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Kelly's Directory 1940 - Commercial - A - L

 Commercial      
 
 
ABBAS Philip Robert insurance agent  
11
Irchester Road
ABBOTT A & Sons funeral furnishers  
 
High Street South
ABBOTT A E & Son dairymen  
29
Queen Street
ABINGTON & Sons men's & ladies' tailors & breeches makers & outfitters; agents for "Burberry" waterproofs (& at Kimbolton, Hunts)
27
High Street 
ABRAMS Winifred (Miss) milliner  
84
Washbrook Road
ADKINS Cyril E cycle dealer  
111
High Street
ALLEBONE & SONS LTD boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Oakley Road
ALLEN Arthur shopkeeper  
26
Newton Road
ALLEN Margaret (Mrs) shopkeeper  
1
Oakley Road
ALLEN Mary E (Mrs) shopkeeper  
98
High Street South
ASHBY & ELLIS   tailors  
80
High Street
AUGER Harry newsagent  
45
Newton Road
AUSTIN Andrew (RUSHDEN) LTD  soap manufacturers  
 
Irchester Road
AUSTIN Frederick A oil & lubricating oil & petrol merchant  
41
Oakley Road
AYRES Walter Henry carrier  
139
Wellingborough Road
BABETTE   (Mrs P Tompkins, proprietress) milliner
140
Wellingborough Road
BAILEY C A & Co scrap iron & metal merchants  
110
Washbrook Road
BAILEY Percy William shopkeeper  
65
Robert Street
BAKER Thomas Algernon LDS Eng dental surgeon  
29
High Street
BALL Elizabeth (Miss) corsetiere  
169
Wellingborough Road
BALLS Arthur shopkeeper  
82
Crabb Street
BANDEY Ernest Collins boot dealer  
20
Brookfield Road
BARCLAYS BANK LTD (Leslie A MILLER, manager)   
 
College Street
BARKER William J boot repairer  
16
Irchester Road
BARLOW Henry & Son Ltd bakers  
34
High Street
BARRETT F G coal merchant  
5
Moor Road
BATES James William fried fish shop  
139
High Street
BATES Jesse cabinet maker  
 
Alfred Street
BATES Walter Henry confectioner  
14
Ealing Terrace
BATTERSBY George William grocer  
68
High Street
BAYES BROS   bakers  
2
Harborough Road
BAYES Fred carpenter  
1a
Harborough Road
BAYES John S builder  
49
Park Road
BAYES Reginald Ernest butcher  
1
Harborough Road
BEEBY Arthur fruiterer  
57
Cromwell Road
BEESLEY T H & Son boot stiffener manufacturers  
 
Graveley Road
BEETENSON W L clerk to Rushden Urban District Council & to Higham Ferrers & Rushden Joint Water Board
Council Buildings
Newton Road
BELL George blacksmith  
 
John Street
BENNETT & WRIGHT LTD   curriers  
 
Victoria Road
BENNETT Louisa G (Mrs) boot dealer  
45
Moor Road
BETTS Frederick & Sons seedsmen  
126
High Street
BIGNELLS LTD   boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Crabb Street
BIRD Frederick C secretary Windmill Club & Institute Society Ltd
147
Irchester Road
BLUNSOM SON & CO LTD outfitters  
 
Station Approach
BLUNT May (Mrs) ladies' outfitters  
32
High Street
BOARD OF CONCILIATION & ARBITRATION FOR THE BOOT & SHOE TRADE of RUSHDEN & DISTRICT (S C Brightwell, sec)  Bank Chambers
79
High Street
BODDINGTON W & Sons builders  
19
Manton Road
BON MARCHE   ladies' &c outfitters  
52
High Street
BOOTS THE CHEMISTS      
27 & 29
High Street
BOTTRILL Harry leather waste dealer  
34
Griffith Street
BOTTRILL Violet (Mrs) corsetiere  
22
Griffith Street
BRENDA   ladies' tailors  
118
High Street
BRITISH LEGION HALL   (E Bennett, hon. Sec.)   
 
Fitzwilliam Street
BRITISH UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO LTD    
 
Midland Road
BRITISH WOMEN'S TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION (Mrs Hall, hon.sec.)   
 
