East Brent Parish
Shops and Trades.
The following is a listing of the names of trades people and establishments drawn from the entries in Somerset trade directories from 1835 – 1935.
These directories are notorious for publishing out of date information! From the time the information was taken to when it was printed could be up to two years!! And then there’s my “typo’s” !!!
But you are welcome to use it. Any additional information and corrections will be most welcome.
or www.rooksbridge.org.uk/history
East Brent
1851-71 / Henry ALLEN / Grocer & Draper / PK1875-83 / Edward ARNEY / Farmer / K
1851 / George ARNEY / Farmer / P
1851-75 / John ARNEY / Farmer / PK
1889 / Mrs Maria ARNEY / Farmer / K
1875-89 / ? / Edward BAKER / Butcher & Shopkeeper / K
1897 / ? / Mrs Ellen BAKER / Shopkeeper / K
1851 / George BANWELL / Plasterer / P
1851 / John BANWELL / Plasterer / P
1897-1902 / John BANWELL / Farmer / K
1851 / Arthur BEACHAM / Butcher / P
1851 / George BINNING / Butcher / P
1875-89 / ? / John BINNING / Butcher / K
1883 / William BISHOP / Farmer & Butter factor / K
1889 / ? / Sarah Ann BISHOP / Farmer & Butter factor / K
1897 / George Frederick BODY / Farmer / K
1851 / John BOLEY / Butcher / P
1897-1902 / ? / George BROOKS / Furniture Dealer / K
1883-97 / ? / Henry BAWDEN / Shoe Maker / K
1914-19 / Arthur CASTLE / Farmer / K
1914 / Thomas CHAMPION / Farmer / K
1919-35 / Roger CHAMPION / Farmer / K
1897 / ? / Harold Charles CHANCELLOR / Grocer / K
1851 / Arthur CHAPMAN / Farmer / P
1875 / George 7 Elizabeth CHAPMAN / Farmers / K
1935 ‘ / Hamlincourt’ / Albert Edward CHARD / Accountant / K
1851-75 / Mrs Hannah COLLARD / School teacher / P
1851 / Mrs S COLLARD / School teacher / P
1851 / Simon COLLARD / Draper & Grocer / P
1851-89 / William Jeffery COLLARD / House painter / PK
1875 / Miss Charlotte COLLARD / Grocer & Draper / K
1897
1902 / ?
East Brent ?
& Axbridge / Ernest COMER?
COMER & HUTSON? / Saddler & Harness maker
Saddlers, Blacksmiths,
Wheelwrights, Ag. Implements
& Dairy outfitters. / K
K
1914 / Frederick COMER / Rate Collector / K
1851-89 / Arthur COOK / Draper & Grocer / PK
1889 / Peter COOK / Farmer / K
1851-89 / ? / Thomas COOK / Farmer / PK
1851 / Miss CRIDDLE / School teacher / P
1935 ‘ / Avalon Cottage’ / Kenneth Fred’k CURTIS. / Ins. Agent. / K
1883-89 / Harriet DAY / Farmer / K
1851-89 / James DAY / Plasterer & Bricklayer / PK
1851-75 / ? / Richard DAY / Farmer / P
1875-1902 / William DAY / Farmer / K
1875 / Mrs Georgina DENLOW / Farmer / K
1851-1914
1919-35 / South Farm. / Edwin DIBBLE
Frank DIBBLE / Farmer
Farmer / P
K
1851-75 / George DIBBLE / Farmer / P
1851 / Robert DINWIDDY / Carpenter / P
1902 / George DUCKETT / Farmer / K
1897-1902 / Walter DUCKETT / Farmer / K
1889 / Henry DUNSTON / Saddle & Harness maker / K
1875 / Joseph DURSTON / Farmer / K
1897 / George DYER / Mason / K
1875-1902 / John EMERY / Cooper and Tinman / K
1914 / Elm House / John EMERY / Farmer / K
1889-1935 / James FISHER / Boot Repairer / K
1889-1919 / George FRANCIS / Carpenter & Wheelwright / K
1889-1914 / Thomas FRANCIS / Mason. & Parish Clerk / K
1875-89 / Arthur GAMLING / Tailor / K
1851 / George GANE / Registrar / H
1875-89 / Henry GOULD / Farmer / K
1897-1902 / Mrs Jane GOULD / Farmer / K
1851 / ? HALL / Carpenter / P
