A Brief History of
28 Westgate Street
Bath
Jean Manco
for Cancer Research UK
October 2015
Cover image: 27-29 Westgate Street c. 1840, a detail from Illustration 6
Illustration 1: Location of 28 Westgate Street. Crown Copyright and
database right 2015. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence
number 100024900.
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Contents
Summary ......................................................................................................................4
Introduction .................................................................................................................6
Previous research..................................................................................................................6
Scope of this report...............................................................................................................6
Acknowledgements...............................................................................................................6
Abbreviations........................................................................................................................6
The setting ....................................................................................................................7
Building of 27-29 Westgate Street ...............................................................................9
Early occupants of Late Georgian 28 Westgate Street................................................11
Silversmiths and pawnbrokers in 28-29 ....................................................................11
The separation of 28 and 29........................................................................................12
Currys and Charity Shop in 28 Westgate Street ........................................................13
Conclusion...................................................................................................................13
Appendix A: Listed Building Description...................................................................14
Appendix B: Local directories ....................................................................................15
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Summary
Nos 28 Westgate Street is the central building of a composition of three Georgian
houses on the north side of one of the main streets of central Bath, which is listed
Grade II. Although dated c. 1790 by the Listed Building Description (Appendix A),
map evidence suggests an early 19th-century date.
By c. 1840 all three buildings had shops on the ground floor (cover image). It was
common at the time for shopkeepers to live above the shop, but local directories
reveal that the wealthy owners of the business occupying nos 28 and 29 Westgate
street from this period to the early 1920s chose to live in suburbia.
No connection can be found between the businesses known to have occupied the
house and the lettering recently discovered on the façade.
Illustration 2: Google Street View in August 2008, showing Cancer Research UK occupying No. 28
Westgate Street, flanked on either side by the other two buildings of the Georgian development, with
the entrance to Bridewell Lane on the right.
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Illustration 3: Detail from the Ordnance Survey Map and Guide: Georgian Bath (1989). A central strip
along the south side of Westgate Street is coloured to indicate extant historic buildings. Nos. 27-29
are shown as built by 1830.
Illustration 4: Key to the Ordnance Survey Map and Guide: Georgian Bath.
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Introduction
Nos. 27-29 Westgate Street form a composition of three buildings, originally
houses, within an urban street front in the heart of the city of Bath.
Previous research
In 1972 the three were jointly listed Grade II and dated c. 1790, based solely on the
the frontage (Appendix A). The Ordnance Survey Historical Map and Guide:
Georgian Bath (1989) simply dated it before 1830 (Illustration 3), while Michael
Forsyth opted for late 18th century.1
Scope of this report
This report was commissioned by Benjamin Johnson of Cushman and Wakefield on
behalf of Cancer Research UK, in connection with the external alterations to
provide a limewash coating to the front elevation at first floor level to enhance the
appearance of the property following the removal of the deteriorated paint and the
exposure of old, faded, painted advertising. Lettering including the words ‘House of
Bath’ was uncovered on the façade, but the remainder is illegible.
For this report there has been no inspection of the building by the author, who has
relied on Benjamin Johnson for the description of lettering uncovered on the
façade.
This area has had buildings upon it since Roman times. However, since no work on
the basement is proposed, the archaeological interest of the site is not considered,
except for the claimed discovery at no. 28 in 1814 (Illustration 9), which if true
would give a date for the Georgian building. Its pre-Georgian history is only
sketched to set the scene. (This material is reused from a previous report.) The
focus of this report is on the occupation from the Georgian period onwards, to
discover the context of the lettering uncovered on the façade.
Abbreviations
BaRL = Bath Reference Library
1 M. Forsyth, Bath (Pevsner Architectural Guides 2003), p.115.
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The setting
Illustration 5: Map of Bath by William Stukeley dated 1723, published as fig. 70 in his Itinerarium
Curiosum (1724.)
