Slater's [1859] Shropshire Directory
Transcribed from the 1859 Slater’s edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
Printed and Published
Isaac Slater
This is an inland shire, bounded on the north by Cheshire and a detached portion of the Welch county of Flint; on the east by Staffordshire; on the south by the counties of Radnor, Hereford, and Worcester; and on the west by those of Denbigh and Montgomery. In length, from north to south, it is about forty-five miles, and its extreme breadth about thirty-five: its circumference is computed at one hundred and sixty miles, comprising an area of 1,341 square miles, or about 826,055 statute acres. In size it ranks as the sixteenth English county, and in population as the twenty-sixth.
Name and Early History.—The derivation of the name Salop, or Shropshire, has not been with any degree of certainty established; indeed, so vague and various are the opinion of writers upon this subject, that to attempt to dispel the obscurity of its etymology would be to assume a task more critical than useful. This part of the Island was originally inhabited by the Celtic tribe Cornavii , and their chief city (which was situated, not far from the site of the present town of Shrewsbury), after its conquest by the Romans, became a station of the latter people, called Vriconium , and was fortified by them to secure the passage of the Severn. Under the Roman dominion Shropshire was included in the division called Flavia Cæsariensis . Shrewsbury is the principal, as it is the county town of Salop; yet, although no doubt can be entertained of its high antiquity, there is no authentic record of its origin: conjecture has, however, assigned that event to the fifth century. About this time Shrewsbury was esteemed the most important position on the Marches of Wales, and a strong fortress at this point continued for several centuries to be one of the principal places of rendezvous for the English armies, and hence was often visited by successive monarchs of the Saxon and Norman dynasties. In the military and political events connected with the county, Shrewsbury appears to have been a large participator. In the reigns of John and Henry III. it was taken by storm, being defended, on the latter occasion, by the adherents of the Empress Maude; and in the same Henry’s reign it was partly burnt by the Welch. In the reign of Edward I. a parliament was holden here, and David, the last of the Welch princes, beheaded. In this neighbourhood was fought a bloody battle between the army of Henry IV., commanded by his renowned son, and the forces of the fiery Henry Percy (surnamed ‘Hotspur’), in which the latter was slain, and after his interment his body was taken from the grave, and beheaded, as was his uncle, the Earl of Worcester. Richard, Duke of York, and George Plantagenet, sons of Edward IV., were born in Shrewsbury. Oswestry (corrupted from Oswaldstree ) was conspicuous as a border town, and frequently became the scene of contest, first, between the Saxons and Britons, and afterwards between the latter and the Normans: the remains of its ancient castle, even in their present ruined state, are sufficient to attest its original prodigious strength. In the great civil war of the seventeenth century, Shropshire was the scene of much violence and bloodshed. In 1651, when Charles II. was fleeing, after the disastrous issue of the battle of Worcester, he, on the 4th of October, took refuge in White Ladies’ Priory, on the eastern side of the county; from that place he was conducted to Boscobel House, and, the day after his arrival there, was concealed, in company with Colonel Careless, in the ‘Royal Oak,’ in an adjoining wood, from whence he removed to a more secure hiding-place in Staffordshire. The last hostile movement made in the county was an ineffectual attempt, in 1654, by Sir Thomas Harris and others, to surprise the castle of Shrewsbury for the king.
I. Slater
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Slater’s [1856] Shropshire Directory.
Shropshire
Distance Table of Towns in Shropshire.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
ATTORNEYS.
BANKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND PRINTERS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BUTCHERS.
CURRIERS AND LEATHER CUTTERS.
DRUGGISTS.
JOINERS AND CARPENTERS.
LAND AGENTS.
LINEN DRAPERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
SADDLERS.
SEEDSMEN.
STONE MASONS.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
POOR LAW UNION.
COUNTY COURT.
RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
ATTORNEYS.
BANKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND PRINTERS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS.
CARPET AND RUG MANUFACTURERS.
