Desborough Study: Transcriptions
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY 1847
ROTHWELL
ROTHWELL is a parish and market-town, distant 4 miles north-west
of Kettering, and 79 miles from London, in the Hundred of Rothwell, and diocese of Peterborough. The
living is a vicarage, with Orton annexed, value £109, in the
gift of W.T. Smyth, Esq., and others; the Rev. Allan Macpherson,
M.A., is the present incumbent.
The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a fine
ancient structure, with a tower, in the early style of
English architecture. Under the south aisle of the
church is a vault or chancel house, discovered about 150
years ago, containing the bones of many thousand
persons, stacked in order, some of which are immensely
large, but no account can be given how they come there.
Here is a fair on Trinity Monday for stock and
pedlary; market days on Mondays for grain.
Here are an Independent and Wesleyan chapels, also a
Free Grammar, National and British School.
The population in 1841, was 2,305; the parish
contains 3,576 acres 34 poles. Thomas Phillip Maunsell,
Esq., M.P. is lord of the manor.
There are six almshouses for six widows, which are
kept in repair by rent from some land in the said
parish. Here is an hospital, called Jesus Hospital,
founded by Owen Ragsdale, Gent., in which contain 26
widowers, clothes and allowed 6s. per week, 2 matrons,
and a principal, or governor.
Here is a very ancient market house in a good state
of preservation, though never been finished, around
which is the coats of arms of a great number of
nobility, then living in the county of Northampton; it
was built by Thomas Tresham in the year 1507, and is a
fine specimen of ancient architecture.
[GENTRY]
Austin Mrs Mary, High street
Clark Mrs. Susan, Castle lane
Daulby Mrs. Mary, Fox's lane
Green Mrs. Mary, High street
Hafford Mrs Elizabeth Jane, Bridge street
Islip Mrs. Ann, High street
Jessop Mr. Richard, Meeting lane [independent minister]
Loake Mrs. Judith, Bridge street
Macpherson Rev. Allan, M.A. [vicar], Kettering road
Padmore Mr. John, Kettering road
Tongue Mr. Austin, Market place
Tongue Jerrard, esq. Market place
Watkins Mrs. Sarah, High street
Wilson Rev. William [vicar of Desborough]
| TRADERS |
| Ashton David | shoemaker | Bridge st |
| Ashby John | saddler | Clay hill |
| Baker Robert | cooper | Kettering rd |
| Ballard Charles | shoemaker | Clay hill |
| Ball William | iron founder | High street |
| Barker Thomas | tailor | Sun hill |
|
Beeby Thomas | cooper | High street |
| Blythe Layton | draper | Bridge st |
| Bodymore John | shopkeeper | High st |
| Bollard Thomas | shoemaker | High st |
| Bradshaw John | shoemaker | Wales |
|
Broome Richard | carrier | Fox's lane |
| Broome Robert | tailor | Marketplace |
| Brown Charles | farmer | Rothwell lodge |
| Brown Thos. | farmer & maltster | High st |
| Brunham Thomas | shoemaker | High st |
| Bryan John | farmer | Castle lane |
| Buckby John | carpenter | Market place |
| Bull Benjamin | 'Woolpack' | Bridge st |
| Bull John | baker | Bridge st |
| Carpenter John | surgeon | Market place |
| Carpenter Miss Louisa | seminary | Kettering rd |
| Chater William | farmer | Kipton rd |
| Cheney Benj. | farmer & baker | Bridge st |
| Clarke Robert | carpenter | Castle lane |
| Coe Edward | dealer | Rushton lane |
| Cole James Montague | farmer | Nunnery |
| Cook Joseph | baker | Ninevah |
| Cook William | tailor | Clay hill |
| Cooke Wiilm. | schoolmaster | Bridge st |
| Corby Wm. | beer retailer | Bridge st |
| Crick George | managing clerk to Mr. Riley's velvet & shag
manufactory | High st |
| Daulby William | schoolmaster | Wales |
| Davis Thomas | governor of Jesus' hospital | on the
Green |
