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Kelly's Directory 1906
Raunds


Parish Clerk, John Wilmott

Postmaster, George Walker

Raunds Urban District Council

Council meets 2nd Monday in each month at the Coffee Tavern

Chairman, John Adams

Vice-chairman, John Bass

Retire April 1907

Retire April 1908

Retire April 1909

John Adams

Harry Harrison

Robert Coggins

John Bass

Enos Smith

Walter Denton
Walter Gates
Eugene Joseph Whitney
Joseph Gant
James Hodson
Ernest Wingell
George Ernest Smith

Officials

Treasurer, Charles Modlen, Northants Union Bank Ltd., Clerk & Collector, William Fellows Corby.

Medical Officer of health, W. McKenzie, L.R.C.P. & L.R.C.S.Edin., L.F.P.S.Glas.

Inspector of Nuisances & Surveyor, Thomas Yorke.

Public Elementary Schools

Mixed, built, with master’s residence, in 1859, from designs by the late Mr. Street, & enlarged in 1882, at a cost of £110, & further enlarged in 1882, at a cost of £350, for 232 children; average attendance, 270; Jesse Shelmerdine, master.

Infants’, built in 1869 & enlarged in 1874 at a cost of £180, & again enlarged in 1897, by Talboot-Brown & Fisher, of Wellingborough, at a cost of £1,400, for 200 children; average attendance, 180; Miss Kathleen Shelmerdine, mistress.

Wesleyan Day (mixed), established in 1848, re-organised in 1861, enlarged in 1870 & again in 1895 at a cost of £1,600, & a new approach was added in 1898; it will now hold 320 children; average attendance 330. A school house is attached, but is not now (1906) used. The school was endowed inder the will of the late William Nichols Esq. in 1872 with £250; Leon G Harold Lee F.R.Met.Soc., A.C.P. head master; Miss Amy Beeby, infants’ mistress.

Railway Station, Alfred John King, station master.

Police Station, Charles Cameron, sergt. & one constable.

Carrier to:- Thrapston, William Peck, Tues. & Sat.; Wellingborough, William Peck, Mon. Wed. & Fri.; Rushden, William Peck, Mon. & Sat. afternoon.

Private Residents

Adams

John

Darsdale

Cannell

Rev. William M., B.A. (Wes)


Coggins

Robert

The Hall

Fisher

Amos

The Delves

Frey

Rev. Herbert Kearsley M.A.

The Vicarage

Harris

Thomas A. B.


Horrell

John

The Maples

Jeeves

Thomas Charles

Grove House

Kingsmith

John, J.P., C.C.

Westfields

Lee

Leon G.H., F.R.Met.S.

Kingsward

Mackensie

William

Aberlour House

Milligan

Edward Ackroyd, J.P.

The Grange

Smith

Enos, J.P.


Smith

George Ernest

Trevarneth

Tebbutt

John Thomas

Parkville


Commercial

Early closing day, Wed, 2pm

Adams Brothers

Wholesale boot & shoe, upper & legging manufs. & govnt. contractors

Allen Brother

Wheelwrights


Allen

Charles

Fried fish shop

Amos

Emma (Mrs)

Shopkeeper

Arnold

Sarah Hannah (Mrs)

Dress maker

Asbery

Wm. & Sons

Cabinet makers

Atkins

Thomas

Wheatsheaf P.H.

Biley

Charles D

Railway Inn

Barker

William

Chimney sweep

Bass

John

Boot & shoe maker

Beeby

John

Baker

Black

John Wm

Boot & shoe manuf.

Brightwell

Hugh

Beer retailer

Britten

George

Fishmonger

Broker

Thomas

Grocer & provision dealer

Brown

Arthur George F.A.I.

Auctioneer & valuer, accountant, estate & insurance agent

Butler

Frank John & Co

Tailors & outfitters

Chamber

Ernest & Enos

Boot heel makers

Chambers

James

Boot heel manuf.

Clark

John Bunyan & Son

Shopkeepers

Clark

Wmma (Mrs)

George & Dragon P.H.

Clark

John Hills

Wholesale boot manufs. & army contractor

Clarke & Haynes

 

Wholesale boot & soe manufs.

Cobley

William

Beer retailer

Coggins

Robert

Boot manuf. & government contractor

Coles

Christopher

Horse & trap dealer

Corby

John Henry

Tailor & news agent

Corby

William Fellows

Clerk & collector to Urban Council

Denton

Walter

Farmer

Disher

Edith (Miss)

Draper

Eady

Robert & Son

Bakers & farmers

Edwards Brothers

 

Curriers & leather merchs.

Ekins

William & John

Butchers & farmers

Farrington

Frederick

Farmer

Ferry

Thomas

Waggonette proprietor

Ferry

William

Waggonette proprietor

Gambell

William

Blacksmith

Gant

Joseph

Chemist & druggist

Gas Light & Coke Co. Ltd.

