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PLYMOUTH ROADS AND STREETS

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Location

The pre-war Cornwall Street ran westwards from the Market to the junction with Bedford Street, Frankfort Street and Russell Street.

On the south side East Street and Bank Street ran off to the south.

Principal buildings

The principal buildings on the south side of Cornwall Street in 1890 were:

  • None 

and on the north side:

  • The Plymouth Proprietory Library; the New Market Hotel.

Principal businesses

The principal businesses on the south side in 1890 were:

  • Skardon & Sons, auctioneers; the Plymouth Mutual Co-operative & Industrial Society, butchers; the Danish Dairy Company, butter merchants; the Girls' Evening Home above Christopher Ballisat, tobacconist; Woolland & Son, auctioneers; Richard Henry Damerell, seedsman; and Vickery & Company, clothiers.

and on the north side (returning from Russell Street):

  • Henry Kingcombe, eating house; Samuel Edgcumbe, watchmaker; the Self Help Building Society; Parry & Company, drapers; the Plymouth Mutual Co-operative & Industrial Society, grocers and drapers; Effingham Wilson Serpell, seed and bulb merchant; and Jonathan Shillabeer, butcher.

 

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