Note:
The surnames come first in these lists!
The surnames come first in these lists!
There were no supermarkets in Victorian times, and before the railways communications were limited so that most things that people needed were provided locally.
These lists from the Trade Directories show us just what kind of tradesmen were working in the town.
Some of the trades - like the bakers and butchers - are still familiar to us today. Others like the boot and shoe makers would make the shoes themselves, where today they are brought from a far off factory.
