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TO BE LET: House in Blyburgate in occupation of John Arnoup. Leaving neighbourhood.
excellent Turning Lathe
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SALE: Charles Boyce leaving Town. Furniture
SALE: late Ebenezer Spratt: Furniture & builder’s stock-in-trade
comprising 3 benches, capital grindstone, iron work, bolts, paints etc; occupied by James West
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Blyburgate?
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Building [No 14] Work to go ahead, plans seen.
New Warehouse, Stable & Cartshed in rear of Co-Op for JR Wilkinson
Wm Bell granted Licence for Slaughter House in Blyburgate
Tenacy to small piece of land to H & J Read if Churchwardens agree.
Bakery for Mrs Woolner at back of premises by Arthur Pells
New Stable at Blackboy, Blyburgate
New Stable & Cart Shed for Mr Wilkinson [No 33?] Blyburgate
Addition to House of Mr JS Branford in Blyburgate
Alterations to House in Blyburgate belonging to Edmund F Smith
New WC in Premises of Mr Angell in Blyburgate
Conversion of Malt Store into a Cottage at [No 42] Blyburgate
New Building on Premises of WP England in Blyburgate
New Store for WP England not in accordance with Bye Laws
Additions to Dr Fox's House in Blyburgate
Additions to Mr Angell's House in Blyburgate
Addition to WP England's House in Blyburgate
Converting 17 Blyburgate into 2 Houses
EE Self's shop, Blyburgate registered as Milk Sellers' Premises
Surveyor to inspect Laundry in Blyburgate occupied by Mrs Jackson
Alterations to 19 Blyburgate for TP Angell
Swinging sign on House in Blyburgate for Mr Castell
Swinging sign on EE Self's shop in Blyburgate
Alterations to Britannia Shades
Plans for drainage of late Rose & Crown building in Blyburgate
Surveyor place sign near Black Boy to Lowestoft
Sanitation alterations in Temperance Place, Blyburgate
Hairdresser's pole outside shop in Blyburgate for HE Forster
Alterations to premises in [5] Blyburgate occupied by AB Castell
Small Workshop in Blyburgate for Mr Harper
New House forMr Wm Crowfoot in Blyburgate [No 44]
Application for Mr Charlish for his premises as Dairy
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floor, with glazing bars and exposed frames. Stucco, lined and painted. Rusticated quoins. Ogee brick cornice below low
parapet. Ground floor shop with wood case. Interior hewn chamfered beam. Important position.
A drawing by Arthur Pells (ref 10/17) shows a proposed alteration for the dwelling house & shop in Exchange Square , Beccles
for Mr John Clements, boot and shoe manufacturer and leather merchant. The drawings show its appearance before the
alteration and afterwards. The proposed alterations to the upper storeys accord with the present appearance. The shop front
has been replaced. It must date from about 1900.
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1614c
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1723
1765
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1779
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Thomas Buck, for his tent, sometime John Denny called Monucks
William Denny, Esq., [d. 1645] tent in Sheepgate near Newmarket late
Thomas Buck
Mr James Aldous, his house & orchard in his own tenure
Arthur Artis, [1640-1719 Member of the XXIV 1707] tent formerly Denny
late Mr Aldous
Arthur Artis, [grocer, 1674-1764, Portreeve 1727,1741, 1758] tent formerly
Denny after Arthur Artis, his father
Stanton Penny, [1726-1766, XXIV 1759] for a tent formerly Denny late
Arthur Artis in Sheepgate
Stanton Penny, Tent in Sheepgate where he dwells, Arthur Artis, Purvis
Stanton Penny, [b 1756] an infant, Stanton Penny his Father, Arthur Artis
Thomas Rede [lawyer, 1732-1811, Portreeve 1760, 1779, 1796] for a tent
adjoining late Penny before Arthur Artis & formerly Denny in Sheepgate
John Brooks junior, late Mr Rede, before Penny & formerly Arthur Artis
in Sheepgate
John Brooks, the younger, [hairdresser, 1751-1808, XXIV 1784] tent in
Sheepgate, formerly Arthur Artis since Penny
Rent 6d
Rent 6d
To Susan, my wife: ALL THAT my tenement in the occupation of James Warne, ALSO a double Cottage situate in the Yard now in the
occupation of Morris Lincoln & John Dennington; ALSO: ALL THAT Messuage & Orchard & two pieces of Meadow Land thereunto
belonging in the occupation of Mrs Hester Jewson & John Ellis; ALSO my Messuage with Lands, Yards etc late the estate of John Tripp &
My wife, James Brooks of Norwich & William Bobbett to be executors. Signed John Brooks; Witness: John Land, Thomas Turner & Mary
Turner. Proved 26 July 1808 at Beccles [He died in June 1808 aged 57; Susan died 1826 aged 75]
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1842
Sheepgate formerly Stanton Penny, before Arthur Artis
John Bobbett Brooks, upholsterer, under Susan Brooks’ will; Tent in Sheepgate
(later John Garrod 1830)
John Garrod, late Susan Brooks
John Garrod, shoemaker,
Garrod, his father, & Susan Brooks, widow, before John Brooks, formerly Penny
John Garrod, [1790-1852] tent in Sheepgate late John Garrod, his father,
Rent 6d
[1754-1838, XXIV 1816] tent in Sheepgate late John
SALE: [No 1 BLYBURGATE] Centre of Town, Range of Sash Fronted Buildings on 19 August.
