This section consists of lists of shops, businesses and institutions in Tipton, based on Jones's 1865 Mercantile Directory, which was an early commercial directory, sold as an aid for people who were involved in buying or selling all kinds of items. It provides a detailed insight into commercial life in an important industrial town, that was still developing and expanding at the time.

Post Offices:
Horseley Heath, on the corner of Horseley Road. Charles Edwin Davies, postmaster. Money Orders issued and paid.
Owen Street, Harriet Cox, postmistress. Money Orders issued and paid. Savings Bank.
Princes End, Catherine Constable, postmistress. Savings Bank.
Great Bridge, George Piddington, receiver.
Tividale, William Devey, receiver.


Horseley Heath post office. From an old postcard.

Public Establishments:
Board of Health Offices, Church Street, William Howelle, chairman. George M. Waring, clerk.
Police Station, Horsley Heath.
Stamp Office, Owen Street, Hollis & Riches, distributors.
Waterworks Office, Castle Street, George Whitehead, collector.

Public Officers:
Clerk to Petty Sessions, William H. Fellows, Horseley Heath.
Collector of Rates, Zacariah Griffiths, Park Lane.
Coroner, Edward Hooper.
Registrar of Births and Deaths, George M. Waring, Church Lane.
Inspector of Nuisances, J. Baxter.

Places of Worship:
St. Bartholomew's, Horsley Heath, Rev. William Kerr, M.A., incumbent.
St. Mark's, Ocker Hill, Rev. Angela Solari, M.A., incumbent.
St. John's, Summerhill, Rev. S. T. Tozer, M.A., incumbent.
St. Paul's, Owen Street, Rev. William M. Hutton, BA., incumbent.
Baptist, Princes End; and Toll End.
Independent, Union Street; and Sheepwash Lane.
Methodist New Connexion, Canal Street; Regent Street; Horsley Heath; Dudley Port; and Tividale.
Primitive Methodist, Bell Street; Queen Street; Princes End; Railway Street; Horsley Heath; Dudley Port; and Toll End.
Wesleyan, Park Lane; Bloomfield; Wednesbury Oak; Dudley Port; Ocker Hill; and Tividale.


St. John's Church. From an old postcard.

Public Schools:
National Schools:
Church Lane, George Instone, master. Ann Anderson. mistress.
Tipton Hall, High Street, James Hepworth, master. Janet Hepworth, mistress.
St. John's, Princes End, Emma Thomas. mistress.
St. Paul's, Waterloo Street, Martha Price, mistress.
Wesleyan, Park Lane, Benjamin Jaggs, master.


Park Lane School. From an old postcard.

Railway and Canal Carriers:
Pickford & Company.
Crowley & Company.
James & Joshua Fellows.
Shipton & Company.
The Grand Junction Canal Company. Thomas Taylor Butterworth, Great Bridge, by the canal.

The population of Tipton in 1861 was 28,870.
 

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