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Transcript of the entry of 'professions and trades'
for MARKET WEIGHTON in White's Directory of 1840.

Post Office,
Those marked thus:
Miscellany of trades Inns and Taverns,
Academies,
Baker &c,
Bank Agents,
Basket Makers,
Blacksmiths,
Booksellers & c,
Boot & Shoe Mkrs,
Braziers,
Brewers,
Bricklayers,
Butchers,
Chemists & Drgsts,
Coal Merchants (Wharfs at canal),
Corn Factors,
Corn Millers,
Coopers,
Farmers (* are yeomen),
Fire & Life Officers,
Gardeners &c,
Grocers & Dprs (* grocers only),
Hair Dressers,
Hatters,
Ironmongers,
Joiners &c. (* are cabt mkrs & # wheelwgts also),
Machine Maker & Wire Worker,
Maltsters,
Milliners &c,
Painter,
Plumbers & Glzrs,
Rope & Net Mkrs,
Saddlers,
Shopkeepers,
Spirit Merchants,
Straw Hat Mkrs,
Surgeons,
Tailors & Drprs,
Tanner & Fellmg,
Watch Makers,
Wheelwrights (see joiners),
Coaches, from the Devonshire Arms and the Old King's Arms:
Carriers (from the Inns &c),
If not otherwise stated, the Carriers arrive about noon and depart about 4 aftn every Wednesday. Marked * go from the Cross Keys:

Transcript of the entry of 'professions and trades'
for SHIPTON in White's Directory of 1840.

Miscellany of trades Inns and Taverns,
Blacksmiths,
Boot & Shoe mkrs,
Butchers,
Cattle Dealers,
Farmers,
Shopkeepers,
Tailors

Transcribed by Angela Booth.


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