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Most towns had a Letter or Post Office. In larger towns these would include Telegraph and/or Money Order offices. In the rural villages, smaller satellite Post Offices were set up, often running alongside an existing business. Chelveston was no exception and the Post Office has moved location as different businesses took over the role.
Until 1890, the post was being sent by foot from Higham Ferrers PO. There was a letterbox in the village by 1890, which was cleared at 17:20 daily.
Sub-Postmasters (incomplete)
1906 Joseph Eady is the first recorded sub-postmaster, running the Chelveston PO from his grocer’s shop. Letters arrived from Higham Ferrers at 06:50 and 17:00 and letters were sent to Higham Ferrers at 07:20 and 17:15 Mon—Sat. 1910 Fredrick Childs Meadows. 1936 Mrs Emily Agnes Meadows. Letters are now from Wellingborough PO. 1940 Mrs Dorothy Ellen Sharman. 1976 Mr & Mrs Leaver. 1979? Mr & Mrs Ray Piercy. 1986 Mr & Mrs Michael Pullen. 1987 Mr Trevor Wilkins (Higham Ferrers PO).
Locations
Pre- 1956 the PO was in a thatched stone cottage in the High St. This building was damaged in a fire (the adjoining cottage thatch caught fire) in 1956.
In the 1960’s it moved along a few doors to the brick built shop Treasures of Yesteryear (now Gracey and Associates), where it stayed till 1976, when it had crossed over the road to Water Lane to join the remaining village shop until the PO part was closed in March 1987.
It then ran for 6 months in the Village Hall on Thursday afternoons only (as a satellite of Higham Ferrers North End PO) till September 1987. Then for a few months it ran from a kiosk on the garage forecourt (now JST Forklifts), but closed soon after.
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The historical information below is obtained from various public sources, some of which provide conflicting data. Accordingly the Council can not be certain the dates and/or names below are 100% accurate. It should however provide a close guide to events in the parish’s history.
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