High Street in 1852 as listed in Gardner’s Directory
No. |
Name of occupant |
Nature of business |
1 |
WISEMAN, William |
Linen draper etc. |
2 & 3 |
SLATTER, Henry |
Newsagent |
4 |
MAWER, John William |
Mercer (Gentlemen’s), Hatter |
5 |
GILL & WARD |
Ironmonger & brazier/ Whitesmith & bell-hanger |
TYERMAN, Thomas |
Surgeon |
|
6 |
ADAMS, William Peter |
Stationer & fancy warehouseman |
FISHER, John & William |
Timber merchant (and at Littlegate Street) |
|
7 |
UNDERHILL & Sons |
Tallow chandler |
Crown (Life) (Michael Underhill) |
Fire & Life Assurance agent |
|
8 |
FISHER, John & William |
Auctioneers & appraisers/ Land surveyors |
9 |
CHILTON & BEAUMONT |
Linen draper etc. |
10 |
LADD, Henry |
Bookseller & stationer |
11 |
LATIMER, F. & Co. |
Wine merchant |
12 |
EVANS & Co. |
Linen draper/Woollen draper/ Carpet warehouse |
13 |
CASTLE, Nathaniel |
Mercer (Gentlemen’s) |
14 |
EMBLING, John |
Tailor & robe maker & breeches maker |
15 |
GREATBATCH, Levi |
China & glass dealer |
16 |
LONDON & COUNTY BANK |
Banker |
Atlas (John Bradstreet, London & County Bank) |
Fire & Life Assurance agent |
|
17 |
MITRE OFFICE (Christopher J. Waddell) |
Carrier by railway |
MITRE INN & HOTEL (Arthur Venables) |
Hotel/Inn |
|
18 |
RICHARDSON, Richard |
Ale & porter agent |
RICHARDSON, Mrs E. A. |
Private resident |
|
19 |
CARTER, Henry |
Silversmith & jeweller/Watch & clock maker |
London Indisputable (H. Hands) |
Fire & Life Assurance agent |
|
20 |
THORP, John Charles & Co. |
Hatter/Mercer (Gentlemen’s) |
WOOD, Richard |
Tea dealers & drapers (travelling) |
|
21 |
SHEARD, Hesther |
Grocer etc. |
Phoenix (Fire) (William L. Sheard) |
Fire & Life Assurance agent |
|
22 |
RANDALL & NICHOLLS |
Hatter/Mercer (Gentlemen’s)/ Glove & shirt makers |
22½ |
HARRIS, Mrs Martha |
Private resident |
23 |
EMBLING, James |
Tailor & robe maker & breeches maker |
24 & 25 |
RYMAN, James |
Carver & Gilder/Printseller |
26 |
BRACHER, E. |
Artist (Photographic) |
27 |
TESTER, Samuel |
Fishmonger & dealer in game |
CARR, Mrs Elizabeth |
Private resident |
|
28 |
STANDEN, Catherine Sirman |
Hatter/Mercer (Gentlemen’s)/ Tailor & robe maker/Shirt maker |
29 |
BRIDGES, Charles Smith |
Stationer & fancy warehouseman |
30 |
[Principal of Brasenose College] |
|
31 |
HANSARD, Richard J. |
Surgeon |
MARSHALL, Thomas R. |
Watch & clock maker |
|
32 |
[Warden of All Souls College] |
|
33 |
BUCKLER, John C. & Charles A. |
Architect & surveyor |
FELDON, Charles |
Tailor & robe maker & cassock maker |
|
34 |
PRICHARD, Revd C. E. |
Private resident |
35 |
HILL, Sarah |
Painter, glazier, & plumber |
36 |
GREENE, Miss Lydia |
Private resident |
37 |
STEVENS, John |
Hatter |
38 |
SOUTER, John |
Silversmith & working jeweller/ Watch & clock maker |
39 |
[Manciple of St Edmund Hall] |
|
40 |
CASTLE, Charles |
Tobacconist |
41 |
GRAHAM, William |
Bookseller & publisher |
42 |
HILL, James H. |
Chemist and druggist |
43 |
BELLAMY, Maria |
Bookbinder/Bookseller & stationer |
44 |
CLEMENTS, John |
Engraver/Watch & clock maker |
44½ |
BAYNE, William |
Baker |
45 |
HEWITT, John |
Stationer & fancy warehouseman |
46 |
British Commercial |
Fire & Life Assurance agent |
47 |
DRY, Miss Elizabeth |
Private resident |
48 |
RUSHER, William & Son |
Surgeon |
49 |
SHIELDS, Thomas |
