Old Images of Spalding, Lincolnshire

Glimpse history through fascinating old images of Spalding in Lincolnshire, England.

Ascoughfee Hall

Ascoughfee Hall is a popular destination both for local residents and visitors to Spalding. This old postcard captures this important local landmark well over a century ago.

Old Photos of Spalding

This video of old photos of Spalding take us back to the 1920s.

The old images show

Hall Place
W.Fletcher, Outfitters at 6, Market Place

New Road
Blackburn Cycles at 16, Sheep Market

Then there’s 2 minutes of drone footage from 2020, filming the town and its environment from above.

They’re back the 20’s – 1920 photos and 2020 FPV of Spalding Lincs -Airborne Geek FPV on YouTube

Spalding’s Dad’s Army in 1941

*A real gem in the film archives*

On the 15 October 1942, the ARP and Home Guard carried out defensive exercises, which also involved many local women and children.

Large numbers of people came out to watch from behind a rope, too.

Amazingly, silent newsreel footage of this event still exists.

And because it happened in the middle of town, several streets, a number of homes and multiple businesses were included in the footage background.

You’ll love this for the places you know and recognise, but also for the astonishing dramatic exercises taking place on the streets of a small market town during wartime.

SPALDING DEFENDED IN REALISTIC EXERCISE – NO SOUND – British Movietone on YouTube

The Tulip Industry

Spalding’s tulip and daffodil fields were an important part of the local economy in the twentieth century. The area grew about three quarters of all British tulips.

The British flower industry was so well respected that it even carried on during World War II, as shown in a newsreel from 1940.

By 1963, the industry was using attractive young girls in skimpy clothing as part of their marketing activities. The newsreel is very different to the silent footage of the female pickers in 1929 and 1932.

Flower Girls Of Lincolnshire (1929) – British Pathé on YouTube

In Daffodil Land (1932) – British Pathé on YouTube

Spalding Issue Title – Growing Up (1940) – British Pathé on YouTube

Tulip Time (1948) – British Pathé on YouTube

Tulip Time (1949) – British Pathé on YouTube

Tulips & Indoor Garden (1963) – British Pathé on YouTube

Spalding Flower Parades

The last Spalding Flower Parade took place in 2013, 55 years after it started.

But when the Spalding Flower Parade was filmed for newsreels in the 1950s and 1960s, the fairly recent tradition was in its heyday, as was the Lincolnshire flower industry.

Millions of tulips, grown on 3,000 acres of local land, adorned the parade floats.

The Tulip Queens were an important part of the celebrations. Joan Roberts, Tuplip Queen in 1950, was crowned by the film star Carol Marsh. Jill Whitehouse was the Tulip Queen in 1959, and Norah Woods took the title in 1961.

Hundreds of people appear in these newsreels, and we see the occasional home in the background too.

Tulip Queen (1950)- British Pathé on YouTube

Tulip Time Beware – Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1958) – British Pathé on YouTube

Tulip Parade (1959) – British Pathé on YouTube

Fairytale Parade (1961) – British Pathé on YouTube

Flower Power (1968) – British Pathé on YouTube

Angling Championships (1962)

A short newsreel about the 1962 Angling Competition focuses on the river, but the opening seconds have some nice shots of local industrial buildings as contestants boarded the bus.

The Daily Mirror Cup was won by Vernon Baker from Derby.

He’s Top Angler” (1962) – British Pathé on YouTube

A bit of Spalding history

Extract from: POST OFFICE DIRECTORY OF LINCOLNSHIRE, WITH MAP ENGRAVED EXPRESSLY FOR THE WORK AND CORRECTED TO THE TIME OF PUBLICATION

Published in 1855

Pages 209 – 213

SPALDING is a well – built and respectable seaport, market town and railway station, in the wapentake of Elloe, situated 93 miles from London, 16 south – west – by south of Boston, and 40 south – east of Lincoln.

The river Welland runs through the town. It is navigable for vessels of 100 tons, by which means a large trade in coals has been carried on for many years; it was once a parliamentary borough.

The town is not incorporated; it is now governed by 15 commissioners – the Spalding Improvement Act of 1853 giving this power to the town – under whom a new cemetery, corn exchange, and other improvements have already been originated.

An act is about to be applied for to establish a “Spalding, Bourn, and Stamford railway, and Spalding waterworks.”

Quarter and petty sessions are held here for the parts of Holland. The petty sessions are held every alternate Tuesday. A county court for the district of Spalding is held every first Wednesday in the month.

The Sessions – house is a large, handsome building in the Sheep – market, erected about 13 years since, at a cost of £ 6,000; close to it stands the House of Correction, a large building, erected in 1826, at an outlay of £ 1,500.

The town is lighted with gas.

The parish of Spalding contains 12,070 acres of land, which produce large quantities of wheat and oats, also woad, chicory, mustard and flax.

The population of the parish, in 1851, was 8,829; and of the town, 7,627.

Maurice Johnson, Esq., is lord of the manor.

Spalding Union comprises the nine parishes of Spalding, Pinchbeck, Moulton, Surfleet, Gosberton, Quadring, Donington, Cowbit, and Weston. The Board of Guardians meet every alternate Monday.

