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Saturday, March 25, 2023

1800-19 Recreated Trade Directory Great Marlow Part Two

 PART TWO - Occupations G-Z

I have scoured wills, property records, adverts, court cases and more - dozens and dozens of sources to compile this trade and occupations directory for Great Marlow 1800-1819.

A street by street directory has already been published on the blog for the same era.

As far as I am aware no original directory from this era has survived, if any were actually compiled. 

I have not included due to their sheer numbers yeoman, husbandmen, housewives or labourers. Nor staff at the Royal Military College (which can be found in the post about life for the cadets there). This list isn't complete by a long way yet online and will be added to as I wade through my notes. 

The social position of those listed isn't always clear. For example a "bricklayer" could own the business and do no manual work at all, even consider themselves a gentleman or they could be the low paid labourer making the bricks. Many of those below were however their own bosses. 

Gardeners (market) (domestic not included)

James Beesley.

Richard Piggott. 1815+ 

Robert Piggott. 1817.

Stephen Stockbridge. 1816.

Gentry 

William Lee Anthonie. Little Marlow Manor to 1810.

John Chalon. 1807.

Sir William Clayton. 

Katherine Cleobury. 1806+. Will proved 1814. Sister of William Cleobury, surgeon.

Joseph Copestake. Wood End. 1801.

George and Mary Ellison. Alfred House. 1816/17+ See here

Arabella Gilbert, Miss. 1804. 

George and Jane Gordon. From at least 1808.

Peter Paul and Margaret Grellier. 1800-1804. Spittal Street. Both were French Huguenots. They advertised for a servant who could cook in 1804. Wages no object for a good candidate. Peter died in 1804. His will was proved 1805 and mentions son Paul Roy Grellier and married daughter Jane Perigal. He had London property too. 

Joseph Heath. Gentleman farmer. 1813 to 1820s at least. Mill End?

John Hone junior. 1815.

Samuel Lewis. Will 1815.

William Loftin . 1800. Also magistrate.

Jane Nares. Widow. 1812+ Will proved 1819.

Sir George and Maria Nugent. Westhorpe House Little Marlow. By 1819. More on them here

W. Ongley. Spinfield House. 1804.

Gilbert Parke.  From at least 1787.  Will proved 1807. Witness to will of Thomas Langley, farmer of Oakengrove Marlow in 1801.

Gilbert Pearce. Will proved 1807.

William Robins. 1801.

Ralph Rose. Defined himself as gentry in his will written 1801. Was earlier a brewer. Had perhaps retired. Lived High Street.

Mr Sawyer. Most likely William. Spinfield Lodge. 1813-1814.

Katherine Sneath AKA Kitty Sneath. High Street. Unmarried. Throughout period. A popular and charitable woman.

Sarah Sneath. Unmarried. Will proved 1814.

Thomas and Sarah Taylor, 1810

Owen Williams. Marlow Place by 1809.

Thomas Williams. Temple House. 1802.

Wadham and Anne Wyndham. Beech Lodge by 1819. More on them here

Harriet Wynford, Thames Bank. Died 1801. More here

Glaziers

James and John Lovegrove (in business together) 1800. Also plumbers and painters. Work premises probably West Street. Will of James proved 1810. He lived in the High Street.

William Hare. Also painter. 1815-16.

Grocers

Richard Aveling senior. High Street to death 1803. Then son Richard junior. See their premises and read a whole post about them here

John Benwell. 1816.

John and Ann Hood (siblings) High Street. 1816-17. More here

William Mathews. High Street. 1817 +. More here

Joseph Suthery. Chapel Street. 1810+ Will 1819. Died aged 64. Wife Katherine / Catherine nee Bird. Her will 1820. She died aged 66.

Jane Trask. High Street. To 1816. More here.

Gun Makers

Phillip Bond. 1815 + Resident Chapel Street. Formerly of Cornhill London where he still had property and where his gun making business continued to be located (45 Lombard Street). Will proved 1816. Wife Ann/ Anne who continued his London business after his death. His mother Mary was living at the time of his writing the will. She may be the Mary Bond born circa 1735 who was buried at Marlow in 1816.

Harness Makers

John Glanville. 1810s. See 1700s trade directory for a man of the same name in the same trade which may be the same John or a relative.

Horse Brokers

Robert Mossenton. 1819. At Greyhound, Spittal Street. Also coach proprietor, publican. Went bankrupt.

William Walker. 1802.

Hurdle Makers

Richard Pimm. 1816. 

Insurance Agents

John Ralfs. 1816. Also draper. High Street.

Wilkinson and Emes (Emes could be Thomas and Wilkinson could be Samuel Wilkinson) 1800. For Royal Exchange Insurance which offered life, home, crop and buildings insurance. 

Ironmongers

William Burrell. Will proved 1819. Also blacksmith.

John Lane and daughter Lydia. West Street. More here

Lacemen

Mr Watson. 1807. 

Henry Lovegrove. West Street.

Lock Keeper

George Phelps- to death 1811. Biographical post here, grave here

John Dell- after 1811. Son in law of George Phelps. Grave here

Millers - and see paper makers

Jeremiah Haines. 1817.

Millwrights

Joseph Haynes. Pre 1800 to at least 1810.

John Moss. 1817 to post period. Biography here

Painters (these are house painters not artists)

William Hare. Also glazier.

James Mortimer. 1813.

John and James Lovegrove. Also plumbers and glaziers. 

