High street

3 High Street
2008 Edinburgh Woollen Mill
1936 John Knight and sons, ironmonger
1919 John N Knight, ironmonger
1914 Knight J and son, ironmonger
1903 John N Knight, ironmonger
1901 Charlotte Knight, living on own means
1881 John T Knight, ironmonger and tinman
1871 John Knight, ironmonger
Sign “Katherine Wheel Inn 1509-1750”

5 High Street

2008 Cadeaux and Co
1927 Clare and son selling “modern” typewriters (from advert)
1919 Bath and Wells diocesan Gazette AND Sutton and co parcel carriers
1918 D Woodhams, printer (from advert)
1914 Woodham Downhams, bookseller and printer
1903 Parcel carriers to London Sutton and co
1901 Downham Woodham, printer
1891 Ernest Jackson, bookseller and printer from Colchester
1881 Ernest Jackson, bookseller and printer
1871 Thomas Green, bookseller and printer
At some point – Heritage bookshop, Somerset Stationery co., Clare and son.

7 High Street
2008 National Westminster Bank
1919 London County Westminster and Parr’s Bank Ltd.
1914 Parr’s Bank (Thomas T Hayward)
1903 Langport and Mid Somerset Building Society (Robert Isgar) and Stuckey’s Bank (Major Boyle)
1901 Stuckey’s Bank (Robert Isgar)
1891 Stuckey’s Bank (Robert Isgar)
1881 Stuckey’s Bank (Robert Isgar)
1871 Stuckey’s Bank (Edward Harte)
1851 George Inn, Hester Bird, innkeeper
? to 1855 George Inn
14th century Crystesham Inn, first opened in 1388

9 High Street
2008 Somerfield
1980’s Gateway (before International Stores)
1980’s Clare and son
1919 Woodham Dowman, bookseller and printer AND Hugh M Gregory, artificial tooth maker
1914 Woodham Dowman, bookseller and printer AND Hugh M Gregory, artificial tooth maker
1903 Wells Journal Office also “Atkins Stationer” (from advert)
1901 James Mores Atkins, newspaper proprietor
1891 James Mores Atkins, newspaper proprietor “Atkins Stationer” (from advert)
1881 Mary A Noad, Agent Christian Knowledge Dept.
1871 Charles Noad, accountant

11 High Street
2008 Somerfield
1980’s Gateway (before International Stores)
1980’s Clare and son
1919 Wickenden’s Restaurant (F.R. Cox)
1914 Wickenden’s Restaurant (F.R. Cox)
1891 William H Wickenden, cook and confectioner from Taunton
1881 William H Wickenden, cook and confectioner from Taunton
1871 Benjamin Wickenden, cook and confectioner and baker
1840 Kathryn Wheel Inn (building numbers probably changed)
Sometime, Maynards sweet shop?

13 High Street
2008 Somerfield and Pethericks and Gillard
1956 Madame Reas women’s clothes (from advert)
1920’s Brush factory
1919 Wickenden’s Restaurant (F.R. Cox)
1914 Wickenden’s Restaurant (F.R. Cox)
1090 Walter Parsons, master baker
1891 Henry Cox, baker
1881 Henry Cox, corn dealer and baker from Stalbridge Dorset
1871 Michael Westcott, brush manufacturer

15 High Street
2008 Closed
1963 (advert) and 1980’s Tudor Shop of Wells
1914 Drayton and Son, musical instrument dealers
1901 William Drayton, Vicar choral and dealer in unusual instruments
1881 Elizabeth Oxley, poulterer
1871 Margaret Backhouse, bookseller and stationer

17 High Street
2008 Boots
1919 John Edmund Pop Wilkins, confectioner
1914 William Pocock, saddler
1901 William Pocock, saddle maker
1891 John Crump, saddler
1881 John Kingsbury, boot manufacturer from Bristol
1871 George Scotten, saddler and harness maker

19 High Street

2008 Boots
1956 Madame Reas women’s clothes (from advert) also at no 13???
? Liptons
1914 Lennards Ltd, boot and shoe manufacturers
1903 John Kingsbury, shoemaker
1901 John Kingsbury, boot manufacturer
1891 John Kingsbury, boot manufacturer
1881 John CH Masters, watch maker from Chesterblade

21 High Street
2008 Boots
1919 Walter John Mills, tobacconist
1914 Walter John Mills, tobacconist
1901 John W Talbot, grocer and tobacconist
1891 John W Talbot, grocer and tobacconist
1881 John W Talbot, retail grocer from Sherborne
1871 George Slade, furniture dealer
1836 Draft conveyancing of the Angel Inn – not sure which of Boots buildings this was located

