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Holmforth [sic], near Huddersfield, has a fair on the 30th of October. Principal inhabitants are as follows:

Gentry

Shaw James, (F.) Gent.

Shaw Jonathan, (F.) Gent.

Clergy

Harrop Rev. John, M.A.

Physic

Wordsworth Josias, (F.) Surgeon and Apothecary

Wordsworth John, Ditto

Law

Stephenson Cookson, Attorney

Traders, &c.

Beaumont Joshua, Manufacturer

Charlesworth George and Sons, (F.) Merchants and Manufacturers

Dickinson Elihu, (F.) Dry-salter

Drangsfield Thomas, Manufacturer

Farrar John, (F.) Dyer and Dry-salter

Hardy Thomas, (F.) Dry-salter

Harrop James, (F.) Dry-salter

Heap Joseph, Manufacturer

Hirst Matthew, Manufacturer

Littlewood Rowland, (F.) Linen-draper

Moorhouse Thomas, (F.) Tanner

Moorhouse Matthew, Manufacturer

Moorhouse Joshua, Ditto

Shackleton Richard, Dry-salter

Shaw Jonathan, jun. Dry-salter

Smith Joshua, Manufacturer

Taylor Thomas, (F.) Manufacturer

Tinker John, Manufacturer

Tinker Abel, Tallow-chandler

Turner Richard, jun. Manufacturer

Walton Elizabeth, Linen-draper

Waterhouse, W. and Son, (F.) Tanners

Waterhouse William, jun. Dry-salter

Womersley Ann, Linen-draper

Wood Joseph, (F.) Merchant

[N.B. In each of the foregoing lists, by the profession of Merchant, Merchant and Manufacturer, and Manufacturer, is to be understood Woollen-cloth Merchant and Manufacturer.]

Source: The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture 1791. Vol. 3.