Gray and Warren’s 1861–62 street directory of Croydon
I don’t have a photo of pages 68–69, only my own transcription. Square brackets are in the original, except when their contents are prefaced by TN (transcriber’s note). Line-broken lines have been rejoined except where the break appears to convey meaning, punctuation, or separation.
Transcription of pp. 68–69
[TN: continuation of CANTERBURY ROAD from the previous page]
- 8 Stent, H. (painter)—Dressmaking by Mrs S.
- 9 Crouch, Charles (gardener)
- 10 Martin, William
- 11 Hollands, Albert Charles (joiner)
- Building Ground
- Chatfield, John, Builder, &c.
- Wilmshurst, James (plumber)
- House unoccupied
- Three new tenements unfinished
- [Opposite side are Christ Church Schools
Howard, William, Master
LONDON ROAD
The residences, &c., on the right-hand side not being numbered, are marked with a (*), and follow the numbered houses to which they are respectively opposite.
- 1 Fox & Hounds—Goodman, John, licensed Victualler
- 2 Davis Henry, Butcher
- 3 Cannon, Edward William, Auctioneer, Estate and House Agent
- * Croydon Railway Terminus, or West Station of the London and South-Coast Railway—Croydon and Epsom Branch
- * Spearpoint, Robert, Station Master (residence at the old Station House)
- * Robinson, George (railway carpenter’s foreman)
- * { Anscombe, Henry, Superintendent at the London Terminus
{ Austin, Mrs Jane, Monthly Nurse
[TN: Henry Anscombe and Jane Austin are bracketed together with a single curly bracket centred on the asterisk] - * Meredith & Co’s Corn Stores
- London Road Nonconformist Church—Ministers various
- 16 Janes, James, Commercial Traveller
- 17 Stanton, Mr Benjamin John
- 18 Potter, Mrs
- 19 Wyatt, Mrs (private resident)
[MEAD PLACE, leading to Parson’s Mead
- 1 Paulger, Mr John
- 2 Sandys, Mr George
- 3 Unoccupied when this page was printed
- 4 Coode, William, Job Master at the ‘Three Tuns’
- 5 Sayers, Mrs Elizabeth (private resident)
- 6 Holliday, James (carpenter)
- 7 Lloyd, George
- 8 Dixon, David (engine-driver)
- Percy, George, gentleman—‘Attwood Cottage’
- Fuller, Mrs Elizabeth—‘Nutshell Cottage’
- Vaughan, Mr William
- Averillo, Mr John—‘Winscombe Cottage’
- 20 Abraham, Mrs
- 21 Picken, S......, Surgeon (Bottomley & Picken)
- 22 Grant, Mrs
- 23 Holmes, Joseph Foster, gentleman
- 24 Hennell, Mr Edward
- 25 Jeffcott, Susannah and Georgiana Louisa, the Misses, Establishment for Young Ladies
- 26 Mullins, Willoughby, gentleman
- 27 Pratt, Matthew, esq.
- 28 Finch, Mrs Sarah (private resident)
- 29 Pace, John, esq....Pace, Henry, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law (at 23, Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London)
- * Sterry, Richard, esq.—‘Oakfield Lodge’
- 34 Squire, John, gentleman
- 35 Froom, William, jun., esq.
- 36 Lanfear, William B., Solicitor (and at 11, Abchurch Lane, London)
- 37 Henley, William C., esq.
- 38 Evans, Charles, esq.—‘Tower House’
- 39 Ellis, George, gentleman
- 40 Skeats Herbert S. (private resident)
- 41 Acraman, William Edward, esq.
- 42 Baines, John, esq.
- 45 Hopkins, Frederick S., esq.
- [Montague Road—leading to Parson’s Mead—(see page 63)
- * Cottage to ‘Oakfield Lodge’—Warner, William
- 46 Walkden, John, esq.
- 47 Johnson, Miss
- 48 Collyer, Bristow, esq.
- Chatfield, Charles, esq.—‘Broad Green House’
- * Cox, James, esq.–‘Broad Green Place’
- [At the lodge entrance—Gower, Robert
- 54 { 1 Barrett, Mrs Jonathan (private resident)
- 55 { 2 Whiffin, John, gentleman
- 56 { 3 Campbell, Colonel J. H. (Bengal Army retired)
- 57 { 4 Shaw, Charles G., esq.
- 58 { 5 Reed, Mrs
- 59 { 6 Lindsey, John, esq.
- 60 { 7 Turnour, Rev. Francis Edward
- 61 { 8 Griffiths, Mrs E.
- 62 { 9 Turner, Mrs Thomas—‘Cumberland Lodge’
[TN: numbers 54–62 are bracketed together with a long single curly bracket labelled “BROAD GREEN PLACE”] - * ‘Albion Cottage’—Ivey, Mr Henry J. B.
- [SUMNER ROAD—on the left
- [SAINT JAMES’ ROAD—on the right
