Stockport Directory 1784
An alphabetical list of tradespeople for Stockport in 1784. Stockport at this period sat partly in Cheshire and partly in Lancashire, its economy dominated by the textile trades — calico and check manufacturers, silk throwsters, and cotton machine-makers who were at the forefront of the emerging industrial revolution.
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207 entries · Stockport, Cheshire · 1784
An alphabetical list of tradespeople for the city of Stockport; most of which is historically within Cheshire, but partly Lancashire.
- Andrews, Samuel, Callico Printer, Sheepwash
- Antrobus, Philip, Check Manufacturer, Bollington
- Astley, Edward, Timber Merchant, Market Place
- Ashbrook, Robert, Callico Manufacturer
- Bamber, John, Silk Throwster, Hillgate
- Bamber, Sarah, Silk Throwster, Dole Bank
- Bancroft, Robert, Mohair Button Manufacturer, Hillgate
- Barrow, Thomas, Watch-maker, Market Place
- Barlow, Peter, Brazier, Hillgate
- Beard, Charles, Cotton Manufacturer, Cheapside
- Booth, Samuel, Cotton Manufacturer, Chestergate
- Barlow, William, Bricklayer, Hillgate
- Barlow, William, Timber-merchant, Hillgate
- Bancroft, Thomas, Grapes, Coffee-house
- Birchall, Caleb, Linen-draper and Tea-dealer, Hillgate
- Boardman, Peter, Post-master, Market Place
- Booth, Samuel, Ironmonger, Little Underbank
- Booth, Jane, Inn-keeper, Anchor, Bridge-street
- Booth, Henry, Inn-keeper, Red Lion, Tyvidale
- Bostock, Arthur, Flour-dealer, Market Place
- Bostock, John, Corn-factor and Cheese-monger, Market Place
- Bower, Buckley, Attorney at Law, High-street
- Braddock, John, Cotten Manufacturer, Hillgate
- Braithwaite, Edward, Mathematician, Park-street
- Brentnall, Thomas, Callico Manufacturer, Hillgate
- Briscall, John, Surgeon, Little Underbank
- Broadhurst, Thomas, Cotton Machine-maker, Hillgate
- Broadhurst, John, Bricklayer, Millgate
- Brook, Thomas, Callico Manufacturer, Hillgate
- Brook, Richard, Callico Manufacturer, Hillgate
- Brown, Mary, Callico Manufacturer, Hillgate
- Brown, James, Check and Callico Manufacturer, Heaton-lane
- Brown, John, Grocer, Bridge-lane
- Brown, Miss, Milliner, Chestergate
- Brown, Charles, Painter, Cheapside
- Bruckshaw, James, Check Manufacturer, Churchgate
- Bruckshaw, Joshua, Check Manufacturer, Bradbury
- Buchanan, John, Hat Manufacturer, Town End
- Bury, Jeremiah, Check Manufacturer, Great Underbank
- Bury and Dordge, Linen-drapers, Check and Cotton Manufacturers, Market Place
- Chandley, James, Painter, Market Place
- Cheetham, Jonathan, Surgeon, Little Underbank
- Cheetham, Edward, Currier
- Cheetham, Jonathan, Confectioner, Little Underbank
- Clarke, Isaac, Cheesemonger, Little Underbank
- Clayton, John, Baker and Flour-dealer, Hillgate
- Clarke, William, Cotton Manufacturer, Churchgate
- Clulow, George, Cotton Manufacturer, High-street
- Cocker, Matthew, Flour-dealer, Hillgate
- Collier, John, Callico Manufacturer, Hillgate
- Collier, Benjamin, Cotton Manufacturer, Hillgate
- Collier, John, Grocer and Chandler, Market Place
- Cook, Robert, Check Manufacturer, Denson
- Cooper, Samuel, Attorney at Law, Chestergate
- Coppock, William, Woollen-draper, Market Place
- Cook, Thomas, Check Manufacturer, Denton
- Coppocks, Misses, Milliners, Market Place
- Coppock, Edward, Stay-maker, Church-gate
- Crowther, Robert, Silk Throwster, Bridge-field
- Dale, Joseph, and John, Callico Manufacturers, Adlington-sq
- Davenport, William, Sadler, Market Place
