Desborough Study: Transcriptions
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY
of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire
1854
ROTHWELL
ROTHWELL, or ROWELL, is a parish and market town, 4 miles north-west
of Kettering and 79 from London, in the Hundred of Rothwell. The
living is a vicarage, with Orton annexed, value £109, in the
diocese of Peterborough and gift of W.T. Smyth, Esq., and others; the Rev. Allan Macpherson,
M.A., is the incumbent, and
the Rev. Charles Iliffe the Gibbon,
M.A., is the curate. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a fine
ancient structure, with a tower, in the early style of
English architecture. The chancel has lately been
restored by the lay impropriator and the Northamptonshire
Architectural Society. 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 1851, was 2,391; 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., for 26 widowers, who
are clothed and allowed 6s. per week. An hospital was erected in
1714 by Thomas Pouden, Gent., for 8 poor widows. Here is a very ancient market-house in a good state
of preservation, which was never finished, around
which are the coats of arms of a great number of
nobility, then living in the county; it
was commenced by Thomas Tresham in the year 1507, and is a
fine specimen of ancient architecture. Thorpe Underwood
is a hamlet belonging to the parish of Rothwell, containing
three houses, with an acreage of 360, and situate 1¼
mile from Rothwell.
Rothwell
Gibbon Rev. Chas. Iliffe, M.A. [curate]
Jessop Rev. Richard [Independent]
Newham Mr. Thomas
| TRADERS |
| Ashby John | saddler |
| Ballard Charles | boot & shoe maker |
| Ball William | iron & brass founder,
plough maker, & general agricultural implement manufacturer |
|
Beeby Thomas | cooper |
| Beech James Rowse Slater |
hairdresser & patten maker |
| Beresford Herbert | surgeon |
| Blaxley Thomas | farmer |
| Bodymore John | general dealer |
| Bollard Thomas | boot & shoe maker |
|
Botherill John | baker |
| Broome Robert | tailor |
| Brown Alfred | baker |
| Brown Charles | farmer |
| Brown Thos. Miller | farmer & maltster |
| Bull Benjamin | 'Woolpack' |
| Bull John | baker |
| Burditt John | farmer & maltster |
| Burditt Thomas | farmer |
| Burnham Thomas | boot & shoe maker |
| Buswell Ashby | plumber, painter &
glazr |
| Caldwell James | baker |
| Carpenter John, M.D. | surgeon |
| Chamberlain Daniel Bollard |
ironmonger & grocer |
| Chater William | farmer |
|
Cheney Benjamin |
baker & miller |
| Coe Edward | cattle dealer |
| Cole James Montague | farmer |
| Cook Alfred | baker |
| Cook William | tailor & teadealer |
| Corby William | beer retailer |
| Currie Andrew | draper & teadealer |
| Dawkins John | stonemason |
| Dines Joseph | farmer |
| Dyke Charles | hairdresser, perfumer
& haberdasher |
| Essex John | beer retailer & baker |
| Essex Morris | carpenter |
| Essex Stephen | stonemason |
| Fifield John | draper & grocer |
| Gibson Jacob | beer retailer |
| Gilford Richard | cattle dealer |
| Ginns Joseph | bookseller & stationer |
| Goodfellow George | 'Red Lion' |
| Gray William | chemist & druggist |
| Hafford Charles | farmer |
| Hafford Robert | farmer & baker |
| Hayes William | farmer |
| Howes John Gilliver | beer retailer &
baker |
| Islip Thomas | builder |
| Jessop Catherine (Miss) | shopkeeper |
| Liner Timothy | brick & tile maker |
| Liner William | farmer |
| Loake Andrew | grocer & draper |
| Marriott Thomas | 'Crown inn',
farmer & butcher |
| Marriott William | farmer |
| Mason Richard | 'New inn' |
| Miller Thomas | butcher |
| Moore
John | blacksmith |
| Moore Jonathan | grocer & draper |
| Moore Samuel John | civil engineer &
veterinary surgeon |
| Needham Joseph | builder |
| Nixon Thomas | proprietor & inventor
of oil stain for staining deal, & plumber, painter & glazier |
| Page Joseph | shopkeeper |
| Palmer Henry | tailor |
| Parker Henry | saddler |
| Rands John | 'Chequers' |
| Riley Benjamin | silk manufacturer
(Thomas Miles, manager) |
| Serjeant Henry | boot & shoe maker |
| Shaw Samuel | basket maker |
| Shortland Samuel | 'Bell' |
| Sissons Robert | grocer & draper |
| Slow John | 'Sun' |
| Smart Charles | builder |
| Smith James | blacksmith |
| Spencer Joseph | farmer |
| Tayler Samuel | farmer |
| Terry Jesse | tinman & brazier |
| Tibbut John | builder & stonemason |
| Turner Lawrence | butcher |
| Tye Jonathan | coal dealer |
| Tye Joseph | general dealer |
| Wallis Robert | farmer |
| Walpole David | butcher |
| Waters James | tailor |
| Watts Catherine (Miss) | ladies'
school |
| Watts Wm | day & boarding school |
| Willis Thos. Hen. | boot & shoe maker |
| Witt Isaac | watch & clock maker |
| Wright Henry | miller & baker |
| Wright William | stonemason &
bricklayer |
| Yeomans Emma (Mrs.) | stay &
dressmaker |
POST OFFICE.—Joseph Ginns, postmaster. Letters are received through
the Kettering office; arrive ¼ past 9 a.m. &
dispatched ½ past 4 p.m.
INSURANCE AGENT, Farmers', Palemon Morgan Gue
Inland Revenue Office, Sun inn,
John Slow
PUBLIC OFFICERS:-
Inland Revenue Officer, Thomas Bowdidge
Parish Clerk, Thomas Willis
Registrar of Births & Deaths, Palemon Morgan Gue
Principal of Jesus Hospital, William Daulby
Relieving Officer, William Thorpe
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:-
British, David Chamberlain, master
National, Richard Radborne, master
CARRIER:- Richard Broom, to Northampton, wed. & sat.; to Kettering, fri.;
to Market Harborough, tues.; returning same days.
Thorpe Underwood
Blythe Layton, farmer
Hall George, farmer
Letters through Kettering
I've
included this image from the beginning of the Rothwell section of the Post
Office Directory as proof that it really does say "the Rev. Charles Iliffe the Gibbon, M.A."
Charles became Rector of Lutton with Washingley in 1854, the year this
directory was published.
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