North Woolwich is a portion of Woolwich parish, and part of the county of Kent,
but lies on the north bank of the Thames and surrounded by and locally in the
county of Essex, in the Eastern Metropolitan postal district, union and county
district of Woolwich, rural deanery of Barking, archdeaconry of Essex and
diocese of St Albans and within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court
and Metropolitan Police. Here is a terminus of a branch line of the Great
Eastern Railway and there is also a station at Beckton. 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, 1873 [typo], and
formed into a separate ecclesiastical parish. The church of St John the
Evangelist was erected in 1872, at a cost of about £8,000, raised by voluntary
contributions, is an edifice of brick and stone in the Decorated style,
consisting of chancel and nave and turret containing one bell: a handsome
stained window was erected in 1872 to the memory of the Rev J W Allington MA, 10
years mission curate of the parish, who died as vicar-general in Zululand: there
are 800 sittings. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value about £300, with
residence, in the gift of the Bishop of St Albans, and held since 1883 by the
Rev Arthur Dalzell Piper BA of St Johns College, Cambridge. An iron mission
church was erected at Beckton in 1883. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel and
a police (inspector’s) station of the K division. 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 partly
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. The population
in 1871 was 1,455; and in 1881, including vessels in harbour, 4,098.
Post & Money Order Office & Telegraph Office & Savings Bank– Charles Peter
Schramm, receiver. Letters arrive at 8 & 11.30 am & 1.30 & 6.30 pm; dispatched
at 9.55 & 12.50 , 3, 5, 8.40 & 10.20 pm. Sundays dispatch 8.40 pm
Post & Money Order Office & Savings Bank, Beckton :- John Wadham, receiver.
Letters arrive at 9 am & 2.30 & 7.30 pm: dispatched 9.30 am & 4.15 & 8 pm. New
Beckton, Lewis Harman. Letters arrive at 9 am & 2.30 & 7.30 pm; dispatched at
9.45 am & 4.15 & 8 pm
Schools:-
National (boys), erected 1875, for 270 boys, with an average attendance of 200;
Henry Brunt, master
Girls, for 221 girls, average attendance 130, Miss Annie Burrows, mistress
Infant, for 250 children, average attendance 160,Miss Annie Oates, mistress
Railway Stations, William Brown, station master; Beckton station, John Halliday,
station master; Galleons station, Albert Dock, Allen Bristow, station master
Metropolitan Police Station, Robert Barrie & George Saven, inspectors
[ For further particulars relating to Woolwich parish, see the Kelly's Directory
of Kent]
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Allen Rev Ulric Herbert, 30 Windsor Terrace, Barking
Beale Frederick, Beckton House
Bedding Fred, Victoria House, Stanley Road
Bryceson Ebenezer, MA, MB, 9 Albert Road
Clare Jn Irwin, 12 Palmyra Terrace, High Street
Pago Harold, Treago
Lacey Thomas S, Lawn House, Beckton
Piper Rev Arthur Dalzell BA, Vicarage
Vance William John, 2 Palmyra Terrace, High Street
Wilton Thomas, Windsor Terrace, Beckton
Commercial
Ackland Chas Rt,
Royal
Pavilion Hotel
Anderson Peter James, greengrocer, 9 York Terrace, Elizabeth Street
Andrews Samuel Henry, oilman, 4 Palmyra Terrace, High Street
Ardern Richard, shopkeeper, 29 Windsor Terrace, Beckton
Avery Thomas, marine store dealer, 20 Albert Road
Bammon Emma (Mrs), coffee rooms, 34 Albert Road
Beckton Club & Institute (Alfred Haseler, hon sec), 1 Windsor Terrace, Beckton
Beckton Co-operative Society (John Wadham, sec), 99 Windsor Terrace, Beckton
Bennett Arthur John,
Gallions Hotel, Albert Docks
Birchall Joseph, shopkeeper, 52 Albert Road
Blake Frdk Chas, greengrocer, 67 Albert Road
Bodman Henry Abraham, pawnbroker, 113 Albert Road
Bone Wm Jas, boot & shoe maker, 12 High Street
Brown Samuel, shopkeeper, 18 Cromwell Terrace, Albert Road
Bryceson Ebenezer MA MB, surgeon, 9 Albert Road
Bull George, butcher, 37 Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Campbell John, shopkeeper, 63 Albert Road
Canning Charles Henry, beer retailer, 111 Albert Road
Chatterton Jane (Mrs), linen draper & haberdasher 2, & stationer & hosier 4 High
Street
Clamp George, wine & spirit merchant &
Royal Standard music hall, 112 Albert
Road
Crampton Harriet (Mrs), shopkeeper, 7 Albert Road
Crowe Eliza (Mrs), coffee rooms, 116 Albert Road
Curnick Thos, shopkeeper, Manor Way
Cyprus Estate Office (George Nye, manager), 34 Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Cyprus Workmen’s Club & Institute (Arthur Salmon, manager), Beaconsfield Street,
New Beckton
Daniels David, shopkeeper, 55 Albert Road
Davey Thomas, builder, 2 Kent Cottage, Dock Street
Dearsley Rt Jn, fish & fruit dealer, High Street
Downton J & Co, engineers, New Beckton
Ellard William Hy, grocer, 5 Albert Road
Epsom Jas,
Henley Arms PH, 35 Albert Road
Eve Thomas William Weston, butcher, 114 Albert Road
Farrar Sl Joyce, undertaker, 65 Albert Road
Fearne Wm, butcher, 108 Albert Road
Feast John Robert, greengrocer, 105 Albert Road
