Plymouth, George Street

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PLYMOUTH ROADS AND STREETS

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Location

George Street ran south-westerly from the junction of Bedford Street and Frankfort Street towards Millbay Road. It no longer exists but it former importance is remembered in the naming of the modern New George Street.

Principal buildings

The principal buildings on the south-easterly side of George Street in 1890 were:

the George Street Baptist Chapel; George Street Chambers; Clock Tower Chambers; the Royal Hotel; and the Theatre Royal.

and on the north-westerly side:

the Cornish Bank; the National Provincial Bank; the Wilts & Dorset Bank; the London & South Western Railway office; George Place Offices; Cousins Hotel; the Western Morning News offices; the Swan of Avon Inn; and the Victoria Hotel.

Derry's Clock Tower was in the centre of George Street, at the junction with Lockyer Street and Bank of England Place.

Principal businesses

The principal businesses on the south-eastern side of George Street in 1890 were:

Joseph Allen, chemist; Charles Gideon Edwards & Son, gunsmiths; Bond & Company, tea & coffee merchants; Moon & Sons, music sellers; John Hawke, photographer; Frederick E Bowden, jeweller; Collier's Governess Agency and Registry Office for male and female servants; Turner & Phillips, pianoforte dealers; the George Social Club; Louis Sanson, army & navy tailor; Bowring & Company, stationers; and Hicks & Company, wine merchants.

and on the north-western side (returning from Millbay Road):

Charles B Hodges, beerhouse; John Risdon, restaurant; Risdon & Sons, confectioners; Baxter & Simpson, milliners; Benjamin Adams & Son, tailors; Bond & Pearce, solicitors; Charles Limpenny, umbrella manufacturer; Page, Keen & Page, jewellers; William George Hodge, fruiterer; William Brendon & Sons, printers; John Bruford, ironmonger; and Boolds & Company, general drapers.