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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