Wolverhampton Directory 1780
Part of the Merchant's & Tradesman's Useful Companion series, this directory lists 629 merchants, tradesmen and principal inhabitants of Wolverhampton in 1780, with occupation and street address. Wolverhampton at this period was a growing industrial town, its trades dominated by ironworking, lock-making and the metal trades that would drive the Black Country's expansion through the coming century.
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- ADIE, -, mercer and draper, High Green
- Ashford, Joseph, shoe maker, Cock Street
- Alcock, William, shoe maker, St. John Street
- Allen, Charles, peruke maker, High Green
- Allen, Thomas, Corkscrew maker, Queen Street
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