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From: "Steve Garton" <>
Subject: 1834 Commercial Directory (Aberford) Part 1
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:32:34 -0000


I will be posting at intervals transcriptions from Pigot & Co.'s 1834
Commercial Directory, starting with Aberford. The complete entry will be
transcribed, so I will therefore not have any further information.

ABERFORD, with the villages of West Garforth, Church Garforth & Moore
Garforth.

Aberford, a small market town in the parish of its name, in the lower
division of Skyrack wapentake, West Riding, is 186 miles from London, and
about 9 south from Wetherby, situated upon the river Cock, over which is a
good bridge, and upon the stream are several corn mills. The town is neat,
consisting chiefly of one long street; the country around is remarkable for
its salubrity, as the neighbourhood is for its gentility. Richard Oliver
Gascoigne, esq. is lord of the manor, and holds a manorial court in October,
when constables are appointed; and a meeting of the magistrates' takes place
at the Rose and Crown Inn, every alternate Friday. The parish church, which
is dedicated to St Richard, is an ancient structure; the benefice is a
vicarage, in the gift of Oriel college, and the incumbent is the Rev. James
Landon. Here is a chapel for the methodists, and another belonging to the
Roman catholics. The children of the poor have the advantage of a national
school, originally endowed by Lady Betty Hastings, but now conducted upon
Dr. Bell's system. The country around here is beautifully diversified by
woods and plantations, and adorned with many elegant residences; the ground
gently undulating, and well cultivated, by spirited agriculturists; and the
views are generally pleasing, although boasting nothing of the romantic. The
market day is Friday; and the fairs are, the last Mondays in April and May,
the first Monday in October, the first Monday after St Luke, and the Monday
after All Souls. In 1821 the population of the whole parish was 900, and in
1831, 925, of which last number 644 were returned for the township of
Aberford.
West Garforth is a parish and village containing the hamlet of its name, and
those of Moore Garforth and Church Garforth, in the same wapentake and
riding as Aberford, situate from 3 to 4 miles from that town. At Church
Garforth is an extensive colliery belonging to Richard Oliver Gascoigne,
esq. who is constructing a railway from hence to communicate with the
Aberford and Selby and Leeds railroads. The parish church, which is
dedicated to St. Mary, is a small and neat building; the living is a
rectory, in the patronage of the Rev. John Whittaker. Here is a parochial
school, partly free, for children of both sexes. West Garforth parish
contained, by the last returns, 782 inhabitants.


Steve Garton
Corby,Northants.

Researching:
DUFFIN - Nafferton/Hull
HENNING - Hull
LEVETT - Hull
GARTON - Cranford, Northants
EADY - Northants



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