23 High Street
2008 – Barnado’s
1919 Matthew Joy, watchmaker
1914 Matthew Joy, watchmaker
1901 William Rowse, watchmaker and jeweller
1891 Charles E Foxwell, shoemaker
1881 Charles E Foxwell, shoemaker
1871 Charles Foxwell, boot and shoemaker

25 High Street
2008 M & Co
? Crease Brothers public house and off licence (from Alan Southwood)
1919 Crease Brothers, spirit merchants
1914 Crease Brothers, spirit merchants
1891 E Crease, tea and provision merchant (from advert)
1871 William Berryman, wine and spirit merchant

27 High Street
2008 M & Co
1969 Peter Lloyd of Mayfair, hair stylist
1963 Wookey’s men’s and women’s clothes (advert)
1956 Edward Dyer photographs
1919 Dawkes and Partridge, photographers AND John William Normansell, chemist
1914 Dawkes and Partridge, photographers AND John William Normansell, chemist
1903 Richard James Manning, pharmaceutical chemist
1901 Lucy Manning, chemist, pharmacist and dentist
1891 Richard J Manning, pharmacist and dentist
1881 Richard J Manning, chemist, pharmacist and dentist form Cowes Isle of Wight
1871 William Berryman, wine and spirit merchant
1607 possible location for the Bell (inn)

29 High Street
2008 Johnson’s Dry Cleaners
1914 and 1919 John Davys, Draper
1891 William Morrison, Vicar choral and merchant tailor
1881 James M Atkins, newspaper proprietor and stationer
1871 Albina Maynard, Fancy goods
Pre 1891 The Wells Restaurant and Sweet Manufacturer (moved to 44 High Street)
1607 possible location for Meade’s House (inn)

31 High Street
2008 QS
1980’s Timothy Whites
1914 and 1919 John Davys, Draper
1901 John Davys, draper and outfitter
1891 Edith Baker, draper
1881 George Lawrence, postmaster
1871 George Lawrence, post office, postmaster

33 High Street
2008 Superdrug
1960 Hepworths
1956 Hepworths, men’s clothes (from advert)
1936 Lewis Ironmongers (from advert)
1914 and 1919 Edwin Halliday, antique furniture dealer
1891 and 1901 Edwin Halliday, carver and furniture manufacturer
1881 Edwin Halliday, carver in wood and stone
1871 Albion Andrews, magistrate and leather merchant

35 High Street
2008 New Look
2006 Sports shop, can’t remember the name
1930’s Co-op
1927 Hepworths boys clothing (from advert address given as Somerset House, 35 High Street)
1914 and 1919 Albert Halliday and son, antique furniture dealer
1901 William Halliday, wood and stone carver (work exhibited at Great Exhibition)
1891 Albert Halliday, wood carver
1886 to 1930’s Halliday Antique Shop
1881 William Halliday, wood carver from Heytesbury, Wiltshire
1871 Thomas Boyce/Brice, Somerset Hotel victualler
1861 James Brice, Somerset Hotel victualler
1851 Edward Mead, Inkeeper Somerset Hotel
1840 Edward Meade, Somerset Hotel
1404 and 1607 Christopher Inn/New Inn
1382 Novum Hospitium

37 High Street
2008 Carphone Warehouse
1914 and 1919 Frederick Crandon, butcher
1903 Mary Boulton, butcher
1901 James Crandon, butcher
1881 and 1891 Mary Boulton, beef butcher
1871 John Barnard, butcher

39 High Street
2008 Greggs
1927 Lewis Brother Butchers
1919 Lewis and Co. (Charles Lewis), butcher
1903 and1914 Lewis and Co., butcher
1901 Reginald Lewis, bacon curer
1891 Charles Lewis, bacon curer
1871 and 1881 Charles Lewis, pork butcher

41 High Street
2008 Woolworths
1936 WH Heath, eye services
? Barnes and co (John Aubrey Whiting is manager)
1914 and 1919 Barnes and son, Ironmongers, fam machinery and cycle agents
1903 Barnes and son, Ironmongers
1901 Hannah Barnes, (son is ironmonger)
1881 and 1891 John Barnes, Master ironmonger
1871 Jacob Barnes, ironmonger

43 High Street
2008 Bastins closed, soon to be Vision Express
2007 Fruit and Veg shop
1955 Frisby’s Shoes
1919 Joseph Frisby Ltd, boot warehouse
1914 William Parker, butcher
1901 William Parker, master butcher
1891 William Parker, purveyor
1881 Jonas Lucas Parker, master butcher
1871 Jonas Parker, butcher
1607 possible location for Hole’s House (inn)

