Christchurch Residents in 1883

From Kelly's 1883 Directory of Cambridgeshire:

POST OFFICE-Christchurch, Miss Sarah GOULDING, receiver; delivery begins 6.30;
despatched at 6.6 p.m.

BOARD SCHOOL, Christchurch (mixed), Mrs Harriet WRIGHT, mistress.

CARRIERS:- BENSLEY, from Tip's End, via Christchurch & Upwell, to Wisbech, Tues. & Sat;
WHITEHEAD, to Wisbech, daily.

Christchurch
(Letters should be addressed Christchurch, Wisbech.)

Metcalfe, Rev. George, M.A. (rector)
Vipan, Thomas
Wooll, John

COMMERCIAL:
Beeston, Phillip, farmer
Bensley, Charles, wheelwright
Berry, Samuel, farmer**
Burgess, James, farmer
Cave, John, farmer
Cawthorn, George, farmer**
Chenery, William, farmer & surveyor of highways
Co-operative Stores,grocers &c. (George Cawthorn, manager)**
Cross, Isaac, tailor
Drake, William, miller (wind)
Goulding, Sarah (Miss), grocer, draper & postoffice
Handbury, Sarah (Mrs), farmer
Hook, Thomas W.G., farmer
Ilett, William, farmer
Johnson, John, farmer
Julien, Matthew, Wheatsheaf & blacksmith
Knights, John, farmer
Lavender, Roger, Dun Cow & thrashing machine owner
Lowden, James, miller (wind)**
Oatey, William, farmer
Pate, Russell, farmer
Prior, Joseph, farmer
Rowe, Robert, farmer
Scott, John, jun. farmer**
Searle, Stephen, farmer
Sears, Richard Henry, farmer
Sutton, Joseph, farmer
Tombleson, Joseph Cole, farmer
Trower, Welfare, farmer**
Turner, John, farmer
Turner, Mark, farmer
Vawser, David, farmer
Vawser, Frederick, farmer
Vipan, Thomas, farmer
Wooll, John, farmer & landowner
Worts, George, beer retailer & blacksmith

Exmoor

(Letters should be addressed Exmoor, Christchurch, Wisbech.)

Elmer, Robert, farmer
Elven, Charles, farmer
Johnson, James, farmer
Ladds, William, beer retailer
Melbourn, William, farmer
Russell, Ann (Mrs), farmer**
Russell, George, farmer**
Russell, George, sen. farmer**
Russell, John, farmer**
Russell, Thomas, farmer**
Scott, Abraham, blacksmith
Smithee, John, farmer
Tibbs, Martindale, farmer

        End of extract from Kelly's 1883 Directory of Cambridgeshire.  Transcription © Ann McClean, 2000

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