Pigot & Company produced a directory of Staffordshire in 1842 which includes a section about Darlaston with an extremely brief description of the town and the following directory of prominent trades and businesses. The directory includes some of the old trades that would soon largely disappear. There were still 25 gunlock makers and forgers, 12 file makers, 13 buckle makers, 7 stirrup makers, and 7 bridle-bit makers.

The population is given as 8,251 and the wake or feast is held on the first Sunday after 21st August.


Darlaston in 1812. From an old map of Lord Dudley's coal mines.
 

Academies and Schools

Adams, Maria.   The Green.
Cartwright, Mary Jane. (boarding school)   Darlaston House.
Goodall, Michael.   Pinfold Street.
National School,   New Street. William Butler, master; Elizabeth Mary Booth, mistress. (200 children of both sexes)
National School,   Moxley. John Griffiths, master; Mary Anne Griffiths, mistress.

Attorneys

Adams, Charles.  
Adams, John.  

Pinfold Street.
Pinfold Street.

Bakers

Bills, Jabez.  
Foster, John.  
Wood, Thomas.  
Yates, Obadiah.  

Pinfold Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Church Street.
Pinfold Street.

Blacksmiths

Dudgeson, John.  
Holberry, John.  
Parry, William.  

Butcroft.
Moxley.
Pinfold Street.

Bolt and Latch Makers

Butler, Thomas.  
Carter, James.  
Carter, William & Son.  
Creswell, Thomas.  
Hemingsley, Jabez.  
Howl, Jno. & Jabez. (thumb)  
Partridge & Sons.  
Tysall, Thomas. (thumb)  
Wilkes, Thomas. (coach bolt) 
Yardley & Carter.  

Pinfold Street.
Great Croft Street.
Great Croft Street.
Pinfold Street.
Blakemore’s Lane.
Eldon Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Eldon Street.
The Green.
Pinfold Street.

Boot & Shoe Heel and Tip Makers

Carter, William & Son.   
Cresswell, Thomas.  
Yardley & Carter.  

Great Croft Street.
Pinfold Street.
Pinfold Street.

Boot & Shoe Makers

Bayley, Samuel.  
Cleaton, William.  
Dangerfield, George.  
Eaton, Elizabeth.  
Foster, Moses.  
Harrison, George.  
Icke, William.  
Jackson, William.  
Jones, James.  
Jones, Joseph.  
Lancaster, Edward.  
Lowe, Benjamin.  
Partridge, John.  
Partridge, Thomas.  
Proffit, Edward James.  
Sansom, George.  
Simkin, Thomas.  
Turner, Thomas.  
Wood, Thomas.  

Church Street.
Moxley.
New Street.
New Street.
Bilston Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Pinfold Street.
Blockall.
King Street.
Blakemore’s Lane.
Pinfold Street.
Woods Bank.
Cramp Hill.
King Street.
Bilston Street.
Pinfold Street.
Cock Street.
Church Street.
King Street.

Brick and Tile Makers

Martin & Foster.  
Wood, Hannah.  
Wood, John.  
Wood, Thomas.  

Moxley.
Catherine’s Cross.
Moxley.
Moxley.

Bricklayers

Bayley, James.
Bayley, John.  
Bayley, John. 
Harper, Moses. 
Morley, Samuel.  
Russell, Edward.  
Shingleton, William.

 Bell Street.
Bell Street.
Foster Street.
Great Croft Street.
Eldon Street.
Butcroft.
The Green.

Bridle Bit Makers

Bowen, David.  
Bowen, Samuel.  
Butler, Joseph.  
Howl, John & Jabez.  
Taylor, Joseph.  
Wilkes, Thomas.  
Yates, Joseph.  

Bilston Street.
Blakemore’s Lane.
Eldon Street.
Blockall.
The Green.
Blakemore’s Lane.
The Green.

Buckle Makers

Blakemore, John. (roller)  
Cotterill, Alexander.  
Dumbleton, Samuel. (roller)  
Haynes, Martha.  
Perkins, Edward. (roller)  
Perrins, Sarah.  
Pool, John. (roller)  
Proffitt, John. (roller)  
Proffitt, John.  
Small, William.  
Taylor, Joseph.  
Wilkes, Thomas.  
Yates, Joseph.


Blockall.
Butcroft.
Eldon Street.
Bilston Street.
The Green.
Woods Bank.
The Green.
Church Street.
Bell Street.
Church Street.
The Green.
Bilston Street.
The Green.