45 High Street
2008 WH Smith
? Co-op
1963 Frisby’s shoe shop (advert)
1914 Joseph Frisby Ltd, boot warehouse
1903 Hannibal Bond, general draper and outfitter
1901 Robert Tranter, boot salesman
1891 William H Jenkins, inspector of nuisances
1881 William H Jenkins, currier
1871 Jane Clarke, fancy shop

47 High Street
2008 WH Smith
1980’s Co-op
1891 to 1919 Harry Holloway, hairdresser
1881 Eliza Newport, no occupation
1871 John Higgins, wheelwright

49 High Street
2008 S & A Linens
1960’s Herrings China shop and The Gay Shop, china and glass
1919 Robert Herring, china warehouse
1914 Robert Herring, china warehouse and ironmonger
1881 to 1901 Robert Herring, china glues and machine merchant and manufacturer in tin
1871 Robert Herring, fruiterer from Barnstaple

51 High Street
2008 Palmer Snell
1919 Arthur Handel Taylor, butcher
1914 William Charles, butcher
1881 to 1901 William Charles, master butcher
1871 John Wallin, veterinary surgeon

53 High Street
2008 YMCA
2004 Curry’s
? S Tyte grocer bought by Mr Padfield for daughter and son in law Eric and Effie Mogg. The inherited by Ray Mogg
1914 and 1919 Samuel Tyte, grocer
1901 Samuel Tyte, general seedsman and grocer
1891 Samuel Tyte, grocer
1881 Elizabeth Tyte, grocer (wife of Samuel with son Samuel)
1871 Samuel Tyte, grocer
? to 1793 The Cock
1793 to approx. 1840 King’s Arms
Before 1712 butcher

55 High Street
2008 Jeanes Holland Burnell
1920 Madame Rea’s ladieswear
1914 Samuel Tyte, grocer
1871 Joseph Hayward, china dealer
Until mid 19th century Jacob’s Well was in front of this shop

57 High Street
2008 F. Griffiths and Sons, butcher
1914 and 1919 George Ashton Porch, butcher
1901 Gilbert Vincent, butcher and farmer
1881 and 1891 Thomas Nurse, butcher
1871 Charles Fowler, butcher

59 High Street
2008 Oxfam
1970 WH Smith (from advert)
1914 and 1919 WH Smith and son, booksellers
1901 Red Ox Inn, William Dann, Innkeeper
1891 Frederick W Chappell, butcher and Red Ox Inn
1881 Sarah Hutton, Innkeeper Red Ox Inn
1871 James Hutton, innkeeper Red Cow Inn
1861 James Hutton, innkeeper Red Ox Inn

61 High Street
2008 Oxfam
1970 WH Smith (from advert)
1914 and 1919 WH Smith and son, booksellers
1901 Red Ox Inn, William Dann, Innkeeper
1881 John Morgan, sweep and ware dealer
1871 Richard Welch, baker

63 High Street
2008 Private
1901 to 1919 Annie Hoskins, china and glass dealer
1881 and 1891 John Morgan, sweep
1871 William Loxton, cabinet maker

65 High Street
2008 R. Mansfield Opticians
? Wells wines
1891 and 1901 Martha Cock, needlewoman
1871 William Morse, blacksmith

67 High Street
2008 Scribbles
1901 Albert Loxton, general labourer
1891 William Loxton, cabinet maker
1881 William Loxton, upholsterer
1871 Elizabeth Cock, schoolmistress

69 High Street
2008 City Arms
1901, 1914 and 1919 Alfred Gould, City Arms
1881 and 1891 Mary Evans, City Arms
1871 Albert Halliday, City Arms
1861 George Curry, victualler
1851 John Denman, City Arms
1840 Sarah Main, City Arms
Was the city gaol from 16th century until 4early nineteenth century

71 High Street
2008 St Margaret’s Hospice shop
1970’s CW Wilton Bazaar
? Charles the butcher
1939 George Wilton, house furnisher
1914 and 1919 George Wilton, picture framer and town crier
1907 Queen’s Head closes
1903 James Bendall, beer retailer
1901 Thomas Collins, mason and innkeeper, Queen’s Head
1891 John Summers, innkeeper, Queen’s Head
1881 Edward John Webb, innkeeper, Queen’s Head
1871 John Webb, innkeeper, Queen’s Head
1861 Elizabeth Green, innkeeper, Queen’s Head
1851 Benjamin Watt, innkeeper, Queen’s Head
1837 Stranger’s Friend

