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Several coal merchants and other businesses had offices or depots at SVR stations. This list also includes goods agents and independently run refreshment rooms.
 
 
Several coal merchants and other businesses had offices or depots at SVR stations. This list also includes goods agents and independently run refreshment rooms.<br>
 
The dates refer to the earliest and latest known references.<br>
 
Those marked 'Private Owner wagons' are known to have had their own goods wagons.
 
  
 
==Hartlebury==
 
==Hartlebury==
*Miss M. A. Allard, refreshment rooms. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/112368 Littlebury's Directory & Gazetteer of Worcester & District, 1879]</ref>
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*Miss M. A. Allard, refreshment rooms. 1879.<ref name="littlebury1879">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/112368 Littlebury's Directory & Gazetteer of Worcester & District, 1879]</ref>
*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>.
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*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station. 1879<ref name="littlebury1879"/>.
  
 
==Stourport==
 
==Stourport==
*[[Thomas Bantock]], Goods Agent. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*[[Thomas Bantock]], Goods Agent. 1879 to at least 1940.<ref name="littlebury1879"/>
*William Boycott, coal merchant, Railway wharf. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*William Boycott, coal merchant, Railway wharf. 1879.<ref name="littlebury1879"/>
*Thomas William Thomson, coal merchant, agent for Bantock & Co., general carriers, Railway wharf. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*Thomas William Thomson, coal merchant, agent for Bantock & Co., general carriers, Railway wharf. 1879.<ref name="littlebury1879"/>
*John William Powell, coal merchant, Railway station. 1896. <ref name="Kellys1896"/> Private Owner wagons
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*John William Powell, coal merchant, Railway station. 1896.<ref name="Kellys1896"/> Powell was trading as a coal and coke merchant from York Street from 1855 with a later building from 1901, The Old Ticket Office, forming part of Stourport Heritage Rooms.<ref>[https://stourporttown.co.uk/attraction/stourport-heritage-rooms/ Stourport Heritage Rooms webpage]</ref> Also owned Private Owner wagons.
  
 
==Bewdley==
 
==Bewdley==
*Neri Wooldridge, coal and lime merchant, Wribbenhall; depot at Railway station. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*Neri (Levi) Wooldridge, coal and lime merchant, Wribbenhall; depot at Railway station. 1879.<ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*Elizabeth Wooldridge, coal & salt merchant, Wribbenhall. 1899.<ref>[https://www.parishmouse.co.uk/worcestershire-directories/bewdley-bennetts-business-directory-1899/ Bewdley Bennett's Business Directory 1899]</ref> 1891 and 1901 census returns suggest Levi moved out prior to 1891 and later retired, and Elizabeth continued the business with their sons George (coal merchant) and Charles<ref>[https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=294257.0 RootsChat.com forum] (Retrieved 22 May 2021)</ref>.
  
