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Church Street is one of the main streets in Tetbury with a mention in documents as early as 1398. By the C16th it was built up, and consisted of shop and trade premises primarily.  One of the oldest houses is Talboys House which was built c.1620 for Richard Talboy, a Yorkshire woollen merchant.

NOTABLE PROPERTY ON CHURCH STREET

Inns, hostelries:

Three Cups Inn, rebuilt 1973
Eight Bells
Horse Collar
Three Jolly Butchers

Churches:

Baptist chapel
St Mary the Virgin, parish church
 

Other:

Talboys House

The Bartons - built for John Wight c.1776, added onto an earlier C18th house.

Brewery which was converted into Warns Court c1983, a residential development around a courtyard.

Horse collar yard

Old church house on the corner of Church Street/Long Street, rebuilt in the C17th, and remodelled in 1783.

At the time of the 1860 Poor Rates the following were property owners:

Benjamin, Cole, Cook, County of Gloucester Bank, Crew, Dixon, Dyke, Fisher, Fowles, Gardener, Saunders, Sealy, Slade, Slatter, Trustees of Chapel, Warn & Witchell.

and the residents:

Barrett, By, Collett, Coole, Cove, Cox, Davies, Dixon, Fisher, Foster, Fowles, Gardener, Kiddle, Lloyd, Pegler, Pool, Saunders, Sealy, Smith, Spearink, Street, Tuck, Tugwell, Walker, Weare, Witchell, Withers.

renting the following types of property:

8 cottages, 3 inns, 23 houses & 1 parcel of land.

SHOPS AND TRADE ON CHURCH STREET

extracted from contemporary directories

Auctioneers/appraisers -

  * Charles Fowles 1859

Attorney -

  * Wm Maskelyne 1822

Bank -

  * Wilts & Dorset Bank Limited (branch) (James Garton manager) Church Street Draw On London County & Westminster Bank Limited London E.C 1914

