Parish Shop Location (s)

The first parish shop was opened in the late Victorian period in the hamlet of Rock, to the south; it later became more centrally placed when it transferred to a site just north of the church.   It moved again, to its present site, in 1927.   A second shop operated between the wars in the hamlet of Furley to the northwest, indeed in World War II it became a useful supply base for a searchlight unit, which operated in the field opposite.  

There was also a bakery and a shoe repair business in the same area.  Just beyond, was a curragated iron chapel  but to date no information can be found on it but it is generally thought that it was last used in the 1920's(?) however the quest for information is ongoing so watch for updates)

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