HISTORY 1787
History of the Piece Hall - Occupiers in 1787
Detail of the South Gate
This list is taken from a Directory of Local Merchants and Manufacturers, 1787. The original is listed by shop number but I have reorganised it into alphabetical order on surname. The letter after the shop number gives the floor, where 'A' is the Arcade (60 rooms), 'R' is the Rustic Gallery (126 rooms) and 'C' is the Colonnade (129 rooms).
Where a shop is occupied by more than one person with different surnames, I have listed the shop twice. Where the surname is the same, I have only listed it once.
Information on shops 61 - 90 (Rustic Gallery) is missing.
Akroyd, Abel. 46A
Akroyd, Jonathan and James. 36A
Alcock, William. 89C
Appleyard, Samuel. 10C
Appleyard, Samuel. 44C
Armitage, Hanah. 28C
Ashworth, Robert. 1A
Ashworth, Robert. 111R
Ashworth, Thomas. 74C
Bailey, Enoch. 13C
Bancroft, William. 33A
Barker, Abram. 120C
Barker, John. 119C
Barker, Robert. 123C
Barker, Thomas, and Richard Naylor. 38A
Barker, Thomas. 39A
Barker, Thomas. 94C
Bates, Ely, and John Duckworth. 32C
Bates, James. 11C
Bawdin, William. 102C
Beaver, Step. and Joseph Wright. 7A
Binns, Samuel. 46C
Bolton, Gregory. 14C
Bond, James. 59C
Bottomley, Benj. 45C
Brier, John. 52C
Burton, John. 31A
Calvert, Reuben. 29A
Chadwick, Jonathan. 77C
Chambers, Benjamin. 13A
Chatburn, Richard. 93C
Cockroft, James. 4A
Dean, Samuel. 100R
Denby, Isaac. 98R
Dixons. 118C
Dixon, John. 5C
Drake, Joseph. 60C
Drake, Joseph. 72C
Duckworth, John, and Ely Bates. 32C
Eastwood, Thomas. 115R
Fawthrop, John. 15C
Feather, John and George. 97R
Fielding. Abram. 105C
Fielding, Samuel. 54A
Fielding, Samuel. 48C
Fletcher, Robert. 125R
Foster, Henry. 56A
Foster, John and James. 121R
Foster, Thomas. 18A
Fowles, James, and John Murgatroyd 28A
Fox, John. 109R
Fryer, John and Thomas. 2A
Garforth, Richard. 22C
Garforth, Samuel. 23C
Gath, Samuel. 42C
Gath, William. 24C
Gill, John. 41C
Gledhill, Ely. 71C
Greaves, William. 6C
Greenwood, Isaac. 63C
Greenwood, John. 83C
Greenwood, Thomas. 19C
Greenwood, Thomas. 57C
Greenwood, Thomas. 106C
Greenwood, William. 86C
Guitear, Mr. C. 114R
Haggas, James. 23A
Haigh, George. 92C
Haigh, John and James. 54C
Hainsworth, Timothy. 75C
Hanson, Edmond. 115C
Harper, Robert. 99C
Hartley, William. 6A
Heap, James. 124R
Heaton, Robert. 120R
Hebden, David. 16A
Hellewell, Ely. 113R
Hellewell, Samuel. 112R
Helliwell, John. 10A
Hey, John. 67C
Higgin, Amos. 68C
Hirst, David. 123R
Hitchin, Ely. 18C
Hitchin, Ely, jun. 76C
Hodgson, Joseph. 103R
Holland, William. 58A
Hollingdrake, James. 58C
Hollingdrake, John. 121C
Holmes, Richard. 122R
Holroyd, Benjamin. 55C
Holroyd, James. 66C
Holroyd, Joseph. 29C
Holstead, Robert. 102R
Horrax, Christopher. 113C
Horsfall, John. 108R
Horsfall, William and Timothy. 43A
