Stratford 1855 Post Office Directory
History of Stratford in 1855
Commercial Traders
Alexander Frederick John, surgeon, Grove Terrace Alexander Horace, architect & surveyor, Rokeby House, Broadway Anderson Robert, assistant overseer & vestry clerk, Rokeby House, Broadway Ashdown Charles, poor rate collector & registrar of marriages, Rokeby House, Broadway Astley Peter Hyde, tailor, Broadway Atkin Charles, beer retailer, Forest gate Ault Henry, boarding school for gentlemen, Grove House, Forest Lane Austin Thomas, upholsterer, High Street Avery Thomas, straw hat maker, Broadway Baber Charles, master of National school, James Place, High Street Backler George, boot & shoe maker, 1 Dorset Place, Stratford New Town Bailey Joseph, boot & shoe maker, Broadway Baker Thomas, butcher, Forest Gate Barber John, cook & Confectioner, Broadway Barker Joseph, paperhanger, Broadway Barnes John, cheesemonger, Broadway Barsham William James & Co, patent emery & glass cloth & black lead manufacturers; & at 34 Threadneedle Street, City Bates Charles, beer retailer, High Street Bates George, straw bonnet maker, Broadway Battley Joseph, grocer, Essex Place, High Street Bayley John, basket maker, High Street Beckwith George, plumber & gasfitter, High Street Beckwith William, farrier & veterinary surgeon, Bow Bridge Beecham William, marine store dealer, Waddington Place Beger John David, Castle Inn & livery stables, Angel Lane Bell & Black, wax vesta camphorated patent Congreve manufactuirers; & at 15 Bow Lane, Cheapside Benbrook Charles John, beer retailer, High Street Benham Henry, carman, High Street Biddle George, tailor, High Street Bigg Thomas, Cart & Horses Bigg William, market gardener, Forest Lane Biggs William, cutler & tool maker, Broadway Billings Benjamin, beer retailer, Broadway Bird Joseph John, Harrow Bish George, smith & engineer Bish Henry, smith & farrier, Chapel Street Blake Joseph, Angel Inn, Broadway Blinkhorn Thomas, herbalist, 2 Essex Place, High Street Bloomfield Mary (Mrs), beer retailer, Broadway Bone William, farmer, Forest Gate Boyce Charles, furniture broker, rag & phial dealer, 21 Turnpike Road, High Street & Albert Place Brand John, boot & shoe maker, 12 Waddington Place, Stratford New Town Bressey John, pawnbroker, High Street Briggs & Garford, seed crushers Brooks George, butcher, High Street Bugg William, Two Brewers Bullock Thomas, baker & corn chandler Bunney George Hockley, nursery seedsman & florist, Maryland Point; & Bedford conservatories, Covent Garden Burford Ephraim & Son, stocking & glove dyers, Printing grounds Burford T, linen draper, silk mercer etc, 17, 18 & 19 Broadway Burling George, coal & timber merchant, St Michaels Wharf Burton James William, corn chandler, agent to the Sovereign life assurance company, Broadway Burton John, cooper & basket maker, Broadway Burton Martha (Miss), stationer & toy dealer, Broadway Burton William, farmer, Charlton Place Butler William, corn chandler, High Street Carpenter William, miller, St Thomas’s Mills Carr James, cheesemonger, Broadway Carr William, dyer, Bridge Road Carter William & Co, coppersmiths & brassfounders Carter Joshua, fly proprietor, Angel lane Catchpole James, Three Pigeons, Stratford Green Clark William, corn & coal merchant Clay Thomas Frederick, surgeon, High Street Cleghorn Elizabeth (Mrs), leather seller, High Street Close John, baker & confectioner, agent to the Times life assurance & guarantee company, High Street Cobb William Simms, Railway Tavern Coleby William, corn chandler, High Street Collins James, tailor, Broadway Combs George, master of boys British school, Little North Street Coolbear James Thomas, beer retailer, Stratford New Town Cooper Eliza, shopkeeper, Buxton Terrace, Stratford New Town Cooper John, miller, Abbey Mills Copeland Sophia (Mrs), pork butcher, 6 William Street, Angel lane Cossington John, lighterman Cowland Joseph, Yorkshire