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ROADS AND STREETS IN OLD PLYMOUTH - A-Z INDEX  |  BEDFORD STREET

OCCUPANTS OF BEDFORD STREET IN 1852

By 1852 numbers 1 to 9 Bedford Street had been demolished.

The occupants of Bedford Street were listed in 1852 as being*:

  • 10 - Bedford Inn, John Garry; also Mrs Grace Ward, fruiterer;

  • 11 - Skardon and Sons, auctioneers and general agents;

  • 12 - Henry Maynard, saddler;

  • 13 - Edward Amey, carver and gilder; also Julian C Brewer, artist and sculptor;

  • 13½ - Robert Culverwell, pastrycook;

  • 16, 17, 18 - Samuel C Parkhouse, linen and woollen draper, carpet warehouseman, etc;

  • 19 - Richard Carpenter, hatter;

  • 20 - Josias Elliott and Company, grocers;

  • 21 - Joseph Arnold, furnishing ironmonger;

  • 16 - Felix Nicholson, bookseller;
    Here was Westwell Street

  • 16 - Charles Hicks, shopkeeper;

  • 17 - Abraham Ralph, general dealer, also John Shepheard, boot maker, and Thomas Roberts, eating house, and James Bazley, druggist;

  • 18 - Thomas Shepherd, grocer;

  • 19 - Mary Rabbidge, poulterer and dairy; also Polkinghorne and Company, brewers, and Hopwood and Marris, stock and share brokers;

  • 20 - Rachel Mortimer, dyer; also Henrietta Horrell, milliner;

  • 21 - Lazarus and Company, tailors;

  • 22 - Lee and Palmer, Civet Cat, fancy repository; also Charles F Crewes, watch maker and jeweller;

  • 23 - George Wyatt, ham and bacon factor;

  • 24 - John P Eardley, glass and china warehouse;
    Here was  George Street

  • 25 - Globe Hotel, William Radmore;
    Here were Frankfort Street, Russell Street and Cornwall Street

  • 26 - Bedford Chambers, Messrs G and F Marshall, solicitors, and Thomas Prout, agent;

  • 27 - Mary Drew, upholstress, also William Ellis, hair dresser;

  • 28 - John Luxmore, coach builder;

  • 26 - Samuel Foster, wholesale grocer;

  • 27 - William Adams, mercer and tailor;

  • 28 - Charles Trelawny;

  • 29 - Joseph Norrington, hosier, glover, etc;

  • 30 - Thomas M Vicary, druggist, also Miss Kate Durant, milliner;

  • 31 - Radford and Stather, silk mercers;
    Here was Bank Street

  • --- - Devon and Cornwall Bank;

  • 32 - David Derry;

  • 33 - William H Luke, printer and bookseller;

  • 34 - Thomas Saunders, hair dresser;

  • 35 - Joseph Pillman, draper;

  • 36 - Seaman and Lansdown, drapers, also Stamp Office, Edward Nettleton, sub-distributor;

  • 37 - Popham and Radford, drapers;

  • 37½ - W H Evens and Son, wine, spirit, ale, and porter merchants;

  • 38 - Underwood and Company,  tea dealers;

  • 39 - Rower Brothers, drapers;
    Here was Market Alley

  • 40 - Charles M Faull, boot and shoe maker;

  • 41 - Plimsaul Brothers, furnishing ironmongers;

  • 42 - Frank Goulding, watchmaker and jeweller;

  • 43 - Henry  Feather, tailor and  mercer, also Boot Inn, John Rowe Crotch;

  • 43½ - William Merchant, eating house;

  • 44 - Misses Rowe, Milliners;

  • 45 - George Chase, draper and hosier, also Mrs Chase, milliner, and Aaron Levy, jeweller;

  • 46 - Banjamin May, general outfitters, also Mrs May, baby linen maker;

  • 47 - Thomas and Company, tea dealers;
    Here is Market Lane

  • 48, 49 - Holman, Coombes and Thomas, drapers;

  • 50 - Matilda Garland Fox, German repository and dress trimming warehouse;

  • 51, 52 - William Johns, draper.

* = The rather odd numbering is confirmed by the 1851 census.

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