1851 / ? / HAM & CURTIN / Carriers. To and from Bristol. / H
1889
1897-1919 / Yew Tree Farm / Henry HAM
Frederick HAM / Farmer
Farmer / K
K
1875-89
1897-1919
1935 / Chapel Farm / Jeffery HAM
William GAMLEN
John GAMLEN / Farmer
Farmer
Farmer / K
K
K
1897-1919 / Jeffrey HAM / Butcher / K
1935 / Percy HAM / Farmer / K
1935 / Walter J HAM / Produce Merchant / K
1875-83 / William HAM / Butter Factor / K
1851 / ? HATCH / Draper & Grocer / P
1883 / Henry HATCH / Saddler / K
1875 / Robert HARDING / Farmer / K
1889-1935 / Ernest Edward HATCH / Saddler & Shopkeeper / K
1851 / Mrs HAWKINS / School teacher / P
1851-75 / John HIGGS / Farmer / P
1935 / Ash Tree Farm / Ralph HILL / Farmer / K
1889 / ? / Thom. HILL / Wholesale Milk & Butter Factor / K
1914-35 / South View / T HILL & Son / Dairymen / K
1875 / Charles HOBBS / Cattle Dealer / K
1902-35 / Ernest HODDER & Sons / Nurserymen and Seedsmen / K
1889-97 / ? / James HOLMES / Draper & Grocer / K
1889 / ? / Emmanuel HOUNSELL Jnr. / Shopkeeper / K
1883 / Samuel HOUSE / Farmer / K
1875-89 / Edward Lang HUBBARD / Blacksmith / K
1851
1897-1914 / ? HUBBARD
Edwin HUBBARD / Blacksmith
Blacksmith / P
K
1875 / John HUDSON / Farmer / K
1875 / John HUDSON Jnr. / Farmer / K
1875 / Mrs Martha HUDSON / Farmer / K
1875 / Charles HUETT / Farmer / K
1875 / David HUETT / Farmer / K
1897-1919 / Smithfield / William HUETT / Mason / K
1851 / Joseph HURSE / Tailor / P
1851 / Joseph HUTSON / Farmer / P
1897
1902
1914-35 / Ash Tree Farm
Church House
Chestnut Farm / Edward Ernest HUTSON / Farmer, Tax collector and
Assistant Overseer / K
1875 / Frederick HUTSON / Saddler & Harness maker / K
1875-1902 / Chestnut Farm / William HUTSON / Farmer / K
1935 / James Stores / Arthur Edward JAMES / Shopkeeper / K
1875-1902 / Edwin JARVIS / Farmer / K
1935 / Ewart G JESTY / Butcher / K
1883 / Frank KERTON / Farmer / K
1889 / Thomas KERTON / Farmer / K
1851 / Arthur KINGLAKE / Baker / P
1875 / Richard KINGLAKE / Baker / K
1883 / Miss Eleanor MILLAR / Private Schoolteacher / k
1851 / ? MILLARD / Doctor Surgeon / P
1851 / Joseph MORGAN / Draper & Grocer / P
1902 / ? / Mrs Maria MORSE / Shopkeeper / K
1935 / ? / Hilda MOYLE / Shopkeeper. / K
1914-19 / Gen. Store? / Georgina NATION / Shopkeeper. / K
1851 / Samuel PARKER / Blacksmith / P
1875 / William PEDDLE / Farmer / K
1875-97 / ? / George PERROTT / Boot & Shoe maker / K
1883 / Jeffery PETERS / Farmer / K
1851 / ? POPHAM / Carpenter / P
1851 / George PURNELL / Draper & Grocer / P
1851 / Job RADFORD / Shoe maker / P
1875-1902 / ? / John RIDOUT / Carpenter & Wheelwright / K
1902-14
1919 / Brent House / William SALVIDGE
Mrs Salvidge / K
K
1935 / ? / Frank SATURLEY / Grocer / K
1851-75 / John SHEPPARD / Plasterer / P
1875 / Richard SHEPPARD / Farmer / K
1875 / Mrs Elizabeth SLADE / Farmer / K
1875 / Mrs Sarah SLADE / Farmer / K
1897-1902 / ? / William SMALL / Glass & China dealer / K
1889 / ? / William SPRIGGS / Carpenter / K
1875-89 / ? / Mrs Susan TOUT / Baker / K
1883 / Joseph TUMMON / Draper & Grocer / K
1851 / William VENN / Farmer / P
1914-19 / ? / Walter John VINCENT / Boot & Shoe repairer. / K
1935 / ? / George Vernon WARD / Dairyman / K
1875-1914 / ? / John WARE / Carpenter & Wheelwright / K
1883-89 / Burton Row Farm
Elm Tree Farm? / John WEBB / Farmer / K
K
1851 / Joshua WEST / Shoe maker / P