There is a large bone – mill, and the town carries on a very extensive trade in corn, meal, flour, timber, wool, oileake and wine. There are three large steam flour – mills, and also several windmills for grinding corn, from which a great deal of flour is sent into the manufacturing districts. Quantities of fruit and vegetables are also sent by rail to the London markets, and manufacturing districts. There are breweries, lime mills, brickfields, and coach – works.

The market – day is Tuesday, for earn, cattle, sheep, fish and fowl; and on Saturday, vegetables and fruits are sold. There are five yearly fairs for cattle and merchandise, held April 27th, June 29th, August 28th, September 25th, and December 6th; also two statute fairs for hiring servants, one in April, the other in September.

The High bridge over the Welland was rebuilt in 1838. There are two other bridges, for foot passengers only.

The parish church, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Nicholas, is a large, old building, originally of the early English architecture, but with many alterations, in the perpendicular style; is is fitted up with galleries capable of seating 3,500 persons. The tower is a handsome structure, and the north porch is a superior specimen of perpendicular architecture.

Our Lady chapel, on the south side, is now used as the Free Grammar school.

The perpetual curacy, valued at £ 950 per annum, is in the patronage of trustees, and incumbency of the Rev. William Moore, D.D.; the curates are the Revs, John Cunningham, M.A., and Robert Hollis, M.A.

Here is a Friends ‘ meeting – house, and seven chapels of various denominations.

The National school, for 200 boys and 200 girls, was built in 1845, at a cost of £ 1,600, on a commodious site near the church. The Blue Coat school, the Free Grammar school, and the Petit school are all endowed.

Gamlyn’s almshouses, founded by Sir Matthew Gamlyn, were rebuilt in 1844, in the Gothic style; there are also almshouses founded by William Willesby.

The antiquities of the town are not numerous, but there are some remains of the outbuildings of the ancient abbey of Spalding, now converted into dwelling – bouses.

Falney Hall, one mile north of the church, is now rebuilt.

The old Town – hall has recently been removed, and a new one is about to be erected at the corner of Crackpool – lane, in the Market – place.

The houses of the gentry are of the first class; and although standing in a level, flat country, it has a pleasing appearance, and, as a trading town, bearing a resemblance to the Dutch towns. It is well drained, and considered to be a healthy place.

Spalding is a member of the port of Boston, and is the port of Stamford, Market Deeping and Crowland, and has water communication with the whole county. The yearly tonnage of shipping inwards is above 10,000.

Three miles north – east of the town is Wykeham, or Wickham, a chapelry in Spalding parish, with 57 inhabitants.

WINSOVER, 1 mile south, and Fulney, 1 mile east, are small hamlets. Little London, 1 mile south; Hawthorn Bank, 1 mile south – west; Monks House, 13 miles west; and Pode Hole, 2 miles west.

GENTRY.

Ashton Mrs. Bourn road

Ball Ancell, esq. Church street

Barnwell Mrs. Welland terrace

Bonner Charles Foster, esq. Broad st

Bradshaw Mrs. Double street

Brainsby Mrs. Bourn road

Callthrope Miss, Broad street

Cammack Thomas, M.D. Pinchbeck st

Campion Mr. Samuel, London road

Cape Mr. Charles, Welland terrace

Capps Mrs. High street

Carter John Richard, esq. Broad street.

Carter John, esq. High street

Cartwright Augustus Frederick, esq.

Church street

Cartwright John, esq. London road

Cave Mr. Joseph, Abbey cottage

Clark Miss, Pinchbeck street

Congreve Mrs. Ann, London road

Culy Mr. Benjamin, Churchgate

Cunningham Rev. John, M.A. Welland Terrace

Digby Mr. James, Welland terrace

Edmonds Mrs. London road

Edwards William, esq. Church street

Everard Mrs. Jane, High street

Everard Robert, esq. Fulney hall

Facon Mr. John, Welland terrace

Fletcher Mrs. Church street

Foster Mrs. London road

Handley Miss, Welland terrace

Harvey Charles, esq. Albion street

Hawkes Mrs. London road

Hewitt John, esq. Hall street

Hollis Rev. Robert, M.A. Welland ter

Johnson Theophilus Maurice Stephen, esq. High street

Johnson Tyrer, esq. London road

Johnson the Misses, Fairfax house

Jones Rev. J. C. Welland terrace

Kemp Mrs. Boston road

Knight Mrs. Church street

Lewis Rev. John, M.A. Welland terrace

Maples Ashley, esq. High street

Martell Mr. Moses, Welland terrace

Moore Rev. Edward, M.A.Church street

Moore William, D.D.Vicarage, Church st

Morris Edwin, M.D. High street

Odlin Mr. Edward, London road

Pear Mr. Thomas, Bedford cottage

Percival Arthur, esg. Double street

Pratt Mr. Arthur, London road

Procter Mr. William, London road

Randall Mrs. London road

Robinson Mr. Henry, London road

Scarborough Mrs. Cowbit road

Selby Francis Thomas, esq. High street

Sisson Rev. Michael, Pinchbeck street

Spoonall Rev. Henry, Reform street

Stewart Mrs. Welland terrace

Strutt Rev. Percy [ Independent ], Pinchbeck road

Vise Charles, esq. London road

Walker Mr. Joho, Welland terrace

Walker Mrs. Welland terrace

Weeks Mrs. Welland terrace

Wilkinson William C. esq. Church at

Wright Rev. G. W. Ascough – fee hall

TRADERS.

