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From: "Steve Garton" <>
Subject: 1834 Commercial Directory (Beeston & Churwell) Part 1
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 22:24:35 -0000

BEESTON AND CHURWELL, Beeston is a village and chapelry, in the parish of St. Peter, within the liberty of the borough of Leeds, two miles s.w. from that town. Extensive coal mines have been worked here from a very early date; and woollen cloth is manufactured, but not extensively. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, is a very ancient building; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the vicar of Leeds, and incumbency of the Rev. Joseph Wardle. This chapelry, which comprises the townships of Beeston-shaw, Cottingley-hall, New-hall, Parkside, Royds and Snickells, is included (by the new Boundary Act) in the parliamentary borough of Leeds; and contained together, by the last census, 2,128 inhabitants. A hospital is stated to have existed here, formerly, of some consequence, but there are no remains, and its site is but imperfectly known. Churwell is a village and township, in that part of the parish of Batley which is in the wapentake of Morley, one mile s.w. from Beeston, and three s.w. from Leeds. The trade of this township is of the same nature as that of Beeston; in addition to which there are two malting concerns, and one brewery. A chapel for Calvinists, and another for Wesleyan methodists, are the places of worship. The township contained, according to the parliamentary census taken in 1831, 1,023 inhabitants. Gentry & Clergy, Dickinson Mr. William, Beeston Hare Mr. Henry, Beeston Hewitt Mr. John, Beeston Hill William, esq. Beeston hall Rogers Mr. Benjamin, Beeston Wade Mr. John, Beeston Wardle Rev. Joseph, Beeston Academies and Schools, Atkinson Charles (& vestry clerk) Beeston Longley William, Churwell Preston Sarah, Churwell Rhodes Joseph, Beeston Roberts Rachael, Beeston Blacksmiths, Etty Jonathan, Churwell Firth James, Beeston Mitchell John, Beeston Boot & Shoe Makers, Hirst Joshua, Churwell Rawson John, Beeston Watmough William, Churwell Butchers, Coates Joseph, Beeston Green George, Churwell Wilkinson William, Churwell Cattle Dealers, Crosby John, Collingly hall Crosby Richard, Beeston Coal Proprietors, Leather James & George, Beeston park colliery Tottie & Gaunt, Churwell colliery - John Dibb, agent Grocers & Dealers in Sundries, Brown Jeremiah, Beeston Green Joseph, Beeston Halliday James, Beeston Hemingway Thomas, Beeston Hirst Joseph (& clogger) Churwell Thorp Joseph (& druggist) Beeston Waite Jonathan, Churwell Watmough William, Churwell Wilkinson Mary, Churwell Wilkinson William, Churwell Wilson William, Beeston Maltsters, Bradley William, Beeston Scarth James (& brewer) Churwell Scarth William, Churwell Tailors, Collings Patrick, Beeston Richardson Thomas, Beeston Roberts David, Beeston Walker Joseph, Beeston Watson Samuel, Beeston Taverns & Public Houses, Drysalters' Arms, Joseph Lee, Beeston Fleece, Joseph Haigh, Churwell Hare & Hounds, William Milnes, Beeston New Inn, Samuel Glover, Churwell Old White Hart, Samuel Carlton, Beeston Peacock, William Bradley, Islington Shoulder of Mutton, Geo. Green, Churwell Sportsman, John Brown, Beeston Unicorn, Saml. Blackburn,(& brewer) Beeston Woollen Cloth Manufacturers, Barrett Geo. (& merchant) Churwell Brown William, Beeston Crowther Geo. & Co. (& merchants) Churwell mills Gledhill James, Churwell Glover Samuel, Churwell Haycock Henry & Edmund, Beeston mills Kirk Benjamin, Churwell Longley John, Churwell Stansfield William, Beeston Walker John & Sons, Beeston Miscellaneous, Armitage Joseph, wheelwright, Beeston Barras Joseph, joiner, Churwell Bellhouse Wm. tallow chandler, Beeston Brown John, joiner & cabinet mkr. Beeston Carlton Samuel, wheelwright, Beeston Carr Rbt. manufacturing chymist, Beeston Horner Joseph, miller, Beeston Jackson Samuel and Co. cloth dressers, Beeston mills Lee Joseph, drysalter and manufacturer of cotton bands for machinery, Beeston Morris John, tanner, Churwell Mortimer William, size boiler, Churwell Petty Saml. baker & flour dealer, Beeston Scott John, retailer of beer, Churwell Sumner John Charter, farrier, Beeston Whitley Samuel, retailer of beer, Beeston Steve Garton Corby,Northants. Researching: DUFFIN - Nafferton/Hull HENNING - Hull LEVETT - Hull GARTON - Cranford, Northants EADY - Northants