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Entries for Brading from Pigots 1828 directory
Total number of records found: 33Brading |
| Civic |
| BRADING, A SMALL market town In the Isle of Wight, distant from Newport, eight miles, and from Ryde, four. |
| It has nothing remarkable except the church, which is very ancient, and said to have been the first religious establishment in the island. It has some ancient monuments of the Oglanders: the tower stands singularly on four open arches, which form a porch to the west door. |
| The accommodations for travellers are here pretty good. |
| This town formerly sent members to parliament, but was excused from that burden, as it was once considered, on account of the inability of its inhabitants to pay their representatives. |
| Brading Haven when filled by the tide, exhibits a fine sheet of water: but when the tide recedes, it becomes merely a tract of naked mud, some hundred acres in extent. Various attempts have been made to recover this vast marsh from the usurpation of the sea. The last and most remarkable was, in the time of James the first, Sir Bevis Thelwall, a page of the King's bed chamber, and the famous Sir Hugh Middleton, were the principal persons concerned in the project: but after expending GBP7,000 in carrying it into execution, they found the nature of the soil did not answer their wishes, and at length an overwhelming spring tide making a breach in the embankment, the sea once more resumed its former situation. It appeared, however, from a well which they discovered near the middle of the haven, that it had not always been in this unprofitable state. |
| Market day, is Saturday. Fairs are held May 12th, and October 2d. |
| The amount of the population in 1821, was 2,023. |
| Shopkeepers, Traders &c. |
| Barnes Stephen, carpenter |
| Bligh John, tailor |
| Burt John, tailor |
| Day John, maltster |
| Duke William, baker |
| Jolliffe William, painter |
| Kemp George, carpenter & grocer |
| Kemp John, sen., carpenter |
| Kemp John, jun., carpenter & painter |
| Midlane James & Son, ironmongers, &c. |
| Newman Henry, baker |
| Rayner Reuben, baker |
| Riddick William, baker |
| Sime George, surgeon |
| Slader Thomas, tailor |
| Slader William, watch, &c. maker |
| Stone George, draper |
| Stribling William, grocer |
| Taylor Joseph, butcher |
| Wardour William, boot, &c. maker |
| Wheeler William, grocer |
| Yelf John, boot & shoemaker. |
| Inns, &c. |
| Bugle, James Day |
| Red Lion, James Kemp |
| Wheat Sheaf, William Wilburn |
| Carriers |
| NEWPORT, RYDE, &c. 3 times a week |