The entry for Cradley in Kelly's 1896 directory has 274 commercial listings, and 66 private residents.
CRADLEY is a township, extensive and populous district, and an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1799 from the civil parish of Halesowen, on the borders of Staffordshire, the river Stour separating it from Cradley Heath in that county; it has a station on the Birmingham and Stourbridge section of the Great Western railway, 2½ miles east from Stourbridge, 4 south from Dudley and 9½ south-west from Birmingham, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Lower Halfshire, Stourbridge petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Dudley and archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester.
The town itself lies a little off the main road and forms part of a populous mercantile and manufacturing neighbourhood, in which the iron trade is carried on in all its branches; water is supplied by the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company and gas by the Cradley Heath Gas Company.
The church, erected in 1789, and until its consecration in 1798 a chapel belonging to Lady Huntingdon's Connexion, is an edifice of brick, repaired in 1874-5, at a cost of about £4,500 and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a brick tower added in 1876 and containing 8 bells, shown in the Vienna exhibition of 1873; a new font was introduced in 1867 and an organ built at a cost of £400: there are 750 sittings, 350 being free. In 1852 a grant of land was made by the sons of the late Rev. George Biggs (a former rector of Halesowen) for the enlargement of the burial grounds of this parish, and a second enlargement of one acre was made in 1874. The register of baptisms and burials dates from 1785 and marriages 1802. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £280, in the gift of the Rector of Halesowen, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Robert Henry Edmondson B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The great tithes are held by the lay impropriator, Mr. Jeston Homfray. Here is a Unitarian chapel, built in 1796, Baptist, in 1803, Wesleyan, in 1873, Primitive Methodist, in 1882, and New Connexion Methodist in 1856.
Messrs. Harper and Moores, Messrs. King Brothers and Messrs. Samuel Evers and Sons, are manufacturers of fire bricks, clay retorts and crucibles, and proprietors of the Stourbridge clay. One mile from the northern extremity of Cradley, in a romantic, richly-timbered vale, 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.
There are a few handsome residences here : Hatherton Lodge is the residence of Sir Benjamin Hingley bart. J.P.; The Elms is the property of Mrs. Strawson; Fairview is occupied by Samuel Hingley esq. J.P. and Colman Hill Grange by Thomas Darby esq. Viscount Cobham is lord of the manor.
The principal landowners are the New British Iron Company, Jeston Homfray esq., James Holcroft esq. of Stourbridge, James Payton Badley esq. of Dudley, and the Old Swinford Hospital, exors. of Mrs. King, of Wollescote Hall, Stourbridge, Messrs. Joseph King and Co., Messsrs. Harper and Moores, Samuel Evers and Sons, and Messrs. Mobberley, and Perry, of the Lye.
The soil in general is a rich loam, and is noted for the cultivation of cabbage plants; it also produces potatoes and all kinds of grain, and forms excellent pasturage; and the lands on the north and west of Netherend (a part of the township of Cradley) abound with thick coal and fire-clay.
The area is 732 acres; rateable value, £18,190; the population in 1891 was 5,709.
COMMERCIAL.
Adams Charles, chain maker, Windmill hill
Adams James, carpenter Furlong lane
Adams Joseph, shopkeeper, Two gates
Adams Sarah (Mrs.), Bull's Head P.H. & shpkpr., Overend
Adams William Henry, chain maker, Colman hill
Ashmore George, horse slaughterer, Two gates
Attwood Eliza (Mrs.), hame ma. & beer retlr., Lyde green
Attwood John, butcher, Colley gate
Attwood John, carter, Netherend
