Trade Directories
A sample of the trade directories for Great Bradley are given here. For the full set, go the Records section of the Village Archive Village Archive
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The Kelly's, Post Office and other Directories were very much like today's Yellow Pages. They contained a list of all the businesses and trades people located in a village, along with details of the local gentry, landowners, charities and facilities.
The extracts below are the main pages from these directories for Great Bradley With the exception of the 1870sDirectory, all of these directories can be viewed in full on the University of Leicester's searchable database of historical directories at www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, 1859 Samuel Collett is shown as running the Fox & Goose, but Richard Paxman kept the Crown Pub. John Crosby, Surgeon lived on the Brinkley Road in Carlton. Hanslip Nice operated the windmill and was the enumerator for the census. Stephen Plumb and family have significant graves in the north west part of the graveyard. William Nice was running the Great Bradley estate. Hanslip Long would take over the Great Bradley farm from William Nice. The rectors of the parish are described KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, 1869 Samuel Collett is shown as running the Fox & Goose, but Richard Paxman kept the Crown Pub. John Crosby, Surgeon lived on the Brinkley Road in Carlton. Hanslip Nice operated the windmill and was the enumerator for the census. Stephen Plumb and family have significant graves in the north west part of the graveyard. Hanslip Long would take over the Great Bradley farm from William Nice. The rectors of the parish are described WHITE'S HISTORY, GAZETTEER & DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, 1891-2 Richard Hayward is shown as running the Fox & Goose, and Christopher Richardson the Rose & Crown Pub. Josiah Nice is running the windmill and the census. His was a tragic story Ellen Plumb took over the running the shop and post office after her father, Stephen, died in 1880. Although, not a post office the building is still there and to see Ellen's grave Daniel Kent Long was now living in Great Bradley Hall and running the estate. John Wilder was in his last year the rector. We have some of his memoirs. The school (now the Village Hall) opened in 1880. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, 1892 William Chason is running the Rose & Crown, now known just as The Crown and Richard Hayward, the Fox. Josiah Nice took over from his father operating the windmill and the census. His was a tragic story Ellen Plumb took over the running the shop and post office after her father, Stephen, died in 1880. Although, not a post office the building is still there. Daniel Kent Long was now living in Great Bradley Hall and running the estate. John Wilder was in his last year the rector. We have some of his memoirs. The school (now the Village Hall) opened in 1880. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, 1900 Richard Hayward seems to have moved from running the Fox to run the Crown Josiah Nice took over from his father operating the windmill and the census. His was a tragic story George Galleys father's grave is still visible. Ellen Plumb took over the running the shop and post office after her father, Stephen, died in 1880. Although, not a post office the building is still there. Daniel Kent Long was now living in Great Bradley Hall and running the estate. Burnard Wilder is the 3rd of 4 brothers to be rector. We have some of his memoirs too. The school (now the Village Hall) opened in 1880. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, 1912 Richard Hayward is still running the Crown and George Shore has taken over the Fox Ellen Plumb who was running the shop and post office died in 1911. Here grave is still visible. Daniel Kent Long was now living in Great Bradley Hall and running the estate. Burnard Wilder is the 3rd of 4 brothers to be rector. We have some of his memoirs too. The school (now the Village Hall) opened in 1880. |
Three Tuns Pub in East Green
Willow Cottage used to be the Village Post Office
Great Bradley Hall in 1915
The former windmill
Great Bradley Church in 1907
Village School group approximatley 1900
1885 Map of Great Bradley
Main Street Great Bradley
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