Edmonds of Bradford




Family names from various Bradford on Avon sources



The greatest impact on the town at this time was the building of factories for powered machinery, some major ones being … (inc) Greenland Upper Mill c.1804 (John Hinton, later Thomas Tugwell)

By the 1830's the cloth trade was in decline. In 1841 the local bank failed, because it was very heavily involved with two of the local mills. Many people were out of work and it was said that 400 had to go to the workhouse.
Many factories closed during the next few years and the 1840s were a time of great depression. The only major textile company to survive this period was Edmonds & Co. of Abbey Mill.




Berryfield, or Bearfield, House was built in the early 19th century. Bearfield is an area in the north of the town. In the mid 19th century it was the home of Ezekiel Edmonds, Liberal M.P. and Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Wiltshire,



(Saxon Church) Various members of the Yerbury and Methuen families seem, from entries in surveys of the manor, to have held our “little chapel,” and certain houses and lands annexed to it, as copyholders under the lord of the manor for the time being. In the year 1712 it was in the hands of Mr Anthony Methuen. At that time the Rev. John Rogers, the vicar of the parish, opened a school for his poorer parishioners; and three years afterwards Mr Anthony Methuen, as lessee, with the consent of the then lord of the manor, granted what was really the nave and porch of our ecclesiola as a “charity schoolhouse;” the chancel being still reserved, and then or previously separated from the rest of the building by destroying the chancel-arch, and then walling up the opening and inserting large chimney-flues. The use to which it had been previously devoted is told us in the deed by which it was conveyed to certain trustees. It is there described as a “building adjoining to the churchyard in Bradford, commonly called or known by the name of the Skull House,” from the fact, most probably, of its having been used as a charnel-house. The chancel remained as part of the copyhold described above, and was occupied as a gardener’s cottage. The property was subsequently enfranchised, and became the possession in turn of members of the Methuen, Bethel, Bush and Edmonds families. From one of the last named the Chancel was purchased early in 1872, for the purpose of securing, at all events, a portion of so unique a church from future desecration or injury.



Morgan's Hill Independent Chapel, Bradford on Avon

In 1739 a group of Independents seceded from The Grove Meeting House and in 1741 they were granted a licence for a new meeting house on Morgan's Hill (now St Margaret's Hill). This house had been built in 1740 and was the same width as the present building, but shorter, being about half the size of the present one. The congregation were few in numbers, but were very respectable and quite well off. There was never a large congregation in the 18th century and it was not until the 19th century that it increased substantially in size. The meeting house was enlarged in 1798, being lengthened by 12 feet. In the early 19th century there were several weavers among the congregation. A dispute, in 1815, arose over whether the Trustees could appoint and dismiss the Minister and as a result part of the meeting seceded and took over The Grove Meeting House.



(Quaker Mtg House) 1832 British School agreement renewed with Ezekiel Edmonds, Charles Cadby and William Taylor



(Baptists)  An influential member and trustee of the chapel at the end of the eighteenth

century was John Hinton, a cloth manufacturer of Bradford and a generous

benefactor at the time of the rebuilding. In 1795 he accepted the honorary

pastorate of the Baptist church at Beckington, living in Bradford and riding

over every Sunday morning. The Sunday services at Beckington began with a prayer

meeting at 6 a.m. and included three preaching services. Hinton only took two of

these, returning to Bradford after the afternoon preaching. It is recorded that

'Mr Hinton's ministry was marked by showers of blessing'. During the twelve

months up to May 1807 sixty-one persons were baptized. He resigned his pastorate

in 1815 and died in 1821. He was buried in the Bradford chapel yard and left a

legacy to the church.

This church was in 1901 endowed with the lease-hold of its building, schoolroom, and burial-ground, the minister's house in St. Margaret's Place, seven other houses (No. 18 St. Margaret's Street, Nos. 2 to 4 St. Margaret's Place, and Nos. 5, 6, and 8 Beaconsfield Terrace, Trowbridge Road) producing £67. "js. annually, and investments amounting to over £1,000 derived from the gifts of Mrs. Elizabeth Reyner (will proved 1765), Richard Haynes (will proved 1768), the Revd. John Hinton (will dated 1815), and James Patch (will dated 1846).