Westgate Street lies in the heart of historic Bath, which was a walled city in
medieval times. Bath had the typical layout of a town with Saxon origins - indeed
Roman further back in time. From a central crossroads streets led to four city
gates.2 Naturally enough the thoroughfare leading to the city's west gate became
known as Westgate Street. This was the entry point for travellers from Bristol. So
Westgate Street was the ideal place to offer repose and refreshment to the weary
visitor from the west. By the late 17 th century it boasted six lodging houses grand
enough to be featured in insets around the map of Bath by Joseph Gilmore.
2 J. Manco, Saxon Bath: the legacy of Rome and the Saxon rebirth, Bath History vol. 7 (1998).
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As the city spread out over the fields around it in the 18 th century, developers had
the freedom to create whole terraces to a uniform design, but along Westgate Street
each building was adapted to changing tastes as the owner or tenant saw fit. In
some cases a fashionable façade was pasted onto a much older building. 3 In other
cases it seems that there was complete rebuilding. One way or another the street
frontage was transformed. By the mid-19th century only one gabled building was left
(Illustration 6).
Successful inns and lodging houses in Bath at the height of its popularity with the
Haute Monde would generate a considerable income. That may partly explain why
the process of renovation began so early in the 18 th century. Even that captious critic
John Wood had to admit in 1742 that Westgate Street was impressive without his
assistance.
Each side of this street is … adorned with a Capital Messuage, that looks
like a palace without, besides five or six other Houses, which seem more
like Mansions, for persons of rank and fortune, than for common Town
Dwellings; and these added to the rest of the Houses in the Street, make
the Number of the Whole amount to forty-three.4
Illustration 6: Panorama of Westgate Street c. 1840. The south side is shown at the top. CopperEngraving. BaRL via Bath in Time. The sole gabled house (now gone) is bottom right.
In 1773 there were three lodging houses and two boarding houses listed in Westgate
Street, but by the end of the century only nos. 29 and 31 offered lodgings. 5 The
street was turning to trade. By c. 1840 almost every house had shop windows
(Illustration 6).
3 e.g. Nos 14 and 19: see Mowbray Green, The Eighteenth Century Architecture of Bath (1904), pp. 26-27.
4 John Wood, Essay Towards a Description of Bath (1742), vol. 2, p. 333.
5 Bath Guide (1773), p. 71; The New Bath Guide (1799), p. 74.
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Building of 27-29 Westgate Street
The Late Georgian style of the frontage gave rise to the estimated date of c. 1790 in
the Listed Building Description (Appendix A). However this style continued into the
early 19th century. Map evidence suggests a date after 1800. Harcourt Masters
appears to have had access to the rear of buildings for his survey of Bath in 1795
(Illustration 7). He shows the plot that became nos. 28-29 Westgate Street as an Lshape plan with an entrance from Bridewell Lane.
This would fit the use of no. 29 in the late 18 th century. Mr J. Petrie, a dealer in
plants and seeds, had a nursery at Bathwick and a shop at 29 Westgate Street. In
1780 he advertised thousands of spruce firs from 2'6" to 3'. Presumably these were
to be collected from his nursery: “Any gentlemen taking a quantity will have them
on reasonable terms as the ground is wanted to be cleared of them”. 6 Probably the
same applied when in 1799 he offered Weymouth pine, Scots and spruce firs from 612 feet tall.7 However a backyard with its own entrance would be convenient for a
plantsman. Like so many other Bath traders at the time, he also ran a lodging house
on the premises (Appendix B). He also seems to have lived there himself, for in 1792
his wife died there after a few days illness. 8 If we have to date the rebuilding of nos.
27-29 to after the departure of Mr Petrie, that takes us into the early 19 th century.
Illustration 7: Westgate Street in 1795, from the map of Bath surveyed by Harcourt Masters.