Adcock Susan (Miss), milliner & dressmaker, High street

Allen Edward, grazier, High street

Allen Joseph, grocer & tallow chandler, Market place

Allen Robert, Black Swan, ” New road

Allen Whalpole, farmer, High street

Anderson Peter, farmer, Low road

Andrew James, saddler & barness maker, Sheep market

Andrews William, tailor, Bourn road

Armstrong George, miller, London road

Armstrong William, baker & corn dealer, Commercial road

Arnold James, shoeing & jobbing smith, Sheep market

Arnold John, shoemaker, Bourn road

Arnold Robert, shoemaker, Bourn road

Asher Robert, jobbing smith, Abbey yard

Ashlin Eliza Ann (Mrs.), ladies ‘ school, Durham house

Ashwell & Appleby, printers, Bridge street

Ashwell Joseph, bookseller & stationer, Bridge street

Asling Brelsford, chemist, Bridge street

Atkin Samuel, surveyor, Westlode street

Atkin Thomse, baker, Bourn road

Atkison Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer, London road

Atton William, painter, Bourn road

Baldwick Isaac, grocer, New road

Bales Ann (Mrs.), staymaker, Bourn road

Ball Ancell, surgeon, Church street

Banks Thomas Young, bateher & farmer, Albion street

Barker John, shopkeeper, Bourn road

Barnes James, baker, & eating house, New road

Barratt John, Cross Keys, Hall street

Barrell William, wine & spirit merchant, Hall street

Bates Elizabeth (Miss), day school, & straw bonnet maker, Bourn road

Batterham George, farmer

Beal Thomas, wheelwright, New road

Beeston William, baker, Commercial road

Beeten Benjamin Lawrence, linendraper, Market place

Bellsirs Elias, watchmaker & jeweller, Hall street

Bellamy Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, London road

Bellamy William, butcher, London road

Bemrose Thomas, grocer & chandler, & register office for servants, Market place

Bennett Ann (Miss), milliner, Cowbit road

Benstead Robert, plumber & c. Pinchbeck street

Blake & Peacock, clothiers, Vine street

Bland John George, beer retailer, Double street

Bonner Charles Foster, solicitor, & agent to the Eagle assurance, Broad street

Bonnett George, shoemaker, Bourn road

Bonnett Richard, eating house, Crackpool lane

Border Henry, grocer, Pinchbeck street

Bordman Joseph, farmer

Borland William, linendraper, Crescent

Bowles & Moats, Windsover steam flour mills, Bourn road

Boyall David, shoemaker, Vine street

Bradshaw Henry, builder, painter & c. New road

Brand Azariah Walker, boot & shoe maker, Westlode street.