 
==Kidderminster==
 
==Kidderminster==
*Andrew Hatton, Refreshment Rooms. 1876 - 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/112384 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876]</ref>
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*William Thomas Martin, refreshment rooms. 1892 - 1900. <ref name="Kellys1892">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218282 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892]</ref><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/>
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*[[Thomas Bantock]], Goods Agent. 1870. <ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/196OUxXCx4mVcUTMzl6kRFKcsxJ4lSCaB/view Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)]</ref>
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! Trader !! Business !! Earliest and latest known references !! Reference !! Notes
*George Feror Green, moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. 1876 - 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/>
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*Benjamin Beach, coal agent, Railway station. 1876 - 1900. <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/>
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|data-sort-value="Done"| Mr. Done || Refreshment rooms || 1863|| <ref name="KDAHS">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2eAFhE-m0yheVp4QUw1cGN3aVk/edit Kidderminster & District Archaeological & Historical Society Building Record of Kidderminster Railway Station]</ref> || Occupied the first and second-class refreshment rooms [[Kidderminster mainline station# Kidderminster mainline station history|destroyed by fire in 1863]]
*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station (Benjamin Beach named as Agent 1879). 1876 - 1912. <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/>
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*Henry Barrett, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1912. <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/8885 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1896]</ref><ref name="Kellys1900">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278597 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1900]</ref><ref name="Bennetts1905"/><ref name="Kellys1912">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64222 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1912]</ref> Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903"/>
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|data-sort-value="Hatton"| Andrew Hatton || Refreshment rooms || 1876 - 1879 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/112384 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876]</ref> ||
*George Bayley, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1900. <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/>
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*Alfred Davis, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1912. <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/> Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q6Ru_VhQHC_z9xjRLwPs9lT093hP1buk/view?usp=sharing Kidderminster Shuttle Industrial Number 1903]</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Martin"|William Thomas Martin || Refreshment rooms || 1892 - 1900 || <ref name="Kellys1892">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218282 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892]</ref><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> ||
*John &. Alfred Findon, coal merchant, Railway station yard. 1896 - 1905. <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Bennetts1905"/>
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*Thomas Tandy, coal merchant,Railway station yard. 1896 - 1900. <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/>
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|data-sort-value="Bantock"|[[Thomas Bantock]] || Goods agent || 1870 - 1953 || <ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/196OUxXCx4mVcUTMzl6kRFKcsxJ4lSCaB/view Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)]</ref> || Thomas Bantock expanded his cartage agreements with the GWR to include most of the Black Country goods yards including Bewdley, Kidderminster and Stourport.
*Pearson & Co. coal merchant, Station yard. 1900 - 1912. <ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/>
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*R. Woodward and Co., coal merchant, Station Wharf. 1905<ref name="Bennetts1905">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m2_UEW5jLiB8nj4z7n1CJZePJIkxnbqN/view Bennetts's Business Directory for Worcestershire, Kidderminster section]</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Green"|George Frederick Green || Iron and worcester moulding sand merchant || 1876 - 1879 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/> || Railway yard, also premises in Hartlebury.<ref name="PO1876"/>
*A. Findon, coal merchant, Station Yard. 1905. <ref name="Bennetts1905"/>
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*Austin Brothers, coal merchants, Station yard. 1912. <ref name="Kellys1912"/>
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|data-sort-value="Beach"|Benjamin Beach || Coal agent || 1876 - 1900 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> || Railway station. Agent for ''South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited'' - see separate entry
*Albert E. baylee, isinglass importer, Station approach. 1912. <ref name="Kellys1912"/>
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*Alfred Howell, coal merchant. 1912. <ref name="Kellys1912"/>
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|data-sort-value="South"|South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited || Coal merchant || 1876 – 1936 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Railway station (''Benjamin Beach'' named as agent 1879, see separate entry). Company based at Worcester.<ref>[https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7760382.kings-of-coal-still-reign-after-150-years/ Worcester News, 16 May 2001] (Retrieved 21 May 2021)</ref> Also owned Private Owner wagons.<ref>Turton, Keith, 'Private Owner Wagons: A Third Collection' Lightmoor Press (2004) ISBN:9781899889167, 1899889167, p. 88</ref>
*George Summers, coal merchant, Station yard. 1912. <ref name="Kellys1912"/>
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*Samuel P. Hunt, goods agent. 1900. <ref name="Kellys1900"/>
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|data-sort-value="Barrett"|Henry Barrett || Coal merchant || 1892 - 1914||<ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/8885 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1896]</ref><ref name="Kellys1900">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278597 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1900]</ref><ref name="Bennetts1905"/><ref name="Kellys1912">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64222 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1912]</ref><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1921"/>|| Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903"/>
*W. H. Smith & Son, booksellers & news agents. 1900. <ref name="Kellys1900"/>
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*Wyman & Sons Limited, news agents, Railway station. 1912. <ref name="Kellys1912"/>
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|data-sort-value="Bayley"|George Bayley || Coal merchant|| 1892 - 1921 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1916">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X51u_4qtyR6kDYWIdv_CRzHYGSjWydtM/view Kelly's Directory 1916 Kidderminster Section]</ref><ref name="Kellys1921">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rcWHECZ0l1Kvjm0s3uMLMUV0_j5LMd2U/view Kelly's Directory 1921 Kidderminster Section]</ref> || Railway station
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|data-sort-value="Davis"|Alfred Davis || Coal merchant || 1892 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1921"/><ref name="cope1933"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q6Ru_VhQHC_z9xjRLwPs9lT093hP1buk/view?usp=sharing Kidderminster Shuttle Industrial Number 1903]</ref>  
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|data-sort-value="Findon"|John & Alfred Findon || Coal merchant|| 1896 - 1905 || <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Bennetts1905"/> || Railway station yard. Listed as John & Alfred Findon in 1896 and as A. Findon in 1905
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|data-sort-value="Tandy"|Thomas Tandy || Coal merchant || 1896 - 1900 || <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> || Railway station yard
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|data-sort-value="Pearson"|Pearson & Co. || Coal merchant || 1900 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Station yard. Possible connection to ''B. Pearson & Co.'' (see separate entry). Arthur B. Pearson was fined during World War I for delivering an underweight load of coal, which he claimed resulted from a shortage of adult labour following conscription.<ref>Kidderminster & District Archaeological & Historical Society, ''Great War Britain Kidderminster: Remembering 1914-18'', The History Press, 2014 via [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DayOBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT150&lpg=PT150&dq=Pearson+AND+coal+AND+%22Kidderminster%22&source=bl&ots=uOC7olT5Q5&sig=ACfU3U1naGBglzLn2mquBmhbTyqbchRsSw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX27PV7tjwAhUr8-AKHRP3CegQ6AEwBnoECAUQAw#v=onepage&q=Pearson%20AND%20coal%20AND%20%22Kidderminster%22&f=false Google Books] (Retrieved 20 May 2021)</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Pearson"|B. Pearson & Co. || Builders merchant || 1914 - 1936 || <ref name="Bennetts1914"> [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/339968 Bennett's Business Directory for Worcestershire, 1914]</ref><ref name="Kellys1936"/> || Station yard. Possible connection to ''Pearson & Co.'' (see separate entry).
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|data-sort-value="Woodward"|R. Woodward and Co. || Coal merchant || 1905 || <ref name="Bennetts1905">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m2_UEW5jLiB8nj4z7n1CJZePJIkxnbqN/view Bennetts's Business Directory for Worcestershire, Kidderminster section 1905]</ref> ||Station Wharf
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|data-sort-value="Austin"|Austin Brothers || Coal merchants || 1912 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="cope1933"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BH3sPghx0qvnwzGwgqIDoolVZiKnNblx/view Midland Counties of England Trade Directory 1948-49]</ref> || Station yard
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|data-sort-value="Bayley"|Albert E. Bayley || Isinglass importer || 1912 - 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/> || Station approach. See separate entry for ''A. E. Bayley'', brewer: isinglass is used in brewing.
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|data-sort-value="Howell"|Alfred Howell || Coal merchant || 1912 - 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/> || 28 Chester Rd. & Station yard
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|data-sort-value="Summers"|George Summers || Coal merchant || 1912 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/> || Station yard
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|data-sort-value="Caswell"|W. C. Caswell || Coal merchant || 1933 || <ref name="cope1933"/> || Station yard
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|data-sort-value="Economic"|The Economic Coal Co.|| Coal merchant || 1933 || <ref name="cope1933"/> || Station yard. Also owned Private Owner wagons.<ref>[https://peco-uk.com/products/economic-coal-7-plank-wagon Peco]</ref> Several railway model websites have the same text, of unknown provenance: "The Economic Coal Company were a relatively unknown coal merchants from Kidderminster, who bought their wagons in 1910, but continued to trade until 1966, when it was wound up." In circa 1913 they also seemingly used a canal wharf in [[Wolverhampton]].<ref>[http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/OtherTrades/BCN/CHtoBroadStBasin.htm Wolverhampton History and Heritage website] (Retrieved 19 May 2021)</ref>
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|data-sort-value="Field"|W. Field || Sand merchant|| 1933 || <ref name="cope1933"/> || Station yard
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|data-sort-value="Bowen"|William Bowen & Son || Coal merchant || 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1936"/> ||Station Drive
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|data-sort-value="Bayley"|A. E. Bayley || Brewer|| 1933 - 1936 || <ref name="cope1933">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MIfJIIudNRgqdbJwO_dA0K4E9kNSFFTn/view Cope's Directory & Buyers Guide for Worcestershire Kidderminster section]</ref><ref name="Kellys1936"/> || Station approach. See separate entry for ''Albert E. Bayley'', isinglass importer: isinglass is used in brewing.
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|data-sort-value="Hunt"|Samuel P. Hunt || Goods agent || 1900 || <ref name="Kellys1900"/> ||
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|data-sort-value="Lunt"|Lunt Bros || Coal merchant || 1936 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Station drive
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|data-sort-value="Winwood"|Thomas. A. Winwood || Coal & coke merchant|| 1936 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Station Drive
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|data-sort-value="Co-operative"|Kidderminster Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. || || 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1936"/> || Station Drive
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|data-sort-value="Smith"|W. H. Smith & Son || Booksellers & news agents || 1861 - 1905 || <ref>SVR News 94, article by David Wilcock</ref> || The bookstall closed in 1905 after the GWR demanded a rent increase. A shop opened on Comberton Hill the following year.
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|data-sort-value="Wyman"|Wyman & Sons Limited || News agents|| 1912 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1936">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KKjFjKSzAa9_XQnL2HeRNwZ-QsaPkqvn/view Kelly's Directory 1936 Kidderminster Section]</ref><ref name="mid1948"/> || Railway station
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|data-sort-value="Pickfords"|Pickfords/National Freight Corporation || Road transport || 1948 - 1985 ||  || [[Carriage_Repair_Works#Kidderminster_goods_shed_history | Kidderminster goods shed]], now the SVR carriage works.
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|data-sort-value="Charringtons"|Charringtons || Coal merchant || 1996 || <ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition p. 76.</ref> || Vacated the [[Kidderminster#Station_entrance|coal yard]] in 1996, at which time [[GWR 57976 Covered Goods Van (body only)|GWR 57976]] became SVR property.
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==Bridgnorth==
 
