KELLY'S 1904 DIRECTORY

Kelly's 1904 directory lists 282 Cradley individuals



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CRADLEY is a township, extensive and populous district, and an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1799 from the civil parish of Halesowen, on the borders of Staffordshire, the river Stour separating it from Cradley Heath in that county; it has a station on the Birmingham and Stourbridge section of the Great Western railway, 2 1/2 miles east from Stourbridge, 4 south from Dudley and 9 1/2 south-west from Birmingham, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Lower Halfshire, Stourbridge petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Dudley and archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester. The town itself lies a little off the main road and forms part of a populous mercantile and manufacturing neighbourhood, in which the iron trade is carried on in all its branches; water is supplied by the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company and gas by the Cradley Heath Gas Company. The church, erected in 1789, and until its consecration in 1798 a chapel belonging to Lady Huntingdon's Connexion, is an edifice of brick, repaired in 1874-5, at a cost of about £4,500, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a brick tower added in 1876 and containing 8 bells, shown in the Vienna exhibition of 1873; a new font was introduced in 1867 and an organ built at a cost of £400: there are 750 sittings, 350 being free. In 1852 a grant of land was made by the sons of the late Rev. George Biggs (a former rector of Halesowen) for the enlargement of the burial grounds of this parish, and a second enlargement of one acre was made in 1874. The register of baptisms and burials dates from 1785 and marriages 1802. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £250, in the gift of the rector of Halesowen, and held since 1892  by the Rev. Robert Henry Edmondson, of Brasenose College, Oxford, and B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The great tithes are held by the lay impropriator, Mr. Jeston Homfray. A vicarage house was built in 1899 by the parishioners, at a cost of £2,550. Here is a Unitarian chapel, built in 1796; the Baptist chapel, built in 1789, and recently rebuilt from designs by Mr. A.T. Butler, architect, of Cradley Heath, at a cost of about £3,000, is an edifice of brick and terra cotta, in the Renaissance style, and will seat 450 persons; the Wesleyan chapel was erected in 1873, the Primitive Methodist in 1882, and the New Connexion Methodist in 1856. Messrs. Harper and Moores, Messrs. King Brothers and Messrs. Samuel Evers and Sons are manufacturers of fire bricks, clay retorts and crucibles, and proprietors of the Stourbridge clay. One mile from the northern extremity of Cradley, in a romantic, richly-timbered vale, is a spring of salt water, called the "Lady Well," highly esteemed on account of its medicinal qualities; in the summer it is very much frequented. There are a few handsome residences here: Hatherton Lodge is the residence of Sir Benjamin Hingley bart. J.P.; Fairview is occupied by Thomas Darby esq. Viscount Cobham is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Jeston Homfray esq. the trustees of the late James Holcroft esq. of Stourbridge, the Old Swinford Hospital, the trustees of Mrs. King, of Wollescote Hall, Stourbridge, Messrs. Joseph King and Co. Messrs. Harper and Moores, Samuel Evers and Son, and Messrs. Mobberley and Perry, of the Lye. The soil in general is a rich loam, and is noted for the cultivation of cabbage plants; it also produces potatoes and all kinds of grain, and forms excellent pasturage; and the lands on the north and west of Netherend (a part of the township of Cradley) abound with thick coal and fire-clay. The area is 818 acres, including 6 of water; rateable value, £18,886; the population in 1891 was 5,709, and in 1901, 6,733.
Netherend, Colley Gate, Overend, Two Gates and Colman Hill are near the town.
Parish Clerk, Joseph Fellows Bloomer.

