7 High Street

1885 Property Auction

Lot 83. - A Commandingly-Situated Double Freehold COTTAGE RESIDENCE, being

No. 7, HIGH STREET, GOSPORT,

In the occupation of Messrs. Griffin and Smith, at Rents producing £25 4s. per Annum, (inclusive of
Taxes), each having Parlor, Kitchen and Two Bed Rooms, with Large Yard and Garden in Rear with
Glass House and Coal Store, Pump &c., therein, having the advantage of a Sideway Entrance, the
Forecourt being enclosed with Iron Ornamental Palisading.

	FIFTY YEARS ON FROM THE 1885 AUCTION in the mid-thirties the following high street residents, traders, doctors and dentists were listed in kelly's street directory (north side from Walpole Road to North Cross Street)
	1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 & 7 8A 8B 9 10 10 10A 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 15 15 15 15 16 18 18 19	Perkins F. L. dairyman Knight Leonard Adolphus Charles, dental surgeon Knight Reginald D., dental surgeon Knight Cyril Leonard, dental surgeon Lamplough, Lamplough & Russell, physicians & surgeons Portlock Harry Gosport Water Works Co. Hawke Frederick G. Gosport Savings Bank (A. Darwent, mgr) Portsmouth & Gosport Gas Co. Palmer Arthur S. Abraham Archibald John, furniture mfr Wilson Bernard, confectioner Ashley Wallpaper Co. Ltd Bishop Mrs H. Cadic Miss Phillips optician Ministry of Labour Employment Exchange Northcott Stores, ironmongers Gosport & Alverstoke Coal & Fuel Associations Ltd ASHLEY BUILDINGS:- Alverstoke Nurseries Ashley Dancing Academy (Miss Charles) Truswell William Jones John. (Maisonette) Wilson Bernard Hy., stationer Williams Ernest W., dentist Barham Gerald Morris Frank Harold Beaumont John M. Heard John L. Parsons & Son, watch makers Hammond Stanley J., commssn. agt. Bell Hotel, Walter S. Fripp North Cross Street here

	north side from North Cross Street to ferry end
	20-24 25 25 25 25 26 & 27 29 29B 30 30 31 32 32 35 & 36 37 38 39 40 40 41 41 42 43 & 44 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 50 51 & 52 53 53 54 55 56 57, 58 & 59 60 & 61 61 62 62 62A 63 63 64 65 66 67B 67A 68 69 69 69 70 71 72	Lloyds Bank Smith S. W. & Co., turf accountants Provident Clothing & Supply Co. Ltd Vincent Montague S.F. Int. A.C., accountant Chapman A. & E. Limited, laundry. (receiving office) Midland Bank Ltd (Wilfrid M. Hughes, mgr) Gauntlett Miss Olive May, art needlework shop Brunswick Dyeing, Cleaning & Carpet Beating Co. Ltd Burrell Maurice, solicitor Cruickshank R. Barnard B.A., solicitor Fraser's, hairdressers Murphy Rev. Jn. P. O'Dowd Rev. Michael Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church STAR CHAMBERS: National Provincial Bank Ltd. (Ronald Wade, manager) Churcher & Churcher, solicitors & commissioners for oaths Churcher V.E.G., solicitor Cook William H. Charles Star Hotel, William Thomas Gascoyne Dash C. M. & Sons Ltd., builders (Star Hotel yard) World's Stores Limited Wyatt Rt. J., draper Field Leonard M., architect Morgan Leslie W.W., saddler Harvey Alfred E., dentist Harrison P., costumier Searle & Wordley, hairdressers Sydes Gerald Hugh Home & Colonial Stores Ltd Brewhouse Yard & Chapman's Alley here Gunton Brothers, florists Gunton Roy De La Roche Smith W. B. & Son, chemists Smith Ernest H., dentist Mumby Charles & Co. Ltd, mineral water merchants Arm Geo. Hy. (Castleman's Yard) Thomas Ernest J., architect Holmes Mrs. Ellen, newsagent Standhaft Charles, hairdresser Millett's Ltd., government surplus stores Whitcher Jn. Geo. Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ltd. Charlesworth Charles, house furnisher Hobb's Passage here Collisson Thomas C., music director Collins Hy. R. J., tobacconist Keast William, mangle mfr Keast William, gramophone dealer Leader Jas. Chaplins Ltd., carriers Southern Railway Inquiry & Parcel Office Chaplins Ltd., agents Cory Clarence, cycle agent Coates George Edwin Dittman & Malpas Ltd., corn merchants Fluxs Gosport Steam Laundries Ltd Wall George H., fruiterer Portsmouth Central Wireless Co. Ltd Peachey's Lane here Hill Roland Jesse, ladies hairdresser McDonald Mrs. K. G., library Wright Elijah A., music shop Portsmouth Newspapers Ltd Hampshire Telegraph & Naval Chronicle Bird Mrs Weston Charles E., café Honey William, confectioner Old Northumberland Hotel, Mrs Edith Alder Market Row here MARKET HOUSE: Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. Gosport Club (Harry G. Stainer, sec) Tomlinson S. E. & Son, coffee room McInnes Jn., refreshment rooms

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