==Bridgnorth==
*Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel. <ref>
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*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 - 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>
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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>
*William Grantham, refreshment rooms. 1913. <ref name="Kellys1913/>
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*William Grantham, refreshment rooms. 1913.<ref name="Kellys1913/>
*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson named as agent), Railway Wharf. 1871 - 1913. <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"/><ref name="Kellys1913/>
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*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson named as agent), Railway Wharf. 1871 - 1913.<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"/><ref name="Kellys1913/>
*Joseph Harry Ritson, corn, cake, seed, salt, manure, coal & lime merchant, Railway station. 1891 - 1895. <ref name="Kellys1891"/><ref name="Kellys1895"/>
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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 - 1912. <ref name="Kellys1891"/><ref name="Kellys1895"/><ref name="Kellys1913>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278547 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1913]</ref>
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*George James Eveson, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891 - 1912.<ref name="Kellys1891"/><ref name="Kellys1895"/><ref name="Kellys1913>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278547 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1913]</ref>
*Charles E. Pickering, agricultural implement agent, Railway station. 1913. <ref name="Kellys1913/>
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*Charles E. Pickering, agricultural implement agent, Railway station. 1913.<ref name="Kellys1913/>
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*[[Tales from the Severn Valley#George_Thorpe.2C_licensee_of_The_Railwayman.27s_Arms|George Thorpe]] (also known as ‘Elias’), refreshment rooms. circa 1965.
  
