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==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> | *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 | + | *South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>. |
==Stourport== | ==Stourport== | ||
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==Bewdley== | ==Bewdley== | ||
| − | *Neri Wooldridge, coal and lime merchant, Wribbenhall; depot at Railway | + | *Neri Wooldridge, coal and lime merchant, Wribbenhall; depot at Railway station. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/> |
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| + | ==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> | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Bantock]], Goods Agent. 1870. <ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/196OUxXCx4mVcUTMzl6kRFKcsxJ4lSCaB/view Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)]</ref> | ||
| + | *George Feror Green, moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. 1876 - 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/> | ||
| + | *Benjamin Beach, coal agent, Railway station. 1876. <ref name="littlebury1879"/> | ||
| + | *South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station (Benjamin Beach named as Agent 1879). 1876 - 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/> | ||
==Bridgnorth== | ==Bridgnorth== | ||
*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. <ref name="Slaters1880>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64244 Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880.]</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"/> |
| − | *South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson, agent), Railway Wharf. 1871<ref>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218324 Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871]</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"> |
| + | *George James Eveson, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891. <ref name="Kellys1891"> | ||
| + | *Joseph Harry Ritson, corn, cake, seed, salt, manure, coal & lime merchant; Railway station. 1891. <ref name="Kellys1891"> | ||
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| − | * | + | *Caswell & Bowden, coal merchants, Railway station. 1891. <ref name="Kellys1891">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218282 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891]</ref> |
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==Other== | ==Other== | ||
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Several Station Masters also acted as agents for insurance companies. | 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"/> | *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 | + | *1879, Bewdley, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd. <ref name="littlebury1879"/> |
| − | *1879, Stourport, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway | + | *1879, Stourport, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd. <ref name="littlebury1879"/> |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 14:23, 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]
- Thomas Bantock, Goods Agent. 1870. [3]
- George Feror Green, moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. 1876 - 1879. [1][2]
- Benjamin Beach, coal agent, Railway station. 1876. [1]
- South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station (Benjamin Beach named as Agent 1879). 1876 - 1879. [1][2]
Bridgnorth
- Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel. [4]
- Browning & Wealey, refreshment rooms. 1880 - 1891. [5][6]
- South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson, agent), Railway Wharf. 1871 - 1891. [7]Cite error: Closing
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Other
- 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
- Private sidings connected to the Severn Valley Railway
- Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876
- ↑ Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)
- ↑ Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops & Wales, 1868
- ↑ Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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