Grey, High Street Cox Henry, grocer & cheesemonger, High Street Craddock george, wood turner, undertaker & sexton, Surinam Terrace Craddock James, tobacconist & agent to the National freehold land society, Broadway Craddock John, hair dresser, Broadway Craddock William Edward, tailor, Broadway Crane James, furniture broker, Grove Curtis Edward, builder, broadway Curtis Robert Leabon, surveyor & architect, agent to the Northern fire & life assurance company, Broadway Dalton John, oil & colorman, High Street Dalton Louisa (Miss), mistress of infant school, Forest Gate Dangerfield Thomas, tailor, High Street Davey Charles Gabriel, Swan Inn & livery stables, Broadway Davis John Samuel, confectioner, West Ham lane Desson Charles, timber dealer, High Street Debney Thomas, locksmith & bell hanger, Broadway Demaid Robert, builder, West Ham lane Dewan William, boot & shoe maker, 27 Turnpike Row Dodwell Spencer, beer retailer, Waddington Place, Stratford New Town Downie & Norman, cooks & confectioners, 1 William Street, Angel Lane Dudridge William, tailor, Forest Gate Duncumb George, tobacconist, High Street Dyer John, builder, Forest Gate Dyer Thomas, beer retailer & carpenter, Forest Gate Dyson Charles, architect & surveyor, Grove Eacock Elizabeth (Mrs), hatter, High Street Easton & Helmore, veterinary surgeons, High Street Edgar john, stationer, news vendor & circulating library, Broadway Edwards Joseph, butcher, High Street Edwards William, pork butcher, Waddington Road, New Town Elliot & Macmeikan, surgeons, Stratford Green Elliott Henry, greengrocer, Waddington Road, New Town Elliott William, MD surgeon, 10 Vicarage Terrace, Stratford Green Ellis James, omnibus proprietor, Albion Wharf Evennett James, tailor, 3 Essex Place, High Street Farnes Joseph, Bird in Hand, High Street Farrant George, coach builder & wheelwright, High Street Fisher John Tulloh, auctioneer & surveyor, Rokeby House, Broadway, Stratford & Plaistow Fisher Thomas, builder & undertaker, Stratford Green & Maryland Point Ford Rhoda (Mrs), tobacconist, High Street Fordham James, retail brewer, High Street Fordham John, coach Builder & wheelwright Fowler Thomas, Window glass cutter, High Street Francis Elizabeth (Mrs), greengrocer, Broadway Freeman Joseph, boarding & day school, Maryland Point Gardiner Joseph, baker, 17 Waddington Place, Stratford New Town Garvie William, nursery & seedsman, Maryland Point Gee Sarah (Mrs), butcher, Broadway Geere Thomas & Son, timber merchants, High Street Gentry John, baker, Grove Gerrard John, tailor, 22 Bridge Place Gidney William, beer retailer & timber dealer, Chatsworth Street Gilbert Richard, hair dresser, High Street Gillman Wm John Knight, tailor, Surinam Terrace, Broadway Gilson Henry, plumber etc, Forest Gate Glover Phillip, furniture broker, Broadway Glover Richard, dining rooms, Broadway Gocher James, butcher, Matthews Terrace Godden Benjamin, King of Prussia, Broadway Godfrey Joseph, baker, Langthorn Street Golledge Richard, watch & clock maker, agent to the Atlas assurance company & parish clerk, Surinam Terrace Gooch Thos, beer retailer, 8 Waddington Road, Stratford New Town Gore William, plumber, Grove Gowar (Stphen) & Hicks (James), carriage & harness manufacturers, Broadway Gower Joseph, beer retailer, 1 Loader Terrace, New Town Graham Joseph, manufacturing & agricultural chemist, & Jamaica Coffee House, St Michaels Alley, Cornhill Graves geo, greengrocer, Charles Buildings, Maryland Point Gredley Edmund, baker, Broadway Gregory George, beer retailer, High Street Groscombe Wm Thos, hair dresser, High Street & Bow, Middlesex Grout William, cooper, High Street Hammond George, beer retailer, New Town Harmsworth Henry, Fox & Hounds Harris Charles, furnishing ironmonger, Broadway Hart Richard, hatter, Broadway Hatherhill William, tobacconist, Broadway Hayes James, hairdresser, Grove Hayward Charles, oilman & grocer, High Street Heath