Attwood Richard, chain maker, High street
Auden Arthur, beer retailer, Two gates
Auden John, fishmonger, High street
Bache Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, New street
Bache Thomas, baker, Victoria street
Banner Charles, carpenter, Butcher's lane
Bate Philip, chain maker, High town
Bate Samuel, chain maker, Overend
Bate Thomas, shopkeeper, 0verend
Bate William Edward, greengrcr, Victoria terrace, High st
Batham Daniel, beer retailer, High street
Beasley Alfred, haberdasher, Beecher street, Colman hill
Beasley Allen, chain & chain cable maker, Colley orchard
Beasley Caleb, carpenter, Park view, Two gates
Beasley Charles, shopkeeper, Windmill hill
Beasley John, beer retailer, Overend
Beasley Joseph, chain maker, High town
Beasley Joseph, tip nail maker, Two gates
Beasley Philip, grocer, High street
Bennett Clement, beer retailer, Two gates
Bennett Samuel, chain maker, Two gates
Billingham Esther (Mrs.), chain maker, Ball lane
Bills Alfred, shopkeeper, Colley lane
Bird Mary Ann (Mrs.), post office, High street
Bissell James, shopkeeper & chain maker, High street
Bloomer Eleanor & Mary (Misses), shopkprs., Windmill hl
Bloomer Abel, hardware dealer, High town
Bloomer Caleb, chain maker, Church lane
Bloomer George Albert, linen draper, Colley gate
Bloomer John, miller (water), Bridge street
Bloomer Joseph, chain maker, Colley lane
Bloomer Joseph Fellows, builder & parish clerk, Colman hl
Bloomer Philip, chain maker, New street
Bloomer William, chain maker, High town
Blunt Felix, shopkeeper, Bridge street
Bowen Mary Ann (Mrs.), chain maker, Windmill Hill
Boxley Henry, chain maker, Two gates
Boxley Philemon, chain maker, Lodge lane
Boxley Rosanna (Miss), chain maker, Two gates
Boxley William Henry, grocer & carter, Two gates
Brettell James Alfred, grocer, Colley gate
Brettell Joseph, Fish P.H. High street
Brettle William, frost nail maker, Church lane
Bridgewater Hannah (Mrs.), greengrocer, Bridge street
Bridgwater Hannah (Mrs.), grocer, High street
Brown Joseph, chain maker, Lyde green
Butler Arthur T. architect, Colley gate
Case Philip, shopkeeper, Colley lane
Christopher Joseph, shopkeeper, Butcher's lane
Clark Walter, sergeant of police, County Police Station. Colley lane
Clewes T. M. & Son, wool dealers & wool mop, rope, twine & waterproof cloth makers & government contractors, Park mills, Park road, Colley gate
Clift Henry, boot & shoe dealer & haberdasher, High st
Clift Elijah, chain maker, New street
Colwood Joseph, boot maker, High street
Cooper Caleb,insurance agt. & shpkpr. Beecher st. Colman hl
Corbett William, painter, High street
Cornock Sidney, shpkpr. & schl. attendance officer, High st
County Police Station (Walter Clark, sergeant), Colley la
Cox Caleb, chain maker, Colley lane
Cox Caleb, chain maker, Park road, Colley gate
Cox Caleb, draper, Sunny cottage, Windmill hill
Cox Daniel Sampson, shopkeeper, Furlong lane
Cox Henry, chain maker, Butcher's lane
Cox Joseph, shopkeeper, Bridge street
Cox Mary Ann (Mrs.), chain maker, High town
Cox Stephen, chain maker, High town
Cox Thomas, Round of Beef P.H. Windmill hill
Cox Thomas Geoffrey, butcher, Windmill hill
Crampton John, farmer, Netherend
Crampton Samuel, chain maker, Windmill hill
Crampton Thomas, shopkeeper & nail maker, Two gates
Cranton Henry, shopkeeper, Lyde green
Cutler Frederick Edward, Rose & Crown P.H. High street
Dainty William, greengrocer, Butcher's lane
Dallow Richard, fancy draper, High street
Derby Joseph, tailor, Windmill Hill
Deeley Louis William, butcher, High street
Dentith Joseph, shopkeeper & corn dealer, High street
Dewhurst Alfred, boot & shoe maker, High street
Dunn Ann (Mrs.), baker, Little hill
Dunn Stephen, chain maker, Lyde green
Dunn William, shopkeeper, Windmill hill
Edmonds Herbert, pawnbroker, High street
Edmonds Thomas, shopkeeper, Windmill hill
Edwards William, chain maker, Little hill
Elwell Josiah, chain maker, Lodge lane,
Evans James, chain maker, Two gates