6 Bath Chronicle 16 November 1780, p. 3, column b.
7 Bath Chronicle 7 November 1799, p. 3, column e.
8 Bath Chronicle 22 November 1792, p. 3, column d.
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In 1852/3, the footprint of numbers 27-29 was quite different. (Illustration 8).
Illustration 8: The west end of Westgate Street shown on Cotterell's map of Bath in
1852-3.
Illustration 9: Detail from the OS map of Bath in 1886, showing the block of
Westgate Street between Saw Close and Bridewell Lane. Nos. 28-29 (which were
occupied as one business) are shown as a single building.
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The OS map of 1886 indicates the discovery of a Roman tessellated pavement in
1814 (Illustration 9) in nos 28-9 Westgate Street. If true that would suggest that the
rebuilding was in progress at that date, since the discovery would have been made
when foundations were dug. Unfortunately the OS seems to have made a mistake.
The source for this discovery states that in May 1814, Mr John Allen having
occasion to make certain alterations in his premises at the south-east angle of
Bridewell Lane, he employed some workmen to dig the necessary foundations. They
discovered imperial coins, Roman bricks and a tessellated pavement, which was
destroyed by the workmen.9 So the discovery was at no. 30 Westgate Gate. This
leaves us with no certain date for the building of 27-29 Westgate Street.
Early occupants of Late Georgian 28 Westgate Street
It is unclear therefore if the occupant in 1809, James Williams, glover, or that in
1819, W. Morrish, cheesemonger and carrier (Appendix B), were operating from the
old or new building. However the fact that 28 and 29 were built as separate
premises does suggest that they were erected before they were in common
ownership or occupation by the firm of Fuller and Pile (see below).
Silversmiths and pawnbrokers in 28-29
The local directory records S. Fuller as a pawnbroker in 29 Westgate Street by 1819.
By 1833 Mssrs Fuller and Pile were silversmiths and pawnbrokers at 28 and 29
Westgate Street (Appendix B). On 6 January the following year Samuel Fuller and
Francis Pile, of the City of Bath, pawnbrokers, silversmiths, and salesmen, sent a
notice to the Gazette that they had dissolved their partnership as from the 17th day
of December last by mutual consent. The business would in future be carried on by
the said Samuel Fuller on his own separate account.10
This Samuel appears to have retired in favour of his son Samuel Henry Fuller, 11 who
formed two partnerships in Bath, the details of which were revealed when they were
dissolved in March 1849, following a scandal. Horatio Jennings Warren, Samuel
Henry Fuller and Charles Thompson, traded in Bath as jewellers and silversmiths
under the firm of Warren and Fuller, and as pawnbrokers under the firm of
Thompson, Fuller and Company.12 The silversmiths, initially Thompson and
Warren, were based at no. 1 Westgate Street, though Charles Thompson himself
lived at Dorchester Cottage, Widecombe Hill. He continued to live there after he
transferred his business address by 1841 to Thompson, Fuller and Co. at 28 and 29
Westgate Street (Appendix B).
9 Omnium Gatherum, or Bath, Bristol and Cheltenham Literary Repository, no. 1 (15 October 1814), pp.
27-8.
10 The London Gazette for 1834, vol. 1, p. 84.
11 The London Gazette for 1862, p. 4479: reports the death of Samuel Fuller of Bath on 25 July 1862. His
will was proved in the Bristol District Probate Registry on the 27 August 1862 by Samuel Henry Fuller, of
Camden Town, Middlesex, pawnbroker, Edwin Richard Fuller, of Bath, wine merchant, and Frederick
William Fuller, of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, farmer.
12 The London Gazette for 1849, issue 20962, p. 1055.
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Disaster befell Warren and Fuller when the Goldsmiths' Company scented fraud in
December 1848. They sent one of their most efficient officers to Bath to investigate.
He purchased a few silver articles. Examination confirming previous suspicion, on
the 9th January 1849 he arrived in Bath again and descended upon Warren and
Fuller with a search warrant. The result was the arrest of Warren and Fuller.