Pottick House (History)  …We have noted that the poor rate and church rate assessments, after remaining as quoted above intil June 1808, were both increased at a reassessment in September. The new rates(17) were –
1) a House which she herself occupied, of rateable value 3 1/4d, on which she was assessed to pay poor rate at 16s.3d and for church rate at 4s.1d -for in that year the rates were 60 times and 10 times the rateable value respectively. This 3 1/4d house, quite a large one, must be Pot ticks House and its garden {numbered TA1895 in 'The Year of the Map').
2) land with rateable value 3d which she occupied -this was TA1896 on the Map.
3) five houses occupied by Wm.Hinton, Wm Hooper, Wm.Lucas, John Bishop and the executors of John Byfield. Together these 1/2d and 3/4d houses had a total rateable value of 3 1/4d and were TA 1894 on the Map…..


Patents

July 17 1850 – Ezekiel Edmonds the younger, of Bradford, cloth manufacturer, "Woollen Fabrics"

Dec 3 1825 – Ezekiel Edmonds of Bradford, clothier, "Scribbling and carding wool and other fibres"



The signature of an Edward White is on the Petition of 1789



An extract from Rev. Jones History of Bradford on Avon, 1859:
Leland visited Bradford (1538-40), and in his Itinerary, ii. 54, (printed in the Wilts Archseological Mag., i. 148,) speaks of a rich clothier named ''Horton,' who (his words seem to imply) died no very long time before, his wife being yet alive. He may allude to the same person as the founder of the Chantry. He dwelt, according to Leland, in a house built by himself " at the north est part by the Chirch." He also built " a goodly large chirch house ex lapide guadrato at the est end of the chireh yard without it." I can have no doubt that the present work-shops, in what is called the Abbey yard, belonging to Messrs. Edmonds, formed part of Horton's house,




Greenland Upper Mill The Mill with the other adjoining mills was owned by the Halls and then the Duke of Kingston who in 1718 is shown leasing it to Thomas Methuen. By 1804 it had been bought by John Hinton, and a factory had been built on the site. Thomas Tugwell, grandson of Humphrey Tugwell, ran this factory from 1810 until 1825. By 1832, the tenants were Yerbury, Edmonds and Company. In 1841, the factory was empty except for the fulling mill, which was being occupied by Thomas Spackman junior. The executor's of the owner- John Hinton offered the factory for sale in 1844. From 1851 until 1905, J. W. Applegate and Co. ran their woollen business from the premises



Greenland Lower Mill There is an early reference to a Tucking Mill being occupied by John Yewe and Richard Horne in 1592 as part of the John Hall's Estate. Later a successor, the Duke of Kingston let it and is referred to as the lower fulling mill. It was bought by John Renison and William Shrapnell in 1797 from Lord Newark for £1,350. later John Renison let his part of the Mill to Philip Shrapnell of Monkton Combe. By 1808 the rateable value had shot up from 3d to 2s1d, indicating that a factory had been built by William and Philip Shrapnell as partners. But by 1811 it was taken over by Elimelech Edmonds and Mawbey Tugwell at a rent of £460.
Mawbey died in 1815, but the firm known as Yerbury, Tugwell and Edmonds, remained there until 1824. In that year Edmunds assigned the remainder of the leasehold interest to Saunders, Fanner and Saunders, and moved his business to their larger factory in Church Street. Unfortunately the new firm went bankrupt in 1841, and it was not until after 1850 that it was bought by Stephen Moulton and added to his rubber works at the nearby Kingston Mill




1841 Tithe Map & Listings (No, Decr, Owner, [Occupier] )

142 Rope -Walk, Ezckiel Edmonds (Edward Taylor)
143 Stable, and garden, Ezekiel Edmondf. (John Dory)
144 Garden, Ezekiel Edmonds (Cornelius Taylor)
145 Garden, and stable, Ezekiel Edmonds (Himself)
146 Garden, Ezekiel Edmonds (Himself)
147 Garden, Ezckiel Edmonds (Himself)
148 Abbey weaving shops, Ezekiel Edmonds (Himself)
151 Tenement, stable, and close adjoining/ pasture, Ezekiel Edmonds (Himsel£)
152a Garden,Ezckicl Edmonds (George Martin)
155 House, lawn, and garden, Ezekiel Edmonds (Himself)
156 Dwelling house, clothing factory, shops, dye house, and premises, L'zekiel and John Edmonds (Themselves.)
181 Three houses, and old shops, Ezekiel & John Edmonds (Themselves)
705 Field near Stumps Cross/arable,Ezekiel Edmonds, Jun. (Thomas Wheeler)
731 Horsehouse Ground/pasture, Ezekieland John Edmonds (Thomas Wheeler)
744 Greenland Orchard/past ure, Reps, of John Hiiuon (Yerbury, Edmonds & Co.)
745 Four tenements. Reps, of John Hint on (Yerbury, Edmonds & Co.)
746 Sideland, Reps, of John Hinton (Yerbury, Edmonds 8: Co.)
747 Greenland Factory, and land adjoining, Reps, of John Hinton (Yerbury, Edmonds & Co.)
748 Greenland Factory, and land adjoining, Reps, of John Hinton (Yerbury, Edmonds & Co.)
779 Two houses, and garden, Herbert Bird (Isaac Edmunds and John Long)


