An 1880 description of Whitchurch From the Slater's Commercial Directory.

WHITCHURCH is a parish and pleasant village in the hundred of Caerphilly, county of Glamorgan, situated in the beautiful vale of the Taff, and intersected by the high road from Cardiff to Merthyr. It is about 3 miles from Cardiff, its post town, and 5 from Caerphilly, in the Cardiff union and county court district. The iron and tinplate works of the Messrs. Thomas William Booker & Co. Limited, are at Melingriffith, in this parish, also at Pentyrch, and employ a great number of hands. The Taff Vale Railway passes through the parish, and has a station (Llandaff) about half a mile from the village. The parish church is a plain low edifice, without tower. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Bishop of the diocese. There are also places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyan and Calvinistic Methodists, and a National school. Population in 1861, 2,274, and in 1871, 2, 722

POST OFFICE - Whitchurch, Charles Reynolds, Post Master. - Letters arrive from all parts arrive (from Cardiff) at ten minutes past seven morning, and are despatched thereto at half past six evening
 

GENTRY & CLERGY

Bedlington Mrs. Hannah, Bryngles House, Whitchurch
Booker Thomas William, Esq., J.P., Velindra House, Whitchurch
Clarke Rev. John Thomas, M.A., Vicarage, Whitchurch
David Mrs. Sarah, Tyclyd Cottage, Whitchurch
Evans Rev. David, Whitchurch
Evans Henry J., Esq., J.P., Greenhill, Whitchurch
Fereday Major Frederick F., Albert Cottage, Whitchurch
Herne Mr. Joshua, Treoda Castle, Whitchurch
Jackson Mr. James A., Bridge House, Whitchurch
James Mrs. Jane, Whitchurch
Jenkins Mrs. Rhoda, Rose Cottage, Whitchurch
Phillips Griffith, Esq., J.P., The Cottage, Whitchurch
Rees Rev. G., Whitchurch
Thomas Mr. Isaac, Elm Grove, Whitchurch
 

ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS

National Schools :-

Whitchurch - John C. Meredith, master; Emma A. Meredith, mistress

Small Robert S. (day & boarding), Whitchurch

BLACKSMITHS

Burgoyne Thomas, Whitchurch
Martin David, Whitchurch
Morgan Thomas, Whitchurch
Redwood James, Whitchurch
 

BOOT & SHOE MAKERS

Slathiel Daniel, Whitchurch
Thomas Thomas, Whitchurch
 

BUTCHERS

Hardwick Samuel, Whitchurch
 

CARPENTERS

David Evan, Whitchurch
Evans William (& builder), Whitchurch
Williams Edwin, Whitchurch
 

FARMERS

Clode William, Tyn-y-park
Evans Mary, Ash Grove
George Thomas, Derry Farm
James Sina, Fynnon-Wen
Jones Alexander, Pant Mawr
Lougher Richard, Forest Farm
Phillips John, Wauntreode
Preston Alice, Tyn-y-pwll
Preston William, Rhubina
Thomas Edward, Llwynmallt
Thomas John, Great House
Thomas John & William H., Cefn-garw
Thomas William, Ty-pwdwr
Williams Edward, Pentwyn
Williams Thomas, Ty-clyd
Wride Barry, Village Farm
Wride William, Graig

GROCERS, DRAPERS, & DEALERS IN SUNDRIES

Cornish John S., Heoldon, Whitchurch
Davey Samuel, Whitchurch
Edwards Margaret, Whitchurch
John Margaret, Whitchurch
Lewis Philip, Whitchurch
Phillips Morgan, Whitchurch
Price Thomas, Whitchurch
Reynolds Charles, Whitchurch
Shapland Susan, Whitchurch
 

INNS & PUBLIC HOUSES

Butchers' Arms, Isaac Richards, Derry Mill, Whitchurch
Cross, David Earle, Whitchurch
Exchange, Jacob Hedges, Whitchurch
Fox & Hounds, John Watkins, Whitchurch
Holly Bush, Jane Lewis, Whitchurch
Malsters' Arms, Edwin Brind, Whitchurch
Masons' Arms, Daniel Thomas, Whitchurch
New Inn, Morgan Phillips, Whitchurch
Plough, William Williams, Whitchurch
Portobello, John Williams, Whitchurch
Railway, Eliza Brookman, Whitchurch
Three Elms, John Morris, Whitchurch
 

RETAILERS OF BEER

Edwards Mary, Whitchurch
Griffith John, Whitchurch
Martin David, Whitchurch
 

IRON & TIN PLATE MANUFACTURERS

Booker Thomas William & Co. Limited, Melin Griffith Works, near Cardiff, and Pentyrch Works, Pentyrch - Henry Jefferies, managing director

MARKET GARDENERS

Bayliss William, Whitchurch
John Lewis, Whitchurch
Porter Louisa, Whitchurch
Stevens George, Whitchurch

MILLERS

Edwards Edmund, Derry Mill, Whitchurch
Lewis & Williams, Bank Mill, Whitchurch
Lewis Jacob, Tongwynlais
Thomas Edward, Llanishen

MISCELLANEOUS

Haddock Thomas, secretary at Melin Griffith Works, Hawthorn, Whitchurch
Haddock William D., cashier at Melin Griffith Works, Whitchurch
Hopkins Henry, relieving officer and registrar of births and deaths for Whitchurch district, Whitchurch
Lewis John, clerk at Melin Griffith Works, Penson Villa, Whitchurch
Thomas John, manager at Melin Griffith Works, Melin Griffith
 

PLACES OF WORSHIP

Parish Churches :-
 

Whitchurch - Rev. John Thomas Clarke, M.A., vicar
 

Dissenting Chapels

Baptist :-

Whitchurch (English) - Ministers various
Whitchurch (Welsh) - Ministers various
 

Independent (Welsh) :-

Whitchurch - Rev. David G. Rees
 

Methodist (Calvinistic) :-

Whitchurch, Tongwynlais, Pentyrch, and Taff's Well
 

CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY On the Taff Vale Line

Station, Llandaff - about half a mile from Whitchurch - Charles P. Evans, station master