Christchurch Residents in 1896

From Kelly's 1896 Directory of Cambridgeshire:

POST-OFFICE, Christchurch-Samuel Dye, sub-postmaster.  Letters arrive from Wisbech at
5.45 a.m.; delivery begins 7; dispatched at 6.50 p.m.  The nearest telegraph office is
at Welney.

BOARD SCHOOL, Christchurch (mixed), erected 1865, for 150 children. 
Average attendance,113. James Honey, master.

CARRIERS - Bensley, from Tip's End via Christchurch & Upwell, to Wisbech. tues & sat;
Whitehead, to Wisbech, daily.

Christchurch

(Letters should be addressed to Christchurch, Wisbech.)

Townley, Rev. Chas. Fras., M.A., Rectory

COMMERCIAL:
Beeston, Peter, farmer
Berry, Samuel, farmer**
Cove, John, farmer
Cawthorn, George, farmer**
Cawthorn, John, grocer & draper**
Cross, Isaac, tailor & sexton
Dye, Saml., grocer, draper & postoffice
Fillingham. Clem., farmer
Handbury, Sarah (Mrs), farmer
Hart, Byson, shoemaker
Hutchinson, Henry, carpenter
Ilett, William, farmer
Johnson, Joseph, farmer
Julien, Matthew, Wheatsheaf P.H. & blacksmith
Keeble, Bros. hay & straw merchants
Lowden, James, miller (wind)
Mitchell, William, Dun Cow P.H.
Moreton, George, farmer
Oatey, William, farmer
Pate, Russell, farmer
Roe, Robert, farmer
Russell, George, farmer**
Scott, Jesse, farmer**
Searle, Alfred, farmer
Sears, Richard Henry, farmer
Sutton, Matthew, farmer
Tointon, James Samuel, farmer
Turner, Atkin, farmer
Vawser, David, farmer
Webb, Joseph, miller, (wind)
West, Hugh W., farmer
Winter, John, farmer
Worts, Geo., beer retailer & blacksmith

Exmoor

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

Balding, John Smithee, blacksmith
Elmer, Robert, farmer
Elven, Charles, farmer
Holland, James, carpenter
Johnson, James, farmer
Long, Joseph, beer retailer
Melbourn, William, farmer
Russell, George, farmer**
Russell, John, farmer**
Russell, Thomas, farmer**
Smithee, John, farmer
Tibbs, Martindale, farmer

        End of extract from Kelly's 1896 Directory of Cambridgeshire.

        Transcription © Ann McClean, 2000

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