1288 Orchard, John Edmonds (Benjamin Hart)
1289 Three houses, and garden, John Edmonds (Benjamin Hart)


HORTON HOUSE

(ref Nos 144 to 155 of 1841 Tithe map & Listings)

In the early 19th century the entire property fell into the hands of the Edmonds family (the last of Bradford's senior clothiers) with Abbey House continuing to serve as their residence. . Horton's House meanwhile continued to serve as their workshop, now being known as the Abbey Weaving Shops. With the final collapse of the local cloth industry, and the restoration of the neighbouring Saxon Church, the site was acquired in the 1870s by a surgeon, Dr William Day Lovell, who improved Abbey House as his residence and converted Thomas Horton's original four-room house to serve as his surgery and consulting rooms. At the same time, the lower garden was extended by acquiring the triangle of land immediately to the south of the Saxon Church (this was possibly in exchange for land surrounding the Saxon Church which had previously been owned by Edmonds).



1841 (or 1808?) Church Rates (Occupier, Owner, Property)

Church St

Edmonds Ez& Hey       E & J Edmonds             Shops … Factory Dye…..

   ditto                              ditto                           Old Shops, Stables

   ditto                              ditto                           Weaving shops

Edmonds Jn                    ditto                           House

Edmonds Ezekiel          E Edmonds                   House, stables, gdns

Taylor Cornelius            E Edmonds                   Garden

Edmonds Hooper          Butterworth                   House

Lowther Mrs                 E & J Edmonds             House

Market Place

Taylor                          Edmonds Ezkl               Rope Yard

Woolley St

Bate William                 J (I?) Edmonds (Jr?)     House

(several more)                  ditto                            ditto

Well Path

Darcy? John                 E Edmonds                   Gen Slater Yd??



Reminiscences of Bradford 50 Years Ago by an Old Bradfordian in America A Wiltshire Election 50 Years Ago
(Reproduced from the North Wilts Mercury for March 6th, 1885)


   We have received the following interesting communication from Mr. Daniel Batchelor of Utica, Oneida Co., New York. Mr Batchelor is a native of Bradford, being born here in the Reign of George III. His communication is dated February 17th, and is as follows: " I think it must be nearly 50 years ago that Ezliel Edmunds or some other deft rhymster, posted in the Swan club room, at Bradford, an election-eering rhapsody, the first verse of which, as near as I can remember, was thus:

"The knight of Foremark he sprang from his bed
Where the gout had long confined him
And he swore that principle no more
Should in its trammels bind him
And " O, Corruption dear," he cried, " Corruption, O my Charmer!
Do thou arise, be Thou my guide and buckle on my armour."

   Nightly meetings were held at the Swan, where George Lucas, the Schoolmaster, George Rolf, the Coppersmith, and Joey Collar, the Collector, were the chief spokesmen, while ever and anon the portly frame, the handsome face, and the eloquent voice of William Hale enlivened the scene. Sometimes Ezekiel Edmonds Junior, elegant in form and fiery I action, would stir up the Reformers till the old club-room would reverberate his eloquent words, "How dare the Westminster renegade, this hoary old turncoat, to ask for the votes of the electors of North Wiltshire?"

