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ROADS AND STREETS IN OLD DEVONPORT  |  FORE STREET

OCCUPANTS OF FORE STREET IN 1852

South side only:

  • 01 - Rising Sun Public House, William Hillson;

  • 02 - Joseph Greenslade, upholsterer, undertaker and French polisher;

  • 03 - William Glanville, shopkeeper;

  • 04 - NL;

  • 05 - Messrs C and P Hobbs, milliners and dress makers;

  • 06 - Temperance Hotel, William Parson;

  • 07 - Ordnance Arms Public House, Robert M Burt, also painter and glazier;

  • 08 - NL;

  • 09 - Samuel Snell, shopkeeper

  • 10 - NL;

  • 11 - Robert Cundy, dairy;

  • 12 - William Squance, rope and twine manufacturer;

  • 12 and 13 - Messrs Arnold and Sons, furnishing ironmongers, cutlers, plumbers, braziers, tin-plate workers, wire workers and gas fitters;

  • 14 - John Elliott, grocer;

  • 15 - H V Harris, letter-press and copper-plate printer, bookbinder, bookseller, and music repository;

HERE WAS CHAPEL STREET

  • 16 - Devonport Post Office, also Mr J W Coffin, postmaster;

  • 17 - Philip Gormully, chronometer and watch maker; also Mrs Rook;

  • 18 - James Mugford, pastrycook, confectioner, and ale and porter merchant;

  • 19 - NL;

  • 20 - NL;

  • 21 - William Henry Smith, carver, gilder, printseller, and artists' repository; also Mr John Tyrer, carver;

HERE WAS SAINT AUBYN STREET

  • 22, 23, 24 - Michael Richards, linen and woollen draper, silk mercer and carpet warehouseman;;

  • 25 - Plymouth Inn, Thomas Philp;

  • 26 - John D Bennett, hair dresser and perfumer;

  • 27 - Charles Croydon, watch maker and jeweller;

  • 28 - John Bastard, tailor and hatter;

  • 29 - Richard Kemp, tailor and mercer;

  • 30 - Messrs Underwood and Company, tea dealers.

HERE WAS SPILLER'S OPE

  • 31 - Benjamin Moon, army and navy outfitter, and wine and spirit merchant;

  • 32 - NL;

  • 33 - William Greenwood, linen and woollen draper and silk mercer; also Edward Manicom, printer and stationer;

  • 34 - William E Beard, saddler;

  • 35 - NL;

  • 36 - Commercial Inn, William Howard;

  • 37 - George Skerrett, jeweller and watch maker;

  • 38 - Devon and Cornwall Bank; also P C Clarke;

  • 39‡ - George P Triggs, boot and shoe maker;

  • 40‡ - John O Backwell, ironmonger, tin-plate worker, and gas fitter;

  • 41‡ - James Henry Trounce, tailor and mercer;

  • 42‡ - Daniel Libbey, watch maker and jeweller;

  • 43 - John Mitchell, carver and gilder;

  • 44 - William Heath, boot and shoe maker;

HERE WAS TAVISTOCK STREET

  • 45 - T Franklyn and Company, wine and spirit merchants;

  • 46 - William Heath, optician and nautical instrument maker;

  • 47 - London Hotel, Thomas R Townshend;

  • 48 - Samuel Granville, watch maker and jeweller;

  • 49‡ - Thomas Johns, chemist and druggist;

  • 50‡ - Batten and Adams, navy and army outfitters;

  • 51‡ - Colman and Son, printers, booksellers and news agents;

  • 52‡ - William Littleton, tailor and outfitter;

  • 53‡ - John Taylor, boot and shoe maker;

  • 54 - Edward Ramsey, goldsmith and jeweller;

HERE WAS STAFFORD'S HILL

  • 55‡ -William Wood, auctioneer, printer and bookseller;

  • 56‡ - John Fedrick, hatter and naval cap maker;

  • 57 - J and F Allen, milliners and Berlin wool repository;

  • 58‡ - Herbert Willing, linen and woollen draper;

HERE WAS CATHERINE STREET

  • 59 - John W B Peters, hosier, haberdasher and outfitter;

  • 60 - John Shaw, saw manufacturer, cutler, fishing tackle and mechanical tool maker;

  • 61‡ - Joseph Hudd, wine and spirit merchant;

  • 62 - James Glencross and Company, wholesale and retail druggists, oil and colourmen, and grocers;

  • 63 - Fountain Inn, Thomas Skinner;

  • 64 - Thomas Jones, tailor and beer retailer;

  • 65 - Dock Gates Inn, Henry Chapell;

