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The English Provincial Trade - Southern England

A topic for recording those working in the trade in Southern England.

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JOSEPH SILVANI

13 & 14, King's Road, Brighton



Joseph Silvani - Brighton - 1858


In business at least from 1846.

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EBENEZER DOBELL

21, Robertson Street, Hastings



E. Dobell - box detail, c. 1900


PATENT LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1852
Applications for Patents and Protection Allowed
Dated 15th February, 1856.
395. Ebenezer Dobell, Hastings—Improvements In lamp glasses or conductors of light.

Source: London Gazette - 14th March 1856



Dobell - Hastings - 1858


E. Dobell - Hastings - 1882


E. Dobell - Hastings - 1884

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LEWIS DIXEY

62, later, 21, King's Road, Brighton



Dixey - Brighton - 1858

Lewis Dixey (b.c.1814-d.1895), son of George Dixey, Optician, Telescope-maker, and Optical Turner of London (d.1838).

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WILLIAM HAINES

34, Windsor Street, North Street, Brighton



William Haines - Brighton - 1858

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J.S. LUCAS

2, Ship Street Gardens, Ship Street, later, 16, West Street, Brighton



J.S. Lucas - Brighton - 1858

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F.J. PARSONS

Claremont, Robertson Street, Hastings



F.J. Parsons - Hastings - 1884

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WILLIAM BARFOOT

114, later, 106, St. James's Street, Brighton



W. Barfoot - Brighton - 1858


In business at least from 1846.

William Barfoot was bankrupt in 1866.

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DAVID PYOTT

188, High Street, Lewes



Pyott - Lewes - 1858

Late Holman.

Established 1787.

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OLIVER GATES

17, Pool Valley, Brighton



Oliver Gates - Brighton - 1851


Oliver Gates - Brighton - 1858

Members of the Gates family have been associated with the Pier as Tower-keepers for more than half-a-century, Mrs. Gates (lapidary, the mother of Mr. Oliver and Mr. Stephen Gates), succeeding Mdme. Jacobs. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gates (the once well-known lapidaries in Pool Valley, whose shop was absorbed by Brill's Baths Company), long kept the Towers of the first pile, and were succeeded by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gates, the former being at one time in the employ of the late Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak. It may be of interest to state that Mrs. Gates once had the honour of weighing the Right Hon. VV. E. Gladstone. The venerable Statesman "turned the scale'' at 12 stone 9 lb.

Source: The Brighton Chain Pier: in Memoriam: Its History from 1823 to 1896 - John George Bishop - 1897

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J.H. JOB

8, South Colonnade, St. Leonards-on-Sea



J.H. Job - St. Leonards-on-Sea - 1858

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C. STENING

16, Western Road, Hove, Brighton



C. Stening - Brighton - 1858

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P. CHICK

Steyne, Bognor



P. Chick - Bognor - 1858


ANSWERS
LAPIDARY.—"A. B.C." gives no hints as to where it would be desirable that the lapidary should be within a reasonable distance from, but Mr. Billings, High-street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, was recommended to me as an honourable, upright man, and we have always had reason to speak of him as such. I have never actually seen him polish stones, but I have no doubt he would allow a customer to watch him doing so, and if "A. B. C." is in the neighbourhood of Ventnor, and writes to inquire, I believe a satisfactory answer would be received from Mr. Billings. Mr. Chick, watchmaker, Bognor, near Chichester, Sussex, is also, I believe, a most trustworthy lapidary, and I have always found him most obliging. —Sylvester.

Source: The Exchange and Mart - 17th May 1871

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THOMAS MASTERS

94, Church Street, Brighton



T. Masters - Brighton - 1858

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PHILLIP GEORGE ROWELL

The Golden Eagle, 31, Old Steine, later, 6, Castle Square, Brighton



Rowell - Brighton - 1858

Established 1820.

Perhaps to be identified with George Rowell, who was working at 11, Upper Street, St. James's Street, Brighton in 1846, and Thomas Rowell, who was working at 1, Pool Valley, Brighton, also in 1846.

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THOMAS ROWLEY

12, St. James's Street, Brighton



Thomas Rowley - Brighton - 1858

Established 1830.

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TANNER & SON

50, Cliffe, Lewes



Tanner & Son - Lewes - 1858

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FREDERICK SCHENK

42, Duke Street, Brighton



F. Schenk - Brighton - 1858


Frederick Schenk was formerly in partnership with John Heapy, the firm were bankrupt in 1839.

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W.P. RIX

8, North Street, Brighton



W.P. Rix - Brighton - 1858

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FURSE & SON

60, North Street, Brighton



Furse & Son - Brighton - 1858

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