73 High Street
2008 Candy Cove
? Cathedral City Travel
1939 Jean Coates, milliner
1919 M and ME Tomas, milliners
1914 Walter William Locke, confectioner
1910 WW Locke, caterer, cook and confectioner (from advert)
1901 and 1903 Walter William Locke, confectioner
1891 Walter Locke, confectioner
1871 Henry Morgan, Stonemason
1620 Three Cups

75 High Street
2008 Millican Eye Centre
1939 Thomas Mills, monumental mason
1914 and 1919 Thomas Mills, sculptor
1891 and 1901 Thomas Mills, monumental sculptor
1881 Robert Mills, Vicar choral and monumental sculptor
1871 Henry Higgins, grocer
1620 Three Cups

77 High Street
2008 Private
1914 Joseph Edwin Chatwin, watch and clock repair
1901 Richard Collier, bootmaker and shopkeeper
1891 Elizah Weaver, master tailor
1881 William Collins, seedsman selling plants and plant products (from advert)
1871 Eliza Grove, umbrella maker

79 High Street
2008 Cutting Bay
1914 May and Evan Thomas, milliners
1901 Joseph Phipps, gardener
1891 William Collins, nurseryman and seedsman
1871 and 1881 William Thatcher, receiving officer and registrar of births, deaths and marriages

81 High Street
2008 Rock House Dental Practice
1914 William Mogg, farmer
1891 and 1901 Fanny Jeck, living on own means (house called Rock House)
1881 Alexander McR Montgomery, draper from Scotland
1871 Henry Locke, draper

Going back up the High Street on other side of the road ...

84 High Street
2008 Creative Carpets
1980’s Laundrette
? Café ?
1871 to 1939 John Berry, brush maker

82 High Street
2008 Hoho House
1986 Chinese Food
1974 Happy Garden cook and take
1939 Alec Collins, tobacconist
1914 and 1919 Thomas Henry Wilton, tobacconist and shipping agent
1910 Wilton and sons, advertising for labourers and servants to go to Canada
1901 Jane Crease (sister of Edwin Crease), living on own means
1891 Edwin Crease, grocer
1871 Edwin Sheldon, engine fitter

80 High Street
2008 Cathedral City travel
Early 1970’s Crease stores closes
1939 Crease, Gold and Co. Ltd., grocers
1919 Edwin Crease, grocer
1918 Crease, was Cuthbert Stores (from advert)
1914 Edwin Crease, grocer
1910 St Cuthbert Stores, Edwin Crease, grocer (from advert)
1901 Jane Crease (sister of Edwin Crease), living on own means
1883 Crease’s. grocers and provision merchants (E Crease)
1881Robert Rogers, grocer
1881 A Teek Berlin, Crewel and fancy warehouse (from advert)
1871 George Gray, grocer

78 High Street
2008 Subway
? Motor parts shop
1969 No 78a Cooper and Tanner
Early 1970’s Creases (from Peter Culley)
1939 Crease, Gold and Co. Ltd., grocers
1939 Crease, Gold and Co. Ltd., grocers
1919 Edwin Crease, grocer
1918 Crease, was Cuthbert Stores (from advert)
1914 Edwin Crease, grocer
1910 St Cuthbert Stores, Edwin Crease, grocer (from advert)
1901 Jane Crease (sister of Edwin Crease), living on own means
1891 Walter Brooks, carpenter
1883 Crease’s. grocers and provision merchants (E Crease)
1881 Walter Brooks, pork butcher
1871 Walter Brooks, butcher

76 High Street
2008 CLIC
1939 Wyatt’s, saddlers
1927 G Wyatt, leather goods (from advert)
1901 to 1919 George Wyatt, saddlery and harness
1891 James Andrews, currier
1881 Albion Andrews, magistrate
1871 Albion Andrews, currier

74 High Street
2008 Gosh Trading
1936 to 1980’s Melhuish and Saunders, builders
1919 John Nichols, builder
1914 Sydney Tom Richards, builder
1871 to 1901 Sydney T Richards, builders

72 High Street
2008 Bathrooms, Showers and Tiles
1939 Wells Supply Co., grocers
1936 Maggs Furnishing (from advert)
1914 London Central Meat Co., butchers
1891 and 1901 Albert Higgins, grocer
1871 Sydney T Richards, painter etc.

