Corton Directory 1900

The Warminster Directory And Local And Village Guide 1900:

Corton

Alfred James Bartlett, carpenter, builder and wheelwright.
Mrs. Hannah Churchill.
Albert Collins, shopkeeper and baker, Post Office.
John Coombs, farmer, West Farm.

George Corp, dairyman to Mr. Coombs.
John Dale.
Mrs. Diana Doughty.
Edward Feltham, thatcher, &c.

Stephen Few, farmer, Church Farm.
Francis Richard Hobbs, farmer, Sundial Farm.
Miss Parsons, National schoolmistress.
John Pottingale, sexton and parish clerk.

Thomas Poulter, New Inn.
Thomas Snelgrove Rugg, farmer, Manor Farm.
William Serrell, dairyman to Mr. T.S. Rugg.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Royal Oak Inn.

Stephen Smith, farmer.
Rechab White, blacksmith.
Edward Withers.
John Withers, shopkeeper.

Game Duty – General Certificates: Corton

From the Salisbury & Winchester Journal, Monday 18th November 1816:

County of Wilts – Game Duty – List 1.

Persons who have obtained General Certificates, at the rate of Three Pounds, Thirteen Shillings and Sixpence each, for the year 1816.

Name: Ambrose Patient, junior.
Residence: Corton.

Published by Order of his Majesty’s Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes.

Matthew Winter, Secretary.

Examined – James Lacy, junior.
Salisbury, Nov. 14, 1816.