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SOMERSHAM. ======Green William JIUNTS. SOMERSHAM. ======================================================== Green William ....... 1••••••••••••••••••• Beer Retailer Care Jottn........ ...... ...... .. .. .... .. Beer Retailer Hard,vick John ................................. Blue Ball Cas burn Charles.............................. Gardener Harvey William .................. Tobacco Pipe Maker Castie Edw ......... Surgeon, & Registrar of Births & Hollis John ................................. Parisl1 Clerk Deaths for the Somersham District Hubbard T .......... Beer Retailer & Matting Maker Colingwood Thos.... .......... .......... Beer Retailer J ackson Thomas ........................... Beer Retailer Darby Charles .................................... Butcher King George ........................... Old Golden Ball Darwood John........................... Beer Retailer Latl1am Rev. F ............................. , ...... Curate East on .Tames..................... Red Cow & Butcher Ligl1tfoot William ................................. Grocer Eiger Daniel. ............................. Beer Retailer 1\1ays J ol1n •........................•.....•. Beer Retailer Freeman Samuel .................................... Baker Melle\V J .............................................. 13aker Gissburne Phil.... ..... Gents Commercial Academy M ehew S ....................................... Sl1opl<eeper Goggs John..................... Baker & Confectioner N eedl1am M ................ ! •••••••••••••••••••••• Draper Ground Thomas ......... Plumber, Painter & Glazier N eedhan1 1\f.... ... Grocer Hempstead Ed ward .............................. Butcher N ortnan H . ....................................... Butcher Hempstead William.................. Corn Merchant J>almer Rev. W. Rectory ltouse ............... Rector Hennesy Thomas............ Crown Commercial Inn Radwell John ............ Plumber, Painter, & Glazier Hobbs Sarah ........................... Grocer & Draper Rennals William ........................... Beer Retailer Ibbott Francis................ ... .... .. .... • Upholsterer Shepherd John ........................... Beer Retailer lhbott James. ....... ..... ....... ...... ....... Bricklayer 'Van·en George ..................... Boot & Shoemaker Ibbott William.. .............•. ... .. ... ........... 1\filler 'Vebb William ..............................Ueer Retailer Jackson William ........................... Beer Retailer Woodcock William .............................. Butcher Kimpton William ........................ Beer Retailer Woods S ............................................. Carrier King Thos ... Grocer & Draper, & Agent to the Royal Exchange Insurance Office I • Leeds Robt. & Dare John..................... Millers SOMEBSHAM. Marsh rTohn .•....•..•..•.••...•....•..••• Harness Maker SoMERSHAM, on the road to Lynn, in the Hundred l\Iartin George........... .. .. .. ... .. .. Tailor of Hurstingstone, distant 68! miles north from Lon­ Metcalf Robert......... Plumber, Painter & Glazier don, 5l from St. Ives, and 12! north-east from . Miles J ames.. .... Grocer & Draper, & Registrar of Huntingdon, is a tolerably extensive village, con­ Marriages for the Somersham District taining 1402 inhabitants, situated in a fertile country, l\Jitcl1ell Henry .................................... Tailor on a little stream called Cranbrook, and is addition­ Oldfield John .............................. Beer Retailer ally supplied by springs, with plenty of pure water. Palm er Langford................................. Cooper The village consists principally of one street, dis­ Pap\vorth John................................. Butcher posed along the high road, and crossed at right Papworth William ........................ Beer Retailer angles, near the upper end, by a shorter street. An Papworth William .............................. Butcher aspect of cheerfulness and cleanliness is diffused Pettitt William .................. Baker & Confectioner over it by the general whitewashing of the houses. Pocock Misses ... Ladies Seminary & Boarding Schl The church of St. John the Baptist stands on a fine Royston William ................................. Butcher gravelly eminence; its interior is remarkable for a Serjeint J os h ................................. Whitesn1ith curious triple seat of stone, canopied in the Gothic Smith J oseph. ... .. .. .. • . .. .. • • .. .. Wheelwright style, and ascended by steps placed near the altar. Spalding Anthony ........................... Whitesmith The market is on Friday ; and there are two small Spriggs Thomas ........................... Beer Retailer fairs annually, on the 22d of June, and Friday before Sutton Robert ........................•........... Surgeon the 12th of November. Some of the inhabitants Tinkler J ames .............................. Beer Retailer find employment in preparing rushes for candle Turton Rev. Dr .............................. Incumbent 'vicks. The b£'Defice is a rectory, including the cha­ W atson Daniel. ................................ Carpenter Jlehies of Colne and PicUey, annexed to the Regius W ebb 1\fartha ............... Milliner & Bonnet Maker Professorship of Divinity in Cam bridge University, Willson John .............................. Basket Maker and producing an income of 17701. The parish is Willson Wm. P ..................... Grocer & Draper comprehended by the Poor Law Commissioners in Wilson Thon1as .....•............•...•............• Baker the Union of St. Ives, and has a free-school for fm-ty Woodruff Thomas ........................... Shopkeeper children. A mineral spring was discovered here in 1759, and a volume published upon its medicinal Post Office. virtues, but it has never received much attention. Cox Dinah................................. Postmistress Two Roman urns containing coins, have been found I,etters by foot post f•·om St. Ives every mom. at in the contiguous fens. 9; dispatched by Mail 10 min. bef. 10 night. The Soke or Liberty of Somersham comprises Pidley, Colne, Bluntisham, and Earith. Its manor Coaches. belonged before the Conquest to the monastery of The Mail, from London to Wisbeach, calls at the Ely, and the Bishop of Ely had a palace here, but Crown at 4 morn; returns at 10 night. it was afterwards exchanged with the crown, and The Day, from London to Wisbeach, cails at the formed part of Queen Henrietta M aria's jointure: Crown, Tu. Th. & Sat.; returns M on. Wed. since which it has passed through a variety of hands. & Fri. The Defiance. from London to Wisbeach, calls on :Name, :Residence, and Profession. Mon. Wed. & Fri. :• returns Tu. Th. & Sat. Asltley Robert . ............................. Hair Dresser Aspinall William........................ Beer Retailer Carrier. Balls Thomas ................................. Shoemaker St. Ives, 'rhos. Woodruff, M on. Wed. & Fri. Behague William ........................... Boot Maker Bodger John .................. George Commercial Inn Public School. BriJ!gs J osh.................. Land Surveyor & Tailor Free School, Bullard Jame.s ........................... Basket 1\'laker Orbell Thos .................................... 11faster 28 • .
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