Richard Thacker 1810-1889

Grocer and tallow chandler.  'For many years the chief stay of the Wesleyan community of this village'.

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Richard Thacker

Census returns, 1841-1881, show that Richard Thacker ran the village shop in Sharnford for at least 40 years.

According to this clip from the Leicester Journal, 21 May, 1880, he was also secretary of the local Friendly Society.