 
==Berrington==
 
==Berrington==
*Caswell & Bowden, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891. <ref name="Kellys1891"/>
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*Caswell & Bowden, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891.<ref name="Kellys1891"/> Caswell & Bowden were coal merchants and brokers based in Birmingham. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref>[https://picclick.co.uk/Caswell-Bowden-Ltd-Coal-Birmingham-POW-wagon-312047357662.html Postcard on eBay] (Retrieved 21 May 2021)</ref>.
  
 
==Other==
 
==Other==
 
[[File:R Johns railway waggon builder.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1879 Advertisement for R. Johns, Railway Waggon Builder of Station Hill, Kidderminster]]
 
[[File:R Johns railway waggon builder.jpg|thumb|300px|right|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. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*Richard Johns, railway waggon builder and repairer, general wheelwright and implement maker, Station Hill, Kidderminster. 1879.<ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*George Brown, 'Lime, cement & builders' merchants, sculptors and slating contractors' of Station Hill, Kidderminster had a private owner wagon built by GRC&W in 1903. In 2009 [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] commissioned a [[Models of the Severn Valley Railway#Special_edition_models|George Brown and Sons limited edition 00 gauge model]]<ref>[https://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/manor-from-heaven/ 'Manor from Heaven' webpage, Erlestoke Manor Fund website] (Retrieved 23 May 2021)</ref>.
  
 
===Insurance agents===
 
===Insurance agents===
Several Station Masters also acted as agents for insurance companies.
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The first accident insurance policies were developed in the mid-1800s to cover railway accidents and steam boiler explosions.<ref>A History of UK Insurance, Swiss Re, 2013</ref> 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. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*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.<ref name="littlebury1879"/>
*1879, Bewdley, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*1879, Bewdley, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd.<ref name="littlebury1879"/> ''Thomas Appleton'' was Station Master at that time.
*1879, Stourport, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
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*1879, Stourport, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd.<ref name="littlebury1879"/> ''(George) James Simms '' was Station Master at that time
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 10:21, 1 June 2021

Several coal merchants and other businesses had offices or depots at SVRSevern Valley Railway stations. This list also includes goods agents and independently run refreshment rooms.

