History of North Woolwich in 1878 Post Office Directory
North Woolwich 1878
North Woolwich is a
portion of Woolwich parish, and part of the county of Kent, but being on the
north bank of the Thames, is surrounded by and in the county of Essex, in the
Eastern Metropolitan postal district, union and county district of Woolwich.
Here is a terminus of a branch line of the Great Eastern Railway. Steamboats ply
between North Woolwich and Woolwich (Kent) every few minutes in connection with
the railway. This place was formerly included in the ecclesiastical parish of St
Mark, Victoria Docks, from which it was separated in February, 1877, and formed
into a district chapelry. The church of St John the Evangelist was erected in
1872, at a cost of about £8,000, which was raised by voluntary contributions: it
is a brick and stone building, consisting of chancel and nave and turret with 1
bell, and has sittings for 800 persons. The living is a vicarage, yearly value
about £180, in the gift of the Bishop of St Albans, and held by the Rev Charles
Bell MA, of St John’s College, Cambridge. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
The principal landowners are George Reid and J F French esqs, the North Woolwich
Land Company, W F Henley esq, the War Office, London and St Katharine’s Dock
Company, and The Gas Light and Coke Company, whose works at Beckton, covering an
area of 40 acres, are aprtly in North Woolwich and partly in Barking. The area
of this portion of the parish is about 400 acres, or one-third of the whole
parish of Woolwich, and the population in 1871 was 1,455.
Post & Money Order
Office & Savings Bank & telegraph Office – Charles Peter Schramm, receiver
Schools:-
National (boys), John
parker Wilson, master
Girls, Miss Catherine
Richards, mistress
Infant, Miss Clara
Timson, mistress
Railway Station,
Francis Hodges, station master
[ For further
particulars relating to Woolwich parish, see the Post Office Directory of Kent]
Bull Rev Charles MA,
Vicarage
Bush Thomas J, Beckton
Harvey William, Azoff
Villa
Poynter William
Trewby George
Careless, Beckton House
Vance William John
Commercial
Allnatt James, cow
keeper
Anderson Peter James,
potato dealer
Anglo-American Leather
Cloth Co Lim
Ardren Richard,
shopkeeper, Beckton Cottages
Avery Thomas, marine
store dealer
Beaman William,
greengrocer
Birchall Joseph,
shopkeeper
Bodman Hy Abraham,
pawnbroker
Bradford George, boot
maker
Butcher Robert, tripe
dresser
Cade John, news agent
Chatterton Samuel,
linen draper
Clamp George,
Royal
Standard
Cocks William, baker
Cox Mary Ann (Mrs),
carman
Crampton Samuel,
shopkeeper
Cullum James Thomas,
beer retailer
Davey Thomas, builder
Davis John, The
Beckton Gas Works, Canteen
Edwards George,
greengrocer
Farrar Samuel Joyce,
undertaker
Forsey Thomas, butcher
& dairyman, Beckton Cottages
Fox Mark, shopkeeper
Foster M B & Sons, ale
& beer merchants; esport stores, Victoria Stores
Francis William, cow
keeper
Gas Light & Coke Co’s
(The) Works (George Careless Trewby, engineer; Thomas J Bush, deputy engineer)
Gathercole William,
grocer
Geller Frederick, pork
butcher
Gibbs David,
shopkeeper
Hardman John, beer
retailer
Harrington William,
butcher & grocer
Harris William,
carpenter etc
Henley William Thomas,
telegraph engineer & contractor
Hodges Francis,
station master
Holland William,
Royal
Pavilion Hotel
Holloway Thomas,
Henley Arms
Hutchings William,
grazier etc
Jackson Frederick
Maltby, baker
Jacobs George, cow
keeper
Jarrett Edward, coffee
rooms
Jones George, beer
retailer
Jones William,
greengrocer
Keeling Joseph,
painter etc
Knowles Jane (Mrs),
boot maker
Laws Henry, tailor
Leach Charles, coal
dealer
Leonard John,
greengrocer
Lucy George,
Old Barge
House
Murphy Jeremiah,
Kent
Arms
Norman James, boot
maker
Page James, linen
draper
Pain William, oilman
Palmer James, beer
retailer
Papworth James,
undertaker
Payne William Henry,
hair dresser
Philips William, beer
retailer
Price Charles Walter,
grocer
Rapley Thomas,
shopkeeper
Rickett, Smith & Co,
coal merchants; & at Canning Town, Leyton & Stratford
Rowley Elizabeth
(Mrs), fish dealer
Sans Isabella (Mrs),
beer retailer
Schramm Chas Peter,
baker & post office
Skinner John James,
shopkeeper
Smith Clara Brook
(Mrs), chemist
Smith Edwin,
tobacconist
Stedman James Walter,
cow keeper
Stemp Charles, pork
butcher
Stemp John, beer
retailer
Stemp Louisa (Mrs),
California Arms
Strickland Eliza
(Mrs), beer retailer
Sussems Thomas, carman
Syme david, grocer
Taylor George, boot &
shoe warehouse
Vance Thomas Shaw,
chemist
Vance William John,
surgeon
Walker John, watch &
clock maker
Warwick John,
tobacconist
Watson Andrew, coal
dealer
Watson John, oilman
etc
West Edward,
Three
Crowns
White Robert, coffee
rooms
Young John, coal
dealer
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