Evers Samuel & Sons, fire clay & fire brick manufacturers & colliery owners, Homer hill fire clay & fire brick works. TA, "Evers, Cradley;" PA, "Stourbridge"
Falcon Yeast Co. (John Wm. Stiff, proprietor), yeast merchants, Park road, Colley gate
Feldon Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Two gates
Fellows Thomas, Old Mogul P.H. Netherend
Ford Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, High street
Forrest Edward, shopkeeper, Colley lane
Fowkes Robert, chain maker, Colley lane
Fox Charles John, maltster, Overend
Gadd Joseph, insurance agent, High street
Gadd Maria Louise (Miss), greengrocer, High street
Gill Esther (Mrs.), butcher, High street
Gill George, shopkeeper & chain maker, High town
Gill Priscilla (Miss), chain maker, High street
Gill Samuel, beer retailer, Two gates
Gill Solomon, jun. boot maker, Park road, Colley gate
Gillam James, chain maker, Lyde green
Golden George, chain maker, Butcher's lane
Green John, chain maker, Lodge lane
Griffin William (successor to J. Wood Aston & Co.), anchor, chain & chain cable ma. forgings &c. Victoria wks
Griffiths William, Crown P.H. Lyde green
Grove Edward Harry, solicitor, Colley gate
Grove Eli, chain maker, Windmill hill
Guest Edward, Old Vine P. H. Park road, Colley gate
Harbach William, anchor maker, Little hill
Harbach William, shopkeeper, Colley gate
Harper & Moores, colliery proprietors & fire brick makers, Netherend (postal address, Stourbridge)
Harper David, haberdasher, High street
Harper Mary Ann (Mrs.), beer & wine retailer, Furlong la
Harper Moses, nail maker, Colley orchard
Harris Benjamin, boot maker & shopkeeper, Two gates
Harris David, chain maker, Little hill
Harris Ezra, grocer, Windmill hill
Harris Harry, chain maker, High street
Harris Joseph, chain maker, High town
Harris Joseph, chain maker, Little hill
Harrison Joseph, chain maker, New street
Harvey William, hair dresser, High Street
Hawkeswood William, coal dealer, High town
Head John, shopkeeper, Little hill
Hemming Harry, butcher, Overend
Hickman Arthur Samuel, tobacconist, Colley gate
Hickman Benjamin, shopkeeper, Colley gate
Hickton Maria Louisa (Mrs.), Black Swan P.H. High st
Hill Frederick, chain maker, Lyde green
Hill John, shopkeeper, Park road, Colley gate
Hill Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Netherend
Hill Thomas, shopkeeper, Two gates
Hingley Benjamin, grocer, High street
Hingley David, chain maker, Butcher's lane
Hingley Henry, nail maker, Overend
Hipkiss Ann Rebecca (Mrs.), Lodge Forge P.H. New st
Hipkiss Frank, brick maker & iron forger, Lodge forge
Hodgetts Benjamin, butcher, High town
Hodgetts Charles, shopkeeper, High town
Hodgetts Henry, chain maker, Two gates
Homer Paul, ironmonger, High street
Homer Samuel, grocer, Netherend
Homer Thomas, solicitor, Colley gate
Homes Neri, chain maker, Little hill
Horton David, greengrocer, High street
Hotchkiss Ann Maria (Mrs.), shpkpr. & Sun P.H. Overend
Jones & Lloyd, manufacturers of anchors, anvils, vices, bolts, nuts, rivets, spikes & wrought nails, chain cables, rigging & crane chains, hammers, shipping tackle &c. &c. & hardware merchants, Scotia works & Cradley forge; & at 162 Edmund street, Birmingham. TA "Neptune," Cradley & Birmingham
Jones Charles William, shopkeeper, Colley gate
Jones Samuel, chain ma. Beaconsfield house, Colley orchard
Jones Samuel, shopkeeper, Furlong lane
Kendrick William, chain maker, Two gates
King Bros. Stourbridge fire brick & gas retort manufacturers & fire clay proprietors, Netherend (postal address, Stourbridge); & at 46 Penn st. Curzon st. Birmingham
King Joseph & Co. coal masters & brick, tile and terra cotta manufacturers; architects' designs estimated for, Netherend (postal address, Stourbridge); T A, "King Co. Lye"
Kirton George, chain maker, High street
Kirton Hugh, chain maker, High street
Kirton Samuel, chain maker, Two gates
Kirton William, chain maker, High street
Knowles Edwin, chain maker, Windmill hill
Littlewood John Thomas, shopkeeper, High street
Macdonald John, inland revenue officer, Colley gate