CHARCOAL IRON MANUFACTURERS.
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS.
COACH BUILDERS.
COAL DEALERS.
CONFECTIONERS.
COOPERS.
CURRIERS AND LEATHER CUTTERS.
FRUITERERS AND GREENGROCERS.
FURNITURE BROKERS.
GARDENERS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
HATTERS.
HOP AND SEED MERCHANTS.
IRON FOUNDERS.
IRONMONGERS.
LACEMEN.
LOCKSMITHS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
PORTER MERCHANTS.
SADDLERS.
STONE MASONS.
SURGEONS.
SURVEYORS.
TAILORS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS.
TOY DEALERS.
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
POOR LAW UNION.
RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
ACCOUNTANTS.
AGENTS.
AUCTIONEERS.
BANKERS.
BARGE OWNERS.
BASKET MAKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOAT BUILDERS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUILDERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS.
CHAIN MANUFACTURERS.
CHINA MANUFACTURERS.
COOPERS.
CORN MERCHANTS AND DEALERS.
CURRIERS.
DRUGGISTS.
GROCERS AND TEA DEALERS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
HOSIERS.
IRON FOUNDERS.
IRON MASTERS.
IRONMONGERS.
JOINERS.
LIME BURNERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
NAIL MAKERS.
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
PIPE MAKERS.
PORTER MERCHANT AND DEALER.
RAG DEALERS.
SADDLERS.
STATIONERS.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS.
WHARFINGERS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, AND THEIR MINISTERS.
COUNTY COURT.
OMNIBUSES.
RAILWAY.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BUTCHERS.
GROCERS AND DEALERS IN SUNDRIES.
HAIR DRESSERS.
INNS AND PUBLIC HOUSES.
IRONMONGERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
SADDLERS.
STONE MASONS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
WOOLLEN MANUFACTURER.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
VANS.
CLEOBURY MORTIMER
GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ATTORNEYS.
AUCTIONEERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BUTCHERS.
CHEMISTS.
GROCERS AND DEALERS IN SUNDRIES.
LAND AGENTS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
PAPER MAKER.
SADDLERS.
STONE MASONS.
SURGEONS.
SURVEYORS—LAND.
TAILORS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
POOR LAW UNION.
COUNTY COURT.
RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
CLUN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BUTCHERS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
JOINERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
SADDLERS.
STONE MASONS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
RAILWAY.
CARRIER.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
AGENTS.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS.
ATTORNEYS.
BAKERS.
BANKERS.
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND PRINTERS.
BRAZIERS AND TINMEN.
BUILDERS.
BUTCHERS.
COOPERS.
CORN MERCHANTS.
CURRIERS AND LEATHER SELLERS.
DYERS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
HATTERS.
HOP MERCHANTS.
HORSE HAIR SEATING MANUFACTURERS.
IRONFOUNDERS.
IRONMONGERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
PORTER DEALERS.
SADDLERS.
SALT DEALERS.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
SURVEYORS.
TAILORS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
WHARFINGERS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
POOR LAW UNION.
COUNTY COURT.
RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
ELLESMERE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ATTORNEYS.
BANKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BRAZIERS AND TINMEN.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS.
COOPERS.
CURRIERS AND LEATHER SELLERS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
INNS.
IRONMONGERS.
LIME BURNERS.
MALTSTERS.
PORTER DEALERS.
SADDLERS AND HARNESS MAKERS.
SLATERS.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
POOR LAW UNION.
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUTCHERS.
CATTLE DEALERS.
COAL MERCHANTS.
GARDENERS.
GREENGROCERS.
GUN BARREL MANUFACTRS.
HABERDASHERS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
HORN BUTTON MANUFCTRS—PATENT.
INNS.
IRON MANUFACTURERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
NAIL TOOL MAKERS.
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
SADDLERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
TANNERS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
COACHES.
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ATTORNEYS.
AUCTIONEERS.
BANKERS.
BARK AND CHARCOAL MERCHANT.