- Davenport, Edward, Whitesmith, Hillgate
- Davies, Jones, and Co. Hatters, High-street
- Davis, Charles, Silk Throwster, Carr Mills
- Dodge, Robert, Cabinet-maker, Market Place
- Downham Thomas, Timber Merchant
- Eldershaws, Miss, Milliners, Hillgate
- Ellcocke, Mary, Tea-dealer, Bridge-street
- Ettchels, Edward, Linen-draper, Little Underbank
- Evans, Edward, Hatter, Little Underbank
- Fletcher, Samuel, Ironmonger, Little Underbank
- Fletcher, Josiah, Silk-throwster, Chestergate
- Foster, Francis, Inn-keeper, Bull's-Head, Market-place
- Fowden, William, Silk and Check-manufacturer, Hillgate
- Fowden, James, Shoemaker, Great Underbank
- Garside, Mary, Callico-manufacturer, Hillgate
- Garside, John, Grocer, Great Underbank
- Garside, George, Wine and Brandy-merchant, Little Underbank
- Gee, James, and Son, Manufacturers of Checks and Sheeting, High-street
- Gordon, Samuel, Cotton-manufacturer, Hillgate
- Gosling, James, Cotton-manufacturer, Chestergate
- Green, John, Cabinet-maker, Chestergate
- Grimes, Jabez, Callico-manufacturer, Hillgate
- Hadfield, Jonathan, Slater, Hillgate
- Hadfield, Joseph, Slater, Little Underbank
- Hampson, John, Silk and Check-manufacturer, High-street
- Handford, Joseph, Joiner and Appraiser, Chestergate
- Hardman, Thomas, Shoemaker, Little Underbank
- Harrison, George, Cotton-manufacturer
- Hardy, William and Joshua, Check-manufacturers, Manchester-hill
- Haughton, Henry, Check-manufacturer, High-street
- Haughton, Josiah, Check-manufacturer, Hillgate
- Haughton, Mary, Inn-keeper, Unicorn, Hillgate
- Heaward, Joseph, Callico-manufacturer, Carr-street
- Heaward, Thomas, Cotton-manufacturer, Carr-street
- Heaward, Abraham, Cotton-manufacturer, Woollam-street
- Heaward, Samuel, Cotton-manufacturer, Woollam-street
- Hewit, John, Surgeon, Hillgate
- Higginbotham, Thomas, Dry-salter, Barnfields
- Hildrith, J. Tin-plate-worker, Little Underbank
- Hill, William, Hosier, Hillgate
- Hobson, Thomas, Silk-dyer, Little Underbank
- Hollingworth, Wm. Chandler and Soap-boiler, Millgate
- Holme, John, Mercer & Woollen-draper, Market-place
- Horsefield, Ralph, Horse and Cow Doctor, Hillgate
- Howard, Samuel, Cotton-manufacturer
- Howard, Thomas, Cotton-manufacturer
- Howard, Abm. Cotton-manufacturer
- Howard, Mr. Pin-maker, Hillgate
- Howard, Joseph, Callico-manufacturer
- Hunt, Alexander, Check and Cotton-manufacturer, Banfield
- Hutchinson, P. Hatter, High-street
- Hudson, Thomas and James, Spinning Jenny-makers
- Hyde, Thomas, Flax-dresser, Market-place
- Hyde, David, Check-manufacturer, Market-place
- Hyde, Wm. Cotton-manufacturer
- John, George, Cotton-manufacturer, Great Underbank
- Kirshaw, Edmund, Silk-merchant, Hillgate
- Kirk, William, Watch and Clock-maker, Twivydale
- Knowles, T. Breeches-maker, Market-place
- Lavender, Wm. Linen-draper, Market Place
- Lees, Charles, Calender-man, Hillgate
- Lee, William, Cotton-manufacturer, Cheapside
- Lingard, John, Attorney at Law, Chestergate
- Lingard, W. Hatter, Churchgate
- Lowndes, John, Bookseller and Auctioneer, Great Underbank
- Lowe, George, Cotton-manufacturer, Hillgate
- Lowe, Joseph, Grocer, Market-place
- Marsland and Taylor, Dyers, Carr-green
- Marsland, Henry, Cotton-manufacturer, Twivydale
- Mason, Francis, Surveyor, High-street
- Mayers, Robert and John, Check-manufacturers, Hillgate
- Mayers, James, Grocer and Chandler, Hillgate
- Mayers, Robert, Check-manufacturer, Twivydale
- McMillan, James, Silk-dyer, Chestergate
- Milne, Charles, Cotton-Manufacturer, Twivydale
