Plymouth, Fore Street, Devonport

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Devonport

Location

Fore Street, Devonport, ran south-westwards from the junction with Station Road, as it was in 1890, or King's Road, as it now is, to the South Yard Gate of the Royal Dockyard.

Principal buildings

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

the Hope Baptist Chapel; the Temperance Hall; the Railway Hotel; the General Post Office; the National Provincial Bank of England; Thomas's Hotel; the Devon & Cornwall Bank; and the Royal Sailor's Rest and Institute.

and on the north side:

the Devonport Public Hall; the Military Arms Public House; the Life Boat Tavern; the Devonport Liberal Club; the Wine Vaults; the Golden Lion Hotel; the Western Daily Mercury office; the Two Trees Public House; the United Services Club; the Royal Hotel; the Devonport Bank; the New London Inn; and the Crown & Anchor Coffee Tavern.

Principal businesses

The principal businesses on the south side in 1890 were:

John Ward, auctioneer & surveyor; Sterling Graves, naval & military outfitters; Graves & Sons, general furnishers; Croydon & Sons, jewellers; Shannon & Sons, naval & military outfitters; Charles Limpenny, umbrella manufacturer; Underwood & Company, tea & coffee merchants; Waycott & Sons, tailors; William May, grocer; Robert E Couch, ironmonger; George Oliver, boot manufacturer; Myer Fredman, jeweller; Pote & Son, tailors; Wood & Tozer, stationers; London & South Western Railway office.

and on the north side (returning from the Royal Dockyard):

David Sale, plumber; John & Henry Dawe, drapers; Danish Dairy Company, butter merchants; J C Tozer, draper; John Coombes, optician; Vicary & Company, outfitters; George P Williams, hairdresser; John Blake & Son, photographers; Smith & Company, stationers; Frederick Holt, pianoforte warehouse; R Cundy & Sons, dairy; Alfred Henry Swiss, bookseller; the Devonport Permanent Benefit Building Society; and Charles F Hocking, musical instrument dealer.