Bullet Mould Makers

Partridge, Daniel.  
Perry, John.  
Perry, William.  
Robinson, Isaac.  
Smith, Edward.  


Catherine’s Cross.
Blockall.
Eldon Street.
The Green.
Blockall.

Butchers

Ashmore, John.  
Brevitt, Archibald Paul.  
Butler, Joseph.  
Buttress, William.  
Cockram, Joseph.  
Cooper, Edward.  
Golcher, George.  
Harper, Nehemiah.  
Haynes, Job.  
Hinds, Enoch.  
Jackson, Thomas.  
Poynor, Robert.  
Underwood, James.  
Wilkes, Samuel. (pork)
Wilkes, William. (pork)  

Moxley.
Church Street.
Cock Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Catherine’s Cross.
Moxley.
King Street.
King Street.
Bilston Street.
The Green.
Blockall.
Cock Street.
Pinfold Street.
Church Street.
King Street.

Chemists & Druggists

Morris, Thomas.  
Parker, William.  

King Street.
King Street.

Coal Masters

Bills and Mills.  
Birmingham Company.  
Kendrick, John.  
Taylor, John.
The Green.
The Green.
Heath. (Cock Heath or Fallings Heath?)
Penfold. (Pinfold Street?)

Coopers

Jones, John.  
Pitt, William.  
Wiley, Thomas.  

Woods Bank.
King Street.
Blockall.

File Makers

Best, Elizabeth.  
Best, Samuel.  
Bruerton, Enoch.  
Butler, John.  
Elwell, Thomas.  
Green, George W. & Company.  
Horton, Joseph.  
Hughes, Thomas.  
Hume, Thomas.  
Orton, William.  
Small, John.  
Wilkes, Josiah.  

Bilston Street.
Bilston Street.
Cock Street.
Cock Street.
Moxley.
Soho Works, Bell Street.
The Green.
Pinfold Street.
Blockall.
Bilston Street.
Bilston Street.
Great Croft Street.

Gentry & Clergy

Bridgewater, the misses.  
Dorsett, John.  
Dorsett, Richard.  
Hugill, Rev. Joseph. (rector)  
Wilkes, John. 


Bilston Street.
King Street.
King Street.
Church Street.
Catherine’s Cross.

Grocers and Tea Dealers

Coleman, Eliza. (also a draper)  
Maddock, William.  
Riley, John. (also a tallow chandler)  
Wilkes, William.  


Cramp Hill.
King Street.
King Street.
Bilston Street.

Gunlock Makers

Archer, John. (forger)  
Archer, Thomas. (forger)  
Belcher, William Thomas.  
Bills, Samuel.  
Butler, Frederick.  
Butler, Thomas.  
Carter, James. (forger)  
Disturner, Richard. (forger)  
Duncombe, John.  
Golcher, Joseph. (forger)  
Golcher, Thomas. (forger)  
Gough, George. (forger)  
Griffiths, James. (forger)  
Howell, William.  
Humpage, Francis. (forger)  
Kimbley, Thomas. (forger)  
Longmore, Samuel. (forger)  
Partridge, William.  
Riddin, Margery.  
Stokes, John. (forger)  
Stokes, Samuel. (forger)  
Wilkes, Job.  
Wilkes, William. (forger)  
Winsper, William. (forger)  
Yates, Joseph.  

New Street.
New Street.
Blockall.
Blakemore’s Lane.
Bilston Street.
Bilston Street.
Eldon Street.
New Street.
Pinfold Street.
King Street.
Church Street.
New Street.
Cramp Hill.
Eldon Street.
The Green.
Pardoes Lane.
Catherine’s Cross.
Butcroft.
The Green.
Blakemore’s Lane.
Cock Street.
Bilston Street.
Bell Street.
The Green.
The Green.

Hairdressers

Robinson, Joseph Best.
Sherring, James.

 Cock Street.
Cock Street.

Hinge Makers

Bayley, Thomas.  
Cotterill, Joseph & Company.
Rubery, Jabez. 

King Street.
Eagle Foundry. (The Green?)
Croft Street.

Inns & Public Houses.

