Kelly's Directory of Coleford - 1870
COLEFORD is a market town and tithing in the parish of Newland, 8 miles from Lydney station on the South Wales Railway, 9 from Newnham, and 5 from Monmouth; it is a polling place for the Western division of the county; in Saint Briavels hundred, Monmouth union and county court district, rural deanery of The Forest, archdeaconry of Gloucester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. It derives its support from the extensive mining districts of the Forest of Dean, by which it is surrounded. The church of St. John is an octagonal stone building, having a tower, organ, galleries, and 1 bell. The living is a perpetual curacy, yearly value 150 pound, with residence, in the gift of the bishop of the diocese, and held by the Rev. Thomas Holbrow, B.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge. There is a mixed school, and also an infant school, each having a certificated teacher. The Baptist chapel, in Newland street, is a large structure, designed by C. G. Searle, esq., of London, and erected at a cost of £3,000; it will seat 800 persons, and there is a fine organ, built by Nicholson, of Worcester. The Independents have a chapel, and the Wesleyans also a small place of worship. The British schools in Newland street, held in the old Baptist chapel, are managed by a local committee, and have a certified master, with an average attendance of 160 pupils. The market is held on Friday; and there are fairs for the sale of wool, cattle, and cheese, on the 20th of June, and the last Friday in August. The charter for holding the market was granted on the 13th day of April, in the 13th year of the reign of Charles 11., the King of his own will contributing £40 towards the former building. The Town Hall is situated in the centre of the Market place: the basement forms the market house: it was built in the year 1662 and was enlarged and restored to its present state in the year 1866, and opened February 12th, 1867. The cemetery, which is situated at the edge of the town, upon a large and elevated piece of ground, was consecrated on the 18th of January, 1868. The Crown is lord of the manor. The charities are of £6 12s 2d annual value, distributed in kind. The area is included with Newland: the population in 1861 was 2,000.
Official Establishments, Local Institutions, & c
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE, Post Office Savings Bank & Govenment Annunity & Insurance Office & Telegraph Office - Henry Watts, postmaster. Letters are delivered from all parts at 7 a.m. & from the North at 2.15 p.m., dispatched to London at 9.30 a.m.; to the North at 2.40 p.m., & to the South at 8.35 p.m.
MAGISTRATES - Sir James Campbell, bart. General Woosnam, Col. Rooke, Capt. Dighton, Capt. Davies, Capt. Galway, A. gibbons, esq., C. T. Palmer, esq., R. Coke, esq., Isiah Trotter, esq., T. Batten, esq.
Clerk to the Magistrates, Henry Hooper Fryer, esq.
INSURANCE AGENTS: -
General Fire & Life, J. T. Thomas, Winnalls hill
Lancashire Life & Fire, William Lock, jun. The Gorse
Liverpool & London & Globe Fire & Life, John Coleman
London Assurance, B. W. W. Provis
London & Lancashire, E. J. Herbert
Manchester Fire, Caleb Adams, High Street
Norwich & London Accident, Henry Watts
Norwich Union Fire, Thomas B. Trotter
Phoenix Fire, Charles Taylor, Newland street
Provincial, H. W. Whitlock
Railway Passengers, John Coleman & O. Adams
Royal, H. W. Fryer & T. W. Glover
Royal Farmer's & General Fire, Life & Hail, James Dale, Lindors
Scottish Equitable Life, H. W. whitlock