70 High Street
2008 Ladbrokes
? Kids toys
? Woolea’s sheepskin
1936 Maggs Furnishing (from advert)
1919 Ernest W Chisholm, cycle agent
1914 Chisholme and Co., cycle agents AND Ernest William Chisholm, fishmonger
1901 John F Vincent, fishmonger
1891 Harry Vincent, fishmonger
1881 John F Vincent, fishmonger
1871 John Vincent, tailor
When the City Arms was used as a gaol, there was a passageway near here 9or where this shop now stands) where prisoners were taken from gaol and hanged.

68 High Street
2008 Whiting and Son
1939 Whiting and Son
1936 Whitings
1919 Alice Vincent, fishmonger
1914 Clara Ann Wilkins, pork butcher
1891 and 1901 Albert Wilkins, pork butcher
1881 Walter Hill, pork butcher
1871 James Hill, pork butcher
1538 Bull then White Bull (pos here or number 60)

66 High Street
2008 Chaos
1939 St Cuthberts Refreshment Rooms
1914 and 1919 Bowring and WH Palmer and son, surveyors. Land house agents AND Charles Hutchins, beer retailer
1903 Charles Hutchins, beer retailer
1901 Charles Hutchins, innkeeper
1891 Walter Ham, Innkeeper, Heart of Oak
1881 Frederick W Woodburn, Innkeeper and joiner
1871 Blacksmith Arms Inn, George Sherlock
1861 Live Allen, smith and innkeeper
1851 Blacksmiths Arms Inn, Levi Allen
1822 Joiners Arms

64 High Street
2008 Gallery of Cheddar and Wells
1939 and 1956 Leo Fisher, jewellery
1901, 1914 and 1919 James Monelle, master tailor
1891 William Halliday, retired currier
1881 John Webber, photographic artist
1871 James Rossiter, Solicitors, managing agent

62 High Street
2008 TG Pollard and Son?
1914 Cooper and Tanner, agricultural and general auctioneers and valuers
1901 Charles Ribbeck, insurance superintendent
1881 and 1891, retired farmer
1871 Elizabeth Weeks, housemaid

60 High Street
2008 Specsavers
Before 2004 Sight centres and before that Mr Haighs opticians, thanks Pat Trott
1939 Stanley Chinn, Hairdresser (Master) (1939 UK register)
1914 and 1919 Alban Richard George, hairdressers
1901 Frederick Loxton, cabinetmaker and upholsterer
1881 and 1891 Mary Ann Mullins, annuitant
1871 Eliza Taylor, annuitant

58 High Street
2008 Wells Photo Centre
1901 and 1939 James Adlam, tobacconist
1891 Frederick Webb, tobacconist and house decorator
1891 Adlams tobacconist (from advert)
1881 Alfred Webb, painter and paper hanger
1871 William Halliday, Carver in wood and stone

56 High Street

2 Market Place and 1 High Street
2009 – Anokhi and Anseres Place This is a bit confusing because The Red Lion definitely was in this building but it is sometimes 1 High Street and sometimes 2 Market Place on the various records. 2004 Aubergines ?
1822 George Wilkins was innkeeper
1851 Alice Bath had taken over
1861 Henry Cole
1871 and 1881 Robert Williams
1891 The Temperance Hotel with William Roadhouse as manager
1901 Carrie Dumbleton manager
1914 and 1919 Frederick Barker ran the Red Lion Temperance Hotel and the Red Lion Club and reading room
1939 Mrs A Thomas ran the Red Lion
The Chapman’s owned The Crown post war and also managed The Red Lion hotel next door (latterly Market Place Hotel) and sold some of the land behind The Crown to the Red Lion – there used to be a squash court behind there.
1986 The Market Place Hotel was owned by the managers of the Swan Hotel.
Also at this address are Laphorn Hatmakers in 1861 to 1881 and, in 1939, a café run by Irene Field.

2008 Banana Skincare
2006 Dobkins, High Street Greengrocers
1960 Ashton Porch, greengrocer
1939 Ashton Porch, greengrocer
1935 Ashton Porch, fruiterer
1919 Cobe, Henry George, fishmonger
1914 Alice Vincent, fishmonger and butchery
1895 Albert Collier, greengrocer and fishmonger
1891 Albert Collier, fishmonger “My great great grandfather was Albert Moore the fishmonger at 56 High St. He was the innkeeper at The Railway Tavern Southover before being made bankrupt in 1873. I suppose he then became a fishmonger. From Martin Steenson”
1881 Albert Moore, fishmonger Shaftesbury, Dorset
1871 William Halliday, Carver in Wood and Stone