Confectioner (“Dinners & breakfasts prepared”) |
50 |
PEARSON, Hawtin |
Watch & clock maker |
51 |
THORNTON, Joseph |
Bookseller |
52 |
LIGHT HORSEMAN (James Dee) |
Hotel/Inn |
DEE, James |
Stone & marble mason |
|
53 |
LOVEGROVE, – |
College servant: Queen’s |
54 |
DAVIS, Abraham |
Silversmith & jeweller |
55 |
DORE, Mr Edmund |
Private resident |
56 |
TARRY, Ebenezer Joseph |
Linen draper etc. |
57 |
MAITLAND, Mr Charles |
|
58 |
MILLARD, Revd James E. |
|
59 |
THOMSON, William |
Carver & Gilder/Painter & glazier/ Printseller |
60 |
THOMAS, Revd Vaughan, BD, Vicar of Yarnton |
Private resident |
61 |
PENSON, Mrs Elizabeth |
Private resident |
62 |
IMPEY, Archibald, Esq |
Private resident |
63 |
SPENCER, Norman |
Surgeon dentist |
64 |
WHORWOOD, Revd T. H., DD |
Private resident |
65 |
JAMES, William |
Boot & shoe maker (and at St Clements) |
66 |
SHEPPERD, Mr William S. |
Private resident |
67 & 68 |
HOUNSLOW, J. |
Wine merchant |
69 |
LAKER, Charles |
Grocer |
70 |
BLAKE, Richard |
College servant: University College |
71 |
JONES, Richard |
Chemist and druggist |
72 |
WARBURTON, G. H. |
Grocer |
73 |
FLYING HORSE (Matthias Popple) |
Hotel/Inn |
74 |
JAMES, Robert |
Confectioner |
75 |
VINCENZO, Guidotti |
Figure & medallion maker |
76 |
HARRIS, Thomas |
Boot & shoe maker |
77 |
HICKS, Edward |
Dyer & glazier |
78 |
FROST, Edward |
Music & musical instrument seller |
79 |
WHITING, Henry |
College servant: Magdalen: cook |
80 |
COOKE & CARTWRIGHT |
Cabinet maker & upholster |
Birmingham (William Cooke) |
Fire Assurance agent |
|
81 |
HINE, Henry |
Tailor & robe maker |
82 |
WALTER, William Hill |
Carver & Gilder/Dealer in antiques |
83 |
FLETCHER, Robert |
Cabinet maker & upholsterer |
84 |
ANGEL HOTEL (Samuel Young Griffith) |
Posting house and commercial inn |
85 |
HICKMAN, Lucy |
Painter & glazier |
86 |
BRADSHAW, Thomas J., Esq |
Private resident |
Daman, Revd Charles |
Private resident |
|
87 |
Cattle, W. |
College Servant: Magdalen: Manciple |
88 & 89 |
[Part of University College] |
|
90 |
VINCENT, Joseph |
Bookseller, printer & publisher |
University Herald |
Newspaper |
|
91 |
[No listing] |
[Uninhabited at this time] |
92 |
Sun (Robert Haines) |
Fire & Life Assurance agent |
93 |
ROBINSON, PARSONS, & THOMSON (Old Bank) |
Banker |
PARSONS, John, Esq |
Private resident |
|
94 |
MACPHERSON, F. |
Bookseller |
95 |
MILNE, Robert |
Watch & clock maker |
96 |
SPIERS, Edwin Thomas |
Bookseller & stationer/ Library, Circulating/Newsagent |
96½ |
MARGETTS & EYLES |
Wood and stone carver & decorator |
97 |
SWEETINGBURGH, Charles Joseph |
Boot & shoe maker |
98 |
ROBINSON, Charles Wyndham |
Tailor & robe maker |
99 |
BAYNE, Mary A. |
Cutlers, Working |
100 |
ROBERTS, Thomas |
Engraver/Silversmith & working jeweller/Watch & clock maker |
101 |
BROWN, Henry |
Chemist and druggist/ Soda & mineral water manufacturer |
102 &103 |
SPIERS & Son |
Desk & dressing-case makers/ Cutlers/Engravers/Fancy Warehousemen/Silversmiths & jewellers/Stationery & fancy warehousemen |
104 |
RICHARDS, Charles |
Auctioneer & appraiser/Bookseller |
105 |
BESSANT, Frederick |
Boot & shoe maker |
106 |
CURTIS, David |
Bookbinder |
WHEELER, James Luff |
Bookbinder/Bookseller, publisher & stationer |
|
National Provident (James Luff Wheeler) |
