Pigot 1835 Trade Directory - Church Gresley Transcript

Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory of Derbyshire 1835

Transcript of Section relating to Church Gresley


CHURCH GRESLEY is a parish, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, 13 miles S. from Derby, 6 W. from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and 5½ S.E. from Burton-upon-Trent - the last-named being the nearest post town. The coal works and potteries of this parish and neighbourhood are rapidly rising in importance, and from discoveries recently made in the mines hereabout, highly beneficial results are anticipated. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of Sir Roger Gresley, Bart. Whose remote ancestor founded a priory of canons of the order of St. Augustine, in the reign of Henry I, and dedicated it to St. Mary and St. George. The parish contained, at the last census, 2,543 inhabitants, and the township 671 of that number.

Gentry and Clergy
Brown John, esq. Gresley hall

Academies and Schools
Turner William

Blacksmiths
Lowe Humphrey
Lowe Humphrey, jun.

Boot and Shoe Makers
Hood Ralph
Peace Valentine
Small Samuel
Turner Joseph

Brick and Tile Makers
Chapman John
Chapman Robert
Hunt John (and Swadlincote)

Bricklayers
Smith William

Butchers
Morris William
Wilson William

Carpenters and Joiners
Brown Joseph
Sale Henry

Coal Masters
Bourne Joseph Walker
Watson & Fearnhead

Crate Makers
Jebbs John
Mansfield George
Mansfield John
Mansfield Thomas

Fire Brick Makers
Bourne Joseph Walker
Hunt John (and Swadlincote)

Iron-Stone and Coarse Earthenware Manufacturers
Bourne Joseph Walker
CHURCH GRESLEY POTTERY COMPANY
Cooper John
Eardley John (and Swadlincote & Wooden box)
Hallam George
Jones Edward
Simpson William
Winfield Stephen

Milliners & Dress Makers
Copestake Hannah
Croxall Phoebe
Mansfield Hannah

Shopkeepers & Dealers in Groceries & Sundries
Allcock John
Cooper Thomas
Croxall Richard
Massey Thomas

Tailors
Croxall Richard
Gratton William
Satchwell James

Taverns & Public Houses
Boot, Thomas Cooper
Gresley Arms, Jas. Read
Jolly Potter, John Simpson
King William the Fourth, Joseph Brown
New Inn, John Cooper
Potter’s Arms, Jn. Simpson

Retailers of Beer
Archer Thomas
Cross Archibald
Payne Peter
Staley Thomas
Taylor Thomas

Miscellaneous
Brown John, farmer and grazier, Gresley hall
Cooper Thos. parish clerk
Eyley Thomas, manager of Gresley colliery
Payne Wm. vety. Surgeon



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