54 High Street
2008 British Heart Foundation
1980’s Rendezvous restaurant (The Rendezvous cafe was in the back of Curtis cake/ bread shop)
1970’s Curtis’s
1914 and 1919 Joseph B Dickenson, baker
1891 William Dickenson, builder and corn dealer
1871 and 1881 George Perry, baker

52 High Street
2008 Superbook
? Curtis’s
1939 Moggs Bakery
1914 and 1919 Stanley George Mogg, baker
1881, 1891 and 1901 William Mogg, baker
1871 Henry Cox, baker
1850’s Jersey Dairy and Restaurant (William Mogg)

50 High Street
2008 Britannia Building Society
1914 and 1919 TN Chard and sons Ltd., boot and shoe makers
1891 Charles Barnard, butcher
1881 Joseph F Brooks, butcher
1871 Charles Barnard, butcher

48 High Street
2008 Britannia Building Society
1939 William Richards, confectioner
1914 and 1919 Henry Richards, confectioner
1901 Sydney Mogg, confectioner
1881 Charles Quelch James, hairdresser
1871 Robert Brand, engine driver
1607 and 1689 Goat’s Head Inn

46 High Street
2008 Mistral
? Walton Clothing Company
1987 Friendly Friar Restaurant
1980’s A Campkin, butcher
1969 A Campkin, butcher (from advert)
1955 A Campkin, butcher (from photo)
1914, 1919 and 1939 William Barnard (Barnard Brothers), butcher
1903 William Charles Barnard, butcher
1891 and 1901 William Barnard, butcher
1881 William Whittle, butcher from Bournemouth
1871 John White, butcher

44 High Street
2008 Insport
1955 Vowles Chemist (from photo)
1939 Edgar Vowles, chemist (also 12 Sadler Street)
1919 Woodhams Dowman, bookseller printer and publisher
1914 William Frederick Dodd, newsagent
1901 Henrietta George, printer and stationer
1891 William George, printer, bookseller and stationer
1891 The Wells Restaurant and sweet manufacturer, moved from 29 High Street) from advert
1881 William George, printer and stationer
1871 Mary Oldfield, tallow chandler

42 High Street
2008 Cheltenham and Gloucester Plc
1955 Harrill’s (from photo)
1939 William Harrill, butcher
1932 WH Harrill, butcher (from advert)
1919 William Henry Harrill, butcher
1918 WH Harrill, butcher (from advert)
1914 W and R Fletcher Ltd., butchers
1903 Byrt A and sons, stationers AND Shepton Mallet Journal Office also sign saying the bazaar
1901 Queenie Ward, stationer
1891 John Way Lovegrove, draper and fancy bazaar
1881 John Way Lovegrove, hairdresser and fancy warehouseman

40 High Street
2008 Vacant
1980’s? insane Games
? Woolshop
1932 and 1939 Holloway and sons, hairdresser
1903, 1914 and 1919 Fanny Helen Keen, fancy repository
1901 Queenie Ward, stationers
1871 Robert Keen, draper

38 High Street
2008 Clintons
2000’s Dixons
1980’s Eileen Marshall, fabrics and materials
1960 Liptons the grocers
1939 Carter and son, refreshment room
? City Café
1903, 1914 and 1919 Alexander Macenzie, coffee tavern
1901 William McKenzie, gardener
1891 George Parsons, farmer also Liberal Club
1871 and 1881 Charles Sellick, cabinet maker
1819 Red Ox
To 1835 Joiners Arms

36 High Street
 
2008 Kings Head
Kings Head since 1605 and an inn since 1308

34 High Street
2008 Waterstones
1980’s Fine Shoes
? Crockers
? Nortons
1956 HC Norton and son, outfitters for men and women (from advert)
1939 Sydney Rigg, dentist
1919 HC Norton and son, tailors and outfitters
1914 Robert Legget Anderson, dentist
1881, 1891 and 1901Henry Charles Norton, outfitter
1871 Charles Tayler, butcher

32 High Street
2008 Waterstones
1980’s Fine Shoes
? Crockers
? Nortons
1956 HC Norton and son, outfitters for men and women (from advert)
1939 Sydney Rigg, dentist
1919 HC Norton and son, tailors and outfitters
1914 Robert Legget Anderson, dentist
1901 Roland Cock, builder
1871, 1881 and 1891 Charles Cock, carpenter and undertaker