| Dawkins John | mason | High st |
| Dines Joseph | plumber & glazier | High st |
| Dyke Chas. | hairdresser & perfumr. | High st |
| Essex John | beer retailer | Clay hill |
| Essex Morris | carpenter | Rushton la |
| Essex Stephen | mason | High st |
| Fifield John | draper & grocer | High st |
| Gibson Jacob | beer retailer | High st |
| Gilford Richard | 'Red Lion' | Market pl |
| Ginns Joseph | post office | High st |
| Ginns Joseph | land surveyor & stationer | High st |
| Ginns Joseph | chemist | High st |
| Gostick William | shopkeeper | High st |
| Gotch Thomas Henry | ale & porter brewer | High st |
| Gude James | shoemaker | Sun hill |
| Gue Palemon Morgan | relieving officer, registrar of
births, &c. | Kettering rd |
| Hafford Charles | farmer | Bread st |
| Hafford Robert | farmer & baker | High st |
| Hayes Mrs. Ann | farmer | the Green |
| Hayes William | farmer | Well lane |
| Hercock James | carpenter | Slaits hill |
| Higgins Charles Wm. | tailor | Fox's lane |
| Hill Wm. | saddler & harness maker | Clay hill |
| Hodgskin Thomas | shopkeeper | High st |
| Humphrey Wm. | baker | Meeting lane |
| Islip Thos. | wheelwright & carpenter | High st |
| Jessop Miss Cath. | shopkeeper | Bridge st |
| Kilsby Samuel | shoemaker | Bridge st |
| Kilsby Samuel | parish clerk | Market pl |
| Liner Timothy | brickmaker | Orton gate |
| Liner William | brickmaker | Rock row |
| Loake John | draper & grocer | Market pl |
| Marriott Richard | baker | Hobb's hill |
| Marriott Thomas, sen. | maltster, miller & baker |
High st |
| Marriott Thos, jun. | 'Crown' | High st |
| Marriott William | farmer | Meeting lane |
| Miller John | gardener | Wales |
| Miller Wm. | New inn & commercial house |
High st |
| Moore John | blacksmith | Bridge st |
| Needham Joseph | carpenter & builder, & furniture
warehouse | Bridge st |
| Needham Wm. | shopkeeper | Bridge st |
| Newham Thomas | chief constable | Wales |
| Newham Thomas | farmer | Wales |
| Norton Mrs. Mary | farmer & maltster | Rushton La |
| Norton John P. | miller & baker | Market pl |
| Orton Thomas | surgeon, &c. | Sun hill |
| Richards Alexander | cotton winder, cotton reel
manufacturer, & shopkeeper | Bridge st |
| Saunders William | hatter | Bridge st |
| Shaw Samuel | basket maker | High st |
| Shortland Samuel | 'Bell' | Rushton lane |
| Shortland Wm. | tripe dresser | Bridge st |
| Slow John | Sun & excise office | Sun hill |
| Smith George | 'Chequers' | Market pl |
| Smart Chas. | machine maker | Nineveh |
| Speed Wm. | plumber & glazier | Bridge st |
| Taylor Samuel | farmer | Manor house |
| Terry | braxier &c. | High St |
| Thompson Saml. | farmer | Sandy Hill lodge |
| Turner Lawrence | farmer & butcher | Sun hill |
| Veazey Joseph | clerk to the surveyor of roads | on
the Green |
| Waldram John | farmer | Thorpe Underwood lodge |
| Walpole David | butcher | Bridge st |
| Wall Mrs. Ann | shopkeeper | Bridge st |
| Wallis Robert | farmer | Kipton lodge |
| Warters John | tailor | Clay hill |
| Watts Miss Cath. | seminary | Wales |
| West Thomas | carrier | Market place |
| Wilson Philip | fellmonger | Well lane |
| Willis Thomas | shoemaker | Market pl |
| Wright William | mason | Bridge st |
POST OFFICE.—Joseph Ginns, postmaster. Letters are received through
the Kettering office; arrive ¼ past 9 morn.;
dispatched ½ past 4 aftn.
INSURANCE AGENT, Farmers', Palemon Morgan Gue
CARRIERS:-
- To KETTERING—West, fri. returning same day
- To MARKET HARBOROUGH—West, tues. & sat.
returning same days
- To KETTERING—Broome, fri. returning same day
- To MARKET HARBOROUGH—Broome, tues. returning
same day
- To NORTHAMPTON—Broome, sat. returning same day
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