The surnames are first
Slater's
Directory of 1858 lists many of the local tradesmen working
in the area at the time. Some of these trades (like
the butchers and blacksmiths) are still around today, but many
have disappeared.
A great many of the things
we buy in local shops today have been made in factories in 
another
country.
In early Victorian times
transporting goods was much slower and more difficult. Because of that,
much more of what people needed was produced
locally by skilled craftsmen and women like the shoemakers
(above).
The
braziers and tinmen were craftsmen who
made objects out of brass and tin. In the days before plastics many containers
were made from these materials.
