1770 DIRECTORY OF WILLENHALL
Extracted From "The Tradesman's True Guide or A Universal Directory for Birmingham and the District Round About. "(Sketchley & Adams)
This is the first known published directory covering Willenhall. Although the Birmingham section shows street names the Willenhall inhabitants are shown only by area and in some cases no location at all is given.
| Surname | Name | Occupation | Location |
| Alltree | John | Gent | |
| Allwright | Thomas | Vicemaker | |
| Appleby | Henry | Boxlockmaker | Pool Hays |
| Aston | William | Ironmonger | Town |
| Babb | Thomas | Brass Knob Lockmaker | |
| Babb | James | Brass Knob Lockmaker | Town |
| Babb | Jeffery | Fine Padlockmaker | Town |
| Baily | Thomas | Fine Padlockmaker | Town |
| Beckett | Richard | Brass & Rimlock Maker | Town |
| Bickerton | James | Brass Lockmaker | Town |
| Biddle | Henry | Curry Comb Maker | Town |
| Boulton | John | Steel Tobacco Boxmaker | Town |
| Bowars | Edward | Fine Stocklockmaker | Town |
| Bratt | Jonathan | Latch Maker | Little London |
| Bratt | Isaac | Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Bratt | John | Brass Knoblock Maker | Little London |
| Bratt | James | Latch Maker | Little London |
| Brindley | Samuel | Fine Padlock Maker | |
| Brindley | John | Box Trunk & Lockmaker | |
| Brockoles | James | Secret Padlockmaker | Town |
| Brummall | Richard | Spring Lockmaker | Town |
| Bullock | Isaac | Fine Stock Lockmaker | Town |
| Burrows | William | Coffin Handle Maker | Little London |
| Burrows | Samuel | Fine Ward Chest Lockmaker | Town |
| Butler | John | Brass Lockmaker | Town |
| Butler | James | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Butler | Isaac | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Careless | John | Secret Padlock Maker | Town |
| Careless | Thomas | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Careless | Joseph | Secret Padlock Maker | |
| Cartwright | William | Iron Rimlock Maker | Town |
| Chandler | Francis | Gun Lock Maker | Town |
| Cley | Richard | Fine Inside Cabinet Lockmaker | |
| Cooper | William | Iron Cabinet Lockmaker | Little London |
| Cotterall | Thomas | Mortice & Stock Lockmaker | Town |
| Cotton | Ann | Padlock Maker | Town |
| Dalloway | John | Brass Knob & Rimlock Maker | Town |
| Davie | Benjamin | Crosset Maker | |
| Dolman | Joseph | Coffin Handle Maker | Little London |
| Emery | William | Iron Rimlock Maker | Town |
| Farmer | George | Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Fisher | John | Steel Plate Maker | Little London |
| Fletcher | Joshua | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Fouk | John | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Fox | William | Crosset Maker | Town |
| Freeth | William | Brass Knoblock Maker | Pool Heys |
| Freeth | James | Rimlock Maker | Town |
| Goodwin | Daniel | Fine Plate Stocklock Maker | |
| Green | Francis | Grid Iron Maker | |
| Green | Joseph | Grid Iron Maker | |
| Green | Thomas | Chafing Dish Maker | |
| Groutage | Joseph | Iron Locksmith | |
| Hadley | Samuel | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Hadley | John | Fine Padlock & Corkscrew Maker | Little London |
| Hadley | William | Coffin & Chest Handle Maker | Little London |
| Hadley | Richard | Coffin & Chest Handle Maker | Little London |
| Hall | William | Brass & Rimlock Smith | |
| Hammersley | Jonathan | Brass lock Maker | Town |
| Hartell | John | Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Hartell | Jonas | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Hartell | William | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Hartell | Isaac | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Hartell | Thomas | Bolt & Brass Knob Latchmaker | Town |
| Hartell | Abraham | Bolt & Brass Knob Latchmaker | Town |
| Hartell | Edward | Padlock Maker | Town |
| Hartell | Daniel | Cabinet Lockmaker | Town |
| Helshew | John | Ironmonger | Town |
| Hincke's | --- | Ironmonger | Town |
| Hodges | Benjamin | Trunklock Maker | Town |
| Hodgetts | Thomas | Trunklock Maker | Town |
| Hodson | James | Chest Lock Maker | Little London |
| Holt | John | Brass Knob & Rimlock Maker | |
| Honeman | James | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Hopkins | Joseph | Lockmaker | |
| Horton | George | Stock Lock Maker | Town |
| Horton | --- | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Hunt | William | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Huntbach | Rupert | Iron Lockmaker | |
| Huntbach | John | Stocklock Maker | Town |
| Huntbach | Thomas | Brass & Rimlock Maker | Town |
| Jackson | Francis | Whitesmith | Little London |
| Jackson | Joseph | Round Bolt Maker | Little London |
| Joburns | William | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| John | William | Brass Knoblock Maker | Town |
| Knowles | George | Boltmaker | Town |
| Knowles | Edward | Round Boltmaker | Town |
| Knowles | John | Round Boltmaker | Little London |
| Knowles | William | Bolt & Chest Lock Maker | Town |
| Knowles | John | Bolt & Chest Lock Maker | Town |
