ROADS
AND STREETS IN OLD PLYMOUTH
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WHIMPLE STREET
OCCUPANTS OF WHIMPLE STREET IN 1890
South side (from the
Old Guildhall at the top of
High Street towards
Saint Andrew Street and
Old Town Street):
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Free
Public Library and News Room (Old Guildhall),
William Henry Kearly Wright, chief librarian, with Rate
Office and Corporation Fire Engine Station;
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Here was
High Street
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1 - John
Jude, victualler, Old Guildhall Tavern;
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2 -
Edward Denham, hairdresser, and William Prin, shoe maker;
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3 -
Arthur Brett, fruiterer;
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4 -
Samuel Leach & Son, agents for Sutton & Company, carriers, with
Mr George Leach living over;
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5 -
William Brendon, provision dealer;
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6 -
George French, family grocer;
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7 - Levi
Rosenbaum, furniture dealer;
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8 -
NL;
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9 -
William Birmingham, printer, with Conservative Registration
Office, James Griffin, agent, and Working Men's Constitutional
Union, James Griffin, secretary, and Thomas Ginn, solicitor;
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10 -
Gribble & Sons, tailors, with Mr Henry Gribble, Mr Robert E
Gribble and Mr Richard Thomas Gribble living over;
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11 -
Victoria Chambers - Vivian & Sons, coal merchants, Richard
Arthur Penrose, agent; Richard Arthur Penrose, shipping agent;
Western Counties & South Wales Telephone Company Ltd, Thomas
Scott Anderson, district superintendent; W Wade & Son, coal
importers; and Thomas Henry Phippips, solicitor;
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12 -
Victoria Chambers - Western Counties Bank Ltd, Charles
Polkinghorne, manager, and Frederick William Skardon, soler.
North side (from
Old Town Street towards Looe Street and
High Street):
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17 -
Frederick John Kerswill, boot maker;
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18 -
Emanuel Basch, jeweller;
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19 -
Edward Sabine, draper;
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20 - W &
A Gilbey, wine and spirit merchants, Frederick C Cornford,
agent, with Mr Frederick Conway Cornford, agent, living over;
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21-22 -
John S Roach, boot maker;
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23 -
Henry Tucker, jeweller, and John Thomas Lowe, bill discounter;
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24 -
Picken & Company, wine and spirit merchants;
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25 -
James Dobb, glass and china dealer;
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26 - Mrs
Mary A Tyerman, hosier;
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27 -
Curgenven, Mugford & Kendall, wholesale drapers;
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28 -
NL;
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29 -
Richard Frank Davis, jeweller;
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Here was
Kinterbury Street
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30-31-32
- Naval Bank, Messrs Harris, Bulteel & Company, with Mr
Edwin Thomas Bartlett, bank manager, living over 32;
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33 -
Isaiah Waterloo N Keys, printer;
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34 -
NL;
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35 - Mrs
Celia Gent, milliner;
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36-37-38
- R & S Lear, wholesale grocers, with Mr Sidney Lear and Mr
Sydenham Lear, living over;
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39 -
William henry Vyvyan, tailor;
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Here were
Buckwell Street and Looe Street.
South side (from
Looe Street towards the
Old Guildhall at the top of
High Street):
NL = Addresses not listed. These were usually let on short-term
tenancies and therefore not listed in street directories.
SOURCE -
"Plymouth 1890: History and Directory", originally
published by Messrs William White Limited, Hindsight
Publications, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1989.
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