Paper Makers

Francis Pepper. 1808+. Son and heir of Thomas Pepper. This family were also connected to Glory Mills Wooburn.

Edward Wright. Marlow Mills. 1808.

Joseph Wright. Marlow Mills (paper mills). Throughout period.

Pawnbrokers

James Clark. 1806 to about 1820.

James Puddifant. West Street. Pre 1800 to 1816 when he died. More here

Plumbers

James and John Lovegrove. See glaziers above. Also house painters. 

Private Tutors without their own schools

George Siegmund /mond. Ladies drawing teacher. West Street. Lodged with Mr John Lane above. 1800+ More on him here.

Publicans / Innkeepers / Beer Sellers 

Thomas Allen. Little Marlow. 1816.

Mr Bowen. Red Lion, West Street. 1816. Probably Thomas Bowen Senior who was there in the 1820s. See here

William Bowles. 1819. Unknown premises. Likely same man who was later at the Six Bells and Greyhound.

William Crouch. 1811-15. Unknown premises. Was later a corn dealer in Spittal Street.

Mr Davis. Upper Crown. 1806-1811. Probably Ellis Davis whose will was proved 1818.

Thomas and Elizabeth Ollis. Three Tuns. See Thomas's will here and that of Elizabeth here.

George Phelps. Victualer. Will 1811 see here. Was previously at the Bowl and Pin but this was demolished 1790. Where he was in 1811 is unknown. Also lock keeper see above.

Thomas Wyatt. 1815. Was at the Horns in a few years time but uncertain if already there or elsewhere in 1815.

Rope Makers

John Muspratt. Rope spinner specifically. 

Salesmen (these usually dealt in farm animals, especially cattle)

George Poulton, Little Marlow. 1800-1807. See Catherine Poulton under Farmers in Part One of this directory.

School Proprietors

George Cole. Chapel Street day school for boys. 1812+

Mr Faulkner. See here.

Revd Okey / Oakey Nash. More here

Mrs Sophia Tylecote. Albion House West Street. Pre 1800 to 1803 (probably to 1805-09) then she and her husband Jeffrey, a banker, let the house 1809 to the Superintendent of the Royal Military College across the street. Their son Thomas later attended the school but they themselves had moved away from town by then. Jeffrey still owned Albion House when writers Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley moved into it in 1817.

For staff at the Royal Military College see here. George Cole mentioned in the above schools listing was formerly of there too.

Miss Fields, boarding school for girls. 1814. Probably connected to the later 1820s day school run for young ladies in West Street. See the school listing here here

Thomas Francis was a schoolmaster of the Borlase charity school in 1817.

Servants (selected only)

Eleanor Atkins. Servant to Martilla Mayhew 1819.

Richard Hughes. Gardener to Mr Nash 1806.

Shoemakers

George Allum. 1815+. 

Jonathan Beck.

Thomas Bowles. 1815+. Probably employee.

William Bowles. 1816+. Probably employee.

Samuel Carter. 1816+. Probably High Street.

Joseph Clark.

William Cock. 1818.

Mr Collins. Chapel Street. 1808,09. A Thomas Collins in Marlow as shoemaker 1813.

William Derrick. 1818. Likely the same man who is in West Street 1825. 

William Fletcher. Pre 1820s to at least 1822. 

William Harding.

John Harris. 1819.

Robert Jonathan Oxlade. 1813+ was later in St Peter's Street and may well already have been in this period too.

Richard Smith. See here.

John Stallwood.

Silversmiths

Christopher Pepper. Will proved 1807. Summary of it here

Stationers

Miss A Hawes from at least 1789-1815. Also patent medicine seller.

Stonemasons

James Johnson. 1807. Stonemason. Chapel Street. See also Farmers in Part One for another man of the same name.

John Smith. 1810-18. Adult 1798 so probably already in trade then. At that point lived next door to brewer Joseph Plumridge. Also "Chinaman" that is china dealer  A John Smith stonemason and china dealer is declared bankrupt 1814. He has then workshops and stored materials at both Marlow and Maidenhead and a dwelling house and china warehouse  at the latter. 

Surgeons

William Cleobury. 1806+ Will 1814. Left his dwelling house in Marlow to his sister in law Margaretta Cleobury widow of Rev. John Cleobury of Abingdon. Also had Low Grounds, near Temple. His home was probably in Chapel Street.

William Hickman.

Mr Jackson. 

John Shaw. 1816+ Will proved 1823. Also apothecary. High Street. See his grave and will summary here

Tallow Chandlers

Joseph Bird. Deceased 1809.

John Gibbons. West Street. Throughout period. here

Tailors

Thomas Clark Senior. From at least 1809 but prob much before. Will proved 1815.

Thomas Clark Junior. 1809+. Son of above.

James Seers 1817+

John Stevens. 1813. 

Timber Dealers

William Langley. 1810. Was sent to an insane asylum for a period.

Turners

Thomas Barlow. 1815. 

William Casey. 1817. 

James Pusey. 1817. 

Samuel Pusey. 1819.

Watchmakers

Edward Jackson. 1815-20.

George Martin. Also jeweller.

Wheelwrights

James Batting. Employed by others. 1817. 

George Butler. 1815. 

Thomas Cox. 1802. Premises behind West Street properties but accessed from Quoiting Square. These premises later burned down.

Joseph Cutler. 1816.

Joseph Green. 1816. There are Joseph Greens, wheelwrights in Chapel Street in the 1830s and 40s. 


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