Plymouth, Roads and Streets | Union Street

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PLYMOUTH ROADS AND STREETS | UNION STREET

OCCUPANTS OF UNION STREET, PLYMOUTH, IN 1852

South side (from George Street towards Union Street, Stonehouse):

1 - Henry M Harris, painter, gilder and artists' colourman, with Mrs E C Harris, baby linen maker;

2 - Henry Bewlay, tobacconist;

3 - John Dyer, cabinet maker and upholsterer;

4 - Phoebe Levi, fancy repository;

5 - James John Reading, hairdresser, and Mrs Penhay, haberdasher;

6 - Thomas Harfoot, outfitter and mercer;

7 - Judah Lyon, watch maker, jeweller and tobacconist;

8 - Thomas Birdsall, piano tuner and repairer;

9 - William Gill, furrier and straw dealer, plus Mrs Tawton, dress maker, milliner and baby linen maker;

Here was Athenaeum Lane

10 - G & J Pridham, solicitors;

11 - George Oliver, fruiterer; Richard Delafield, hairdresser; Mrs Delafield, milliner and ladies' hair dresser; and Benjamin Ormond, dairyman and poulterer;

UNION TERRACE

1 - Mrs Harvey;

2 - William Bishop;

3 - Mrs J Dabb, lodgings;

4 - William Prance Sheppard;

5 - Ormon Southwood Curtis;

6 - Mrs Cosens;

7 - Thomas Peter, lodgings;

8 - Mrs Wade;

9 -James Campbell, solicitor;

10 - Thomas Peters, mathematical and classical teacher;

11 - Mrs Colonel Bunce, and Captain Benjamin Bunce RN;

12 - Miss Pearne;

13 - Austin T Macdonald, professor of music.

UNION STREET

10 - John Bovey, beer retailer; Mrs Bate, ladies' hairdresser; and John Reeve, chemist;

11 - Misses E & C Cawse, milliners;

12 - James Lawrence, patry cook and confectioner;

13 - William Netherton, beer retailer;

14 - William Foot Finemore, family chemist;

(--) Post Office Receiving House;

15 - Robert long, zinc worker and plumber;

16 - Francis Burford, piano forte and music repository, and Madame E Burford, ladies' hairdresser; also Henry Fry, print seller, artists' colourman;

17 - Henry Reed, professor of music, piano forte, and music repository; Mrs H Reed, teacher of pianoforte; and Francis Reed, tobacconist;

18 - William Morris Terlizzick, hairdresser and fishing tackle maker;

19 - Elias Norrish, auctioneer and appraiser;

20 - Edward Baker, cabinet maker and upholsterer;

21 - Charles Bulley, book seller and librarian;

22 - Charles Roan, cabinet and trunk maker;

23 - Mrs Farley, commercial hotel and family boarding house;

24 - Miss Ivey, Berlin and juvenile repository;

25 - Thomas Trebilcock senior, boot and shoe maker; and William Jeffery, builder and undertaker;

26 - Ebenezer Birkhead, wine and spirit merchant;

Here was the entrance to the (Millbay) railway station

RAILWAY ARCHES

Joseph Allen, shoeing and general smith;

Robert Clark, agent to the Dublin Steam Packet Company;

T J Hewitt, cattle, corn and provision dealer;

James Massy, corn, cattle and general commission agent;

Bowden & Company, cider, ales, and porter merchants;

UNION STREET

Union Baths - John J Conning; St James District Church; Diocessan Architectural Society; John Blake, photographic artist; and A Stumbells, plaster figure maker.

Here was Bath Street

LOCKYER TERRACE

1 - William Matthews junior, painter, paper hanger and plumber;

2 - Samuel Pearse, coal merchant;

3 - John Boon, mason and plasterer;

4 - John Symons, tailor and mercer;

5 - Henry Reeves, classical and mathematical school;

6 - Frederick William Pearse Jago, surgeon;

7 - George Dennis, organ builder and music repository;

8 - Joseph Berry, gutta percha depôt;

9 - Francis Stanbury, baker;

10 - William Jeffery, gun maker; and Henry Bodley, engraver and copperplate printer;

OCTAGON PLACE

1 - George Martin, cabinet maker and upholsterer;

2 - A Sydenham, pastry cook and confectioner;

3 - Morris Schlesinger, tobacconist;

OCTAGON

18 - Isaac Blackburn;

17 - Edward Holmes;

16 - John Gillard;

15 - Richard Tuck, lodgings;

Here was Martin Street

14 - William Hamilton;

13 - William Rendle senior;

12 - Lieutenant Richard Nason RN;

11 - Henry John Waring, steam packet agent;

