What was Durham Market Place like in the past?

 

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What could you buy there?

Extract from the 1862 Trade Directory for Durham

Extract from the 1862 Trade Directory for Durham

Extract from the 1862 Trade Directory for Durham. (DUL ref: L 910.3 DUR/CIT/DUR)

 

 

This source is an extract from a Durham trade directory of 1862. It lists all the people with a shop or business in Durham. This section shows all the people who had businesses in the Market Place.

Take a close look at the source and then fill in this tally chart.

Bank  
Boot and shoemaker  
Brickmaker  
Butcher  
Chemist and druggist  
Clockmaker  
Draper  
Grocer  
Hosier  
Innkeeper or publican  
Painter  
Printer or stationer  
Saddler  
Seed merchant  
Solicitor  
Tanner  
Tobbaconist  
Wine and spirit merchant  

Think back to the big question. What does this tell us about what people could buy in Victorian Durham? What does it tell us about how people did their shopping? What is different to the previous source?

 

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