30 High Street
2008 Waterstones
1980’s Fine Shoes
? Crockers
? Nortons
1956 HC Norton and son, outfitters for men and women (from advert)
1939 Sydney Rigg, dentist
1914 and 1919 HC Norton and son, tailors and outfitters
1901 Henry Charles Norton, outfitters
1891 Ann Teek, fancy draper
1891 A Teek, outfitters and baby linen
1881 Ann Teek, draper
1871 Elizabeth Marchalson, draper

28 High Street
2008 Starbucks
1980’s Ways and co., grocery store
1963 Ways and co., grocery store (advert)
1914, 1919 and 1939 Ways and Co., grocers
1901 William Brown, grocer
1881 John Christopher Way, grocer and wine merchant
1871 John Way, grocer
1861 Three Kings, Ann Boyce, innkeeper
1840 and 1851 Three Kings, Francis Fry, innkeeper
1822 Three Kings, Thomas Maddocks
1607 and 1660 Ash in the Well

26 High Street
2008 Lloyds TSB Bank (sign saying bank established 1835)
1939 Lloyds
1891 and 1901 Ernest Clark, Bank Manager
1881 Joseph John Tasker, silk mercer and wool draper
1871 Joseph Tasker, silk mercer and wool draper

24 High Street 
2008 Lloyds TSB Bank (sign saying bank established 1835)
1974 and 1986 Traveller’s Joy (travel agent maybe upstairs?)
1939 Lloyds
1891 and 1901 Ernest Clark, Bank Manager
1881 Joseph John Tasker, silk mercer and wool draper
1871 Joseph Tasker, silk mercer and wool draper

22 High Street
2008 Holland and Barrett
1980’s Londis
1939 Boots
1881 to 1919 Peter Fry, corn merchant

20 High Street 

2008 Jag mobile phones
1960 The Flower Basket
1939 Archibald Jones, car garage
1935 Sampson and Jones, motor engineers
1932 Tincknell Farriers
1927 Sampson and Jones selling and repairing cars (from advert)
1919 Sampson and Jones, motor engineers
1914 Sampson and Jones, motor engineers
1914 Sampson and Jones Motor Engineers
1901 John William Tyack, Bootmaker
1891 John William Tyack, Bootmaker
1881 John William Tyack, Bootmaker from Cornwall
1874/1875 George Evans, forge shoeing and vet
1871 John Tyack, Cordwainer
1606 to 1820 Queen’s Arms

18 High Street

2008 First Choice Travel Shop
1970’s Parker’s the Bakers, “a Bristol chain with orange livery, and a coffee shop behind. I think that must have been the first ‘modern’ cafe in Wells.” Andy Foyle
1970 “This was still Pettigrew’s until about 1970 – they sold nice stationery and artist’s materials” Andy Foyle
1960 William Pettigrew, printer and stationer
1939 William Pettigrew, printer and stationer
1935 William Richardson Pettigrew, printer, stationer and fancy goods
1919 Albert Collier, fishmonger
1914 Albert Collier, fishmonger and green grocer
1901 James Plant, Fishmonger and Fruiterer
1891 James Plant, Fishmonger
1881 James Collier, Fishmonger
1871 James Collier, Fishmonger

16 High Street
2008 Stead and Simpson
1950’s World Stores
1939 International Tea Company Stores Ltd.
1914 and 1919 William Embry, family grocer, beer, wine merchant, Italian warehousemen, English cheese factor
1901 William Embry, grocer and wine merchant
1891 William Embry, grocer
1891 Central Stores, William Embry (from advert)
1861, 1871 and 1881 Thomas Pocock, grocer

14 High Street
1999 Star Hotel (Planning Application to change reception)
1970 Star Hotel 16th century coaching inn prop. Mr and Mrs Fentum manager Miss E Jones (from advert)
1963 WKG Norman, proprietor
1935 Star Hotel, fully licensed, baths, h and c, electric light, gas fires, first-class lounge, garage, AA and RAC (Phone 55)
1930’s Mrs EE Norman, proprietress
1919 George Frederick Bignal, Star family and commercial hotel
1914 George Frederick Bignal, Star family and commercial hotel
1903 Star Family and Commercial hotel (Jessie Cox)
1901 Jessie Cox, Hotel Keeper – Star Hotel
1895 Bowns Star Hotel, family, commercial and posting house
1891 Leah Bown, Hotel Keeper – Star Hotel
1881 Henry John Bown, Hotel Keeper – Star Hotel
1871 Joseph Selway, Star Hotel
1864 the hotel was called George’s Star Hotel (from advert)
1861 James Plaister, Hotel Keeper
1859 Star and Railway Hotel
1851 Edward Rolle, Vicar Choral and Innkeeper Star Hotel
1840 Elizabeth Bell, Star
1822 Star Inn, Joshua Ball
1513 Star Inn or Star of Bethlehem