   Some Bath ringers came to Bradford in 1828 or 1829 and tried to accomplish the great feat, but one hour and 20 minutes was enough for them. Bradford fair too is gone, they say. When I was a devourer of gingerbread, the stalls laden with that refection extended from the Swan Inn to Edmond`s factory in Church Street,



Extract from Wiltshire& Somerset Woollen Mills by Ken Rogers

 "The factory appears to have been empty for several years, but in the later 1830s it was occupied by William Gee, for whom Hadens did much work on clothing machinery and a steam-engine until 1840. The next certain information comes from 1855 when there was a sale of machinery for the benefit of the creditors of Henry Edmonds. Of the three scribbling and three carding engines he had, only one appears to have survived from 1829. He also had two billies, four power jennies, two Lewis cutters, an upright cutter by Davis, and three tuckers. The factory may not have been worked for some years after this; in 1859 and 1861 James Rose occupied part of it as a fuller."

Westbury House, St. Margaret`s St,Bradford on Avon

This Indenture made the 18th November 1718 between John Clark of Bradford, Chimest and John Baskerville of the same, Clothier of the one part and John Shrapnell of Bradford, Clothier.for 5 shillings discharge to John Shrapnell all that parcel of pasture ground containing in length 57 feet and in breadth at the east 12 feet and at the west end thereof breadth 8 feet bordering a piece of ground belonging to Charles Hinton divided by a wall on the south side and another piece of ground of the said Charles Hinton on the east and having a piece of ground belonging to Mr Thresher divided by a wall on the west end and a yard called the Quakers Meeting House Yard and the north side thereof and rangeth from a now wall lately erected by the said Charles Hinton near the said Meeting House four... within the end of the said wall straight along to the White line made in the said wall divideth Mr Threshers ground with free liberty to and from the said John Shrapnell and heirs to erect a wall on the said .. of the said Charles Hinton unto the last mentioned wall ... from the now dwelling house of the said John Shrapnell in St. Margarets Street ... were amongst the lands of Manasseth Whitehead by Edward Baily and by him sold to John Whatly and by him conveyed unto Edward Davis and Richard Burcombe by them unto the said John Clark and John Baskerville and now in the possession ... granted unto the said John Shrapnell



Independent Meeting to United Church 1740

250 years of Christian Worship in Bradford on Avon - an Abstact from the book by Roger Mawby 1990

…..Several Baptist families attended our Church from 1843, one was a surgeon, Channing Pearce, baptised here in 1811. His surgery was in St. Margaret's Street, where he rented the house (now the Liberal Club), and its large garden, paddock, coach house and stables, the latter being on Morgan's Hill. William and Michal Long were his neighbours; these properties were owned by General Shrapnell.
These were difficult years for the people of the town and district. Many clothiers were bankrupt with, or after the financial collapse of the Hobhouse Bank in Church Street in 1841. This effected everyone. Many of our congregation were either out of work, or those who were tradesmen and shopkeepers had less money, so the £89 owing to Charles Cadby from 1835 had not been paid. Gradually trade was improving, and the Edmonds' , who supported our church, were still in business, so Thomas Silcock managed to collect half the amount in 1846 and the Cadbys and Bulgins paid the remainder.
Mr. Stephen Moulton bought the empty woollen mills in 1848, and started the manufacture of rubber products, so from that time some of our congregation and members worked there…




The Quakers were at one time a numerous and influential body in Bradford. Their first meeting-house seems to have been at Curnberwell (or rather, Frankley) now converted into a School. They afterwards (1710) built one in the court leading out of St. Margaret Street, and this, long disused by them, has been occupied for some years past as a British School. [This is no longer the case.] Many notices of interment in the " Cumberwell burial-ground" (especially in the year 1701) arc to be seen in the Parish Begister. In the year 1660 an attack was made upon them at Cumberwell, and one Robert Storr sent, for being concerned in it, as a prisoner to Sarum. John Clark, a Bradford Quaker, held, in 1695, a public disputation with a member of another section of non-conformists at Melksham, on the premises of Thomas Bevan. William Penn was in the chair as moderator, and, after the trial of skill had gone on for some time, closed the proceedings. Amongst the Quakers of Bradford-on-Avon too is to be reckoned ' Joseph Yerbury,' who lived at Well-close.