Standard Life, C. C. Hough
Whittington Life, J. T. Williams, Market place
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS
Town Hall & Market Hall, Mr W. H. Fryer, sec.; Alfred Jones, hall keeper & collector
Police Station, James White, superintendent
Stamp Office, H. Watts, distributor
Fire brigade, J. Coleman, manager; Thomas Pritchard, engineer
Cemetery, John Rees, curator
Parochial Burial Board, Mr H. H. Fryer, clerk
Gas Works, Isiah Trotter, esq., J. P. chairman; John Philpot, manager
Crown Receiver & Registrar's Office, G. E. Francis, receiver & registrar
Gaveller's Office, Hon. James kenneth Howard, gaveller; T. R. Brown, deputy gaveller; G. Langham, assistant
PUBLIC OFFICERS -
Registrar of Births & Deaths, Albert Stephens
Registrar of Marriages, James Herbert
Assistant Overseer for the Parish of Newland, John Prentice
Assistant Deputy Crown Surveyor of Woods & Forests, James Ward
Officer of Inland Revenue, William Butler
Town Crier, John Pope
SCHOOLS
National, Coalway road, Francis William Johns, master; Miss Mary Barron, mistress
National, Whitecliff, John Holloway, master; Miss E. H. Payne, mistress
British, Newland street, Alfred Noake, master; Mrs. Hughes, sewing mistress
COACH TO LYDNEY STATION, leaves Coleford every day (except sunday) from the King's Head at 9.30 a.m., & 2.40 p.m. & leaves Lydney for Coleford at 12 noon & 4.20 p.m.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
ASTON Mr William, Bellvue cottage, Stanton road
ATKINSON George, esq., Perry grove
BATTEN Thomas, esq., J.P. The Marshes
FRANCIS George Edward, esq.
FRYER henry Hooper, esq. Newland street
HATTON John, esq. Bank house, Gloucester road
HOLBROW Rev. Thomas, B.A. [incumbent], Parsonage
HULLETT John, esq, Gloucester road
JENNINGS John Elmes, esq. High street
JONES Mrs. Newland street
LUCKES Henry Richards, esq. Bank
NASH Francis, esq. Bank
ROBERTS William, esq. Lawstone house
ROBERTS William, jun. esq. Perry grove
ROBERTSON Alexander, esq. Boxbush road
STEVENS Rev. Robert, M.A. [Independent], Rose cottage, Coalway lane
TETLEY Rev. William Henry [Baptist], Cinderhill
THOMAS John Trotter, esq. Winnalls Hill house
TROTTER Isiah, esq. J.P., The Coombs
WARDER Mr. Joseph, Mont View villa
WILLIAMS Thomas Joseph Adams, esq. Newland Street
COMMERCIAL
ADAMS John & Son, plumbers, glaziers & painters, High st
ADAMS Emily (Mrs.), milliner, High street
ADDIS James, butcher, Market place
ANTHONY Essias, builder, Cinder hill
AYTON William, cabinet maker, Cinder hill
BARNARD James, Royal Oak, Gloucester road
BARRY George, provision & general dealer, Gloucester road
BATTEN Thomas, surgeon, Coalway lane
BAYTON Anne (Mrs.), beer retailer & provision dealer, Sparrow hill
BEACH James, photographer, Gloucester road
BENFIELD Henry, shoe maker, Gloucester road
BIRD Charles Edwin, printer & publisher, St. John street
BIRD Joseph, farmer, Edenwall farm
BISHOP James, general dealer, Market place
BOWEN Henry, confectioner, Newland street
BREMNER James, surveyor of roads, Gloucester road
BROWN Henry, farmer, Poolway farm
BROWN Thomas Forster, deputy gaveller of Dean Forest, Gaveller's office
BULL Matthew, tailor & hatter, High street
BULLOCK George, butcher, St. John street
BULLOCK James, saddler, St. John street
BUTLER William, officer of inland revenue, Sparrow Hill
CHEESE Henry, chemist & druggist, Market place
CLARK Thomas, shoe maker, Gloucester road
Coleford Corn Company (J. T. Adams, manager)
COLEMAN John, Speech House & auctioneer, valuer & agent to the Liverpool & London Fire & Life & Railway Passengers' Insurance Companies
