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  • Cleobury Mortimer Trades and Professions Cassey Shropshire Directory 1871

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    Trades and Professions
    Andrews James, wheelwright and carpenter, Broom green
    Backhouse Henry O., farmer and auctioneer, Brandsley
    Baldwynd George, carrier
    Ballard Richard, shoe maker
    Bamford George, farmer
    Bamford Thomas, farmer, Rookery
    Barber George, farmer and miller, Furnace mill
    Beddoes Benjamin, farmer, Earls Ditton
    Bodenham John, baker
    Booton Thomas, farmer
    Boucher James, land and estate agent
    Breakwell John, wheelwright and carriage maker
    Breakwell Thomas, Old crown Inn and shoe maker
    Bridges James Jennings, chemist
    Bridgman William, sawyer
    Burrow Thomas, Talbot Commercial Inn and assistant overseer
    Butcher William, Swan Inn, and farrier

  • Clebury (Cleobury Mortimer) Universal Directory 1791

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    Is distant from London 132 miles, 13 from Bridgenorth, eight from Bewdley, and eight from Tenbury.  The market is on Wednesday; fairs April 21, Trinity Monday, and October 27.  The church has s spire, six musical bells, and a clock.
    Clebury is situated near Clee-hill, on the north side of the Temd [sic]. Here is a free-school founded by Sire Lacon William Child, who left 3500l for supporting it, and a considerable salary to the master, who is obliged to instruct all such youths of the town as chuse to attend.  It is called North-Clebury and Clebury-Mortimer, to distinguish it from Clebury on the borders of Worcestershire.  It has a castle, built in 1160.
    There is no post-office in this town; a man goes to Bewdley Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, for letters, and delivers them at Clebury. – There is no stage or mail-coach to or from this town. – Several wagons pass through to Bewdley, but the days are not regular.  The excise-office is at the Eagle Inn: Mr. Harrison, supervisor; Mr. Bowell and Mr. Skinner, officers.
    The following is a list of the principal inhabitants:

  • Cleobury Mortimer Slaters Directory 1850

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    Is a parish in the hundred of Stoddesdon – the market town, a small one, is 137 N.W. from London, 33 S.S.E. from Shrewsbury, and 11 E. from Ludlow; situated on the road from the metropolis to the latter town, close to the Southern border of the county abutting upon Worcestershire, and on an eminence rising gradually from the western bank of the river Rea, which is crossed by a neat stone bridge. The country around here is very productive, and its fertility is promoted by the river, and by numerous fine springs that rise in this neighbourhood. The name of the place is said to be derived from its situation, in a district abounding with clay, and from the Saxon word byrig, a town; the adjunct, by which it is distinguished from North Cleobury, is obtained from its ancient possessor, Ralph de Mortimer, who held it at the time of the general survey. The town consists principally of one long street, in which are some good houses, and the mutilated remains of an old cross. The government of the town is vested in a constable, who is annually appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor, William Lacon Childe, Esq. This town is included in the twenty-seventh circuit of the County Court for the recovery of debts not exceeding £20. Formerly this was a place of good trade, having extensive iron works; these have disappeared, and, with the exception of paper, the town is not distinguished by any manufactures. The malting business is carried on by a few individuals; and on the Clee hills, about three miles west, are collieries, producing good coal, but the works have little, or no influence upon the trade of the town.

  • Eaton-Under-Heywood Baptisms 1813 to 1819

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    [On the Flyleaf] This Register of Baptisms, with one of Burials, and a third of Marriages, each Register containing 100 pages, was received 2nd June 1813 by Rd. Fleming, Off. M., A.B., Curate of Eaton.
    John Hide; Francis Smout; Church Wardens.
    Be it remembered. Average of Births, 14 per annum to end of 1836. W.D.
    1813
    Jan. 1. Eliz., d. of Wm. Cox, Labourer, & Eliz., of Longvale.
    R. Fleming, Off. M. [signs till 1819].
    Mar. 2. Rich., s. of Thos. Owens, Labr., & Eliz., of East Wall.
    Mar. 17. Sarah, d. of Mary Hossop, Spinster, of Harton.
    Apr. 15. Margaret, d. of William Cox, Agriculturist, & Francis, of Eaton.
    June 27. Mary Ann, d. of William Cartwright, Agriculturist, and Mary Ann, of Harton.

