Ampthill Directory of Trades and Professions for 1830

Post Office:

• Market-place, Charles Halley, Post Master. - Letters from LONDON, WOBURN, BEDFORD, &c. arrive by horse post from WOBURN, every morning at six, and are despatched every night at 9.

Bakers:

• Bartram John, Church st

Gentry &c.:

• Barber Rev. Ts. Houghton conquest
• Barton Samuel, esq. Church st
• Belcher Rev. Andrew, Church st
• Brooks John Thos. esq. Flitwick
• Brooks Mrs. Dunstable st
• Cardale Rev. George, Millbrook
• Exton George, gent. Dunstable st
• Fisher James Hurtle, esq. Church st
• Gawthorpe Rev. T. H. Marston
• Hagar Mrs. Church st
• McLauchlan David, esq. Church st
• Macqueen Malcolm, M.D. Ridgmount
• Macqueen Thomas Potter, esq. M.P. Chicksands priory
• Moore Capt. Chas. R.N. Maulden
• Morris Joseph, esq. Ampthill house
• Platt Henry gent. Lidlington
• Ward Rev. Charles, Maulden
• White Rev. William, Lidlington

Academies and schools:

• Gibbon Esther (girls') Church st
• Robinson George, Dunstable st
• Wells -, (girls') Dunstable st

Attorneys:

• Davis Samuel, Church st
• Eagles Ezra & Son, Dunstable st
• Greene John, Woburn st

Bakers:

• Bartram John, Church st
• Evans Thomas, (& surveyor) Dunstable street
• Farnell William, Woburn st
• Foskkett Bernard, (and shopkeeper) Bedford street
• Morris Wm. & Son, Dunstable st

Booksellers & Stationers:

• Austin Chs. (stationer only) Church street
• Franklin William, (& printer, &c.) Market place
• King John, Dunstable st

Boot & shoe makers:

• Goode Charles, Dunstable st
• Marshall John, Woburn st
• Smith James, Bedford st
• Stapleton James, Bedford st

Butchers:

• Deverell William, Church st
• Kingston Thomas, Bedford st
• Whitbread Henry, Church st

Cabinet Makers &c.:

• Battison William, Dunstable st
• Furze Robert, (& builder and auctioneer) Church st
• Ramsay Jno. C.(& china, &c. dealer) Church st

Coopers:

• Bowden Henry, Woburn st
• Bowden Jobs,. Bedford st

Corn Dealers:

• Cook John, (& maltster) Bedford st
• May & Wise, (and wool) Bedford st

Dress makers:

• Goode Ann, Dunstable st
• Patman Ann, Dunstable st
• Townsend Mary, Dunstable st

Fire, &c Office, Agents:

• COUNTY (fire) May and Wise, Bedford street
• HERTFORDSHIRE (fire) Chas. May, Market place
• PHOENIX John Greene, Woburn st
• SUFFOLK (fire) Ezra Eagles & Son, Dunstable street

Grocers & Tea Dealers:

• Claridge Wm. (wholesale & retail, and cheesemonger) Dunstable st
• Cooper Mary, Dunstable St
• Halley Charles (& spirit merchant) Market place
• May and Wise, Bedford st
• Morris Joseph, Church st
• Wheeler Thomas, Woburn st

Hair Dressers:

• Gascoin John, Dunstable st
• Gilliatt Samuel, Bedford st

Inn & Posting house:

• White Hart (commercial), William Wonfor, Dunstable st

Ironmongers:

• Cooper Mary, Dunstable st
• Morris Joseph, Church st

Linen, &c. Drapers:

• Ellis S. & Son, (and lace manufacturers) Market place
• May & Wiise, Bedford st
• Rogers John, Market place

Nursery & Seedsmen:

• Axam Thomas, Dunstable st
• Gibbs Thomas, Church st

Paper Hangers:

• Franklin William, Church st
• Shaw John, (& painter) Church st

Plumbers and Glaziers:

• Kingston William, Bedford
• Rees Sarah, Woburn at
• Spoffard George, Church St

Straw Hat makers:

• Howes Hannah, Woburn st
• Rowe Ths. (& straw plat) Woburn st

Surgeons:

• Chapman Thos. & Son, Dunstable st
• Hamilton Andrew, Dunstable st
• Pulley Joseph, Woburn st

Tailors:

• Flint Thomas, Church st
• Taylor Wm. (& draper) Dunstable st

Tallow Chandlers:

• Claridge William, Dunstable st
• May & Wise, Bedford st

Taverns & Public Houses:

• Compasses, Jno. Brightman, Dunstable st
• Cross Keys, William Cook, Bedford st
• Crown and Sceptre, Daniel Wiltshire, Bedford street
• King's Arms (& excise office) Robt. Sexton, Market place
• King's Head, Humphrey Carte, Woburn st
• New Sun, Thomas Gudgin, Dunstable st
• Red Lion, James Timms, Church st
• Rose & Crown, Geo. Farmer, Market pl
• Sun. John Mann, Dunstable st

Watch & Clock makers:

• Handscomb Ebenezer, Woburn st
• King John, Dunstable st
• Whitbread John, Woburn st

Miscellany of trades

• Abbis Joseph, blacksmith, Woburn st
• Arnold Robert, corn miller, Dunstable st
• Boughton Wm., brick maker, Church st
• Burrows John, joiner, &c. Woburn st
• Cato John, saddler, Bedford st
• Coleman Joseph, leather seller, Woburn st
• Parnell Wm. brazier and tinplate worker, Woburn st
• Handscomb Ebenezer, jun. furniture broker, Woburn st
• Hensman Saul. wheelwright, Woburn st
• May Charles, manufacturlng chymist, and druggist, Market place
• Morris John brewer, Bedford st
• Smith Joseph, whitesmith Dunstable st
• Timms James, breeches maker. Church st
• WheelerAnn, basket, &c. maker. Woburn st
• Young Joseph, bricklayer, Bedford st

Coaches:

• All call at the White Hart.
• To LONDON, the Pilot, (from Bedford) every Monday, Wednesday ant Friday mornings at eight goes through Silsoe, Luton and St. Albans.
• To BEDFORD, the Pilot (from London) every Tues, Thurs, & Sat. evenings at 6.
• To CAMBRIDGE, a Post Coach (from Oxford) every Monday, Wednesday & Friday afternoons at two goes through Bedford. Eaton and St. Neots.
• To OXFORD, a Post Coach (from Cambridge, every Tues. Thurs. & at noon at twelve goes thro' Woburn, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury.

Carriers:

• To LONDON. - Kingsley's Wagon, from the King's Head, every Tuesday and Friday mornings at nine - & - Whitbread's Wagon, from the Cross Keys, every Mon. and Thurs. mornings at ten.
• To BEDFORD and WOBURN, David Whiteman, from the Cross Keys, every Sat.