- Mycock, J. Cotton Machine-maker, Twivydale
- Needham, Joel, Cotton Machine-maker, Hillgate
- Newton, Robert, Attorney at Law, Twivydale
- Newton, William, Attorney at Law, Hollinvale
- Nicholson, Thomas, Attorney at Law, Hillgate
- Norbury, Bradford, Cheesemonger, Market-place
- Okell, Robert, Surgeon, Hillgate
- Ollerenshaw, John, Silk-throwster, Carr-green
- Ormson, Thomas, Innkeeper, White Lion, Chestergate
- Partington, Thomas, Cabinet-maker, Little Underbank
- Pals, Joseph, Hardwareman
- Percival, Joseph, Ironmonger, Park-street
- Pollit, Charles, Tobacconist, Great Underbank
- Priestnall, Matthew, Wine and Brandy-merchant, Hillgate
- Priestnall, James, Grocer, Chestergate
- Rawlinson, Matthew, Plumber and Glazier, Hillgate
- Raddish, John, Bookseller and Stationer, Bridge-street
- Reid, William, Shop-keeper, Hillgate
- Richardson, Eliza, Grocer, Market-place
- Rixon, James, Check and Callico-manufacturer, Churchgate
- Richardson, J. Sadler, Bridge-street
- Robinson, Jonathan, Grocer, Market-place
- Robinson, J. Plumber and Glazier, Millgate
- Robinson, Thomas, Check-manufacturer, Hillgate
- Roe and Kershaw, Callico-manufacturers and Printers, Chadkirk
- Rolinson, Mr. Mathematician, Chestergate
- Rothwell, Richard, Upholder, Little Underbank
- Royle's, Sarah and Francis, Milliners, Hillgate
- Schofield, John, Auctioneer, Hillgate
- Sheppard Thomas, Wine and Brandy-merchant, Great Underbank
- Shepherd, Robert, Callico-manufacturer, Bridge-street
- Sidebottam, William, Button-manufacturer, Twivydale
- Smith, James, Reed-maker, Little Underbank
- Stapleton, Sarah, Hosier, Great Underbank
- Stevenson, Solomon, Brazier, Little Underbank
- Stopford and Dodges, Hatters, Hillgate
- Stone, Samuel, Woollen and Linen-draper, Great Underbank
- Stopford, William, Cabinet-maker, Hillgate
- Storrs, John, Wine and Brandy-merchant, Hillgate
- Sydebotham, Wm. Antrobus, Button-manufacturer
- Swindell, John, Cotton machine-maker and Auctioneer, Hillgate
- Taylor, Samuel, Timber-merchant, Hillgate
- Tarr, William, Currier, Churchgate
- Thornley, Richard, Grocer, Park-street
- Thatcher, Robert, Sadler, Great Underbank
- Thompson, James, Surgeon, Great Underbank
- Torkington, Samuel, Cotton-manufacturer, Woollam-street
- Turner, Wm. Brewer, Millgate
- Turner, Charles, Linen-draper and Check-manufacturer, Park-street
- Twyford, Robert, Cotton-manufacturer, Castle
- Walker, Hannah, Linen-draper, Hillgate
- Walker, Lawrence, Attorney at Law, Hillgate
- Washington, John, Grocer, Hillgate
- Watson, Holland, Attorney at Law, Millgate
- Walton, John, Surveyor and Drawing-master, Churchgate
- Whitehead, Edmund, and Son, Hatters, Hillgate
- Whitehead, James, Cooper, Chestergate
- Whitehead, T. Check-manufacturer, Denton
- Whitehead, J. Leather-cutter and Shoemaker, Little Underbank
- Whitaker, John, Callico-manufacturer, Park
- Wild, Jonathan, Cotton-manufacturer, Woollam-street
- Wild, Henry, Stone-cutter and Mason, Woollam-street
- Williamson, Lydia, and Son, Button-manufacturers, Great Underbank
- Winterbotham and Newton, Watch, Clock, and Cabinet-makers, Churchgate
- Wood, William, Cotton-manufacturer, Woollam-street
- Woollam, Gerge, Brewer, Chestergate
- Worsencroft, Jonathan, Linen-draper and Milliner, Great Underbank
- Worthington, Edward, Ironmonger, Little Underbank
- Worthington, John, Linen-draper and Mercer, Marketplace
- Wright, John, Cotton machine-manufacturer, Hillgate
- Young, Wm. Surgeon, Great Underbank