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) |