BASKET MAKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BRAZIERS AND TIN-PLATE WORKERS.
BUILDERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS AND UPHOLSTERERS.
CHEESEMONGERS.
COAL DEALERS.
CONFECTIONERS.
COOPERS.
CURRIERS AND LEATHER CUTTERS.
FISHMONGERS.
FURNITURE BROKERS.
GARDENERS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
HABERDASHERS.
HATTERS AND HAT MANUFACTURERS.
IRONMONGERS AND NAIL MANUFACTURERS.
JOINERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
MILLWRIGHTS.
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
SADDLERS.
STONE MASONS.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
SURVEYORS.
TAILORS.
TANNERS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
TURNERS—WOOD.
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
WOOLSTAPLERS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
COUNTY COURT.
POOR LAW UNION.
COACH AND OMNIBUSES.
CARRIERS.
NEWPORT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
AGENTS.
ARCHITECTS.
ATTORNEYS.
AUCTIONEERS.
BANKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BRICK MAKERS.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS.
COOPERS.
FANCY REPOSITORIES.
FISHMONGERS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
HATTERS.
HOP MERCHANTS.
HOSIERS.
INNS—COMMERCIAL.
IRON MASTERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
NAIL MAKERS.
NEWSPAPER.
SADDLERS.
SEED MERCHANTS.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
TALLOW CHANDLERS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TURNERS IN WOOD.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
ARCHITECTS.
ATTORNEYS.
AUCTIONEERS.
BANKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND PRINTERS.
BRAZIERS AND TINMEN.
BRICK MAKERS.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS.
COAL AGENTS.
COAL OWNERS.
COOPERS.
CURRIERS AND LEATHER SELLERS.
FRUITERERS AND GREENGROCERS.
HAT MANUFACTURERS.
HOP DEALERS.
HOTELS—COMMERCIAL AND POSTING.
IRONMONGERS.
JOINERS AND BUILDERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
PAPER MANUFACTURERS.
PERFUMERS AND HAIR DRESSERS.
PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
SADDLERS AND HARNESS MAKERS.
SKINNERS AND LEATHER SELLERS.
SLATE MERCHANTS.
SLATERS.
STAY MAKERS.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
TANNERS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TEMPERANCE COFFEE HSES.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
TOBACCONISTS.
WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
WHITESMITHS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PLACES OF WORSHIP AND THEIR MINISTERS.
POOR LAW UNION.
COACHES.
CARRIERS.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ATTORNEYS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BRAZIERS AND TINMEN.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS AND UPHOLSTERERS.
COOPERS.
CURRIERS.
DRUGGISTS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
IRON AND COAL MASTERS, AND LIME WORKERS.
IRON FOUNDERS.
IRONMONGERS.
JOINERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
SADDLERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
Miscellaneous.
POOR LAW UNION.
OMNIBUS.
CARRIERS.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ACCOUNTANTS.
AGENTS.
ATTORNEYS.
BANKERS.
BARRISTERS.
BASKET MAKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND PRINTERS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BRAZIERS AND TIN-PLATE WORKERS.
BRICK MAKERS.
BRICKLAYERS.
BRUSH MANUFACTURERS.
BUILDERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS.
CARVERS AND GILDERS.
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS.
CLOG AND PATTEN MAKERS.
CLOTHES DEALERS.
COACH BUILDERS AND HARNESS MAKERS.
COAL DEALERS.
COAL MERCHANTS.
CONFECTIONERS.
CORK CUTTERS.
CORN FACTORS.
CURRIERS AND LEATHER SELLERS.
CUTLERS.
DENTISTS.
DYERS.
EATING HOUSE KEEPERS.
FISHMONGERS.
FRUITERERS AND GREEN-GROCERS.
FURNITURE BROKERS.
FURRIERS.
HAIR DRESSERS AND PERFUMERS.
HAT MANUFACTURERS.
HOSIERS, GLOVERS AND HABERDASHERS.
