Transcript of the entry for the Post Office, professions and trades for BOWES in Bulmer's Directory of 1890.
BOWES TOWNSHIP.
- Parish Church of St. Giles - Rev. Chas. Bradford Wardale, M.A., vicar; Michael Sayer, sexton
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel - In the Barnard Castle Circuit
- Parish Reading Room and Library - Rev. C. B. Wardale, M.A., president; Rev. William Rigg, secretary and treasurer
- Governors of Bowes Grammar School - John Bousfield, Esq. (chairman), Bowes; William Watson, Esq., Barnard Castle; Thompson Richardson, Esq., Barnard Castle; Rev. C. B. Wardale, M.A., Bowes Vicarage; R. T. Richardson, Esq., Barnard Castle; Robert Barker, Esq., Barnard Castle; Dr. Mitchell, Barnard Castle; and two Churchwardens (for the time being) of the Parish of Bowes
- Bowes Station, on the Barnard Castle and South Durham Section of the North Eastern Railway; Isaac Wilson, station master
Post:
- Post Office at William Hutton's. Letters arrive via Darlington at 8-30 a.m., and are despatched at 5-20 p.m. No Sunday business. Postal Orders are issued. Letters for Bowes Cross and farms south of Kilmond Scar, come via Boldron and Barnard Castle.
Miscellany of trades
- Aarah Moses, tailor
- Alderson Alfred, joiner and cartwright
- Alderson Mrs. Ellen
- Bell Miss Eleanor
- Booker George, railway inspector
- Bousfield John, Esq., Bowes villa
- Bousfield Robert, gamekeeper to the Lessees of Bowes moor
- Bracey Jph. Simpson, signalman (and property owner)
- Burn Joshua & Son, grocers; h Barnard Castle
- Coates Thomas, quarry foreman, Hulands
- Donald Robert, vict. and farmer, Gallow hill
- Gargett Mrs. Margaret
- Gaskill Joseph Henry, butcher
- Grammar School; William Hood, head master; John Wm. Bumble and Sophia Rowbotham, assistants
- Harker James, coal owner, Tan Hill Coal pit
- Harrison Thomas, junior, joiner
- Highmoor John, vict. and farmer, Unicorn
- Hillery Thomas, grocer
- Hird Mrs. Jane
- Hird Thomas, gamekeeper, Agill cottages
- Hood William, head master, Grammar school
- Hutchinson John, manager to J. Burn & Son
- Hutton William, postmaster
- Johnson Joseph, blacksmith
- Kearton John Temple, foreman miller
- Metcalfe Richard, vict., Rose and Crown
- Preston Mrs. Mary
- Raine John, cowkeeper, Six chimneys
- Redpath Mr. George
- Rigg Rev. William, Greenfell view
- Sayer William, cowkeeper
- Scrafton John, mason and builder
- Siddle Mrs. Mary Ann, cowkeeper
- Spital School; Miss Armstrong, mistress
- Tunstall Mrs. Lucy
- Waite Mr. William, Rodger house
- Walton Mrs. Elizabeth
- Walton Isaac, apartments
- Walton Joseph, stonemason
- Wardale Rev. Chas. Bradford, M.A., vicar, The Vicarage
- Wilson Mrs. Charlotte
- Wilson Isaac, station master, Bowes station
- Woddy Thomas, cowkeeper
Farmers.
- Aislabie Thomas, Bowes Cross
- Aislabie William, Bowes Cross
- Alderson John Tallentire
- Alderson John Winter, Three chimneys
- Alderson Jonathan, Ponder gill
- Bainbridge Henry, Low field
- Barker Robert (and corn miller), Bowes mill; h Barnard Castle
- Bayles George, Stoney keld
- Bayles John, Hulands
- Bell William, East Low field
- Bentham John, Thackholme
- Bousfield Adam, Spital park
- Bousfield Adam, Trough heads
- Bousfield John, Bar gap
- Bousfield John, Blue cap
- Bousfield Jonathan, Sleightholme
- Clarkson Micah, West Mellwaters
- Clarkson William (and tailor), Hoods house
- Close Edmund Lister, Mount pleasant
- Coates William, Lamb hill
- Coulthard John, Nab
- Dent Robert, East Mellwaters
- Dent Thomas Henry Booth, Annam's villa
- Dodds Robert, Jock house
- Fawcett William, Ox pasture
- Franklin Mrs. Sarah and Son, Black lodge
- Herd James, Old Spital
- Hird Thomas
- Hodgson Thomas
- Hoggett Matthew (yeo.), Fountain head
- Hutchinson Thomas, Pasture end
- Johnson Robert (and gamekeeper)
- Kidd Jonathan
- Kidd Robinson, Low Broates
- Kipling John, Stoney keld
- Kipling John, Swinholme
- Kipling William, Levy pool
- Lee Mrs. Mary, Clint house
- Lowes Mrs. Mary Ann, Kilmond wood
- Metcalfe Christopher, Stone bridge
- Metcalfe Miles, Hundah
- Metcalfe Rd. Francis, & Reub., Broates house
- Metcalfe Richard, Bowfield
- Metcalfe Thomas, Strand foot, Stoney keld
- Milner William Mark, West Low field
- Ord & Maddison (and quarry contractors), Hulands
- Parker Joseph, North side
- Peacock Rt. Metcalfe, Rove gill and Dove hall
- Peacock Thomas, West Stoney keld
- Porter Joseph, South flatt
- Richardson James, North side and South side
- Sayer James, Manor house
- Sayer John Henry (and assistant overseer for Bowes), Milestone house
- Sayer Joseph, Bowes hall
- Scott Ralph Thackwray (yeo.), West Mire keld
- Swinbank Mrs. M. A., New house, Pasture end
- Tallentire Isaac and William, Valley farm
- Tallentire Isaac, New Spital
- Tallentire James, Spital grange
- Tallentire John, Coach and Horses
- Tallentire William, Grey scar
- Thompson Thomas Walton, North Bitts
- Tunstall James, Vale house
- Walton Mrs. Mary, Stoney keld
- Walton Mrs. Nancy, Lowfield
- Willis Joseph, Bowes villa
- Woddy John (and boot maker)
GILMONBY TOWNSHIP.
- Letters via Bowes and Darlington.
Miscellany of trades
- Calvert William, gamekeeper and shepherd
- Furness Mr. Robert
- Headlam John Emerson Wharton, Esq., The Hall
- Headlam Mrs., The Hall
Farmers.
- Bayles Thomas
- Clarkson Spensley, Charity Pasture
- Cooper James, West pasture
- Hutchinson James Newton, Lady mires
- Hutchinson William, Pry rigg
- Kipling Francis, Howluligill
- Kipling William and Jonathan, Plover hall
- Kipling William, Dawson close
- Lambert Joseph, White Close hill
- Metcalfe Thomas, Whorlands
- Tunstall Christiana
- Turner Joseph (yeo.), West gates
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