Berlin wool & fancy repository -

  * Bridget Tugwell 1859

Bible warehouse -

  * Louisa Cove 1885

Boot/shoemaker -

  * Sml Gardiner 1822

  * Wm Gardiner 1852 - 1885

  * Rbt Withers 1852 - 1870

  * George Reinger 1885

  * Titus Riddick 1885 - 1897

  * John Rudder 1876 - 1897

  * John Baker 1876

  * Silas Riddick 1876

  * Thomas Withers 1876

  * Frederick Chs Lamb 1897

  * Wm Perrett 1897

  * Frederick E Milward 1914

  * Reginald Riddick 1914

Brazier/tinplate worker/ironmonger/brightsmith/bellhanger-

  * Ths Long 1822

  * Henry Long 1852

  * Wm Sealy jnr 1822

  * Wm Street 1859

  * Wm Sealy 1870

  * Wm Witchell 1885 - 1914

  * Alfred Thomas Sealy 1876

Blacksmith -

  * Wm Sealy 1852

  * Henry Simpkins 1859 - 1885

  * Francis Simpkins 1876 -1897

Breeches maker -

  * T Shipton 1822

Bricklayer/plasterer/tilers-

  * Ths Lamb 1852

  * Henry Cull 1859 - 1870

Butcher -

  * Mary Ann Melson 1852

  * William Lance 1859

  * James Barrett 1863

  * William Orum 1885

  * Jacob Pegler (pork) 1885

  * London Central Meat Co 1914

  * Joseph Jones 1897

Cabinet maker/upholsterers -

  * Chs Fowles 1822 and 1863 - 1876

  * Sml Fowles 1852

  * Fowles & son 1885

  * Henry E Wilkins 1876

Carpenter/joiners -

  * Stephen Smith 1852

  * Levi Hunt 1885

  * Frederick Cull 1897 - 1914

Carrier -

  * Eliza Spearink 1863

  * John Browning Withers 1870

Chimney Sweep -

  * Lewis Tuck 1863 - 1885

Coach builder -

  * Rbt Ferguson 1852

Coal dealer -

  * John Ashbee 1863

Confectioner & baker -

  * John Ralph 1822

  * Elizabeth Darch 1852

  * Rbt W Witchell 1852

  * Wm Pegler 1859 - 1876

  * William G Wear 1859 - 1876

  * Nathaniel Browning 1870

  * Frederick Hugginson 1870 - 1885

  * James Samuel Maggs 1876 - 1897

  * Phillips Brothers 1885

  * Miss Sarah Ann Brown 1876

  * Albert James Pegler 1914

  * Phillips A. & Sons 1897 - 1914

  * Ernest Vick 1897

Corndealer -

  * Isaac Witchell 1859 - 1863

Costumer -

  * Madame Faulkner 1914

Dentist -

  * Sutton Gardner artificial teeth manufacturer (attends Wednesday 2 to 5 p.m.)1914

  * Ray George Wheatcroft L.D.S Eng (attends Wednesdays) 1914

Draper -

  * Samuel Street 1876 - 1897

  * Tugwell & sons 1885

  * Mrs Bridget Tugwell 1876

  * Mrs Kate Tugwell 1914

  * George Tuck & Co 1897

  * Richard Tugwell 1897

Dressmakers/milliners -

  * Ellen Foster 1859 - 1863

  * Ann Phillips 1859

  * Edith Tuck 1885

  * Miss Hannah Hunt 1876

  * Mrs Helen & Miss Rachel Law 1876

  * Misses Rosenia & Maud Jeffcutt 1914

  * Madame Rose Ellen George 1914

  * Miss Harriet Vanstone 1897

Druggist/chemist -

  * Elizabeth Cole 1822 -1852

  * George Pitt Foster 1859 - 1876

  * John Walker 1863

  * Benjamin Walker 1885

  * John Prescott 1914

  * Mrs Sarah Walker 1897

Earthenware/china/glass dealers -

  * Susannah Fowles 1852 - 1863

  * Lewis Tuck 1876 - 1885

  * Mrs Catherine Jones 1914

  * George Tuck & Co 1897

Employment -

  * Mrs Mary Goodrich Reg Office For Servants 1897

Farmer -

  * Joseph Giles 1859 - 1876

  * Edward Edwards 1863

  * John Edwards 1870

  * James Samuel Maggs 1876

  * Wm George Wear 1876

Fishmonger -

  * James Clift 1870

  * Henry Plaister 1885

Grocer-

  * Wm Dyke 1822

  * Chs Fowles 1822

  * Patience Crew 1852

  * Susannah Fowles 1852 - 1859

  * Maria Coole 1859 - 1863

  * Wm Miflin 1863

  * Eliza Spearink 1863

  * Lewis Tuck 1863 - 1870

  * Charles Henry Banks 1870 - 1885

  * Esau Cleaver 1870

  * Isaac Cooley 1870 - 1885

  * Arthur Portch 1870

  * Frederick Jn George 1897

  * Mrs Mary Goodrich fruiterer 1914

  * Edmund Goodrich Fruiterer 1897

  * Edwin J Harvey 1914

  * Mrs Ada Walker 1914

Gunsmith -

  * Henry Long 1852

Hairdresser -

  * Sml Blandford 1852

  * Alfred Telling 1897

Hatter/straw bonnet makers -

  * John Cave 1822

  * Wm A Glover 1822

  * Mary Saunders 1852

  * Ellen Jordan 1870

  * James Samuel Maggs 1876

Hosier -

  * Wm a Glover 1822

Insurance office -

  * Whittington Life, A Portch 1870

  * Royal Farmers fire & life George Lloyd 1885

Jeweller -

  * David Robert Montgomery 1914

Leather seller -

  * Silas Riddick 1876

Maltster -

  * John Warn 1822

  * Ths Witchell 1822

  * Henry & Isaac Witchell 1852 - 1876

  * Mary Warn 1859

  * William Warn 1863 - 1870

  * Thomas H Witchell 1885 - 1897

  * William John Warn 1897

  * Warn & Sons Barton & Dolphin breweries 1897- 1914

Newsagent -

  * Isaac Cooley 1876

  * Miss Louisa Cooley 1914

Omnibus proprietor -

  * James Coventry 1859

Outfitter & marine store dealer -

  * William Fisher 1859 -1885

Paperhanger -

  * Henry E Wilkins 1876

Photographer -

  * Edmund Thos Lamb 1897- 1914

Plumber -

  * John Hussey 1885 - 1897

Registrar BDM & clerk to board of guardians -

  * Gge Lloyd 1863 [1876 home]

