Don't
forget! The surnames are first.
The list on the right is the first part of a long list of tradesmen and shopkeepers who kept the community going in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign.
Most people in the area relied on
local tradesmen and shopkeepers
for almost everything they needed.
In rural areas where the population is smaller you will often see someone
having more than one role in the community.
Here we can see the booksellers
and stationers who sold (or loaned) books
to those gentry and educated people who
could read.
They were great letter writers and could buy their paper, ink and pens
here at the stationers.
Blacksmiths
played a very important role in Victorian times. Before the days of complex
electrical machines the local blacksmith could mend most machinery.