Life Assurance agent |
|
106½ |
MANSELL, William |
Bookbinder |
HAGUE, Richard |
Painter & glazier |
|
107 |
SLATTER, Henry Swallow |
Silversmith & jeweller |
SLATTER, N. & Co. |
Tailor & robe maker |
|
SLATTER & SWALLOW |
Watch & clock maker |
|
108 |
HEWETT, George |
Land agent/Land surveyor |
FLOYD, Henry |
Ironmonger & brazier/Whitesmith & bell-hanger/Fishing-tackle dealer |
|
109 |
BOFFIN, James |
Baker (and at Queen Street) |
110 |
WAY, William |
Grocer |
111 |
BICKERTON, Joseph |
Billiard room proprietor (and at Radcliffe Street) |
TRASH, Frederick |
Bookseller, publisher & stationer/ Printer (and copperplate & lithographic)/Stationer & fancy warehouseman/Toy dealer |
|
112 |
BAYNE, Chadwell Charles |
Cutlers, Working |
113 |
EVENS, Samuel |
Tailor & robe maker |
114 |
GREEN, Charles A. |
Auctioneer & Appraiser |
115 |
WYATT, James & Son |
Carver & Gilder/Printseller/Publisher |
116 |
STUART, H. |
Tailor & robe maker |
117 |
LOPEZ, Melchior (to 1852) |
Tobacconist (cigar dealer only) |
LE GRAND, Henry (from 1852 |
Restaurateur |
|
118 |
EDWARDS, F. W. |
Chemist and druggist |
119 |
TAYLOR, Thomas |
Bookseller |
TAYLOR, Thomas jnr |
Artist (landscape) |
|
120 |
[No listing] |
|
121 |
HITCHCOCK, Mr Harry |
Private resident |
121½ |
PAYNE, William junior |
Cabinet maker & upholsterer |
MUSGROVE J. |
Printer |
|
PAYNE, William |
Undertaker |
|
122 |
BLACKWELL, William |
Saddler |
123 & 124 |
PARSONS & FOSTER |
Hatters, Mercers (Gentlemen’s), and Tailors & robe makers |
125 |
RUSSELL, James |
Music & musical instrument seller (and at 5 Turl Street) |
126 |
MALLAM, Thomas & Son |
Land agents/ Auctioneers & appraisers |
MALLAM, Thomas & Charles |
Attorneys |
|
Pelican and Law (Thomas & Charles Mallam) |
Life Assurance agent |
|
Scottish Widows’ Fund (and Life) |
Life Assurance agent |
|
127 |
ELLIOTT, Louisa |
Boot & shoe maker |
Oxford Chronicle |
Newspaper |
|
COOKE H. & Co. |
Printer |
|
128 |
HOBDELL, Emily |
Silversmith & jeweller/Watch & clock maker |
129 |
LAYCOCK, Thomas |
Auctioneer & appraiser/Bookseller |
130 |
CARTER, John |
Fishmonger & dealer in game/ Brush manufacturer |
SALTER, William H. (in “Carter’s Yard”) |
Bookbinder |
|
131 |
WITHERS, John |
Chemist and druggist |
131A |
CHEQUERS (G. Stroud) |
Hotel/Inn |
132 |
[No listing] |
[Unoccupied: Henry Hatch had just moved to 138] |
133 |
VINE TAVERN (George Baker) |
Hotel/Inn |
134 |
[No listing] |
|
135 |
THOMAS, F. |
Cabinet maker & upholster |
136 |
WILLIAMS, Adin |
Hatter/Linen draper/Mercer (Gentlemen’s)/Tailor & robe maker |
Star (Adin Williams) |
Fire & Life Assurance agent |
|
137 |
FOX (John Jelfs) |
Hotel/Inn |
138 |
HATCH, Henry |
Boot & shoemaker (and Gutta Percha depot) |
139 |
[No listing] |
[The Red Lion had just closed] |
140 |
JOLLY POST BOYS (James Winfield) |
Hotel/Inn |
141 |
WELLS, Edward |
Berlin & fancy wool warehouse |
142 |
HORN, Catherine |
Confectioner (and at 15 Cornmarket Street) |
REED, Louisa |
Milliner & dress maker |
|
143 |
CASTLE, William |
Linen draper etc./Undertaker (“Carfax House”) |
? |
HODGKINS, William |
Tailor & robe maker (and at St Clement’s) |
? |
HADLAND, Richard |
Gas fitter |
Listing of the whole City of Oxford in Gardner’s 1852 Directory |
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