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Webpage created: February 26, 2020
Webpage updated: March 09, 2020

        

ROADS AND STREETS IN OLD PLYMOUTH  |  MUTLEY PLAIN

OCCUPANTS OF MUTLEY PLAIN IN 1937

This is a representation of a map of Mutley Plain according to entries in
Kelly's "Directory of Plymouth" for 1937.
Properties were not necessarily opposite each other except on corners with other streets.

A busy day on Mutley Plain, looking north from
 number 57, Mr George Widger and Sons Limited.
From a postcard.

NORTH

 

WEST SIDE   EAST SIDE
       
      Here was Townsend Hill, Tavistock Road,
Compton Gifford.
Hyde Park Hotel, Albert Edward Brewer 88    
       
Here was Hyde Park Road towards Weston Peverell      
       
 Barton Building,
Barton Motor Company Limited, motor car agents
    Here were Connaught Avenue
       
      Connaught Terrace
    99 01 - T Hendy and Son, butchers, and T Hendy
    97 02 - George Haddy and Sons, grocers,
and Richard Kenneth C Blight
Swarthmore Institute,
Arthur S Gage, warden
78 95 03 - G S Dilleigh and Company Limited, grocers
Friends' Meeting House 76 93 04 - G S Dilleigh and Company Limited, grocers,
and Miss Ena Bidder, ladies' hairdresser,
also Herbert James Jago
NL 74 91 05 - Snell ands Company, tobacconists,
and Cyril Damerell, hairdresser,
also Arthur Leslie Baker
in the basement - Robert Tucker, billiards' hall
Plymouth and South Devon Savings Bank
and Penrose and Son, heating engineers,
also Frederick Braby and Company Limited, engineers,
plus John W Hunkin, accountants, and Mrs S Spencer
72 89A 06 - Gordon S de Quincey also Henry  Charles Hicks
Charles James Farthing and Son,
 house decorators, and C J Farthing
70 89 06 - William James Wheeler, draper
NL 68 87 07 - Cecil Gilkerson, hosier,
 and Edwin S Shepherd, photographer
Snell and Small, boot dealers,
and Mrs Hawkins
66 85 08 - Charles Harding (Plymouth) Limited,
practical house furnishers, sanitary bedding manufacturers
A E J Pitcher and Son, wallpaper merchants 64 83 09 - Charles Harding (Plymouth) Limited,
practical house furnishers, sanitary bedding manufacturers
Penrose and Son, heating engineers,
and Frederick Hubber
62 81 10 - Charles Harding (Plymouth) Limited,
practical house furnishers, sanitary bedding manufacturers
Archibald Ernest Cload, fishmonger 60 79 11 - Charles Harding (Plymouth) Limited,
practical house furnishers, sanitary bedding manufacturers
John Mumford, confectioner,
and William H Perraton, hairdresser
58 77 12 - Samuel George Bishop, perambulator dealer,
and Arthur Swanson
Thomas S Walke, butcher 56 75 13 - Millbay Laundry, Cleaning and Dyeing Company
Limited
plus Gordon Hale, tobacconist,
and George R Mears LDSRCS, dental surgeon,
also Samuel Arthur Brock
M Thomas, motor car agent 54    
      Mutley Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
       
Here was Ford Park Road

Here was Belgrave Road
       
      Belgrave Terrace
    71 01 - J H  Dewhurst Limited, butchers,
and Charles Harries
    69A 02 - Singer Sewing Machine Company Limited
    69 02 - Misses F and L Roseman, milliners,
and James E Baxter, dentist
Albert Pengelly Limited, tobacconists 52A 67 03 - Timothy Whites and Taylors Limited, chemists
at rear - Richard George Hill, confectioner
Devon Tuckshops,
 Miss E M Blatchford, confectioners
52A 65 04 - Midland Bank Limited, a Brunyee, manager,
and Mrs Kathleen Long, boarding house
at rear - William Collins, shop keeper
Richard Langworthy and Sons, painters 50 63 05 - National Provincial Bank Limited,
George Needham, manager
Barclays Bank Limited,
 Reginald G Thorn, manager
48 61 06 - W G Milican, cooked meat specialist
and Miss Mary Keys, ladies' hairdresser 
Madame Gertrude, art needlework depot 46 59 07 - Boots the Chemist and Frederick Jane
Halford Cycle Company Limited,
and Henry Pearce
44 57 08 - G Widger and Sons Limited, oil and colour merchants
George S Richards, foot-wear fitter,
and Mutley Liberal Club, E E Henwood,, secretary,
also Edgar Caddy
42 55 09 - Without Delay Cleaners (Plymouth) Limited,
dyers and cleaners plus Robert Dalgleish
and at rear - Belgrave Lane Garage, J Mackay, proprietor
Devon Libraries (Plymouth) Limited,
circulating library,
and John Henry Puckey,tailor,
and Mrs Florence L Brooks,
 high-class ladies' hairdressing.
also Cyril Valentine Atwill
40 53 10 - Lloyds Bank Limited, F A Glanvile, manager
plus George Turner
NL 38 51 11 - Plymouth Co-operative Society Limited, chemists
Plus Co-operative Dental Association Limited,
John Ferrier Gray LDS RFPS, dental surgeon
       