Joseph C Swinburne, manager & sec

Gates

Walter

Boot & shoe manufs. see Neal & Gates

Gaunt

George

Hair dresser

Gaunt

Henry

Beer retailer

George

Oscar

Shopkeeper

Groom

Alfred

Baker

Groom

Mary (Mrs)

Baker

Hardwick

Thomas

Confectioner

Harrison

Amos

Beer retailer

Hasseldine

Robert

Butcher & grazier

Haynes

John

Boot manuf. See Clarke & Haynes

Haynes

John Henry

Cyclie agent

Hazeldine

Walter

Butcher

Hornsby

George P

Shopkeeper

Horrell

John & Son

Army contractors & wholesale boot & shoe manufs.

Hunnybun

& Sons

Solicitors

Inclay

Framk

Farmer & cattle dealer

Jeeves

Thomas Charles

Landowner & farmer, Grove House

Jervis

Thomas G

Hair dresser & shopkeeper

Kingsmith

John & Son Ltd.

Wholesale boot & shoe manufs. , curriers, leather merchants & government contractors, Wellington Works

Knighton

Hannah (Mrs)

Robin Hood P.H.

Knighton

William

Newsagent

Lawrence

James

Builder

Lawrence

Ralph, sec. Raunds Distributive Co-op Society Ltd.

Lawrence

Walter

Boot & shoe manufacturer

Lightstrung Cycle Co.

 

Cycle manufacturers

Lyne

EdwinH. B.

Photographer &c.

Lyne

Sarah (Mrs)

Draper

Mackenzie

Wm. L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. L.F.P.S.Glas.

physician & surgeon & Medical Officer & public vaccinator

McLeod

George Anderson

Watch maker

Maddock

William

Beer retailer

March

Frederick William

Printer & stationer

Meadows

John

Fishmonger

Milligan

Edward A.

 Farmer, The Grange

Mitcherll

William Henry

Dairyman

Modlen

Charles, manager of Nptonshire Union Bank & treasurer to the UDC

Moore

Silas

Carpenter & wheelwright

Nash

George

Hair dresser & tobacconist

Neal & Gates

 

Boot & shoe manufs.

Nichols

Charles Edward

Boot & shoe manuf.

Northamptonshire Union Bank

Charles Modlen  manager)

Northern

Jonathan

Boot sewer to the trade

Palmer

Charles & Co. Ltd.

Grocers & drapers

Partrick

William

Stone & marble mason

Parsons

Edward

Pork butcher

Peck

William

Carrier

Pentelow

Sarah Jane (Mrs)

Miller (wind) & corn dealer

Pettitt

John Thomas

Golden Fleece P.H.

Pettit

William

Surrier & leather merchant

Pettit

William

Farmer

Pulpher

George

Rope maker

Raunds Boot & Shoe Co. Ltd.

Boot & shoe manufs.

Raunds Conservative Club Ltd.

John E Whitney (sec)

Raunds Distributive Co-op. Soc. Ltd.

Ralph Lawrence (sec)

Grocers & provision dealers

Raunds Hotel & Coffee Tavern Co. Ltd

George Baldwin (manager)

Raunds productive Society Ltd.

Wholesale boot & shoe manufs.

Raunds, Thrapston, Oundle & District Mutual Trade Protection Assoc.

(J. Willing, sec)

Rixon Bros

 

Bakers & confectioners

Rooksby

Sydney

Hair dresser

Rower

Jacob

Draper

St Crispin’s productive Soc. Ltd.

Wholesale boot & shoe manufs.

Sanders

Harry Arthur

Watchmaker

Shaw

William & Son

Basket makers

Smith

E & Son

Builders & contractors & brick & tile manufs. & tar paviors

Smith

Ekin

Shopkeeper

Smith

Frederick

Cock P.H.

Smith

Owen

Wholesale boot & shoe manufr. & army & navy contractor

Spicer

William Henry

Plumber, glazier & painter

Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Co. Ltd.

Joseph Hant (agent)

Stanton

Nathaniel

Farmer

Star Tea Co.

A.L.Turner (manager)

 

Stock

George

Tailor & outfitter

Streather

Horace

Plumber & painter

Streather

Mary Ann (Mrs)

The Globe P.H.

Stubbs

Joseph

Forresters Arms P.H.

Sykes

William Baker

Plumber & glazier

Tanner

William Henry

Wheelwright

Tebbutt & Hall Brothers

Boot & shoe manufs. & exporters

Temperance Hall

John Bass (sec)

 

Thompson

Reuben

Greengrocer

Turnill

Thomas

Pork butcher

Vorley

Joseph

Town crier & bill poster

Walker

George

Saddler & harness maker & station, Post office

Webster

James A

Butcher

Wellington Boot & Shoe Co. Ltd.

H P Hodson (sec)

Whitney

Eugene Joseph

Deputy registrar of marriages

Whitney

John Edgar

Beer retailer

Wingell

Ernest

Tailor & coal dealer

Wingell

Thomas

Butcher & farmer

Woodbine Working Men’s Club

William Lawrence (sec)

York

Christopher

Blacksmith

York

Thomas

Surveyor & inspector of nuisances to the UDC




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