Robson’s Directory, 1839

Entries for , , Mells and Nunney, transcribed by David Smart from the Frome Society for Local Studies slip index.

Entries for the 1840 Soms Gazette & 1842 Pigot’s Directory throw further light on some of these entries.

Name Title Classification Location WEBB & Sons Watch and Clock Makers Vicarage St WEDLOCK, Thomas Rope and Twine Maker Beckington WEIGHT, David Relieving Officer Wine St WEST, Eliza Grocer Church Slope

Pigot’s Directory for Frome and neighbouring Villages

Royal National and Commercial Directory, : p.59, Frome, with the villages of Beckington, Mells, Nunney, Road and neighbourhoods; J. Pigot & Co., Fleet Street

See also the 1839 Robson’s Directory and 1840 Soms County Gazette.

Transcribed by Enid Jones and David Smart from the Frome Society for Local Studies slip index.

Name Title Classification Location WEBB, Sarah Straw Hat Maker Palmer St WEDLOCK, James Rope and Twine Maker Beckington WEST, George Shopkeeper Broadway

Pigot’s Directory for Frome and nearby villages, 1844

Royal National and Commercial Directory, Somerset: pp.59-63, Frome, with the villages of Beckington, Mells, Nunney, Road and neighbourhoods.

See also the description of Frome and its vicinity that prefaces the listings, names from the 1839 Robson’s Directory, the 1840 Soms County Gazette and the 1842 Pigot’s Directory.

POST OFFICE, Vicarage-street, John Stevens JONES, Post Master – Letters arrive from LONDON, BATH, PORTSMOUTH,, and all parts of the SOUTH, EAST and WEST of , every morning about seven and are despatched thereto every evening at seven. Letters arrive from the NORTH of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND &c. every afternoon, about two, and are despatched thereto every evening at seven.

ROPE AND TWINE MAKERS GREGORY James, Keyford st HILL Henry, behind Town WEDLOCK James, Beckington