History of Stratford, West Ham, Canning Town, Silvertown etc & lots of historical London Pubs

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History of Plaistow in 1896

The 1896 Post Office London Suburbs Street Directory of Plaistow

Plaistow 1896 Index  -   Plaistow Index

This is a complete listing from the 1896 Trade Directory of all Private and Commercial residents in Plaistow in 1896. It does not list everybody, usually just those whom either own a property or whom run a  commercial venture. A simple listing of streets on this page links to the relevant street information.

[31] Fenton's Avenue, 16 Greengate Street

38 Sheilds Edward, house decorator
    Hayden Thos, coach builder



[32] First Avenue, Howard's Road

south side

100 Richards Miss H, grocer
102 Appleton Chas, fishmonger
104 gale John, boot maker

north side

1 Barnes John Jas, beer retailer
3 Potton Mrs Esther, shopkeeper


[33] Frank Street, 10 New Barn Street, Barking Road

    Halter Wm, chandlers shop


[34] Garfield Road, Columbia Road

    St Matthias Church
    St Matthias Church Institute & Young Men's Society, Rev T Sadgrove BA
49 Lake Wm H, shopkeeper
50 Hilliard Abraham, shop


[35] George Street, 101 Grange Road

4 Butcher Edgar, mat maker
20 Cole Wm Hy, wholesale confectioner
21 Swanson Miss Annie, dress maker


[36] Grafton Road north, Plaistow Road

1 Wilson Bartlett, dining rooms
5 Cranley Albert C, sign writer
9 Read Thomas, stationer
10 Thurston John, boot maker
11 Tietjen Edward, hair dresser
12 Barton Mrs Mary, laundry
... here is Valetta Road ..
14 Bone Alfred, grocer
28 Alexander Wm M, builder
... here is Willow grove ...
... here is Libra Road ...
30 Green Francis J, builder
45 Dorrington Geo, plumber
... here is Beale Street north ...
46 Dunham Daniel, beer retailer
47 Dann Edmund, shopkeeper
54 Ward Geo, carver & gilder
60 Obrien Stephen Jn, boot maker



[37] Grafton Road south, High Street

south side

30 Meekoff James, plumber
    New Church Mission Room

north side
... here is Ashburton Terrace ...
11 Walsh George, shoe maker
15 Stratford Alfred jas, shopkeeper



The historical trade directory and census listing of all of London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire, and Dorset. If you are searching for a historical address, try the census and street directory database. This is a Victorian view on the streets of london and the south of England.

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