Trade directory

Chester Directory 1789

  • Location Chester, Cheshire
  • Date 1789
  • Entries 795 entries
  • Record type Trade directory

Part of the Merchant's & Tradesman's Useful Companion series, this directory lists the merchants, tradespeople and principal inhabitants of Chester in 1789, with occupation and address. Chester was at this date a prosperous cathedral and assize city — its trade dominated by law, church administration, and the retail and craft businesses that served a wealthy county capital.

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  • Abbot James, Cabinet-maker, Newgate-street.
  • Ackerley David, gent. King-street.
  • Adams Robert, Cabinet-maker, Foregate-street.
  • Adams Thomas, Joiner, Northgate-street.
  • Adams Mrs, Plume of Feathers, Bridge-street.

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