1883-1902 / Samuel WHITE / Farmer / K
1875 / Charles WHITTING / Farmer / K
1883 / John WHITTING / Farmer / K
1935 / Brent House Farm? / Frank WOODWARD Snr. / Farmer / K
1897-1902
1919
1935 / Ash Tree Farm / Frank WOODWARD
Alfred WOODWARD
Ralph Harry HILL / Farmer & Cattle dealer
Farmer
Farmer / K
K
K
1914-35 / Church Farm / Frank WOODWARD / Farmer / K
1883-89 / ? / Joseph WOODWARD / Butcher / K
1851 / ? / Charles YOUNG / Butcher / P
1914
1919-35 / The Elms / John RICE
William FROST / Farmer / K
K
1875
1889
1883-1902
1914-19
1935?
1935 / Knoll Inn. / George Miles FROST
Immanuel Sylvester HOUNSELL
Alfred EMERY
George William WATKINS
Mrs Mary Ann BEES / Licensee / K
K
K
K
K
K
1875
1897-1914
1919
1935 / Lake House Farm, / William MARSHALL
Edward REDDING
Charles WHITTING
Wm. DURSTON / Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer / K
K
K
K
1883
1889-97
1902
1914-35 / Manor Farm / Robert COMER
William Cook COMER
Charles POPHAM
Metford Charles POPHAM / Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer / K
K
K
K
1897-1919
1935 / Mill Batch Farm, / John WOODWARD
Frank FISHER / Farmer
Farmer / K
K
1851-83
1889-97
1897-1902
1914-19
1975-35 / Post Office & Shop
? / Charles HATCH
John Ridout
Charles BISHOP
Mr & Mrs Charles Trott BISHOP
Henry SEALEY
George Edward HUDSON / Postmaster
Postmaster
Grocer & Boot & Shoe dealer / PK
K
K
K
K
K
1875-1902
1914-35 / Prospect House, / George KERTON
Ernest FRANCIS / Farmer
Carpenter & Wheelwright / K
K
Edingworth
1875-1914 / Robert BOARD / Farmer / K1897-1914
1935 / North Yeo ? / William BOARD
Cyril DURSTON / Farmer
Farmer / K
K
1935 / Benjamin BROCK / Farmer / K
1875-1902
1914-35 / North Yeo Farm / Robert COOK
Henry (Harold) FROST / Farmer
Farmer / K
K
1914-35 / Rookery Farm / John Fry DAY / Farmer / K
1875 / Ferdinando DIBBLE / Farmer / K
1935 / Edward FRY / Farmer / K
1914-35 / Frederick FRY / Farmer / K
1919 / John GIBBS / Farmer / K
1914 / Oliver GILLING / Farmer / K
1919 / Mrs Emily GILLING / Farmer / K
1875-89 / George HIGGS / Farmer & Overseer / K
1914-35 / Ernest HUETT / Farmer / K
1851 / Jesse HUETT / Farmer / P
1902-19 / Jesse HUETT / Farmer / K
1935 / Manor Farm / Reginald HUETT / Farmer / K
1875-1914 / Edingworth House / Thomas HUETT / Farmer / K
1851-1889
1897
1902-35 / White House Farm / John ISGAR
Mrs John ISGAR
Henry ISGAR / Farmer
Farmer
Farmer / PK
K
K
1919 / John PARISH / Farmer / K
1902 / Sylvester PIMM / Farmer & Pig dealer / K
1897 / Charles POPHAM / Farmer / K
1897-1902
1914-19 / William POPHAM
Mrs William POPHAM / Farmer
Farmer / K
K
1851-1914 / George Henry SLADE / Farmer / PK
1935 / Thomas STITCH / Farmer / K
1883-1902 / John TILLEY / Farmer / K
1897-1935 / John THOMAS / Farmer / K
1935 / Mrs Lily May VILE / Farmer / K
1889-97 / Samuel WHITE / Farmer / K
Rooksbridge
1851 / John BAKER / Tailor / P1883-1919 / ? / Arthur BAKER / Tailor / K
1935 / ? / Albert BANWELL / Farmer / K
1919 / ? / John BANWELL / Farmer / K
1883-
1902 / ? / Isaac BOLEY / Baker
Farmer / K
K
1914 / ? / William BROOKS / Baker / K
1851 / ? BURROWS / Farmer / P
1875-89 / Thomas BURROWS / Farmer / K
1875-83 / Charles CHURCHILL / Saddler & Harness maker
1889-1914 / ? / Charles Body CHURCHILL / Farmer / K
1851 / ? Clothier / Farmer / P
1875-97 / Edwin CLOTHIER / Farmer / K
1902
1914-19 / ?