12 High Street
2008 Cancer Research Institute
1914, 1919, 1919, 1927 and 1939 World’s Stores
1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 James Oram, hairdresser
1700 Hole in the Wall

10 High Street

2008 Can Do 4 You Services & Travel goods
1996 Dewhurst goes into receivership
1980 Dewhurst the master butcher
1969 Dewhurst and Eastmans butchers
1950’s Eastman’s Butchers

(Photo thanks to Norman Finnimore)

1939 Eastmans Ltd., butcher
1935 Eastmans Ltd., butcher
1919 Eastmans Ltd., butchers
1914 Eastmans Ltd., butchers
1901 Samuel Tripp, Butcher
1895 John Griffin Hayman, dentist (first and third monday of month)
1891 Augustus Walter, Jeweller
1881 Augustus Walter, Watchmaker from Witney, Oxford
1871 Mary Goodwin, Jeweller

W & R Fletcher were a New Zealand co taken over by Vestey Bros in 1912,Fletchers had been importing frozen mutton to uk & finding a resistance to their so called inferior meat opened their own shops (400)to sell direct.
They also had cold stores & wholesale facilities in the main ports.
Vestey bros owned many other butchery firms including Eastmans ltd, They were at no 10 High st & i expect for reasons of economy during the first war Fletchers business would have been transferred to 10 high st.
I do know nationaly Eastmans had 1700 shops in 1914 & during the war shut over 500 due to men serving & lack of meat to sell,
Vestey also owned Dewhurst & after the second war with television & media etc Vestey wanted a national image so as shops needed refitting they called them J H Dewhurst & in the 80,s Dewhurst the master butcher, Sadly going into receivership in 1996, As they say I know i was that butcher, Norman Finnimore.

8 High Street and 6 High Street
2008 Thomas Cook (number 8 High Street)
2008 Bergamo (number 6 High Street)
This shop used to be the site of an off licence and The Kings Parlour and there used to be a passageway between these building leading to another entrance for King Charles Parlour (I think). The end of the passageway can be seen from the courtyard behind the White Hart in Sadler Street.
Kings Charles parlour was haunted by a ghost dressed as a cavalier. Mrs Mary Ham, former manageress, told the Wells journal in 1978 that she had seen the ghost. The new owners, Philip and Ann Hanson found that the phantom was too much for their young son. When the BBS went to film the ghost, rumour has it that the lighting equipment failed or even exploded.
The parlour had a Jacobean staircase.
1980’s Charles Edwards
1969 King Charles Parlour
1956 Charles Edwards Ltd, wine merchants
1950’s King Charles Parlour and off licence
1939 Charles Edwards (Worcester) Ltd., wine and spirit and ale and stout agent
1914 and 1919 James Tate and son, wine and spirit merchants and beer and ale bottlers
1901 Rayben Dickinson, wine merchant
1881 Elizabeth Gristock, refreshment house keeper
1871 John Talbot, grocer
1840 King Charles Parlour
1642 to 1830’s leased by the Pearce family of bakers
1426 owned by the corporation

4 High Street

2008 Julian Graves
1960 Robert Davies, outfitters
1939 Robert Davies, outfitters
1914 Clares (HA Clare), general draper, furnisher and cheese factor
1900 Clare’s (Mr Clare came from Norfolk), draper
1881 Matilda Ellis, Draper from Canterbury
1874/1875 Ellis and Parrett, drapers
1871 Ann Earl, Draper

2 High Street and 1 Sadler Street
2008 Fudge Shop and City News and NFU Mutual and 1a West Cornwall pasty
1960’s and 1970’s Mitzie, women’s clothes
1940’s Buttons drapery and haberdashery store
1939 JN Buttons, drapers
1936 JN Buttons, drapers and outfitters (from advert)
1881, 1891, 1914 and 1919 Martin Vonberg, drapers
1871 William Chadwick Vonberg, draper born in Jersey

High Street unknown exact address
Black Boy,
Hare and Hounds
1700 Company of Tailors,
1700 Hole in the Wall,
1700 Ship,
1700 Bell (also on 1793 map),
London Tavern (1844 James Murrow)
Joiners Arms – 1822, Richard Boyce also mentioned 1830
1840 Strangers Friend, Sussanah Hill
Three Cups 1682 to 1712
1784 Bell Inn (Robert Bartlett)
High Street map 1607