Town Sub-Post, M.O. & T.O., T.M.O., E.D., S.B. & A.& I. Office. - Miss Alice Christopher, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Cradley Heath S.O. Staffs, at 7.30 a.m. & 2 & 6.30 p.m.; dispatched at 8.45 & 11.10 a.m. & 2.5, 7.10 & 8.10 p.m.  sundays at 8.40 a.m.
Wall Letter Boxes, cleared at: - Netherend, 7.35 a.m. & 2 & 6.35 p.m.; sundays, 7.45 p.m.; Bridge street, 9.5 & 11.15 a.m. & 2.10, 7.10 & 8.15 p.m.; sundays, 8.50 a.m.; Colley Gate, 7.30 & 11 a.m. & 1.55, 7.5 & 8.5 p.m.; sundays, 7.55 a.m.; Twogates, 8 a.m. & 3 & 8 p.m.; sundays at 8 p.m.
Town Sub-Post & M.O.O.S.B. & A.&I. Office, Windmill Hill. - Herbert Edwin Roper, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Cradley Heath S.O. 7.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; dispatched at 7.30 & 10.55 a.m. & 1.50, 6.55 & 7.55 p.m. Nearest telegraph office, Cradley.
County Police Station, Colley lane; Walter Clark, sergeant in charge, & 4 constables

PUBLIC OFFICERS.

Inland Revenue Officer, Thomas Wright, Talbot street
Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Cradley District, Stourbridge Union, H. Ashley Belbin L.S.A. Colley gate
Sanitary Inspector to Stourbridge Rural District Council, William Whitworth, Halesowen

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with Times of Services.

Cradley Church, Rev. Robert Henry Edmondson B.A. vicar; Rev. Edmund Lewis Cochrand, curate; 8 & 10. 45 a.m. & 3 & 6; 30 p.m.; daily, 9 a.m.; baptisms, mon. 3 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.
Baptist, High street, Rev. Wm. Alfred Barker; 10. 45 a.m. & 6. 15 p.m.; thurs. 7. 30 p.m.
Methodist New Connexion, Colley gate, 10. 30 a.m., 2.30 & 6 p.m.; thurs 7 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, 10. 45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs. 7. 30 p.m.
Unitarian, Netherend, Rev. Arrowsmith Hyde Shelley; 11 a.m. & 6. 30 p.m.
Wesleyan High street, Rev. John Thompson; 10. 30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs. 7. 15 p.m.

Public Elementary Schools.

Church street (mixed), for 410 children; average attendance, 360 children; Joseph Jaquiss, master
Infants, erected in 1897, for 225 children; average attendance, 190; Mrs. C.A. Roper, mistress
Church street (boys), built in 1871, enlarged in 1895, for 280 boys; average attendance, 250 boys; John James Homer, master
Colley lane (girls), built in 1902, for 240; average attendance, 200; Miss Elizabeth Edwards, mistress
Colley lane (infants), built in 1902, for 190 children; average attendance, 170; Miss Ruth Lucy Wright, mist.
Park Lane (infants), for 210 children; average attendance, 100; Mrs. Alice Green, mistress
Unitarian, Netherend, erected in 1796 (the boys' school was opened in 1872), for 260 mixed children & infants; average attendance, 230 mixed and 76 infants; William Henry Guest, master
Railway Station, Cradley Heath & Cradley, George Halford, station master
Carriers to Birmingham. - Alfred Wooldridge, Netherend to 'Phoenix,' Park street, on tues. thurs. & sat.

(For other names in the district, see Stourbridge; also Cradley Heath & Rowley Regis, Staffs.)