Goldsmiths' Company vs Horatio Warren and Samuel Fuller was tried at Taunton
Spring Assizes that year. The case excited huge local interest, the prisoners being
opulent silversmiths. Goldsmiths' had no trouble proving that a hallmark of 1774
had been soldered into a spoon of 19th-century manufacture to give it a greater
value. The defendants admitted this, but managed to avoid the more serious charge
of actually moving the hallmark from one item to another. Even so they were fined
a total of £450 and before they were granted bail, they both spent a month in
prison.13
Though Samuel Fuller, silversmith and pawnbroker is listed at 28 and 29 Westgate
Street in the local directory for 1850 (Appendix B), his notoriety must have made it
unwise to continue in business in Bath. He appears later as a pawnbroker in
London.14
Charles Thompson being insulated from the scandal by virtue of his transfer to the
firm of Thompson, Fuller and Company, he was better placed to continue trading in
Bath and was the founder of a family who were pawnbrokers and jewellers at 28
and 29 Westgate Street until 1922, as we see in local directories (Appendix B). The
descent is straightforward. In 1870 Charles Thompson became Charles Thompson
and Son, and Arthur Charles Thompson is listed as of Thompson and Son. Arthur
Charles Thompson had taken over the shop by 1876, but died in 1878 at the
relatively young age of 48.15 He was followed by his eldest son Charles Walter
Thompson.16 The local directory initially made an error in listing Charles William
Thompson at 28 and 29 Westgate Street in 1880, but this was corrected in the
following edition.
The separation of 28 and 29
The last of the Thompsons in nos 28 and 29 Westgate Street took the plunge into a
different business. Charles L. Thompson is listed as the branch manager of
Sheffield Steel Products Stores there in 1923 and 1924. It was a short-lived
experiment. In 1925 it seems that 28 Westgate Street was empty, while W. H.
Tayler, hatter and hosier is listed at 29 Westgate Street. The following year W. H.
Tayler, gent's outfitter is listed at 28 Westgate Street, while 29 Westgate Street
appears to have been empty. In 1927 Tayler was still at 28 Westgate Street. Melias
Ltd, grocers occupied 29 Westgate Street (Appendix B). We can deduce that either
13 The Annual Register of World Events: a review of the year, vol. 91 (1850); Bath Chronicle and Weekly
Gazette, 25 January 1849, p. 3; 5 April 1849, pp. 2-3.
14 See note 11 above.
15 Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 27 June 1878, p. 5.
16 Given as his eldest son in the notice of the birth of a daughter to Charles Walter Thompson: Bath
Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 10 May 1890, p. 5.
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Tayler had bought both properties and needed only one for his own business, or
that the two were still jointly owned by a previous owner, but let separately. Deeds
(unseen for this report) might clarify ownership.
Currys and Charity Shop in 28 Westgate Street
From 1929 to at least 1973 28 Westgate Street was occupied by the firm of Curry's
(Appendix B). The company was founded in Leicester in 1884 by Henry Curry as H.
Curry and Sons, and was carried on in partnership until 1922 when Currys Limited
was registered as a private company. In 1927, it was incorporated under the
Companies Acts, 1908 to 1917, as a limited company called Currys (1927) Limited. It
was renamed Currys Limited in 1930, and in 1981 was re-registered under the
Companies Act 1980 as a public company and renamed Currys Group plc.
The business began as the manufacture and retail through high street shops of
bicycles and related items. The first shop was opened in Leicester in 1888. The
company rapidly expanded by opening more shops and, in 1927, it acquired the
Campion Cycle Company Limited. By this date, it had opened 134 shops throughout
the South of England, the Midlands and the Eastern counties and had also made
rapid progress in the manufacture and sale of gramophones, wirelesses and other
electrical goods. The company acquired other subsidiary companies and continued
its expansion especially in its electrical sections. This side of the business eventually
became dominant.17
The exact date at which Currys moved out of 28 Westgate Street could not be
deduced for this report, owing to a gap in the local directories. However the
Imperial Cancer Research Fund was located in Westgate Street by 1992. The Cancer
Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund merged to form Cancer
Research UK in 2002. The latter has continued to run a charity shop at 28
Westgate Street ever since (Appendix B).
