Ampthill
Melville's Directory 1867 (Extract)

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Ampthill is a pleasantly situated market town, in the hundred of Redbournestoke and diocese of Ely, distant 45 miles from London, 8 from Bedford, and B from the Marston station of the London and North Western Railway. The town is well paved, and lighted with gas. It is considered very healthy, and is surrounded with hills. The population in 1851 was 1,961, and by the recent census of 1861 it was 2,144. The acreage is 1,928.

Ampthill House, the residence of Lord Wensleydale, is a large stone structure, and is situated in a park of great beauty, its oak trees being considered some of the finest in the country.

The Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a pleasing edifice. In the interior are several ancient monuments; also a pillar of yellow marble, with an Ionic capital, and an urn of white marble, erected to the memory of the late Earl Ossery. At the east end is a monument to the memory of Richard Nicholls, Esq., late of Ampthill House. The cannon ball which killed him is placed on the pediment, with the following inscription: - " Instrumentum mortis et immortalitatis." The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Crown. The present rector is the Rev. George Maule, M.A.

Here is a Wesleyan Chapel, Baptist Chapel, and Friends’ Meeting House.

Ampthill is a polling place for the county, and Petty Sessions are held every alternate Thursday at the King’s Arms Inn.

Post Office.

Mail arrives at 6.30 a.m. Letters delivered at '7 a.m.

Day Mail arrives at 1 p.m. Letters delivered 1.30 p.m.

Despatches - Box closes 9.30 a.m.; 9.15 a.m. for London and intermediate towns; 6.30 p.m. North and West of England, Ireland, and Scotland; 10 p.m. London and all parts.

Money Orders are issued and paid at this office between 9 and 6.

Hitchin Branch Bank, Market place.

Sharples, Tuke,. Lucas, and Lucas
Manager - Mr. Tyson Hagan
Draw on Barclay and Co.

Savings Bank.

Open every Thursday from 2 until 4 p.m.
Actuary - Mr. John Marshall

Magistrates at Petty Sessions

Captain Charles Moore
Rev. Thomas Tylecote
Rev. George Gardner Hayter
Rev. John William Coveutry Campion
Francis John Tynne, esq.

Gas Company.

Manager - WilliamHardwicke.
Secretary - Thomas Greene.

County Court.

Held every month at the King’s Arms, Market place.

Union.

Board Day every alternate Thursday.
Master - Daniel Whitelnouse Eaton.
Misstress - Mrs. Marriott Eaton
Cbaplain - Rev. George Maule.
Surgeon - Thomas Chapman, jun.
Clerk to the Guardians - John Wright, solicitor.
Relieving Officer - Thomas Henry Lane.

Places of Worship.

St. Andrew's Church, Church square.
Friends' Meeting house, Dunstable street.
Baptist Chapel Dunstable Street
Weslyan Chapel, Woburn street.

Almshouses

for Twelve Poor Widows, Church square.

National Schools.

Master - Mr. William flay.
Mistress - Miss Ellen Ramsay.

British Schools.

Master - Charles Riddle.
Mistress - Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor.

