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2013 Café History: CONFECTIONER Thomas Masters 1855-60 This was the first confectioner in Primrose Hill. Many others have been and gone in all the local streets. CONFECTIONER John Miller 1860-65 “ Mrs Mary Miller 1865-75 “ John Marshall 1880-85 DRESSMAKER Mrs Ada Fooks 1890 CONFECTIONER … Continue reading
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No. 53 is the entrance to St. George’s Mews. History: Over the years the accommodation over the entrance appears to have been home to various artisans who had workshops or stables behind in the mews. LIVERY STABLES Frederick Fince 1855 Retired … Continue reading
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2013 Interior Design Shop History: GROCER Elizabeth Neville & Son(s) 1855-75 ” John Evans 1880 ” Thomas Hind 1885 ” Thomas Butler 1890-1900 ” Mrs Mary Butler 1905-35 A widow often carried on a business after her husband died, and it looks … Continue reading
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2013 Italian Restaurant History: STATIONER Miss Sarah Sleet 1855-60 ” Miss Elizabeth Edmonds 1860-99 A clean and respectable job for spinsters? Why was a stationer one of the first shops to open in the street? Perhaps the new residents of … Continue reading
2013 Supermarket History: COWKEEPER & DAIRYMAN Francis Hatten 1855-57 Hatten was the first cowkeeper in this road. He might have grazed his cows in the fields behind.When he closed in 1857 another cowkeeper opened at 75. Because there were no fridges, … Continue reading
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2013 Supermarket History: PRIVATE HOUSE: ‘Chester Cottage’: James Hall Esq. 1855-61 Mrs Hall 1863 Henry Heath, artist 1855-58 Sidney de Saumarez retired army officer 1871 The 1849 Parish Map shows an isolated building towards the back of the … Continue reading
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2013 Hamster Therapist History PRIVATE HOUSE Edmund Foster Esq. 1856-57 HOUSE AGENT George Squires 1858 This is perhaps the first estate agent in Primrose Hill. BUILDER Nicholas Egan 1860 CARVER & GILDER Joseph Cale 1870 SADDLER Henry Bull 1875-80 Most … Continue reading
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2013 Sheepskin and Leather Shop History: COFFEE ROOMS William Boulter 1856 These were the first coffee rooms in Regent’s Park Road. Those at 103 lasted nearly a hundred years. COFFEE ROOMS John Beale 1858 In the 18th century coffee houses were respectable … Continue reading
Nicolas, French Wine Importers 2013 History : BOOTMAKER Joseph Wait 1856-59 GREENGROCER or FRUITERER: George Chandler 1860-70 ” Mrs Emma Chandler 1875-80 “ Mrs Marian Cox … Continue reading
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2013 Betting Shop (since 1986) History: SURGEON Morgan O’Connor 1857-59 CHEMIST George Barker 1860-63 This was the first chemist in the road. Barker was probably what is today called a ‘pharmacist’. The 1861 census reads ‘Lic. Apoth. Hall’. … Continue reading