Transcript of the entry for the Post Office, professions and trades
for THORNTON WATLASS in Bulmer's Directory of 1890.
THORNTON WATLASS TOWNSHIP.
- Post Office at Wilson Hill's. Letters arrive via Bedale, daily, at '7 am.,
and are despatched at 6-5 p.m. Postal orders are issued here but not paid. The nearest Money
Order and Telegraph Office is at Bedale.
Miscellany of trades
- Anderson Rev. John D., M.A., The Rectory
- Auton William, joiner and carpenter
- Backhouse Wm., vict. and shoemaker, The Buck
- Beckwith William, blacksmith
- Brigham John Smith, schoolmaster
- Carnegie John, gardener
- Dodsworth Sir Charles Edward Smith, Bart., J.P., D.L., C.C., Masham Div., N. Riding,
Thornton Watlass hall, and Carlton Club, London, S.W.
- Everett Thomas, shopkeeper
- Firby Miss Hannah Elizabeth, dressmaker
- Hill Wilson, postmaster
- Nicholson Thomas, tailor
- Pearson Jph., estate carpenter and cowkeeper
- Scaife Joseph, wheelwright
- Wetherill John, sexton
- Williamson Geo., relieving, vaccination, school attendance and enquiry officer, and
inspector of nuisances, Bedale Union
- Wrightson Francis, gamekeeper and woodman, Ulwards lodge
Farmers.
- Allison Robert, Pasture house
- Alton J. (Alton & Sons), (and maltster and brewer)
- Firby Thomas, Plump house
- Johnson John, Low barn; h Burrill
- Pratt Mrs. Ellen, Low Pond house
- Williamson John (and cattle dealer)
- Williamson Mrs. Mary (and butcher)
CLIFTON UPON URE TOWNSHIP.
- Post Office at Thornton Watlass. Letters via Bedale; the nearest
Money Order and Telegraph Office is at Masham.
Miscellany of trades
- Airey Thomas, farm bailiff
- Cowell Major-Gen. Sir John Clayton, K.C.B., Clifton castle
- Hudson Geo., collector of land and income tax
- Lee John, gardener
- Thompson William, gamekeeper
Farmer.
- Hudson John, Clifton grange
ROOKWITH TOWNSHIP.
- Post Office at Thornton Watlass. Letters via Bedale.
Miscellany of trades
- Burton George, joiner and cartwright
- Malcolm William, cowkeeper
- Wilson John Edward, managing farmer
Farmers.
- Lamb Heslop, Scot's farm
- Lamb J., Rookwith grange (and Sand Hill house)
- Ward Thomas, Rookwith house
- Wilson Mrs. Jane, Low Field house
THIRN TOWNSHIP.
- Post Office at Thornton Watlass. Letters via Bedale. Letter Box in
the village cleared at 5-30 p.m. No collection on Sunday.
Miscellany of trades
- Booth Miss Elizabeth
- Campbell Thomas, beerseller and shoemaker
- Clarke Christopher, Esq., commissioner of taxes, late Capt., 1st Vol. Batt., North Yorkshire
Regiment, The Hermitage
- Clarke Christopher, land agent, Capt. commanding 1st Vol. Batt. (Princess of Wales' Own),
Yorkshire Regiment, Charlcot
- Harker Thomas, cowkeeper
- Horner Mrs. Ann
- Jeff Miss Mary
- Kittley William, coachman to Sir. J. Cowell
- Nelson William, cowkeeper
- Pratt Thomas, stonemason
- Simpson J. H., estate joiner to Six John Cowell
- Wrightson Stephen J., blacksmith, Thirn grange
Farmers.
- Broadley Thomas, Manor farm
- Hunt John (and carrier to Bedale, Tuesdays), Pasture House farm
- Nicholson Thomas, Thirn Moor house
- Williamson Mrs. Mary, Hermitage farm; h Thornton Watlass
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