Horsfield, Luke. 1C
Hoyle, James. 108C
Hoyle, John. 32A
Hoyle, Samuel. 41A
Illingworth, Isaac. 17C
Ingham, Amos. 117R
Ingham, John. 5A
Ingham, John. 51C
Ingham, Joshua. 73C
Iredale, John. 62C
Jennings, David. 9A
Jennings, William. 19A
Jennings, William. 106R
King, James. 14A
Knowles, John and James. 37A
Knowles, Thomas. 55A
Leech, Joseph. 81C
Leech, Zacharia. 84C
Lees, Samuel. 3C
Leigh, Lawrence. 53C
Leigh, Lawrence. 56C
Lord, Thomas. 2C
Midgley, Francis. 51A
Midgley, John. 104R
Midgley, John. 12C
Mitchel, Ely. 70C
Mitchell, Thomas. 117C
Moor, John. 52A
Mortimer, John. 79C
Mosley, James. 78C
Murgatroyd, John, and James Fowles 28A
Murgatroyd, Joseph. 126R
Naylor, Richard, and Thomas Barker. 38A
Newton, Thomas. 122C
Oddy, John. 21C
Ogden, John. 12A
Ogden, Joseph. 91C
Ormerod, Abram. 114C
Parker, John. 95R
Pearson, Caleb and Stead. 15A
Pearson, John. 4C
Pickles, John, and William Rudman 27A
Pickles, Peter. 125C
Pollard, William. 17A
Priestley, David. 104C
Ratcliff, William. 129C
Rawlings, John. 61C
Rawson, John. 50A
Redman, George. 85C
Redman, Robert. 101R
Rhodes, Timothy. 100C
Rideal, David. 101C
Riley, John. 91R
Robertshaw, John. 109C
Rudman, William, and John Pickles 27A
Shackleton, Edmond. 22A
Shackleton, William. 88C
Sharp, William. 24A
Shaw, John. 37C
Shaw, John. 47C
Shepherd, Thomas. 116C
Smith, Christopher. 49A
Smith, Henry. 8C
Smith, Henry. 87C
Smith, John. 69C
Smith, Joshua. 42A
Spencer, Samuel. 20C
Stansfield, George. 44A
Stansfield, John. 98C
Stansfield, Joshua. 43C
Stead and Caleb Pearson 15A
Sugden, John. 48A
Sunderland, Reylus. 107R
Sutcliffe, Gamaliel. 20A
Sutcliffe, Gamaliel. 21A
Sutcliffe, John. 25A
Sutcliffe, John. 45A
Sutcliffe, John. 57A
Sutcliffe, John. 96R
Sutcliffe, John. 31C
Sutcliffe, Richard. 35A
Sutcliffe, Richard. 33C
Sutcliffe, Robert and John. 35C
Sutcliffe, Thomas. 3A
Sutcliffe, Thomas. 8A
Sutcliffe. Thomas. 110R
Sutcliffe, Thomas. 27C
Sutcliffe, William. 105R
Sutcliffe, William. 110C
Taylor, David. 39C
Thomas, John. 127C
Thomas, Richard. 107C
Thomas, William. 30A
Thomas, William. 99R
Thams, William. 111C
Thomson, John. 116R
Thornton, Joseph. 82C
Turner, George. 124C
Uttley, John. 16C
Waddington, John. 119R
Waddington, Joshua. 59A
Waddington, William. 103C
Walker, Ely. 80C
Walker, Joshua. 126C
Wallbank, Nathaniel. 40A
Walton, Richard. 53A
Waterhouse, James. 7C
Whigglesworth, Wm. 64C
Whitaker, John. 92R
Whiteley, Joseph. 36C
Whiteley, Joshua. 34A
Wilkinson, John. 38C
Wright, David. 26A
Wright, Joseph and Step. Beaver. 7A
Empty shops units: 11A, 47A, 60A, 93R, 94R, 118R, 9C, 25C, 26C, 30C, 34C, 40C, 49C, 50C, 65C, 90C, 112C, 128C.Piece Hall in the 18th Century
Piece Hall in the 19th Century
Piece Hall as a wholesale market
© Stephanie Marriott,
© Richard Porter & The Piece Hall Shops Association 2004