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 to at least 1940.[1]
  • William Boycott, coal merchant, Railway wharf. 1879.[1]
  • Thomas William Thomson, coal merchant, agent for Bantock & Co., general carriers, Railway wharf. 1879.[1]
  • John William Powell, coal merchant, Railway station. 1896.[2] Powell was trading as a coal and coke merchant from York Street from 1855 with a later building from 1901, The Old Ticket Office, forming part of Stourport Heritage Rooms.[3] Also owned Private Owner wagons.

Bewdley

  • Neri (Levi) Wooldridge, coal and lime merchant, Wribbenhall; depot at Railway station. 1879.[1]
  • Elizabeth Wooldridge, coal & salt merchant, Wribbenhall. 1899.[4] 1891 and 1901 census returns suggest Levi moved out prior to 1891 and later retired, and Elizabeth continued the business with their sons George (coal merchant) and Charles[5].

Kidderminster

Trader Business Earliest and latest known references Reference Notes
Mr. Done Refreshment rooms 1863 [6] Occupied the first and second-class refreshment rooms destroyed by fire in 1863
Andrew Hatton Refreshment rooms 1876 - 1879 [1][7]
William Thomas Martin Refreshment rooms 1892 - 1900 [8][2][9]
Thomas Bantock Goods agent 1870 - 1953 [10] Thomas Bantock expanded his cartage agreements with the GWRGreat Western Railway to include most of the Black Country goods yards including Bewdley, Kidderminster and Stourport.
George Frederick Green Iron and worcester moulding sand merchant 1876 - 1879 [1][7] Railway yard, also premises in Hartlebury.[7]
Benjamin Beach Coal agent 1876 - 1900 [1][8][2][9] Railway station. Agent for South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited - see separate entry
South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited Coal merchant 1876 – 1936 [1][7][11][12][13][14][15] Railway station (Benjamin Beach named as agent 1879, see separate entry). Company based at Worcester.[16] Also owned Private Owner wagons.[17]
Henry Barrett Coal merchant 1892 - 1914 [8][2][9][18][11][12][19] Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons[20]
George Bayley Coal merchant 1892 - 1921 [8][2][9][11][13][19] Railway station
Alfred Davis Coal merchant 1892 - 1948 [8][2][9][11][12][13][19][21][14][15] Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons[20]
John & Alfred Findon Coal merchant 1896 - 1905 [2][18] Railway station yard. Listed as John & Alfred Findon in 1896 and as A. Findon in 1905
Thomas Tandy Coal merchant 1896 - 1900 [2][9] Railway station yard
Pearson & Co. Coal merchant 1900 - 1948 [9][11][15] Station yard. Possible connection to B. Pearson & Co. (see separate entry). Arthur B. Pearson was fined during World War I for delivering an underweight load of coal, which he claimed resulted from a shortage of adult labour following conscription.[22]
B. Pearson & Co. Builders merchant 1914 - 1936 [12][14] Station yard. Possible connection to Pearson & Co. (see separate entry).
R. Woodward and Co. Coal merchant 1905 [18] Station Wharf
AustinJohn Austin GRA, renowned Bridgnorth-based railway artist and Fellow of The Guild of Railway Artists Brothers Coal merchants 1912 - 1948 [11][21][14][15] Station yard
Albert E. Bayley Isinglass importer 1912 - 1936 [11][14] Station approach. See separate entry for A. E. Bayley, brewer: isinglass is used in brewing.
Alfred Howell Coal merchant 1912 - 1936 [11][14] 28 Chester Rd. & Station yard
George Summers Coal merchant 1912 [11] Station yard
W. C. Caswell Coal merchant 1933 [21] Station yard
The Economic Coal Co. Coal merchant 1933 [21] Station yard. Also owned Private Owner wagons.[23] Several railway model websites have the same text, of unknown provenance: "The Economic Coal Company were a relatively unknown coal merchants from Kidderminster, who bought their wagons in 1910, but continued to trade until 1966, when it was wound up." In circa 1913 they also seemingly used a canal wharf in Wolverhampton.[24]
W. Field Sand merchant 1933 [21] Station yard
William Bowen & Son Coal merchant 1936 [14] Station Drive
A. E. Bayley Brewer 1933 - 1936 [21][14] Station approach. See separate entry for Albert E. Bayley, isinglass importer: isinglass is used in brewing.
Samuel P. Hunt Goods agent 1900 [9]
Lunt Bros Coal merchant 1936 - 1948 [14][15] Station drive
Thomas. A. Winwood Coal & coke merchant 1936 - 1948 [14][15] Station Drive
Kidderminster Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. 1936 [14] Station Drive
W. H. Smith & Son Booksellers & news agents 1861 - 1905 [25] The bookstall closed in 1905 after the GWRGreat Western Railway demanded a rent increase. A shop opened on Comberton Hill the following year.
Wyman & Sons Limited News agents 1912 - 1948 [11][13][14][15] Railway station
Pickfords/National Freight Corporation Road transport 1948 - 1985 Kidderminster goods shed, now the SVRSevern Valley Railway carriage works.
Charringtons Coal merchant 1996 [26] Vacated the coal yard in 1996, at which time GWR 57976 became SVRSevern Valley Railway property.

