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1891 Beddington Corner commercial directory

The 1891 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) and The Goat P.H are mentioned, and Miss Charlotte Vince was the licensee of the Skinners Arms, which isn’t named as it may have been a beer house in 1891, not a public house.

Adds George, butcher

AITKEN M. A. & SON, drug grinders, dye wood chippers & manufacturing chemists

Barber George, shopkeeper

Beckley James, watercress grower

Birch Edwin, butcher

Breach Henry, shopkeeper

Carter Seth, dairyman

Cheesman George, Queen’s Head P.H

Collins Henry, watercress grower

Goss John, leather dresser & glove maker

Gray Jesse, cowkeeper

Hawkins William, shopkeeper

Hazell William, builder

Jarvis George, grocer

Jenkins Geo. fancy repository, Post office

McRae Oliver, shopkeeper

Masters Talbot, The Goat P.H

Miller James & George, market gardenrs. & herb growers, distillers of essential oils & largest growers of white peppermint in England

Negus Henry, market gardener

Newton Wm. painter & watercress growr

Poupart John & Martin, market gardeners, Willows farm

Roberts Henry David, leather dresser

Vince Charlotte (Miss), beer retailer

Woolsey John, cowkeeper

Working Men’s Club (Rev. Canon Bridges, president)