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Sandy
General History
Melville's Directory 1867

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SANDY , with the hamlets of GIRTFORD, BEESTON, and  STRATFORD -  Sandy is a large and rapidly-increasing parish and village, about 8 miles from  Bedford, and 3 miles from Potton. It is in the hundred of Biggleswade, and Union of the same name. Here is a station of the Great Northern Railway Company, with a branch line to Potton. The Church, dedicated to St. Swithin, has been lately rebuilt, and is now a very fine edifice. The living is a rectory; the Rev. John Richardson, M.A., is the present rector. There are a Baptist Chapel, and National Schools for boys and girls.

POST OFFICE - Baron Bunting, postmaster. Mail from all parts arrives at 17 .30 a.m. ; delivered at 8 a.m. Letters are despatched at 5 p.m. Box closes, 4.55 p.m. Money Orders issued and paid from 10 a.m. till 4.30 p.m.

NATIONAL SCHOOL (Boys')-Mr. William Green, master.

NATIONAL SCHOOL (GIRLS')-Miss Mary Ann Sharratt, mistress.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION-John Thrush, superintendent.

Atkinson, Alfred, corn merchant and farmer 
Baines, Charles, carpenter and joiner
Barker, John, beer retailer, Sandy station
Bealdry, William, market gardener
Blain, Samuel, market gardener 
Brandreth, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth,  Sandy pI
Branson, Martha, farmer 
Braybrook, James, farm bailiff to Messrs. Blane and Davison 
Brotherton, George, market gardener, Girtford road 
Brotherton, John, market gardener and parish clerk, Water lane 
Browning, Joshua, plumber, painter, and glazier 
Bunting, Baron, grocer and earthenware dealer 
Burnham, Rev. Charles Harvey, M.A. curate of St. Swithin's 
Bywater, William, tailor 
Cooper, Mary Ann, beer retailer 
Cooper, William, farmer and gardener
Cross, Mercy, beer retailer 
Dalton, Thomas, boot and shoemaker
Daniels, Robert, market gardener, Water lane 
Davison, Joseph, farmer and butcher
De la Rue, Thomas, esq. the Hazells
Dixie, Joseph, general smith 
Edrop, John, carpenter and joiner 
Fane, Ann, milliner and dressmaker 
oss, Samuel, market gardener, Water la
Gregory, Robert, day school 
Gregory, Ann, boarding and day school
Haynes, Charles, beer retailer 
Hendry, David, nurseryman, florist, and seedsman, Girtford road 
Hogg, Frederick, brick and tile maker; manager, William Brigg, jun. 
Hope, Charles, miller, Sandy mill 
Jeeves, William, farmer and gardener, Water lane 
Judge, George, builder, contractor, under- taker, and furniture dealer; agent to the Emperor fire and life assurance, Girtford road 
Judge, James, tobacconist and fancy repository 
Kemp, William, draper and grocer 
Kemp, Reuben John, grocer and pro-vision dealer 
Millard, James, market gardener 
Mosely, Isaac, boot and shoemaker
Moore, Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson,
Nelson, Mrs. Ann
Newman, Mr. Thomas, Girtford road
Parker, John, market gardener 
Parsons, Edmund Prendred, relieving officer 
Peel, Arthur Wellesley , esq. Sandy heath
Peel, Captain John, Cesar’s camp 
Porter, George, baker and gardener
Randall, Jane, Queen’s Head 
Richardson, Rev. John, M.A. rector, the Rectory 
Ricket, William, market gardener 
Sarjeant, John, grocer, draper, and provision dealer; agent to the Star life and accidental general insurance 
Simkins, John, wheelwright and smith. Girtford road 
Simkins, James, wbeelwright and smith
Single, William, market gardener, Girtford road 
Skilleter, William, market gardener and farmer 
Spring, John, hairdresser and tobacconist
Sutton, Frederick, market gardener and butcher 
Sutton, James, gardener, bay, straw, and corn dealer, Red Lion 
Sutton, John, market gardener, Whitehall
Sutton, Joseph, farmer and market gardener, Greyhound inn 
Sweeting, James, coppersmith, brazier, and tinplate worker 
Thurley, Eliza, market gardener  Thnrley, Mrs. Hannah 
Thurley, William, builder, lime, and coal merchant 
Tilcock, William, land agent and baker
Usher, Alfred, carpenter and joiner, Sandy station 
Usher, Henry, builder, timber merchant, and undertaker, Girtford road 
Voysey, Rev. Thomas, Baptist
Watts, Edwin, butcher 
Wright and Usher, licensed to let horses, carriages, &c. Sandy station


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