Mason Charles, farmer, Overend
Meacham Arthur, baker, Park road, Colley gate
Meredith Joseph Albert, carpenter, Furlong lane
Meredith Samuel, bricklayer, Furlong lane
Millward David, toy dealer, Windmill hill
Mole Albert, Horse Shoe P.H. & blacksmith, Colley gate
Moore Selina (Mrs.), chain maker, Windmill hill
Nock Thomas Barnsley, chain maker, Lyde green
Oliver Eliza (Mrs.), beer retailer, Park side
Oliver Frank, Talbot htl., brewer, maltster & farmr. Colley gate
Oliver John, carpenter, Colley gate
Parker Sarah Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Furlong lane
Parkes Samuel, chain maker, Church lane
Parsons Daniel, shopkeeper, High street
Parsons John, chain maker, Lyde green
Parsons Joseph, chain maker, High street
Partridge George, chain manufacturer, Park side
Partridge Thomas, chain maker, New street
Payton Arthur, coffin maker, Woodland view, Colman hill
Pearce Charles, shopkeeper, New street
Pearshouse Joseph, beer retailer, Netherend
Pearson Amos, linen draper, Lyde green
Pearson Samuel, fishmonger, Colley lane
Perry Charlotte (Mrs.), grocer, Two gates
Plant Warwick, greengrocer & fishmonger, High street
Plumpton Thomas, blacksmith & haberdasher, Windmill hl
Poole John, commission agent, Colley lane
Priest David, frost screw maker, Butcher's lane
Priest James, chain maker, Bridge street
Priest John, chain maker, Butcher's lane
Proffitt Daniel, beer retailer, High town
Proffitt Thomas, Holly Bush P.H. High street
Radford Samuel, confectioner, High street
Rawlins David, chain maker, Lyde green
Raybould Richard, shoe maker, High street
Raybould Timothy, chain maker, New street
Robbins Reuben, chain maker, Two gates
Robinson Cornelius, chain maker, High street
Robinson Evan, shopkeeper, High town
Robinson John, shopkeeper, High street
Robinson Mary (Mrs.), milliner, High street
Robinson Samuel, chain maker, High street
Robinson Stephen, boot maker, Colley gate
Rock Joseph, chain maker, Windmill hill
Rock Simeon, chain maker, Windmill hill
Roper George Albert, White Lion inn, Colley gate
Roper Louisa (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Colley gate
Round Edward, shopkeeper, Netherend
Rowley Thomas, British Arms P.H. Furlong lane
Rudge True Ann (Mrs.), china & glass dealer, Colman hill
Salt Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Bridge street
Shaw Thomas H. secretary to the Sheet Iron Workers' Industrial Society Lim. Phoenix works
Shaw William, chain maker, Lyde green
Sheet Iron Workers' (The) Industrial Society Lim. (Thos. H. Shaw, sec.), galvanizers & manufacturers of buckets, baths, chamber pails, coal scoops, dust bins, washups, boiler fillers, water pots, paint cans & all kinds of sheet-iron hollow ware, Phoenix works. T A, "Industrial, Cradley"
Sidaway Joseph, butcher, High street
Smith John, shopkeeper, High street
Southall Benjamin, shopkeeper, Windmill hill
Southall George, chain maker, High town
Southall John, chain maker, Lyde green
Spencer Edward William, shopkeeper, Colley gate
Sprake Edward, blacksmith, Church lane
Stafford John, chain maker, Netherend
Stanley Mary Ann (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, High street
Stevens William, Horse & Jockey P.H. Netherend
Stiff John William, shopkeeper, Colley gate
Stoneley John, fishmonger, New street
Tandy Phoebe (Mrs.), Blue Ball P.H. Ball lane
Tate James, shopkeeper, Colman hill
Tate Joseph Mirara, ironmngr. furn. Dlr. & bldr. Windmill hl
Tate Thomas, farmer, Overend
Tate William Edward, butcher, Furlong lane, Colley gate
Taylor George, boot & shoe dealer, Colley lane
Taylor Henry, chain maker, Two gates
Taylor Thomas, draught nail maker, Park side
Thomas John, boot maker, Colley gate
Thompson Benjamin, sanitary inspector to Halesowen rural district council, Colley gate
Thompson Wesley Hayes M.D. physician & surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, Cradley district, Stourbridge union, & medical officer of health to the Quarry Bank urban district council, Clyde house, Colman hill; surgery, Glyndon house, Lyde green
