Businesses located at SVR stations

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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]

Bridgnorth

  • Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel. [2]
  • Browning & Wealey, refreshment rooms. 1880. [3]
  • South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson, agent), Railway Wharf. 1871[4].

Kidderminster

  • Andrew Hatton, Refreshment Rooms. 1876 - 1879. [1][5]
  • Thomas Bantock, Goods Agent. 1870. [6]
  • George Feror Green, moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. 1876 - 1879. [1][5]
  • 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][5]

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. Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops & Wales, 1868
  3. Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880.
  4. Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876
  6. Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)