Robert, builder, High Street Hemmings James, pork butcher, High Street Henden Benjamin, hatter, High Street Hersom Samuel, painter & glazier, 2 Obed Place, Angel lane Hickling Thomas, butcher, 10 Farringdon Place Hicks Richard Turner & Son, linen drapers & silk mercers, High Street Hill Clara (Miss), mistress of National school, James Place, High Street Hill John, chemist, High Street Hitchcock Joseph, greengrocer, Oxford Terrace Hodson Harry & Co, colour, varnish & printing ink manufacturer Holland George, shopkeeper, Forest gate Hopcraft Robert, boot & shoe maker, Broadway Howards & Kent, manufacturing chemists Howell Charles William Henry, surgeon, Surinam Terrace Hubbard Henry, plumber, painter & glazier, & agent to the Era assurance company, Broadway Hunt Thomas Williamatt, grocer & cheesemonger, High Street Hunter Sarah (Miss), boarding school for ladies, Stratford Green Ibbetson Samuel, farmer, Chobham Farm Ingleton Edward, butcher, Broadway Jackson William John, currier & leather seller, High Street James George Edward, chandlers shop, 6 Prospect Place, Stratford new Town Jay Wm, beer retailer, Charles buildings, Maryland Point Jeune Frederick Charles, India rubber manufacturer & waterproofer (from 10 ½ Globe Road, Mile End) Johnson Charles, greengrocer, Albert Place Johnson Charles, watch & clock maker, West ham lane Johnson Francis, fancy repository, High Street Johnson George, oilman, High Street Johnson Joseph, corn chandler, Broadway Keeys Thomas, harness maker, 2 West Ham Lane Kennedy Angus, physician Kent George, engineer, West ham lane King Charles, basket maker, Maryland Point King Edward, baker, High Street Kinghorn Margaret (Mrs), ladies school, Surinam Terrace Knight John, poulterer, West Ham Lane Langton Richard, boarding & day school, West Ham lane Lea John, chemist & druggist, & agent to British Empire assurance company, Broadway Leach Charles, watch & clock maker, Broadway Lee William & Son, lime merchants, Stratford Wharf Levick Christopher, surgeon, West Ham Lane Lockwood James, corn chandler, Broadway Lord Richard, grocery dealer & butcher, 1 Buxton Terrace, Stratford New Town Lorking George, tailor, High Street Lowdell george, painter & glazier, Two Brewers Passage Loxley William, baker, Castle Terrace, Stratford New Town Lushey John, boot & shoe maker, Forest gate McCash William, baker & confectioner, & agent to the Scottish Equitable life assurance company, Broadway Mackness John, baker, High Street Maguire Benjamin, clothier & hosier, Broadway Maguire Elizabeth (Mrs), glass & china dealer, Broadway Maguire James, tobacconist, Grove Maple James, agent to the London Mutual life & guarantee society, 8 Somerset Place, Langthorpe Street Martin Frederick & son, upholsterers & cabinet makers, & agents to the Royal Exchange assurance co, Broadway Martin Ann Elizabeth (Miss), mistress of British school (girls), Bridge Road Martin Frederick Samuel, timber merchant, Broadway Martin Thomas, cattle salesman, Woodgrange Road, Forest gate Martin Wm, shopkeeper, 1 Prospect Place, Stratford New Town Matthews William, furniture japanner, 16 Bridge Place May William, Blue Boar, High Street Maythorn & Clapton (Misses), straw hat makers & milliners, High Street Meeson Richard & Edward, coal merchants, lime burners & cement manufacturers, Bow Bridge Meggs John, carpenter & ladder maker, Bridge Place Miles John, tailor, Harrow Bridge Miles William Washbourn, tinman & brazier, Broadway Millard Thomas, watch maker, 4 Colchester Terrace, Angel Lane Miller Richard, grocer & cheesemonger, High Street Moase James & Son, harness makers, High Street Moore George, grocer & cheesemonger, High Street Morgan James, staymaker, High Street Morris Mary (Mrs), tobacconist, news vendor & circulating library, Broadway Morris Septimus, bookseller & stationer, & agent to the County Assurance company & actuary of the savings Bank, High Street Morter