Property: Unknown Fish Hill ln year: 1841

Occupant: Samuel Thomas aged:  30  Born:  Bitton, Glos.

Trade: Needle Maker –

Notes: Wife Mary (Retallack (30) plus 3 children + 1 servant at home. In the 1835 Pigot’s Directory of Worcestershire, Samuel is classed under Needle & Fish Hook Manufacturers, Redditch. In the 1842 Bentley’s Directory of Worcestershire, Samuel is again classed under Needle & Fish Hook Manufacturers and now British Needles, Redditch. In the 1855 Directory and Gazetteer of the County of Worcestershire, Samuel is now Needle Maker, British Mills, Fish Hill.

Source: JC – Census