COLLIMORE thomas, shoe maker & leather seller, Gloucester road
CULLIS James, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Coalway lane
DAVENPORT James, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Coalway lane
DAY John, farmer, Owen farm, Stanton road
DENNIS James, wine & spirit merchant, & agent for Allsopp's & Bass's ales, & Guinness's extra stout, St. John Street
DORRINGTON George, carpenter & builder, St. John street
ELLIS Edward, plasterer, Victoria place
EVANS George, butcher, Market place
Forester Newspaper (Charles Taylor, printer & publisher), Newland street
FRANCIS George Edward., receiver of crown rents, registrar of Dean forest, & steward of the manors of Saint Briavels, Staunton & English Bicknor
FRYER Henry Hooper, solicitor & clerk to the magistrates for Lydney & Coleford, Newland street
Gas Works (Isaiah Trotter, esq. chairman; John Philpot, manager), Newland street
Gloucestershire Banking Co. (Henry Richards Luckes, manager); draw on Union Bank of London
GWILLAM Hubert, shopkeeper, Gloucester road
HARPER James, butcher, St. John street
HARRIS Elizabeth (Mrs.), Nag's Head, Whitecliff
HARRIS Milson, Red Lion, Cinder hill
HATTON John, tailor & woollen draper, Market place
HATTON John, surgeon, Gloucester road
HAWKINS John, shoe maker, Back lane
HERBERT James, grocer & linen draper, Market street
HIGHLEY, Edward James, Old White Hart, St. John Street
HOCK, Raimund, watch maker, Market place
HOUGH Charles Cooper, Crown printing & stationery offices, Market pl.; residence Braceland lodge, English Bicknor
HOWELL Philip James, shopkeeper, Coalway Lane end
HULLETT John, solicitor & commissioner for taking affadavits, Gloucester road
JENNINGS John Elmes, surgeon, High street
JONES Amos, farmer, Scowles farm
JONES Edmund, Feathers, Market place
JONES Matthew, watch & clock ma. & jeweller, Newland st
KEARSEY James, shopkeeper, Coalway lane
KING Mrs., Angels hotel commercial & posting ho., Market pl
KIRK Francis, Unicorn inn, Market place
LOCKLEY Abraham, brewery agent, Newland street
MAISEY John, saddle & harness maker, Newland street
MATTHEWS Thomas, blacksmith, Whitecliff
MAYO Charlotte Augusta (Miss), music seller, Newland st
MILES John, farmer, Perry grove
MILES William Morgan, butcher, Market place
MILLER Henry, confectioner, Market place
MORGAN Henry, farmer, Breckness court
MORGAN Richard, butcher, Sparrow hill
MORGAN William, shoe maker, Stanton road
MORRIS James & Joseph, blacksmiths, Market place
MUSHET Robert, iron mines proprietor, Cinder hill
NASH Joseph, malster, Market place
Park Hill Mining Co. Lomited (W. H. Fryer. gen. man)
PITTWAY Charles, hair dresser, St. John street
POPE John, shoe maker & town crier, Sparrow Hill
POWELL Thomas, butcher, Gloucester road
POWELL William, tin plate worker, Coalway lane
PREMIER COLOUR WORKS Albert road: offices, Town hall
PRENTICE John, assistant overseer, Sparrow hill
PRICE William, tailor, Sparrow hill
PRITCHARD Thomas, agricultural implement ma. Boxbush rd
PROVIS Brothers, grocers & linen drapers, Market place
PULLIN William, Jovial Colliers' inn, & butcher, Gloucester rd
RAWLINGS John Mansel, painter & glazier, Market place
ROBERTS George & Louis, stone merchants, Boxbush rd
ROBERTS John, nail maker, Newland street
ROBERTS Samuel, builder
ROBERTS William, solicitor & registrar of county courts of newport and Chepstow, Cinder hill
ROBERTS William, jun., solicitor & deputy coroner for the Forest district, High street
ROBERTSON, Alexander, surgeon, Boxbush road
