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Several businesses, principally coal and grain merchants, had offices or depots at SVR stations. This list also includes goods agents and independently run refreshment rooms.
 
Several businesses, principally coal and grain merchants, had offices or depots at SVR stations. This list also includes goods agents and independently run refreshment rooms.
 
The dates refer to the earliest and latest known references.
 
The dates refer to the earliest and latest known references.
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==Hartlebury==
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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>
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*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway Station. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>.
  
 
==Bridgnorth==
 
==Bridgnorth==
 
*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>
 
*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>
*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>.
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*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>.
  
 
==Kidderminster==
 
==Kidderminster==
*Andrew Hatton, 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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*Andrew Hatton, Refreshment Rooms. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
 
*[[Thomas Bantock]], Goods Agent. 1870. <ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/196OUxXCx4mVcUTMzl6kRFKcsxJ4lSCaB/view Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)]</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. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>
 
*George Feror Green, moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>

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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].

Bridgnorth

  • Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel. [2]
  • South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson, agent), Railway Wharf. 1871[3].

Kidderminster

  • Andrew Hatton, Refreshment Rooms. 1879. [1]
  • Thomas Bantock, Goods Agent. 1870. [4]
  • George Feror Green, moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. 1879. [1]
  • South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway Station (Benjamin Beach, Agent). 1879. [1]

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]
  • In 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]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Littlebury's Directory & Gazetteer of Worcester & District, 1879
  2. Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops & Wales, 1868
  3. Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871
  4. Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)