Plymouth, Frankfort Street

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The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History

PLYMOUTH ROADS AND STREETS

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Location

Frankfort Street ran westerly from the junction of Bedford Street and Russell Street. It originally led to Frankfort Gate, the Town's western gateway.

Principal buildings

The only principal building on the southern side of Frankfort Street in 1890 was:

the offices of the Western Daily Mercury newspaper;

and on the northern side:

the Frankfort Buildings; the Fountain Inn; and the Frankfort Steam Brewery.

Principal businesses

The principal businesses on the southern side of Frankfort Street in 1890 were:

Haydon, Gentle & Company, wholesale hat warehousemen; the Eddystone Marine Insurance Company Ltd; the Plymouth Mendicity Society; the Plymouth Provident Dispensary; Rooker, Matthews, Harrison & Matthews, solicitors; the Equitable Life Assurance Society; Henry Blight, bicycle dealer; Winnicott Brothers, hardware and fancy goods dealers; the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge; the Wesleyan and General Assurance Society; Joseph Hore, draper; Philip Luscombe, confectioner; and Edward Western, butcher.

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

Abraham Cohen, pawnbroker; William Elliott, ironmonger; John Cox, furniture dealer; Delafield & Son, bootmakers; Richard Rendle MPS, chemist; Frederick Tucker, grocer and Benjamin Nodder, cabinet maker.