Sanders & Sanders - Customers & Suppliers

Midland Railway Company - Freight Bills - October 1884.

In 1884, the only fast and reliable means of moving goods about the country was by rail.

The Rushden branch line was not opened until circa 1893 and the nearest rail freight collection point was Irchester station from which all Sanders despatches appear to have been made. Mr Bramley collected parcels from Rushden - for conveyance to Irchester in his horse drawn wagon.

Rail freight was charged by weight and charges varied according to destination:

London 25/- per ton.
Liverpool 40/-
Newark 26/8 (twenty six shillings and eight pence)
Canterbury 42/6
Guildford 36/8
Reading 28/4
Dorking 35/-
Poole 45/-
Faversham 35/-

When we consider that each parcel was assessed for charge by weight in cwt. qtrs. & lbs., it was not an easy calculation for the freight clerk.

The list of customer names is interesting but to the best of our knowledge none of them exist today.

October 1884 Customers Date Invoice No. To Customer 2 19 London Thwaites 2 19 London James 3 34 London Dare 3 34 London James 3 34 London Dicks 6 59 London Kay 8 92 London Upson & Co 8 92 London Wiggins 9 107 London Herbert 9 107 London Burns 9 107 London Longley 10 122 London Budden 10 131 Newark Poshill 2 16 Canterbury Dean 4 35 Guildford Mills 4 37 B'wick Key 6 51 Reading Lean 7 52 Dorking Crayfoot 7 56 B'wick Hart & Co 10 87 Poole Hawkes 14 172 Newark Mills 15 178 London James 15 178 London Dare 16 194 London Upson & Co 16 194 London Herbert 13 99 Reigate Hammond 13 106 Liverpool Key 15 124 Hastings Reeves 17 214 London James 17 214 London Herbert 18 147 L'hampton Pickford & Co 20 163 Dover Reeves 20 168 Liverpool Key 21 173 High Wycombe Stone 22 182 Faversham Bassant 22 182 Faversham Hunt & W 21 247 London Illingworth 22 263 London Upsom & Co 23 276 London Agers 23 276 London Sawyer 23 276 London Millwood 24 290 London Atterbury 24 290 London Peace 24 290 London Budden 25 214 Liverpool Key 27 313 London Lapworth 28 331 London Dare 30 369 London James 30 369 London Watts 31 380 London Budden 31 380 London Groves 27 219 B'wick Key 29 237 Salisbury Askings 30 251 Lewes Russell & Son 30 252 Eastbourne Bromley 31 262 Portsmouth Hanham           Receipted £12.5.3 on Nov 28th	October 1884 Goods inwards by rail Date No. From 1 1044 Northampton 1 1044 London 1 306 London 4 5 Liverpool 3 1002 Norwich 4 230 Leeds 4 107 Northampton 6 941 Northampton 8 1044 Northampton 8 1044 Northampton 10 1160 Northampton 10 1160 Northampton 10 184 London 3 798 W x Lt 4 282 London 16 17 Liverpool 19 138 Doncaster 15 790 Kettering 15 1240 Northampton 17 81 Northampton 22 112 Northampton 3 M4 Liverpool 29 251 Northampton 30 309 Northampton 30 309 Northampton 30 309 Northampton 31 374 Northampton 31 374 Northampton 31 374 Northampton 3 4 Liverpool
	The picture below is the railway clerk's sheet showing the incoming parcels for Sanders in October 1884, above is a transcript.

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outworkers 1884

Fire in 1924

W B Sanders - retires 1925