Conclusion
Westgate Street itself is old, but 28 Westgate Street appears Late Georgian and was
probably built in the early 19th century. No evidence emerged from research for this
report that it was ever used as a lodging or boarding house, which might have been
one context for the term “House of Bath” discovered on the façade (e.g. “Best
Boarding House of Bath”). The possibility cannot be ruled out, but cannot be
confirmed either.
17 National Archives online history of the business, in the description of the Currys group PLC archive held
by London Metropolitan Archives.
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Appendix A: Listed Building Description
27, 28 AND 29, Westgate Street (North side), Bath
List entry Number: 1395653
National Grid Reference:
Grade: II
Date first listed: 11 August 1972
Date of most recent amendment: 15 October 2010
Details:
Balanced composition of three houses with shops. c. 1790.
MATERIALS: Ashlar limestone, roof not visible.
EXTERIOR: Four storeys, each two windows wide, all glazing-bar sashes, six/six pane to
first and second floors, three/three to attic; at first floor in moulded architraves, with
straight cornice; there is one blind light, at second floor to No.29. The splay is one window
wide, with the same details, and the return has a blind light and a corresponding sash at
each level, widely spaced. There are modern shopfronts of no interest; entrance to 27a.
First and second floors have continuous sill bands, and there are lintel with frieze and
cornice above second floor. The attic storey has a further cornice with blocking course and
parapet, but a wide pediment to No.28. Nos.27 and 28 have a deep stack to the left, and 29
a broad stack across the building centrally. At the rear Nos.27 and 28 are in rubble, with a
scatter of sashes, mainly with glazing bars, No.29 is in ashlar, and there is a small cavetto
cornice below ashlar blocking course and parapet to all three.
INTERIORS: Not inspected.
HISTORY: A coherent Neoclassical rebuilding, creating a palace-fronted row in the
manner of the Adam brothers. This site has a long earlier building history.
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Appendix B: Local directories
1788: Mr Petrie, lodging house keeper at 29 Westgate Street.18
1792: Nothing specifically for 28 Westgate Street. Mr Petrie, lodging house
keeper at 29 Westgate Street.19
1793: Mr Petrie, lodging house keeper at 29 Westgate Street. 20
1794: Mr Petrie, lodging house keeper at 29 Westgate Street.21
1795: Mr Petrie, lodging house keeper at 29 Westgate Street. 22
1809: James Williams, glover, at 28 Westgate Street.23
1819: W. Morrish, cheesemonger and carrier at 28 Westgate Street; S. Fuller
pawnbroker at 29 Westgate Street.24
1833: Mssrs Fuller and Pile, silversmiths and pawnbrokers at 28 and 29
Westgate Street.25
1837: Charles Thompson of Thompson & Warren, silversmiths & Jewellers, 1
Westgate Street; residence Dorchester Cottage, Widecombe Hill. 26
1841: Charles Thompson of Thompson, Fuller & Co, pawnbrokers and
salesmen, at 28 and 29 Westgate Street; residence Dorchester Cottage,
Widecombe Hill.27
1846: Charles Thompson of Thompson and Fuller, pawnbrokers and
salesmen, at 28 and 29 Westgate Street; residence 2 South Hayes. 28
1848: Charles Thompson of Thompson and Fuller, pawnbrokers and
salesmen, at 28 and 29 Westgate Street; residence 3 Bathwick Hill. 29
1849: Charles Thompson of Thompson and Fuller, pawnbrokers at 28 and 29
Westgate Street; residence 3 Bathwick Hill. 30
1850: Samuel Fuller, silversmith and pawnbroker at 28 and 29 Westgate
18 The New Bath Guide (1788), p. 73.
19 The New Bath Guide (1792), p. 73 and BaRL Bath Directory 1792 rearranged in alphabetical street order
(B&NES Library Service 2011).