Fenton Joseph, grocer, 4 Albert Terrace, Albert Road
Fisher Thomas, hair dresser, 3 Albert Terrace, Albert Road
Forsey Thomas Tizzard, butcher & dairyman, 71 Windsor Terrace, Beckton
Foster M B & Sons, ale & beer merchants, export store, Victoria Stores, Stanley
Road
Fox Mark, shopkeeper, 77 Albert Road
Francis Joseph, corn & coal dealer, 1 Cromwell Terrace, Albert Road
Freshwater William George, boot & shoe maker, 3 Pavilion Terrace, Albert Road
Fulford John,
Old Barge House PH, River Side
Fuller G A & A, dredging contractors, sand, gravel & ballast merchants &
licensed lightermen, Barge House Landing Wharf, Draw Dock & Mud Shoots; office,
Lion Wharf, Millwall E
Gas Light & Coke Co’s (The) (George Careless Trewby, engineer; Frederick Beale,
resident engineer; Thomas S Lacey, assistant engineer; Harold Iago, 2nd
assistant engineer; Thos Wilton, manager of the tar & sulphate works), The
Beckton station
Gathercole William, grocer & agent for W & A Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants,
107 Albert Road
Geller Frederick, butcher, 4 Albert Road
Goodwin Brothers, coal merchants, 1 North Row
Hall John, coffee rooms, 12 Pavilion Terrace, Albert Road
Hardy John, boot maker, 84 Albert Road
Harman Lewis, shopkeeper, Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Harris William, carpenter & pattern maker, 89 Albert Road
Hart Thomas Alex, beer retailer, 42 Albert Road
Henley’s ( W T), Telegraph Works Co Limited
Hewiett Henry, hair dresser, 6 Albert Road
Holloway Isabel (Mrs),
Henley Arms PH, 35 Albert Road
Hornsey Edward, beer retailer, 52 Albert Road
Hunt Harry,
Kent Arms PH, 66 Albert Road
Huxtable Jas, fishmonger, 27 Albert Road
Jackson Frederick Maltby, baker, Dock Street
Jacobs George, corn chandler & cow keeper, 15 High Street
Johnson John, provision dealer, 1 Gladstone Terrace, Elizabeth Street
Jones William James, greengrocer, 1 Albert Road
Jordan Fredk Chas, boot maker, Albert Road
Keeling Joseph, shopkeeper, 4 Pavilion Terrace, Albert Road
Keszler Joseph, baker, 115 Albert Road
Killey Henry, beer retailer, 3 Emma Terrace, Manor Way
King William, coffee tavern, Manor Way
Leach Charles, coal dealer, 4 York Terrace, Elizabeth Street
Lilley George, greengrocer, Albert Road
Luckman Henry, chimney sweeper, 28 Albert Road
Maulden Maria (Mrs), beer retailer, Sharman Place, Storey Street
Mead John, fried fish shop, 2 Pavilion Terrace, Albert Road
Morgan Henry John, Central Tavern, Royal Albert Docks
Nixon Joseph, beer retailer, 52 Albert Road
Norman John, boot maker, 103 Albert Road
Page Catherine (Mrs), linen draper, 3 Palmyra Terrace, High Street
Pain William, oil & colorman, 35 Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Palmer James, beer retailer, 12 York Terrace, Elizabeth Street
Parkhurst Edward Herbert, butcher, 71 Windsor Terrace, Beckton
Parker Henry, beer retailer, 111 Albert Road
Paske Amos, grocer, 1 Palmyra Terrace, High Street
Perry Mary Ann & Maria (Misses), day school, Dock Street
Philips William, beer retailer, 99 Albert Road
Pitwood William, Beckton Gas Works Canteen, Beckton
Poynter Jane (Miss), flag maker, Albert Villa, Stanley Road
Price Edward,
Ferndale Arms PH, Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Public Vaccination Station (Kent) (William John Vance, vaccination officer), 2
Palmyra Terrace, High Street
Quinn James, shopkeeper, 36 Beaconsfield Street, New Beckton
Rapley Thomas, shopkeeper, 16 High Street
Rickett Chas, tobacconist, 106 Albert Road
Rickett, Smith & Co, coal merchants, Railway Station
Rowley Elizabeth (Mrs), fishmonger, 85 Albert Road
Rudd Frederick, clothes dealer, 10 Cromwell Terrace, Albert Road
Schramm Charles Peter, baker & post office, 109 Albert Road
Search Joseph James, shopkeeper, 13 Albert Road
Seingier Fk Hy, dining rooms, 110 Albert Road & 17 Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Smith Clara Brook (Mrs), chemist, 5 High Street
Smith Edwin, tobacconist, Albert Road
Smith John, coffee rooms, Manor Way
Solder Frank Casper, boot maker, 10 Albert Road
Stewart Jn & Son, engineers, Manor Way
Stemp Louisa (Mrs),
California Arms, Manor Way
Stock Henry, beer retailer, 54 Albert Road
Strudwick Wm Hy, beer retailer, 1 Albert Terrace
Sussems Thomas Benal, carman & shopkeeper, 17 High Street
Syme David, grocer, 3 High Street
Taggart Richard, dining rooms, 39 Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Thompson Frederick Wm, hair dresser, 104 Albert Road
Thompson Isaac Noland, coffee rooms, 36 Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Vance William John, surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, North
district, Woolwich union, 2 Palmyra Terrace, High Street
Walker John Nathaniel, watch maker, 88 Albert Road
Walter Wm, harness maker, 64 Albert Road
Warnett Walter, shopkeeper, 6 Elizabeth Street
Watson Agnes (Miss), shopkeeper, 15 Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Watson John, gas fitter & oilman, Julia House, Albert Road
West Edward,
Three Crowns PH, 1 High Street
Williams Benjamin, shopkeeper, 16 Cyprus Place, New Beckton
Wyatt John, cow keeper, 2 Albert Road
Wyatt Thomas Seymour, greengrocer, 8 Albert Road