Trowbridge United Church,      The church has its origins in the meetings of pious people who gathered around Mrs Joanna Turner, the daughter of a local clothier. At first they met in each other's houses and then in the house of a preacher blacksmith. Later Mrs Turner acquired a cottage as a meeting place and she replaced this with a small chapel built at a cost of £500. In 1771 a proper chapel, measuring 40 feet by 30 feet was built at the cost of Mr and Mrs Turner. It was called the Tabernacle in honour of George Whitfield and his Tabernacle at Moorfields in London. The first minister was John Clark, a member of a local family of clothiers, and both he and Mrs Turner had been Methodists. In 1780 John Wesley preached at the church. There were substantial changes to this chapel - in 1785 a galley was added for the Sunday school; in 1794 the chapel was doubled in width and houses and land were put in trust for the church; in 1829 there was a congregation of 700 and between 1827 and 1837 side galleries were added. Many rooms were added alongside the church through bequests from members - a new Sunday school in 1842, a new infant school in 1873, the Hadens built a new classroom in 1873 and more were added in 1882. All this time the church was flourishing under Thomas Mann (1839 - 94) and in 1884 the whole church was rebuilt on the same site with sittings for 730. It is in the Perpendicular style by Paull and Bonella.The graveyard had closed in 1856. In 1972 the Congregationalists and the Presbyterians joined to form the United Reformed Chuch and on 26th February 1976 they joined with the Methodists to form the United Church. In Trowbridge the Methodist from nearby Manvers Street moved to the Congregational Church which was renamed the United Church



The Society of Friends, DevizesThere were Quakers in the Devizes area in the 1650s and in 1658 Samuel Noyes, their leader, was prosecuted for 'brawling in church'. A burial ground was acquired in 1665, probably in Hillworth Park, where one existed in 1759. In 1669 there was a meeting in the house of John May with attendances of 80-100 people. By 1682 John Clark's house was licensed and others followed later. In 1702 a newly erected house at 23 High Street was certified for meetings and this became the sole meeting place. Anglicans and other nonconformist denominations helped in the building of this house.
During the 18th century many leading families in the town were Quakers and the meetings were also attended by non Quakers. In the 1790s there were about 30 Friends and the meeting house remained in use until 1826. The meeting then lapsed and the house was sold in 1840. The meeting revived in 1853 and the old meeting house was re-purchased in 1858, remaining in use until the 1870s. The meeting was discontinued in 1879 and the house was again sold in 1884. It was re-occupied between 1903 and 1907 by a small number of Friends.


Baptist Chapel, (Crockerton, Longbridge Deverill)     The local Baptist William Adlams was active in this area from 1656 and Crockerton was to the Warminster area what Southwick was to the Trowbridge area. The Baptist community seems to date from 1669 and was the focus for activity in the neighbourhood. The house of William Adlams was licensed for worship in 1672, the house of Christopher Adlam in 1701, and that of Samuel Lewis in 1704. Soon after this the chapel was built. It is a simple building of coursed rubble stone, moulded stone eaves and an old tile roof. There were 200 sittings and the early pulpit and desk have been retained. The first minister, John Clark, used to walk 7 miles from Frome every Sunday to take the service. He lived until the age of 92. The 19th century saw the additions of a schoolroom and house and the church was thriving during this period. The congregation began to decrease in the 20th century, especially after the Second Wolrd War, and the chapel eventually closed in 1979



1848 Directory for Bradford on Avon

Residential

Edmonds Ezekiel, jun. Belcombe Brook house
Edmonds Ezekiel, senr. Belcombe Brook
Edmonds John, Church street
Edmonds Saml. St. Margaret st.

Beer Retailers.

Edmonds Robert, Frome road

Woollen Cloth Manufacturers.

Edmonds Henry and King John Greenland mills.
Edmonds John and Co. Church st

Commercial

            Edmonds& Co. clothier, Church street factory

Edmonds Henry, clothier, Greenland factory

Edmonds Robert, beer retailer, Canal lock



Commercial Directory 1842

      GENTRY AND CLERGY.
 Edmonds Mr. Ezekiel, Abbey house
     SHOPKEEPERS & DEALRS IN GROCERIES & SUNDRIES.
 Edmonds Isaac, the Lock


     WOOLLEN CLOTH MANFCTRS
 Edmonds & Co. Church st


     MISCELLANEOUS
 Edmonds Isaac, boat builder, the Lock




Commercial Directory for Bradford on Avon 1830

FIRE, &c. OFFICE AGENTS.
            Atlas, Ezekiel Edmonds, Church st
WOOLLEN CLOTH MANFCTRS.
            Yerbury, Edmonds and Edmonds, Church street


Miscellaneous.
            Edmonds Isaac, boat builder, Canal


Commercial Directory for Bradford on Avon 1822

Clothiers.
            Edmonds John, Druces-hill
            Yerbury, Tugwell, Edmonds & Co. Druces Hill
Fire Offices.