Infant Schools

Mistress - Mrs.Eliza Facer

Directory of Ampthill

Abbis, Frederick, blacksmith, Woburn street
Abbis, George, beer retailer, Dunstable street
Abbia, John, farrier and general smith, Dunstable street
Abbis, Thomas, beer retailer, Dunstable street
Abbis, Mrs. Sarah, general smithts, Woburn street
Abbis, William, blacksmith, George inn, Woburn street
Alderson, Frederick Cecil, esq. Dunstable street
Allen, John, plumber, painter, glazier and paper hunger, Woburn street
Allen, George and Co. manufacturing chemists, Market place, agent to the Sun fire and life insurance
Austin, Mrs. Ann, Dunstable street
Axam, Thomas, gardens; Dunstable st
Bartram, John, baker and upholsterer, Church street
Bates, James, police superintendent
Battison, Samuel John, builder, cabinet maker, and paper hanger, Bedford st
Bell, Mrs. Rachel, dressmaker, Church street
Bell; Mr. Thomas, Church street
Bell, William, tea dealer, Bedford street
Boutwood, Joseph, straw hat manufacturer, Dunstable street
Bowden, John, cooper, Dunstable street
Bowden, John, tea dealer, Dunstable at
Bright, Martha, King’s Head inn, Woburn street
Brown, Mr. C., Dunstable street
Burgess, Josiah, ginger beer manufacturer and tobacconist, Dunstable st
Burrows, John; carpenter and joiner, Woburn street
Butler, Jonathan, marine store dealer, Bedford street
Carling, John, saddler and harness maker, Bedford street
Chapman, Mr Thomas, Chnrch street
Chapman, Thomas, surgeon, Dunstable street
Chapman, Charles William, esq. Church street
Chater, Thomas, parish clerk, Church at
Chater, William, town crier, Church at
Clarke, John, Old Sun, Dunstable st
Claridge, George, wholesale and retail grocer, provision dealer, and tallow chandler, agent to the General Fire and Life Insurance, Market place
Claridge, Thomas, grocer, tea dealer, and provision dealer, Bedford street
Claridge, Mrs. Elizabeth, Dunstable st
Clay, William Owen, printer, bookseller and stationer, Church street
Cole, John, beer retailer, Bedford at
Coleman, Edward, wholesale. grocer and tallow chandler, Woburn street, agent to the Norwich life and fire insurance
Colgraves, George, shoemaker, Bedford street
Collingwood, William, surgeon, Dunstable street
Cooper, Lucy, bonnet maker, Church street
Crick, Isaac, seedman and gardener, Woburn street
Croson, Levi, corn merchant, Market place
Curtis, Mrs. Catherine, Church square
Davis, Frederick, boot and shoe manufacturer, Bedford street; Samuel Tutt, manager
Eagles, John, solicitor, Dunstable street
Barnes, Miss Mary Ann, Dunstable st
Everitt, Amos, grocer, Bedford street
Exton, Mr. George Nash, Dunstable st
Farmer, Mr. George, Church street
Farnell, William, corn dealer and baker, Woburn street
Fountaine, Newland, Little Park farm
Gascoin, Harriet, Compasses inn, Dunstable street
George, William, butcher, Bedford st
Greene, George, auctioneer and surveyor, agent to the County fire office, and Provident life insurance, Church st
Greene, John, solicitor, Church street
Greene, Thomas, auctioneer and surveyor, Church streetGrummitt, Jane Ann, grocer, Dunstable street
Gudgin, Elizabeth, butcher, Woburn street
Handscomb, Edward, solicitor, registrar of marriages, and gas inspector, Woburn street
Handscomb, Isaac, upholsterer and cabinet maker, Woburn stre
Handscomb, Sarah, bonnet maker, Dunstable street
Hallworth, Charles, butcher, Market p1
Harrison, Thomas, hoot and shoemaker, Dunstable street
Heasman, John, engineer, wheelwright, and agricultural implement maker
Herbert, Edmund, boot and shoemaker, and leather seller, Church street
Hopkins, Thomas, butcher, Dunstable street
Isitt, William, hairdresser and perfumer, Dunstable street
Jones, Joseph, Kings’ Arms commercial hotel; Excise office Church street
Johnson, William, shoemaker, Dunstable street
Judge, William, watch and clock maker, Bedford street
Kempson, Thomas, beer retailer, Dunstable street
Kingston, James, White Hart commercial hotel and posting house, agent to the London and North Western railway, Market place
Kingston, William, plumber, painter, and glazier, Dunstable street
Lane, Thomas Henry, relieving officer Dunstable street
Mann, Mr. Daniel, Dunstable street
Mann, Rebecca White, milliner and dressmaker, Dunstable street
Mann, John, shopkeeper, Dunstable street
Manning, Mr. Charles Muss, Church st
Marshall, John, registrar of births and deaths, Church street
Maule, Rev. George, MA. rector
Morris, Joseph, and Co. grocers and general ironmongers, Church street
Moore, Miss Jane, dressmaker, and milliner, Park hill Bedford street
Moore, James, baker, Dunstable street
Morris, John, brewer, Bedford street,
Morris, Mr. John, Church street
Morris, Joseph Marsh, bread and biscuit baker, Dunstable street
Nash, Miss Alice, Dunstable street
Newberry, Frederick William, revenue officer, Dunstable street
Pack, Henry, shoemaker, Dunstable
Parrott, Frederick, marine store dealer, St Bedford street
Patten, William, gas fitter, tinman, and brazier, Dunstable street
Phippa, Frederick, butcher, Dunstable St street
Qwenby, George, grocer and corn dealer, Market place
Ramsay, John, cabinet maker, Church st
Ramsay, Thirza, china, glass, and earthenware dealer, Church street
Read, Mrs. Mary, Church street
Riddle, Charles, reading rooms, stationer, news agent, and fancy repository, Moot hall, agent to the Globe insurance
Robinson, William Negus, saddler and harness maker, Woburn street
Rushbrooke, George, linen and woollen draper, hatter, and general outfitter, Market place
Scabrook, Mr. Samuel, farmer, Dunstable street
Seabrook, William, farmer, Grange farm
Sexton, Mr. Robert, Dunstable street
Savage, William, beer retailer, Woburn street
Sharpe, Joseph, plumber, painter, glazier, and paperhanger, Woburn street
Sharpe, William, shoemaker, Woburn st
Shaw, Mrs. Ann, postmistress, and stationer, Market place
Sheffield, Henry, shoemaker, Woburn street
Slinn, William Samuel, surgeon, Church street
Smith, John, grocer, Oliver street Smith, Joseph, shoemaker, Bedford st
Smith, Joseph, general smith and bell hanger, Dunstable street
Smith, William, white and gun smith, Dunstable street
Smith, William, shoemaker, Bedford st Smith, William T., shoemaker, Dunstable street
Spittels, George, hoot and shoe maker, Dunstable street
Stanton, William, watch and clock maker, Dunstable street
Stapleton, William, shopkeeper, Dunstable street
Stearn, William, tailor, draper, and hatter,
agent to the Clerical and Medical insurance, Woburn street
Stevens, James, Red Lion, Church street
Stevenson, Mr. George Grant, Dunstable street
Swaffield, Samuel, farmer and land agent, Ampthill park farm
Swann, Alfred, linen and woollen draper, and general outfitter, Dunstable st
Taylor, William, tailor and general outfitter, Dunstable street
Walker, John, coal merchant, Woburn street
Wensleydale, Lord James, Ampthill park
Wesley, Rev. Samuel, Wesleyan, Woburn street
White, Mr. Richard Edward, Woburn street
Whitbread, John, cooper, Bedford st
Wildman, James, builder, Dunstable st
Wingfield, Mrs. Sophia, Ampthill house
Wright, John, solicitor, registrar of the County court, clerk to the Guardians, agent to the Law fire and life insurance society, Church street
Welch, George, builder, Rose and Crown, Market place
Wiltshire, Harriet, Crown and Sceptre, Bedford street

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