, No. 2,093; club room, Britannia Inn; James Kay, sec.
• Atkinson Sarah (Mrs.), grocer and confectioner
• Ballance James, shoemaker, Severus cottages
• Ballans Alfred, Westfield villa
• Ballans George, butcher, Milner street
• Barbey William Henry, resident engineer, York new water works
• Barnes Miss Elizabeth
• Beal George, cowkeeper, Gale lane
• Benson Frederick Thomas, vict., Sun Inn
• Boddy William James, artist, Gale house
• Bousfield Sarah (Mrs.), draper and milliner, 7 Albert terrace
• Brocklehuret Hy. Dent, Esq., J.P., Acomb hall
• Brooks R. Wastridge, schoolmaster, Belle Vue
• Brough Francis, vict., and cab proprietor, Britannia Inn
• Brown Edwin, coal dealer, Milner street
• Bryan David, tailor
• Buck Frederick William, blacksmith, The Green; h 2 Chapel terrace
• Burton Miss Elizabeth, 6 Albert terrace
• Charlton Mary Ann (Mrs.), grocer and beer retailer, 1 Gladstone street
• Cobb Mr. William Preston, Ivy cottage
• Cook Emma (Mrs.), lodgings, 4 Prospect villas
• Cooney Jane Elizabeth (Miss), private asylum, Grove house
• Dickinson William, bricklayer, Gale lane
• Dixon Mr. Edward Charles, Ainsty cottage
• Dyke Mrs. T. H., The Hill
• Ellis George, landowner and agent, Westfield
• Fawcett Mrs. Ellen
• Featherstone J. T., head gardener to Col. Lee
• Flower George, Hill house
• Flower John, bus and cab proprietor, Bond Garth house
• Forrest Thomas, joiner and undertaker
• Gale Mary Elizabeth (Miss), private school, 25 Beaconsfield street
• Garwood Ramsey Clifton, solicitor
• Gordon Captain Redmond (15th Hussars)
• Hague Miss Blanche
• Hale Mrs. Mary Ann
• Hanks Robert, joiner and builder; h 3 Milner st
• Hatfield Rev. Thomas Shiers, C.E., Association secretary to 'The Missions to Seamen,' St. Stephen's house, Gale lane
• Hick George, shopkeeper, 1 Milner street
• Holmes Mrs. Barbara, Whitehall house
• Holmes John, valuer, 29 Milner street
• Holmes Robert Henry, boot and shoe maker
• Horridge Mrs. Mary, draper
• Hudson Frederick, blacksmith
• Hudson William, joiner and builder
• Hull Mr. John Murvell, 5 Albert terrace
• Hutchinson Thomas (Wm. Hutchinson & Son)
• Hutchinson William & Son, grocers
• Jackson Charles Alfred, bricklayer and builder, 22 Milner street
• Jackson Norfolk Barstow, Esq.
• Johnson Ed. Nathan, whitesmith, 25 Milner st.
• Kay John, Gale lane
• Kay William Scott, contractor, mason, bricklayer, carpenter, joiner, and undertaker, The Grove
• Kirlew Mrs. Margaret, 8 Albert terrace
• Lee Lieut. Col. F. Gerald, J.P., Acomb park
• Marchant Miss Elizabeth, dressmaker
• Marchant George, head gardener Acomb hall
• Moore George, grocer, 3 Beaconsfield street
• Morrod George Wm., stationer and hairdresser
• National Schools (mixed); R. W. Brooks, master
• Nelson Frank, civil engineer, Rose cottage
• Nelson William John, L.S.A., Lime Tree house
• Newcombe Mr. Joseph, 2 Albert terrace
• Northall Joe, postmaster and grocer
• Ogram William, bootmaker
• Outhwaite Mr. William, Belle Vue
• Palfreyman Mr. David, Gale lane
• Parkin George A., chemist
• Parrott Arthur William, grocer, 2 Gladstone st
• Peacock Mrs. Ann, Vine Tree house
• Peacock Thomas B., distiller's agent
• Primitive Methodist Chapel Reading Room, The Green
• Richardson George, sexton, and carrier to York, The Green
• Ridsdale Alfred, carter
• Ruddock William, tailor, York; h Belle Vue
• Sadler Mr. John Edward, 1 Albert terrace
• Siddall & Son, butchers
• Siddall C. (Siddall & Son); h 1 Prospect villas
• Siddall George William (Siddall & Son)
• Smethurst Mrs. Emily Jane, Acomb Priory, Poppleton road
• Smith Mrs. Elizabeth, draper
• Smith John, thrashing machine proprietor
• Smith Richard, shopkeeper, Milner street
• Sparrow E., commercial traveller, The Ferns
• Spooner John, clerk, 2 Prospect villas
• Stephenson T., shopkeeper, 1 Beaconsfield st
• Tate Mr. William
• Tennent Rev. Rt. Percy Trevor, The Vicarage
• Thackwray W. H., brewer, York; h Holly house
• Thomlinson George, coal dealer, The Green
• Thompson Mrs. Elizabeth, pork butcher
• Thornhill Frederick
• Till William, grocer
• Trotter Mrs. Jane Elizabeth, Hill side
• Varvill Mrs. Elizabeth, 3 Prospect villas
• Ward John, draper
• Ward Mrs. Mary, North view
• Warrington Mr. John, Gale lane
• Wesleyan Chapel
• Wilson Arthur, huntsman, The Kennels
• Wilson John, stonemason
• Wright John George, brick and tile manufacturer, Gale lane; h 17 Beaconsfield street
• Wright Mrs. Mary, vict., Marcia Inn
• York New Water Works, Poppleton road; William Henry Barbey, resident engineer

Farmers.

• Benson George, Gale farm
• Boddy W. (& bailiff to H. D. Brocklehurst, Esq.)
• Burrill Samuel (and bailiff to Colonel Lee)
• Douglass John (and butcher)
• Ellis George, Westfield
• Fieldhouse Moses
• Holmes Jesse, Carr grange, Poppleton road
• Holmes Robert, Plantation farm, Poppleton rd
• Thomlinson William (and overseer and road surveyor), Manor house
• Wright Eustace, Laburnum House farm

Market Gardeners.

• Blenkinsop George, Gale lane
• Colley John, Marr's cottage
• Dickinson John, Gale lane
• Fewster John and Geo., 88 and 86 Gladstone st
• Hawksby John, florist
• Kirk Robert
• Martin Francis
• Wright James, Poplar grove

KNAPTON TOWNSHIP.

• Nearest Post Office, &c., Acomb. Letters via York and Acomb.

Miscellany of trades

• Atkinson John, blacksmith; and at Hessay; h Acomb
• Braithwaite John, vict., Red Lion
• Connall Mr. Hugh, The Garth
• Mason John Henry, clerk
• Wilson Mr. William

Farmers.

• Burton Thomas, Manor farm
• Curtis Robt. (hind for W. Cundall, Osbaldwick)
• Fawcett William A. (and corn merchant), Knapton house
• Lancaster George
• Mason Mrs. Isabella
• Wood George (and overseer and highway master), St. Peter's farm

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