History of Guernsey Butchers

List of Butchers' Families

Below there is a list of the butchers who held stalls in the Town Meat Markets during the 19th Century. Please click on those with links for more details.

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Butchers in Guernsey Meat Market circa 1905

  Butcher Born Origin Comments
  BASKFILL, Charles 1805 Guernsey  
  BASKFILL, James 1765 Plymstock, Devon  
  BASKFILL, William 1820 Guernsey  
  BELBIN, Robert 1810 Sturminster Newton, Dorset  
  BEST, Ernest 1840 Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset Thanks to Colin Best
  BEST, Samuel 1816 Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset Thanks to Colin Best
  BIDDLECOMBE, William 1793 Muchelney, Somerset  
  BOUTCHER, James 1804 Plymouth, Devon  
  BULLEN, E      
  CHILCOTT, Robert Edgar 1868 Melplash, Dorset Thanks to Bob Chilcott
  CHURLEY, George 1796 Uffculme, Devon  
  COOPER, Samuel 1815 Thornford, Dorset  
  CROFT, Thomas 1804 Vale, Guernsey  
New DRAKE COX, Samuel 1790 Dorset  
Updated DRAPER, James Northover 1801 Tolpuddle, Dorset  
  DRAYTON, Henry 1819 Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset  
  DUFFETT, Philip 1822 Sturminster Newton, Dorset  
  DUFFETT, William 1823 Sturminster Newton, Dorset  
  FOOTE, Alfred Henry 1827 Vale, Guernsey  
  FOOTE, George 1785 Totnes, Devon  
  FOOTE, John 1794 Brixham, Devon  
  FOOTE, William Henry 1855 St Andrews, Guernsey  
  GARDNER, Albert 1854 St Peter Port, Guernsey  
  GARDNER, John 1781 Uplyme, Devon  
  GARDNER, Mrs Anne 1783 St Peter Port, Guernsey  
  GARTELL, Silas 1832 Caundle Marsh, Dorset  
  HAMMOND, William 1795 Bishops Caundle, Dorset  
  HAMMOND, William 1822 England  
  HANNAM, Meshach 1760 Horsington, Somerset Thanks to Vicky Hannam
  HAYES, William      
New HERGAULT, Pierre 1815 France  
  HILLIER, Francis 1831 Shaftesbury, Dorset Thanks to Lynda Schroder
  HILLIER, George 1854 Guernsey Thanks to Lynda Schroder
  HILLIER, William 1806 Shaftesbury, Dorset Thanks to Lynda Schroder
  HEYWARD, John G 1853 Guernsey Thanks to Peter Hayward
  HEYWARD, Richard 1817 Langstone, Devon Thanks to Peter Hayward
  HEYWARD, Robert 1801 Manaton, Devon Thanks to Peter Hayward
  HEYWARD, Robert 1829 Guernsey Thanks to Peter Hayward
  HEYWARD, Thomas 1834 Moreton Hampstead, Devon Thanks to Peter Hayward
  HOLMAN, Edward 1859 St Peter Port, Guernsey Thanks to Valerie Gray
  HOLMAN, John 1858 St Peter Port, Guernsey Thanks to Valerie Gray
  KENNELL, William 1796 England  
  LAMBERT, George 1803 England  
  LAMBERT, William 1816 Haselbury Bryan, Dorset Thanks to Angela Radford
  LAMBLE, Francis 1759 Chivelstone, Devon  
  LAMBLE, Francis 1798 Chivelstone, Devon  
  LE PATOUREL, Frederick   Guernsey  
  LE PATOUREL, J   Guernsey  
  LE PATOUREL, Jean T 1841 St Martins, Guernsey  
  LIBBY, Robert 1802 St Austell, Cornwall  
  LONEY, James Emmanuel 1857 Guernsey Thanks to George Matheson
  MALE, Peter 1820 Guernsey  
  MALE, Philip 1785 Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset  
