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From: "stevejgarton" <>
Subject: 1834 Commercial Directory (Bramley) Part 1
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 09:42:58 -0000

Please note these transcriptions are complete, therefore no further info available. If anyone finds any rellies I would love to know. BRAMLEY, Bramley is a populous chapelry, in the parish of St. Peter, within the liberty of the town of Leeds, in the West Riding, 4 miles w.n.w. from Leeds; situated on high ground, and, for some years, has been noted for its flourishing and extensive woollen trade. The cloths manufactured here are, for the most part, taken to the Leeds market. In the immediate neighbourhood are extensive quarries of stone, the quality of which is excellent, and from its hardness and solidity, well adapted for the purposes of locks, docks, bridges, &c. The country around here is fertile, and from some of the higher parts of the chapelry the views are extensive and pleasing. The places of worship are a chapel of ease, and one for a congregation of Wesleyan methodists. The living of Bramley is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the vicar of Leeds; the present incumbent is the Rev. Thomas Furbank. The chapelry of Bramley contained, according to the government returns for 1831, 7,039 inhabitants, being an increase in the population of 4,477 since the census taken in 1801. Post Office, Samuel Perigo, Post Master. The names without address are in the chapelry of Bramley. Gentry & Clergy, Booth Mr. Samuel Lister Burton Miss Elizabeth Furbank Rev. Thomas Harrison Mr. John Holmes Mrs. Ann, Bramley hill top Myers Mrs. Amelia Nickols Mr. Richd. Bramley hill top Parker Mr. John Academy and Schools, Bramley Town School, James Binns, master Endowed School (for girls), Martha Binns, mistress Hill Joseph (boarding) Blacksmiths, Cowling James Pickles Isaac Sowden Matthew Boot and Shoe Makers, Lumley William Merrit William Rangle Thomas Wilson Joseph Wise James Butchers, Clough John Farrar John Farrar William Hardy Nathaniel Hargreaves Thomas Myers John Scarbrough Thomas Steel Emanuel Walker James Carpenters and Joiners, Lord John Midgley John Pickles George (& builder) Drysalters, Barker Joseph Pawson John Wood Joseph Fulling and Scribbling Millers, Barker & Musgrave, Wellington mill Farrar Abraham, Greenthorpe Farrar William, Hough end Haley John, Waterloo mill Hudson James, Jacob's well Lister John & Co. Hough end mills Pollard John, St. Helens Rogerson & Lord, Bell Isle mill Geer and Slay Makers, Hill John Ledgard Henry Patchett William Grocers & Dealers in Sundries, Barker Jonathan Bedford Harriet Benson William Berry Joe Clough Robert Holdsworth John Holms Joseph Musgrave William Pickles George Smith Matthew Townend James Trickett Thomas Verity Matthew Walker James Walker John Wheatley Henry Wilson John Wood Mary Inns and Public Houses, Abbey, Mrs. Myers, Newly Acorn, Jonas Turner, Whitecote Barley Mow, John Harrison Cardigan Arms, Isaac Morley Globe, Joseph Holiday New Inn, Thomas Dalby Old Unicorn, Matthew Glew Part 2 later. Colin Hinson will be adding these and future transcriptions to the relevant parish pages on the GENUKI site. Steve Garton.