From Harrison, Harrod, and Company's 1861 Directory and Gazetteer

Coseley

Coseley Post Office: John James, postmaster. Letters arrive from Bilston at 7.55am., and 4.15pm. and are dispatched at 7.10pm.
Deepfields Post Office: Letters arrive from Bilston at 7.15am. and 4pm. and are dispatched at 7.25pm.

Places of Worship:
Christ Church, Rev. William Ford Vance, M.A., incumbent.
Baptist Chapel, Rev. B. C. Young, minister.
Baptist Chapel, Coppice, Rev. William Bridge, minister.
Ebenezer Chapel, Rose Villa, Rev. W. Jones, minister.
Old Meeting House Chapel (Unitarian).
Providence Baptist Chapel, Rev. E. Morris, minister.
Wesleyan Chapel, various ministers.
Wesleyan Chapel, Can Lane, various ministers.
Wesleyan Chapel, Full woods' End, various ministers. 

Schools:
Old Meeting House (endowed) School, Mamble Square, for boys and girIs.
National School, Mr. Evans, master; Mrs. Evans, mistress.
National School, W. R. Pearce, master; Miss Sarah Lewis, mistress.
National (late Cholera), Can Lane, Mrs. Ellen Pugh, mistress. 

Public Officers:
Constubulary Police Station, Fullwood's End, Maurice Costello, inspector.
Collector of Poor Rates, S. Stanley.
Relieving Officer, J. Timmins.

Gentry etc:
Bowkley, Silas, Woodsetton
Cowell, Rev. N. B., curate
Cresswell, Edward, Woodsetton
Growcott, David
Growcott, Samuel
Hill, Miss
Jackson, Samuel, Ivy House
Jones, John, Spring Vale
McGowan, Rev. W. O., Unitarian minister
Smith, W. H., Rookery Hall
Stanley, Benjamin
Stone, Rev. J., curate
Vance, Rev. William Ford, M.A.
Whitehouse, Mrs.
Young, Rev. B. C., (Baptist)

