BOSBURY IN TILLEY’S
LEDBURY ALMANACK 

 

The Ledbury Almanack was established in 1869 and published by Tilley Printers in Ledbury. The early editions were strictly almanacs but then, in 1921, it listed all the residents of Bosbury. From then on it listed only those people who subscribed to land-line telephones, but the Almanack was published yearly and helps us fill the gap between the 10-year censuses.

The Bosbury telephone exchange numbers also extended outside the parish into Coddington, Bishops Frome and other neighbouring villages but I have greyed-out these entries.

The Almanack was latterly superceded by the British Telecom telephone directories but was published alongside them up to 2002. These are some of the people living in Bosbury at the various dates shown.

 1920     1921     1922     1923     1926     1927 
 1930     1932     1934     1936     1938 
 1940     1941     1942     1944     1947 
 1950     1951     1954     1957     1959 
 1961     1963     1965     1966     1968 
 1970     1973     1976     1977     1979 
 1981     1985     1988 
 1995     1999 
 2002 

The and arrows let you move between almanacks.

Copies of the almanacks are held at three locations in Herefordshire.