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Devonport

 

Location

St Aubyn Street, Devonport, ran southwards from Fore Street to Cumberland Street.

Principal buildings

The principal buildings on the east side of St Aubyn Street in 1890 were:

  • the offices of the Devonport Independent and Plymouth & Stonehouse Gazette plus the Western Independent; the Carlton Public House; the Gordon Institute and Home for Working Lads; and the office of the Devonport Water Works Company.

and on the west side:

  • the Devonport Blind Institution; the Devonport Provident Dispensary; and the St Aubyn Wine & Spirit Vaults.

Principal businesses

The principal businesses on the east side in 1890 were:

  • Messrs Bennetts & Hoskings, auctioneers; and Mr Thomas Cannaford, butcher.

and on the west side (returning from Cumberland Street):

  • Robert Marshall, ironmonger; William Henry Webb, hairdresser; S & J Keys, printers; Mrs E Curnon, milliner; Charles H Bowden, baker; Ellis & Son, printers; Devon & Cornwall Furnishing Company; Edward B Perry, fancy draper; Mrs Catherine Axworthy, greengrocer; Thomas Hancock, beer house; Samuel Snell, tobacconist; James Ryall, ironmonger; and the Misses Annie & Kate Penrose, fancy repository.

 

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