  MALE, Samuel 1812 England  
  MALE, Stephen 1790 Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset Thanks to Geraldine Hyland
  MALE, Mrs Judith 1790 Guernsey Thanks to Geraldine Hyland
Updated MANNING, James L 1809 Dartmouth St Saviour, Devon  
  MARSH, Charles 1818 South Petherton, Somerset  
  MORDAUNT, James C 1778 Dartmouth Townstal, Devon Thanks to Henry Mordaunt
  MORDAUNT, William 1810 England Thanks to Henry Mordaunt
  MORDAUNT, William A 1834 Guernsey Thanks to Henry Mordaunt
  PARSONS, Daniel 1799 England  
  PARSONS, George 1823 England  
New PARSONS, George Jacob 1834 Guernsey Thanks to Lynda Cookson
New PARSONS, Louisa Margaret
(née CLEMENTS)
1833 Guernsey  
New PARSONS, Joseph George 1858 Guernsey  
New PARSONS, George Shadrach 1859 Guernsey  
New PARSONS, Arthur Westlake 1874 Strathroy, Canada  
New PARSONS, Ernestina Ida Gertrude 1875 Strathroy, Canada  
  PAYNE, George 1814 Ilchester, Somerset  
  PAYNE, Robert H 1842 Guernsey  
  PERRETT, Emma 1813 Paignton, Devon  
  PERRETT, Richard 1809 Paignton, Devon  
  RADDEN, Edgar 1866 Guernsey  
  RADDEN, Mrs Elizabeth 1804 Guernsey  
  RADDEN, Harriet 1845 Guernsey  
  RADDEN, William 1804 Plymouth Devonport, Devon  
  RADDEN, William 1825 Guernsey  
  RADDEN, William 1849 Guernsey  
  READ, John 1799 England  
New REYNOLDS, Samuel 1811 Somerset  
New REYNOLDS, Thomas      
  ROBERT, Pierre 1804 St Martins, Guernsey  
  ROBERT, Peter 1829 St Martins, Guernsey  
  ROBIN, John 1784 St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey  
  ROBIN, Nico Bonamy 1827 St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey  
  ROBINS, Thomas G 1838 St Peter Port, Guernsey  
  SHARSHAW, Thomas   Stratford-on Avon, Warwickshire Thanks to Tobi Czumak
  SHERWILL, John 1836 North Huish, Devon Thanks to Susan Donlea
New SMALE, John Joseph 1842 Guernsey  
  TALBOT, George 1825 Swanage, Dorset  
  TALBOT, Richard 1822 Swanage, Dorset  
  TALBOT, Samuel 1829 Guernsey  
New TARDIF, Abraham 1817 St Martins, Guernsey  
New TARDIF, Joseph 1827 St Martins, Guernsey  
New TARDIF, Frederick Nicolas 1859 St Martins, Guernsey  
Updated TAYLOR, Alfred John 1854 Guernsey Thanks to Tony Evans, Susan Ilie & Kevin Taylor
Updated TAYLOR, George 1817 Minterne Magna, Dorset Thanks to Tony Evans, Susan Ilie & Kevin Taylor
Updated TAYLOR, Theodore Frederick 1859 Guernsey Thanks to Tony Evans, Susan Ilie & Kevin Taylor
  THOMAS, Edward A 1843 St Peter Port, Guernsey  
  THOMAS, John H 1836 St Peter Port, Guernsey  
  THOMAS, Richard 1838 St Peter Port, Guernsey  
  VIGARS, George 1798 Podimore, Somerset Thanks to Daphne Wills
  WATERMAN, Charles 1805 Huish Champflower, Somerset  
  WATERMAN, Charles 1821 St Peter Port, Guernsey  
  WATERMAN, Oscar 1865 St Peter Port, Guernsey  
  WATERMAN, Peter 1803 Wiveliscombe, Somerset  
  WATERMAN, Robert 1794 Wiveliscombe, Somerset  
  WATERMAN, Robert 1851 St Sampsons, Guernsey  
  WATERMAN, Samuel 1759 Hampshire  
  WATERMAN, William 1836 St Peter Port, Guernsey  
  WIDDICOMBE, Robert 1800 Dartington, Devon  
  YEARSLEY, Joseph 1841 England