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Higham Ferrers
Kelly's Directory 1940
RESIDENTS

Beeby

Wortley

The Shrubbery

 

College Street

Brazier

Mrs A L

 

5

Wood Street

Browning

Frederick

 

3

College Street

Burdett

Benj

 

 

North End

Chamberlain

Richard

 

9

Market Square

Claridge

Wm Leopold

 

11

Market Square

Desmond-Reiley

Stanley O B E

 

22

College Street

Felce

Fred G

 

68

Wharf Road

Flintham

Miss W

 

3b

High Street

Groome

Albert Owen

 

13

Lancaster Street

Groome

Charles Edwin

 

5

High Street

Groome

James Arthur

Greenbanks

 

North End

John

Rev. Frederick (Methodist)

 

31

College Street

Kilsby

Harry

 

50

North End

Kirk

Rev. Philip A K C (vicar)

The Vicarage

 

 

Lloyd

Albert Edward

 

34a

College Street

McCabe

Richard A

The Manor House

 

Market Square

Margetts

Frank W

 

 

Market square

Marriott

Robert

 

18

College Street

Mommersteeg

William

Millscroft

 

Station Road

Newell

Harold Dorrell

 

 

North End

Parker

Edward

 

6

Grove Street

Perkins

Herbert

 

1

Kimbolton Road

Pitts

Samuel Thomas

 

46

North End

Sanders

Miss

 

48

North End

Simpson

Major Frances Joseph

Old House

 

Market Square

Sudborough

Alfred

 

11

Lancaster Street

Swindall

Alexander

 

10

College Street

Walker

Frank J P

 

34

Kimbolton Road

Warren

Arthur

 

21a

College street

Woodley

Edward

 

35

Kimbolton Road

Wright

Mrs Sara

 

29

College Street

COMMERCIAL
Allen Arther fruiterer
36
High Street
Asher Constance W (Mrs) stationer & post office
 
School Lane
Ashford & Campion Ltd boot heel manufacturers
 
Westfields Terrace
Association for Prosecution of Felons (F Joseph Simpson, solicitor & treasurer)
 
Market Square
Austin Percy Moncrief basket maker
31
Grove Street
Bailey Ada L (Mrs) shopkeeper
5
Wellingborough Road
Barker Jn Wm currier
22
Wharf Road & Westfields
Bateman Geo Hy watchmaker
34
High Street
Battersby Geo Wm grocer
 
Market Square
Beaver A E & J M D (Misses) drapers
4
Market Square
Bedfordshire Building Society (R Frisby sec)  
20
Wharf Road
Blowey Jas joiner
3a
College Street
Bradshaw Arthur Wm leather merchant
40
Grove Street
Braybrook & Son   bakers
 
York Road
Britchford Bernard F hairdresser
 
College Street
Brown Johnny S beer retailer
3
School Board Place
Brown William Thomas M farmer
33
College Street
Bunker Frank, see Dickenson & Bunker carriage builder
 
 
Burditt Harry fruiterer
41
Grove Stree
Central Machinery Co Ltd.  T A “Central” Machinery machinery agents
 
Midland Works
Chamberlain W W & Sons Limited heel manufacturers
 
Wood Street
Chequers P H (Geo Goosey)  
20
High Street
Church Eleanor Annie (Mrs) shopkeeper
18
High Street
Clarke Cyril insurance agent
1d
North End
Coleman Wilfred fried fish dealer
2
Lancaster Street
Colton Bros Ltd   boot factors
66
High Street
Cox Ralph   builder
35
High Street
Desmond-Reiley Stanley OBE, MRCS Eng, LRCP Lon, DTM physician & surgeon
22
College Street
Dickens Rose (Mrs) shopkeeper
1
Wellingborough Road
Dickenson & Bunker   carriage builders
 
Wood Street
Driver Archie Harold boot dealer
36
High Street
Eeles Edwin G tobacconist
12
High Street
Ellis & Everard Ltd   builders’ merchants &c; office
28
High Street
Ellison Jn R H farmer
 
Kimbolton Road
Emmett Rt motor engineer
 
Kimbolton Road
Essam Arth haulage contractor
38
Wharf Road
Felce Elsie Lilian (Mrs) shopkeeper
94
Wharf Road
Felce Fred G mayor’s sergeant
 
Town Hall
Felce Jas Hy florist
34
Lancaster Street
Gadd Jas Hy hairdresser
2
Market Square
Glenn Herbert Ltd curriers
29
High Street
Grant A & Sons carmen
7
North End
“Grape Vine” Lodge of Free Gardeners (R Frisby sec)  
20
Wharf Road
Green Dragon Hotel (Lawrence Clifton propr)  
 
College Street
Green Herbert Edwd tailor
11
Westfields Terrace
Griffin P H (Archer Jas Crick)  
7a
High Street
Hales Jn Hy hairdresser
74
High Street
Harris A R & J R curriers
 
Westfields
Harris Jas farmer
 
Manor farm Wood Street
Hector W L Ltd curriers
 
Midland Road
Hedley C A & Son chemists
10
Market Square
Higham Ferrers Co-operative Boot & Shoe Productive Society Ltd
 
