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*Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel. <ref>
 
*Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel. <ref>
 
[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64242 Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops & Wales, 1868]</ref>
 
[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64242 Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops & Wales, 1868]</ref>
*Browning & Wealey, refreshment rooms. 1880 - 1891. <ref name="Slaters1880>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64244 Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880.]</ref><ref name="Kellys1891">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218282 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891]</ref>
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*Browning & Wealey, refreshment rooms. 1880 - 1895. <ref name="Slaters1880>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64244 Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880.]</ref><ref name="Kellys1891">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218282 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891]</ref><ref name="Kellys1895">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/8886 Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire & Shropshire, 1895]</ref>
*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson, agent), Railway Wharf. 1871 - 1891. <ref>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218324 Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871]</ref><ref name="Kellys1891"/>
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*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson named as agent), Railway Wharf. 1871 - 1895. <ref>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218324 Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871]</ref><ref name="Kellys1891"/><ref name="Kellys1895"/>
*Joseph Harry Ritson, corn, cake, seed, salt, manure, coal & lime merchant; Railway station. 1891. <ref name="Kellys1891"/>
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*Joseph Harry Ritson, corn, cake, seed, salt, manure, coal & lime merchant; Railway station. 1891 - 1895. <ref name="Kellys1891"/><ref name="Kellys1895"/>
*George James Eveson, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891. <ref name="Kellys1891"/>
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*George James Eveson, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891 - 1895. <ref name="Kellys1891"/><ref name="Kellys1895"/>
*Joseph Harry Ritson, corn, cake, seed, salt, manure, coal & lime merchant; Railway station. 1891. <ref name="Kellys1891"/>
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==Berrington==
 
==Berrington==

Revision as of 15:05, 16 May 2021

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Several businesses, principally coal and grain merchants, had offices or depots at SVRSevern Valley Railway stations. This list also includes goods agents and independently run refreshment rooms. The dates refer to the earliest and latest known references.


Hartlebury

  • Miss M. A. Allard, refreshment rooms. 1879. [1]
  • South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station. 1879. [1].

Stourport

  • Thomas Bantock, Goods Agent. 1879. [1]
  • William Boycott, coal merchant, Railway wharf. 1879. [1]
  • Thomas William Thomson, coal merchant, agent for Bantock & Co., general carriers, Railway wharf. [1]

Bewdley

  • Neri Wooldridge, coal and lime merchant, Wribbenhall; depot at Railway station. 1879. [1]

Kidderminster

  • Andrew Hatton, Refreshment Rooms. 1876 - 1879. [1][2]
  • William Thomas Martin, refreshment rooms. [3]
  • Thomas Bantock, Goods Agent. 1870. [4]
  • George Feror Green, moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. 1876 - 1879. [1][2]
  • Benjamin Beach, coal agent, Railway station. 1876 - 1892. [1][3]
  • South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station (Benjamin Beach named as Agent 1879). 1876 - 1879. [1][2]
  • Henry Barrett, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892. [3]
  • George Bayley, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892. [3]
  • Alfred Davis, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892. [3]

Bridgnorth

  • Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel. [5]
  • Browning & Wealey, refreshment rooms. 1880 - 1895. [6][7][8]
  • South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson named as agent), Railway Wharf. 1871 - 1895. [9][7][8]
  • Joseph Harry Ritson, corn, cake, seed, salt, manure, coal & lime merchant; Railway station. 1891 - 1895. [7][8]
  • George James Eveson, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891 - 1895. [7][8]


Berrington

  • Caswell & Bowden, coal merchants, Railway station. 1891. [7]

Other

1879 Advertisement for R. Johns, Railway Waggon Builder of Station Hill, Kidderminster
  • Richard Johns, railway waggon builder and repairer, general wheelwright and implement maker, Station Hill, Kidderminster. 1879. [1]

Insurance agents

Several Station Masters also acted as agents for insurance companies.

  • 1879, Kidderminster Station Master, John Mayers, was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd., London Assurance Corporation (Fire And Life) and Queen Insurance Company. [1]
  • 1879, Bewdley, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd. [1]
  • 1879, Stourport, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Littlebury's Directory & Gazetteer of Worcester & District, 1879
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892
  4. Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)
  5. Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops & Wales, 1868
  6. Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire & Shropshire, 1895
  9. Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871