| Larrance | John | Padlock Maker | |
| Leeke | John | Crosset Maker | |
| Lees | James | Locksmith | |
| Lewis | William | Iron Rimlock Maker | |
| Lowe | Dennis | Iron Lockmaker | |
| Lyde | Samuel | Brass Knoblock Maker | |
| Marsh | Richard | Snuffer Maker | Pool Heys |
| Marsh | John | Rimlock Maker | Little London |
| Marston | Timothy | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Marston | Thomas | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Marston | Joseph | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Marston | James | Iron Rimlock Maker | Town |
| Marston | John | Iron Rim & Brass Knob Lockmaker | Town |
| Mold | Benjamin | Fine Padlock Maker | |
| Morgan | William | Coffin Handle Maker | |
| Morgan | Thomas | Coffin Handle Maker | Little London |
| Morris | Joseph | Brass Locksmith | Town |
| Mould | William | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Newman | John | Boxmaker | |
| Newman | Thomas | Trunk & Park Gate Lockmaker | |
| Nock | William | Brass Lockmaker | Little London |
| Offley | Thomas | Bolt & Spring Latchmaker | Little London |
| Owan | John | Iron Rimlock Maker | Little London |
| Pain | John | Black Padlockmaker | Little London |
| Parker | John | Coffin Handle Maker | Little London |
| Parkes | John | Trunk Lockmaker | Little London |
| Parkes | Joseph | Brass Knob Lock Maker | Little London |
| Parkes | Thomas | Brass Knob Lock Maker | Pool Leys |
| Parsons | Thomas | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Partridge | James | Ewl Blade Maker | Little London |
| Pedley | Hannah | Ironmonger, Merchant, Factor | |
| Pedley | Simon | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Pedley | Henry | Crosset Maker | Town |
| Pendlebury | John | Brass Knob Lock Maker | Pool Leys |
| Perry | John | Cabinet Lock Maker | Town |
| Perry | James | Round Bolt Maker | Town |
| Perry | John | Rimlockmaker | |
| Phillips | Joseph | Spring Stocklock Maker | Town |
| Pitt | Stephen | Stocklock Maker | Town |
| Pool | Isaac | Rimlock Maker | Little London |
| Pool | George | Outside Box Lock Smith | |
| Pooler | John | Brass Knob Locksmith | Town |
| Powell | Andrew | Rimlock Maker | Little London |
| Preston | William | Brass Lockmaker | Little London |
| Preston | William, jun. | Chape Maker | Little London |
| Pye | Thomas | Mortice & Brass Locksmith | |
| Read | Richard | Currycomb Maker | |
| Read | Silvester | Currycomb Maker | |
| Read | Daniel | Iron Locksmith | |
| Reaves | Thomas | Fine Stocklock Maker | |
| Riddo | James | Brass Knob & Rimlock Maker | |
| Riley | James | Spring Stocklock Maker | |
| Riley | John | Spring Stocklock Maker | |
| Riley | Daniel | Fine Stocklock Maker | |
| Roberts | George | Factor & Hardwareman | |
| Robinson | William | Iron Rimlock Maker | |
| Rogers | William | Brass Knob & Rimlock Maker | |
| Rutter | John | Fine Padlock Maker | |
| Rutter | William | Fine Crosset Maker | |
| Smith | John | Coffin Handle Maker | Little London |
| Smith | John | Fine Stocklock Maker | Town |
| Smith | Samuel | Crosset Maker | |
| Standley | John | Fine Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Standley | William | Fine Padlock Maker | |
| Stoaks | William | Currycomb Maker | Town |
| Summer | John | Padlock Maker | Town |
| Summerfield | John | Brass Locksmith | Little London |
| Summerfield | William | Brass Locksmith | Little London |
| Taylor | William | Padlock Maker | Little London |
| Taylor | Robert | Iron Rimlock Maker | Town |
| Taylor | Richard | Curry Comb Maker | Town |
| Terry | William | Brass Knob Locksmith | Town |
| Thomas | William | Locksmith & Ironmonger | Town |
| Tildesley | Jeffery | Padlock Maker | Town |
| Tildesley | John | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Tildesley | Samuel | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Till | John | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Tonkis | Benjamin | Stocklock Maker | Little London |
| Tonkis | Joseph | Stocklock Maker | Little London |
| Tunks | Samuel | Padlock & Latch Maker | Little London |
| Tunks | William | Brass Knob Lockmaker | Town |
| Turner | Benjamin | Crosset Maker | Town |
| Turner | Joseph | Fine Warded Screwlock Maker | Town |
| Turner | Margaret | Ironmonger | Town |
| Turton | Joseph | Locksmith & Chapeman | Town |
| Underhill | Thomas | Fine Plate Stocklock Maker | |
| Walker | Jonathan | Dutch Ring Maker | Town |
| Walker | Joseph | Stocklock Maker | Town |
| Walter | John | Fine Pad & Parkgat Lockmaker | Town |
| Wenman | & Scott | Factors, Ironmongers, etc | Town |
| Wheeler | George | Till Lockmaker | Little London |
| Whitehouse | Joseph | Crosset Maker | Town |
| Willson | Joseph | Iron Rimlock Maker | Town |
| Wittall | William | Fine Padlock Maker | Town |
| Wood | Joseph | Fine Padlock Maker | Pool Leys |
| Wood | Joseph | Trunk Lock Maker | Little London |
| Woodward | William | Padlockmaker | Little London |
| Wooton | Richard | Rimlock Maker | Little London |
| Worton | Joseph | Cabinet Lockmaker | Little London |
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