West End People

West End People - Street Directories and Census

A diverse range of people have lived (and still do live) in West End: in addition to the trades associated with blanket making, we can see from the census returns (1841-1901) that at different points in time there were also glovers, labourers, shopkeepers, dressmakers, teachers, a surgeon, tea dealer, an undertaker, domestic servants, bakers, and so on. Many of these people would have run businesses from their properties.

The census returns are generally useful for finding out who lived in your street or house but unfortunately, house numbers were not listed for West End until the 1901 census. Local directories are also useful; the (1917) Directory of Witney lists the business or resident of every occupied house:

West End Residents 1917 (taken from the Directory of Witney)

House No.	Business/Resident
1	R. Warner, motor garage and cycle agent
2	Fowler & Co.
3	R. Warner, motor garage and cycle agent
4	Belgian refugees
5	Tarrant's grocery stores (T. Amor), town sub-post office
6	Mrs Hall
7
8	F E Keates, fruiterer, confectioner and tobacconist
9	R Rickson
9a	W C Langford
9b	F Clack
9c	G Greenway
9d	G Sherborne
9e	S Launchbury
10	A Dring
10a
11	J H Davis
12	J Brice
12a	Mrs Thomas
13	J Berry
14	Miss Harcourt
15	R J White (The Harriers)
16	Mrs Hedges
17	H W Pritchett
17a	F J Young
18	Long & Berry, builders, joinery works (J Long)
19	A T Green
20	Miss Buckle
21	F W Sabin (Elm Tree Inn)
22	W Akers
23	R Wright; H Winfield
23a	A Smith
23b	A Walker
24	Miss Harris
25	J Brook
26	E C Early, J. P.
27	H W Young
28	W H Lawrence
29	W Buxton
29a	J Beale
29b	F Barnes
30	T Teagle
31	A Bourton (Czar of Russia); Holy Trinity Schools
32	Miss Shorter; A J Shorter, rate collector, assistant to the County Fire Office Ltd. and Alliance Life Office
33	W Smith
34	A J Taylor
34a	H J Fidler
35	F Slayte
36	J Viner
37	F Berry
38	E Weller
39	Mrs Calcutt
40	C Whittingham
41	J Gould
42	Mrs James
43	P Millin
44	W Lloyd
45	Miss Lea
46	F Townsend
47	W Bruce
47a	Miss Seely
48	Miss Clare
49	G Weller
50	R Pearson
51	Joseph Weller
52	H A Steptoe
53	W Price
54	J Bridgeman
55	E Early & Co., Blanket Manufacturers
56	Mrs Hosier
57	E Fyfield
58	J Godfrey
59	Open
60	Mrs Townsend
61	J Buckingham
61a	Mrs Warnock
62	F Lea
63	M Winfield
64	Rev T N Phillipson
65	Mrs Taylor; S Godfrey; F Moss
66	John Weller
67	H Sutton
68	F Weller
69	E Moss
70	H Robbins
71	E Radburn
72	J Smith
73	M Viner
74	H Hopkins
75	J Radburn
76	G Cutmore
77	S Gould
78	A Harris, corn dealer, baker & mealman
79	Mrs Clements
80	A Harris, corn dealer, baker & mealman

A further source of information is Kelly’s Directory which listed tradespeople and private residents (although usually only the more affluent ones).

West End Residents 1899, 1907, 1911, 1935 (taken from Kelly's Directories)