Dwelling in the occupation of Charles Rogerson as Tenant from Year to Year & spacious Shop
recently used by James Feltham, Boot & Shoe Maker
ALSO Dwelling in the occupation of William Stebbens, Pawnbroker. Yearly Tenant, & Stable, Paved
Yard & outbuildings, enclosed Garden. A considerable outlay in Repairs & Improvements recentl
completed. Pump. Freehold.
Garrod, J & W
Garrod, JK & W
Clements, Jn
£13
£14
£30
King, Jos
Clements, Jn
Clements, Jn
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1904
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This property is listed under Sheepgate in the Directories of 1907 on
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
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1974
Sturgess, William
boot maker & leather seller
arches. 6 panel door in wood case with fluted Doric quarter columns below transom, and arched blank fan. Shop front, left with
wood case, and 1 sash window, right with glazing bars. Group value.
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1636c
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1740
School, then to the University of Cambridge. To Barnaby Downing my son £80]
her decease to Barnby Downing my son at his age of 25. John & George my sons to the Grammar
Downing & Hastings
Mr Carrion for a tent. late John Stacey, before George Downing & Hastings
(later Henry Nursey) (post Clarke)
Henry Nursey, [d. 1633] for a tent sometime Sach? after Carrion vid
Carrion (folio 123)
Joseph Harbor, for a tent sometime John Stacey, after Carrion (folio 138)
vid Carrion
Robert Clarke, [butcher d. 1666, he married a daughter of Joseph Harbor] for a
tent late John Stacey, Joseph Harbor vid Joseph Harbor (folio 192)
Robert Clarke, Hearth Tax
Robert Clarke, Hearth Tax
Robert Swayne, a tent in Sheepgate late Clarke
WILL Robert Swaine, house after death of wife to grandson Robert Swayne
Robert Swain, a tent late Clarke
William Sewell & Ann Tennant, widow, & Edward Scarlett by Mary Scarlett, his
wife. Tent in Sheepgate formerly Clarke & since Swaine
Division of Property formerly Clarke, since Swaine: Apportioned Payments:
William Sewell 2d 1/2d; Ann Tenant, Wid 2d 1/2d; Edward Scarlett 2d 1/2d
5 hearths
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1765
1800.1
before Clarke
Robert Pope, messe in Sheepgate, Swaine, late William Sewell
Robert Pope for a tenement in Sheepgate Street late Sewell before SwainRent 2d 1/2d
Robert Chinery [d 1804]
Rent 2d 1/2d
legacies.
of
I give to my Nephew Charles Chinery of Beccles, painter & glazier ALL & every Messuage etc for ever, but to pay out of my estate all
John Ward, seedsman of £300 in securities. Afterwards to go to her children.
ALSO an interest to Ann Alcock (my late wife’s niece if she shall still live with me at the time of my decease, but not otherwise) on security
£200 investments. Residue to Charles Chinery. Signed Robert Chinery
Witness: W Barnard, Abraham Clarke, jun, A Branch. [they were clerks to WGB Bohun]
He died in January 1808 aged 79 & was buried in St Michael’s Churchyard. His wife Rebecca died in 1791 aged 65.
