[Transcription © SA Whittle-Bruce 2004]
Alconbury, Hunts
Post Office Directory 1854
ALCONBURY is a parish and large scattered village, 5 miles north of Huntingdon and 66 from London, in the Hundred of Leightonstone and diocese of Ely. The living is a vicarage, value £180, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The Rev. Jenkin Hughes,M.A., is the incumbent. The church id dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul; the tower contains 5 bells, and is surmounted by a spire. There is one Wesleyan chapel, also a National school. The population, in 1851, was 967. The parish contains 3,700 acres. James Rust, Esq. is lord of the manor.
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GENTRY. Hughes Rev. Jenkins M.A. [vicar] Rust James, Esq., Mansion House TRADERS Abbott Jacob, beer retailer Barnard Jabez, shoemaker Bromhead John Thomas, farmer Cade John, beer retailer Cade Robert, beer retailer, carpenter & builder Childs Ann, (Mrs), postmistress Crisell Thomas, tailor Dixie Ephraim, builder and carpenter Ebbutt Thomas, tailor Gale John, "Globe" Gooding John, "Crown" |
Kay Robert, butcher & shopkeeper Knighton William, shopkeeper Laundy Luff, shopkeeper Lee James, blacksmith Markham Joseph, blacksmith Middleton William, grocer & draper Negus George, plumber & glazier Pooley Emma, (Mrs). farmer Powney John, plumber &c. Smith Burton,"The Red Lion" Thompson Anthony, farmer Thompson Benjamin, baker Thornton John, farm bailiff Warsop John, farmer, maltster, miller & baker Wightman Francis, farmer |
POST OFFICE.- Mrs Ann Childs, postmistress. Letters are received through the Huntingdon office at 1/2 past 9 a.m. dispatched at 1/4 past 4 p.m.
CARRIER- Woolley, to Huntingdon, on sat. returns same day; to St. Neot's, on thurs. returns same day.