James, Chatsworth Arms, & builder, Forest lane Morton George, chemist, & agent to the Western life assurance company, Brodway Moulin Charles, glass & china dealer, 1 Station Place, West Ham Lane Montague David, cement manufacturer, brown stone potter & tile maker,; A Leigh, near Rochford Mugliston George Thomas William, surgeon, West Ham Lane Mounton William, grocer & cheesemonger, 10 reform Terrace, Stratford New Town Murphy James Patrick & Son, turpentine distillers & seed crushers Murray James, boot & shoe maker, Forest gate Newbold Jas, dairyman, 3 Waddington Road, Stratford New Town Newton George, beer retailer, High Street Newton William Henry, builder & undertaker Nichols Mary (Mrs), pork butcher, Broadway Nicholson John, surgeon, Stratford Green Noakes Henry, haberdasher, Waddington Place, Stratford New Town Noble Thomas, baker, Forest Gate Norman Richard Fletcher, beer retailer, Forest Gate North Charles, shopkeeper, Langford Street North Samuel Eli, omnibus proprietor & licensed to let post horses, West Ham Lane Norton Thomas, carpenter, 1 Albert Place Notman John, Yorkshire Grey, Maryland Point Oakes mary Ann & Emma Rebecca (Misses), ladies school, Stratford Green Offen Edward, shopkeeper, Langthorn Street Offer William, shopkeeper. 3 Chatsworth Street, Forest lane Oldridge Chas, beer retailer, 1 Waddington Terrace, Stratford New Town Otway John, solicitor, Grove Page George, corn chandler & baker, High Street Page George, ironmonger, Broadway Pain Mary Ann (Mrs), baker & confectioner, Broadway Palmer John, umbrella maker, High Street Papmeau William & Co, chemical manufacturers Peck Richard, omnibus proprietor, Stratford Green Perkins William, shopkeeper, Windmill lane Phillips Phillips sanders, pawnbroker, High Street Pilkington James, builder, Bridge Road Pipe John, butcher, Forest gate Poole Robert, Green Man, High Street Porter Samuel, baker, 2 Prospect Place, Stratford New Town Pound George, coach maker, Albion Wharf Prentice Emma (Miss), beer retailer, Angel Lane Presland Mary Ann & Son, boot & shoe makers, 20 Broadway Quelch William, grocery dealer, China Row Ransom Robert, wheelwright, Forest Gate Rawlings John, butcher & grocery dealer, Prospect Place, Stratford New Town Rayner Stillingfleet, grocery dealer, Angel Place, Stratford New Town Reed Alexander Thomas, builder, Romfrod Road Reed Alfred, builder & undertaker, High Street Reed Charles, beer retailer, High Stret Reeve William, Kings Head, Broadway Reynolds Jeremiah, boot & shoe maker, 31 Langthorn Street Ritson William, supervisor to Excise office, West Ham lane Rivett George, builder & undertaker, Stratford New Town Rivett James, builder, undertaker & estate agent, High Street Roberts Emily (Miss), preparatory school, 1 Railway Terrace, Forest Gate Robinson Andrew Augustus, slate merchant & slater, & agent to the Northernassurance company, Bow Bridge slate works Robinson Richard James, Eagle & Child, Forest Gate Rogers Richard, carver & gilder, 9 Globe Terrace, Forest Gate Rosenbrook Claus, Waddington Arms, Waddington Road, Stratford New Town Rowe John, beer retailer, 1 Pleasant Place, Stratford New Town Rowett John, fruiterer, High Street Rudall Samuel, line draper, Forest Gate Ryan John, physician, Forest lane Sadler Henry & William, boot & shoe makers, Grove Sales George, wheelwright, West ham Lane Sampson John, tailor, Bridge Road Saul Charles, butcher, High Street Sayer Mary (Mrs), saddler & harness maker, High Street Scott John, grocery dealer, Stratford New Town Scott William, beer retailer, West ham lane Scott James, collar & harness maker, High Street Seekings George, beer retailer, Waddington Street, Stratford New Town Shales William, tailor, Broadway Sharples John, grocer & cowkeeper, Forest gate Shean John, barge builder Shipston Thomas W, butcher, High Street Showell James, carpenter & builder, Angel Lane Showell James sen, stationer & toy dealer, & post