PRIVATE RESIDENTS

  • Attwood John, Colley Gate house, Colley gate
  • Attwood Wm. Elmsleigh, Colman hill
  • Bache Chas. Chapel ho. Lyde green
  • Barker Rev. William Alfred (Baptist), Church street
  • Barnsley Benjamin, Westbourne villas, Highfield road, Windmill hill
  • Beasley Miss, Park view, Two gates
  • Belbin Ashley, Colley gate
  • Bissell George Simeon, The Hollies, Park road, Colley gate
  • Bloomer Joseph Fellows, Lynsdale, Beecher road, Colman hill
  • Brazier Adam, Ivydene, Colman hill
  • Butler Jas. The Laurels, Colley gate
  • Chapman Wm. Hawthornes, Colman hl
  • Clewes Charles Hodgetts, The Park
  • Cochrand, Rev. Edmd. Lewis (curate)
  • Dakin George Frederick, Clent view, Windmill hill
  • Darby Thomas, Fairview, Colman hill
  • Edmondson Rev. Robert Henry B.A. (vicar), The Vicarage
  • Forrest Joshua, Woodland vw. Colman hl
  • Garratt H. Ernest, Holloway house, Colman hill
  • Griffin Darius, Aston vils. Colley gate
  • Griffin Wm. sen. Aston vils. Colley gate
  • Hingley Sir Benjamin bart. J.P. Hatherton lodge
  • Hingley Miss, Hatherton lo. Colmn. Hill
  • Hipkiss Frank, Woodlands, Windmill hill
  • Homer Thos. The Limes, Colley gate
  • Homes Benj. Linton ho. Windmill hl.
  • Hughes Mrs. Cleveland vil. Church rd
  • Jaquiss Joseph, Lyndhurst, Highfield road, Windmill hill
  • Jennings Andrew, Netherend
  • Jones Mrs. The Firs, Windmill hill
  • Oliver Mrs. Fern cots. Highfield road
  • Oliver Mrs. The Poplars, Windmill hl
  • Palmer Joseph, Beecher street
  • Payton Thomas, Rose cottage, Highfield road, Windmill hill
  • Perry Harry Ridgdale, Two gates
  • Preston Mrs. Woodland vw. Colman hl
  • Shelley Rev. Arrowsmith Hyde (Unitarian), Netherend
  • Simon Wm. Denziel villas, Colman hl
  • Stevens Mrs. Elmsleigh, Windmill hl
  • Sykes Richard, Clyndon house, Windmill hill
  • Tate Mrs. Colley lane
  • Thompson Rev. John (Wesleyan Methodist), Glyndon house
  • Wylde Mrs. Victoria vil. Furlong lane

COMMERCIAL
(Early closing day, Thursday 1 p.m.)

