TRING IN 1823

TRING

A SMALL and irregularly built market town, situated the most westerly of any in the county of Herts. It is distant 8 miles from Aylesbury, 15 from St. Albans, 27 from Hertford, and 31 north west of London. Tring seems to have been a place of some consequence during the Saxon heptarchy, as it, at that period, gave name to a hundred, of which it was the capital; little now, however, remains of its former greatness. The parish church is a handsome and spacious structure, adorned with a high square battled tower at its western end; the interior comprises a nave, chancel, and aisles, and contains a few mural monuments. Here are also places of worship for dissenters, and a charity school for educating and clothing twenty boys, sons of the parishioners. The market day is Friday, and is chiefly for the purchase and sale of corn and straw plat. An annual fair is held on the 29th. of September, and two small statutes; on Easter Tuesday and 10th October, the latter is for the hiring of servants. In the neighbourhood are several elegant seats. According to the late returns under the population act, this town contained 3,286 inhabitants.

POST OFFICE—Wm. Montague, Postmaster. London Mail arrives at midnight, and departs at three in the morning.

ACADEMIES.

Miles & Boardes, (ladies)
Samuel Richd. (gentlemen)

PROFESSIONAL.

Firth Wm. surgeon
Lloyd John, surgeon
Williams,Brown & Co. attorneys

AUCTIONEERS, &c.

Filhey & Jones
Glinester & Knight

BAKERS.

Bowler William
Foskett John
Hayward Richard
Humphrey Thomas
Spittal James
Tomkins John
Tomkins William
White Richard

BLACKSMITHS.

Flncher. Thomas
Grace Sebastian
Holmes William

BOOKSELLERS.

Carabutt Daniel
Gates Thomas

BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS.

Coughtney Thomas
Kendall Francis
Kendall Thomas'
Luke James
Lash Samuel
Montague Thomas
Poole Moses
Short Joseph

BREWERS.

Amsden Thomas
Northwood Timothy

BRICKLAYERS, &c.

Bunch William
Randell Edward
Randell Wm. sen.
Randell Wm. jun.
Rowe Joseph

BUTCHERS.

Foster Edward
Meade John

CARPENTERS, &c.

Garnet Jones
Honour Job
Parker F.
Williams Moses

COLLAR MAKERS, &c.

Bull & Son
Sutton Widow

CORN DEALERS.

Foster John
Grace Thomas
Tomkins Henry
Tomkins William

FIRE OFFICE AGENTS

County, J. Elliman
Hope, Henry Bruce
Royal Exchange, Thos. Knight

GROCERS, &c.

Butcher Thomas. (& druggist)
Butterfield Joseph
Clark William
Fleet Thomas
Foskett John
Furgess Elizabeth
Humphrey Thomas
Missenden Anthony
Olney Daniel
Rich Mary
Smith John
Smith Mary
Tomkins William
Walker William

IRONMONGERS, &c.

Clement Thomas
Garnet Jones
Rogers Joseph
Tomkins William

LINEN DRAPERS,
HABERDASHERS AND
HOSIERS.

Cheshire George

Elliman & Son
Olney Daniel

MALTSTERS.

Amsden Thomas
Grace Thomas

MILLERS.

Grover Jane
Grover William

PLUMBERS, PAINTERS,
AND GLAZIERS.

Filbey John
Knight Thomas

TAILORS.

Brittain Jesse (& glover)
Cosier William
Harding James
Tomkins Benjamin

TAVERNS AND PUBLIC
HOUSES.

Bell, John Foster
George, Ann Tomkins
Green Man, Mary Tomkins
Plough, E. Brinkman
Robin Hood, Thos. Tomkins
Rose & Crown, Timy. Northwood
Royal Oak, John Spratt

WATCH AND CLOCK
MAKERS.

Clement Thomas
Elsom William

WHEELWRIGHTS.

Griffen James
Tomkins Thomas
Virgin Robert

MISCELLANEOUS.

Ludgate Benjamin, hair-dresser
Meade John, liquor-merchant
Rogers Joseph, cooper

COACHES.

LONDON, from the Bell and Plough,
daily, (Su. ex.) at six morning.

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