Brand Mary Ann (Miss), dressmaker, Westlode street

Brett Charles, builder, Crescent

Brewin William, Punch Bowel, ‘ New road

Briggs Jonathan Taylor, watchmaker & Jeweller, Bridge st

Brown Richard, beer retailer, Churchgate

Bagg Henry, brewer, maltster & spirit merchant, Cowbit rd

Burchnell Ann (Mrs.), farmer, London road

Buxton Felix, glass & china dealer, Bridge street

Byford Elias, boot & shoe maker, Hall street

Cammack Thomas, physician, Pinchbeck street

Cann Richard, shoemaker, Bourn road

Capps John, carpenter & builder, High street

Carey Samuel, Welland Cottage, ‘ London road

Carruthers Richard, butcher, New road

Carter & Son, solicitors, Herring lane

Caulton Henry, butcher, Hall street

Caulton William, miller & baker, Hall street

Cave John, nurseryman, Market place

Cave John, jun. seedsman, Market place

Cave William, shopkeeper, London road

Cheavin Squire, plumber & glazier, Bourn road

Cherrington Stephen, grocer, tea & provision dealer, Bridge st

Christian John, shoeing smith, London road

Clark John, beer retailer & butcher, Double street

Cockin George, Vine, ‘ & land surveyor, Commercial road

Coleman George, blacksmith, New road

Coles James, shoemaker, Bourn road

Collins David, corn & flour dealer, Churchgate

Congreve Abraham, miller, London road

Congreve David, farmer, Holbeach road

Cook Richard, boot & shoe maker, Market place

Cooley Thomas, tailor & draper, Bridge street

Copping Thomas Cooley, cabinet maker & upholsterer

Cotton John, ‘ Chequers, Bourn road

Cottrill Richard, shopkeeper, Westlode street

Coward Charlotte (Mrs.), ” White Horse, ‘ & brewer, Church st

Cox John, farmer, Low road

Crooks George, Ship Active, ‘ & coal merchant, Albion st

Crust John, farmer, Cowbit road

Cullen Elizabeth (Mrs.), day school, Sheep market

Cunnington Farmery Edwd. builder & bricklayer, London rd

Cunnington Joho, carpenter & builder, London road

Curry Ann Mary (Miss), milliner, Bourn road

Curry Charles, tailor & clothier, Bouru road

Dallicoat Robert, basket maker, Reform street,

Dalton Anu (Miss), grocer & confectioner, London road

Dalton James, broker, Bourn road

Dalton John, butcher, Bourn road

Dann Daniel, chemist, Hall street

Davis John, tea dealer, Pinchbeck street

Davison William, shoemaker, Chapel lane

Dawson John, shoemaker, Bouarn road

Dawson Stephen, builder, Broad street

Dawson Thomas, painter & gilder, London road

Dennis James & William, grocere, Hall street

Depear Mark, tallor, Bourn road “

Dixon Frances (Miss), ladies ‘ school, Welland terrace

Dixon Moses, farmer, Cunningham’s drove

Dixon Richard, grocer, Reform street

Dolby Charles, estate agent & farmer, London road

Dolby William, broker & clothes dealer, Herring lane

Dolman Samuel, builder, coal dealer & limeburner, Commercial road

Dolton Henry, academy, Albion street

Draper Thomas, Jan. ‘ Ship Albion, ‘ Albion street

Drewery William, farmer, Common

Driffill Thomas, plumber & glazier, New road

Daffin Stephen, baker, Crescent

Earl William, farmer, Deadman’s lane

East William, architect & builder, Double street

Eccleston William, boot & shoe maker, New road

Edwards William, solicitor, Church street

Ellis William, brewer & beer retailer, Double street

Elson Isaac, ropemaker, Pinchbeck street

Everingham Henry, tea dealer, Bourn road

Everingham William, baker, Bourn road

Fairbanks William Penney, beer retailer, New road

Farrow Mary Ann (Miss), milliner & dressmaker, Commercial road

Favell Robert, beer retailer, London road

Fish Edward, blacksmith, High street

Fish Samuel, chemist & oil & colorman, Albion street

Fisher Joseph Marriott, baker, Westlode street

Foreman Henry, shoemaker, Bourn road

Foster, veterinary surgeon, Pinchbeck street

Flynn George, cutler, Sheep market

Garfit, Claypons & Co. bankers (Geo. Ingoldby, manager), London road

Garmer Abraham, White Lion commercial inn, High st

Garner William, iron & brass founder & agricultural implement manufacturer, Bourn road

Gentle Elizabeth (Mrs.), boarding house, Welland terrace

Gentle William, auctioneer & appraiser, Sheep market

Gilbert Edward, printer, bookseller, stationer, & circulating library, Market place

Goodale John, farmer, Marsh

Grassam Seth, machine maker, Sheep market

Gray Robert, White Hart commercial & family hotel & posting house, wine & spirit merchant, & fly proprietor, Market place