office & money order office, Broadway Shrimpton William, marine store dealer, High Street Sivyer James, grocer & cheesemonger, High Street Sizer Thomas George, clothier, High Street Skinner William, boot 7 shoe maker, High Street Slade John, tailor, West ham Lane Smart James, boot & shoe maker, High Street Smith Emma (Mrs), farrier, Grove Smith Isaac, beer retailer, High Street Smith John, baker, 23 Bridge Place Smith Joseph, paperhanging manufacturer Smith Richard, grocer & cheesemonger, Broadway Smith Robert James, beer retailer Smith Thomas, beer retailer, Stratford New Town Smith William, grocer, High Street & high Street, Poplar; Three Colt street, Limehouse & Lower road, Stepney Snow James, tailor, Forest gate Stepto Daniel, clothier, High Street Stevens Edwin Henry, commission agent, Stratford Green Stevens James, beer retailer, West ham lane Stimson Frederick, baker, High Street Stirling William, slate merchant & slater, High Street Story Christopher, hat manufacturer, Broadway Stubbs Richard, grocer & cheesemonger, Maryland Point Sunshine Mary Ann (Mrs), chemist, High Street Surry Elizabeth (Mrs), baker, Stratford Green Swaffiled Joseph, zinc worker, 2 Station Place, West ham lane Tanner Charles Wm, corn & coal merchant, Stratford Wharf Taylor A J, agent to Accidental Death insurance company,6 Waddington Place, Stratford New Town Taylor Charles, chemist, Waddington Place, Stratford New Town Taylor William, grocery dealer Tennant William, printer & stationer, & agent to the Scottish national life assurance company, Broadway Theobald Ephraim, retail brewer, Broadway Thompson John, beer retailer Thorman Edward Henry, plumber & gas fitter, agent to General Life & Fireassurance company, Broadway Thornton Francis, George Inn, Broadway Threadwell John, mathematical rule maker, High Street Threlford Thos, furniture dealer & tarpaulin ma, Broadway Thurston James, boot & shoe maker, 7 Buxton Terrace, Stratford New Town Trott Elias, grocer & baker, 1 Somerset Place, Langthorn Street Trow Charles, dining rooms, Broadway Tubbs John, greengrocer, Grove, Stratford Green Tyler Joseph, tailor, Maryland Point Ulph Henry Hix, cattle salesman, Forest gate Unger Sarah Ann (Mrs), ladies school, 3 Villas, Grove Upton John, butcher, High Street Vale Ann (Mrs), Old Bull, Broadway Vale George, wheelwright, Bow Bridge Valentine John, shopkeeper, High Street Vallance James Thomas, physician & registrar of births & deaths etc Vandrant Charles, fancy repository, Stratford Green Verguson John, brewer, 6 Albert Place Verrier George, furniture broker, Grove Vickers William Henry, butcher, Broadway Vincent & Nicholson, surgeons, Stratford Green Viner Thomas, pork butcher, Broadway Volckman John & son, wholesale confectioners, High Street; & at Bishopsaget Street, City Wagstaff John, corn chandler, Broadway Wallis Jemima (Mrs), ladies boarding school, Stratford Green Walton James, grocer, Broadway Watkins John, chemist & druggist, Broadway Watkins Thomas, beer retailer, Chapel Street Watkinson Thomas, British Lion, West ham Lane Wayland Henry John & James, watch & clock ma. High Street Wayland Ann (Mrs), haberdasher & milliner, Turnpike Row Wells Ann (Miss), mistress of infant school, Bridge Road Wells George, general salesman, Broadway West Thomas, candle manufacturer & oilman, Broadway Whaley Thomas, Coach & Horses, Broadway Whenn Robert, baker, Maryland Point White Mary & Son, coal & corn merchants, Phoenix Wharf, High Street; & Globe Wharf, Wapping White William, grocer & cheesemonger, High Street Whitta Solomon, line draper & silk mercer, Broadway Wickens Edward, linen draper, High Street Wiles William, ironmonger, High Street Wilson George, beer retailer, Stratford New Town Wilton John, tallow chandler & melter, Broadway Winmill Richard James, butcher, High Street Wiseman Benjamin, fruiterer, High Street Woods (Miss), preparatory school, 8 Vicarage Terrace