ROBINS George Tingle, Malster, High street
ROBINSON William, beer retailer & dining rooms, Market pl
ROSSER Hubert, shopkeeper, Stanton road
ROSSER Thomas, farmer, Whitecliff
RUDGE George, boot & shoe maker & leather seller, Lane end
RUDGE Thomas, butcher, Market place
SALMON Henry, brewer, Sparrow hill
SALTER Charles, tailor, St. John street
SALTER Richard, Tipping, tailor, Gloucester road
SMITH Joseph, watch maker & jeweller, Market place
STAUNTON IRON ORE CO.: offices, Town hall
STEED Edward, mealman & baker, Market place
STEEL Thomas, shopkeeper, Gloucester road
STEEL Thomas Rees, saddler & harness maker, Market place
STEPHENS Edwin, King's Head, Market place
SUTTON George, tin plate worker, Whitecliff
TAYLOR Charles, printer, publisher & editor of the "Forester" newspaper, Newland street
TAYLOR Hannah (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, Gloucester rd
TAYLOR James, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Gloucester road
TAYLOR Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Beach's farm
TAYLOR John, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Whitecliff
TAYLOR Thomas, farmer, Whitecliff
TERRETT Hannah, (Mrs.), ironmonger & builder, High street
THOMAS Charles, shoe maker, High street
THOMAS James, builder, Boxbush road
THOMAS James, farmer, Whitecliff
TILLING & SMITH, grocers, Coalway lane
TILLING Maurice, coach builder, Coalway lane
TIPPINS Charles porter, wholesale & retail wine & spirit merchant, & agent for burton ales & dublin stout, Market place
TITANIC STEEL & IRON CO. LIMITED manufacturere of cast steel & "R Mushet's special steel", which required no hardening, single & double shear steel, spring steel, solid cast steel hammers, files &c. (J. W. Pease, M.P. chairman; Robert Mushet, manager; Robert Woodward, secretary), Forest steel works
TROTTER Thomas & Co. coal masters, iron foundry & stone works, Winnalls hill
TROTTER Edward Austin, grocer & draper, Market place
TROTTER Isaiah, manufacturing chemist, Oakwood chemical wks
TROTTER Thomas Birt (Mrs.), grocer, linen draper & corn factor, Market place
TYLER William, wheelwright, Boxbush road
VOYCE Noah, farmer, Broadwell, Lane end
VOYCE Edward, farmer, Whitehall farm
WARD James, assistant deputy crown surveyor of woods & forests, Sparrow hill
WATKINS George, shopkeeper, Gloucester rd
WATTS Henry, stationer, bookseller, & stamp office, & postmaster, Newland street
WATTS John, manufacturer of red & black ware, chimney, garden, rhubard & sea kelp pots, tobacco pipes & yellow ware, & wholesale & retail dealer in Staffordshire ware, Whitecliff potteries
WATTS William Henry, plumber & glazier, Market place
WEBB Thomas, beer retailer, Stanton road
WESTERN COUNTIES COLLIERY CO.: offices, Town hall; collieries, Hopewell & Mapleford; engine at the Futterill
WHERRETT William, farmer, Five Acres farm
WHITE Ann (Miss), milliner, High street
WHITE Anne (Mrs.), malster, St. John street
WHITE Charles, greengrocer, St. John street
WHITE William, beer retailer, St. John street
WILCOX Edward, Plough, Lane end
WILLIAMS Josiah Thomas, chemist & druggist, Market place
WILLIAMS Thomas, boot & shoe maker, High street
WILLIAMS Thomas Joseph Adams, solicitor, Newland street
WILLIAMS William Arthur, saddler, High street
WORGAN Thomas, farmer, Hawthorns farm
WYATT Susanna (Mrs.), china & furniture dealer
YARWORTH George, haulier & farmer, Lane end
YARWORTH Mary, shopkeeper, Market place
YOUNG Ann (Mrs.), greengrocer, St. John street
YOUNG Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer, Back lane