Green James, ‘ Old Bell, ‘ Bridge street

Gregory & Hardy, cabinet makers & upholsterers, Bourn rd

Gregory George, clog, patten & nail maker, Sheep market

Groom Farndon, currier, New road

Gull Matthew, shoemaker, London road

Gulson John, farmer, London road

Guy John, farmer, Common

Halford William Merryman, cooper, Vine street

Hall Asa, tailor & clothier, Hall street

Ham Thomas, ‘ Robin Hood, Bourn road

Hames Francis, poulterer, Pinchbeck road

Hames Wm. brewer, beer retailer & ropemaker, New road

Handley Charles, hairdresser, Bridge street

Hankins William, shopkeeper & coul dealer, London road

Harby Henry, bairdresser, New road

Hardy & Son, ironmongers & braziers, Hall street

Hardy Thomas Areh, ironmonger & brazier, Bridge street

Harmstone John, beer retailer, Abbey yard

Harris John, grocer. Market place

Harrison George, Pied Calf, & brewer, Sheep market

Harrison John, confectioner & eating house, Broad street

Harrison John, tailor, New road

Harrison Thomas, farmer, Common

Harvey & Cartwright, solicitors, Double street

Harvey John Panford, steam flour mills, High street

Harvy Henry, shopkeeper, Bourn road

Hewitt John, surgeon & druggist, Hall street

Hiley Thomas, carrier & leather cutter, Hall street

Hiley Thomas, saddler, New road

Hilliam Thomas, land agent, Bank, Market place

Hitch David, glover, Bourn road

Hobson & Son, linen & woollen drapers, Market place

Hodsell Mary (Miss), milliner & dressmaker, Bourn road

Holmes William, ‘ Jolly Sailor, ‘ Marsh road

Holton Joseph, shoemaker, Bourn road

Horton David, farmer, Cowbit road

Inkley Thomas, butcher, Hall street

Jackson John, coal dealer, Commercial road

James William, brewer, beer retailer & lime burner, Commercial road

Jarvis Miss, boarding house, Welland terrace

Jennings Charles Dickinson, wholesale & retail ironmonger,

millwright & engineer, iron & brass founder, Bridge street

Jepson William, carpenter, Crescent

Johnson George, beer retailer, Cowbit road

Johnson James, baker, Churchgate

Johnson John, butcher, Bourn road

Johnson John, shoemaker, Albion street

Johnson John, tailor, Abbey yard

Jones George, boot & shoe maker, Reform street

Jones Rev. J. C. academy, & agent to the British Empire

assurance, Welland terrace

Jones John, chemist, Market place

Judd Richard, fancy emporium, Market place

Keene William, painter, Bridge street

Kelk Jacob, baker, Albion street

Kelly Richard, New Bell, ‘ Bridge street

Kemp Francis, coal, corn & oilcake merchant, Double street

Kerr James, linendraper, Bourn road

King Thomas, Bottle Glass, ‘ Crackpool lane

Kingston Saml. auctioneer, valuer & estate agent, Church st

Kirk Frederick Adolphus, shoemaker, Bourn road

Kyme John, beer retailer, Cowbit road

Lambert Mrs. day school, Chapel lane

Laming Samuel, farmer

Lancaster Joseph, blacksmith, Bourn road

Lansdall Hamerton, basket maker, Double street

Lavender Jane (Miss), ladies ‘ school, Double street

Lavender Richard Brand, tailor & draper, Bridge street

Law Elizabeth (Mrs.), confectioner, Hall street

Lawrence James, hairdresser, New road

Lawson Charlotte (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, Chapel lane

Lawson Edward, painter & glazier, Chapel lane

Leach Henry, grocer, Bridge street

Lefevre Ann Cath. (Miss), bookseller & stationer, Bridge st

Lenton Susannah (Mrs.), wine & spirit merchant, Westlode st

Lenton William, ironmonger, brazier & c. Hall street

Lever Benjamin, sailmaker, High street

Lincolnshire Free Press, published every tuesday by j Henry Watkinson, Market place

Longbottom Heary, ironmonger, Bridge street

Longstaff Mary Ann (Miss), pipe maker, Bourn road

Love Elizabeth (Mrs.), staymaker, New road

Love George, tailor & clothier, Reform street

Love James, boot & shoe maker, New road

Lowe William, coal dealer, Westlode street

Luck Thomas, shopkeeper & blacksmith, London road

Lyon John, bear retailer, Bourn road

Maccann Hiliham, glass & china dealer, Market place

Malt Robert, watch & clockmaker, London road

Mann Evans, farmer

Mansfield Elizabeth (Miss), straw bonnet maker, Commercial road

Maples Ashley, solicitor, High street

Maples Edward, timber merchant, High street

Maples Henry, wine & spirit merchant, Red Lion street

Marshall Joseph, saddler & harness maker, Hall street

Mason Jessop, shoemaker, London road

Mason Robert, batcher & cowkeeper, Albion street

Mason William, basket maker & toydealer, New road

Measures Joseph Richard, grocer & draper, Bridge street

Measures Richard, butcher & farmer, Bridge street

Merriman George, baker & flour dealer, Churchgate

Metherell Richard, veterinary surgeon, Pinchbeck street

Middleton John, grocer, Bridge street

Millns & Betts, pharmaceutical chemists, Market place

Millos, Hunt & Jennings, bone mills, & general manure manufacturers, Commercial road

Money William, Pied Bull, ‘ & shopkeeper, Bourn road

Money William, farmer, Pennygate

Morris Edwin, M.D. surgeon, High street

Mossop John, farmer, Cowbit road

Mounteney Bartholomew, brazier & tinplate worker

Mounteney John, brazier & tinplate worker, Pinchbeck st

Moyer Samuel, butcher, Bridge street

Muse John, shopkeeper, London road

Musson William, shopkeeper & draper, Bourn road

National Provincial Bank of England (Thomas Ba Scarborough, manager), Bridge street

Neal Benjamin, farmer, Monks house

Neave James, grocer & seedsman, Market place

Newbon George, beer retailer, London road

Newling David, farmer, Low road

Newton Robert, coal, corn & flour factor, & dealer in oil cake, Double street

Nichols Mary Ann (Miss), straw bonnet maker, Double st

Ogden Mrs. farmer, Cowbit road

Oliver Mercy (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Commercial road

Osborn Edward, tailor & draper, Hall street

Osborn George Corney, linen & woollen draper, silkmercer, tailor & milliner, Market place Pakey William, gardener, Albion street

Palethorpe Arthur Walter, chemist & druggist, Hall street

Palmer Edward, Nag’s Head, Double street

Pannell Ellis, ship carpenter, Marsh road

Pannell Joseph, grocer, Double street

Parker Lacy, brewer & beer retailer, London read

Parker Richard, auctioneer & valuer, High street

Parkinson John, farmer, Frogball cottage

Parkinson Thomas, beer retailer, Bourn road

Parnell John, butcher, Herring lane Parr John, tailor, London road

Parrish Daniel, tailor & clothier, Hall street

Parrish James, tailor & clothier, Reform street

Parrott George William, grocer & tea dealer, Hall street

Parsons Benjamin, painter & gilder, Low road

Peacock Richard, broker, Vine Street

Peacock William Christopher, tobacconist, fishmonger & game dealer, Bridge street

