Hatfield's 1854 Directory for Alconbury, Hunts

 

[Transcription © SA Whittle-Bruce 2004]

History, Gazetteer & Directory of the County of Huntingdon by James Hatfield 1854

Alconbury & Alconbury Weston, Hunts pgs 551-552

Alconbury House, the seat of James Rust, Esq. is a handsome residence, beautifully situated on the side of a hill, planted with ornamental timber, and commanding some fine views of the surrounding country

POST OFFICE - Mrs Ann Childs, postmistress.

Letters are received through Huntingdon Post Office

Hughes Rev. Jenkins

Rust James, Esq., Alconbury House

Farmers

Broomhead John Thomas Soden

Parsons Henry, Brooklands

Pooley Mrs Emma

Thompson Anthony, Weybridge Park

Thornton John

Warsop John, Manor House

Miscellany

Abbott Jacob, shopkeeper

Albon Philip, dairyman

Barnard Jabez, shoemaker

Cade Robert, builder & contrctr also wheelwright, brewer, and beer retailer

Cade John, innkeeper, "The Bell"

Cade James, innkeeper, "Crown"

Charles Ann, dressmaker

Creek William, higgler

Crisell Thomas, tailor

Dew John, working brewer

Dixie Ephraim, builder and carpenter

East Job, carrier

East Samuel, higgler

Favell Fanny, higgler

Gale John, innkeeper, "Globe" also wheelwright and agricultural implement maker

Kay Robert, butcher & shopkeeper

Knighton William, baker

Laundy Luff, shopkeeper

Lee James, blacksmith

Middleton William, shopkeeper & parish constable

Negus George, plumber & glazier

Parkes Thomas, dairyman

Pooley Mr John

Rignal John, blacksmith

Rutter William, shoemaker

Smith Burton, innkeeper "The Red Lion"

Thompson Benjamin, baker

Thompson William, carpenter

Thompson Robert, oak carver

Thompson Thomas, mason

Tibbit John, tailor

Wright Jesse, marine store dealer

Hamlet of Alconbury Weston

ALCONBURY WESTON extends over an area of 1635 acres; the rateable value is £1464. The principal owners of the soil are James Rust, George Rust, James Duberly, Gaines Hall; E.J.Hopkins,Yaxley, Esquires; Revds, George Johnston, Broughton; and J.D.Hopkins,Hartford; the Bishop of Durham; and Mr. Robert Knight.

The population in 1801 was 281; in 1831,441; in 1841,491; and in 1851,516 souls.

There is no church, the living is annexed to the vicarage of Alconbury, and the tothes were commuted in 1791, for about 68 acres of land.

The village of Weston, or as it is usually called,Alconbury Weston, is small, and situated above six miles to north west of Huntingdon, and about one mile from Alconbury, on the Great North road.

Newton Lancelot,Esq., surgeon, Alconbury Hill

Farmers.

Clarke Anthony, Alconbury Hill

Wilson Charles, Alconbury Hill

Dodson Henry Christmas, Alconbury Hill

Fuller Henry, Thorns

Niccholls Robert

Riddiford Henry, Alconbury Hill

Wright Richard

Wright Mary

Miscellany.

Ashbridge Frederick, tailor

Ashley William, blacksmith

Ashley Samuel, innkeeper "The Chequers"

Baker William, machineman

Barth John, baker

Baxter John, blacksmith

Baxter Samuel, grocer & shopkeeper

Bentley Allen, carpenter and wheelwright

Bishop Jane, dressmaker

Brawn Hannah, dairywoman

Caudwell John, farrier

Chapman Robert, butcher, also farmer

Day John, saddler

Descow Mary, innkeeper "The White Hart"

Doughty Robert, "The Wheatsheaf"

Elliott William, builder, stonemason and contractor

Elliott Ann, straw bonnet maker

Favell Francis, higgler

Flint Francis, saddler

Franklin John, innkeeper "The Three Pigeons"

Jacobs Samuel, grocer, tea dealer, and draper

Jackson Samuel, innkeeper The Carpenter's arms"

Maile George, drover

Mapish William, tailor

Martin Henry, schoolmaster, and collector of taxes, also agent to the "Hope Mutual Life Assurance and Honesty Guarantee Society"

Murden John, carpenter

Bignal John, machineman

Sharman Mr. Edwin

Sisman Henry, tailor, also a draper

Woolley James, shoemaker and carrier to Huntingdon on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Letters are received through the Huntingdon Post Office.

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