Entries from 1931 Newport Kelly's Isle of Wight directory
for St. James Street

To account for missing numbers in Streets, it may be understood that either the house was empty at the time the revision was made, or let in weekly tenements, or that the information was refused.


from Town Gate bridge to St. John's place.    
East side.    
Margham H. & Sons, garage   
here is Crocker street    
1 Sheaf Francis, fishmonger   
2 Rugg Walter James & Co. Ltd., tobacconists   
3 Cheverton R. Bird, jun.   
4 Cheverton Frank, Ford service depot   
5 Wapshott William E., greengrocer   
6 Logan Robert, boot repairer   
7 Dunford George Henry, newsagent   
8 Harris Benjamin Victor, chemist   
9 Spanner Mrs. Mary A., draper   
10 Gentlee Frederick James, boot maker   
11 Cowes Co-Operative Society Ltd.   Demolished 2022
11a Isle of Wight Electric Light & Power Co. Ltd. (show rooms)   Demolished 2022
here is Lugley street.    
12 Nelson Robert & Co., domestic machinery depot   
12 Evans Albert   
13 Newport District Liberal Club (G. H. Snellgrove, hon. sec)   
14 Whitbread Benjamin John, rating officer for the parish of South Arreton & Whippingham & sec. to the Arreton Charity Trust   
14 Stiby & Elderfield, clothiers   
15 Mac Fisheries Ltd., fishmongers   
15a, Rugg Walter James & Co. Ltd., tobacconists   
Congregational Church   
16 Kent William, furniture dealer   
17 Early William J., butcher   
18 Long Mrs. Winifred, fruiterer   
here is High street    
St. James square.    
18a, Isle of Wight County Club (William C. Black, sec.; Walter F. Bower, steward)   
18a, Isle of Wight County Club Ltd. (regd. office)   
19 Jordan & Stanley, grocers.   
19 Vectis Bus Co. Ltd. (associated S. Railway Co. Ltd.) (offices)   
20 Wadham & Sons Ltd., house furnishers   
21 Red Lion P.H., John A. McQueen   
22 & 23 Roach's Hotel & Restaurant (Mrs. A. E. Hooton)   
23 The Bell inn, William Kellow Baker   
24 Lock Frederick William, fruiterer   
here is Pyle street    
26 Dalby Mrs. H. L., boot dealer   
26a, Tomlinson George E., greengrocer   
27 Tomlinson George E., tobacconist   
28 Pittis Francis & Son, auctioneers   
29 Gray Mrs. R. C., rubber goods dealer   
here is South street    
30 Newport & Isle of Wight Mineral Water Co. (Jordan & Stanley, proprietors)   
30 Cook Miss   
31 Whitcher Frank E., outfitter   
32 & 33 Jordan & Stanley, grocers   Demolished after a direct hit by enemy action in 1943.
34 Draysey Sidney, fried fish restaurant   
34a, Bannister Miss Elsie, confectioner   
35 Good Charles Arthur M.R.C.V.S.Lond. veterinary surgeon & veterinary inspector for Newport market under the Corporation   
35 Urry F. B., clerk to the Carisbrooke burial board   
36 Eldridge James & Sons, solicitors & commissioners for oaths.   
36 Eldridge James, solicitor & commissioner for affidavits in the Supreme court & clerk to the magistrates for the Borough of Newport   
37 Meech George C., cycle agent   
38 & 39 Bright & Minns Ltd., dyers & cleaners   
40 Cave & Sherwood, grocers   
41 Grapes P.H., Edward George Shipsey   
here is Orchard lane    2019 Bowling Green Lane
42 Wray Mrs. Annie, confectioner   
43 Stotesbury John, fried fish dealer   
44 Cooper Frank, mason   
here is Plough yard    
48 Plough inn, Mrs. Susan Hayles   
here is Orchard street    
49 Jenkins T. & E. W., masons   
50 Gready William   
52 Harrison William W., motor accessories dealer   
Ring Howard D., leather seller   
Caddy Edwin, pastrycook   
Council School   
Domestic Centre (Miss M. Newman, mistress)   
West side    
61 Cranbourn P.H., Mrs. Ellen M. Smith   
62 Divers Alfred Samuel, confectioner   
63 Ince W. J., boot maker   
64 Ralph Arthur James, florist   
65 Barbor Mrs.   
66 Cheverton Arthur Laurence, beer retailer   
67 & 68 Snellgrove J. E. & Son, plumbers   
68 Snellgrove George H.   
69 & 70 Matthews Fred, stationer & post office   
71 Wentworth Mrs. E., shopkeeper   
72 Reynolds Mrs.   
73 Reynolds Mrs. C. M., newsagent   
74 Ward Charles, shopkeeper   
76 Hayles W. H., hairdresser   
76 Coward Frederick G., ironmonger   
77 Payne Ernest Albert, confectioner   
78 Kirby John & Son, pork butchers   
79 Atkey Reginald, house furnisher   
80 Toole Frederick, boot repairer   
82 Riley Alfred George, hairdresser   
83 Tuffley Miss N. A., fancy draper   
84 Snelgrove George   
85 Curtis Mrs. N., butcher   
86 Coleman Francis John   
Node Hill Congregational Lecture Hall & Sunday School   
here is Chapel street    
87 Coombes William T., saddler   
88 Simmonds Mrs. Kate W., fishmonger   
89 Cheeseman Richard, boot maker   
91 Rugg Walter James & Co. Ltd., tobacconists   
92 George inn, Mrs. Kate W. Norris   
93 & 94 Sheath John & Co., corn merchants   
here is Scarrot's lane    
95 & 96 Moorman & Son, house furnishers.   
97 Shepard Edward James, baker   
98, 99 & 100 Abraham A. W. &. Co., pork butchers   
101 Midland Bank Ltd. (Hedley Francis Heaton, mngr)   
here is Pyle street    
St. James Square    
102 Barclays Bank Ltd. (Charles Challen, manager)   
103 Larby Stuart., confectioner   
104 Yelf Gerald Hind, baker   
105 Dalby Harry Letts., leather seller   
106 Hayles James Alfred, pork butcher   
106a, Beken & Son, chemists   
107 National Provincial Bank Ltd. (Frederic Eathorne Slanning Jackson, manager)   
107a, Linington J. H., ironmonger   
108 Godwin H., tailor   
here is High street    
110 Moody Samuel F., watch maker   
111 Purkis George B. & Son Ltd., boot makers   
112 Fisk & Fisher, corn merchants   
113 Pickfords Ltd., carrier & railway agents   
114 Purkis George B. & Son Ltd., tailors & outfitters   
115 Stiby & Elderfield, clothiers.   
116 Kime Ernest Alfred, photographer   
117 Freemasons' tavern, Mrs. Emily M. Harris   
here is Lugley street    
118 Newport Grammar School (L. J. D. Wheatley B.Sc. head master)   
119 Charles the First P.H., Alfred James Norris   
120 Alabone Arthur, dentist   
121 Ibbotson Sidney   
122 Pittis Miss   
here is Croeker street    
124 Tee Ernest Edwin, baker   
125 Deacon Mrs.   
126 Jacobs Harry   
127 Troopers inn, Arthur Richard Briscoe   
128 Juke Alfred Harry   
129 Hannam Ernest   
130 Morris Bernard C.   
131 Mytton Richard   
121 Kent Albert, miller (Town Gate mill)   
Assembly Rooms (Town Gate mill)   

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