Bridgnorth

  • Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel.[27]
  • Browning & Wealey, refreshment rooms. 1880 - 1895.[28][29][30]
  • William Grantham, refreshment rooms. 1913.[31]
  • South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson named as agent), Railway Wharf. 1871 - 1913.[32][29][30][31]
  • Joseph Harry Ritson, corn, cake, seed, salt, manure, coal & lime merchant, Railway station. 1891 - 1895.[29][30]
  • George James Eveson, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891 - 1912.[29][30][31]
  • Charles E. Pickering, agricultural implement agent, Railway station. 1913.[31]
  • George Thorpe (also known as ‘Elias’), refreshment rooms. circa 1965.

Berrington

  • Caswell & Bowden, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891.[29] Caswell & Bowden were coal merchants and brokers based in Birmingham. Also owned Private Owner wagons[33].

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]
  • George Brown, 'Lime, cement & builders' merchants, sculptors and slating contractors' of Station Hill, Kidderminster had a private owner wagon built by GRC&WGloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in 1903. In 2009 The Erlestoke Manor Fund commissioned a George Brown and Sons limited edition 00 gauge model[34].

Insurance agents

The first accident insurance policies were developed in the mid-1800s to cover railway accidents and steam boiler explosions.[35] 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] Thomas Appleton was Station Master at that time.
  • 1879, Stourport, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd.[1] (George) James Simms was Station Master at that time

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 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1896
  3. Stourport Heritage Rooms webpage
  4. Bewdley Bennett's Business Directory 1899
  5. RootsChat.com forum (Retrieved 22 May 2021)
  6. Kidderminster & District Archaeological & Historical Society Building Record of Kidderminster Railway Station
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1900
  10. Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1912
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Bennett's Business Directory for Worcestershire, 1914
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Kelly's Directory 1916 Kidderminster Section
  14. 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 Kelly's Directory 1936 Kidderminster Section
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Midland Counties of England Trade Directory 1948-49
  16. Worcester News, 16 May 2001 (Retrieved 21 May 2021)
  17. Turton, Keith, 'Private Owner Wagons: A Third Collection' Lightmoor Press (2004) ISBN:9781899889167, 1899889167, p. 88
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 Bennetts's Business Directory for Worcestershire, Kidderminster section 1905
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 Kelly's Directory 1921 Kidderminster Section
  20. 20.0 20.1 Kidderminster Shuttle Industrial Number 1903
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 Cope's Directory & Buyers Guide for Worcestershire Kidderminster section
  22. Kidderminster & District Archaeological & Historical Society, Great War Britain Kidderminster: Remembering 1914-18, The History Press, 2014 via Google Books (Retrieved 20 May 2021)
  23. Peco
  24. Wolverhampton History and Heritage website (Retrieved 19 May 2021)
  25. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 94, article by David Wilcock
  26. SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition p. 76.
  27. Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops & Wales, 1868
  28. Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880.
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire & Shropshire, 1895
  31. 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1913
  32. Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871
  33. Postcard on eBay (Retrieved 21 May 2021)
  34. 'Manor from Heaven' webpage, Erlestoke Manor Fund website (Retrieved 23 May 2021)
  35. A History of UK Insurance, Swiss Re, 2013