OCTAGON PLACE

4 - Robert Hawker Ball, dispensing chemist;

5 - John Holloway, dyer;

6 - James Bovey, statuary and builder;

SQUIRE TERRACE

1 - Mrs Down, stay amker, and Mary Elizabeth Breacker, shopkeeper;

2 - Mrs Yeo, milliner and dressmaker plus lodging house; and the Misses Wills and Soper, baby linen makers;

3 - Edward Albin, librarian, bookseller, and stationer;

4 - William H Bartlett, beer retailer;

5 & 6 - Collins & Oyns, coach builders;

7 - John Williams, dairyman;

8 - Mary Granville, confectioner, and William Farwell, undertaker;

UNION STREET

Borough Cottage, Isaac White Beckford, stout and porter agent;

John McCord, hosier and glover;

John Matthews, statuary;

John Frederick Thompson, ticket writer.

North side (from Union Street, Stonehouse, towards George Street):

SUSSEX PLACE

1 - Ponsford Fisher, tallow chandler;

2 - Eliza Jeffery;

3 - Mrs Caruthers;

4 - Miss Huet, professor of music and singing;

5 - Peter Millroy, mercer and tailor;

OCTAGON

10 - John Snawdon, lodgings;

9 - Mrs Morris, lodgings;

8 - NL;

7 - Charles Bate, surgeon-dentist;

Here was Octagon Street

6 - NL;

5 - William Western Snell, merchant;

4 - NL;

3 - Mrs Squire;

2 - Lieutenant-Colonel Bell;

1 - NL;

FLORA PLACE

10 - James Hughes, lace merchant;

9 - Cornelius W Tripe MD;

8 - Thomas E Weekes, professor of music;

7 - Mrs Mock, lodgings,

6 - Samuel Stephens;

5 - Mrs Mann, lodgings;

4 - Frederick Jewers, surgeon-dentist;

3 - Edwin A Jewers, private teacher;

2 - Miss Arthur;

1 - W Pearse & Son, surgeons;

Here was Flora Street

UNION STREET

William E Rendle & Company, nurserymen, florists and manure merchants;

DEVONSHIRE TERRACE

24 - Mrs J Davies;

23 - Lieutenant William Glennis RN;

Here was the South Devon Railway

19 - Henry Jope, tailor and mercer; Rebecca Jope, dress maker; ands Israel M Fuld;

18 - Mrs Colonel Westropp;

17 - Samuel Jackson;

16 - Commander William L Paterson RN;

15 - George Robarts, surgeon-dentist;

14 - John Whipple, surgeon;

13 - Mrs Johns, and the Misses Johns, school for young ladies;

12 - Miss Charlotte Whipple;

11 - Colonel Derenzy;

10 - James Bickford;

9 - Elizabeth Kent, lodgings;

7 & 8 - Mrs J Dyer, lodgings;

6 - John Thompson, lodgings;

5 - Mrs Fanny Nile, lodgings;

4 - Mrs Jane Schow;

3 - George Cawley, surgeon-dentist;

2 - Mrs Mary Atkinson, lodgings;

1 - William Chapman;

Here was Summerland Place

UNION STREET

31 - Adolphus Dyer, cabinet maker and upholsterer;

32 - Lieutenant Howard St George;

33 - William Patrick Baker (late Mennie), chemist and druggist;

34 - Mrs Elizabeth Jenkins, grocer, and Elizabeth Trounsell, milliner;

35 - Samuel Tucker, boot maker, and Edward Bolitho, bird and animal preserver;

36 - Elizabeth Tucker, hosier and outfitter;

37 - Philip Keast, tailor; Mrs P Keast, elastic stay and stocking maker; and Thomas Cadwallader Brian, solicitor;

38 - Nicholas Barter, baker and confectioner;

39 - William the Fourth Public House, William Ryall;

Here was Queen Street

40 - M Levy, pawnbroker and silversmith;

41 - John Castine, wholesale and retail boot and shoe establishment;

42 - Crowley & Company, general railway carriers for Chaplin and Horne; and William Derry, ale and porter agent; and Miss Douglas;

43 - Charles Marks, silversmith and navy agent;

44 - William H Langford, engraver, copper-plate printer and lithographer;

44½ - Thomas Edward Vallack, watch maker and working jeweller;

45 - Victoria Temperance Hotel, Z Minards.

NL = Addresses not listed. These were usually let on short-term tenancies and therefore not listed in street directories.

Principal Source:

"A Directory of Plymouth, Stonehouse, Devonport, Stoke and Moricetown, compiled from actual survey", F Brendon, Plymouth, 1852.