  • Adams James, carpenter, Furlong lane
  • Adams Joseph, shopkeeper, Two gates
  • Ashmore George, horse slaughterer, Two gates
  • Attwood Alexander, hame maker, Lyde green
  • Attwood John, butcher, Colley gate
  • Attwood John, carter, Netherend
  • Auden Arthur, Old Two gates P.H. Two gates
  • Auden John, beer retailer, High street
  • Bache Thomas, baker, Cradley fields
  • Bate Philip, chain maker, High town
  • Bate William Edward, greengrocer, New street, Overend
  • Batham Daniel, beer retailer, High street
  • Bayliss Henry, beer retailer, Two gates
  • Beasley Caleb, carpenter, Park view, Two gates
  • Beasley Charles, farmer, Two gates
  • Beasley Charles, shopkeeper, Windmill hill
  • Beasley Joseph, chain maker, High town
  • Beasley Joseph, tip nail maker, Two gates
  • Beasley Philip, grocer, High street
  • Beasley Simeon, grocer, Windmill hill
  • Belbin Ashley L.S.A. Lond. physician & surgeon, medical officer & public vaccinator, Cradley district, Stourbridge union, Colley gate
  • Bennett Clement, beer retailer, Two gates
  • Bills Alfred, shopkeeper, Colley lane
  • Bird Edwin, assistant overseer, Two gates
  • Bird Henry, shopkeeper, Colley gate
  • Bissell James, shopkeeper & chain maker, High street
  • Bloomer John, miller (steam), hay & straw dealer a corn merchant, Bridge street
  • Bloomer Joseph Fellows, builder & parish clerk, Colman hl
  • Blunt Felix, grocer, Bridge street
  • Boxley Philemon, chain maker, Lodge lane
  • Brettell James Alfred, grocer, Colley gate
  • Brettell John, draper, High street
  • Bridgewater Charles Edward, householder, Sunnyside house, Colley gate
  • Bridgewater Hannah (Mrs.), greengrocer, Bridge street
  • Bridgwater Hannah (Mrs.), grocer, High street
  • Brook Hezekiah, Fish inn, High street
  • Brooke John, chain maker, Mill street
  • Brookes James Harry, boot & shoe maker, Overend
  • Brown Joseph, chain maker, Lyde green
  • Case Philip, shopkeeper, Colley lane
  • Christopher Alice (Miss), tobacconist & post office, High st
  • Christopher Joseph, overseer, Overend road
  • Clark Walter, sergeant of police, County Police Station, Colley lane
  • Clarke William, fishmonger, High street
  • Clewes T.M. & Son, wool dealers, Park mills, Colley gate
  • Clift Edith (Miss), dress maker, High street
  • Clift Elijah, chain maker, New street
  • Clift Henry, haberdasher, High street
  • Clift Samuel, insurance agent, Furlong lane
  • Colwood Joseph, boot maker, High street
  • Cook William Henry, Crown P.H. Lyde Green
  • Cooper Caleb, insurance agent, Beecher st. Colman hill
  • Corbett John, plumber, New street
  • Corbett John William, painter, High street
  • County Police Station (Walter Clark, sergeant), Colley la
  • Cox Caleb, draper, Windmill hill
  • Cox Daniel Sampson, shopkeeper, Furlong lane
  • Cox Harry Vernon, Round of Beef P.H. Windmill hill
  • Cox Henry, chain maker, Butcher's lane
  • Cox Herbert J. ironmonger, Windmill hill
  • Cox Mary Ann (Mrs.), chain maker, High town
  • Cox Stephen, chain maker, New street
  • Cox Thomas Geoffrey, butcher, Windmill hill
  • Craddock William, beer retailer, Victoria street
  • Crampton Ezra, Horse Shoe P.H. Colley gate
  • Crampton Henry, shopkeeper, Lyde green
  • Crampton John, farmer, Netherend
  • Crampton Thomas, shopkeeper & nail maker, Two gates
  • Cutler Frederic Edward, Rose & Crown P.H. High street & brewer, Lyde green
  • Dallow Richard, draper, High street
  • Darby Joseph, tailor, Windmill hill
  • Davies George, printer, Windmill hill
  • Davies James, draper, High street
  • Davis Harry, shopkeeper, Butcher's lane
  • Davis William Henry, Black Swan P.H. High street
  • Dunn H. & Co. chain & chain cable makers, Lyde green
  • Dunn Eli, Holly Bush P.H. High street
  • Dunn Stephen, chain maker, Lyde green
  • Dunn William, shopkeeper, Windmill hill
  • Edge Rowland, Bridge inn, Bridge street
  • Edmonds Herbert, pawnbroker, High street
  • Edwards William, chain maker, Little hill
  • Elwell Josiah, chain maker, Lodge lane
  • Evans James, chain maker, Two gates