Park Road
BRITTEN James grocer  
50
Grove Road
BROOKE & BROOKE   pawnbrokers  
115
High Street
BROWN Robert R leather factor  
39
Church Street
BROWNLIE C FBOA optician  
128
High Street
BUGBY Charlotte Ellen (Mrs) shopkeeper  
28
Victoria Road
BUGBY James fishmonger  
117
High Street
BULL G H Ltd   leather factors  
 
High Street
BULL Oliver Raymond painter  
28
Pratt Road
BURTON Joseph & Sons Ltd grocers  
56
High Street
BUTTLING Elsie (Mrs) draper  
116
High Street
BUTTLING H Ada (Mrs) milliner  
10
Church Street
CANNELL Gladys (Mrs) dressmaker  
17
Westfield Avenue
CANNELL Thomas boot & shoe dealer  
99
Park Road
CANNELL Thomas S boot dealer  
 
Harborough Road
CASWELL Frank L house furnisher  
 
Wellingborough Road
CASWELL Frederick plumber  
135
Wellingborough Road
CATTELL & CHATER   accountants  
 Argus Chambers
High Street
CATTELL W Charles FSAA incorporated accountant (firm, Cattell & Chater)
Argus Chambers
High Street 
CAVE John & Sons Ltd boot manufacturers  
 
College Street
CAVE G E electrical engineer  
39
Purvis Road
CAVE Walter outfitter  
15
Newton Road
CAVE Walter H wireless dealer  
22
Robinson Road
CEMETERY (W L Beetenson, clerk) (M S Boyd, registrar)
 
Newton Road 
CENTRAL ELECTRICAL CO (W Timpson & W Ekins proprietors) speciality: application of electricity for industrial purposes
 
 
CHAMBERLAIN W W & Sons Ltd boot heel makers  
 
Sartoris Road
CHAPMAN H W Ltd cardboard box makers  
 
Cromwell Road
CHAPMAN H W Ltd cardboard box makers  
 
Oak Street
CHATER Thomas Fairey ACA chartered accountant (firm, Cattell & Chater)
Argus Chambers 
High Street 
CHECKSFIELD Tom Henry upholsterer  
 
Spencer Road
CHETTLE Horace tobacconist  
119
High Street South
CHETTLE William Henry tobacconist  
24
Higham Road
CHILDS Audrey (Miss) children's outfitter  
123
Church Street
CHILDS Claude J D boot dealer  
19
Newton Road
CHILDS Emily Rose (Mrs) ladies' outfitter  
17
Newton Road
CLARIDGE J & C Ltd boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Wellingborough Road
CLARK BROS WIRELESS CO LTD wireless dealers  
114
High Street
CLARK Thomas tobacconist  
48
Sartoris Road
CLARKE & CO   boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Wellingborough Road
CLARKE Alfred ARCO teacher of music  
193
Wellingborough Road
CLARKE John pork butcher  
48
Grove Road
CLARKE William shopkeeper  
61
High Street South
CLAYSON Alice Georgina (Mrs) draper  
67
Cromwell Road
CLAYTON Alice (Miss) ladies' hairdresser  
92
Queen Street
CLAYTON George Robert greengrocer  
48
High Street South
CLIPSON John Samuel engineer  
14
Church Street
COBLEY Geoffrey W baker  
121
High Street
COLEMAN Arthur fish curer  
91
High Street South
COLLINS P & Co boot heel manufacturers  
 
Allen Road
COLLINS Clifford curriers  
70
Harborough Road
COLLINS Frederick grocer  
196
Wellingborough Road
COLTON BROS LTD   boot factors  
35
High Street
COMPASS INN (Arthur S Folwell)    
127
High Street South
COOK J F & Sons (Printers) Ltd    
5
Church Street
COOK James Harold baker  
47
Newton Road
COOPER Elsie (Mrs) shopkeeper  
57
High Street South
CO-OPERATIVE PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY    
 
College Street
CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY LTD boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Rectory Road
CORBY Fred Ltd curriers  
 
John Street
COTTAGE HOSPITAL (Miss J M Hogg, matron)    
17
Griffith Street
COTTER Michael John Ch.B.Irel. physician & surgeon  
20
Church Street
COTTINGHAM L G FSMC FIO optician  
29
High Street
COUNTRYSIDE LIBRARIES LTD circulating library  
45
High Street
COUNTY COURT OFFICE (branch from Wellingborough)  
 
Queen Street
COURSE Richard Stanley shopkeeper  
76
Station Road
COUSENS Horace Victor insurance agent  
14
Upper Queen Street
COWGENS Henry Albert café  
38
Higham Road
COWZENS Henry Robert motor engineer  
36
Higham Road
COVALLEN ENGINEERING CO LTD mining machinery manufacturers
 
