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1901 Beddington Corner Commercial Directory

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The 1901 Commercial Directory for Beddington Corner is listed below, with surnames first. The actual location within Beddington Corner isn’t given in this list.

The Queens Head P.H (Public House), The Skinners Arms P.H and The Goat P.H are mentioned.

Aitken M. A. & Son, manfrng. chemists

Baldock Elizabeth Kate (Mrs.), butcher

Barber George, shopkeeper

Beard George, shopkeeper

Beckley James, watercress grower, 10 Tramway terrace

Betts George, boot maker

Clark James, greengrocer

Collins Henry, watercress grower

Cranston Emily (Mrs.), grocer. Wolseley rd

Cross Benjamin, refreshmnet rooms, London road

Croydon Rural District Isolation Hospital (Charles Milton Fegan, L.R.C.P. Edin. M.R.C.S. Eng. medical officer; Miss Dutton, matron)

Doerr Louis, skin merchant

Elliott Joseph William, builder

Everett Frank, butcher

Ford Charles M. builder & undertaker, London road

Gibbs George & Son, leather, parchment & vellum manufacturers

Hale John, chimney cleaner, Spencer rd

Hazell Brothers, blacksmiths

Holdway William, Queen’s Head P.H

Hooker Edward, general dealer

Joyce Robert, grocer & draper, London rd

Kemp Arthur Robert, baker, Wolseley rd

Knill Minnie (Mrs.), children’s outfitter, London road

Lynn Charlotte. (Mrs.), Skinner’s Arms P.H

McRae Oliver, shopkeeper

Miller Jas. & Geo. market gardeners. & herb growers & distillers of essential oils

Moody Jesse, sign writer, London road

Moody Walter, watercress grower, Tramway terrace

Negus Henry, traveller

Newton John, watercress grower London road

Newton William, florist & watercress grower

Owen Henry, common kpr. Wolseley rd

Rawlins & Co. Fern Bk. lndry. Seymour rd

Roberts Henry David, leather dresser

Tracey Geo. Hy. builder, London road

Trow Harry, grocer & post office

Turner William, The Goat P.H

Wells Bessie (Mrs.), laundry, Wandle rd

White Levi, sanitary enginr. & inspector of nuisances for Croydon urban district council, Wood street

Woolgar Geo. bootmkr. 8 Tramway ter

Woolsey Alfred, cowkeeper

Working Men’s Club (Dan Roberts, sec.)

Worts Michael, shopkeeper

Wright Walter Southey M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. physician & surgeon, London road

Wynn Thos. builder, Wood street

Burghley Place

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A road off of the east side of the beginning of Caesar’s Walk as approached from Cranmer Road. There is terrace of 3 houses, numbered from left to right as 1,2 and 3. All have the postcode CR4 3LL.

The name refers to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the chief adviser to Elizabeth I. See wikipedia entry.

This road, and the other roads between the railway line and the Wilson Hospital were on the former estate of The Cranmers which was bought by Isaac Wilson in 1926. All these roads have names related to Elizabeth I.

According to the late Eric Montague, in his book The Cranmers, The Canons and Park Place, page 71, the Mitcham Garden Village was built by Charles Higginson, and the Electoral Registers from the 1930s show that he lived at no. 1 Burghley Place. His firm also built Cumberland House. In the 1971 phone book, Charles Higginson is listed at this address as builder, telephone number 01-648 2908.

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.