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Essex 1855 Post Office Trade Directory for  West Ham

History of East Ham & West Ham in 1855

West Ham Index

Commercial Traders

Adams William, farmer & market gardener, West Ham

Ambrose Mary (Miss), straw hat maker, Plaistow Lane

Arnold John, carpenter

Ashforth Charles, chemist

Baldock Abijah, grocer, 1 Pavement

Banks Joseph, surgeon, 24 Upton Place

Barker William, baker, Plaistow Grove

Briggs Sarah (Mrs), haberdasher, Plaistow Lane

Burton William, farmer

Bushnell Richard, carrier

Cannon Thos, fishmonger, Plaistow Lane

Carter Mary Ann (Mrs), shopkeeper, Plaistow Lane

Castle James, baker & brewer

Choat Samuel, farrier

Clipton John, ‘Angel’

Cole John, tailor, Plaistow Lane

Coles Mary (Mrs), dyer

Cooper John, miller, Abbey Mills

Croxford Arthur, grocer & postmaster, 12 Upton Lane

Davidson & Gorden, distillers

De Levante Rachael Ann (Mrs), professor of music

Dickinson Joseph, hair dresser

Duncumb Edmund, ‘Kings Head’

Eapps John, boot & shoe maker, Ham Lane

Evennett Chas, corn chandler, Church Street

Field Thomas N, shopkeeper

Fletcher Sam, pawnbroker & auctioneer, Pavement

Frost Giles, baker

Gilvray Alfred, hair dresser

Gynn David, grocer & pork butcher

Hancock & Co, gutta percha manufacturers

Harmer George, book binder & printer, Upton Lane

Hendebourck George, beer retailer, Plaistow Lane

Hills George, grocer

Hollamby Charles, tailor, Plaistow Lane

Humphreys Jno, carpenter, 5 Pavement

Homan Henry Bent, superintendent of Middlesex & Essex tolls

Ion Robert Augustine, ‘White Swan’, West Ham Abbey

Kent George, beer retailer, Church Street

King Miss, mistress of Mrs Bonnell’s free school

Lamb Eliza (Mrs), haberdasher

Lees Ruth (Mrs), mistress of infants school

Levick Christr Kenny, surgeon, Ham Lane

Lockwood Flora Ann (Miss), shopkeeper, Church Street

Lorking Wm, shopkeeper, Plaistow Lane

Loudon James, road surveyor

Lowe Nathaniel, beer retailer

Mace George, smith & farrier

Martin Elizabeth (Miss), mistress of British school, Union Row

Mears William, tailor, Plaistow Lane

Moore Geo, ‘Lord Gough’, Plaistow Lane

Mugliston Geo J W, surgeon, Ham Lane

Mure Philip William & Co, distillers, Three Mills

Newland Sam, corn chandler, Plaistow Lane

Newland Thoa, boot & shoe maker, Plaistow Lane

Newman John, linen draper

Norton William, ‘Greyhound’

Palmer Joseph, baker, Plaistow Lane

Perfect Geo, plumber, painter & glazier

Purkis George, butcher

Rand John, shopkeeper, Forest Gate

Raven John, cow keeper, Church Street

Reed Thomas & Co, brick makers, Abbey Fields

Rivett George, builder & undertaker, Church Street

Rivett William, house agent & undertaker, Church Street

Roberts Wm, beer retailer, Vicarage Lane

Rout Leabon, ‘Crown’

Rowley Esau, baker

Sale George, wheelwright, Ham Lane

Samuels David Arthur, builder, Plaistow Lane

Self Jeremiah, master of National school

Sholl Ruyter, carrier

Smith Charles & James, bricklayers

Spencer Miss, mistress of Infant school, Upton

Stevens Edwin Henry, agent to Alliance assurance Co, West Ham & Stratford

Taylor Richard, shopkeeper

Tucker John, silk printer, West Ham Abbey

Tyler Edward, butcher

Tyler John, tailor

Uffindell Ephraim, ‘Adam & Eve’, West ham Abbey

Vause William, ‘Spotted Dog’, Upton

Wagstaff Robert & Thomas, farmers & market gardeners

West ham Gutta Percha Co, John Branscombe, manager

Woolston Ruth (Mrs), ‘Unicorn’

Worthington David, grocer

 

Canning Town

Gibbs Thomas, baker

Guerrier Matthew, butcher

Stoatt Thomas, ‘Durham Arms’

 

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