W.E. Owen & Co.'s Directory of Worcestershire (1880) contains 180 entries for Cradley.
Cradley is a chapelry in the parish of Halesowen, in the lower part of the hundred of Halfshire, 2½ miles from Dudley and 2 from Stourbridge. It is pleasantly situated on the river Stour near the Dudley canal. The inhabitants are principally engaged in the extensive ironworks in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage, value £300 per annum: patron, the Vicar of Halesowen. The Rev. J. B. Thompson, B.A., is the vicar, and the Rev. John Butcher is the curate. The population in 1871 was 4700. Letters via Brierley Hill, which is the nearest money order post office. Letters arrive at 7.25 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Dispatched at 8.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m.
Clergy and Gentry.
Attwood Thomas, Esq, Colley gate
Barnett Miss, Fair View lodge
Brougall Jas. Hill house
Cochrane Rev. Walter (Unitarian) Netherend
Dakin Mr George Frederick
Forrest Mr Joshua, Poplar cottage
Griffin Mr Wm, Windmill hill
Hingley Josh, Esq, Linton House
Hingley Mr. Samuel
Homer Josh, Esq. Chapel house
Homer Thomas, Esq, Colley gate
Homfray Mr. Jeston, Coleman hill
Kendrick Mr William, West end
Lloyd Mr. Thomas, Hemmings
Mountford John, Esq, Colley Gate house
Mountford Richd, Esq, Highfield house
Smith William Robinson, Esq.
Strawson William Pearson, Esq, The Elms
Thompson Rev Josh. Hesselgrave, B.A. (Vicar), The Vicarage
Tibbetts Mrs, Colley gate
Commercial.
Adams Jabez, Bull's Head
Adams William, chain maker
Attwood Eliza, beer retailer
Attwood William, butcher
Bayliss George, Bridge Inn
Beasley Allen, chain maker
Beasley Samuel, beer retailer
Bird, Mary Ann, haberdasher
Bloomer Geo, draper, Colley gate
Bloomer Isaac, builder
Bloomer John, grocer
Bloomer Mary, pawnbroker
Bloomer Philip, chain maker
Bloxley Peter, chain maker
Blunt Felix, shopkeeper
Blunt Thomas, chain maker
Brettell Edward, grocer
Bridgwater John, grocer, and agent for W. and A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants
Brooks David, Black Swan Inn
Clewes T. M. & Son, woollen manufacturers & merchants, The Park
Clift Henry, bootmaker
Coley Christopher, shopkeeper
Cox Thomas, beer retailer
Cradley Colliery Company , King & Co. proprietors
Crompton Henry, nail maker
Darby Joseph, tailor
Evers Samuel & Sons, manufacturers of charcoal rods, best and common nail rods, fencing rods and bars, small, square and round; also importers of Swedish rods, Cradley iron works
Fellows Thomas, beer retailer, Netherend
Finch Simeon, Old Two Gates
Forrest Brothers & Co, manufacturers of horse nails and wrought nails, chain cables, anchor, crane and ships' rigging chains, spades, shovels and forks, anvils, vices, and cart hames, &c, at Kilver Edge; mills, near Stourbridge and Halesowen
Forrest Richard, beer retailer
Gadd Joseph, greengrocer
Griffin Wm, Anchor manufacturer
Harper David, shopkeeper
Harper Richard, beer retailer
Hawkeswood Benjamin, Sun
Hawkeswood William, farmer
Hawkeswood James, butcher
Hill Albion, nail maker
Hill Christopher, shopkeeper
Hill Daniel, butcher
Hill John, boot maker
Hingley Benjamin, grocer
Hingley James, beer retailer
Hingley James, butcher & farmer
Hipkiss Henry, iron manufacturer
Homer Hill Colliery Co, Limited ; Ebenezer Wenham, secretary
Homer Paul, manufacturer of paint, colour, &c., lamp and oil warehouse, and general dealer, High street
Homer Henry, greengrocer
Hughes Harry, grocer
Hughes Isaiah, Holly Bush
Hughes Samuel, maltster
Jones and Lloyd, manufacturers of chain cables
Jones Isaac, painter, Windmill hill
Jones Samuel, beer retailer
Lane James, ironfounder, Cradley heath
Leonard Eliza, farmer
Leonard Samuel, May Pole
Mason Charles, farmer
Mole Jane, beer retailer
Mole William Henry, blacksmith
Mountford, Homer, & Mountford, iron merchants and manufacturers of wroughtnails, crane and ships' rigging chains, spades & shovels, vices, &c. Cradley works
Oliver William, Talbot Commercial Hotel, and maltster
Oliver William & Sons, maltsters and hop merchants, Colley gate
Parkes Wm, shopkeeper, Colley la
Partridge Geo, chain manfr. High park
Pateshill John, tanner, Park side
Pearson Ambrose, dairyman
Pearson Amos, linen draper
Perry James, grocer
Priest James, nail maker
Priest John, smith
Roper Emanuel, White Lion Inn
Sidaway William, shopkeeper
Southam George, nail maker
South Staffordshire Waterworks Company ; offices, Birmingham
Spencer Edward Wm, shopkeeper
Stevens John, grocer, Netherend
Tandey David, butcher, Colley gate
Tate James, shopkeeper
Tate William, beer retailer
Taylor George, boot maker
Thompson Wesley Hayes, surgeon
Tibbets Elizabeth, Shovel Inn
Turner Richard, nail maker
Walker David, nail maker
Willetts Zachariah, coal dealer
Worten Charles, nail maker