1853 – Phillips Directory of Northampton

John Adams Agricultural implement makers and blacksmiths Cotton end
J Bailey Blacksmith Cotton end
John Battams Butcher Cotton end
Thomas Hagger Wine and Spirit merchant, Coal Dealer and corn hop and seed merchant and Maltster Cotton end
Thomas Higgins Coal Dealer Cotton end
William Norman  Coal Dealer Cotton end
Samuel Thompson Coal Dealer Cotton end
William York Old White Hart Public House Cotton end
William Norman Pomfret Arms Cotton End
John Weightman Saw mill Cotton End
William Norton Shopkeeper Cotton end
Thomas Roberts Shopkeeper 
Atherton & Co Slate and Timber Merchants Cotton end

LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. 
NORTHAMPTON STATION. 
Station Master - Mr. R. Snape, Station. 
Parcel's Clerk - Mr. G. Barr, Grenville Terrace. 
Booking Clerk - Mr. A. C. Jefferson, Leicester Terrace. 
Ticket Collector - Mr. C. S. Gill Western Street. 
Goods Manager - Mr. J. Lamb, Wood Street. 
Inspector of Police - Mr. J. Perry, Cotton End. 
Inspector of the Telegraphs. - Mr. W. Powell, Albion Crescent. 
Locomotive Manager - Mr. J Henderson, Cow Lane. 
Booksellers and Newsmen - Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son, 136, 
Strand, London: Agent, A. T. Rapier, 9, Union Street. 
Carriage Inspector - Mr. W. Pratt, Cotton End. 
Guard - Mr. W. Harvey, Great Russell Street 
Foreman Porter - Mr. J. Sinden, Oxford Terrace, Cotton End 
Office Porter - Mr. W. Dimbley, Cotton End. 
Porters - Messrs. W. Beech, Cotton End; II. Field, Oxford Terrace 
Cotton End; J. Wooden, Foundry Street; T. Wilding, 
Western Row; Greenfield, Russell Terrace; aud E. Burrell, 
Kingswell Street.