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*Benjamin Beach, coal agent, Railway station. 1876 - 1900. <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> | *Benjamin Beach, coal agent, Railway station. 1876 - 1900. <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> | ||
*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"/> | *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"/> | ||
| − | *Henry Barrett, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - | + | *Henry Barrett, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1905. <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> Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903"/> | + | ]</ref><ref name="Bennetts1905"/> Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903"/> |
*George Bayley, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1900. <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> | *George Bayley, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1900. <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> | ||
*Alfred Davis, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1900. <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q6Ru_VhQHC_z9xjRLwPs9lT093hP1buk/view?usp=sharing Kidderminster Shuttle Industrial Number 1903]</ref> | *Alfred Davis, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1900. <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q6Ru_VhQHC_z9xjRLwPs9lT093hP1buk/view?usp=sharing Kidderminster Shuttle Industrial Number 1903]</ref> | ||
| − | *John &. Alfred Findon, coal | + | *John &. Alfred Findon, coal merchant, Railway station yard. 1896 - 1905. <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Bennetts1905"/> |
*Thomas Tandy, coal merchant,Railway station yard. 1896 - 1900. <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> | *Thomas Tandy, coal merchant,Railway station yard. 1896 - 1900. <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> | ||
| − | *Pearson & Co. coal | + | *Pearson & Co. coal merchant, Station yard. 1900. <ref name="Kellys1900"/> |
| + | *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> | ||
| + | *A. Findon, coal merchant, Station Yard. 1905. <ref name="Bennetts1905"/> | ||
*Samuel P. Hunt, goods agent. 1900. <ref name="Kellys1900"/> | *Samuel P. Hunt, goods agent. 1900. <ref name="Kellys1900"/> | ||
*W. H. Smith & Son, booksellers & news agents. 1900. <ref name="Kellys1900"/> | *W. H. Smith & Son, booksellers & news agents. 1900. <ref name="Kellys1900"/> | ||
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==Berrington== | ==Berrington== | ||
| − | *Caswell & Bowden, coal | + | *Caswell & Bowden, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891. <ref name="Kellys1891"/> |
==Other== | ==Other== | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 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.
Those marked 'Private Owner wagons' are known to have had their own goods wagons.
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. 1879. [1]
- John Willianm Powell, coal merchant, Railway station. 1896. [2]
Bewdley
- Neri Wooldridge, coal and lime merchant, Wribbenhall; depot at Railway station. 1879. [1]
Kidderminster
- Andrew Hatton, Refreshment Rooms. 1876 - 1879. [1][3]
- William Thomas Martin, refreshment rooms. 1892 - 1900. [4][2][5]
- Thomas Bantock, Goods Agent. 1870. [6]
- George Feror Green, moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. 1876 - 1879. [1][3]
- Benjamin Beach, coal agent, Railway station. 1876 - 1900. [1][4][2][5]
- South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station (Benjamin Beach named as Agent 1879). 1876 - 1879. [1][3]
- Henry Barrett, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1905. [4][2][5][7] Private Owner wagons[8]
- George Bayley, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1900. [4][2][5]
- Alfred Davis, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1900. [4][2][5] Private Owner wagons[8]
- John &. Alfred Findon, coal merchant, Railway station yard. 1896 - 1905. [2][7]
- Thomas Tandy, coal merchant,Railway station yard. 1896 - 1900. [2][5]
- Pearson & Co. coal merchant, Station yard. 1900. [5]
- R. Woodward and Co., coal merchant, Station Wharf. 1905[7]
- A. Findon, coal merchant, Station Yard. 1905. [7]
- Samuel P. Hunt, goods agent. 1900. [5]
- W. H. Smith & Son, booksellers & news agents. 1900. [5]
Bridgnorth
- Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel. [9]
- Browning & Wealey, refreshment rooms. 1880 - 1895. [10][11][12]
- South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson named as agent), Railway Wharf. 1871 - 1895. [13][11][12]
- Joseph Harry Ritson, corn, cake, seed, salt, manure, coal & lime merchant; Railway station. 1891 - 1895. [11][12]
- George James Eveson, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891 - 1895. [11][12]
Berrington
- Caswell & Bowden, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891. [11]
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 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1896
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278597 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1900 ]
- ↑ Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Bennetts's Business Directory for Worcestershire, Kidderminster section
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kidderminster Shuttle Industrial Number 1903
- ↑ Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops & Wales, 1868
- ↑ Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire & Shropshire, 1895
- ↑ Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871