? / CLOTHIER & COX
CLOTHIER & DENNE / Farmers
Farmers / K
K
1897-1902 / “The Hall”
Bachelors Hall? / Robert COMER / Rate Collector / K
1897-1902
1914-19 / Shop? / Mrs Mary COOK
Mrs Margaret? COOK / Draper & Grocer
1897-1919 / ? / William DAY / Farmer / K
1935 / ? / Alfred DENNE / Farmer / K
1883-1902 / Rooksbridge Farm / Gilbert DIBBLE / Farmer / K
1902 / ? / Albert DUCKETT / Farmer / K
1919-35 / ? / Solomon John FARMER / Baker / K
1914-35 / Ash Lawn House / Gilbert GILLING / Farmer / K
1935 / ? / George HAM / Farmer / K
1935 / ? / Sidney R HAM / Farmer / K
1935 / Post Office Shop / William George HARVEY / Sub Postmaster and Gen. Stores / K
1883 / George HIGGS / Farmer / K
1883-1919 / ? / John HIGGS / Farmer / K
1914-35 / ? / Ivor HOOPER / Farmer / K
1889-97 / Samuel HOUSE / Farmer / K
1897-1902 / ? / Ernest HOUSE / Farmer / K
1889-97
1902-19 / ?
Post Office. / Charles KING / Harness maker
Sub Postmaster / K
K
1897-1914 / ? / Frederick MARKS / Blacksmith / K
1919-35 / ? / William H MARTIN / Blacksmith / K
1914 / ? / Albert MASON / Farmer / K
1897-1919
1935 / ? / Sam MILLER
Reginald MILLER? / Carpenter / K
K
1883-89 / George NORVILL / Farmer / K
1875 / John NORVILL / Farmer / K
1935 / ? / Herbert George SANDFORD / Saddler. / K
1897-1919 / ? / Henry Edward SAY / Farmer / K
1919 / ? / Robert VILE / Farmer / K
1889 / John WHITTING / Farmer / K
1875
1875
1889
1902
1914-35 / Milk Factory
Cheddar Valley Dairy
Factory Lane / William ARNEY & ? CLOTHIER
Thomas TWIGG
BOLEY & WOOD
Walter MITCHELL
Charles EMERY / Founders
Manager
Owners
Manager
Manager / K
K
K
K
K
1975-1904
1935 / Grange Farm / Thomas SALVIDGE *1
Lionel DAY / Farmer
Farmer / K
K
1935 / R’Bridge Filling Station / WT & FW WATERS / K
1935 / Rooksbridge Garage / ? / K
1889-1902
1914-35 / Rooksbridge House / William Chapell ARNEY
John COUNSELL / Farmer.
Farmer / K
K
1851
1875
1883
1889-1919
1935 / Wellington Arms / Betsey BOLEY
John? BOLEY
Mrs Harriet HILL
William CURRY
Florence Maud CROOK / Licensee
? / P
K
K
K
K
Notes:
Dates = Known trading as. Not Beginning and End.
Where Directory entries do not indicate the area of parish, these are listed under EAST BRENT
K = Kelly’s Directories of Somerset Several!
H = Hunts Directory of Somerset 1851
P = Bristol P.O. Directory & Gazetteer 1851
*1 There were three Thomas SALVIDGES farming at Gange Farm.
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