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father, Robert Chinery
Isaac Piper, tailor, messe in Sheepgate formerly Robert Pope, before William
Sewell, since of Robert Chinery, late Charles Chinery
Susan Shreeve, grocer, tent in Sheepgate late Charles Chinery before
Chinery, formerly Pope, (later Elizabeth Collins)
Elizabeth Collins, tent in Sheepgate, late Charles Chinery, before Robert
Chinery, formerly Pope, since of Francis Shreeve
[Thomas Collins married Elizabeth Shreeve in 1808]
James Piper, tailor, messe in Sheepgate, Robert Chinery, Charles Chinery,
Isaac Piper
Sheepgate [now Blyburgate]
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of sixty years & ready-made & bespoke trade & general outfitting. Proprietor
retiring. Comfortable house & plate glass fronted shop.
Ready-made & Bespoke Trade & General Outfitting Business has been carried on for many years in
Sheepgate [now Blyburgate]. The present proprietor Mr James Piper is about to leave the Town.
Newman) entertained by the Mayor [Edward Masters] at the Britannia Shades, Landlord Mr
Snowdon.
Champagne & Large Booth 70ft x 18ft & tables.
Government Commissioner:- Distance to Canada 2,000 miles - took 9 days. In England 400 people a
square mile - in Canada only 2. Plenty of work for the labourer. Canadian Government gave free grants
of land & paid £2-4s-8d of £3 required for agricultural passage to Canada. This Spring had commenced
the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr Wright of Britannia Shades made rambling remarks discouraging
RIFLE CORPS DRILL. 250 men of Beccles, Lowestoft & Bungay met for united drill at 7pm on Beccles
Common. Major Crowfoot put the men through the manual & platoon exercises. Lowestoft men caught
the 8.35 train back, the Bungay men an hour later. Refreshment in the Britannia Shades [Blyburgate]
provided by Mr Wright
1880
BREWERY Dinner: Messrs Worthington catering by Mr Frampton of Britannia Shades. Mr AB
Worthington presided, supported by Mr Clark & Mr Danby; Mr JM Brundell filled the Vice Chair.
LIQUIDATION: Mr C Frampton, publican [of Britannia Shades, 3 Blyburgate]
LICENCES: Britannia Shades: James Reynolds.
POLICE COURT: LICENCE: Britannia Shades to Edward Chatten of Saxmundham.
1880
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& Co, The Brewery, Beccles.
POLICE COURT: LICENCES: The Britannia Shades, Blyburgate to Robert Bird, Westhall
POLICE COURT: William Ling, John Dowe, William Dowe and James Balls, labourers, all of Beccles
found guilty of attacking John Rising Meen, farmer of Barsham. Meen was in the White Swan, when
the landlord agreed to accompany him part of the way home. Near the Britannia Shades, the men came
up, knocked him down and kicked him savagely. PC Coe & Inspector Ling arrived. Witnesses
supporting Meen were Henry C Green, Landlord of the White Swan, Charles Roache, traveller for
Messrs Blackie, George Woolner, colt breaker & Charles Bumstead, Landlord of the Britannia Shades.
All given 21 days hard labour.
LICENCE: White Horse temporarily transferred to Mr C Bumstead, who removes from Britannia
LICENCES: Britannia Shades to Alfred Day;
1894
1894
WORKING MEN’S CLUB: to be opened at the Britannia Shades with a reading room for members and
a room for recreation, bagatelle, draughts, etc. Mr H Block, Secretary & a committee.
CHILD NEGLECT: Charles Crowford & Sarah his wife accused of neglect. Inspector Lingley on duty in
Blyburgate on 7 November at 9.15 pm. He saw two boys aged 10 & 11 in the street, but they ran away.
He found them in the urinal of the Britannia Shades. One had no shoes or stockings, was wearing an
old guernsey, an old pair of trousers, and a shirt, all very dirty, and was wet through to the skin. The
other had a big cape on and an old cap , but was very badly clothed underneath. He was also wet
through. Both were very dirty. It was a dreadful night, cold and very wet and windy. They lived in
Peddars lane. At one time the wife was in Melton Asylum, and the father was working in the fish
market at Lowestoft and the five children lived at home. To be reviewed in a month.
