Melville's Directory 1861

Ringstead

Ringstead is an extensive village and parish, in the hundred of Higham Ferrers, and diocese of Peterborough, situate on the river Nene, 2½ miles south from Thrapston. The population in 1851 was 640, and the parish contains about 2,000 acres of land. The Church is a very ancient edifice, and in good repair; the living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Denford. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans, also a station on the Northampton and Peterborough Branch of the London and North Western Railway.

Post Office—Noah Green, postmaster. Letters arrive at 7.30a.m., and dispatched at 4.50p.m., through Thrapston.

Ball	John	Butcher
Barrell	George	Shoemaker
Beeby	David	Farmer
Beeby	William	Farmer
Bradshaw	William	blacksmith & parish clerk
Brawn	James	Farmer
Bull	William	Tailor
Child	John	Baker
Childs	Robert	Shoemaker
Dearlove	Joseph	Mill farm and Manor house
Dickins	Mr.	Swan inn
Dicks	William	Shopkeeper
Freeman	Thomas	Farmer
Green	Lot	Farmer
Green	Noah	Grocer, draper, and post office
Green	Thomas	Axe and Compass inn
Haines	Thomas	Baker
Hill	Ann	Black horse inn
Knight	Robert	Farmer
Linnell	Thomas	Butcher
Mercer	Thomas	Butcher
Peacock	Reuben	Carpenter
Tilley	Joseph	Plumber & glazier
Williamson	John	Farmer

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