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SLATER'S DIRECTORY, 1855


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Ravenglass area entries from the Cumberland section of the national directory. The compilers do not seem to have ventured far up Eskdale.

Gentry etc:
Mr Edward Bibby, High Esk holm
Mr Benjamin Bibby, How bank
Mr John Brown, Ravenglass
Joseph Burrow Esq., Carlton Hall
Mr John Caddy, Rougholme
Mrs Falcon, Esk Meads
Mr John Hodgkin, Cumlands
Mr William Hodgkin, Down rig
The Hon. Lord Muncaster, Muncaster Castle
Mrs Porter, Amithurst
Mrs Elizabeth Rimmer, Newtown
Mr Sykes, Cragg
Mr Richard Taylor, Ravenglass
Mr John Troughton, Hinning House
Mr Abraham Vickers, Knot end

Academies etc.: Joseph Askew, Ravenglass
Mary Ann Mossop, Ravenglass
William Robinson- master, Muncaster School- Low Esk holm

Blacksmiths: David Davidson (+ hardware dealer), Ravenglass
Thomas Jackson, Broad oak
Henry Whineray, Ravenglass

Boot & Shoe makers: William Mawson, Ravenglass
Joseph Parker, Ravenglass
George Stable, Ravenglass

Butchers: William Mossop, Ravenglass
Jonathan Whineray, Ravenglass

Carrier: John Huddleston (to Ulverston Fri, to Whitehaven Wed)

Cartwrights & joiners: John Clark, Ravenglass
William Haddeth, Ravenglass
Robert Kitchin, Powls Inn

Grocers, drapers etc.: Richard Askew, Ravenglass
Henry Mossop & Co., Ravenglass
George Stable, Ravenglass
John Whitten, Ravenglass

Miller: Joseph Bibby, Muncaster Mill

Milliner: Mary Dickinson, Ravenglass

Salmon fishings lessee: Walter Scott, Ravenglass

Stonemason: James Tyson, Ravenglass

Tailors: Andrew Bell, Ravenglass
Christopher Brockbank, Ravenglass
William Walker, Ravenglass
John Whitten, Ravenglass

Taverns etc.: Bay Horse- William Wilson, Ravenglass
King's Arms Inn- Jonathan Whineray, Ravenglass
Sloop- John Fox, Ravenglass

Rev. Thomas Robinson- rector, The Grove- Ravenglass
"There is also a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists"

Post Office: Henry Jackson- post master, Ravenglass.
"Letters from all parts arrive (from Whitehaven) every afternoon at two, and are despatched every morning at seven"

Customs officer: John Lamb, Ravenglass

Relieving officer + registrar of births deaths & marriages: William Mossop, Ravenglass