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Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jaqs exors
Piper, Jas exors
Piper, Jas exors
Chapman, Kendall
Chapman, Kendall
Chapman, Kendall
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£24
£24
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£24
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Snowden, Robt
Wright, William
Wright, William
Frampton, Chas
Frampton, Chas (in liquidation 1880)
Reynolds, Jas
Revell, Benj
Bird, Robert
Bumstead, Chas
Beckett, Wm Mackley, Ellen
Day, Alfred
Sewell, Lambert
Sewell, Lambert
Sewell, Lambert
SEWELL L
empty
Ward, Charles
Ward, Eliza Mrs
WARD Eliza
WARD Eliza
AA
AA
AA
tailor
tailor
Brit Shades?
567
Harrison, John
£24
£30
£30
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£29
1238
AA
AA
Brit Shades
Brita Shades
Brit Shades
Brit Shades
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BOND T
BOND T
BOND T
BOND T
fish restaurant
fish restaurant
fish restaurant
fish restaurant
No 5: early 18th century, stucco, painted 2 storeys. 2 windows, floor bands, low parapet, ground floor shop. 1 sash and 1
casement window at 1st floor.
Nos 7 & 9: early 17th century, stucco, painted, 1 window each, 2 storeys and attic, wood eaves cornice, steep roof with 1 gabled
casement dormer each. 1st floor near-flush-frame sash windows now with central glazing bars only. Ground floor shops with
wood cases.
No 11 (including No 11A) 18th century, 2 storeys, 2 windows, red brick, pantile roof, near-flush-frame sash windows with
glazing bars. Shop, ground floor, left, witth wood case. 11A wide way through under with double doors and segmental head.
[number 5]
[number 7]
[number 9]
[number 11]
[yard]
1893
& detached wash house; in the occupation of George Edwards, boot & shoe maker; yearly tenant
Sale of property of Charles Cinery, decsd; [see map]
A Shop & House containing sitting room, 2 sleeping rooms, pantry etc. in the occupation of Edward
Ife, hairdresser; yearly tenant £5-10-0
Shop with modern front & House, containing sitting room, 4 sleeping rooms, 2 attics, pantry, cellar
£10
tenant £10
with a workshop & loft at the back; in the occupation of Edward Everitt, plumber & painter; yearly
weekly tenant £4-4s-0d
The Yard entered by folding gates from the street at the back & occupied by several tenants of this
lot.
Land Tax
Free Rent to Manor of Frostenden
SALE: William Spear, junior who is leaving England. Furniture
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Sayer, Wm
Spear, Wm
Aggras, Chas
Aggras, Chas
Tilmouth Phyl
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1912
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1927
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1974
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1881
£10
£23
£4.10
£5
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Phillips, Jn
Ward
Castell, Arth
Taylor, Edgar
DORRINGTON
CASTELL Arth
CASTELL Arth
CASTELL Arth
TAYLOR Chas
TAYLOR Chas
TAYLOR Chas
TAYLOR Chas
TAYLOR Chas
Gaze, Edw
Saul, Thos
AD
AD
bootmaker
printer comp
AD
cycle agent
Sew Mach
motor engineer
cycle agent
cycle agent
cycle agent
cycle agent
cycle agent
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Sayer, Wm
Spear, Wm
Tilmouth, Edw
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1861
1881
£10
£8
£8
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Tilmouth, Edw
Edwards, Geo
Balon, Jer
AD
tobacconist
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Tilmouth Phyl
1912
1965
1902
1907
1914
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
£27
Tilmouth, Edw
Cuddon, Ronald
TILMOUTH Edw
TILMOUTH Edw
TILMOUTH Edw
TILMOUTH Edw
TILMOUTH Mrs P
CUDDON Ron
CUDDON Ron
CUDDON Ron
CUDDON Ron
newsagent
tobacconist
Tobaccon
Tobaccon
Tobaccon
Tobaccon
tobacconist
tobacconist
tobacconist
tobacconist
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Chinery, Chas
Sayer, Wm
Spear, Wm
Price, Rich
Price, Rich
Tilmouth Phyl
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1965