Saddler -

  * Nathaniel Tyler 1852

Seedsman -

  * Edmund Goodrich 1876-1885

  * Isaac Witchell 1876

Shopkeeper -

  * Thomas Beard 1885 - 1897

  * Albert Cooley 1885

  * Mark Hanks 1876

  * Mrs Jane Dickenson 1897

  * Frederick Pegler 1897

Stationer -

  * Isaac Cooley 1863 - 1897

  * Aaron Millard 1885 -1914

  * Edmund Goodrich 1876

Surgeon -

  * John C Wickham 1852

Tea dealer -

  * Aaron Millard 1885 - 1897

  * Charles Henry Banks 1876

Tailors/drapers -

  * Jsp Dixon 1822

  * John Cooper 1852

  * George Dixon 1852 - 1863

  * Samuel Fowles 1859

  * Josiah Davis 1863 - 1870

  * Francis Home 1863 - 1870

  * Worthy Kidd 1876

Teachers -

  * pianoforte Josiah Davis 1859

  * Professor of Music Frederick Baxter 1885 - 1897

  * Professor of Music Joseph Guest 1876

Tobacconist -

  * Edmund Goodrich 1876

  * Harry Taysum 1914

Beerseller/Wine & Spirit merchant -

  * Mary Warn 1859

  * William Warn 1863 - 1870

  * Charles Henry Banks 1885

  * Mrs Grace Withers 1876

RESOURCES:

Victoria County History GLS vol 11

Trade Directories

GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHIVES:

Tetbury Poor Rates: P328a/OV1/32

Gloucestershire Parish Deeds

Catalogue Ref. D2957

TETBURY

FILE ref. D2957/300/21/1 - date: 18 November 1740

Messuage with appurts, in Church Street, Tetbury, messuage of (1) with Janet G and Hester G on one side; messuage of Thomas HILL on the other side

FILE ref. D2957/300/21/2 - date: 4 June 1746

Messuage with appurts. in Church Street, Tetbury, described D2957/300/21/1

FILE ref. D2957/300/21/3 - date: 27 January 1779

Condition: the freehold possession of three adjoining messuages in Church Street, Tetbury, position described D2957/300/21/1

Catalogue Ref. D191

FILE ref. D191/11 - date: 1613-1728

Capital messuage and Manor of Doughton, Stephens House and other messuages and lands in Doughton including house called the Hare and Hounds (some in the common fields; field names and abuttals), including Home Close, two messuages in Church Street, Tetbury, two messuages in Harpurs Street, Tetbury, with marriage settlements between Benjamin Talboys of Doughton and Alice Garrard of Broadtowne [Broad Town], Wilts., 1659, and between Benjamin Talboys of Minchinhampton, gent., and Hester Greenway of Cirencester, 1686, copies of the wills of Benjamin Talboys of Doughton, gent. [1687/8] and of Richard Talboys of Tetbury, esq., [1663].

Post-1974 County Council Records

K/884

Cotswold District Council - Planning Applications - ref. K/884/2

FILE ref. K/884/2/26 - date: April-June 1987

Includes application for conversion of schoolroom adjoining Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tetbury to hotel bedrooms for County Hotel, Long Street, Tetbury;

K/937

Cotswold District Council - ref. K/937/2

FILE ref. K/937/2/2 - date: April-June 1987

Sign applications, accompanied by photographs, 14 Church Street, Tetbury (3 coloured)

K/1183

PLANNING APPLICATIONS TO DISTRICT COUNCILS: Cotswold District Council

FILE ref. K/1183/2/12 - date: 1980

Old Brewery yard and 27 and 29 Church Street, Tetbury: demolition of middle block of brewery, conversion of other existing buildings and erection of new houses and flats to produce 19 dwellings (CT.4719/N)

Cotswold life, no. 203, November 1984, p. 30-31 [ Illustrations include then and now postcards of Chipping steps and Church street. ]