Lawton Road
COX Arthur newsagent  
159
Queen Street
COX Edgar engineer  
65
Moor Road
COXTON SHOE CO   boot manufacturers  
 
Rectory Road
CRANE Beatrice Amy (Miss) baker  
38
Higham Road
CRAWSHAW Cyril George fruiterer  
70
Higham Road
CRAXTON Eric ladies' hairdresser  
207
Wellingborough Road
CRAXTON William F tobacconist  
207
Wellingborough Road
CROOT Frederick shopkeeper  
37
Purvis Road
CROSS Victor beer retailer  
21
Little Street
CRUMP Thomas beer retailer  
118
Portland Road
CURRYS LTD   cycle manufacturers  
87
High Street
CUTMORE   cycle agent  
78
Wellingborough Road
DARNELL Lewis E hairdresser  
32
Newton Road
DARTNELL William J shopkeeper  
4
Station Road
DAVIES Reginald Wynyard MB Ch.B.Edin. physician & surgeon & certifying factory surgeon
Leamington House
Griffith Street 
DEIGHTON George Denis wholesale potato merchant  
43
Robinson Road
DENBROS LTD   boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Rectory Road
DENTON B & Son Ltd boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Station Road
DENTON Grace (Mrs) draper (see West & Denton)  
 
 
DESBOROUGH Herbert Leonard florist  
21
Church Street
DESBOROUGH James Edward confectioner  
50
Station Road
DICKENS Emma (Mrs) milliner  
102
Wellingborough Road
DICKENS Ralph farmer  
Park Farm
Irchester Road
DILKS & MARTIN   boot manufacturers  
 
Victoria Road
DORCHAS PRESS   (Charles Alfred Kear, proprietor) printers Cleavers Chambers
 
High Street
DORKS Bernard jobbing gardener  
60
Spencer Road
DRABBLE M M Ltd contractors for building operations  
 
College Street
DUNKLEY Edwin hairdresser  
71
High Street
DUNKLEY Horace hairdresser  
5a
Newton Road
DUNMORE Elizabeth (Mrs) shopkeeper  
98
Irchester Road
DURHAM Winifred (Mrs) shopkeeper  
3
Harborough Road
EAGLE Joseph draper  
93
High Street South
EAST Caroline (Mrs) shopkeeper  
14
Rectory Road
EASTMANS LTD   butchers  
70
High Street
EATON & CO (RUSHDEN) LTD boot manufacturers
Northampton Works
 
Irchester Road
EDEN & CO   boot manufacturers  
83
High Street South
EDEN Gladys (Mrs) confectioner  
19
Church Street
EKINS Leonard Herbert shopkeeper  
20
Cromwell Road
EKINS Lottie (Mrs) shopkeeper  
2
Blincoe Road
ELLIS & EVERARD LTD   coal &c merchants  
 
Station Approach
ELLIS Harry tailor (see Ashby & Ellis)  
 
 
ELTON Alice Ellen (Mrs) ladies' hairdresser  
2
Queen Street
EMPIRE MEAT CO LTD   butchers  
58
High Street
ENGLAND Edgar & Son pianoforte tuners  
82
Portland Road
ESPIN C & Son leather offal merchants  
42
Robinson Road
ESPIN William Ellis cycle agent  
1
Queen Street
ESSAM Frederick fried fish dealer  
32
Crabb Street
EYRE F (Mrs) florist  
141
Glassbrook Road
FAIREY BROS   ironmongers  
7
High Street
FAIREY George E insurance agent  
14
Purvis Road
FARMER Winifred (Miss) ATCL LRAM teacher of music  
 
Higham Road
FEATHERS PH   (Walter Fraser HOGG)   
105
High Street
FELCE Frank Ltd heating engineers  
 
Rectory Road
FENSOM R E chimney sweep  
21
Glassbrook Road
FENTIMAN Fred shopkeeper  
55
St Mary's Avenue
FENTON A M Wilson dentist  
28
High Street
FETT Peter fruiterer  
103
High Street
FIRE BRIGADE (A P Timpson, capt)    
 
Newton Road
FLAVELL A & Co Ltd tailors  
39
High Street
FLEEMAN George Edward V chemist  
9 & 11
High Street
FOLKES Albert Edward motor haulage contractor  
 Sunnyside
Bedford Road
FOSTER E hairdresser  
176
Wellingborough Road
FRASER, SON & MACKENZIE LTD piano dealers  
16
High Street
FRECKNALL G H & Co Ltd leather factors  
 