Atlas, Ezekial Edmonds, Druces-hill



1811 Curch Rates (for the poor – 14th Oct)

            (Occupier, Owner, Descrptn)

Church St & Druces Hill

Edmonds Jn                 Ely Edmonds                House

     ditto                            ditto                           Shops

Edmonds Ely                J Yerbury Sr?                House

Woolley St

White Betty                   Jn Hinton                      House

   ditto                              ditto                           Stock

Godwin Saml                   ditto                           House

Wiltshire Wm                   ditto                           House

Jennings Thos                 ditto                           House

St Margarets St

Cook   ?                        Jams Edmonds?           House

Hinton Jams                 P Shrapnel                    House & Garden    ditto                             ditto                           Stock

Hinton Jno                    Himself                         House & Garden

    ditto                              ditto                          Shops

England Geo                 Jno Hinton                    Shops

Jones Saml                       ditto                          House

Newtown

Hinton Thos                  Thos Dike                     House

Clothiers Stock

Hinton & Edmonds        Himself                         Stock

Upper Rank

Hinton                          Edw Luxford                 House

Green Thos                  Jams Hinton                 House



Poor Rates for St. Margarets Street,Bradford on Avon 1808

Hinton-James (Horse Shoes) (Love-Anne) House & Garden £1 1s 3d
Hinton-James (Horse Shoes) Stock 5s
Hinton-John (Hinton-John) House & Garden 8s 9d
Hinton-John (Hinton-John) Shops 6s 3d
England-George (Hinton-John) Shops 6s 3d
Jones-Samuel (Hinton-John) House 2s 6d


Directory for Bradford on Avon, 1805

Edmonds E. clothier  

Universal British Directory 1793-1798

Traders

            Henton James   clothworker

            Henton John (F)            clothworker

            White Edw                    Victualler (Wine Tavern)

            White Thomas              Cooper

            White William                Cooper

(No Edmonds')



Poor Rates for Bradford on Avon in 1784 to 1787

No Edmonds

(can't read "H" section)

Mr Rudman, E White & Co

Jno White for house of Eyles

Mr Saml White for Silbeys

Mrs Dinah White

Mr Edw White for Stock



Western& Midland Directory 1783 (Bradford Wilts)

            no family names



Church Rate for Bradford on Avon- 1780

Jno Hinton        for Late Smiths

Jas Howard      for Cot? of Jno Edmonds

Edw White        for Stock



Land Tax for 1773

("Stock")  ("Lands")

Timothy Bailey  for The George,Wm Bennett      (-)(9)

Wm Bennett                                                                  (40)(-)

Saml White                   for Silbeys two Stocks               (60)(1)

Jno White                                                                     (60)(-)

Mr Edw White                                                               (30)(-)

            (no Edmonds or Hinton)



A Rental of the Duke of Kingstons Estate in Bradford on Avon in 1773

"Tenants at Rack Rents"

Saml White       that part betwixt the Bridge and the Wears



Voters List for Bradford on Avon - 1772

William Stevens            Bradford

James Stevens             Trowbridge

Thomas White              Bradford

Val, Stevens                 Bradford

Samuel White               Bradford



Petition for the Repairs to Trowbridge Road in 1750 (March 27)

Edw White (one of abt 14 signatures)



Poor Rates For 1750

Thos Stevens

Val, Stevens

Mr  W? White

Edw White

Dr Clark



Land Tax List for Bradford on Avon in 1743-6

                  ("Stock")           ("Lands")

Valentine Stevens         (-)                    (3)

Thos Stevens               (-)                    (2.1)

Matthew White              (60)                  (9)





Bradford Poor Rate for 1741.

  (to collect £3.19s 2d.     Mr John Stafford & Mr. M.A. White, Overseers)
Thomas Stevens           5d


Val. Stevens                 1d

Matthew White  (?)          ?

Dr Clarke                      4d        (there are three "Dr" s listed in sequence)



Church Rate for Bradford on Avon- 1726

Thos Stevens               6d

Charles Hinton  3d

Hannah Stevens           1d

Dr? Clark                      4d        (there is another "Dr" listed with him)



Voters BonA 1705

Thos Stevens               Bradford


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