Baines' Directory (1822) - Hepworth

The following section is reproduced from Baines' Directory: History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Volume 1 (1822) compiled by Edward Baines.

For the transcription of professions, entries have been reformatted to: firstname surname, location (extra details)


The following is a transcription of a historic document and may contain occasional errors.

Hepworth

Hepworth, in the parish of Kirkburton, wap. of Agbrigg, and manor of Wakefield ; 7 miles S. of Huddersfield. Population 1048.

  • Joshua Fretwell, wood turner
  • Benjamin Moorhouse, scribbling mlller
  • Uriah Tinker, coal proprietor
  • William Holmes, victualler, Clothiers' Arms
  • John Kaye, victualler, White Horse
  • Robert Marshall, schoolmaster

Cloth Dressers.

  • John Hinchliff
  • John Oldham

Merchants.

  • Benjamin Bailey
  • Joseph Heap
  • William Heap
  • Isaac Holmes
  • John Marsh
  • Francis Roebuck

Woollen Manufacturers.

  • Joseph Broadhead
  • Christopher Heap
  • John Hinchliff
  • John Kinder
  • William Moorhouse
  • James Moorhouse
  • Benjamin Moorhouse
  • John Moorhouse
  • R. & J. Swallow
  • John Tinker
  • Philip Tinker

Woolstaplers.

  • Joseph Heap
  • William Heap
  • John Marsh