The entry for Cradley in Kelly's 1864 directory has 93 individuals.
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CRADLEY, is a very extensive and populous district of the parish of Halesowen, situated 2 1/2 miles east from Stourbridge, 3 south from Dudley, and 9 1/2 from Birmingham in the county court district of Stourbridge, diocese of Worcester, in the hundred of Lower Halfshire, Stourbridge union, Worcester archdeaconry, and deanery of Kidderminster. The town itself lies a little off the main road : it forms part of a populous, mercantile and manufacturing neighbourhood, in which the iron trade is carried on in all its branches. The soil in general is a rich clay, fertile in all kinds of grain, and excellent pasturage, and the lands on the north and west of NETHEREND (a part of the township of Cradley parish) abound with coal and ironstone. A court baron and a court-leet are held at Cradley, on the last Tuesday in October, at which the steward presides as judge, assisted by a jury of respectable inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annual value £151, in the gift of the Vicar of Halesowen, and held by the Rev. J.H. Thompson B.A. Here also are places of worship for Unitarians, Baptists, Wesleyans and New Connexion Methodists; attached to the Church is a National school, under the government inspection. The Unitarian school is supported partly by endowment and partly by an annual collection. The number of free boys is 30, of girls 12. The extensive ironworks of Messrs. Evers and Sons are in this district, and are engaged principally in the manufacture of superior qualities of iron, by the charcoal or wood coal, process. There are likewise manufactures of files, rasps, vices, anvils, hammers, nails, anchors, chain cables and fire bricks. Iron stone and cement works are extensively carried on at the Hayes, Messrs. George Atwood and Sons, proprietors. One mile from the northern extremity of Cradley, in a romantic vale, agreeably diversified with plantations of firs, is a spring of salt water, called the Lady Well, highly esteemed on account of its medicinal qualities. In the summer it is very much frequented. Lord Lyttelton is lord of the manor. In 1852, a grant of land was made by the sons of the late Rev. George Biggs (a former vicar of the parish of Halesowen), for the enlargement of the burial ground of this parish. The population in 1861 was 4,075.
NETHEREND, Colly gate, Overend, Two Gates and Colman Hill are near the town.
Parish Clerk, Henry Charlton
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bradshaw Mr. Ellis
Cochrane Rev. W. [Unitarian], Netherend
Fennell Sidney, esq
Hingley Mr. Noah, Chapel house
Hingley Mr. Samuel
Homer Mrs. Colley gate
Homer Mr. Joseph, Colley gate
Homfray Jeston, esq. Coleman hill
Moore Henry, esq, Park house
Smith Mr. William
Thompson Rev. Joseph H. B.A. [incumbent], Colley gate
Wood, Mr. Thomas, Colley gate
COMMERCIAL.
Adams Jabez, British Arms, Overend
Attwood Benjamin, beer retailer
Attwood James, butcher
Attwood William, beer retailer
Attwood William, butcher
Beasley Joseph, Blue Ball
Bennett William, beer retailer
Bloomer Thomas & Son, nail manufacturers, Colley gate
Bloomer John, carpenter, Colley gate
Bloomer Josiah, Robin Hood
Boxley Benjamin, beer retailer
Bridgewater John, grocer
Cartwright Isaiah, Cooper
Cemm Thomas, Bridge inn, & vice manufacturer
Clewes Thomas, mop maker, Park side
Cox Thomas, beer retailer, Colley gate
Darby Joseph, tailor, Windmill hill
Davenport Thomas, Crown
Dawe Joseph, shopkeeper, Colley gate
Evers Samuel & Sons, manufacturers of charcoal horsenail rods, best & common iron wire rods for fencing, cables, bars &c. Cradley iron works
Emmett George, shopkeeper, Netherend
Fellows John, miller
Fellow Thomas, Old Mogul, Netherend
Fennell Sidney, surgeon
Finch Simeon, Old Two Gates
Forrest Edwd. shopkeeper, Windmill hill
Fox Thomas, Fish, & maltster
Gadd John, cider retailer
Gill Daniel, butcher & shopkeeper, Windmill hill
Grove John Haden, grocer, Colley gate
Hall James, shoemaker
Hall John, shoemaker
Harper & Moores, coal masters, manufacturers of Stourbridge fire bricks of all descriptions, fire clay retorts, crucibles & glass house pots of all kinds, & proprietors of best glasshouse pot clay, Lower Delph
Haddock John, plumber & painter, Netherend
Harper Joseph, farmer, Homer hill
Hawkeswood Joseph, beer retailer
Hawkeswood Richard, tax collector, Colley gate
Hawkesworth William Herbert, Sun, Overend
Hingley James, butcher
Hipkiss Henry, iron manufacturer. Lodge forge
Hipkiss Sarah (Mrs.), iron manufacturer, Rag mill
Hodgetts Chas, hat manufr, Park side
Hughes Isaiah, Holly Bush
Jones Joseph, accountant
Jones Mary Ann (Miss), shopkeeper
Jones William, Black Swan
Jones William, maltster Netherend
Kendrick William, beer retailer
King Brothers, proprietors of Stourbridge clay & manufacturers of fire brick, glasshouse pots &c. Netherend
King Joseph & Co. coal masters, manufacturers of glassed stoneware & blue sewerage pipes, terra cotta, white building bricks, Chimney tops, blue & red bricks, quarries, roofing tiles, drain pipes &c. Netherend
Laister Thomas, maltster, Colley gate
Leonard Samuel, May Pole
Mason James, farmer, Overend
Mole Lucy (Miss), beer retailer, Colley gate
Mole William, beer retailer, Colley gate
Mole William Henry, blacksmith, Colley gate
Oliver William, beer retailer, Colley gate
Paddock Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Pateshall Thomas, tanner, Park side
Perry James, wood turner, Colley gate
Rock William & Co. nail manufacturers
Roper Wm. beer retailer, Colley gate
Shaw William. beer retailer, Netherend
Sidaway William, shopkeeper
Smith Samuel, grocer
Stringer Wm. beer retailer, Netherend
Talbott George, beer retailer, Netherend
Tandy James, butcher, Colley gate
Tate Abel, Bull's Head
Tate James, shopkeeper
Tate William, beer retailer
Thomas Henry, beer retailer, Netherend
Tibbetts Joseph, Shovel inn,Park side
Warr John, beer retailer
Webb William, beer retailer, Colley gate
Westwood Benjamin, beer retailer
Williams Eliza (Mrs.), Netherend tavern, Netherend
Wyer Samuel, plumber & glazier
Wythes Joseph, linendraper & grocer
Yeomans Williams, tailor
Young William, greengrocer
POST OFFICE.- Mrs Elizabeth Christopher, receiver. Letters arrive from Brierley Hill at 7.15 a.m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Cradley heath
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:-
National, James Simpson, master; Miss Mary Ann Wooldridge, mistress
Unitarian, Mr. Thomas Henry Billingham, master ; Miss. Elizabeth Kennedy, mistress
CONVEYANCE:- Coaches from Stourbridge to Birmingham & back, pass through daily
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