I’ve chosen these more or less at random from the Miscellany section of “History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland – 1847“.* The miscellany is sub-titled “Comprising the addresses of Clergy, Gentry, Partners in firms, and others not arranged under the Classifications of Professions and Trades.” I assume this means they were regarded as the “great and the good” of the town, certainly seen as individuals worth recording.
- George Atkinson, railway contctr, 85 Queen St.
- Hannah Bateman, lodgings, 25, Roper St.
- Robinson Birkett, gent, Priory.
- John Brisco, paving & lamp rate collector.
- Joseph Clementson, tobacco manufactr; 82, Lowther St.
- Jas. Coldbeck, brewer, 66, George St.
- Mrs. Deborah Crosthwaite, 153 Queen St.
- John Cowman, gig and cart owner, 41 George St.
- Fred Dennison, survyr of taxes, 41, Queen St.
- Wm. Dobson, rope maker, 3 Chapel St.
- John Fidler, surgeon, Catherine St.
- Daniel Irvine Flatelley, excise officer, 36, Queen St.
- Geo. Goodman, supt. of police, 19 King St.
- Hannah Lachlison, bath keeper, W. Strand.
- Richard Maugham, searcher in customs, 3, Hilton Terrace.
- John Mawson, relieving officer, & registrar of births and deaths, Whitehaven District, 21 Church St.
- Anthony Nicholson, harbour master, 87, George St.
- John Peile Esq., colliery agent to the Earl of Lonsdale, colliery office, Duke St.
- John Bateman Postlethwaite, attorney, supt. registrar & clerk to the Union, 12 Lowther St.
- Joseph Swain, boatswain rigger, 16 New St.
- Thos. Tatlock, sergeant major, Cumberland militia, 30 George St.
- Jonathan White, tobacco pipe mfr. Ginns.
- James Williamson, head gardener to the Earl of Lonsdale, Corkickle.
- Thos. Wilson, piano mfr. and tuner, 105 Duke St.
- Pearson Wren, harbour boatman, Court 30, Queen St
*Originally published by Mannix and Whellan in 1847, republished by Michael Moon, 1974.
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