Kimbolton Road
Higham Ferrers & District Freehold land Society Ltd (E Parker sec)
6
Grove Street
Higham Ferrers Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd  
1
Wharf Road, Lancaster Street & College Street
Higham Ferrers Town Band Working Men’s Club & Institute (Alfred Smith sec)
 
Wharf Road
Higham Ferrers Working Men’s Club & Institute (R Croot sec)
 
Westfields Terrace
Hooton Jesse E leather board manufacturer
 
Westfields
Hornsey Wm shopkeeper
34
North End
Horsley John Ltd corn merchants
8
Market Square
Houghton Doris E (Mrs) shopkeeper
16
Wellingborough Road
Jennings Oscar beer retailer
57
Grove Street
Kilsby Geo currier
 
Thrift Street
Law, Fredk dentist
76
High Street
Lilley Arth R shopkeeper & post office
44a
North End
Lillies Stores    
3
Market Square
Lloyd Albert Edward
MRSI borough surveyor, sanitary inspector, collector & rating officer & clerk to Burial Board
Town Hall
Lloyds Bank Ltd    
 
Market Square
Lovell Arthur blacksmith
 
School Board Place
Lovell Geo. Edwd. insurance agent
7
Russell Way
McCabe Rd. A MRCS, LRCP, physician & surgeon (firm Greenfield, McCabe & Lean )
The Manor
House
Market Square
Meanwell Dorothy (Mrs) greengrocer
9
College Street
Mears Wilfred insurance agent
3
Newman Street
Measures E & Son bakers
14
High Street
Middleton Jas shopkeeper
30 & 32
High Street
Midland Bank Ltd    
 
Market Square
National Deposit (Approved) Friendly Society (Jack R Toms, district sec)
5
Bryant Way
National Provincial Bank Ltd  
9
High Street
Nene Valley Shoes Ltd   boot manufacturers
 
Midland Road
Neville James carter
21
Kimbolton Road
Newman Gladys (Miss) ALCM, LRAM teacher of music
49
Grove Street
Newman Lily (Miss) draper
20
Lancaster Street
Newman Ralph beer retailer
21
Wellingborough Road
Norris Cyril engineer
65
High Street
Oberman & Sons   electricians
16
High Street
Oddfellows, Independent Order of (MU) Countess Fitzwilliam Lodge (Thos Lowther, sec)
23
Grove Street
Odell H J & Co leather dressers
 
Commercial Street
Odell Alfd baker
2
Wellingborough Road
Parker Fred & Sons motor garage
 
High Street
Parker Avril (Mrs) draper
14
High Street
Parker Thos Hy blacksmith
2a
College Street
Pashler Maud (Mrs) confectioner
4
High Street
Queen’s Head Hotel (Wm Ingram)  
2a
High Street
Quincey Dennis fried fish dealer
82
High Street
Robinson Chas F ladies’ hairdresser
52
High Street
Robinson Harry Eady farmer
 
Walnut Tree Farm
Sanders Thomas (Higham Ferrers) Ltd curriers
 
Wellingborough Road & Westfields
Saxby Rowland & Co curriers
 
Spring Gardens
Seamarks & Co   motor omnibus proprietors
34b
College street
Seamarks Leonard coal merchant
 
College Street
Sears R A shopkeeper
112
High Street
Shelton Fredk Jas butcher
9
High Street
Simpson & Mason   solicitors
 
Market Square
Simpson Francis Joseph
(firm Simpson & Mason) solicitor & commissioner for oaths, town clerk, clerk to trustees of united charities, clerk to borough justices & clerk to justices Wellingborough petty sessional division
Smith J E (Higham Ferrers) Ltd heating engineers
11
College Street
Smith Ernest newsagent
 
Market Square
Stokes Alec Herbert beer retailer
11
Kimbolton Road
Sudborough A & Son Ltd boot manufacturers
 
Commercial Street
Sumpter Geo R plumber
51
High Street
Sun Petroleum Co    
 
Kimbolton Road
Swan P H (Mrs Annie Lines)  
96
High Street
Swindall T & Sons coal merchants
10
College Street
Thompson Ernest butcher
 
Wellingborough Road
Thorpe Jn
farm bailiff to Harry E Robinson Esq
College Street
Felce F G keeper
 
Town Hall
Victoria Leather Co Ltd leather dressers
 
Midland Road
Wadsworth Joseph pianoforte teacher
9
Westfield Terrace
Walker & Gunn Ltd   boot manufacturers
 
North End
Ward Wm G S manufacturers agent
11a
York Road
Watts Edgar A cycle dealer
11
Refuge terr
Webb Wm sports outfitter, saddler & harness maker, coal merchant & haulage contractor
2
High Street
Whiter Madeline (Miss) S R N, S C M, nurse
3b
High Street
Willmott Alfd apiarist
68
High Street
Wilson E draper
70
High Street
Woodley E & Sons leather manufacturers
 
Newton Road
Wright A E & Co (Higham Ferrers) Ltd boot & shoe manufacturers
 
 


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