House No.	1899	1907	1911	1935
1	Mrs Robert Warner, stocking knitter and Robert Joseph Warner, cycle maker	Robert Joseph Warner, cycle maker	Robert Joseph Warner, cycle maker	Robert Joseph Warner, cycle agent
3	Mrs Robert Warner, stocking knitter and Robert Joseph Warner, cycle maker
4				William Brooks, Butcher
5	William Henry Tarrant & Sons (West End Stores)	William Henry Tarrant & Sons (West End Stores)	William Henry Tarrant & Sons (West End Stores)	William Henry Tarrant & Sons (West End Stores)
6		William Ball, taxidermist	William Ball, taxidermist
7		John Fowler
8			Herbt. Chas. King, confectioner	Frederick Keates, confectioner and subpostmaster
9	Jesse Buckle, carrier and greengrocer	William Bourton, carrier and greengrocer	Alfred Bourton, carrier
10	George Broom, Jolly Tucker public house	Edw. Geo. Conway, Jolly Tucker public house	10, Albert Dring, fishmonger; 10a, Albert Thomas, confectioner	10, Joseph Buckingham, fried fish bar; 10a, Fredk. Edwd. Quarterman, hairdresser
13		Mrs Townsend	Mrs Townsend	Joseph Headland
14	George Owens, master of Blue Coat School and parish church organist	Henry John Fidler		14a, Ronald Reed, Confectioner
15	Mrs Mary Walker, beer retailer (the Harriers public house)	Robert George White, beer retailer	Robert George White, Harriers public house	Robert George White, Harriers public house
17	Edward Hyde, surgeon		James Harold Early	17, Henry William Young; 17a, Percival Sanders
18	John Long, carpenter and undertaker	John Long (also, Long and Berry, builders and undertakers)	John Long (also, Long and Berry, builders and undertakers)	Long & Berry, Builders
19		William Hammond, draper
20	Miss Louise Fowler, dress maker	Miss Buckle
21	Edward Thomas Smith, Elm Tree public house	William Sabin, Elm Tree public house	Frederick William Sabin, Elm Tree public house	George Price, Elm Tree public house
23	Alfred Beale, shopkeeper
24		Mrs Harris
25				Robert Venvell Keates
26	Rev. Jabez Ambrose Comfort, boys’ boarding school	Hy. Temple Ravenor	Hy. Temple Ravenor	Mrs Edlin
27		Henry William Young	Henry William Young
29	Henry Wiggins, bacon curer
31	George Hudson, beer retailer and butcher - King of Prussia public house	George Weller, butcher; Mrs Jane Weller, beer retailer	George Weller, butcher; Mrs Jane Weller, beer retailer	Alfred Bourton, Grocer
32	Miss Annie Shorter, dress maker	Miss Annie Shorter, dress maker	Alfred J. Shorter, collector to the urban district council	Alfred Joseph Shorter
34		Rev. William Henry Walker (Wesleyan Methodist)	Mrs Walker	George Vernon Bartlet
34a		Frank Berry	Henry John Fidler	Albert Joseph Basford
35	John Brook, shopkeeper	John Brook, shopkeeper	Frederick R. Stayt, shopkeeper
36			John Brook, secondhand clothes dealer
37			Frank Berry	Long & Berry, builders
38			John Brook, secondhand clothes dealer
40		William Smith, shoe repairer
42		Mrs Mary James, shopkeeper	Mrs Mary James, shopkeeper
45			Miss Eva Lea, confectioner
47		John Oyston, bone setter	John Oyston, bone setter
48	Charles Harris, tea dealer	Charles Harris, tea dealer
52	Harry Robbins, collector of income and assessed taxes	Mrs Wiltshire	Mrs Wiltshire	Harry Arthur Steptoe, registrar of marriages for Witney district; Miss Freda Mary Steptoe, deputy registrar of marriages
57		Edwin Fyfield	Edwin Fyfield	Henry John Fidler and Southside boarding kennels (Miss Joan H Fidler)
58	John Godfrey, dairyman	John Godfrey, dairyman	John Godfrey, dairyman
62	Miss Mary Robinson, dress maker	Frank Lea, painter
64			Rev. Herbt. Butler (Wesleyan Methodist)
70		Harry Robbins	Harry Robbins
76	Charles Whittingham, brass finisher
78	Frederick Harris, baker	Frederick Harris, baker	Frederick Harris, baker	Albert Harris, baker
80	Frederick Harris, baker	Frederick Harris, baker	Frederick Harris, baker	Albert Harris, baker

Witney West End

All about West End, one of the oldest streets in Witney