HERE WAS THE ROYAL DOCKYARD

 

North  side only:

HERE WAS THE ROYAL DOCKYARD

  • 66 - NL;

  • 67‡ - Oxford Inn, William Charlick;

  • 68 - James Granville, pastry cook and confectioner;

  • 69‡ - Samuel Oldreive, eating house;

  • 70‡ - Charles H Kallensee, watch maker and jeweller;

  • 70 - NL;

  • 71 - NL;

  • 72‡, 73‡ - Distin and Chafe, ironmongers, gas fitters, plumbers, bell hangers and engineers;

  • 74 - NL;

  • 75‡ - Jno. William Grose, linen and woollen drapers;

  • 76‡ - Symons and Son, tailors, mercers and outfitters;

  • 77‡ - John Woollacott, wine and spirit merchants;

  • 78 - Bond and Company, grocers;

  • 79 - Devonport Bank; also William Coombes;

HERE WAS KING STREET

  • 80 - National Provincial Bank of England; also William Pleadwell;

  • 81 - F and E Date, ironmongers, plumbers, tin-plate workers, and gas fitters;

  • 82 - Charles Pascoe, army and navy outfitter;

  • 83 - Royal Hotel, Robert N Moorshead;

  • 84 - James Boolds, glass, china, gutta percha and paper hanging warehouseman and fancy repository;

  • 85 - John Richards, cabinet maker, upholsterer and undertaker;

  • 86 -James Burt, china and glass warehouseman;

  • 87 - Scorey and Stephens, army and navy outfitter;

  • 88 - Charles Marshall, printer, stationer and bookbinder;

  • 89 - William James Cox, optician and philosophical instrument maker;

HERE WAS TAVISTOCK STREET

  • 90 - Charles Row, chemist, druggist and tea dealer;

  • 91 - Thomas H Pengelly, printer and stationer;

  • 92 - Susannah Gormully, milliner;

  • 93 - Richard German, tailor and outfitter;

  • 94 - Two Trees Public House, James Halls;

  • 95 - John Spry, boot and shoemaker;

  • 96 - Richard Yabsley, boot and shoe maker;

  • 97 - Golden Lion Public House, William Pool;

  • 98 - George Holland, hair dresser and perfumer;

  • 99 - Misses Nicholls, stay makers;

  • 100 - Thomas Spiller, tailor and outfitter;

  • 101 - Usherwood and Brook, drapers and silk mercers;

HERE WAS SPILLER'S OPE

  • 102 - Elizabeth Bennett, hosier, haberdasher and Berlin wool repository;

  • 103 - Elizabeth Stevens, milliner and straw bonnet maker;

  • 104 - Jno. Heydon, bookseller, bookbinder, and news agent;

  • 105 - Ebenezer Arnold, grocer; also Thomas Jory, china merchant;

  • 106 - Henry Blackmore, ship and house carver and gilder; also Samuel Uren, horse porter;

  • 107 - Roger Lidstone, printer, bookseller and stationer; also the office of "The West of England Conservative";

  • 108 - John Vosper, butcher;

  • 109 - Rachael Mortimer, dyer;

  • 110 - James Lee, hat and cap manufacturer;

  • 111 - Joshua Truscott, plumber, brazier and gas fitter;

  • 112 - London Wine and Spirit Cellars, Cornelius Simeons;

HERE WAS SAINT AUBYN OPE

  • 113 - Mary Cutcliffe, hosier, haberdasher and Berlin wool repository; also Peter Stephens, chimney sweeper;

  • 114 - Richard L Addiscott, boot and shoe maker;

  • 115 - Thomas Creber, mat maker; also Misses Creber and Rogers, milliners and straw bonnet makers;

  • 116 - William G Byers, printer; also office of the "Devonport Independent";

  • 117 - Henry Dickerson, chemist and druggist;

  • 118 - George W Hearle, printer and bookseller;

  • 119 - John Dinnis, baker;

  • 120 - M A Lindsay, hosier and haberdasher;

  • 121 - John Windsor, boot and shoe maker;

  • 122 - Military Arms Public House, Samuel L Gaydon;

HERE WAS COAL RACKET OPE

  • 123 - William Pote, shopkeeper;

  • 124 - Elizabeth Aunger, register office for servants;

  • 125 - John Oyns;

  • 126 - Hannah Brent, milliner and dress maker.

‡ = These numbers have been confirmed with the 1851 Census and are not what was originally quoted in the 1852 list.

NL = Addresses not listed.  These were usually let on short-term tenancies and therefore not listed in street directories.