John WOOD – Connaught House (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

William WOOD sen. – Norfolk House (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

George WOOD – Crofton (Grafton?) House (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Wilkin & Wood – solicitors (attends Thursday) (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Alfred John Gulliver WATERS – Devonshire House Physician & surgeon & med. off. Brandon dist. Thetford Union (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Jas. OSBORNE – plumber & painter (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Robert ALGER jun. – cattle dealer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Robert BRUNTON – seedsman (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

F. W. GENTLE, Butcher Dennis CHAMBERS – pork butcher (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Wltr. Waspe. CHAPMAN – grocer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Mrs Jane CLARK – newsagent (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Chas. DAYNES – cooper & basket ma. (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

George Wm. GENTLE – butcher (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

The Bell public house Robert HENLEY – blacksmith (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

John Fredk. HOLMES – stationer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Alfred KENT – Bell (public house) (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Geo. Christ. MAYNARD – dentist (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

The Bell and The Dial c.1905 with the shop of F. RISSBROOK, Baker and Confectioner on the far rightArthur Thos. PARROTT – shoe ma. (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Fredk. Wm. PARROTT – greengrocer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Mrs. Ann RISSBROOK – dress ma. (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Fredk. RISSBROOK – bkr. & confctnr. (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Robert WHITTA – grocer & draper (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Miss Agnes WHITE – dress ma. (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

William BROWN (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Miss GARNER (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Mrs. GARNER (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Daniel Richd. GARNER-RICHARDS (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

John Hipkin HUNT (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Charles OWLES (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Rev John SAGE (Baptist) (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Mrs. Sarah AMES – shopkpr. (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Wm PELLING – sec to the Gas Co. (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Mrs. Elizabeth CHAPMAN – china & glass dealer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Osborne CHAPMAN – draper (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Baptist Chapel – 1854 “Baptist Chapel, High street. Rev. John Sage, minister; sunday service 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thursday 7 p.m.” (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

James CLARK – baker (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Mrs. Martha Ann CLARK – fancy repository (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Hubbard CLAXTON – wholesale game dealer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Grafton House Thomas COCK – carrier (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Alfred Augustus DAVIES – watch & clock maker (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Charles Durrant DIGGON – harness maker (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

John DYER – shopkeeper (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

William HEADLEY – ironfounder & agricultural machinist (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Samuel HYDE – White Horse & cooper (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Henry Robert MAYNARD – chemist & stationer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

James PARROTT – miller (steam) & corn merchant (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

William PRESS – grocer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

High Street Mrs. Lydia PUNT – Eagle tavern (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Fuller ROLFE – house & estate agent, postmaster, clerk to the school board & assistant overseer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Mrs. Margaret SNARE – beer retailer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

William SPOONER – tailor (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Harry Marshall TOOMBS – hair dresser (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

John BEEBY – coal, coke, wine, spirit & bottled ale & stout merchant, & agent for W & A Gilbey’s wines & spirits – Also at Coal wharf, Railway station (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

A 1925 view of the High Street taken from a similar spot to the modern view above

Palmer Albert LINGWOOD – coffee & refreshment room (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Bridge Street

The Ram Hotel and public house – one of the oldest buildings in the townThe Ram is said to be one of the oldest surviving buildings in Brandon. Its present day landlord told me that it does not have conventional foundations but “floats” on a raft of slate! From the back of the building it is easy to see the various phases in the growth of this old building as new sections have been added through the years. Also to the rear of the property is an ancient “protected” tree.

I have also heard that the Ram is built over the original course of the Little Ouse. When the “new” Brandon bridge was built (not the present one constructed in 1954)

Previous landlords at the Ram include:

Stephen STEWARD – Ram (1844 White’s Suffolk Directory – Inns and Taverns)
John PAGE – victualler, Ram, High Street (1874 White’s Suffolk Directory)
Isaac ROLPH – Ram (public house) (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

 

Barber, John, Lee & Co. – maltsters (1883 & 1896 Kelly’s Directory)

Robert TRORY – manager to Barber John Lee & Co. maltsters (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

John Cooper BLOOMFIELD – painter (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

ISAACSON & Son – solicitors and agents for Oakes, Bevan & Co – bankers “draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London e.c.” (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

The Ouse Hotel Wm. E. SOWELS – manager Gurneys, Birbecks, Barclay & Buxton bankers “open Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m.’ draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London e.c.” (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Walter TALBOT – shoe maker (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

William Rawling TALBOT – cabinet maker & upholsterer (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

William WOOD jun – The Elms (1883 Kelly’s Directory)

Sign on the end wall of The Ouse Hotel – The Ouse Private Hotel, good accommodation for anglers, cyclists & tourists. Posting in all branches. Horses taken in at livery. Catering done in all branches. Boats and bait to be obtained in the shortest notice. Commercial house, L ROLPH Proprietress.

Bridgefoot

Mrs. Sophia MURRELL – coal merchant & boat owner (1883 Kelly’s Directory)