20 The New Bath Guide (1793), p. 73.
21 The New Bath Guide (1794), p. 73.
22 The New Bath Guide (1795), p. 73.
23 BaRL Bath Directory 1809 rearranged in alphabetical street order (B&NES Library Service 2011), p. 78.
24 BaRL Bath Directory 1819 rearranged in alphabetical street order (B&NES Library Service 2011), p. 122.
25 BaRL Bath Directory 1833 rearranged in alphabetical street order (B&NES Library Service 2011), p. 130.
26 The Bath Directory (1837), p. 158.
27 The Bath Directory (1841), p. 154.
28 The Bath Directory (1846), p. 167.
29 The Bath Directory (1848), p. 98.
30 The Bath Directory (1849), p. 64.
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Street; Charles Thompson, 3 Bathwick Hill.31
1852: Charles Thompson, pawnbroker and silversmith 28 and 29 Westgate
Street; residence 3 Bathwick Hill Villas.32
1854: Charles Thompson, pawnbroker 28 and 29 Westgate Street; residence
Cornwell Villa, Bathwick Hill.33
1864: Charles Thompson, pawnbroker 28 and 29 Westgate Street; residence
Avon View, Wells Road.34
1868: Charles Thompson, pawnbroker 28 and 29 Westgate Street; residence
Avon View, Wells Road. Arthur Charles Thompson living at 2 South Hayes. 35
1870: Charles Thompson and Son, pawnbrokers 28 and 29 Westgate Street;
residence of Charles Thompson (Thompson & Son) Avon View, Wells Road;
residence of Arthur Charles Thompson (Thompson & Son) 2 South Hayes. 36
1872: Charles Thompson and Son, pawnbrokers 28 and 29 Westgate Street;
residence of Charles Thompson (Thompson & Son) Avon View, Wells Road;
residence of Arthur Charles Thompson (Thompson & Son) 2 South Hayes. 37
1874: Charles Thompson and Son, pawnbrokers 28 and 29 Westgate Street;
residence Arthur Charles Thompson (Thompson & Son) 2 South Hayes. No
entry for residence Charles Thompson.38
1876: Arthur Charles Thompson, pawnbroker 28 and 29 Westgate Street;
residence 2 South Hayes.39
1878: Arthur Charles Thompson, pawnbroker and jeweller 28 and 29
Westgate Street; residence 10 Elm Place.40
1880: Charles William [sic, error for Walter] Thompson, pawnbroker and
jeweller 28 and 29 Westgate Street; no private residence listed. 41
1882: Charles Walter Thompson, pawnbroker and jeweller 28 and 29
Westgate Street; no private residence listed.42
1888: Charles W. Thompson, pawnbroker and jeweller 28 and 29 Westgate
Street; L. J. De Vine, manager; no private residence listed for Charles W.
Thompson.43
31 Bath Annual Directory (1850), pp. 45, 100, 170.
32 A Directory of Bath, 1852, pp. 51, 179, 224.
33 A Directory of the City and Borough of Bath and City of Wells (1854), pp. 45, 239.
34 Post Office Bath Directory, 1864-65, pp. 228, 332.
35 Post Office Bath Directory, 1868-69, pp. 247, 360.
36 Post Office Bath Directory, 1870, pp. 249, 357.
37 Post Office Bath Directory, 1872-3, pp. 251, 371.
38 Post Office Bath Directory, 1874-5, pp. 247, 370.
39 Post Office Bath Directory, 1876-77, pp. 251, 370.
40 Post Office Bath Directory, 1878-79, pp. 261, 377.
41 Post Office Bath Directory, 1880-81, pp. 266, 611.
42 Post Office Bath Directory, 1882-83, pp. 273, 611.
43 Post Office Bath Directory, 1888-89, pp. 443.
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1890: Charles W. Thompson, pawnbroker and jeweller 28 and 29 Westgate
Street; L. J. De Vine, manager; no private residence listed for Charles W.