IRONMONGERS.
LEAD MERCHANTS.
LEAD MINE OWNERS.
LIBRARIES.
MALTSTERS.
MANUFACTURERS.
MERCHANTS.
MILLERS.
MILLWRIGHTS.
PHYSICIANS.
PLASTERERS.
PORTER DEALERS.
PRINTERS LETTER-PRESS.
PUMP MAKERS.
REFRESHMENT ROOMS.
SEEDSMEN.
SILVERSMITHS, JEWELLERS AND CUTLERS.
SKINNERS.
STAY MAKERS.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
TALLOW CHANDLERS.
TANNERS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TEA DEALERS.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
TOBACCONISTS.
TOY DEALERS.
TURNERS IN WOOD.
UMBRELLA AND PARASOL MAKERS.
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
WHARFINGERS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
WHITESMITHS AND BELL-HANGERS.
WIRE WORKERS.
WOOLSTAPLERS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
COUNTY COURT.
SALOP INFIRMARY.
COACHES.
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
AGENTS.
ATTORNEYS.
AUCTIONEERS.
BANKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, BINDERS AND PRINTERS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BRAZIERS AND TIN-PLATE WORKERS.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUILDERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS.
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS.
CLOTHES DEALERS.
COAL DEALERS.
COAL MASTERS.
CONFECTIONERS.
CONTRACTORS.
COOPERS.
FURNITURE BROKERS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
HARDWARE DEALERS.
HATTERS.
HOP DEALERS.
HOSIERS, GLOVERS AND SMALLWARE DEALERS.
IRON FOUNDERS.
IRON MASTERS.
MALTSTERS.
MARINE STORE DEALERS.
MILLERS.
NAIL MAKERS.
NEWSPAPERS.
PAWNBROKERS.
PLUMBERS, PAINTERS AND GLAZIERS.
SADDLERS AND HARNESS MAKERS.
SILK DYERS.
STONE MASONS.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
SURVEYORS.
TAILORS.
TALLOW CHANDLERS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TEA DEALERS—TRAVELLING.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
TOY DEALERS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
ATTORNEYS.
AUCTIONEERS.
BANK.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUILDERS.
BUTCHERS.
COAL MERCHANTS.
COOPERS.
CURRIERS AND LEATHER SELLERS.
IRONMONGERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
SADDLERS.
SEED DEALERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
TANNERS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
TOY DEALERS.
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
WHARFINGERS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
WOOL MERCHANTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
WENLOCK.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ATTORNEYS.
BANKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
CONFECTIONERS.
CURRIERS.
DRUGGISTS.
EARTHENWARE DEALERS.
GROCERS AND DEALERS IN SUNDRIES.
HATTERS.
IRONMONGERS.
JOINERS.
LIME BURNERS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS.
SADDLERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
OMNIBUS.
RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
NOBILITY, GENTRY AND CLERGY.
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
ATTORNEYS.
AUCTIONEERS.
BAKERS, FLOOR DEALERS AND CONFECTIONERS.
BANKERS.
BLACKSMITHS.
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONRS, AND PRINTERS.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
BRICKLAYERS.
BUTCHERS.
CABINET MAKERS.
CHEESE FACTORS.
COACH PROPRIETORS.
COAL MERCHANTS.
COOPERS.
CURRIERS AND LEATHER CUTTERS.
FIRE, etc. OFFICE AGENTS.
HAIR DRESSERS.
HOSIERS.
JOINERS AND BUILDERS.
LAND AGENTS.
MALTSTERS.
MILLERS.
NAIL MAKERS.
SADDLERS.
SEEDSMEN.
STRAW BONNET MAKERS.
SURGEONS.
TAILORS.
TALLOW CHANDLERS.
RETAILERS OF BEER.
TIMBER MERCHANTS.
VETERINARY SURGEONS.
WHARFINGERS.
WHEELWRIGHTS.
WHITESMITHS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
COACHES.
RAILWAY.
CARRIERS.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
