PIGOT AND CO.’S
ROYAL
NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
DIRECTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY.
1832.
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WITH THE HAMLETS OF LONG MARSTON AND
WILSTONE, AND THE VILLAGES OF ALDBURY AND WIGGINTON, AND
NEIGHBOURHOODS. |
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TRING is a market
town and parish, in the hundred of Dacorum; 31 miles from London,
five from Berkhampstead, and seven from Aylesbury, in
Buckinghamshire. It is situated at the most westerly part of the
county, and within a mile of the Grand Junction Canal. The origin of
this town is of considerable antiquity; at the division of the
county by Alfred, it was considered of sufficient importance to give
name to the hundred in which it was situated, being then called
Treung. The town consists of two principal streets, both containing
many good houses, some of which are of modern erection. The
manufactures of Tring comprise canvass, straw plat, silk, parchment
and vellum, and wool mats; the two first-named branches have been
long established here, and that of silk employs from two to three
hundred hands. Wm. Kay, Esq., is lord of the manor, and holds courts
leet and baron annually, when two constables are appointed. Within
the parish are four large reservoirs, (covering together an extent
of nearly two hundred acres), for supplying the Grand Junction
canal. |
for Baptists and independents. The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, and situated about the centre of the town, is a handsome embattled structure, with a tower at its western end; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of Christ college, Oxford; the present incumbent is the Rev. Charles Lacy. The principal charity is a public school, conducted upon the Lancasterian system, established in 1829 by Mr. John Hull. Contiguous to the town is ‘Tring Park' the mansion was built by Charles II. for his favourite mistress, familiarly called Nell Gwyn; it has since been modernized — is now the property of the present lord of the manor, and occupied by Mrs. Sarah Smith and family. Robert Hill, a remarkable self-taught linguist, was born in Tring in 1699; he died in 1777. The market, which is held on Friday, besides the usual commodities of consumption, is a large one for straw plat; the fairs are on Easter-Monday and old Michaelmas-day, for cattle and pleasure. The population of the parish of Tring, including the hamlets of LONG MARSTON and WILSTONE, by the census for 1831, was 3,488; being an increase, since the year 1801, of 1,867 inhabitants. ALDBURY and WIGGINTON are villages and parishes in the same hundred as Tring; the former two miles and a half, and the latter one mile from that town. By the last parliamentary returns, Aldbury contained 457 inhabitants, and Wigginton 536. |
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POST OFFICE, Market-street, TRING, Elizabeth Montague, Post Mistress.-Letters from LONDON arrive every night at twelve, and are despatched every morning at three. — Letters from HERTFORD, ST. ALBANS. &c., arrive (by mail-cart) every morning at eight, and are despatched every evening at seven — Letters from Aylesbury, &c., arrive every evening at seven, and are despatched every morning at eight. — Letters from WENDOVER and PRINCES RISBOROUGH arrive (by horse-post) every evening at a quarter past six, and are despatched every morning at half-past six. |
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GENTRY AND CLERGY.
Austen Rev.
James Edward, Tring ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
Not otherwise
described are Day Schools ATTORNEYS. Faithfull and Robinson, Market st AUCTIONERS & APPRAISERS.
Glenister
John Rolfe (and estate BAKERS.
Ashby William
(& butcher)Aldbury BLACKSMITHS.
Bull William
(and white) Market st BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS.
Gates Thomas
(and bookbinder and BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.
Ashby George,
Aldbury BREWERS.
Brown John (&
maltster) Market st BRICKLAYERS.
Burch
William, Reynolds’ grove BUTCHERS.
Hanshaw
James, Market st CANVASS MANUFACTURERS.
Cutler
George, Frogmore end CARPENTERS.
Fincher
Parker, Maidenhead st CHYMIST AND DRUGGIST. Harrison Samuel, Market st COAL DEALERS.
Grover
William, Gamnel wharf CORN DEALERS.
Cato Gideon,
Frogmore end |
Hammond
William, esq. Champ- FELLMONGERS.
Gower William
(and wool mat ma- FIRE, &c. OFFICE AGENTS.
ALLIANCE,
John Rolfe Glenister,
GROCERS & TEA
DEALERS.
Butcher
Thomas & Son (& tallow HAIR DRESSERS.
Burr William,
Market st INNS.
Bell, Edward
Jackson, Market st IRONMONGERS.
Clement
Thos.& Jno. Market st
LINEN &
WOOLEN DRAPRERS,
Elliman Mary
and Son, Market st MALTSTERS.
Brown John,
Market st MILLERS.
Grover James,
near Tring MILLINERS & DRESS MAKERS.
Cato
Elizabeth, Akeman st
PARCHMENT AND
VELLUM Gower William, Frogmore end PLUMBERS, PAINTERS, &c.
Knight and
Andrews, Market st SADDLERS & HARNESS MKRS
Bull James
(and tawer) Market st
SHOPKEEPERS & DEALERS
Atkins
Thomas, Wigginton SILK MANUFACTURERS. Evans David & Co. Brook end STRAW HAT MAKERS.
Bailey
Susannah, Market st. |
Turner Rev.
—, Market st STRAW PLAT DEALERS.
Fleet Thomas,
Akeman st SURGEONS.
Baillie
Arthur, Frogmore end
SURVEYOR -
LAND, ESTATE
Glenister
John Rolfe (and estate TAILORS.
Brittain
Jesse, Akeman st TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES.
Cow Roast,
Thomas Landon, Wigginton Retailers of Beer.
Burch
William, Reynolds’ grove WHEELWRIGHTS.
Crawley
William, Akeman st WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT. Meade John, Frogmore house Miscellaneous.
Austin James,
turner, Akeman st COACHES.
To LONDON,
the Royal Mail (from |
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COACHES (cont).
To
LEAMINGTON, the Sovereign, every CARRIERS.
To LONDON,
William Steven's Cart, |
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To LONDON,
and nearly all parts of the |