Pear Thomas, jun. civil engineer & surveyor, Bedford cottage

Pears Joseph, grocer & baker, Double street

Pearson Enoch, boot & shoe maker & leather cutter, Herring lane

Pennington Charles Maltby, linendraper, Hall street

Pennington Joseph, Barley Mow, Herring lane

Pepper Thomas, carpenter & builder, Bourn road

Percival Arthur, solicitor, Double street

Perkins Hannah M. (Miss), dressmaker, Bourn road

Pickworth William, butcher, Hall street

Pike William, Red Lion commercial inn, & auctioneer Market place

Plowright William, ‘ White Swan, brewer & farmer New road

Plampton William, tailor & draper, New road

Pools George, carpenter, Deadman’s lane

Preston John, watchmaker & jeweller, Bridge street

Proctor Edward, farmer, Wykeham

Ranson William, brewer & heer retailer, Hall street

Rawlins Ward, Royal Oak, Cowbit road

Rea William, hairdresser, Bridge street

Rhodes Thomas, ‘ Plough, Low road

Rice James, beer retailer, Cowbit road

Ridlington James, corn chandler, Bridge street

Roberts Thomas, Ramskin, Double street

Rodgers Benjamin, beer retailer, Bourn road

Rosbe Thomas, beer retailer, High street

Rose Thomas, butcher, High street

Rose William, shopkeeper, High street

Rowell William, baker & flour dealer, New road

Rowles George, miller & farmer, London road

Royce Thomas, shopkeeper, Commercial road

Satchwell John, tailor, London road

Saul Stephen, hardwareman & haberdasher, Bridge street

Savings Bank (John Clark, actuary), Hall street

Seaton Joseph, beer retailer, Westlode street

Selby Francis Thomas, solicitor, High street

Seward Samuel, hairdresser, Commercial road

Sewell John, shoemaker, Commercial road

Seymour John, farmer, London road

Shadford Major, chemist & druggist, Market place

Sharman William & Son, builders & surveyors, Red Lion st

Sharman Clement, bootmaker, Bridge street

Sharman Thomas, boot & shoemaker, Market place

Sharp James, builder, Cowbit road

Sharp William, wheelwright, London road Cowbit road

Shaw Thomas, watchmaker, New road

Sherwood Thomas, broker, Crescent

Simpson Thomas, saddler & jobmaster, Bridge street

Sindell John, farmer, Cowbit road

Smart Rebecca (Mrs.), milliner, Hall street

Smith Charlotte (Miss), ladies ‘ school, Welland terrace

Smith David, farmer, Low fields

Smith James, carpenter & wheelwright, Bourn road

Smith John, livery stable keeper, Abbey yard

Smith Joseph, shopkeeper, Double street

Smith Sarah (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, Sheep market

Smith Susan (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Westlode street

Smith Thomas, timber, wine & spirit merchant, Double st

Smith Thomas, butcher, New road

Smith William, tailor, Sheep market

Snell Ellen (Miss), milliner & dressmaker, Bourn road

Sops John, beer retailer, Commercial road

Southwell Thomas Gue, boot & shoe maker, Hall street

Speechly James, brickmaker, Boston road

Spikins Joseph, turner & broker, Chapel lane

Stableforth & Dandy, wholesale grocers, High street

Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Company (Richd Buist, manager), Market place

Stanger William, stonemason, New road

Stanton Edwin Hammond, cabinet maker & upholsterer, Hall street

Stopper William, market gardener, Low road

Storex Max gardener, Low road

Storey Mary (Mrs.), ‘ Peacock, Pinchbeck street

Stubbs William, linen & woollen draper, Market place

Suter Robert, beer retailer, Vine street

Swift Francis, chemist, Broad street

Tagg William, boot & shoe maker, Abbey yard

Taylor James, boot & shoe maker, New road

Taylor John, gardener, Albion street

Taylor John, shoemaker, London road

Taylor Thomas, ‘ Oatsheaf, London road

Tebb William, shoemaker, Commercial road

Teesdale Isaac, farmer, Wykebam

Tennant William, ‘ Queen’s Head, ‘ & coal dealer, London rd

Thompson Edward, brewer & beer retailer, Bourn road

Thorpe Matthew, merchant & shipping agent, Double st

Thorpe Richard Prancis, butcher, New road

Tingey William, ‘ Bull, ‘ Churchgate

Todd James, grocer, New road

Tointon James, farmer, Bourn road

Tointon Robert, grocer, Bourn road

Tory Charles, miller & baker, Red Lion street

Tory George, cabinet maker, auctioneer & appraiser, Hall st

Toynton John, beer retailer, Double street

Tuddenham John, fishmonger & game dealer, Bridge street

Turnbull William, farmer

Turner William, baker, Bridge street

Turner William, shoemaker, Commercial road

Tarner William, jun. blacksmith & shopkeeper, Commerel. rd.