  • Eaton-Under-Heywood Baptisms 1820 to 1824

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    1820
    Feb. 6. George, s. of John Thomas, Labr., & Sarah, of Longville.
    G. W. Marsh [signs till Feb. 11].
    Mar. 19. Joseph, s. of Benjamin Speak, Labr., & Mary, of Soudley.
    Mar. 19. Eliz., d. of Benjamin Speak, Labr., & Mary, of Soudley.
    Mar. 19. Martha, d. of Richd. Mason, Labr., & Martha, of Blackwood.
    Mar. 26. Matthew, s. of [blank] Gallant, Spinster, of Blackwood.
    A copy delivered in April 26, 1820, by Thomas Alban, Vicar, George W. Marsh, Curate.
    Thomas Benbow, – Downes, Millichope, Church Wardens.
    May 28. Thos., s. of Margaret Carter, Spinster, of Soudley.
    June 4. Emma, d. of Willm. Edwards, Labr., & Mary, of Soudley.
    Aug. 27. Mary, d. of Wm. Mason, Labr., & Sarah, of Soudley.
    Sep. 10. Richd., s. of Wm. Cox, Farmer, & Frances, of Eaton.
    Oct. 1. Sarah, d. of Thos. Strefford, Labr., & Sarah, of Blackwood.
    Oct. 1. Richd., s. of John Corfield, Weaver, & Jane, of Soudley.
    Oct. 1. Mary, d. of Susanh. Evans, Spinster, of Hatton.

  • Eaton-Under-Heywood Baptisms 1825 to 1829

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    1825
    Jan. 19. Mary, d. of George Duckett, Stone Mason, & Ann, of Soudley.
    Feb. 13. Jane, d. of Wm. Preece, Labr., & Ann, of Upper Millichope.
    Mar. 19. Mary, d. of Wm. Webster, Labr., & Eliz., of Eaton.
    A copy delivd. March 22, 1825, up to Dec. 31, 1824.
    William Downes, Ticklerton; John Preece, Upper Millichope, Church Wardens.
    Apr. 10. Mary, d. of John Lloyd, Labr., & Sarah, of Upper Millichope.
    Apr. 11. Sarah, d. of Thos. Goodman, Labr., & Jane, of Birtley.
    June 5. John, s. of Wm. Cox, Labr., & Frances, of Soudley.
    June 12. Isaiah, s. of George Harris, Stone Mason, & Ann, of Soudley.
    July 16. Wm., s. of Richd. Carter, Labr., & Mary of Birtley.
    Aug. 4. Wm., s. of James Garner, Hoop-shaver, & Della, of Eaton.
    Sep. 6. Ann, base d. of Sarah Sankey, Spinster, of Harton.
    Oct. 16. Saml., s. of John Hughes, Farmer, & Ann, of Soudley.
    Oct. 31. Thos., s. of Philip Cox, Farmer, & Harriet, of Hatton.
    Nov. 20. Mary, d. of Saml. Morris, Farmer, & Mary, of Hatton.
    W. J. Hughes, Off. M.

  • Eaton-Under-Heywood Baptisms 1835 to 1837

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    1835 Jan. 11.  Eliz., d. of Richard Carter, Labr., & Sarah, of Soudley.
    1835 May 10.  John, s. of John Ray, Labr., & Mary, of Soudley.
    1835 June 30.  Mary, d. of John Elson, Shoemaker, & Jane, of Heywood.
    1835 July 14.  Sarah, d. of Henry Goode, Shopkeeper, & Ann, of Ticklerton.
    1835 Aug. 19.  William, s. of Francis Harris, Labr., & Mary, of Hatton.
    1835 Aug. 29.  John, s. of Mary Howels, Single Woman, of Sudeley.
    1835 Oct. 4.  Ann, d. of John Preece, Farmer, & Martha, of Upper Millichope.
    1835 Oct. 7.  Edwin, s. of Emma Yapp, Single Woman, of Heywood.
    1835 Nov. 20.  James, s. of Robt. Everal, Farmer, & Mary, of Ticklerton.