Here is Seaton Avenue

Here was Lisson Grove
       
Stanley Nicholls, butcher 36A 49 C A and W Goodbody Limited, cafe;
and Plymouth Chess Club, Mrs Drew, secretary
Stanley Nicholls, provision merchant 36 47 George Tremlett, dairy
Plymouth Rediffusion Service Limited,
wireless relay
34 45 The City Radio Company, wireless supplies
and Frederick Blackford
Leonard Harvey, fruiterer 32 43 Home and Colonial Stores Limited, provision dealers
and Albert Henry Knight
Chain Libraries Limited,
circulating library,
and Nathaniel Fernandez
30 41 Jack Walkerton, fishmonger
Thomas Lidstone, pork butcher,
and Alfred Henry Smith
28 39 Bernard Blake, ironmonger
W H Coles, builder 26 37 Fortescue Hotel, Albert E Dyer
Mrs Mabel Best, ladies' tailor 24    
Mutley Constitutional Club,
Lieutenant-Commander Sidney Edwards,
 Royal Navy, Retired, secretary
and Ivor Mitchell
22    
Mutley Assembly Rooms,
J H Lillicrap, proprietor
     
Mutley Motor Garage,
J H Lillicrap, proprietor,
 motor engineers
     
       
Here was Mutley Mews and Station Road     Here was Marina Place
       
    35 Plymouth Co-operative Society
plus Joseph Hill
    33 Arthur Brand, electrical engineer
    31 Frederick G Bedford, baker
    29 The Plymouth Breweries Limited,
wine and spirit merchants and Bertie Nathaniel Fisher
    27 W H Smith and Son Limited, booksellers
rear of - Edwin Taylor
    25 Plymouth Co-operative Society Limited
rear of - Joseph A Plummer
    23 Charles James Park, chemist
Frederick Thomas Pethick 20 21 Plymouth Co-operative Society Limited
rear of - W Winnicott; plus Sydney George Anderson;
and Richard S Gordon
Mutley Baptist Chapel   19 Plymouth Co-operative Society Limited
    17 Maypole Dairy Company Limited, provision dealers
rear of - John Vivian Roberts Tapper plus Mrs Montgomery
    17A Parker and Son, butchers
Here was Houndiscombe Road   15 A Skardon and Company Limited, drapers
    15A Samuel George Pearse
    13 Wilson and Company, stationers
Nottingham Place   11 Mrs Caroline P Garmstone, tobacconist and confectioner
07 - Marcel from Mayfair, L G Southwood,
 ladies' and gents' hairdresser and chiropodist,
also Peter Griffin LDSRCS, dentalsurgeon,
 and David Arthur James LDS Eng., dental surgeon
18 9 Ellery and Company Limited, wholesale and retail wine
and spirit merchants
and Charles Hingston Matthews
at rear - Plymouth Agencies Limited,
wholesale merchants
06 - The Optical House,
 Leonard A Gibson FBOA FSMC FIO, optician,
 and Faint and Heathcote, ladies' hairdressers
16 7 Solomon Stephens and Risdon Limited, bakers
and Randolph Henry Churchill
05 - J Harding, canine specialist 14 5 Stanley Finnemore, fruiterer
04 - Millbay Laundry, Cleaning
 and Dyeing Company Limited
and Cecil Berry
12 3 NL
03 - Ernest Quick, butcher,
and George James Allen
10 1 NL
02 - West Park Ex-Service Nurseries
Limited and William George Ricketts
8    
01 - Nottingham Hotel, Stanley Cox 6    
       
Here was Chester Place      
       
Ashley and Beaumont,
 children's outfitters
4    
Frederick Essery, tobacconist 2    
Frederick William Jeffery, hairdresser 2A    
       
Here was Alton Place and Tavistock Road     Here was Greenbank Road and Tavistock Road
       

SOUTH

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

 

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