| Kelly's Post Office Directory 1873 |
Kelly's Directory is an alphabetical Trade Directory which was a forerunner for todays Yellow Pages. It lists residents along with their trade's and address. Thornton THORNTON is a township and ecclesiastical parish in the parish of Poulton, joining Poulton township on the south-east, and Fleetwood on the north, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Amounderness, Fylde union, Poulton-le-Fylde county court district, Fylde rural deanery, Lancaster archdeaconry, and diocese of Manchester. The river Wyre bounds it on the east. The township is very extensive, principally agricultural. ChristChurch is a neat small building, erected in 1835, consisting of a chancel, nave, and square tower with 1 bell : there are 323 sittings, 193 of which are free. The register dates from the year 1836. The living is a vicarage, yearly value of £110, in the gift of trustees, and held by the Rev. Thomas Meadows, M.A., of the Trinity College, Dublin. Here is a Free school, with an endowment of £38 yearly. There is a Wesleyan chapel. The principal landowners are the trustees of Sir | Peter Hesketh Fleetwood and the trustees of John Horrocks, esq. The soil is various ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and potatoes. The acreage is 6,387, of which 1,524 are water ; gross estimated rental £25,509 ; rateable value, £22,273. The population in 1871 was 5,203, which includes the town of Fleetwood ; the population of the ecclesiastical parish of Christ Church was 775. Parish Clerk, John Fenton. POST OFFICE. -- William Bradebanks, receiver. Letters from Preston via Poulton-le-Fylde, arrive at 9.30am; dispatched at 5 p.m. Poulton-le-Fylde is the nearest money order office. Free School, James Hardman, master |
Barton Benjamin Gaskell | Buller Richard, contractor | Porter Robert, farmer, Flake fleet | Catterall George Crook, Skippool | Carr William, farmer, Rossall grange | Porter William, farmer, Cleveleys | Davies Rev. Robert Venn Faithfull, M.A | Cowell John, farmer | Preston Henry, farmer, Trunnah | Fair Thomas, Skippool | Croft John, farmer, Holmes | Rhodes Jonas, joiner | Lawrenson Thomas, Hilly Lade | Crookall John, farmer, Larkholme | Riley Christopher, farmer, Lime brest | Meadows Rev. Thomas, M.A. Vicarage | Davies Rev. Robert Venn Faithfull, M.A. | Riley Robert, farmer & coal dealer | Nutter Mrs. Cleveleys | preparatory school upon Rossall | Royles John, farmer, Butts hill | Openshaw George, Skippool | School foundation | Salisbury William, farmer, Carr house | Porter James, Skippool | Delap Frank (Mrs.), shopkeeper | Shaw William, yeoman, Raikes | Smith Mrs. Trunnah | Dixon Robert, farmer | Silcock Richard, farmer, Thornton hall | Sykes Mrs. Skippool | Fenton John, shoe maker | Singleton Joseph, market gardener | Tyler Robert | Green Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer | Stirzaker William, blacksmith | Whitehead Mrs. Ramper road | Gregson Thomas, wheelwright | Stothert William, yeoman, Trunnah | | COMMERCIAL | Hornby Nanny (Mrs.) & John, farmers, | Swift John, blacksmith | Armistead James, farmer, Larkholme | Higher house | Tomlinson Thomas, farmer, Butts farm | Bainbridge James, yeoman, Ramper rd | Hornby Richard, farmer, Holmes | Towers John, frmr.&shpkpr. Ritherham | Balderstone John, farmer | Hull Richard, yeoman | Tyler Robert, yeoman, Ramper road | Barnes John, miller | Hull William, farmer | Valiant James, farmer, Skippool | Blakey John, yeoman | Hunt John, Cleveley's hotel | Walsh James, grocer, Breckells | Bond George, farmer | Jarvis Henry, yeoman, Ramper road | Walsh John, farmer, Marsh farm | Bond Seth, farmer, Trunnah | Lamb Richard, farmer, Whitesides | Walsh Thomas, farmer, Town end | Brackell Robert, joiner | Milner William, farmer, Trunnah | Warbrick Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper | Brade John, yeoman, Thornton hall | Parkinson Edward, farmer, Raikes | Whiteside Henry, farmer, Warren | Bradebanks William, shoe maker, & | Parkinson Thos. yeoman, Fisher's fold | Whiteside Robert, farmer, College farm | post office | Parkinson Wm. farmer, Fleetwood farm | Whiteside Thomas, farmer, Stannah | Bradshaw John, farmer, Pool foot | Porter John, surveyor of highways, | Wright John, farmer, Rowlands | Bretherton James, farmer | Holmes | Wright Richard, Bay Horse | Brown William, farmer, Pool foot | Porter Nanny (Mrs.), farmr. Bourne hall | Wright Richard, farmer, Rowlands |
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