  • Evers Samuel & Sons, fire clay & fire brick manufacturers, Homer hill fire clay & fire brick works
  • Farmer Stephen, grocer, High street
  • Feldon Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Two gates
  • Fellows Thomas, Old Mogul P.H. Netherend
  • Fendall John, chain maker, Inhedge
  • Flavell George, hair dresser, High street
  • Fowkes Robert, secondhand furniture dealer, Colley lane
  • Gill David Alfred, butcher, High street
  • Gill Eli, butcher, Windmill hill
  • Gill George, grocer, High street
  • Gill George (Mrs.), shopkeeper, High town
  • Gill Solomon, jun. boot & shoe maker, Colley gate
  • Gillam James, chain maker, Lyde green
  • Golden George, chain maker, Butcher's lane
  • Green John, chain maker, Lodge lane
  • Green Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, New street
  • Griffin William (postal address, Cradley Heath), anchor, chain & chain cable ma. forgings &c. Victoria forge
  • Griffiths Frank, Lodge Forge P.H. New street
  • Griffiths William, chain maker, New street
  • Guest Edward, beer retailer, Park road, Colley gate
  • Halford George, station master, Cradley heath
  • Hanksman Vincent, draper, Colley gate
  • Harbach Walter, insurance agent, Overend
  • Harbach William, anchor maker, Little hill
  • Harper & Moores Limited (Joseph Moore, man, director), colliery proprietors & fire brick makers, Netherend (postal address, Stourbridge)
  • Harper David, haberdasher, High street
  • Harris Benjamin, shopkeeper, Two gates
  • Harris David, chain maker, Little hill
  • Harris Joseph, chain maker, High town
  • Harris Joseph, chain maker, Little hill
  • Harris Joseph, chain maker, Victoria street
  • Harris Maria (Mrs.), grocer, Windmill hill
  • Harrison Joseph, chain maker, New street
  • Harvey Albert, hair dresser, High street
  • Hawkeswood Edward, Bull's Head P.H. & grocer, Overend
  • Hawkeswood William, coal dealer, High town
  • Head Frank, confectioner, High street
  • Head John, shopkeeper, Little hill
  • Hemming Harry, butcher & grocer, Overend
  • Herrin Henry Jabez, Horse & Jockey P.H. Netherend
  • Hickman Arthur Samuel, tobacconist, Colley gate
  • Hill Frederick, chain maker, Lyde green
  • Hill Maria Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Netherend
  • Hingley Henry, greengrocer, Overend
  • Hingley James, householder, Tregaron ho. Colley orchard
  • Hipkiss Henry & Co. iron forgers & anchor makers, Lodge forge
  • Hipkiss Frank, overseer, Colley gate
  • Hipkiss William, red & blue brick works & quarry owners, Lodge lane
  • Hodgetts Benjamin, butcher, High street
  • Hodgetts Charles, shopkeeper, High town
  • Hodgetts George Henry, shopkeeper, Two gates
  • Hodgetts Henry, chain maker, Two gates
  • Hodgetts Joseph, butcher, High street
  • Homer Paul & Son, ironmongers & watch mas. High st
  • Homer John, beer retailer, Overend
  • Homer Neri, chain maker, Little hill
  • Homer Samuel, grocer, Netherend
  • Homer Thomas, solicitor, Colley gate
  • Jewiss Alfred, boot & shoe maker, High street
  • Jones & Lloyd, anchor manufacturers, Scotia works & Cradley forge; & at 162 Edmund street, Birmingham
  • Jones Richard, confectioner & baker, Colley gate
  • Kendrick William, chain maker, Two gates
  • King Bros. Stourbridge fire brick & gas retort manufacturers, Netherend (postal address, Stourbridge); & at 46 Penn street, Curzon street, Bimingham
  • King Joseph & Co. coal masters & brick, tile and terra cotta manufacturers; architects' designs estimated for, Netherend (postal address, Stourbridge); T A, "King Co. Lye"
  • Kirton Samuel, chain maker, Two gates
  • Knowles John,greengrocer, Colley gate
  • Leah John William, shopkeeper, High street
  • Littlewood John, shopkeeper, Park street
  • Mapp Charles, carpenter, Colley orchard
  • Mason James, farmer, Overend
  • Meacham Arthur, baker, Park road, Colley gate
  • Meredith Joseph Albert, builder & contractor; all kinds of building repairs & sanitary work executed & sewerage work undertaken, Furlong lane
  • Meredith Samuel, bricklayer, Furlong lane