Traders etc:
Allen, Simeon, screw maker, Ettingshall
Baker, Thomas, Swan
Baker, William, shoemaker, Coppice
Banner, Sarah, shopkeeper
Barnett, William, (executors of) Edward Sheldon, iron founder, etc.
Bate James, fire brick maker
Beardmore, John, Coseley Tavern, Ettingshall
Beech, John, shopkeeper
Bellindine, Dr., surgeon
Bilston flour and bread warehouse, Anne Crook, agent
Bissell, James, grocer
Bissell, Mary, shopkeeper
Bradford, Charles, boot and shoe maker, Walbrook
Caddick, David, butcher
Caddick, G., screw maker, Fullwood End
Caddick, John and Co., iron merchants, and nail manufacturers, Hurst Hill
Carter, Abraham, Horse and Jockey
Chavasse, Benjamin, coal master
Coslett, Thomas, Cement Works
Cotterill, John, beer retailer
Cox, James, shopkeeper, Woodsetton
Cox, Thomas, butcher, Ettingshall
Cresswell, Edward, grocer and draper, Woodsetton
Crowley, John, timber merchant, Deepfields
Cullwick, William, saddler, Deepfields
Cumpston, John, farmer, Cinder Hill
Darrell, John, Deepfield Inn
Deepfield Cement Company, Thomas Holcroft managing proprietor, Deepfields
Dicken, Isaiah, beer retailer, Deepfields
Elwell and Mills, fire brick makers, Can Lane
Elwell, Samuel, beer retailer, Can Lane
Elwell, Thomas, beer retailer, Fullwood End
Fallows, James, Black Horse
Farley, William, beer retailer
Flavel, William, Bush Inn
George, William, boot and shoe maker
Gething, William, carpenter
Gibbons, Benjamin, coal and iron master, Hallefields Furnaces, and Deepfields Colliery
Gibbs, Brothers, iron and coal masters, Deepfields
Granger, Samuel, house agent, Deepfields
Grainger, John, leather cutter, etc.
Green, Thomas, iron founder
Guest, John, beer retailer
Hampton, Thomas, builder and beer retailer
Hancox, Joseph, shopkeeper
Harris, James, butcher, Sodom
Harris, William, butcher, etc., Walbrook
Hewett, John, carpenter
Higgs, Joseph, Railway Inn
Hill, David, fly proprietor, Woodsetton
Hurton, Thomas, beer retailer
Hobday, Elizabeth, beer retailer, Can Lane
Hodkins, Henry, plumber, Coppice
Hodnall, Thomas, shopkeeper, etc., Walbrook
Hodson, John, beer retailer
Holcroft, Thomos, jun., engineer
Hughes, Daniel, beer retailer, Hurst Hill
Hughes, John, beer retailer
Hughes, Moses, beer retailer
Hughes, Thomas, Hurst Hill Tavern, Hurst Hill
Huxley, Samuel, seedsman, Can Lane
Jeavons, Joseph, miller
Jeavons, Paul, beer retailer
Jeavons, Thomas, Gate Hangs Well
Jenks, Mrs., Railway Tavern
Johnson, Benjamin, Talbot and coal master
Jones and Murcott, Spring Vale Works
Jones, Edward, sheet iron works
Jones, John, Eagle
King, Thomas, farmer, Woodsetton
Lewis, James, shopkeeper
Lloyd, Samuel, mine agent
McCourt, John, pawnbroker
MarIow, Charles, brickmaker, Cinder Hill
Mason, James, British Queen
Mills, John, shopkeeper, etc., Can Lane
Morris, Benjamin, nail maker
Oakley and Co., fire proof safe manufacturers, Coppice
Parkes, Benjamin, iron founder, etc.
Parkes, William, beer retailer
Parsons, George, beer retailer
Peak, William, beer retailer.
Percival, S. and E. and Son, chain manufacturers, Fullwood End
Percival, Thomas, shopkeeper, Fullwood End
Pritchard John, shopkeeper
Pritchard, Joseph, corn dealer
Pritchards, Richard, shopkeeper
Richards, Isaacs, Swan
Richards, John, beer retailer
Richards, Mary, Black Horse
Richards, Thomas, shopkeeper, Coppice
Rollinson, Robert, shoe maker, Deepfields
Rose, Joseph, beer retailer
Round, David, tailor, Sodom
Rudge, James, shopkeeper, Can Lane
Salt, Enos, millwright, etc., Can Lane
Screen, Thomas, Boat, Can Lane
Shaw, James, shopkeeper
Sheldon, G., iron founder, etc., Cannon Iron Foundry
Sheldon, Mrs., beer retailer
Shelton, Richard, timber merchant and saw mills, and at Wolverhampton
Simmons, Charles, shopkeeper
Skidmore, John, Union, Walbrook
Smallman, Mrs., Bird in Hand
Smith Brothers, coal masters
Smith, George, carpenter
Smith, George, grocer, Walbrook
Smith, John, surgeon, Walbrook
Smith, Mrs., shopkeeper
Stanley, Eber, White Horse, etc.
Stanley, Samson, shopkeeper, etc., Can Lane
Taft, E., Painter's Arms
Taft, Joseph, mine agent
Taft, William, painter
Thompson, John, Rising Sun
Thompson, Richard, Boat
Turley, J., maltster
Turley, John, beer retailer, Deepfields
Turley, Moses, shoe maker
Turley, Thomas, coal and iron master, Coseley Furnaces, and Fullwood End Colliery
Turley, Richard, basket maker
Turley, Thomas, Duke of York
Turner, James, beer retailer
Turner, Peter, shopkeeper
Waterhouse, B. and W., screw manufacturers
Webb, Job, shopkeeper
Webb, William, Bull's Head
Welch, Joseph and Co., iron masters, Ebenezer Iron Works
Wheeler, George, shopkeeper
Wheeler, William, shopkeeper
Whitehouse, Elisha, White House, Brierley Lane
Whitehouse, Francis, Rookery Farm
Whitehouse, Henry B., coal & iron master, iron founder, fire brick maker, Prior Field Iron Works
Whitehouse, Isaac, Bear House
Whitehouse, John, butcher
Wilks, Simon, nail maker
Willetts, Thomas, Anchor
Williams, William, Old Gate
Wise, Arthur, shopkeeper
Wolverson, John, chain manufacturer, Fullwood End
Wootton, George, boot and shoe maker

A canal boat leaving the northern end of Coseley Tunnel.

From an old postcard.


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