Thompson.44
1911: C. W. Thompson, pawnbroker and jeweller 28 and 29 Westgate Street;
L. W. Moore, manager; residence of Charles W. Thompson 30 Newbridge
Road; residence of Leonard W. Moore 15 First Avenue, King Edward Road. 45
1920: Charles W. Thompson, pawnbroker and jeweller 28 and 29 Westgate
Street; residence 9 Shelley Road.46
1921: Charles W. Thompson, pawnbroker and jeweller 28 and 29 Westgate
Street; residence 9 Shelley Road.47
1922: Charles W. Thompson, pawnbroker and jeweller 28 and 29 Westgate
Street.48
1923: Sheffield Steel Products Stores Ltd 28 and 29 Westgate Street; Charles
L. Thompson, branch manager.49
1924: Sheffield Steel Products Stores Ltd 28 and 29 Westgate Street; Charles
L. Thompson, branch manager.50
1925: 28 Westgate Street no listing. W. H. Tayler, hatter and hosier 29
Westgate Street. 51
1926: W. H. Tayler, gent's outfitter 28 Westgate Street. No listing for 29
Westgate Street.52
1927: W. H. Tayler, gent's outfitter 28 Westgate Street. Melias Ltd, grocers,
29 Westgate Street.53
1929: Curry's (1927) Ltd, cycle dlrs 28 Westgate Street.54
1930: Curry's (1927) Ltd, cycle agent 28 Westgate Street.55
1940: Curry's (1927) Ltd, cycle agent 28 Westgate Street. 56
1967: Curry's Ltd, radio dlrs 28 Westgate Street.57
1973: Curry's Ltd, radio dlrs 28 Westgate Street.58
44 Post Office Bath Directory, 1890-91, pp. 300, 453.
45 Post Office Bath Directory, 1911, pp. 393, 653.
46 Post Office Bath Directory, 1920, pp. 397, 641.
47 Post Office Bath Directory, 1921, pp. 405, 652.
48 Post Office Bath Directory, 1922, pp. 425, 676
49 Post Office Bath Directory, 1923, p. 707.
50 Post Office Bath Directory, 1924, p. 719.
51 Post Office Bath Directory, 1925, p. 723.
52 Post Office Bath Directory, 1926, p. 730.
53 Post Office Bath Directory, 1927-8, p. 688.
54 Kelly's Directory of Bath 1929, p. 159.
55 Post Office Bath Directory, 1930, p. 698.
56 Post Office Bath Directory, 1940, p. 846.
57 Kelly's Directory of Bath 1967, p. 250.
58 Kelly's Directory of Bath 1973-74, p. 540.
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1987: Currys Ltd, electrical appliances 2 Southgate. No street directory in
the Denton's directories.59
1992: Imperial Cancer Research Fund Westgate Street.60
1999: Imperial Cancer Research Fund charity shop 28 Westgate Street. 61
2002: Imperial Cancer Research Fund charity shop 28 Westgate Street. 62
2004: Cancer Research UK charity shop 28 Westgate Street.63
2006: Cancer Research UK charity shop 28 Westgate Street.64
2007: Cancer Research UK charity shop 28 Westgate Street.65
2014: Cancer Research UK charity shop 28 Westgate Street.66
59 Dentons Bath Directory 1987, p. 32.
60 Dentons Bath Directory 1992, p. 22.
61 Dentons Bath Directory 1999, p. 35.
62 Dentons Bath Directory 2002, p. 33.
63 Dentons Bath Directory 2004, p. 38.
64 Dentons Bath Directory 2006, p. 41.
65 Dentons Bath Directory 2007, p. 42.
66 Dentons Bath Directory 2014, p. 41.
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