  • Millward David, toy dealer, Windmill hill
  • Mole Albert & Son, blacksmiths, Colley lane
  • Morris Edward, shopkeeper, High street
  • Oliver Eliza (Mrs.), beer retailer, Park side
  • Oliver Frank, Talbot htl. brewr. maltster & farmr. Colley gate
  • Oliver John, carpenter, Colley gate
  • Oliver William Harry, beer retailer, Furlong lane
  • Partridge Myra (Mrs.), chain maker, New street
  • Payton Arthur, coffin maker, Woodland view, Colman hill
  • Pearce Charles, shopkeeper, New street
  • Pearshouse Joseph, beer retailer, Netherend
  • Pearson Samuel, fishmonger, Colley lane
  • Perry Harry Ridgdale, grocer, Two gates
  • Plant Alice (Mrs.), fishmonger, High street
  • Plant William, fried fish shop, High street
  • Price Thomas, rate collector, Windmill hill
  • Priest David, frost screw maker, Butcher's lane
  • Proffitt Daniel, beer retailer, High town
  • Rawlins David, chain maker, Lyde green
  • Raybould Richard, shoe maker, High street
  • Robins George, Sun P.H. Overend
  • Robinson Evan (Mrs.), shopkeeper, High town
  • Robinson John, draper, Furlong lane
  • Robinson John, shopkeeper, High street
  • Robinson Stephen, boot maker, Colley gate
  • Rock Joseph, chain maker, Beecher street
  • Rockett Frederick, upholsterer, Colley orchard
  • Roper George Albert, White Lion inn, Colley gate
  • Roper Herbt. Edwin, confr. & post office, Windmill hill
  • Rowley Thomas, British Arms P.H. Furlong lane
  • Rudge True Ann (Mrs.), china & glass dealer, Colman hill & chain maker, Beecher street
  • Salt Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Bridge street
  • Saunders John, beer retailer, Lyde green
  • Shaylor George Henry, shopkeeper, High street
  • Sheet Iron Workers (The) Lim. galvanizers, Phoenix wks
  • Sidaway Joseph, butcher, High street
  • Sidaway Louisa (Mrs.), grocer, High street
  • Smith Enoch, butcher, High street
  • Smith John William, general dealer, High street
  • Southall Benjamin, shopkeeper, Windmill hill
  • Southall Charles, chain maker, Lyde green
  • Southall George, chain maker, High town
  • Southall John Thomas, photographer, Furlong lane
  • Spencer Edward William, shopkeeper, Colley gate
  • Spencer Martha (Mrs.), grocer, Windmill hill
  • Sprake Edward, blacksmith, Church lane
  • Stafford John, chain maker, Netherend
  • Stanley Mary Ann (Mrs.), milliner, High street
  • Sutton Thomas, coal dealer, Colley gate
  • Talbot Walter, grengrocer, High street
  • Tate James, grocer, Beecher street
  • Tate Jsph. Mirari, ironmongr. furn. dlr. & bldr. Windmill hl
  • Tate Thomas, farmer, Overend
  • Tate William, butcher, Colley gate
  • Taylor C. L. maltster, Furlong lane
  • Taylor George, boot & shoe dealer, Colley lane
  • Taylor Henry, nail maker, Two gates
  • Taylor Thomas, draught nail maker, Two gates
  • Taylor William Ernest, greengrocer & confr. Colley gate
  • Thomas John, boot maker, Colley gate
  • Thomas William, beer retailer, Two gates
  • Tibbetts Alfred, shopkeeper & carter, New street
  • Walker Edward Taylor, chain maker, Lyde green
  • Walker Felix, chain maker, Lyde green
  • Walker Mary (Mrs.), chain maker, Lyde green
  • Walker William, chain maker, Lyde green
  • Wassell Frank William, stationer & news agent, High st
  • Weaver Edward, shopkeeper, Bridge street
  • White John Henry, grocer, High street
  • Whithers Fredrick, shopkeeper, Overend
  • Willetts James, china & glass dealer, Windmill hill
  • Willetts Stephen, carpenter, Furlong lane
  • Willetts Thomas, chain maker, New street
  • Williams John, grocer, Beecher street, Colman hill
  • Williams Sarah (Mrs.), chain maker, Butcher's lane
  • Witley Colliery Co. Lim. coal merchants; depôt, Overend wharf, Overend
  • Woodall Harry Arthur, tailor, Colley gate
  • Woodhouse John, confectioner, Colley gate
  • Wooldridge Elijah, chemist, Lyde green
  • Worton Albert, chain maker, Beecher street
  • Worton William, chain maker, Beecher street, Colman hill
  • Wright Thomas, inland revenue officer, Talbot street

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