Bell.  Jabez Howl.  
Britannia.  Samuel Johnson.  
Castle.   Thomas Smith Adams.  
Dartmouth Arms.   Enoch Bruerton.  
Dog and Partridge.   Thomas Hodgins.  
Duke of York.   Zachariah Simpkin.  
Fountain.   Charles Wilson.  
Green Dragon.   Samuel Wilkes.  
Horse and Jockey.   John Corns.  
King’s Arms. Thomas Coleman.  
Moxley Tavern.   Timothy Goodman.  
Nag’s Head.   John Yardley.   
Nelson.   Richard Cotterill.  
Old Bush.   Elizabeth Aldridge.  
Old Crown.   Thomas Butler.  
Red Lion.   James Jones.  
Scott Arms.   Joseph Yates.  
Swan.   Thomas Wells.  
Vine.   William Wilkes.  
Waggon and Horses.   James Bayley.  
White Lion.   Richard Fisken.  

Church Street.
Moxley
King Street.
Cock Street.
King Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Walsall Road.
Church Street.
Butcroft.
Cramp Hill.
Moxley.
The Green.
Catherine’s Cross.
Bush Street.
Bilston Street.
Church Street.
Foster Street.
Moxley.
Bell Street.
King Street.
King Street.

Beer Retailers

Anderson, John.  
Archer, John.  
Baker, Benjamin.  
Baker, Phoebe.  
Bayley, James.  
Bayley, Samuel.  
Bayley, Thomas.  
Bird, Thomas.  
Bold, William.  
Butler, John.  
Butler, Joseph.  
Butler, Thomas.  
Corbett, John.  
Corbett, William.  
Cotterill, Richard.  
Dangerfield, Edward.  
Foster, Fanny.  
Foster, Moses.  
Gresty, William.  
Griffiths, Joseph.  
Haughton, William.  
Haynes, Job.  
Horton, Ann.  
Jackson, Thomas.  
Johnson, William.  
Jones, James.  
Jones, Joseph.  
Jones, Rebecca.
Jones, Thomas.  
Leake, Thomas.  
Nicholls, John.  
Norton, Joshua.  
Oates, George.  
Owen, James.  
Partridge, Daniel.  
Partridge, Simeon.  
Partridge, William.  
Povey, Benjamin.  
Shingleton, William.  
Simkin, James.  
Simkin, Thomas.  
Skidmore, Thomas.  
Slack, Samuel.  
Smith, John.  
Stokes, John.  
Switt, John.  
Taylor, Job.  
Taylor, Thomas.  
Tysall, Thomas.  
Walters, Edward.  
Wilkes, George.  
Wilkes, John.  
Wilkes, Theophilus.  
Wilkes, William.   
Winsper, William.  
Wood, Abraham.  
Wood, Thomas. 


Pinfold Street.
New Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Butcroft
Bell Street.
Church Street.
King Street.
Fallings Heath.
Catherine’s Cross.
Cock Street.
Wolverhampton Street.
Pinfold Street.
Pinfold Street.
New Street.
Wolverhampton Street.
Wolverhampton Street.
Church Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Bilston Street.
Church Street.
Moxley.
Bilston Street.
King Street.
Blockall.
Catherine’s Cross.
Church Street.
Blakemore’s Lane.
Catherine’s Cross.
The Green.
The Green.
Cock Street.
Moxley.
New Street.
Woods Bank.
Cramp Hill.
Bell Street.
Butcroft.
Pinfold Street.
The Green.
Moxley.
Cock Street.
Pinfold Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
The Green.
Blakemore’s Lane.
Woods Bank.
Pinfold Street.
New Place.
Eldon Street.
The Green.
Great Croft Street.
Bilston Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Foster Street.
The Green.
Woods Bank.
Church Street.

Iron Dealer

Rubery, Samuel. 

The Green.

Iron Founders

Butler, Asher.  
Duffield, John.  
Eaton, Job.  
Wilkes, Edward John.  
Wilkes, George.  
Wilkes, Samuel.  
Wilkes, William Ward.  

Bell Street.
Bilston Street.
The Leys.
Catherine’s Cross.
Great Croft Street.
Wolverhampton Street.
Catherine’s Cross.

Iron Masters

Bills and Mills.  
Maddocks and Gill.  
Rose, Daniel.  

The Green.
The Green.
Moxley Forge.

Joiners and Carpenters

Adams, Thomas Smith.  
Bayley, Samuel.  
Bruerton, John. (also a builder)  
Green, Jeremiah.  
Lowe, John.  
Sheldon, John.

