Pearse's Commercial Directory to Swansea and the Neighbourhood, for 1854Pearse, Ebenezer
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Pearse's Commercial Directory to Swansea and the Neighbourhood, for 1854
Pearse, Ebenezer
Swansea (Wales) -- Directories
_Collector_, William Waters; _First Clerk_, William Gronow, jun.; _Second
Clerk_, F. Pitman; _Comptroller and Landing Surveyor_, Thomas S. Todd;
_Tide Surveyor_, S. B. Williams; _Searchers_, _Landing_, _and Coast
Waiters_, W. I. Turner and F. Pockett; _Lockers_, George George and
George Cheshire; _Tide Waiters and Boatmen_, William Garde, Daniel Jones,
David Evans, David Johns, Edward Jenkins, H. Newbury, and J. Williams.
OFFICERS OF THE POOR-LAW BOARD.
Meet in the Swansea Workhouse, every Thursday, at 10 a.m.
Chairman, two Vice-Chairmen, ten Guardians for the Town, and thirty-six
for the Country Parishes, elected annually.
_Clerk_, Charles Collins; _Surgeon to the Swansea District_, T. A.
Essery; _Relieving Officer_, T. Daniel; _Rate Collector for Swansea_,
David Thomas; _Superintendent Registrar of Births_, _Deaths_, _and
Marriages for the Swansea Union_, Charles Collins; _Deputy
Superintendent_, David David; _Registrar of Marriages for Swansea
District_, George Baker Haynes; _Registrar of Births and Deaths_, John
Oakshot; _Deputy Registrar_, George Harry.
INFIRMARY.
_Chairman_, L. L. Dillwyn; _Vice-Chairman_, M. Moggridge; _House
Surgeon_, J. G. Hall; _Secretary_, George Turton Stroud; _Matron_, Mrs.
Jones.
BANKS.
BRANCH BANK OF ENGLAND, Temple street, _Agent_, F. Ritchie; _Sub-Agent_,
C. Nicholson.
GLAMORGANSHIRE BANKING COMPANY, High street, Draw on Jones, Loyd, and
Co., London.
SWANSEA SAVINGS’ BANK, Heathfield street, _Actuary_, J. W. Jones.
PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.
The South Wales Railway Up Trains
For Neath, Briton Ferry, Port Talbot, Pyle, Bridgend, Lantrissent,
Cardiff, Newport, Chepstow, and Gloucester.
South Wales Railway Down Trains
For Loughor, Llanelly, Pembrey, Kidwelly, Ferryside, Carmarthen, Narberth
Road, and Haverfordwest.
Vale of Neath Trains
For Aberdulais, Glyn-Neath, Resolven, Hirwain, Aberdare, and Merthyr.
Times altered first of every month. Time Books published by E. Pearse,
15, Wind street.
Coaches and Omnibuses.
To Morriston, Clydach, Pontardawe, Ystalyfera, and Yniscedwyn daily at
7.0 a.m., by Spencer’s Mail Coach, returning to Swansea at 3.15 p.m. each
evening.
Mumbles Omnibuses from Rees’s, Horse and Groom, College street, twice a
day; Barter’s, from the Rutland Arms, Rutland street, and Williams’s,
from the Hope and Anchor, Fisher street, each three times a day; and to
and from the Trains.
Carriers.
To Yniscedwyn, John Spencer, Mail Coach, from the Nag’s Head, Goat
street, at 7.0 a.m. daily; and Lamb’s Omnibus, from the Cameron Arms, on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 4.0 p.m.
Steam Packets.
To Bristol, from Padley’s Wharf, _Lord Beresford_, Tuesdays and Fridays.
Agent James Wathen Pockett. Offices at the Wharf.
Ilfracombe, from Padley’s Wharf, _Lord Beresford_, Mondays and Thursdays:
only in summer. Agent, James Wathen Pockett.
Liverpool, from the Quay, the _Troubadour_, Wednesdays, and _Glendower_,
Fridays. Agent, Edwin Edwards.
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