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NEEDLE MAKERS IN REDDITCH
Redditch 1829
NEEDLE MAKERS
01. Avery William & Son
02. Bartleet James
03. Bartleet William and Clarke
04. Bartleet W. & Sons Fish Hill
05. Bate Thomas & Co. Unicorn Hill
06. Chambers Aaron Breeden
07. Clarke Joseph Fish hill
08. Cox Charles Edward Fish hill
09. Field Thomas Breeden
10. Field William & William Breeden
11. Gould William
12. Guardner Jarnes
13. Hemming Richard & Son
14. Hollington William
15. Holyoake Benjamin & Son
16. Holyoake Thomas & Joseph
17. Mills John & Matt. Beoley Mills
18. Milward Henry & Sons
19. Milward John Fish hill
20. Peakman Joseph
21. Perks Edward
22. Reading & Turner Breeden
23. Roberts Samuel
24. Shrimpton William and Peter
25. Smallwood William
26. Swan Charles
27. Tandy Thomas
28. Williams James
29. Wyers Richard
30. Yoxall William
Fish Hill
Redditch 1835
NEEDLE MAKERS
01. Avery William and Son
02. Bartleet William
03. Bartleet William and Sons
04. Chambers John
05. Chillingworth and Son
06. Field Thomas
07. Field W. and W.
08. Gould William and Son
09. Hemming Richard and Son
10. Holyoake James
11. Holyoake Thomas and Joseph
12. Horton Wm. & Co. successors to the late Mr. Thomas Williams
needle manufacturers by appointment to their Royal Highnesses the
Dutchess of Kent & the Princess Victoria 1 Hall Street Birmingham
13. Mills John & Matthew
14. Millward Henry and Sons
15. Perks Edward
16. Reading Joseph
17. Roberts Samuel
18. Shrimpton Peter and William
19. Smallwood Edwin
20. Swan Charles
21. Tandy Thomas
22. Thomas Samuel
23. Turner Joseph
24. Turner Thomas
25. Williams James
26. Wyers Richard
Redditch 1839
NEEDLE MAKERS
01. Avery James
02. Avery William & Son
03. Bartleet William Evesham Street
04. Bartleet Wm. & Sons
05. Bate Rebecca
06. Baylis Thomas Breedon
07. Chambers John C.
08. Clark William & Co. Mount Pleasant
09. Crow James
10. Farr Martin
11. Field H. & W. (Late Field & Reeve)
12. Gould H. W.
13. Guardener Mrs. Jas
14. Hemmings R. & Son
15. Hollington Wm
16. Holyoak Jas
17. Holyoake Thomas & Joseph Alcester Mills
18. Lewis Wm
19. Lloyd Edmund & Co.
20. Lloyd James
21. Millington Henry Beoley Needle Mill
22. Milward H. & Sons
23. Moore John
24. Perks Edward
25. Reading & Turner
26. Roberts Samuel and (Priory Mills, Shirley Street, Birmingham)
27. Shrimpton John Titus
28. Shrimpton Peter Steam Mills
29. Shrimpton S.
30. Shrimpton W. & Co.
31. Swann Chas.
32. Tandy Thomas
33. Thomas Samuel
34. Turner Josh
35. Turner Thomas
36. Warin Joseph
37. Webb & Lock
38. Westwood Charles Jas. Headless Cross
39. Wyers Richard
40. Yarnall Josh. Steam Mills
Redditch 1842
NEEDLE MAKERS
01. Bartleet William Evesham Street
02. Bartleet William & Sons ( patentees 73 Aldermanbury, London)
03. Bate Rebecca Brockhill Lane
04. Baylis Thomas & Co. Redditch
05. Boulton & Son Chapel Green
06. Chambers John C. Ipsley
07. Clarke Wm. & Co. Mount Pleasant
08. Field Thomas
09. Field W. & W.
10. Gibbins William Evesham Street
11. Gould William & Son Alcester Street
12. Guardner Elizabeth Unicorn Hill
13. Hemming Henry Chapel Green
14. Hemming Richard & Son Forge Mills
15. Holyoake Thomas & Joseph Redditch Mills
16. Lloyd Edmund & Co. Evesham Street
17. Lloyd James Evesham Street
18. Locke & Mills Unicorn Hill (3 Scott's yard, Cannon St, London)
19. Mills John & Matthew Ipsley
20. Millward Henry & Sons
21. Moore John Red Lion Street
22. Perks Edward Evesham Street (34 Poultry, London)
23. Reading & Turner Redditch
24. Shrimpton John Titus Chapel Green
25. Shrimpton Peter Steam Mills
26. Shrimpton William & Sons Steam Mills
27. Smallwood Edwin Chapel Green
28. Stanley Henry M. Redditch
29. Tandy Thomas Unicorn Hill
30. Thomas Samuel
31. Thompson John
32. Thornton William Evesham Street
33. Turner Thomas Fish Hill
34. Warin Joseph Chapel Green
35. Westwood Jas. Evesham Street
36. Wilkes Robert Redditch Mills
37. Wyers Richard Unicorn Hill
38. Yarnal Jos. Brockhill Lane
Redditch
Redditch is a hamlet and chapelry, in that part of the parish of Tardebigge which is in the upper division of the hundred of Halfshire; 111 miles N.W. from London, 19 N. by E. from Worcester, 12 S. from Birmingham and 6 N. by W. from Alcester; pleasantly situate on a commanding eminence, near the Warwick shire border, on the new line of road from London to Birmingham. A Cistercian abbey, of considerable note, formerly existed at Bordesley, near this place, some slight remains of which may still be traced: it was founded in 1138, by the Empress Matilda and, at the dissolution, was granted to one of the ancestors of the late Earl of Plymouth. The only articles of manufacture, for which this place has been long famous, are needles and fish-hooks: the making of the former alone employ, in the village and neighbourhood, about six thousand persons. A constable is appointed annually, in October, at the court-leet of the lord of the manor, the Hon. R. H. Clive, whose seat, Hewell Grange, is about a mile and a half from the village: the building is much admired for its simple elegance and the park surrounding it is finely wooded and laid out with rustic taste. The places of worship are, a chapel of ease and one each for Wesleyan methodists, independents and the Roman catholics: the latter, a neat building, was opened in 1834. A national school, supported by the Countess of Plymouth and Sunday-schools, connected with the church and methodists, afford instruction to the poorer class of children. Two fairs are held here annually, namely, on the first Monday in August and on the third Monday in September, both for cattle. The population of the hamlet is returned with that of the parish of Tardebigge.
Population in 18..: 15.463
TRADE: The manufacture of needles and fishing hooks and tackle
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