King Street.
Bell Street.
Cock Street.
New Street.
Woods Bank.
Butcroft.

Linen and Woollen Drapers

Coleman, Eliza.   
Pigott, John.  
Price, James.  
Skidmore, Thomas.  
Thompson, Timothy.

 Cramp Hill.
Church Street.
King Street.
Pinfold Street.
King Street.

Lock Manufacturers

Bridgen, Richard. (padlocks)  
Newton, Isaac. (trunk)  
Rubery, Jabez.  
Rubery, Samuel. (brass, letter padlocks)  
Stanaway, Sarah.  

New Street.
Blockall.
Great Croft Street.
Blockall.
Great Croft Street.

Maltsters

Green, Charles.  
Jones, George.  
Yates, William.  

Church Street.
Woods Bank.
Church Street.

Milliners

Baddeley, Elizabeth.  
Hemingsley Rhoda.  
Robinson, Mary.  

King Street.
New Street.
Cock Street.

Nail Factors and Manufacturers

Carrington, James.  
Coleman, Thomas.  
Foster, Thomas.  
Giles, Benjamin.  
Giles, Enoch.  
Giles, Joseph.  
Giles, Samuel.  
Pearson, Joseph.  
Wilkes, William.  

Catherine’s Cross.
Cramp Hill.
Catherine’s Cross.
Cramp Hill.
Cramp Hill.
Bilston Street.
Cramp Hill.
The Green.
Bilston Street.

Patten Ring Makers

Howl, John & Jabez.  
Howl, Thomas.  
Longmore, Jabez.  
Longmore, John.  

Blockall.
The Green.
Church Street.
Church Street.

Pawnbrokers

Bruerton, John.  
Meeson, Samuel. 

Cock Street.
New Street.

Plumbers, Glaziers and Painters

Brevitt, George.  
Coleburn, William.  
Hughes, Thomas.  
Hughes, William.  
Page, Joseph.  

Catherine’s Cross.
Great Croft Street.
Bilston Street.
King Street.
Moxley.

Railway, Coach, and Carriage Spring Makers

Bills and Mills.  
Green, George W. and Company.  

The Green.
Soho Works, Bell Street.

Saddlers

Brown, David.  
Harper, Richard.  
Morris, William.  

Cock Street.
Church Street.
Pinfold Street.

Screw Manufacturers

Bruerton, Abel.  
Burns, Thomas.  
Butler, Charles.  
Butler, John.  
Butler, Samuel.  
Coleman Thomas. (wood screws)  
Cotterill, Alexander. (coach, bed and machine screws)  
Firm, Samuel.  
Foster, Benjamin. (wood screws)  
Foster, John.  
Foster, Thomas. (wood screws)  
Hampton, John. (wood screws)  
Harper, William and George.  
Hemingsley, Jabez.  
Howell, Joseph.  
Howl, John and Jabez. (bed screws)  
Humpage, Thomas.  
Lingard, Thomas. (wood screws)  
Partridge, William.  
Pedley, John.  
Robinson, Daniel.  
Robinson, Thomas.  
Small, Joseph.  
Taylor, Joseph.  
Tyson, Thomas. (bed screws)  
Walton, Charles. (wood screws)  
Wilkes, Richard.  
Wilkes, Thomas.  
Wilkes, Thomas. (bed screws)  

Cock Street.
The Green.
Woods Bank.
Eldon Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Cramp Hill.
Butcroft.

Bilston Street.
The Green.
Cramp Hill.
New Street.
Church Street.
New Street.
Blakemore’s Lane.
Bilston Street.
Church Street.
Bilston Street.
Eldon Street.
New Street.
Cramp Hill.
New Street.
Cock Street.
Cramp Hill.
The Green.
Blockall.
Church Street.
King Street.
Blakemore’s Lane.
The Green.

Shopkeepers

Aston, Thomas.  
Beardmore, Benjamin.  
Bettley, Edward.  
Bills, Jabez.  
Bowen, William.  
Brevitt, Laura.  
Bright, Mary.  
Butler, Joseph.  
Corbett, William.  
Cross, John.  
Dennant, Abraham.  
Haycock, James. 
Jones, Hannah.  
Jones, John.  
Maddocks, William.  
Moore, Charles.
Morris, John.  
Partridge, William.  
Proffitt, Edward James.  
Pugh, William.  
Ray, Nancy.  
Riddin, Margery.  
Riley, Benjamin.  
Riley, Ezekiel.  
Simkin, Thomas.  
Skidmore, Thomas.  
Taylor, Phoebe.  
Teece, Thomas.  
Webb, Thomas.  
Wilkes, George.  
Wilkes, James.  
Wilkes, Thomas.  
Winsper, William.
Wood, Thomas.  
Yates, Joseph.  
Yates, Obadiah.  