Griffith Street
FREEMAN, HARDY & WILLIS LTD boot dealers  
49
High Street
FREEMAN Cyril shopkeeper  
 
Irchester Road
FREEMAN Herbert painter  
19
Crabb Street
FREESTONE Arthur William grocer  
74
Higham Road
FREESTONE Cecil insurance agent  
40
Queen Street
GATES Herbert Samuel wholesale fruiterer  
208
Wellingborough Road
GAUNT Ernest hairdresser  
152
Wellingborough Road
GEARY Charles William printer  
34
Griffith Street
GELL Arthur George leather dealer  
3
Irchester Road
GEORGE Arthur J photographer  
81
Washbrook Road
GINNS A T & Son blacksmiths  
8
High Street South
GORDON BOOT CO   boot manufacturers  
 
Gordon Street
GRAMSHAW Alfred & Son house furnishers  
40 & 57
High Street
GRAY Alfred ironmonger  
131
High Street
GREEN & COE LTD   boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Newton Road
GREEN William & Son (Grenson) Ltd boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Queen Street
GREENFIELD, McCABE & LEAN physicians & surgeons  
2
Griffith Street
GREENFIELD Dudley George MD London FRCS. Eng. physician & surgeon (firm, Greenfield,
McCabe & Lean) & medical officer No.55 district Northamptonshire County Council
 
Hayway 
GROOM Baden Cecil dairy  
20
Washbrook Road
GROOM Elsie M (Mrs) confectioner  
11
Washbrook Road
GROOME A Norman LLB solicitor  
1b
Queen Street
GROSS George draper  
23
High Street
HADDON E milliner  
78
Station Road
HAIGH I & Son furniture dealers  
123 & 125
High Street
HALL George & John drapers  
60
High Street
HALL Herbert S outfitter  
67
High Street
HARBOUR Elsie (Mrs) shopkeeper Meadow View
 
Wellingborough Road
HARRIS BROS (RUSHDEN) LTD curriers  
 
Kimbolton Road
HARRIS Grace Nellie (Miss) draper, & post office  
146
Wellingborough Road
HARRIS Herbert baker  
57
Newton Road
HARROD William R wireless dealer  
18
Gordon Street
HASTINGS Maud (Mrs) ladies' &c outfitter  
22
Grove Road
HAWES Charles A baker  
3
Church Street
HAWKES Fred (N V Engineers) Ltd machinery merchants  
 
Portland Road
HAWLEY A E & Co Ltd dyers & cleaners  
99
High Street
HEAD A W & Co Ltd leather factors  
 
Victoria Road
HEDLEY C A & Son chemists  
92
High Street
HEPWORTH J & SON LTD clothiers  
89 & 91
High Street
HEWITT William Thomas herbalist  
61
Queen Street
HIGHAM FERRERS & RUSHDEN JOINT WATER BOARD (W L Beetenson, clerk; J W Lloyd, engineer & surveyor)
 Council Buildings
Newton Road 
HILL Albert Edward fruiterer  
13 & 15
High Street
HODGE H P Ltd ironmongers  
14
High Street
HODGKINS Edward Sydney insurance agent  
82
Newton Road
HODGKINS Mabel (Mrs) shopkeeper  
81
Wellingborough Road
HOLLAND Henry manager of Lloyds Bank Ltd  
133
High Street
HOLLIS BROS   butchers  
44
Duck Street
HOLYOAK May Jane (Mrs) shopkeeper  
32
Purvis Road
HOME & COLONIAL STORES LTD grocers &c  
53
High Street
HOOTON BROS LTD   bazaar  
79
High Street
HORRELL C W Ltd boot manufacturers  
 
Fitzwilliam Street
HORSLEY John Ltd corn & flour merchants (& at Wellingborough)
 6
High Street 
HOUGHTON Edith (Mrs) shopkeeper  
15
Windmill Road
HOUGHTON John William dairyman  
42
Crabb Street
HUNT Stanley L printer  
 The Printeries
George Street
HUSTWAIT William tailor  
25
Church Street
HYDE Gerard William boot & shoe upper closer  
 
Crabb Street
ILIFFE Joseph pork butcher  
22
Church Street
INGLE Henry & Sons Ltd leather factors  
 