Tye Joseph, gunmaker & ironmonger, Churchgate

Tye Robert, watchmaker & toy dealer, Churchgate

Vine Newton, tailor, London road

Vine Thomas, printer, Bourn road

Vise Charles, surgeon, London road

Walden Mark, baker & grocer, London road

Walker Benjamin, beer retailer, Bourn road

Wallis Robert, gunmaker, locksmith & bell hanger, Pinch

beck street

Waltham Robert, shopkeeper, London road

Warner Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, Chapel lane

Warner Maurice, cooper, New road

Warrell Stephen, tailor, Crescent gardens

Watkinson Henry, editor, proprietor & publisher of the Lincolnshire Free Press, printer, bookseller, stationer, patent medicine vender, & emigration & general agent, Market place

Watson Edward, ‘ Hole in the Wall, ‘ & brewer, Market pl

Watson John, pawnbroker, Crackpool lane

Webster George, farmer, Marsh

Wells Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Albion street

Wensor & Eldred, brewers, maltsters & spirit merchants, Cowbit road

West John, hairdresser, New road

West John, painter, Hall street

Whelpton Jolin, chemist & soda water manfactr. Hall street

White John, auctioneer & appraiser, Crescent

White Walter, conchmaker, Commercial road

White William, coachbuilder, Sheep market

White William, shopkeeper, Commercial road

Whitfield Mary (Mrs.), staymaker, Pinchbeck street

Whitwell Maria (Mrs.), beer retailer, Pinchbeck street

Wilkinson William Craddock, surgeon, Church street

Willeox John, shopkeeper & shoemaker, Commercial road

Williamson Benjamin, customs officer, High street

Willmot John, hairdresser & perfumer, Market place

Wilson William, brewer & beer retailer, Commercial road

Wood William & Son, tailors & linendrapers, Market place

Wood Rowland, gardener & seedsman, Abbey gardens

Wood Thomas, blacksmith, Vine street

Woodhouse William Creacy, baker, Vine street

Woodrow Alfred, tailor, habit maker & hatter, Bridge street

Woolley Morton, saddler & harness maker, Church street

Wright Rev. G. N. boarding academy, Ascongh – fee hall

Wright Henry, painter, New road

Wright Mary (Mrs.), ‘ Black Bull, ‘ & brewer, New road

Wright Thomas, farmer, London road

Wyman Matthew, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Double st

Yorke Thomas, beer retailer & chimney sweeper, Double st

POST OFFICE:

Thomas Bemrose, postmaster, place. Letters are delivered at 7 a.m. & past 12 p.m., excepting sundays, when there is one delivery at 7 a.m.
Box closes for London at 9 p.m.; for letters bearing an extra stamp at 10 min. to 10. For Boston, by day – mail, at past 11 a.m. & for Boston & the north at 10 p.m., excepting sandays, when there is only the 10 p.m. mail. Money orders are granted & paid at this office between 9 a.m. & 6 p.m

PLACES OF WORSHIP:

St. Mary & St. Nicholas Church, Rev. Wm. Moore, D.D. incumbent; Rev. John Cunningham, M.A. & Rev. Robt. Hollis, M.A. curates; Thos. B. Scarborough, esq. organist

Baptist Chapel, Chapel lane, Rev. J. C. Jones, minister

Independent Chapel, Pinchbeck street, Rev. Percy Strutt, minister

PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

Blue Coat, Church street, William Sinclere, master; Mrs. Sarah Norman, mistress
British, Pinchbeck street
Free Grammar, Rev. Edward Moore, M.A. head master;
Rev. Michael Sisson, second master
National, Church street, John Hargraves, master; Miss Taylor, mistress
Willesby’s, Bourn road, William Slight, master

BANKERS:

Garfit, Claypons & Co. (George Ingoldby, manager); draw on Masterman, Peters & Co. Nicholas lane
National & Provincial Bank of England (Thomas B. Scarborough, manager); draw on Spooner, Attwoods ‘ & Co. Gracechurch street
Savings Bank (John Clark, actuary); open on tuesdays from 10 to 1
Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Company, (Richard Buist, manager); draw on Barclay Bevan & Co. Lombard street

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:

Assembly Rooms, Crackpool lane
Cemetery, Pinchbeck road
Dispensary, Thomas Cammack, M.D. physician; Ancell Ball, Edwin Morris, M.D., Charles Vise & William C. Wilkinson, surgeons; Francis Thos. Selby, hon. sec
Gas Works, Ashley Maples & Wm. Crosskill, proprietors
House of Correction, Rev. John Lewis, M.A. chaplain; Charles Vise, surgeon; Henry Bates, governor; Mrs. Ann Bates, matron; Miss Dorothy Ullyatt, assistant matron; William Wakelin, schoolmaster
Inland Revenue Office, White Hart hotel, Market place
Mechanics Institution, William Darley, secretary
News Rooms, Market place
Police Station, Charles Rainey, superintendent
Session House, John Richard Carter, elerk of the peace
Union Infirmary, Edwin Morris, M.D. medical attendant
Union Workhouse, Rev. Michael Sisson, chaplain; George Craven, governor; Mrs. Catherine Craven, matron; William Hart, schoolmaster; Miss Maria Melson, school mistress

PUBLIC OFFICERS:

Assistant Overseer to the Parish of Spalding, Samuel Kingston, Church street
Clerk to the Assessed & Property Tax Commissioners John Carter, Herring lane
Clerk to the County Court, John Carter, Herring lane
Clerk to the Magistrates, John Carter, Herring lane
Clerks to the Spalding Improvement Commissioners, Harvey & Cartwright, Double street
Clerk to Spalding Union, Ashley Maples, High street
Collector of Rates, John Clark, Hall street
Collector of Tazes, Thomas Bemrose, Crescent
Coroner for the County, William Edwards, esq. Church st
High Bailiff of County Court, Charles Buff bam, Pinehbeck street
Inspector of Nuisancesy Lodging Houses, Charles Rainey, Red Lion street
Inspector of Weights & Measures, Thomas Bemrose, Crescent
Perpetual Commissioner for taking Acknowledgments of Married Women, Ashley Maples, High street
Registrar of Births & Deaths for Spalding District, John Smith, Abbey yard
Registrar of Marriages & Relieving Officer, Edward Stow, Bourn road
Sub – Distributor of Stamps, Edward Gilbert, Market pl
Superintendent Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Ashley Maples, High street
Town Criers, Owen Taylor & Thomas Thorpe

INSURANCE AGENTS:

Agriculturist, Cattle & Hailstorm, Richard Metberell (agent & inspector), Pinehbeck street
Alliance Fire, John Jones, Market place
Atlas Fire, Asa Hall, Hall street
British Empire, Rev. John C. Jones, Welland terrace
Commercial Credit Mutual Assurance Society, Francis Thomas Selby, High street
County Fire, Asa Hall, Hall st. & Thos. Hilliam, Market pl
Crown Life, Thomas B. Scarborough, Bridge street
Eagle, C. P. Bonner
Edinburgh Life, Thomas Hilliam, Bank
Globe Fire, John Clark, Hall street
London Indisputable Life, John Whelpton, Hall street
London & Provincial Provident Society, John Willmot, Market place
London Union Fire, Life & Annuity, James W. H. Tidswell, Commercial road
Midland Counties Life, Richard Dixon, Reform street; for Hailstorm insurance, J. W. Moats
Minerva Fire & Life, William Pike, Market place
National Guardian Fire & Life, John White, Crescent, & John Willmot, Market place
National Live Stock, Francis Thomas Selby, High street
Norwich Union Fire & Life, Henry Watkinson, Market pl
Phæniz Fire, Asa Hall, Hall street, & Thomas B. Scarborough, Bridge street
Provident Life, Thomas Hilliam, Market place
Provincial Fire, Jonathan Taylor Briggs, Bridge street
Prudential Mutual Life Assurance & Loan Association, Francis T. Selby, High street
Rock Life, Thomas Hilliam, Market place
Royal Exchange Fire & Life, Francis T. Selby, High st
Scottish Amicable Life, Geo. Corney Osborn, Market pl
Scottish Equitable Life, Thos. B. Scarborough, Bridge st
Sovereign Life, John Jones, Market place
United Guarantee. Thomas B. Scarborough, Bridge st
United Kingdom Life, Samuel Kingston, Church street
West of England Fire & Life, Richard Metherell, Pinchbeck street

Yorkshire Fire & Life, Brelsford Asling, Bridge street

POSTING HOUSE – White Hart hotel, Market place
Railway Station, Thomas Fellowes, station master & goods manager, Bourn road
COACH – Leaves the White Hart ‘ for Lynn, daily, at past 1 p.m
OMNIBUS – Leaves the ‘ White Hart ‘ to meet every train
CARRIERS

(from the New Bell inn):
Gibbons, to Wisbeach, Holbeach, Sutton, Lynn & Norwich, tuesdays
Bostock, to Wisbeach & Satton, tuesdays
Coddington, to Deeping, Langtoft, Stamford & Peterborough, tuesdays
Frisby, to Crowland, Wisbeach, Holbench, Sutton & Lynn, tuesdays & fridays
Morton, to Stamford & Peterborough, tuesdays

From the White Horse ‘:
Clark, to Gedney Hill, Whaplode Drove & Peterborough,Tuesdays

From the Bull ‘:
Seaton, to Whaplode Drove, Thorney & Peterborough, tues

From the Ramskin ‘:
Black, to Sutton, Holbeach, Wisbeach, Lynn & Boston, tuesdays, thursdays & saturdays
Green, to Bourn, Grantham & Stamford, tues. & saturdays
Wood, to Deeping, Stamford & Peterborough, tuesdays

From the Red Lion ‘:
Scarborough, to Pinchbeck, Gosberton, Surfleet & Boston, tuesdays & saturdays
Wanty, to Boston, Wigtoft & Donington, tuesdays
Wilson, to Gosberton & Boston, tuesdays
Cottam, to Gosberton & Boston, tuesdays

From the Black Swan ‘:
Cox, to Boston, Sleaford & Donington, tuesdays & fridays

From the Cross Keys ‘:
Sewell, to Donington, Sleaford & Boston, tuesdays

From the Pied Calf ‘:
Carter, to Bourn & Stamford, tuesdays & saturdays