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1914
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1974
£6.10
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£30
V
£8.15
£14
£18.10
Everitt, Edw
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Harper, EM Mrs
Express Cleaners
HARPER MrsE
HARPER MrsE
HARPER MrsE
FORESER Hy
FORESER Hy
EXPRESS CLEANERS
EXPRESS CLEANERS
plumber
AD
AD
AD
ironmonger
dyers & cleaners
ironmonger
ironmonger
ironmonger
hair dresser
hair dresser
Everitt, Edw
Spear, Wm
Harper, Bert
Harper, Bert
AD
ironmonger
ironmonger
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11
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11.1
11.1
Chinery, Chas
Sayer, Wm
Sayer, Wm
Spear, Wm
Price, Rich
Price, Rich
Tilmouth Phyl
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1927
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1948
1954
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1974
1936
1965
1974
£2.05
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£25
V
£5
£5
£5.10
Tillett, Fred
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V
V
Sergeant
PRICE Ric
HARPER MrsE
HARPER MrsE
EAST ANGLIA ELECTR
RIX FM
TAYLOR A
TAYLOR A
SERGEANT
SERGEANT
FORDER Victor
SKIPPINGS Jn
SKIPPINGS Jn
Boon, Alf
Everitt, Jn
Ward, Edw
Harper, Bert
Harper, Bert
AD
AD
AD
AD
optician
ironmonger
ironmonger
waterworks
ironmonger
ironmonger
electricals
electricals
optician
optician
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1593
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1600.3
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1867
William Corfield, [d 1593] for his tent that he dwelleth in sometime Sybley
John Corfield, for his tent that he dwelleth in sometime Sibyls
Thomas Lockington, [d 1628] for a tent formerly Corsills (folio 88)
John Denny, for a tent sometime Sibyls after Corsills (folio 147)
Robert Denny, for a tent sometime Corsils after John Denny (folio 162)
Robert Denny, for a tent late Corfield (COPY)
John Seaman, [gent, d 1689]for a tent called Lockington's , Milesams & Corsilles,
after Lockington
William Boyce, [d 1724] for part of tent late Lockington
William Boyce, part of tent late Lockington
Joseph Andrews, [d 1767] tent in Blyburgate, late Rev Edmund White,
Seaman, Boyce,
Joseph Andrews, for part of tent, late Edmund White, clerk, before Seaman,
Boyce, sometime Lockington
William Clarke, [d 1771] glazier, tent in Blyburgate, Rev Edmund White, Seaman,
Boyce, late Joseph Andrews
Benjamin Baker, tent in Blyburgate, William Clarke, Joseph Andrews,
Rev Edmund White, Seaman, Boyce
To be let: House & Shop occupied by Benjamin Baker, Chandler's Office,
Warehouse, Stable, etc. Enquiries Francis Harmer, grocer
Charlotte Baker, widow, Seaman, Andrews, Clarke, Benjamin Baker
Benjamin Baker, peruke maker, messe in Blyburgate, Seaman, William Clarke,
Charlotte Baker, widow, his mother
B Baker; occupants: Nunn & others
William Winson, messe in in Blyburgate, formerly Seaman, afterwards
William Clarke, late of Charlotte Baker, widow, since of Benjamin Baker
Winson, Wm Gooderham, late Baker
Mrs Gooderham of Yarmouth, messe in Blyburgate, late William Winson,
before Benjamin Baker (later William Winson)
William Winson of Great Yarmouth, draper, messe in Blyburgate, late
Mrs Gooderham, before Wiliam Winson (later Mrs Ecclestone)
Harriet Ecclestone, widow,messe in Blyburgate, late William Winson,
Mrs Gooderham
Task 6d
Task 8d
Task 6d
Task 8d?
Rent 8d
years by Mrs Ecclestone in Blyburgate
Gooderham, Mrs
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ecclestone, Eliz
Thompson, S exors
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1907
£4.00
£8.10
£10
£12.10
£12.10
£18
£21
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Winson, Geo
Powley, Robt
Mayhew, Chas
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ward, Harrt
Pawson late
GIBBONS Percy
Gibbons, Percy
GIBBONS Percy
JJ2
JJ2
JJ2
JJ2
JJ2
JJ2
JJ2
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confection
cycle dep
bicycle maker
cycle dep