Extract from Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall, 1883 (page 885)
GRAMPOUND ROAD
Grampound Road is a thriving village in the parishes of Probus and Ladock, with a station on the Cornwall railway (Great Western), about 7½ miles north-east from Truro and about the same distance north-west from St Austell and 293 from London; it is in the county court district of St Austell. Cattle markets, held here on the fourth Monday in each month, are very numerously attended; there is also an extensive show of fat cattle annually, about a fortnight before Christmas, and a horse show is held here in March. Here is a chapel of ease. There is a chapel for Wesleyans here. A reading room has been opened here with a supply of the London and local papers, and is supported by subscription. Post, Money Order & Telegraph Office & Savings Bank – James McCoskrie, postmaster. Letters arrive at 6.30 & 11.45 a.m. 1.9, 5.32 & 7.10 p.m.; dispatched at 6.30 & 11.45 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; Sundays arrive at 6.30 a.m.; dispatched at 5.30 p.m. Insurance Agents – London Assurance, B.N. Hooper, 11 Ormsby Villas, Albert Road, Saltash; & H. Tresawna, Lamellyn, Probus Scottish Widows’, A.D. Brewer Railway Station, John Olver, master Church Schools, erected in 1872 by the Rev. R.F. Wise, rector of Ladock, & his sister; Alfred Hughes, master Wesleyan; Miss Mary Simmons, mistress
ANDREW, Pryn Tresleigh BONE, Alexander BREWER, Alexander Dingle Green Bank BREWER, James Tregellas CARE, John Florence Villa COLES, Joseph HOTTEN, William Florence Villa JAMES, Henry Harris Belview House McCOSKRIE, James Glencairn House TANK, Thomas Morrab
COMMERCIAL
ANDREW, Pryn cattle dealer & farmer Associated Mine Owners’ Corporation, publishers & proprietors of the ‘Mining Engineer’ (Messrs James & Co. managers); offices Grampound Road. See advertisement BICE, Thomas nurseryman BREWER, James & Son general agricultural merchants See advertisement COCK, James shopkeeper CROCKER, James veterinary surgeon DINGLE, John David grocer & draper DUCROG, Lewis miller & accountant Grampound (The) Road Brick & Tile Co. Limited (James Julian, sole agent & manager), brick & tile manufacturers; Offices, Lemon Quay, Truro JAMES & Co. merchants, contractors & mining engineers; mines inspected & contracts undertaken in any part of the United Kingdom for the erection of buildings & all kinds of mining plant & machinery; Western mining offices. See advertisement JOSE, William Henry carpenter & builder JAMES, George Commercial Hotel & carrier JULEFF, William monumental mason Mining Engineer (published monthly by the Associated Mine Owners’ Corporation); offices, Grampound Road. See advertisement OLVER, John station master Railway family & commercial hotel, agricultural house & posting establishment (Mrs Mary Ann Doble manageress) Reading Room (Alfred Hughes, sec) Redruth Brewery Co. (Brewer & Sons, agents) SEARLE, William butcher TANK, Thomas miller & corn merchant TRUSCOTT, Matthew manure agent
Transcribed by John Evans