{"id":207,"date":"2014-12-10T13:56:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpaulevans.net\/fodfhtnew\/parkend\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T22:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T21:57:22","slug":"parkend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forest-of-dean.net\/fodfht2023\/about-the-forest\/kelly-s-directory-1879\/parkend\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkend"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARKEND\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>is a hamlet in the township of West Dean, Forest of Dean and parish of St. Paul, which was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1842; it is 4 miles north from Lydney station on the South Wales railway, 4 south-east from Coleford, 14 south-east from Ross, and 16 north-east from Chepstow, in the Western division of the county, hundred of St. Briavels, Monmouth county court district, archdeaconry of Gloucester, rural deanery of South Forest and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The church of St. Paul, consecrated in 1822, is a handsome octagonal building of stone, having a tower with 1 bell, organ and gallery.\u00a0\u00a0The registers for baptisms and burials date from the year 1822, and that for marriages from 1836.\u00a0\u00a0The living is a vicarage, yearly value \u00a3150, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and held by the Rev John Joseph Ebsworth, M.A. of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.\u00a0\u00a0There is a chapel for Baptists.\u00a0\u00a0A cemetery was consecrated here in 1862.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is a mixed school for boys and girls, with residence, supported by an annual grant from the office of Woods and Forests and by voluntary contributions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are Extensive iron, tin and coal works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Whitemead Park is the seat of Sir James Campbell, bart. J.P. with an area of 42 acres.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The principle landowners are the Crown and Henry Crawshay esq. and the Park End Coal Company.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The soil is for the most part of a stiff clayey nature and the land is mostly used for the growth of timber.\u00a0The area is 4,676; the population in 1871 was 3,814.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parish Clerk<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Henry Gunter<\/span><\/p>\n

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POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank,\u2014Philip Jones, postmaster.\u00a0\u00a0Letters through Lydney, arrive at 8.50 a.m. & 12.25 p.m.; dispatched at 6.50 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mixed School,<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Thomas Driffield, master; Mrs Driffield, mistress; Miss Julia Cole, assistant mistress in infants department.<\/span><\/p>\n

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RESIDENTS<\/span><\/p>\n

Campbell Sir James, bart, J.P. Whitemead Park [deputy surveyor of Dean forest]<\/span><\/p>\n

Curry John, M.D.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ebsworth Rev. John Joseph, M.A. Vicarage<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Sydney J\u00a0\u00a0Park End house<\/span><\/p>\n

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COMMERCIAL<\/span><\/p>\n

Blanch James Wintle, colliery manager, Oakland house<\/span><\/p>\n

Boyce John,\u00a0Speech House<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Edwards Mary (Mrs.),\u00a0\u00a0British Lion<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Frowen James, shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Frowen William, boot & shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Haines James, blacksmith<\/span><\/p>\n

Hathaway Henry, accountant<\/span><\/p>\n

Hughes, Jas. Timber merchant & saw mls<\/span><\/p>\n

James Isaac, colliery manager<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeffries Stafford, boot & shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones John, butcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones Philip, grocer, draper, general merchant & postmaster<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones Richard,\u00a0\u00a0New inn<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Jones Solomon, colliery & iron mines manager<\/span><\/p>\n

Liddington Thomas, shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Nash William & Co. Grocers & drapers<\/span><\/p>\n

Morse John, haulier & glass bottle scruff maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Park End Coal Co. Limited<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Sydney J Thomas, manager)<\/span><\/p>\n

Park End Iron Works<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Henry Crawshay & Sons, proprietors; John White, sec.<\/span><\/p>\n

Payne Edwin R,\u00a0\u00a0Stone saw mills<\/span><\/p>\n

Powell Melson, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Rees Brothers, machinists<\/span><\/p>\n

Rees Alfred, quarry proprietor<\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Richard,\u00a0Fountain inn<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Smith Joseph, police sergeant<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas William, farmer, York Lodge<\/span><\/p>\n

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Futterill<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

is 6 miles from Lydney station and 2 from Coleford\u2014Letters through Coleford, which is the nearest money order and telegraph office<\/span><\/p>\n

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Blanch Thomas, carpenter<\/span><\/p>\n

Brookes George, blacksmith<\/span><\/p>\n

Carter John,\u00a0\u00a0George inn<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Dibbin Henry, grocer<\/span><\/p>\n

Powell Amos, Haulier<\/span><\/p>\n

Titanic Steel & Iron Co.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Forest works (not at work)<\/span><\/p>\n

Wanklyn & Grindell, fire bricks & pottery ware makers, Dark Hill works<\/span><\/p>\n

Western Counties Colliery Co.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(George Oldland, proprietor)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Whitecroft,<\/span><\/strong>\u00a03 miles north from Lydney station and 5 from Coleford, is situated in the vale betwixt rising ground covered with fine plantations of timber; the inhabitants, whose dwellings are scattered here and there in singular irregularity, are mainly employed in the coal, chemical and quarry trades.<\/span><\/p>\n

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POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank.\u2014Daniel Simms, sub-postmaster.\u00a0\u00a0Letters arrive from Lydney at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

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COMMERCIAL<\/span><\/p>\n

Bendall John, haulier, Park hill<\/span><\/p>\n

Hook Thomas, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

James William & Joseph, hauliers<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones William, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan Charles, shoe maker<\/span><\/p>\n

Kear Thomas,\u00a0Miner\u2019s Arms inn<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Lewis Christiana (Mrs.), beer retailer & shopkeeper<\/span><\/p>\n

Morgan Thomas, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Morse Thomas, miller<\/span><\/p>\n

Park Hill Mining Company\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Solomon Jones, manager)<\/span><\/p>\n

Phipps Henry, colliery proprieter, Pillowell colliery<\/span><\/p>\n

Phipps James, beer retailer<\/span><\/p>\n

Pughesley James, chemical works<\/span><\/p>\n

Simms Daniel, grocer & post office<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Henry, haulier<\/span><\/p>\n

Wyatt John, grocer & draper<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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