Baines' Directory (1822) - Meltham
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.
Meltham
Meltham, in the parish of Almondbury, wap. of Agbrigg, and honour of Pontefract ; 5 miles SW. of Huddersfield. Population 2000. Letters arrive at 12, depart at 2.
- J.G. Armitage, Esq., Thick Hollings
- B.G. Armitage, attorney, Thick Hollings
- Joseph Bannister, cloth surveyor
- Joseph Bannister, honour bailiff, & agent to the Atlas Fire & Life Insurance Company
- Jonas Brook & Brothers, manufacturers of thread & cotton warps
- Francis Crowther, cloth dresser
- Timothy Dyson, corn miller
- John Eastwood, butcher & victualler, Fleece
- John Garlick, butcher & victualler, Swan
- John Hollingworth, cabinet maker
- John Kilburn, machine maker
- John Rawcliff, surgeon, Meltham New Mill
- Thomas Shaw, gentleman, Bent House
- George Taylor, woolstapler
Dyers.
- T. Dawson & Co.
- James Dawson
- George Taylor
- James Turner
- William Woodhead & Sons
Fulling & Scribbling Millers.
- George Armitage
- Timothy Dyson
- J. & G. Sykes
Grocers.
- John Armitage
- James Garside (& draper)
- John Haigh
- James Redfearn
- M. Siddal & Sons
Merchants.
- Joseph Eastwood & Son
- Eastwood & Kaye
- Richard Mellor
- Eli Shaw
- Christopher Sykes
- Abraham Taylor
- Benjamin Wood
Woollen Manufacturers.
- James Booth
- John Booth
- Matthew Booth
- James Bower
- Jonas Dawson
- Thomas Dawson
- James Dawson
- Nathaniel Dyson
- Eastwood & Sons
- Eastwood & Kaye
- James Garlick
- John Gledhill
- John Haigh
- John Kinder
- Richard Mellor
- John Orange
- Eli Shaw
- Christopher Sykes
- Edward Taylor
- George Taylor
- James Taylor
- Abraham Taylor
- Woodhead & Sons
Carrier.
- Samuel Siddal, to Huddersfield on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday depart 8 morning, return 8 evening