Tibbetts Alfred, carter, Overend
Tibbetts William, beer retailer, High street
Turnley Richard, colliery manager, Homer Hill house
Walker Edward Taylor, chain maker, Lyde green
Walker Felix, chain maker, Lyde green
Walker Hezekiah, beer retailer, Victoria street
Walker Mary (Mrs.), chain maker, Lyde green
Walker William, chain maker, Lyde green
Walters William, Old Two Gates P.H
Watts Harry, Bridge P.H. Bridge street
White Frederick, butcher, Colley gate
White John Henry, grocer, High street
White Thomas, shopkeeper, High street
Willetts Edward, hardware dealer, High street
Willetts Stephen, carpenter & joiner, Furlong lane
Willetts Thomas, chain maker, New street
Willetts William, chain maker, Windmill hill
Williams Sarah (Mrs.), chain maker, Butcher's lane
Witley Colliery Co. Lim. coal merchants; depot, 0verend wharf, Overend
Wootton David, butcher, High street
Worton Charles, chain maker, Colman hill
Worton Solomon, greengrocer, Colley gate
Worton William, chain maker, Ball lane
Worton William, chain maker, Beecher street, Colman hill
Wyer Arthur, chain maker, Colley lane
Yardley James, chain maker, Ball lane
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Attwood John, Colley Gate house, Colley Gate
Attwood Mrs. Elmsleigh, Colman hill
Attwood Thos. Holloway ho. Colman hl
Bache Chas. Chapel ho. Lyde green
Barnsley Benjamin, Westbourne villas, Highfield road, Windmill hill
Bate Alfred, Park house, Park road, Colley gate
Beasley Miss, Park view, Two gates
Bissell George Simeon, The Hollies, Park road, Colley gate
Bloomer Joseph Fellows, Eglantine, Highfield road, Windmill hill
Brazier Adam, Colman hill
Brazier William, Salt Hill house
Bridgewater James, Furlong lane
Brotherton Mason, Overend
Chapman Wm. Alma ho. Windmill hl
Clewes Thos. M. Park rd. Colley gte
Dakin Charles, Fernleigh, Colman hill
Dakin George Frederick, Clent view, Windmill hill
Darby Thos. The Grange, Colman hl
Davis George, Westbourne villas, Highfield road, Windmill hill
Edmondson Rev. Robert Henry B.A. (vicar), Chapel ho. Park rd. Colley gt
Forrest Joshua, Woodland vw. Colman hl
Fox Mrs. Beecher view, Furlong lane
Griffin Darius, Colley orchard
Griffin William, sen. Tregaron house, Colley orchard
Grove Edward Harry, Colley orchard
Hall Rev, Edward Potter (Unitarian), Parsonage, Netherend
Hingley Sir Benjamin bart. J.P. Hatherton lodge
Hingley Jsph. Linton ho. Colman hill
Hingley Miss, Hatherton lo. Colmn. hl
Hingley Saml. Fairview, Colman hill
Holt Charles, Highfields, Highfield rd. Windmill hill
Homer John James, Church street
Homer Thomas, The Limes, Colley gt
Hughes Isaiah, Cleveland vil. Church st
Jackson Hy. Herrin, Denziel vls. Colmn. hl
Jaquiss Joseph, Lyndhurst, Highfield road, Windmill hill
Jennings Andrew. Netherend
Kendrick Wm. West end, Colley gate
Lewis Frederick, Colley orchard
Oliver Frank, The Laurels, Colley gt
Oliver Mrs. Church street
Oliver Mrs. The Poplars, Windmill hl
Pallister Rev. Alfred Toppin B.A. (curate), Windmill hill
Palmer Joseph, Fern cottages, Highfield road, Windmill hill
Payton Thomas, Rose cottage, Highfield road, Windmill hill
Perry Harry, Ridgdale, Two gates
Preston Mrs. Woodland vw. Colman hl
Price Thomas, Aston vils. Colley gate
Roper John, Furlong lane
Quilter Rev. Henry J. (Wesleyan), Clyndon house, Lyde green
Round John, Netherend cott. Netherend
Roycroft Jn. Aston villas, Colley gate
Sidaway Mrs. Eglantine, Highfield road, Windmill hill
Simon Wm. Denziel villas, Colman hl
Strawson Mrs. The Elms, Colley la
Tate Mrs. Colley lane
Thompson Benjamin, Colley gate
Tibbetts Miss, Maple villas, Colley gt
Thompson Wesley Hayes M.D. Clyde house, Colman hill
Turnley Richard, Homer Hill house
Turnley Thomas, Furlong lane
Westwood Richard, Park terrace, Park road, Colley gate
Whitley Joseph Robert Garner, Fern cotts. Highfield rd. Windmill hill
Willetts Alfred Henry, Furlong lane
Willetts James, Colman hill
Wylde Mrs. Victoria vil. Furlong lane
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