High Street
IRESON Bert watch repairer  
58
Washbrook Road
JACQUES Arthur William plumber, decorator & hot water engineer  
100
High Street South
JACQUES Lizzie (Mrs) florist  
15
Crabb Street
JAMES Jesse decorator  
5
Glassbrook Road
JAMES John Thomas butcher  
89
High Street South
JAQUES & CLARK LTD   wholesale boot & shoe manufacturers
 
Station Road
JAQUES Ronald wireless dealer  
5
Newton Road
JEPHCOTE Rufus Bradley ladies' hairdresser  
118
Cromwell Road
JERVIS James Thomas hairdresser  
63
High Street South
JONES E & G shopkeepers  
2
Carnegie Street
JONES Frank butcher  
20
Harborough Road
JONES M fruit merchant  
 
Wentworth Road
JONES Raymond insurance agent  
25
Sartoris Road
JOYCE Leah (Mrs) shopkeeper  
1
Sartoris Road
KEAR D (Mrs) jokes & novelty dealer  
27
Church Street
KELLER B & Son fruiterers  
118a
High Street
KELLER B & Son fruiterers  
21
Newton Road
KENDALL Reginald grocer  
160
Queen Street
KETTERING STEAM LAUNDRY (receiving office)  
73
Robinson Road
KING Kate (Mrs) shopkeeper  
129
Glassbrook Road
KNIGHT C H & Son tobacconists  
1
High Street
KNIGHT & LAWRENCE LTD boot manufacturers  
 
Manton Road
KNIGHT & SON   jewellers & house furnishers  
20 & 22
High Street
KNIGHT Fred pork butcher  
57
Moor Road
KNIGHT Herbert Sidney hairdresser  
40
High Street South
KNIGHT Walter printer (works, Denmark Road)
 28
Oswald Road 
KOHNSTAMN R & A Ltd leather factors  
 
High Street
LACEY William photographer  
22
Higham Road
LACK BROS   carriers  
 
Sartoris Road
LADDS B Ltd boot & shoe manufacturers  
 
Moor Road
LAMB Alice Gertrude (Mrs) teacher of music  
39
Park Avenue
LAMB William J confectioner  
101
Spencer Road
LANGDON Mary E (Mrs) confectioner & post office  
75
Newton Road
LAWMAN Ivy (Miss) ladies' outfitter  
3
Church Street
LAWRENCE Gladys M (Miss) LBAM ALCM pianoforte teacher  
37
Queen Street
LAWTON Alfred baker  
90
Moor Road
LEACH Sydney George tailor  
61
Midland Road
LEAN Oscar Bevan MRCS.Eng LRCP.Lond physician & surgeon (firm, Greenfield, McCabe & Lean)
 2
Griffith Street 
LEEDING John George boot dealer  
52
Station Road
LENTON George Henry baker  
34 & 36
Pratt Road
LETT Joseph masseur  
25
Park Avenue
LIGHTSTRUNG CO LTD motor engineers  
 
Church Street
LIGHTSTRUNG CO LTD cycle dealers  
5
Church Parade
LILLEY Frederick George plumber  
 23 Gordon Terrace
Higham Road
LINNITT Edgar MPPA photographer  
128
High Street
LIPTON Ltd   grocers &c  
62
High Street
LITCHFIELD Sarah E (Mrs) shopkeeper  
92
Crabb Street
LIVERPOOL VICTORIA FRIENDLY SOCIETY (L C Day, district manager)   
 6
Church Street 
LLOYD John Wesley engineer & surveyor to Urban District Council & Higham Ferrers & Rushden Joint Water Board
 Council Buildings
Newton Road
LLOYDS BANK LTD   (Henry Holland, manager)   
133
High Street
LOAKE Arthur draper  
23
Church Street
LOASBY Harry A beer retailer  
130
Cromwell Road
LOCKIE William tinplate worker  
 8 Ebenezer Terrace
Newton Road
LONDON CENTRAL MEAT CO LTD butchers  
113
High Street
LORD G & H  motor engineers  
 
Portland Road
LORD George Henry baker  
32
Cromwell Road
LOUVRE (THE)  drapers  
64
High Street
LOVELL BROTHERS LTD boot manufacturers  
 
East Grove
LOVELL George Howard wireless dealer  
14
Higham Road
LUCILLE   milliner  
2
Church Street
LUMBERS Doris May (Mrs) confectioner  
192
Wellingborough Road
LYMAN E (Miss) ladies' outfitter  
12
High Street South
LYMAN Walter chimney sweep  
10
Newton Road
LYNE George Samuel baker  
45
Crabb Street

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