Moxley.
Moxley.
Pinfold Street.
Pinfold Street.
Bilston Street.
Bilston Street.
Moxley.
King Street.
Blockall.
Moxley.
Pinfold Street.
King Street.
King Street.
The Green.
King Street.
Pinfold Street.
King Street.
Butcroft.
Bilston Street.
New Street.
Cock Street.
The Green.
New Street.
Wolverhampton Street.
Cock Street.
Pinfold Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Woods Bank.
New Street.
Woods Bank.
Catherine’s Cross.
The Green.
The Green.
King Street.
The Green.
Pinfold Street.

Stirrup Makers

Butler, John.  
Foster, Nancy.  
Howl, John and Jabez.  
Howl, Thomas.  
Mountford, Thomas.  
Perry, William.  
Taylor, Joseph. 

Eldon Street.
Church Street.
Blockall.
The Green.
Cock Street.
Eldon Street.
The Green.

Surgeons

Dickinson, William.  
Rooker, Abel.  
Rooker, James.  
Thornhill, Charles.  

Cock Street.
King Street.
Church Street.
New Street.

Tailors

Duffield, William.  
Dulson, Thomas.  
Gresty, William.  
Lord, Henry.  
Maybury, Edward.  
Skidmore, Thomas.  
Wilkes, Aquilla.  
Wood, Joseph.  

Walsall Street.
Blockall.
Bilston Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
King Street.
Pinfold Street.
King Street.
Church Street.

Vice Makers

Case, William.  
Cotterill, Joseph & Company.  
Partridge, John. 


The Green.
Eagle Foundry. (The Green?)
New Row.

Wheelwrights

Crook, James.  
Greensell, John.  

Moxley.
Pinfold Street.

Miscellaneous

Adams, Joseph.  basket maker
Baddeley, Ralph.  stone mason  
Banks, George.   watch and clock maker  
Boaz, Mary. collector for the Birmingham Canal Company. 
Bromley, James.  surveyor, agent, coal viewer 
Davies, David.  exciseman  
Ellis, John.   lime burner 
Fletcher, John.   fishmonger  
Hart, Emanuel.  clothes dealer  
Lowe, Joseph.   registrar 
Martin and Foster.   sand miners  
Page, William.   timber merchant  
Partridge, Thomas.   clothes dealer 
Powis, James. hatter & furniture broker  
Slater, James.   bookseller, printer, stationer  
Smith, Samuel.   miller  
Walton, William.   saddle spring maker  
Wilkes, George.   iron hurdle maker 
Wilkes, George.   overseer 
Wilkes, William.   fire office agent 
Wilkes, William.   earthenware dealer  
Winsper, William.   overseer 
Yardley, Joseph.  iron candlestick maker  

King Street.
The Green.
Church Street.
Moxley.
Moxley.
Eldon Street.
Moxley.
Pinfold Street.
King Street.
King Street.
Moxley.
Moxley.
King Street.
King Street.
New Street.
Darlaston Mill, Dorsett Rd.
Bilston Street.
Great Croft Street.
Catherine’s Cross.
Bilston Street.
King Street.
The Green.
Pinfold Street.

Buses

Omnibuses to Birmingham via Wednesbury from the Bell and the Waggon and Horses every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at nine and ten o’clock.
Omnibuses to Wolverhampton via Willenhall from the Bell and the Waggon and Horses every Wednesday morning at half past ten, and from the Bell at 11 o’clock.

Carriers

To Birmingham – George Bayley every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from The Green.
To Wolverhampton – George Bayley every Wednesday from The Green.

Post

Letters arrive at the post office by foot post from Wednesbury at 10 minutes past eight in the morning and at five o’clock in the afternoon. Posted letters are despatched every morning at a quarter past eight in the morning and at five minutes past five in the afternoon. The post master is George Banks, and the post office is situated in Church Street.

  

Pinfold Street Wesleyan Chapel and school.
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